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Question by Baba: How can I display traffic info next to search engine results?
For example, a plugin that, when searching Google for "Question and Answer websites", will show Answerbag and Yahoo.com results with Alexa traffic ratings next to them. Or preferably, sort results by traffic statistics.
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Villager Slaps His Son When Asked If They Eat Dogs!
"German documentary about Roma in Eastern Europe. Subtitles (parts of them): "The white people around say they don´t like you because you eat dogs, do you really eat dogs in this village?" Big Man: "No we don´t eat dogs in this village, they eat them in... (counts some other villages) but not here". Some kid in the background: "But of Course, WE eat dogs!" Note how the kid he slapped didn´t say it. In the end he is like: "If we would eat dogs you couldn´t hear them barking all the time right?" "
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Definition of benzene:
Benzene is a colourless liquid with a sweet odor. It is highly flammable and is formed from both natural processes and human activities. [1]
This is the common definition for benzene, other definitions can be discussed in the article
Benzene is widely used in the United States; it ranks in the top 20 chemicals for production volume. Some industries use benzene to produce other chemicals which are used to make plastics, resins, and nylon and synthetic fibers. Benzene is also used to make some types of rubbers, lubricants, dyes, detergents, drugs, and pesticides. Natural sources of benzene include volcanoes and forest fires. Benzene is also a natural part of crude oil, gasoline, and cigarette smoke.[1]
Anthropogenic releases of benzene into the atmosphere result mainly from environmental tobacco smoke, automobile exhaust, automobile refuelling operations, and industrial emissions.
Benzene has a moderate water solubility of 1,78 g/l, but is highly volatile and can rapidly evaporate from surface waters to the atmosphere. It has a low adsorption to sediments or soils and will rapidly be removed from them to surface and ground water and the atmosphere. In the atmosphere it will be degraded within 8 days, in water it takes 16 days to degrade it to half of its original concentration .
It has a low tendency to bioaccumulate, concentrations in goldfish are typically only 4 times higher than those in the environment, and is not considered to biomagnify though food chains. [2]
The most sensitive crustaceans start dying at concentrations above 3.3 mg/l although most species tolerate concentrations above 120 mg/l, the most sensitive fish at concentrations above 4.9 mg/l, although most species tolerate concentrations above 100 mg/l. [3]
Concentrations in air typically range between 0.3 ppb and 159 ppb. The highest measured concentration of benzene in marine waters is 315 µg/l. [2]
Environmental standards and legislation
Included in the water framework list of priority substances
See also
Benzene on the ED North Database
Benzene on the Ecotox Database


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FAA Approves Test Flights for Boeing 787
WASHINGTON (AP) — Boeing is getting permission for test flights of its 787 as it tries to fix battery problems that have kept the plane grounded.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the test flights will have restrictions, including pre-flight testing and inspections, and in-flight monitoring. The tests are limited to airspace over unpopulated areas.
Boeing says the tests will happen on one of the six airplanes it used for testing before the 787 was certified by the FAA in late 2011.
The planes still can't be used for passenger flights until the FAA is satisfied that the battery problem is fixed. The grounding order issued on Jan. 16 meant that Boeing even needed FAA permission to fly an empty 787 from Texas to Washington state on Thursday after it had been painted.


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Well just over a year has passed since I lost my best little pal, and even though I have looked at many cavvies, have not been able to take the next step...just cant face it...also the health thing is such a worry.
Its been a tough year..lots of ups and downs and I still miss Happy Harry so so much. Most days I get through it..I have become soooo dedicated at work...(even after recession pay cuts, am there til late). The odd day I forget that Harry is gone..and I rush home and in the door....but then reality hits.
I'd just like to say huge thanks to absolutely everyone for being so kind and not saying out loud (although probably thinking it) that I am completely dotty. My fiance is from a farming background so just doesnt get it. Thank you all again x
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Posted July 20, 2017 1:39 pm
Hello my name is Mrs.Daphane Roseborough and I am a lead teacher at the James Edgar McDonald Child Development Center located inside the Coppin State University at 2500 W. North Avenue Baltimore MD 21216. I learned about your organization from my director Ms. Dondra Davenport but know little information about the supplies you offer. If possible could you give or send me more information.
Posted August 4, 2017 9:32 pm
I was wondering if I have to be on a teacher list to show up @the swap on August10th?.
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Can you become a member during the visit? I've never been, but I know if I am able to get things I need I would definitely want to join. I teach middle school and often I don't find things for my grades. I'm super excited to visit. Do i need to sign up in advance to attend a swap? Thank you
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I am an intern and I would like to inquire about what the process looks like to partner with your organization.


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I'm still trying to figure out how DA2's combat is any different from DA:O's...Sure, maybe it plays out slightly faster (but it's still pause-and-play so who gives a fuck), the animations are flashier, and by default you had to push a button a lot to attack (but that could be turned off and it was the first thing I did when I started the game...), but the nuts and bolts of the two games are exactly the same. I guess I'm struggling to see how there can be so much outrage over such trivial changes.
If you played DA:O on consoles then the problem might be much harder to spot. Playing DA:O on a computer made me see why people hated DA2 so much: DA:O was basically a RTSRPG. Positioning was important, and so were the right skills, the right setup, and the right equipment, especially on higher levels.For everything DA2 did right (better story, better equipment variety, better ability progression, some better character development/dialogue, more focused world building) it did quite a bit wrong (wave-based combat bankrupting the gameplay, less equipment customization, some worse characterization, cut and paste dungeons, focusing on only one city). BioWare just needs to keep the good and leave the bad, but lots of companies say they will do that and very few follow through.
I always liked this interpretation of DA2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26194844&postcount=1Part of me can imagine Bioware adding quick time events... everyone loves pressing buttons, right?


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On December 9, 2010, FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine published its first annual report summarizing sales and distribution data of antimicrobial drugs approved for food-producing animals. The Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008 (ADUFA), Section 105, requires antimicrobial drug sponsors to report the amount of antimicrobial active ingredient in their drugs that have been sold or distributed for use in food-producing animals. ADUFA also requires FDA to summarize the sales and distribution information received from drug sponsors each year and provide these summaries to the public.
FDA's current thinking regarding the use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals is outlined in the draft Guidance for Industry (#209) entitled "The Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs in Food-Producing Animals."
The collection of data on antimicrobial drugs, such as this sales and distribution information, assists FDA's evaluation of antimicrobial resistance trends as well as its analysis of other issues that may arise relating to the safety and effectiveness of antimicrobial drugs approved for use in food-producing animals, such as cattle, swine, and poultry.
In order to protect confidential business information as directed by Congress, sales and distribution data for antimicrobial classes with fewer than three sponsors are collectively reported in the summary for both domestic and international data.
For more, please go to: Livestock in U.S. gobble up the antibiotics


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It's not every day that Aboriginal leaders attempt to force their way in to the House of Commons chamber. But so it was yesterday, when a group of chiefs who'd gathered at a nearby Assembly of First Nations meeting—across the river in Gatineau, Que.—marched onto Parliament Hill. They hoped to talk to someone with influence about their mounting frustration. At issue, the chiefs said, was the federal government's lack of respect for meaningful aboriginal consultation, particularly regarding resource development. Thanks to the help of NDP MP Charlie Angus, the Aboriginal group found an audience, albeit briefly, with Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver. It was at the conclusion of that chat that security guards blocked members of the group from entering the Commons.
There's plenty of analysis of yesterday's confrontation in today's papers: notably, John Ivison in the National Post, who writes about the power First Nations can wield when it comes to energy mega-projects. Postmedia's Christopher Curtis writes about a new alliance between the Assembly of First Nations and the Iroquois Caucus that might signal "a more combative relationship," as Curtis writes, between Aboriginal leaders and their federal counterparts. The only insight I can offer is this: Yesterday's confrontation outside the doors of the House was the first unpredictable thing to happen during Question Period in, well, who can even remember? That's not an endorsement of the action, not in the least. It's just a fact.
What's above the fold this morning?
The Globe and Mail leads with Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird's decision not to cut funding to Palestinians. The National Post fronts mounting frustration among aboriginal leaders when it comes to resource exploitation. The Toronto Star goes above the fold with an agreement between the NHL and its players to fund former players' pensions. The Ottawa Citizen leads with teachers loudly protesting Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty at an event in Ottawa. iPolitics fronts mistaken information about a deported man's country of birth. National Newswatch showcases a CTV News story about new security concerns swirling around Conservative MP Maxime Bernier.
Stories that will be (mostly) missed
|1. Lab licence. A Mississauga chemical testing lab had its licence revoked by Health Canada after federal officials learned of falsified results released by Chemi Pharmaceutical.
|2. PQ patronage. Former Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair was appointed the province's delegate general to New York as well as a different senior post in the public service.
|3. Demographics. Canadians who achieve less than a high school diploma work just as long—but don't live as long—as more educated counterparts, says a new Statistics Canada study.
|4. No manslaughter. An army reservist was convicted of two charges at a court martial, including unlawfully causing bodily harm, but was found not guilty on a manslaughter charge.


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You want to go to the presidential inauguration so badly. But it's going to be crowded, cold, and you just can't afford that vacation day. Good news—you can follow along with the new official inauguration app for Android and iOS.
Watching from a distance? Watch a live stream and find events near you. Lucky enough to attend? See a map of the parade and find all the inauguration night shindigs you can attend. If you can't make the 57th swearing in of our nation's president, tuning in from your phone is the next best thing. [iOS, Android via Washington Post]


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The Shepherd's Hut
|Tim Winton
Jaxie dreads going home. His mum?s dead. The old man bashes him without mercy, and he wishes he was an orphan. But no one?s ever told Jaxie Clackton to be careful what he wishes for. In one terrible moment his life is stripped to little more than what he can carry and how he can keep himself alive. There?s just one person left in the world who understands him and what he still dares to hope for. But to reach her he?ll have to cross the vast saltlands on a trek that only a dreamer or a fugitive would attempt. The Shepherd?s Hutis a searing look at what it takes to keep love and hope alive in a parched and brutal world.
A rifle-shot of a novel - crisp, fast, shocking - The Shepherd's Hut is an urgent masterpiece about solitude, unlikely friendship, and the raw business of survival.
"I will never be able to unhear the voice of young Jaxie Clackton, plangent and profane, who is destined to become one of the greatest characters in Australian literature." --Geraldine Brooks 'A page-turning heartbreaker' Emma Donoghue, author of Room 'Wonderful. Brutal, agonizing, tender' Sarah Winman, author of When God Was a Rabbit
Tim Winton has published twenty-eight books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.


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After raising the wrath of some of its members who had grown used to a personal financial management tool, Unitus Community Credit Union made the hard decision to go with another firm.
The $915 million Unitus Community CU blocked access to a popular online personal finance software service provider over possible security issues, said Laurie Kresl, vice president of planning and business development for the Portland, Ore.-based credit union.
"We started looking into why our members wanted to share their financial information [with the software service]," Kresl recalled. "So we thought since we are in the business of taking care of our members' needs, it was up to us to offer them a PFM; one that would appear on our online banking site and provide them with security."
Unitus is now looking to tap into the marketing potential of PFM to retain and gain new members.
PFM is a Web-based software application that enables members to manage and monitor their cash, bank accounts, credit and debit cards, bills, loans, investments, savings through expense tracking, account alerts and budgeting. The tool automatically updates and categorizes all expenses, allowing members to get timely updates on all of their finances on one site.
Although an estimated one in four financial institutions offer PFM, some industry analysts contend credit unions need to do a better job at marketing the tool and to find ways to engage members in their financial lives including improving features and functions in order to draw more interest. The popularity of PFM emerged in 2007 and 2008 when Mint.com, a personal financial management site, captured rave reviews from trade press reviewers and consumers alike.
After reviewing proposals from numerous vendors, Unitus partnered with Geezeo of Tolland, Conn., a PFM vendor that serves 112 credit unions. Before launching its program in November 2010, the credit union did something unexpected.
"We had a healthy debate about whether we should offer PFM for free or charge for it," Kresl explained. "Credit unions and banks went down the path for a long time to give everything away for free. In some ways, that devalues the product or service. A lot of organizations, for example, found out people were signing up for free bill pay service but they weren't using it."
Knowing that charging a fee meant some members wouldn't sign up for PFM, Unitus decided that doing so would attract engaged members who really wanted to frequent use of the tool. That turned out to be the outcome.
"These members who regularly use the PFM are highly profitable members," Kresl said. "They are some of the most engaged members in the credit union, and they advocate the credit union even more because they appreciate that we are offering the tools they want."
The monthly $2 fee covers the cost of the tool, according to Unitus. As of August, 1,300 members of the credit union's 34,191 online users had signed up for Total Finance, Unitus' PFM solution. Nearly 40% of PFM users access the tool via a smartphone or tablet.
"We don't have the largest number of members using our PFM. What we do have is that among Geezeo's clients, our members are the most active when it comes to using the PFM regularly," said Kresl.
Although the Unitus member adoption rate is only 3.8%, the credit union is hoping to attract more members to by showcasing PFM on the home page and featuring brief videos illustrating how the tool works and its benefits.
What's more, Kresl pointed out that PFM's ability to create positive member experiences is a plus in retaining profitable members who are constantly being wooed by established and emerging competitors. Some research supports this claim.
Boston-based industry research firm Aite Group surveyed 976 PFM users in January 2010. About 25% of all the respondents admitted they are less likely to switch their banking or credit union relationship as a result of using PFM. Among consumers who used PFM on their bank or credit union's site, that percentage increased to 30%.
Ron Shevlin, Aite Group senior analyst, said he believes PFM is and can be a valuable tool, but it has to do more than budgeting and expense categorization.
"What people are really interested in is getting help with managing their day-to-day expenses," said Shevlin. "What they want is where can they get better deals, how do other people spend their money, how are they doing managing their finances compared to everyone else."
There is not a lot of well integrated financial education with PFM, Shevlin explained.
"There is also very little advice on which payment methods to use, how to spend less, where to spend less, how to get better deals," Shevlin said. "Daily deals are a big topic, merchant deals based on consumer spending are big, but so little of that seems to be integrated with this concept of personal financial management."
Those issues aside, some credit unions have had varying degrees of success in marketing PFM solutions. According to Geezeo, the approximate average member adoption rates among the 112 credit unions it serves ranges from 8% to 20%.
For instance, the $568 million Newport News, Va.-based First Advantage Credit Union's PFM adoption rate is more than 14% among 30,000 online users, and the $340 million Call Federal Credit Union in Richmond, Va., has signed up 13.6% of its 6,900 online users, according to Geezeo. First Advantage and Call Federal serve 57,111 and 28,705 members, respectively.
"We have others that have done substantially better than that, and we have others that have done not quite as well," said Bryan Clagett, Geezeo chief marketing officer.
Because consumers say they want a PFM solution from their bank or credit union not an independent PFM provider, Clagett said he believes adoption rates will increase over time.
Clagett cited research from a Javelin Research and Strategy August 2011 study that showed banks and credit unions enjoyed one critical advantage over consumer PFM portals: trust. By more than a two to one margin, consumers said they considered banks and credit unions to be safer than PFM websites for safeguarding login credentials that are used to aggregate account information from multiple financial institutions.
Nonetheless, it appears that credit unions and banks have not done a good enough job in marketing PFM, in part, because only 4% of American consumers regularly use the tool, according to Pleasanton, Calif.-based Javelin.
Credit union executives should view PFMs more broadly, not as a specialty item or menu tab on a website that will appeal to only a small slice of members, said Mark Schwanhausser, senior multichannel financial services analyst for Javelin.
According to an August 2011 survey Javelin conducted with 2,300 consumers, most of them embraced the concept of a PFM site as long as it included features that would allow them to aggregate all financial accounts, make bill payments, do money transfers, set customized alerts, and automatically break down expenditures.
Schwanhausser said it might benefit credit unions to craft contextual marketing messages that show PFM's benefits including saving time and improving finances, which aligns with the credit union industry's mission of people helping people.
Still, there's another obstacle. According to Aite's research, half of consumers don't look to their primary financial institutions to manage their finances.
"However, 30% of consumers said they rarely look to their financial institution to manage their finances, but they also said maybe they should, so perhaps there is a sliver of hope," Shevlin said, adding this is where credit unions and banks need to do better at shifting the perception that members and customers want help to manage their financial lives.
Another hopeful trend is that some industry watchers expect the percentage of members who are using PFM to increase from about 8% to 10% this year to 15% in 2013. There may be some interesting discrepancies that lie beneath those numbers.
"When we ask credit union executives if their members are using PFM, they say 'no,'" said Shevlin. "When you ask customers if they are using PFM they say 'yes.'"
Incidentally, Aite's research showed about 20% to 25% of consumers said they used some type of PFM. Fifteen percent of those consumers used a PFM tool on their bank or credit union website.
Some have told Shevlin that when PFM is launched, it's not unusual that 20% to 40% of online members sign up to use it but over the next two to three months, usage drops off.
"That doesn't surprise me," he said. "It's the New Year's resolution effect."
8 Tips on How to Market a Personal Financial Management Solution
• Highlight the benefits. It saves time, saves money, and reduces debt within contextual ads that show how a PFM can improve the financial lives for members.
• Run ads throughout the year when consumers spend money including on holidays, New Year's, summer vacation and back to school. This may show how PFM can help them manage their money in smarter ways.
• Provide PFM training for credit union employees and encourage them to use the tool so they can better articulate the benefits to members and prospects.
• Integrate your PFM with your credit union's online services.
• Promote PFM on the credit union's home page, and on other appropriate sites.
• Encourage new members to try PFM when they open an account.
• Offer PFM as an add-on product when marketing other products to members.
• During financial education and advocacy seminars, feature the PFM tool to demonstrate how it can be used to accomplish money goals.
Source:Geezeo and PTP New Media


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2003 Cadillac CTS ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Cadillac takes on the best of the European sports sedans.
Cadillac has broken a lot of new ground with its all-new CTS. It drives like a European luxury sports sedan and, like Mercedes-Benz and BMW, this new Cadillac uses rear-wheel drive instead of front-wheel drive. It is designed to appeal to younger buyers who want European performance in an American luxury product. The smallest of Cadillac's sedans, the CTS replaces the European-built Cadillac Catera, two generations of which failed to capture the imagination of the American buying public.
The CTS is built in America, but its power, handling, luxury, and electronics put it in direct competition with sedans from around the world: the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the BMW 3 Series, the Audi A4, the Lexus ES 300, and the Lincoln LS. Cadillac engineers used a BMW 5 Series (the previous 528i) as a performance benchmark. This is the first car to be built on GM's all-new Sigma rear-wheel-drive platform. The CTS will be built in GM's first brand-new factory in years, in Lansing, Michigan.
Cadillac CTS is a five-passenger, four-door sports sedan powered by a 3.2-liter dohc V6 engine. For the first time ever in a GM car, it comes with a choice of either a five-speed manual or a five-speed automatic overdrive transmission.
Three variants of the CTS are available. The base CTS starts at just $29,990, which includes the $640 destination charge. (Everyone should include destination charges in their pricing.)
Two big packages are available for the CTS. The CTS Luxury Package ($2,000) includes an eight-way power adjustable passenger seat, audible theft deterrent system, Zebrano wood trim, memory package, rear-view mirror compass, and a three-channel programmable garage door opener with electronic voice recorder.
The CTS Luxury Sport Package ($3,500) includes all of those features plus the Stabilitrak 2.0 chassis control system, sport-tuned suspension, high-performance brake linings, load-leveling rear suspension, speed-sensitive power steering, and 17-inch polished wheels with V-rated tires.
Other options on our test car included the five-speed electronic automatic transmission, a Bose premium sound system with cassette/six-disc CD changer and CD-ROM-based navigation, 16-inch wheels, an engine block heater, heated front seats, express-open sunroof, xenon high-intensity discharge headlamps and a split-folding rear seat: The entire enchilada, the most expensive CTS you can buy, and it retailed for $39,690.
Whether buyers will opt for the five-speed manual transmission for truly sporty driving remains to be seen. But it is notable that Cadillac went to the trouble of developing the manual gearbox with German supplier Getrag. It says clearly that Cadillac sees the CTS as a sports sedan. It's a good transmission, whether anyone buys it or not.
Walking around the CTS reveals a festival of sharp junctions and angles, the first production car in Cadillac's new design vocabulary that started several years ago with the Evoq show car, a style called Art & Science.
First thing you notice are the big headlamps. The lighting elements fore and aft are huge, especially for a medium-sized car, and each of the lamp units is full of complex reflectors and shapes that add overall interest to the design.
The eggcrate grille is about all that's left of traditional Cadillac exterior design. The new look of the body shape and details takes some getting used to, especially with a short overhang in the front and a longer one at the rear that makes the 3500-pound sedan look tail heavy. Oddly enough, the big rear end houses a trunk that only opens up to 12.8 cubic feet.
Any way you look at it, the CTS looks better than the rounded, nebbish Catera in either early or late vintage. The CTS design is brawny, more muscular, and should attract equal numbers of men and women.
Inside, the CTS is as different from the Catera as it is from the DeVille and Seville, with a much more European presentation of instrumentation and controls (after all, they are going to sell this car in Eastern and Western Europe, Japan, and the Middle East).
In fact, the CTS interior isn't like anything else on the market today. Done up in several high-tech textures (about two too many for our personal tastes), the dashboard and instrument panel are rendered in muted shades of gray with excellent, highly readable graphics.
The center stack, where most of the adjusting is done, juts out proudly and prominently from the rest of the dash, with the elaborate GPS navigation system, when ordered, at the top center location. Climate controls are at the bottom, controlled by amber-lighted pictograms like other Cadillacs. One year of GM's OnStar service comes with the car.
The steering wheel, with more and different types of redundant sound system, cruise control and other buttons mounted to it, looks like something out of a luxury jet fighter, and is deliciously leather-padded wood, with a big, thick rim that's wonderful to use.
The leather-upholstered seats, though they look pretty straightforward and planklike, are definitely not. Instead, they are very comfortable for all-day driving and there is plenty of side bolstering to hold your torso in place through the sharp corners. And Cadillac is happy to tell you that there is more room inside at CTS that there is inside some of its European competition. Although I am tall, in the 95th percentile in term of body type, I was very comfortable in both front seats of the CTS, and only slightly cramped in the rear seats when we tried them out.
Driving Impression
Cadillac went way out of its way in developing the ride and handling characteristics of the CTS. All the way to Germany, in fact, where for several years, prototypes were flogged for weeks at a time on the famous Nurburgring circuit, a 13-mile-long racing circuit with 177 corners and nearly 1000 feet of elevation change. They used it because Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, and Audi use it, too, and they wanted this car to handle as well as any of the European competition.
One of the things that came out of the Nurburgring testing was the way the car is built, with an isolated subframe carrying the entire rear axle and suspension, and a solidly mounted subframe in front carrying the engine, front suspension, and steering. This was done for noise and harshness isolation at the rear, and precise steering action and steering feel at the front. In that regard, the CTS may be the best domestic car this side of the Corvette and Viper. The steering accuracy and the feeling of guiding precision machinery really comes through loud and clear, whether you're driving on the standard 16-inch tires or on the 17-inch tires that come with the Luxury Performance package. The suspension underneath this car is without a doubt the best ever on a Cadillac, singularly smooth, responsive, able to soak up the big bumps and the little undulations equally well without a hint of harshness. One the reasons it all works so well is that the body is enormously stiff and strong for its size and weight, allowing each corner of the car to work independently of the other three.
The braking system on the CTS, consisting of four large-diameter discs, a power booster, and ABS hardware and software, was also developed on the Nurburgring circuit. The average driver on an average drive will never know it, but the braking system on this car is capable of an incredibly high number of full-force stops just short of ABS activation without any sign of brake fade, no hint of hot, smelly linings, or uneven pulling from side to side.
The 3.2-liter V6 engine is an enlarged version of the 3.0-liter V6 that powered the German Opel-based Catera. However, the engine has been fully revised to improve driveability, power and emissions, and is represents a vast improvement. It is the world's only 54-degree V6 engine design (most are either 60 or 90 degrees). The CTS V6 is smooth and quiet, and responsive in traffic. However, with only 220 horsepower on tap, not reachable until 6000 rpm, and 218 foot-pounds of torque available at best, it will not thrill any driver who has had previous experience in a German or Japanese V6 of the same displacement. The CTS is not slow by any means, but neither is it quick. Driving this engine in a manual-transmission model, we found we had to downshift not once but twice to keep the engine in the powerband, and in the automatic, we either kicked the transmission down by hand or foot quite a lot when driving in the mountains of southern California. (The slick new 5L40-E automatic transmission is also used by BMW in the 5 Series and X5 sport utility). Cadillac says more power is a high priority for future models.
With a new chassis, a new body, a new engine, two new transmissions, a new factory and a new workforce, there is an awful lot that could go wrong with a car like the CTS in its first year of production. On the other hand, there is a lot that could go right, and that's what we're banking on when we recommend it as a car to be looked at and test driven if you are in the market for a entry luxury sports sedan.
The Cadillac CTS drives beautifully, it looks and feels extremely modern from the left front seat, it has all the feature content an American driver is looking for, and it looks different from anything else out there.
Model Lineup
CTS Base ($29,350).
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Lansing, Michigan.
Options As Tested
automatic transmission ($1200); Bose premium sound system with cassette/six-disc CD changer and CD-ROM-based navigation system ($2700); heated front seats ($400); express-open sunroof ($1100); xenon high-intensity discharge headlamps with high-pressure washers ($500); 60/40 split fold-down rear seat ($300); Luxury Sport Package ($3500) includes the Luxury Package with an eight-way power adjustable passenger seat, audible theft deterrent system, Zebrano wood trim, memory package, rear-view mirror compass, and a three-channel programmable garage door opener with electronic voice recorder, plus the Stabilitrak 2.0 chassis control system, sport-tuned suspension, high-performance brake linings, load-leveling rear suspension, speed-sensitive power steering, and 17-inch polished wheels with V-rated tires.
Model Tested
Cadillac CTS ($29,350).
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The Woodland pool of the Route 17 Classic won all four games Saturday, including Ridgeview's 55-42 victory over Wilmington in the title contest.
Paw Paw defeated Dwight 64-29 for third place while Flanagan-Cornell topped Leland-Earlville 72-59 in the fifth-place game and Woodland got past Chicago Christ the King Jesuit 65-55 in the seventh-place battle.
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Randi Zuckerberg, the Roger Clinton of the tech world, is back to profiting off the success of her younger brother. Her latest exploit? Failing up from her miserable Dot Complicated newsletter to a weekly radio show on SiriusXM.
According to a gruelingly long press release, "Dot Complicated with Randi Zuckerberg" will be a hour-long call-in show for her dozen or so listeners to ask questions about Fitbits for dogs. Or something.
Broadcasting from the Wharton School's studio in San Francisco each week, Zuckerberg will offer listeners advice on real ways to help untangle their modern tech lives, and how to find a new normal with technology as a true asset and helper, not a burden or distraction. Drawing on years of experience in the tech sector as an entrepreneur and mother, Zuckerberg will also provide a forum to explore how technology and social media overwhelms, and sometimes controls, peoples' lives. "Dot Complicated" will also delve into the latest high tech innovations for kids, parents and even pets, examining what is new in technology that can be incorporated into their daily lives. Randi and her guests will serve as expert guides to gadgets, technology and media and whether they warrant a "Like or Dislike."
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Another Royal Rumble is in the books, and the build-up toward WrestleMania -- which is the wrestling hype equivalent of the Super Bowl media week we're just starting -- has begun in earnest. I was an interested observer once again this year, covering the Rumble for this site, and had to say that it wasn't half bad. Trouble is, the second biggest pay-per-view of the year should be a lot better than that.
The time tested gimmick that is the Rumble match itself wasn't the problem. It's always fun to watch, especially in person, as I got the chance to do a few years ago when it came to Philadelphia. Fans always get anxious waiting to see who's coming out next, and except for occasionally
revealing the first and last entrants, the WWE does a great job keeping us in suspense. This year was no exception.
Within the battle royal, we always get to see various subplots intertwine and play themselves out. Sunday saw Vince McMahon continue his conflict with Shawn Michaels (with help from son Shane) and Carlito betray Chris Masters once again. The Rumble is always a good tool for throwing logs on the fire of existing feuds or sparking new ones, and that's a good thing.
But (and you knew there was a but coming soon) the Royal Rumble is supposed to be one of the WWE's biggest events of the year. Along with SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and, of course, WrestleMania, the Rumble is supposed to be one of the industry's majors, to steal a golf or tennis analogy. The last Sunday in January should have a big event feel, and while the 2006 edition had its moments, that feel was missing for me.
Yes, I was excited to see Rey Mysterio win the Rumble, dedicating his effort to Eddie Guerrero, and there was legitimate suspense once it got down to the last three men. We got a few surprise entrants like we always do, and a few title changes, and yet another dramatic return by The Undertaker. Still, I ended last night's broadcast without a feeling of complete satisfaction. Like the feeling you get when you dine at a fancy restaurant, enjoying a delicious entree that comes in a tiny portion, I was left wanting more.
I could definitely just use my weekly space to complain, but I figured I'd go one better and give the whole Rumble a makeover. I always try to stay away from playing fantasy booker, so I'm steering clear of saying who should win the Rumble match and things of that nature. These are more general improvements I think might restore some of the aura to my favorite non-Mania pay-per-view. Like the crew does for people's houses over on ABC,
these fixes are provided free of charge.
And hopefully, spelling 'Xtreme' like I did up top accomplishes the dual goals of avoiding a lawsuit and satisfying the WWE's ongoing 'X' fetish! Here's what we could do to makeover the Rumble before January of 2007:
Move the Rumble match to the back
The back of the card, that is, a.k.a. the main event. I was in disbelief when I realized that the battle royal was taking place in the middle of the card, and that Mark Henry's title shot was closing out the night. If you're going to build a PPV around a big gimmick match, you darn well better make sure that's the most important thing going on. Yes, the world title matches are important too, but a WrestleMania title shot is (hypothetically anyway) even more important, so the Rumble should never be upstaged at its own event. Even when the World's Strongest Man is on the card.
Speaking of title shots...
Raise the stakes
One of the best ideas that the WWE has ever had was to award a main event shot at Mania to the Rumble winner, thus ensuring regular fans would tune in because something serious was on the line. Sadly, the creation of two heavyweight titles and the brand split has weakened the foundations of this concept quite a bit. Triple H looked like he had a real shot at winning the Rumble last Sunday, and it would have made sense if he did. But since Mysterio won, and could choose to challenge for the Smackdown belt, Triple H could still end up facing the Raw champion in April. Where's the suspense there?
Of course, you still want to leave yourself some wiggle room, especially if the split is going to continue. So my idea is simple: have the Rumble serve as the only way to get the Mania shot for the 30 men who participate. If you're not in the battle royal, you
could still get a title shot some other way. Using this year as an example, that means that you could have the Edge-Cena title feud continue if you'd like, or have a returning wrestler like Undertaker get a shot. But for people like Triple H, Randy Orton and the rest, you didn't get it done, so better luck next year. Unless you win the title before Mania of course, so the weekly TV shows and final brand-only PPV leading up to the big one could still have some drama.
And yes, you could still leave yourself one last out by allowing the Rumble winner's title shot to be put up for grabs as a stipulation before Mania. The cynics are already predicting this fate for poor Rey. With more on the line in January though, there would be more on the line to qualify for the Rumble. I think that's a segue.
Play up the qualifying process
The WWE makes a half-hearted attempt at this already, holding
qualifying matches on Raw and Smackdown for some of the entry spots. There's a lot more mileage to be had out of this idea though, especially with the federation increasingly incorporating its website and other forms of media into the whole package.
Start by making almost everybody qualify for the Rumble. If you don't win a qualifier you don't get in, with the exception, perhaps, of past Rumble winners, similar to the champions' provisionals in golf or NASCAR. It's not hard to see how the WWE could benefit from the extra buzz around qualifying, playing up who's already in and who's yet to make it, increasing the value of the final few spots when there's only a week or two to go. There's plenty of time between Survivor Series and the Rumble to spread out the qualifiers, and it adds a little value to the 20 or so wrestlers that we all know have no chance to win the actual event. The guys on WWE.com or Byte This could talk about who's on the bubble,
cashing in on the same analysis that makes the build-up to college basketball's March Madness compelling.
If you haven't figured it out by now, I think there are always ways that wrestling can borrow things that work from the "real sports" to add to the mix with the soap opera and in-ring action. And I believe that's another segue.
Don't forget the stats
Wrestling doesn't lend itself to statistics, but the Rumble is one place where they do fit. Here at SLAM! Wrestling, we've done a pretty entertaining job of showing the numbers side of the Rumble over the years, and I'm sure we'd be happy to keep doing it. Of course, the WWE could do more of that itself, and I think fans would dig it.
We're talking simple things here, like who's eliminated the most guys in Rumble history, who's lasted the longest in the ring, who's had the most ring time without
throwing anyone out, who's had to sell the most moves and lay still so other guys can get the spotlight... okay, I made that last one up. The stats are a great way to add some atmosphere without taking wrestling too seriously. I don't even need to mention that the website, magazine, etc., could play bigger roles here than they already do, but I think I just did. Hang tight -- we're almost done with the renovations.
Trim with bigger surprises
This is the simplest fix of all. There are 30 starting spots, so the winner doesn't always have to come from the first two or last two entrants. Surprise slots could be filled with athletes from the local city or someone else besides older superstars, though maybe not Drew Carey again. A little imagination goes a long way.
Not too shabby if I do say so myself. The old reliable gimmick pay-per-view can be looking like it's in top-top shape with a
little work by willing volunteers like myself. Can we fix it? Yes we can.
I think that's Bob The Builder and not Extreme Makeover. But eat your heart out anyway, Ty.
Nick Tylwalk has been a SLAM! Wrestling contributor since 1998, and his column, Walkin' That Aisle with Nick Tylwalk, appears most Mondays. Comments, compliments and complaints can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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On the heels of laying off 63 employees in Memphis and as it grapples with challenging business conditions locally and worldwide, London-based medical device maker Smith & Nephew sees a bright spot in the Bluff City: the new Centre for Innovation.
In reporting fourth quarter and year-end earnings last week, company officials touted the opening of the new center at its Goodlett Farms facility as one highlight from 2012.
"I believe that medical innovation and training go hand-in-hand, and we opened our new state-of-the-art medical training facility in Memphis in the U.S.," CEO Olivier Bohuon told analysts during a conference call last week.
The 62,000-square-foot facility opened during the first quarter of 2012 as a multi-disciplinary facility that includes joint reconstruction, sports medicine and trauma. The facility enables surgeons from different specialties and locations to share learning and innovation.
The center features an auditorium with a seating capacity of 140, five conference rooms, 17 labs – including a 10-station lab – and two classrooms.
"We had approximately 700 surgeons come through the Innovation Centre for medical education programs in 2012," said Andrew Burns, group director of marketing communications in Memphis. "We should easily hit that number again in 2013."
Also in 2012, more than 400 members of the company's sales team traveled to Memphis for numerous training sessions, ranging from one day to three weeks at a time. While most visitors were from the United States, the company also provided education to multiple groups from Europe, Asia and South America.
Otherwise, the company reported that fourth quarter earnings declined on a sluggish European market, and it forecast lower profitability in 2013.
The company reported revenues of $1.08 billion for the fourth quarter, a 3 percent drop compared to $1.11 billion during the same period a year earlier. For the full year, the company's revenues totaled $4.14 billion compared to $4.27 billion in 2011.
Revenues for the company's Advanced Surgical Devices division, which is located at the Goodlett Farms Parkway facility, were $797 million in the fourth quarter compared to $835 million during the same period in 2011. For the full year, ASD revenues totaled $3.1 billion.
Bohuon described 2013 as a year of consolidation, and he expects the company's margins this year to be slightly below the 23.3 percent achieved in 2012, partly due to the medical device tax that is part of the Affordable Care Act.
That tax was also partially responsible for Smith & Nephew cutting nearly 100 jobs in Memphis and Andover, Mass. The Affordable Care Act includes a 2.3 percent medical device tax, which took effect Jan. 1.
"The cost of the U.S. medical device excise tax is significant," said Bohuon, adding that the tax will cost the company about $25 million in 2013. "While I believe that we will be able to absorb it completely over time, it is a material head wind this year."
The new tax will cost the industry $30 billion over 10 years, but Bohuon stressed that Smith & Nephew has not raised prices to offset the new tax. He also contradicted earlier statements from officials in Andover that the recent layoffs were a result of the tax.
Bohuon said the cuts had "nothing to do with the Obamacare" and was simply the result of a mix of conditions the company identified more than a year ago. However, the company's U.S. spokesman cited the medical device tax as one of the factors for the recent job cuts.
Company officials in Andover reiterated that statement this week while denying any contradictions.
"The statements are consistent, one being the global perspective provided by our CEO, and the other being a response specific to our U.S. business," said Joe Metzger, senior vice president of corporate communications in Andover. "Smith & Nephew in the U.S. took a number of actions that resulted in the loss of less than a hundred positions in Tennessee and Massachusetts, citing a need to reduce costs locally to help absorb the impact of the new medical device excise tax."
The cuts included 63 jobs in Memphis, 20 in Andover and 12 in Europe. The company also announced plans to shutter a facility in Belgium due the need to counter the effects of the continuing austerity measures in Europe.
"The actions are part of a three-year efficiency program or 'value plan' announced in late 2011 to ensure Smith & Nephew has the right cost base for prevailing market conditions," Metzger said.
The company announced in February 2012 that it would reduce its 11,000-person global workforce by 7 percent over the next three years to save $150 million. About 320 layoffs have been completed.
Bohuon is optimistic the cost-cutting initiatives will continue to help the company.
"There is no doubt that we are benefiting from implementing our strategic priorities," he said. "Our choices to invest in products and geographic areas of higher growth are enabling us to drive greater value from existing resources."
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Alfresco's Open Source ECM System Recognized for Increasing Impact on the Digital Content Industry
LONDON — November 23, 2010 — Alfresco, the open platform for social content management, has been named to EContent magazine's 2010 EContent 100 list of "companies that matter most in the digital content industry" for the fifth consecutive year. Selected by a panel of 10 EContent editors, contributors and other industry experts, companies were evaluated based on innovation and meeting customer needs in a rapidly evolving industry.
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"With this year's EContent 100 list, we looked to recognize the drivers of the today's ever-changing digital content market," said Michelle Manafy, Editor-in-Chief of EContent magazine. "Because of the company's continued commitment to developing innovative new tools and functionality, Alfresco Software certainly earned its continued place on our list."
Alfresco has seen major adoption of its ECM system throughout the world, having earlier this calendar year closed the 2009 fiscal year as the company's most successful to date. The company currently has more than 1100 enterprise customers, over 270 SI and OEM partners, and has surpassed the 2.0 million downloads mark. Most recently, Alfresco launched Community 3.4, the next version of Alfresco's content management platform, which brings collaborative web development and new tools for spring developers to market.
"The digital content industry – or as we see it, the social content management industry – has grown and shifted significantly since we won our first EContent 100 five years ago, and we are proud to be recognized for our role in driving some of that change," said John Powell, CEO and Co-founder, Alfresco Software. "With our recent launch of Alfresco Community 3.4, followed by two successful developer conferences drawing record numbers in the U.S. and Europe, we recognize the direction our customers are heading and look forward to working with them to remain a step ahead."
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- 1 15 ounce can Pumpkin pure
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- Beat pudding, milk, pumpkin and spice with a whisk.
- Fold in Cool Whip. Refrigerate for an hour minimum.
Terri's Notes
-Crushed Ginger Snaps would be a great combo for this . . . layered in a pretty glass, sprinkled on top, or just tuck one in the edge of the dish for garnish.
-I love this served just a little bit frosty. Just put your dish in the freezer 30 minutes to an hour before serving.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (January 9, 2014)—Mental Health America said today a new rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to remove anti-depressants and antipsychotics from its "protected" status on Part D drug plan formularies would be harmful to consumers.
The proposed rule revises long-standing prior agency policy that required Part D plans to include on their formularies "all or substantially all" drugs within six classes: anti-depressants, antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, antineoplastics, and immunosuppressants. This policy, known as the "six protected classes" policy, has been in effect since the inception of Part D, and has strong congressional support.
David L. Shern, Ph.D, president and CEO of Mental Health America, said the organization is a strong supporter of six classes policy and would join with other advocacy groups in submitting comments opposing the rule, which are due by March 7.
"For many mental health consumers, access to the full range of the most effective medications is a crucial component of successful treatment and recovery," he said. "Such medically necessary psychotropic medications, and their combination with other services and supports, are often essential to permit people with mental health and substance use conditions to recover and to lead healthy and productive lives in their communities. "
Dr. Shern said policies that restrict access to medically necessary medication not only fail to achieve their intended purpose of reducing overall health care costs but prolong human suffering, and reduce the potential for an individual with a mental health or substance use condition to achieve full recovery.
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August 28, 2011
The Story of an Orchid
22 comments:
- Judith said...
What a lovely story. Your poor orchid was home sick all the time. I am so pleased that you kept it all this time. Everyone or thing deserves a chance.
- August 28, 2011 at 4:19 PM
- Maddy said...
I really enjoyed your story about your plants. I too have moved to Qld. bringing with me a small number of plants. All of which are doing well only three orchids, one which my father gave to me. Which is very unusually for him as he is known not to share his orchids. Now that we have purchased a house. I can finally start a garden.
- August 28, 2011 at 4:33 PM
- Jessica said...
Yay! I am sooo pleased for you! It must be the Queensland weather. I have a native orchid that is from one of my grandmothers too, so I know exactly how you feel!
- August 28, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Oh Val, what a beautiful story. I almost had shivers reading the last bit. Of course it had to come home..... just where it belongs.
Enjoy, hugs from a very hot country.......Cyprus x x x
Sue x x x
- August 28, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- simplestitches said...
Val what a delightful story...I'm so glad that you kept that orchid all those years!
I've got quite a few that came from my Dad's place when he passed away...they bloom each year and are beautiful....
I've also got pink nerines that came from my Grandmothers garden...they didn't bloom for years...but now I have pink nerines everywhere in my garden and will always take them with me wherever I go....
- August 28, 2011 at 8:04 PM
- Country Log Cabin Quilter said...
Neat story! It's amazing that you kept it all those years!
- August 28, 2011 at 8:33 PM
- Sharon said...
I so enjoyed reading about your orchid! My husband bought me an orchid earlier this year and I'm hoping it will bloom again next Spring. I have read some articles about caring for orchids and hope I can keep mine alive!
- August 28, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- annmarie said...
AWESOME story - thanks for sharing.
- August 28, 2011 at 10:47 PM
- Marj said...
Who would have thought that a flower could be homesick. Your orchid is beautiful, I can see why you were not able to give up on it. Happy orchid watching and quilting!
- August 28, 2011 at 11:06 PM
- Alicia said...
I loved your orchid history
Here in México we're celebrating grandparents day
Si it was very nice ti read your history today
Congrats!!! Love your flowers
- August 29, 2011 at 12:32 AM
- Allie said...
I got chills reading that - how wonderful to have a piece of your grandmother's plant! And it's bloomed, look at that! Your flowers are so gorgeous, but that one takes the cake, Val - be sure to take lots more pics of it for us!
- August 29, 2011 at 3:30 AM
- Red Heads said...
Val, What beautiful orchids. I loved the story about your grandmother. Thanks for sharing. Your king orchid was just waiting for its new home to rule over. You have a green thumb & patience Me... no.. no.. no...Blessings to you AND THE KING... ha.ha. Dianne.
- August 29, 2011 at 6:25 AM
- Linda said...
What a lovely story, Val. You're so blessed to have enjoyed a green thumb all these years, and to persevere to see your grandmother's orchid bloom. It's already pretty and will surely be fabulous in full bloom. I'm happy for you to celebrate this occasion. Enjoy and appreciate, as I know you are.
- August 29, 2011 at 6:27 AM
- Jeanette said...
Lovely story Val. So glad the orchid has finally flowered for you. The bloom looks so beautiful. Happy Stitching,
- August 29, 2011 at 6:48 AM
- Michelle said...
Love the story Val, like they say 'theres no place like home'. It is beautiful, well worth the wait.
- August 29, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- Jo said...
What a lovely story Val, Im glad you kept the orchid.
- August 29, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- Susan In Texas said...
What a wonderful story, Val. What beautiful orchids you have! Unfortunately, my home is like Auschwitz for houseplants. 8(
Susan in Texas
- August 29, 2011 at 1:32 PM
- MARY PERNULA said...
I love this story. I like how you kept your Grandmother's start and even though it took this long to bloom, the blooms were worth the wait and faith you had in this little jewell. Hugs Mary
- August 30, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Rian said...
What a story and what a beautiful orchid you have. These little flowers and the colour is very nice. The yellow and pink ones, on the other pictures they are sold here, but I havenot seen such one.
Enjoy it!
- September 1, 2011 at 2:36 AM
- Sheila said...
That is a great story. It's amazing that it went that many years with out flowering and you never gave up on it. I do agree, it must have wanted to be in Queensland. Have a great weekend.
- September 3, 2011 at 3:15 PM
- Judy S. said...
Loved your orchid story, Val. It also gave me hope that mine might one day bloom again......
- September 8, 2011 at 2:25 PM
- M and M plus 3 said...
What a wonderful and remarkable story! I have but one orchid. I purchased it without any marker post blooming at a supermarket. It has bloomed for me but now I'm afraid it might be dieing as the stem where the flower was is drying up.
- September 9, 2011 at 12:03 AM


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This is the final update for the 2010/11 regular season looking at which teams have been hit hardest by injuries by trying to place a value on the games missed by players due to injury/illness. (Last month's analysis is HERE.)
The concept again - multiply each game missed by a player by his 2010/11 cap charge, then take the aggregate of these figures for each team and divide by 82. This indicator of value lost to a team by injury/illness is called CHIP (Cap Hit of Injured Players).
Alternatively...Again, for a different indicator of player "value", I've also illustrated a similar metric based on TOI/G alongside the CHIP numbers. Clearly, neither cap charge nor TOI/G are perfect measures of player value, since each have a number of limitations and inconsistencies, but they provide a decent comparison and the results do vary somewhat.
A quick summary of the alternative metric:
- TOI/G replaces cap charge as the measure of value in the calculation
- For goalies, TOI/G has been worked out as Total Minutes Played / Games Dressed For* - i.e. a goalie playing every minute of 75% of the games, zero in the rest, would end up with a TOI/G of 45 minutes (or close to it, once you factor in OT and so on). [*Actually, "Games Played by Team - Games Missed by Goalie" - I'm not inclined to disentangle any three-goalie systems or minor-league conditioning stints.]
- This arguably overstates the worth of starting goalies somewhat, but it's simple and you could equally argue that a workhorse goalie is the hardest position to replace, so it's fair for them to have a much higher TOI/G figure
- Where a player hasn't played all year (several examples at this point of the season) or where a player fairly clearly has a reduced TOI/G figure due to getting injured in their only game or one of very few games, I've used TOI/G from last season (or further back if necessary)
- For each player, multiply games missed by TOI/G to get (for a more palatable name) Cumulative Minutes of Injured Player (CMIP)
- Take the aggregate of CMIP for the team and divide by games played by the team to arrive at AMIP (Average Minutes of Injured Players) - it feels more understandable expressing this metric as an average per game (whereas CHIP is a running total)
The table below (playoff teams highlighted in yellow) shows:
- Total CHIP for each team over the 2010/11 regular season
- The player who has contributed most to the team's CHIP figure
- The number of players with a CHIP contribution of over $250,000 (think of it as being equivalent to a $1m player missing 20 games or a $4m player missing five games)
- AMIP for each team over the same period (e.g. an AMIP of 40:00 could be seen as the team missing two 20-minute per game players for every game this season)
After a late surge that surely nobody could have seen coming, given the scandalous lack of media coverage, the Penguins clinch the title of
For a further breakdown, the following table also shows the distribution of CHIP by position for each team:
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The plucky Rangers saw their chance of an unprecedented worst-to-first run dashed by Ryan Callahan's inability to break himself on a Zdeno Chara slapshot quite early enough in the season and Glen Sather's unfathomable decision not to tack another million per year on Derek Boogaard's bargain contract.
At the other end of the table, Carolina's rather massive separation from the field only made my amusement at their Game 82 wipeout increase, when their colour analyst (colour: orange) Tripp Tracy decided to claim injuries were a major factor in the team's failure to make the playoffs within two minutes of the game ending.
Despite the cluster of non-playoff teams towards the top of the CHIP table, I'm still not that convinced there is much of a correlation with performance overall - of those teams, only really the Devils' failure could be argued as being much of a surprise.
Not sure how the injured Penguins forwards have been rated as having more value than the long Drury/Boogaard absences for the Rangers, but then I never claimed the system was perfect. And where would the Senators, Leafs, Wild and Islanders have been without the costly injuries to Leclaire, Giguere, Harding and a bunch of minor league goalies respectively?
Now I have three years' worth of the data (2008/09 analysis and 2009/10 analysis), I will consider doing a post with some sort of wider annual comparisons. For now, worth noting that the league-wide aggregate CHIP figure of around $234m is higher than each of the last two years - though increases in average contract size may well play a part in this.
The next lists are the top 30 individual CHIP and CMIP contributions:
Andrei Markov follows up a strong 13th place finish in 2009/10 to just hold off Captain Clutch for the individual CHIP title. Surely cause for celebration in Montreal. Stay away from parked cars, Andrei.
Mark Streit's season-long presence in the press box would have been a crushing blow for the Islanders. Had he not had his credentials revoked by the team in November, of course.
Players who missed all 82 games: Sauer (Phoenix), Mueller (Colorado), Harding (Minnesota), Sheppard (Minnesota), Salvador (New Jersey), Streit (NY Islanders), Laperriere (Philadelphia), Bitz (Florida).
Mark Streit's season-long presence in the press box would have been a crushing blow for the Islanders. Had he not had his credentials revoked by the team in November, of course.
Players who missed all 82 games: Sauer (Phoenix), Mueller (Colorado), Harding (Minnesota), Sheppard (Minnesota), Salvador (New Jersey), Streit (NY Islanders), Laperriere (Philadelphia), Bitz (Florida).
Where does it hurt?
This is another update of the crude injury-by-location analysis. Again, I've just used the descriptions found in the player profiles on tsn.ca, so the figures will encompass all the inaccuracies and vagueness within them. It should give a broad indication, if nothing else, though.
And as an extra, further final bonus, a final look at the Evasiveness Index. This is basically the proportion of injury instances for each team that have been described as either "Undisclosed" or the helpfully pointless "Upper/Lower Body" in the same TSN profiles. I have made no judgement about whether the many instances of "Illness" (i.e. concussion), "Flu" (i.e. concussion) or even "Boogaard Shoulder" (i.e. concussion) should also be included.
Carolina uncharacteristically blew their chance of victory here by deciding to disclose a couple of injuries down the stretch. Greg Sherman clearly has a lot to learn, or too much time on his hands, managing to disclose each one of 46 different injuries to 29 different players. Not including Peter Forsberg.
- Figures exclude a few minor-leaguers / marginal NHLers who are or had been on the NHL club's IR since pre-season. Generally, if a minor-leaguer gets called up and then injured in an NHL game, his games missed will then count towards the CHIP though. I've tried to exclude minor-league conditioning stints immediately after/during a period on IR from the man-games lost figures
- There are undoubtedly a few inaccuracies and inconsistencies in there - I do the best I can with the information out there. Some corrections are picked up month-to-month too
- The cap figure doesn't really correlate very well to the "worth" of a player in some cases, e.g. where rookie bonuses are included this year, where players are seeing out an old (underpaid or rookie) contract or where players are horrendously overpaid
- Also, for any player who was acquired on re-entry waivers (e.g. Sean Avery), the cap hit will only reflect that for their current team, i.e. 50% of the player's full cap hit (shared between his current and old teams)
- I've once again stuck a full team-by-team listing of games missed and CHIP/CMIP numbers by each player on the web HERE
- Injury/games/TOI info courtesy of tsn.ca and nhl.com - man-games lost info more than likely does not exactly match up with the "official" figures released by individual teams
- Cap info courtesy of capgeek.com


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