text:
Behavior-Based Taxonomy (BBT)
January 20, 2009
Draft!! What kinds of semantic web tools can information architects use to make it easier for search engines to match specific queries with the most relevant information? Tools developed in Library Sciences (and now Information Studies) such as taxonomies, faceted classification and thesauri enhance search results. Information Studies with a focus on marketing do not attempt to help users link to the most relevant information in response to their queries as much as they want to advertise their products and services. A higher Google ranking means greater findability and more potential clients but cannot ever ensure robust truth claims or the most efficient research avenue on the subject under investigation. Behaviour-based taxonomy (BBT) architectures attempt to direct more traffic to their sites which could, if used unethically, simply translate into claiming more tags and categories than are justified.
Advances in technology make it easier for Information Architects to monitor traffic on sites and collect detailed statistics on queries and hits (page views, etc). Behaviour-based taxonomy (BBT) uses data on visitors/users/clients' queries to revisit, redefine and refine taxonomies: categories, tags, metatags, etc. If I understand it correctly behaviour-based taxonomy (BBT) could be developed by reclassifying objects in different hierarchies within traditional subject and content-based taxonomies, using faceted categories effectively when classical taxonomy is not sufficient and being aware of other common terms that describe the object (thesauri).
Again if I am correctly understanding behaviour-based taxonomy it could also be a behaviour-based folksonomy, in which an ordinary blogger, like myself, could monitor wordpress dashboard data on visitors queries to develop categories and tags.
Faceted categories: Although the concept of the faceted categories system was first introduced by S.R. Ranganathan in 1933 in his publication Colon Classification, this simple but highly-efficient tool from the Library Sciences and Library and Information Studies (LIS), is proving to be highly effective in Web 2.0 applications such as del.icio.us social bookmarking and wordpress blogs. The popularity of facet categories has increased. Library and Information Studies S.R. Ranganathan faceted universal classification system used only five faceted categories (PMEST): Personality (the something in question, e.g. a person or event in a classification of history, or an animal in a classification of zoology), Matter (what something is made of), Energy (how something changes, is processed, evolves), Space (where something is), Time (when it happens). These have also become the classic who, what, how, where, when.
Dalhousie University's School of Library and Information Studies professor Louise Spiteri's article (1998-04) hosted on the Information Architecture Institute's site, simplifies Ranganathan's system and explained developments in the use of faceted categories through the establishment in 1952 of the British Classification Research Group (CRG) to expand on and modify Ranganathan's facet analysis in response to the limitations of traditional enumerative classification systems when confronted with compound subjects. British Classification Research Group (CRG) studies facet analysis, relational operators and the theory of Integrative Levels (Spiteri 1995). Spiteri explored how the CRG's bottom-up approach provided a useful alternative to the traditional top-down approach to classification. In the top-down approach predetermined areas of knowledge are broken down into their constituent elements. The bottom-up approach pieces together individual elements and then determines the areas of knowledge they form using the theory of integrative levels.
Faceted categories are based on emergent phenomena whose behaviour cannot be predicted from their constituent parts versus resultant phenomena whose behaviour can be predicted from their constituent parts.
Emergence has been used as a concept/metaphor in philosophy of the mind studies to illustrate why mechanistic calculations of brain architecture as used in cognitive science are inadequate. Michael Polanyi has found emergence to be a potent concept in the the study of knowledge itself helping to explain why we know what we know, how we build new ideas when our knowledge becomes tacit (Polanyi 1966). See Tennis " (2004). Polanyi (1967: 4) explored processes inherent in connoisseurship/discovery of new models and theories versus Popper's validation/refutation of theories and models in value-free scientific knowledge, and developed the concept of tacit knowledge, a pre-logical phase of knowing where 'we can know more than we can tell (1967: 4)' comprised of concepts, images and sensory information that help make sense of our experiences. Polanyi argued that the knowledge of approaching discovery or establishing authenticity is based on a highly personal (not objective) tacit knowledge where the knower senses that there is something valuable to be discovered and feels compelled or committed to investigating the hidden truth claim and relating evidence to an external reality (Polanyi 1967: 24-5). See Smith (2003).
A more recent faceted universal classification system called Bliss Bibliographic Classification (BC2), added and redefined the classical classification to include: thing/entity [who], kind, part, property, material, process [how], operation [how], patient, product, by-product, agent [who], space [where], time [when] (Broughton 2001:79).
(Broughton 2001) described how facted classifications continue to be "powerful tools for the management of vocabulary, characterised by a rigorous analytical approach to terms, and the clear identification of semantic and syntactic relationships and structures. The philosophy and function of BC2 are described, as is the process of building a knowledge structure on facet analytical principles. The range of related functions of such structures when employed as knowledge management tools (as classification, thesaurus, subject heading list, browsable index) is considered, as is the potential of facet analytical knowledge structures for the management of digital materials. Facet analysis is regarded as a powerful methodology for the creation of structures appropriate to specific retrieval requirements in a range of contexts, with emphasis on the problems of complex subject description and retrieval and multidimensionality."
William Denton described (2007-02) "How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Web" by choosing between these two systems.
Metadata in terms of content management and information architecture, refers to "information about objects" (documents, images, etc). The well-known Dublin Core specification for metadata includes 15 elements: Title, Creator, Subject, Description, Publisher, Contributor, Date, Type, Format, Identifier, Source, Language, Relation, Coverage and Rights. The DCMI Type Vocabulary "provides a general, cross-domain list of approved terms that may be used as values. They also provide a more comprehensive document: "DCMI Metadata Terms These are described in detail on their site. For example under subject:
Term Name: subject
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject
Label: Subject
Definition: The topic of the resource.
Comment: Typically, the subject will be represented using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. To describe the spatial or temporal topic of the resource, use the Coverage element.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject
Version: http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#subjectT-001
Note: This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
- Subject-Based Taxonomies (SBT) : "Subject or "Domain" taxonomies attempt to completely describe all of the terms in a field, as well as the relationship between the terms. Typically these relationships are hierarchical, and they are the kind of taxonomies we use to classify knowledge – the kind of taxonomies your biology teacher would talk about. You need a real subject matter expert to create useful subject based taxonomy. And whatever you do, don't hire two (or more) subject experts, because they will never agree on the taxonomy (Enterprise Search 2007-04-25) ."
Subject-based classification includes metadata properties or fields that directly describe objects by listing discrete subjects.
- Content-Based Taxonomies (CBT): "Content based taxonomies are organized using existing content. Organization charts, computer directory/folder structures, or social tagging content is typically a 'content based' taxonomy. These taxonomies are often built by humans – you do it yourself when you decide what folders to use on your computer. But these can also be done automatically with tools many search and content management vendors sell (Enterprise Search 2007-04-25)."Guarino, Masolo and Vetere's (1999-05) article described how the OntoSeek system adopts "a language of limited expressiveness for content representation and uses a large ontology based on WordNet for content matching. [S]tructured content representations coupled with linguistic ontologies can increase both recall and precision of content-based retrieval. They compared tf-idf results from a corpus of 100 documents for term 'cancer' obtained from Google (cancer, cell, 3. breast, 4. research, 5. treatment, 6. tumor, 7. information, 8. color, 9. patient, 10. health, 11. support, 12. news, 13. care, 14. wealth, 15. tomorrow, 16. entering, 17. writing, 18. loss, 19. dine, 20. mine, 21. dinner) and terms expanded using WordNet (1. cancer, 2. cell, 3. tumor, 4. patient, 5. document, 6. carcinoma, 7. lymphoma, 8. disease, 9. access, 10. treatment, 11. skin, 12. liver, 13. leukemia, 14. risk, 15. breast, 16. genetic,
17.tobacco, 18. thymoma, 19. malignant, 20. gene, 21. clinical [1].
- Behavior-Based Taxonomy (BBT): (Enterprise Search (2007-04-25)) argued that Behavior-Based Taxonomy (BBT) is more important than Subject-Based Taxonomies (SBT) or Content-Based Taxonomies (CBT). Behaviour-Based Taxonomy refers to the actual list of search terms that people actually use when they search a site which can be monitored through your site's search logs every few months. They recommend that you aim to provide useful results for the top hundred queries on your site (Enterprise Search 2007-04-25) .
wordpress.com offers an amazing service to their bloggers by providing statistics on page views, etc. But they also list queries which has in some ways encouraged me to improve responses to the most frequent search enquiries. There are search analytic tools available, but we can monitor our own sites using slow world technologies as well.
tags: queries, Search Analytics, findability, search relevance, search engine optimization (SEO), taxonomy, taxonomies, hierarchies, taxonomy, ontology, semantic web, Data Management, Knowledge Management, Information Architects, information specialists, classification, bottom-up, top-down, hierarchies (arborescent or rhizomic), folksonomy, what is being done in the name of,
faceted tagging: taxonomy: hierarchies,
categories: taxonomies, Internet search engines,
Notes (Draft!!)
The British Classification Society (BCS)'s cross-disciplinary [5] membership includes anthropologists, archaeologists, astronomers, biologists, chemists, computer scientists, forensic scientists, geologists, information specialists, librarians, psychologists, soil scientists and statisticians who are concerned about principles and practice of classification.
Several subject-specific faceted classification systems such as the London Education Classification, the London Classification for Business Studies, and theClassification for Library and Information Science emerged through this initiative. Facet analysis has been applied not only to several classification systems, but has also been used in the design of information retrieval thesauri such as Thesaurofacet, DHSS-DATA Thesaurus and BSI Root Thesaurus, indexing systems such as BTI, CIFT, and GREMAS, and knowledge-based indexing systems such as MedIndex and SIMPR (Aitchison 1969, 1985;British Standards Institution 1988; Burton 1986; Gibb & Fleming 1991; Revie & Smart 1991; Stiles 1985; Travis1989, 1990)
Search engines:
Simpli "was an early search engine that offered disambiguation to search terms. A user could enter in a search term that was ambiguous (e.g., Java) and the search engine would return a list of alternatives (coffee, programming language, island in the South Seas). The technology was rooted in brain science and built by academics to model the way in which the mind stored and utilized language. The early technology was derived heavily from WordNet, which was invented by George A. Miller at Princeton University. George Miller was an advisory Board member to Simpli." wiki
FAST In April 25, 2008 Microsoft acquired FAST Search & Transfer.
During the last five years, From 1967 until he died in 1972 renowned library scientist, Ranganathan, went through a period of prolific writing. It was at this time that he worked on Colon Classification and "proved that the design and development a scheme for classification is a life time activity (biography)."
3. Garshol's (2004-10-26)" article focussed on the advantages of using topic maps to represent metadata and subject-based classification thereby re-using existing classifications and classification techniques with more precise descriptions, he also provided clear explanations of the role of faceted categories, subject-based classification and metadata.
1. wiki: The semantic lexicon WordNet groups English words into synsets, provides short definitions, and records the various semantic relations between these synonym sets thereby producing a more intuitive dictionary/thesaurus that is also capable of supporting automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications. Every synset contains a group of synonymous words or collocations (a collocation is a sequence of words that go together to form a specific meaning, such as "car pool"); different senses of a word are in different synsets. The meaning of the synsets is further clarified with short defining glosses (Definitions and/or example sentences). A typical example synset with gloss is: good, right, ripe — (most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes") Most synsets are connected to other synsets via a number of semantic relations."
dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris
=> canine, canid
=> carnivore
=> placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
=> mammal
=> vertebrate, craniate
=> chordate
=> animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
=> …
On the WordNet site they provide an online search. The query: "dog" gives these results:
S: (n) dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds) "the dog barked all night"
S: (n) frump, dog (a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman) "she got a reputation as a frump"; "she's a real dog"
S: (n) dog (informal term for a man) "you lucky dog"
S: (n) cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel (someone who is morally reprehensible) "you dirty dog"
S: (n) frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener, wienerwurst, weenie (a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll)
S: (n) pawl, detent, click, dog (a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward)
S: (n) andiron, firedog, dog, dog-iron (metal supports for logs in a fireplace) "the andirons were too hot to touch"
S: (v) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track (go after with the intent to catch) "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
5. In his useful article Tennis (2004) described three paths of interdisciplinary work that shape the future of classification research: emergence, encyclopedism, and ecology.
Webliography and Bibliography
Broughton, Vanda. 2001. "Faceted classification as a basis for knowledge organization in a digital environment; the Bliss Bibliographic Classification as a model for vocabulary management and the creation of multi-dimensional knowledge structures." The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia 2001: 67-102.
Denton, William. 2007-02. "How to Make a Faceted Classification and Put It On the Web."
Guarino, Nicola; Masolo, Claudio; Vetere, Guido. 1999-05. "OntoSeek: Content-Based Access to the Web." IEEE Intelligent Systems 14: 3:70-80.
Garshol, Lars Marius. 2004-10-26. "Metadata? Thesauri? Taxonomies? Topic Maps!: Making sense of it all." XML Europe 2004.
Garshol, Lars Marius. 2004. "Metadata? Thesauri? Taxonomies? Topic Maps!: Making sense of it all." Journal of Information Science. Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. 30:4:378-39.
Garshol, Lars Marius. 2004-09. "Metadata? Thesauri? Taxonomies? Topic Maps!: Making sense of it all." interChange. 10:3:17-30.
Jones, Matthew; Alani, Harath. 2006-07-23. "Content-based Ontology Ranking." 9th International Protege Conference. Stanford, California.
Kehoe, Miles. 2007-Q1. "Interpreting Your Search Activity Reports: What to look for as you review your reports." New Idea Engineering Inc.4:1.
McIlwaine, I.; Broughton, Vanda. 2000. "The Classification Research Group: then and now." Knowledge Organization. 27:4: 195-199.
Polanyi, Michael. 1966. Tacit Dimension. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. See Michael Polanyi and Tacit Dimension.
Ranganathan, S.R. 1933 [1987 7th ed]. Colon Classification. Madras: Madras Library Association.
Ranganathan, S.R. 1933 [2006]. Colon Classification. 6th Edition. Ess Ess Publications, Delhi, India.
Ranganathan, S.R. 1962. Elements of library classification. New York: Asia Publishing House.
Smith, Mark. K. (2003) "Michael Polanyi and tacit knowledge." Encyclopedia of Informal Education.
Spiteri, Louise F. 1995-06. The Classification Research Group and the Theory of Integrative Levels. Katharine Sharp Review. 1:1-6.
Spiteri, Louise. 1998-04. "A Simplified Model for Facet Analysis." Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science. 23:1-30.
Taylor, A. G. 1992. Introduction to Cataloging and Classification. 8th ed. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited.
Tennis, Joseph T. 2004. "Three Spheres of Classification Research: Emergence, Encyclopedism, and Ecology." In
Advances in Classification Research. vol. 13. (Medford, NJ: Information Today for the American Society for
Information Science and Technology).


text:
Check out the latest RPG news | Podcasts | Twitch Streams
Ah, thanks. I will search out those islands.
I just finished the game a few minutes ago. I'll have to wait a bit for my final impressions to set in but overall I had a blast playing the game. And WOW, that last boss battle was intense! Damn spikes and satellite things drove me crazy!

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Peter Robinson recently sat down with President Bush in Dallas to record an interview for Uncommon Knowledge. Two books provide the frame for the interview. In Decision Points, now out in paperback, Bush looks back on his presidency. The 4% Solution: Unleashing the Economic Growth America Needs is a collection of essays edited by Brendan Miniter with a foreword by Bush and derived from the George W. Bush Institute. One highlight of the collection is Amity Shlaes's essay, "Growth Lessons from Calvin Coolidge." It previews Amity's forthcoming biography of Coolidge, touted by President Bush during the interview.
There is much to enjoy here. Bush's intelligence and decency shine through. Among the quotable quotes, I loved this explanation of his detachment from the scene: "I think it's bad for the presidency to have former presidents bloviating." His detachment is also a source of relief: "I crawled out of the swamp. I'm not crawling back in." And why does he wish the tax cuts he succeeded in getting enacted were not dubbed the Bush tax cuts? Stay tuned for his answer to that question.
There is also some with which to argue. President Bush has no apparent second thoughts, for example, about the inclusion of a terrorist party in the elections that brought Hamas to power in Gaza.
The interview is about an hour long. It is interesting throughout. If you are inclined to check it out, which I urge you to do, please be sure not to miss the last 10 minutes, including President Bush's discussion of his continuing relationship with injured soldiers. I won't forget the bicycle ride he mentions, and I don't think you will either.
NOTE: IF the video doesn't play or display for you in Safari, please try another browser.


text:
News Highlights
SEMI Announces FlexTech Alliance as First Strategic Partner -- Inter-Industry Cooperation Pact Expands Markets and Services
SAN JOSE, Calif. — October 7, 2015 — SEMI announced today that FlexTech Alliance has become the first SEMI Strategic Association Partner...FlexTech will continue to pursue its mission of fostering the growth of the emerging flexible, hybrid and printed electronics industry as part of SEMI... < more >
Visit FlexTech Alliance website and Flextech Industry News and Blogs
More News
SEMI FlexTech Special Interest Group
The SEMI FlexTech Special Interest Group is dedicated to advancing collective industry interests through:
For more information, please contact Heidi Hoffman at firstname.lastname@example.com or 408.577-1300.
Flexible, Hybrid & Printed Electronics Industry News
Tweets by flextechnews
|UC Berkeley
University of California Berkeley professors and students shows off its work in printed and hybrid electronics and their ideas of an interconnected world. Created February, 2016.
|Cal Poly
California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) steps through their process of creating a Printed capacitive sensing smart label. In this video, they design, create and test a label which senses, measures and displays metrics from a high end moisturizer bottle.
|Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Suresh Sitamaran, lead faculty for hybrid electronics, gives a tour of some of Georgia Tech's capabilities in printed electronics, including design, modeling & simulation, materials & processing, interconnect, assembly and packaging, electronical test and reliability and applications.
|Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona discuss their program for designing and making devices for the human body that measure immune, neural and other important biomarkers in real-time, continuously, and in non-invasive ways.
|University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Dr. Jim Watkins and his team introduce us to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, their participation in NextFlex and building the ecosystem for the flexible, hybrid electronics industry. A look at the basic research and how academia and industry can work together.
|University of Massachusetts at Lowell
3D printing and flexible hybrid electronics at University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Nanomanufacturing Center, provide a picture of engineering, materials and manufacturing programs and services available to industry.


text:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) making a luring appeal, share price swings at $15.89 with percentage change of -0.81% during Thursday trading session. Along recent negative drift, stock price presented -6.36% lower comparing value from it 52-week high point and showed 31.47% up in value from its 52-week low point. The stock price performed 4.47% in the past week. Shares have performed 8.61% over the last quarter and moved 1.53% over the last twelve months.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company traded 8467433 shares at hands when compared with its average volume of 9796.29K shares. Volume could be considered as the most important technical tool. As price rises, ideally a trader would like to see higher volume, and as price falls, correspondingly lower volume. Technical analysis focuses on market action — specifically, volume and price. Technical analysis is only one approach to analyzing stocks. When considering which stocks to buy or sell, you should use the approach that you're most comfortable with. As with all your investments, you must make your own determination as to whether an investment in any particular security or securities is right for you based on your investment objectives, risk tolerance, and financial situation. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Noticing profitability, the Company attains gross profit margin of 32.00% and operating margin stands at 5.30% that is showing consistency of trends in firm's earnings. Its profit margin stands at -0.60%. While to figure out more clear vision, firm's returns on investment calculated as 7.10%; it gives answer about efficiency of different investments in different securities. The returns on assets of firm also presenting perceptible condition of profitability, it has ROA of -0.40%, the very positive ratio starts from >+15% and very negative hits to <-15%.
The Firm has price to earnings growth of 2.6 which is a valuation metric for determining relative trade-off among price of a stock. Ticker has Quick Ratio of 0.8 which indicates firm has sufficient short-term assets to cover its immediate liabilities. In addition, the firm has debt to equity ratio of 0.72 sometimes it remain same with long term debt to equity ratio.
Analysts assigned consensus rating of 2.8. This rating scale created between 1 and 5. Analyst's suggestion with a score of 3 would be a mark of a Hold views. A rating of 1 or 2 would be indicating a Buy recommendation. A rating of 4 or 5 represents a Sell idea.
Volatility Credentials:
The stock has a beta value of 1.61. When beta is less/more than 1, it can be read that the stock is theoretically less/more volatile than the market. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company has noticeable recent volatility credentials; price volatility of stock was 2.66% for a week and 2.52% for a month. Volatility is an annualized one standard deviation of stock prices that measures how much past stock prices deviated from their average over a period of time. Historical Volatility does not measure direction; it measures how much the securities price is deviating from its average.
When a security's Historical Volatility is rising, or higher than normal, it means prices are moving up and down further/more quickly than usual and is an indication that something is expected to change, or has already changed, regarding the underlying security (i.e. uncertainty). You may want to research/monitor the security more closely. When a security's Historical Volatility is falling, things are returning back to normal (i.e. uncertainty has been removed).
Average true range (ATR) as a Volatility indicator
The average true range (ATR) is a measure of volatility introduced by Welles Wilder in his book, New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems. The true range indicator is the greatest of the following: current high less the current low, the absolute value of the current high less the previous close and the absolute value of the current low less the previous close. The average true range is a moving average, generally 14 days, of the true ranges. Average true range (ATR) is often used as a volatility indicator. It doesn't necessarily predict anything, but extremes in activity can indicate a change in a stock's movement; higher ATRs can mean a stock is trending, and lower ATRs could indicate a consolidation in price. Its Average True Range (ATR) shows a figure of 0.43.
Explanation of Popular Simple Moving Averages:
The 6.93% up depiction highlighted by the trends created around 20 day SMA. The established trader's sentiment toward the stock has created a trading environment which can appropriately be designated as optimistic.
There has been up change grasped around 50 day SMA. The stock price is showing 10.80% distance above 50 SMA. On the surface, it seems as the higher the 50-day moving average goes, the more bullish the market is (and the lower it goes, the more bearish). In practice, however, the reverse is true. The 50-day moving average is perceived to be the dividing line between a stock that is technically healthy and one that is not. Furthermore, the percentage of stocks above their 50-day moving average helps determine the overall health of the market. Many market traders also use moving averages to determine profitable entry and exit points into specific securities.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) stock price recognized up trend built on latest movement of 200 SMA with 6.33% during the course of recent market activity. This trend discloses recent direction. The up-to-date direction of 200 SMA is upward. When the price over the last 200 days is moving with increasing trend, look for buy opportunities and when it shows decreasing trend the price is below the last 200 days, look for sell opportunities.
Keep Observations on Relative Strength Index (RSI) Indicator:
The relative strength index (RSI)'s recent value positioned at 69.85. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a technical indicator used to analyze stocks. It compares the magnitude of recent losses and gains so as to assess the overbought or oversold conditions of a particular stock. This assessment allows the investor to determine when it is wise to purchase or sell a particular stock.
The formula used in making the assessment is: RSI = 100-100/(1+RS)
(Where RS is equal to the average of x days' up closes/Average of x days' down closes)
RSI is charted on a scale of 0-100 points. Once the RSI of an asset exceeds 70 it is considered to be overbought. The odds are that it is overpriced at that point and the investor should expect a correction in price. If the RSI drops below 30 the stock is considered to be oversold and may become undervalued.
Fluctuations within the RSI can be dramatic at times, so it is not always an accurate measure of what a stock may be doing. One of the things that RSI may indicate is an upcoming turn in the market, especially if there is a wide divergence between the strength index and the price action. A bear divergence occurs when a stocks' price reaches a new high but the RSI doesn't achieve a matching high. A bull divergence is the opposite with new lows reached. The disadvantage of using just RSI to track a stock is that large surges or declines can create false buy or sell conditions. Best employed to complement other assessment techniques, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) may provide warning if a stock is not trading at a price commensurate with its worth.
Any information, analysis, opinion, commentary or research-based material on this page is for information purposes only and is not, in any circumstances, intended to be an offer of, or solicitation for, a transaction in any financial instrument. No representation or warranty is given as to the accuracy or completeness of this information. Any person acting on it does so entirely at their own risk and Investingbizz.com accepts no responsibility for any adverse trading decisions. You should seek independent advice if you do not understand the associated risks.


text:
by Clark Groome
In Philadelphia we only pelt Santa Claus with snowballs; we don't spit on the opposing ace pitcher's wife. That act, by fans in New York, may well be why left-handed pitcher Cliff Lee decided to return to the Philadelphia Phillies at a reported $100 million to $120 million for five years.
His return, which apparently brings him less money – $30 million over five years (the lower income here won't limit his kids to one Happy Meal a week, so worry not) – than he would have gotten from the Yankees, raises lots of questions.
At this point it no longer makes any sense to rehash the controversy about his being traded away after being an integral part of the Phillies' 2009 run to the World Series. I won't mention that if he had been resigned after that season, his salary would have been significantly less than it is now.
The questions that need to be addressed now have to do with what effect his reacquisition has on the rest of the team.
Adding $20-plus million dollars to the Phils' payroll, which is supposedly around $145 million before Lee, makes you wonder if someone will be traded or released to help pay for the deal. The most oft-mentioned names are Raul Ibañez and Joe Blanton.
Ibañez's career is winding down so his trade value would probably not be great. Also, losing both veteran corner outfielders, after Jason Werth wasn't picked up in right, would cause both defensive and offensive problems that would be hard to solve by inexpensive free agents or kids in the Phils' farm system. Also, he has the reputation of being one of the best guys in the clubhouse. That would be missed, both by his teammates and the media.
Joe Blanton has been a workhorse, a reliable pitcher who's an innings eater and a good guy around his teammates. He could well be the fifth starter. Would he accept that? Sure. Will it happen? That's one of the questions to be answered. [As of this writing, Joe Blanton is rumored to be on his way to the Red Sox in a trade deal.]
If Blanton stays, what role would Kyle Kendrick play? He had an up-and- down 2010 but was the odds-on favorite to be the 2011 fifth starter. If Blanton remains, could Kendrick be moved to the bullpen? If not, is he trade bait for a left-handed reliever?
How will Lee's homecoming impact the Phillies' resigning free-agent reliever Chad Durbin?
Who will play right field? The smart money at this point is on a platoon of Ben Francisco and Ross Gload. My gut tells me that Francisco just might be the guy if given a regular gig.
Those are some of the key questions facing the Phillies front office in the new year. There is one other question that is being raised all over the Internet, on TV and in the papers: "Is the Phillies four-man rotation of (alphabetically) Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Lee, and Roy Oswalt the best in baseball history? More knowledgeable people than I make a case that it is. It certainly is the best rotation now. It's also the strongest in Phils' history.
As a testament to the their predictability, the devotees and callers on local sports talk radio have already crowned the 2011 Phillies World Series champs. In fact that happened less than an hour after the reports were out that Lee had been resigned. That's a dangerous prediction. For evidence, look at the season just past.
Don't get me wrong. Cliff Lee's return to Philadelphia is stunning news. It's clearly a good sign. It's also continuing proof that General Manager Ruben Amaro is endlessly full of surprises. Talk among the pundits, and those hearty talk radio folk, is that he is the greatest Phillies GM ever. How quickly that changes since it was only after losing Jason Werth and being mostly silent at the winter meetings last week that many were ready to echo the remarks hurled at the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall last weeks during some riots in London, "Off with [his] head.
That judgment was too harsh and premature. So is the judgment that Lee's resigning, as terrific as it is, is the solution to all the Phillies' needs for the upcoming season. The bullpen and the outfield corners need attention. Once the season starts, the incredible starting rotation Amaro has assembled needs to stay healthy. With those caveats, let me steal from the Philadelphia Daily News' back page of December 14 and wish you all a "Merry Cliffmas."


text:
Adapting to Climate Change In Bangladesh
Floating gardens, raised homes, and reflections from the field.
WRI's Aarjan Dixit recently attended the 5th Annual Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change Conference [2] in Bangladesh. As part of the conference, participants visited local communities to see how adaptation projects were working.
A road led from the river toward the entrance of Goalbari, a mainly Hindu village surrounded by lush green agriculture fields in the Gopalgunj district of central Bangladesh. To get to Goalbari, we had taken a short boat ride across the canal of the Madhumati River, dug by the British about 100 years ago to transport jute (a vegetable fiber used for fabric) from the area to the port city of Kolkata. A gang of children, on holiday celebrating the country's 40th Independence Day, watched as we made our way to the village. The mostly low-lying landscape was dotted with raised areas of inhabited land connected by roads built on embankments.
When the annual monsoon rains come here, the river floods and submerges most the area. Floods have always been a source of renewal in this part of the world, depositing a layer of rich alluvial soil and helping increase agricultural productivity. However, several past development activities (especially the construction of embankments), and now climate change, have created new and significant challenges to the people living in the area.
The village of Goalbari. Photo: Aarjan Dixit
Villagers told us that the frequency and intensity of the floods have increased over the years. And perhaps more importantly, when the floods come, the flood water stays for months. With natural drainage channels blocked by earth embankments, this effectively means that the area is water-logged for almost half of the year, disrupting agriculture, mobility, and making basic services like drinking water and healthcare very hard to access.
Yet, the first people who welcomed us into the village were a group of women that had formed a successful cooperative to address the challenges the floods have brought. Their model is dispersing loans to other women in the village from their collective savings and charging interest on them. Loans in turn are used to buy livestock and other assets that could improve income over the longer term.
Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), two organizations active in the area, use this women's collective to begin helping villages respond to the challenges associated with floods. With financial support from Norwegian Church Aid, these two organizations had identified 17 of the village's poorest households and decided to raise the foundational platform, or plinth, of their houses by four feet to protect them from the flood waters. A few other households, after seeing the benefits of such raised plinths, in turn made their own investments to raise the plinths of their houses.
Floating beds known as baira allow villagers to continue growing vegetables when flood waters are high. Photo: Aarjan Dixit
With their agricultural lands inundated for months, many households in the area also use a floating bed of compacted water hyacinths to grow vegetables, locally known as baira. These floating gardens fall and rise with the water level and can allow households to grow vegetables for consumption when the flood waters are high. Researchers from BCAS have devised ways to improve the design of such bairas to make them lighter and stay afloat for longer periods of time.
The significant challenges that the people of the area face became clearer when we visited Dasarathbala, a villager in Goalbari. His family's house plinth had been raised and they had a floating garden. However, he and his family are agriculture laborers, without money to rent land. Recently the family had to sell their boat – indispensible when the area is flooded – in order to raise money. The men with Dasarathbala told us that the children could not go to school during the floods and that the lack of electricity made their lives difficult. The women told us of other worries: they lacked private space for personal sanitation when land was flooded; providing food for the children and caring for pregnant women became really difficult; the floods made travel from home nearly impossible; and of course, when the area was under water, there was no agriculture and their livelihood suffered.
Raising the plinths of the houses and developing floating beds were helping the poorest households of the community to cope with some of the challenges associated with higher and more intense levels of flooding and water logging. But these kinds of technical interventions can only go so far in helping poor families address the serious climatic challenges they face.
It was clear from our visit to Goalbari that diversifying the ways people could make a living when the area is under water was fundamental to their long-term adaptation. Developing ways for students to go to school and to keep schools open even during floods seemed equally important. Improving access to services for these communities, like drinking water, health facilities and other types of income generating activities were critical to improving people's resilience to these weather related challenges.
Many of the activities people say would help them adapt to weather challenges are often the same development-focused activities that would help increase resilience to a host of other economic and natural shocks.
Many of the activities people say would help them adapt to weather challenges are often the same development-focused activities that would help increase resilience to a host of other economic and natural shocks. The lack of land for Dasarathbala's family, for example, makes them poor and vulnerable with or without the worsening climate change impacts.
Secure tenure rights, and access and ownership over resources are often fundamental to improving resilience to weather extremes and vulnerabilities over the long term. As the global community struggles to tease out the nuances that separate adaptation from general development strategy, practitioners will need to be careful that the more immediate short-term needs of the poor and vulnerable are met while attempting to plan for the longer-term impacts of climate change.
Climate change and other weather related events do, however, present unique challenges that will require us to think in innovative ways. Often project and community-driven approaches like the interventions I mention above are critical to understanding local needs, keeping communities central to decision and planning processes. Yet, they alone are not able to address the greater landscape of environmental services that might be needed to contend with such challenges. For example, drainage issues, often one of the major causes of water logging in delta regions like Gopalgunj, can't be solved by a narrow focus on communities and may need us to look at regional scales and subnational, national or sometimes even international processes. Similarly, local community-based approaches will also need to address other system-wide activities like access to markets, seasonal migration as an income diversifying source, and trade that could be important resilience-building activities for people like Dasarathbala and his family in Goalbari.


text:
Focus on Funds: Vanguard's Latest Move
Jack Otter and Brendan Conway discuss a new ETF that may shake up the bond fund industry, plus the Japan trade and the Netflix meteor.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... I'm Jack our parents dot com on your Brendan Conway was all ... focused on funds bought ... and Brendan you broke a little news ... about Vanguard putting yet more pressure on its competitors helping out investors ... by offering a new product that ... really low fees ... that's right that's right thing to the end of the second quarter's going to launch ... a day of global bond fund ... the cost twenty basis points which is of the same as ... here one fifty one percent ... what's different about this one is that it's can have corporate bonds ... and government bonds ... so you don't have the bike to funds to own this note if you want that global exposure to just buy one ... and that is changing because generally the international funds in the one that cost a little more for obvious reasons whether stocks' or bonds' and and they really are pushing us down ... and what I find interesting is ... you can now own the entire globe stocks and bonds which is three or four funds ... all this right that's right finger has a global stock funds ... he could twinned with the U S stock funds ... of all bond fund in in in this one ... I do also think that they have one when the kids the entire world stops to to get them a three ... lap I mean a probably ways in which you and I can suggest making a portfolio and will more emerging markets exposure to do a little better but there's an infinite number of ways to do worse ... than just owning those three funds and checking in twenty years from now yes that's right and it is just the same story that they've done for years now is putting pressure on other fund companies ... to lower their costs good news for average investors ... for those who like to tweak their portfolio more hands on Japan has been the country recently ... are going up very nicely ... Anderson news in the fund world on Japan's well right that's right it looks like this that the ... head of the big in Japan ... is going to step down early to traders are reading this to mean up more in easing more aggressive suitor and so the Nikkei rose almost four percent overnight ... up that's good news for for a couple finds out there that are basically built to profit from ... rising to the stock's ... the tricky thing though is if Americans want played this if you buy Japanese stocks with your dollars ... and then the dollar and the yen formula changes you can actually lose in currency what you gain in stocks but there is a little with that that's right yet ... there's an un hedged I shares fund that has done well ... ah but there's also one of our hedges from smaller communities hedge of excuse me with it that it is heads for the end of May I'm so you don't really have to think about that the ticker for that is DXJ and that one eyes put out by a firm of WisdomTree ... and finally in the onion apartment you have a great little piece of that Netflix ... kicked out of the triple to use the Nasdaq's font ... since then ... I guess people investment refuse which they owned a piece of me that Netflix yes right it's it's a really funny trend where ... the stocks that get kicked out of this index ... can we do very well where's the was that they had they do ok but not all that great since you mention Netflix up more than ninety percent ... I just read is a sign that so um the of the sellers of an exhausted by the time you get booted out ... like a good time to look at stock ... it is worth remembering whenever this happens ... when anything is too much of a darling ... or when everyone had to stop the payment will reverse the trend ... I'm sure ...


text:
DiS's Luke Slater heads to All Tomorrow's Parties for the first time. He keeps a diary, of sorts, of his weekend. We run it here. Job, done. Note headbanging DiS/theQuietus dude John Doran, above right.
After much excitement and anticipation over the last few months the time had finally come. I'd finally got my arse in gear and got a ticket for ATP and all that stood in my way to losing my ATP virginity was a three-hour train journey through commuter hell. So many questions to be answered, too. Would the chalets be unmitigated shit-holes fit for only sleeping in? Would my beach football skills be as non existent as my non-beach football skills? And most importantly, was Ween's three-hour set a typo? Surely not…
Having checked in and bought much needed sustenance (well, a loaf of bread and a block of cheddar) from the corner shop and lubricated myself with Johnnie Walker Black Label I was ready for three days of music, merriment and much messiness. For some reason, I thought that Cherry Lambrini would be a very fashionable drink today. It wasn't, and never will be.
Off to see Vampire Weekend, and the heat inside the venue took it to another level; that of the inside of a kiln. By the time their set started I was already well moistened and I was regretting the colour of shirt I had on. Intense heat plus light grey = not good. Vampire Weekend's performance was good, not great, much like their album. 'Walcott' and 'Oxford Comma' were highlights, but the swagger just wasn't there, which was none too surprising given the temperatures encountered. It was a close call whether the bassist's shirt would be completely engulfed by sweat before the set finished. Unsurprisingly, the sweat won.
Vampire Weekend
Fuck Buttons
- -
After retiring back chalet-wards to cool off and finish off the now warm Cherry Lambrini, Bristol experimental noise merchants Fuck Buttons were next on the list. The sound of 'Sweet Love For Planet Earth' budding as I stumbled through the entrance (and into about 20 people… sorry!) was euphoric bliss. It may have sounded like an interminable fuzz-drone waiting to kick in to some of my 'uncultured' peers, but Fuck Buttons are so much more than that. 'Ribs Out' was somehow more chaotic and primeval than on record, and the on-stage monkey dancing was backed up by some amazingly penetrating simian sound effects. Sebadoh regrettably didn't live up to expectations, but they'd probably been built up too much in my head for that ever to happen. Annoyingly no 'Gimme Indie Rock' but 'Soul and Fire' hit the spot, which is more can be said for* Glass Candy*, who despite many vigorous cries of "Woooooooo!" left me wanting to go and collapse in the sandpit. Many seemed to enjoy them muchly, but not for me.
- -
Woken up by Paul Simon's Graceland and Luther Vandross' 'Lovely Day'. To be fair, it was a lovely day, but nobody needs to hear 'You Can Call Me Al'_ at 8.30am no matter how lovely the day is. Wake up with the reddest neck this side of Alabama after somehow forgetting to remember that necks, as well as arms and faces, need lotion too. A run of Bon Iver,* Born Ruffians, *Yeasayer and* Los Campesinos!* left me giddy with excitement so I let out some energy trying to co-ordinate my legs and kick a ball in between a lump of sand and a flip-flop on the beach. A bit of a failure to be honest; I blame the wind.
Bon Iver, somehow managed to sound more heart-piercingly beautiful than on record, no more so than on 'Flume'. Men like this, who look every inch the grizzly woodsman, shouldn't be allowed to have voices like this. By the time the crowd are singing backing vocals on 'Wolves (Act I&II)' everyone seemed to be in tears, though on reflection it was more likely just sweat… Hotfooted past the hotdogs downstairs to catch Born Ruffians, whose see-sawing backing chants, whooping and hollering and punchy basslines are the perfect soundtrack to the summery weekend. 'Badonkadonkey''s opening lines ("IIIIIIIIIIII got you in my pocket for when I get hooooooooome!") becomes somewhat an anthem of the weekend. Meandered back upstairs less than purposefully to catch the onset of Yeasayer, who hadn't yet started. Try and brave it in the middle of the action but end up retiring nearer to one of the several giant fans dotted around the edges; a few more of these would have been great… A little slow to get going and leaving me slightly less than enthused (Mehsayer anyone?), but once '2080' (with_ that bridge about grabbing the chance to be handsome farmers / 21 sons marrying daughters and something incomprehensible about pickling), 'Sunrise' and 'Wait for the Wintertime_' are aired you begin realise what the fuss is about. Meanwhile Yeasayer's bassist wins worst facial hair/hat combo of the festival, beating off some stiff competition.
Bon Iver
Born Ruffians
Los Campesinos!
- -
Speaking of fuss, Los Campesinos! are a band that much fuss has been made of, and rightly so. Never before has anyone been so happy to be somewhere than lead singer Gareth (well maybe when Neil Warnock's Sheffield United were in the Premiership) is to be here performing at ATP. Seriously, he looked on the verge of tears during songs. Every member of Los Campesinos! channels this supreme delight into one of the most energetic, enjoyable and entertaining sets I've ever seen. It's non stop action; cowbells, glockenspiels, melodicas and hyperactive vocals a-plenty from the first til last. The highlights were every single song (finale 'Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks' was just a bit good…), though I realised that I couldn't dance a single step after idiotically choosing to wear flip flops and stand at the front. A nice bit of musical ecstasy, in short.
Once again awoken by someone else playing Graceland (I still don't get it…). The state I wake up in I did wonder whether, as an ATP virgin, I peaked too soon. In any case I decided to MTFU and get back on it. I wasn't sure whether anything could top Los Campesinos! so decided to ditch Swedish crooner Jens Lekman for 'exercising' the grey matter in the pub quiz. I managed to contribute the square root of nothing after getting distracted by some football game. Surprisingly managed to come second at a festival full of music geeks (who were probably watching some actual bands or something at this point, y'know?). Prizes include: an ATP t-shirt and approximately 4,367 Jackie-O Motherfucker LPs. Really don't feel up for watching many of the bands between Marissa Nadler and* Meat Puppets*, so instead choose to watch an epic game of cricket outside the chalet block. Some amazingly kind gentlemen come around offering Pimms and cake to those watching, which is what it's all about really, no? Amazing scenes.
Jens Lekman
- -
After bad light stops play I will freely admit that much of the rest of the night is a blur… Meat Puppets I remember being pretty damn impressive and obviously played some classics off Meat Puppets II, 'Lake of Fire' was particularly raucous as well as others such as 'Up On The Sun' getting me going. The 'brothers meat' were truly tremendous. Then something about a chalet party with Jay Reatard which may never have happened, dancing like a lunatic to Mudhoney, and trying to vault into a sandpit but landing elbow first on a bin.
** Monday**
Two hours' sleep really isn't enough. Luckily I avoided managing spewing my guts up, though I think my liver probably wanted to escape my body at this point and my brain my skull. I'd never felt this emotional when leaving a festival (though I did want to bawl my eyes out when wading through the mud at Glastonbury last year…). It really was the most perfect weekend and left me contemplating, whether any other festival could beat ATP. Conclusion: probably not.
ATP returns this weekend, at Minehead's Butlins, curated by Explosions in the Sky – check out their guide to the event here and visit ATP's official website here.
Photos: Shot2bits.net


text:
What's a Facebook Follower Worth?
Figuring out the value of a Facebook fan has become more complex for many small-business owners, ever since the social media giant began asking businesses to pay to "promote" their posts. Sarah Needleman reports on Digits. (Photo: AP)
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... the ... it's a Facebook ... actually walk ... back to Digits sock on so ... and so the question what's the deal ... was a pleasure thanks me ... so ... what is Facebook ... it's a very good question and what we're finding is that is something that my mystery ... when the thing is Facebook all that a new program and a ... call to my posted what this does is on businesses pay anywhere from five dollars to several hundred dollars ... to ... make sure that their posts are seen by ... people who like their business ... and some cases ... friends' Facebook friends of those people ... and what we found out is that the stock actually tells us only about sixteen percent of the businesses ... of followers actually see their posts ... to let this doesn't keep AEU cakes and I reach to a much higher level penny at how many people you're trying to renounce actually upset some businesses ... there was this a bill that instructed Anna and then switch back with a swift while I was the business is on I've been attracted to Facebook like the company's because it's free to join Anna Hassett a huge user base ... and small businesses because the fact it's free and they have limited resources and we rebel entire marketing campaigns around Facebook ... so they're a little taken back when they found out that first ball when they put out a post ... only a small percentage of their fans are actually seeing it or if they're getting their news feeds ... and the elevator but in fact that Facebook saying now ... Heilweil of money from you that if you wanna reach a broader audience ... I the finish you be able to reach their full audience ... as it is ... so it's it's very ... difficult for them because unlike the companies they don't have a lot of time and resources to ... put toward this and so it's it's takes some them up they do feel that they've been drawn in for free now ask the ask and so it is interesting to me a movement fully Facebook for a long time don't binge especially since the very beginning of digits aam and then the Facebook ... frequently upsets me the uses the baby boy you may have noun that subsiding the business of the people pay money ... to keep it going on BBM Basseley beefy Pfizer for and so I mean there is this is can do it is the defense will go where was the good ... news of suddenly go over well Facebook is looking for ways to Mana ties we know it's not as stock prices been sagging ... and its engine is the number of new features that costs money ... I to generate revenue ... aam that some these features in this one in particular has ... Upper number of business owners because for some that he didn't realize that only about sixteen percent of their followers see their posts to begin with ... and now they're finding out that if they wanna reach even more ... they have to pay ... and so on for some baseball business is it means that they can afford to stay to spend as much as larger rivals ... and therefore they are there any disadvantage ... this is the truth with all sorts ... of ... advertising gold in the way so ... we'll see how that works out thank you very much of the war is not a bowl of Sarah Needleman


text:
This video was created by a Cleveland filmmaker yesterday.
LeBron said that "they could do better."
What do you think?
This video was created by a Cleveland filmmaker yesterday.
LeBron said that "they could do better."
What do you think?
After seven years, the Cleveland Cavaliers are playing their first game without LeBron James.
And they got their first one.
Playing back in the Q, the Cleveland Cavaliers got their first win in as many tries and delivered the first loss to the Boston Celtics, who defeated LeBron James and the Miami Heat one night ago.
With a packed arena that had the atmosphere of an NBA Finals Game 7, JJ Hickson led the Cavs with 21 points to their first victory, giving possibly a lot of hope to the fans of Cleveland that life may be good after all without LeBron.
The game was a tight one for three and a half quarters, where no team was able to hold on to a good lead.
Until the last half of the 4th quarter, where Anthony Parker broke a tie at 86 with a three pointer shot at the last second of the 24 second shot clock. And it was all Cleveland from there, where Daniel Gibson, scoring all of his 16 points in the second half, scored 4 crucial free throws in the final seconds to clinch the first LeBron-less win 95-87.
Meanwhile, Rajon Rondo was in charge for Boston, scoring 18 points and having 9 assists and 3 steals. Paul Pierce had 13 points and Ray Allen added 12 points while Kevin Garnett collected 15 rebounds in the Celtics' first loss.
Meanwhile, the Miami Heat scored their first victory of the season in their second road game, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 97-87. Dwayne Wade had 30 points, LeBron scored 16 points, had 7 rebounds, 6 assists but turned the ball over 9 times. Chris Bosh finished with 15 points, but the real savior of the Heat was bench player James Jones, who scored 20 points, including six 3-pointers.


text:
Event box
Print the page Add to a Calendar using iCal Share page on Facebook Add to Google Calendar Share page on Twitter
Coffee with Kate
Meet with social worker Kate Lambie, Youth and Family Counseling, to talk about the weather, your latest new recipe, a concerning worry, or just to hang out. Enjoy a hot cup of java and warm conversation!
- Date:
- Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Show more dates
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:30pm
- Location:
- Main Floor
- Categories:
- Adult Library Program


text:
Dan Carney of Motor Matters discusses Ford's 1.0-liter three-cylinder EcoBoost engine:
Government fuel economy requirements are driving renewed consideration of three-cylinder engines by carmakers. Improved technology will make them more acceptable to consumers.
We've seen relatively few cars with three-cylinder engines. The 1990 Suzuki Swift 1.0-liter 49-horsepower minicar was one. Based on current EPA fuel economy standards, the Swift would be rated today at 38 miles per gallon in the city and 45 mpg on the highway. The 1988 Subaru Justy with its 66-horsepower, 1.2-liter engine was another three-cylinder engine. The all-wheel-drive model would score 26 mpg city and 32 mpg highway today.
There wasn't much other than fuel economy to recommend these cars. They were cramped, slow, noisy, rough-riding and incredibly unsafe in a crash.
To succeed, such cars must offer competitive power and performance in a package meeting modern expectations for safety and comfort. Safety and comfort add weight, which dings both fuel efficiency and performance. Efficiency and performance can normally be traded one for the other so it's tough to have both, yet customers demand performance.
Turbocharging is increasingly a part of the answer — and it is the foundation of Ford's EcoBoost technology. We've seen convincing demonstrations of the muscle and economy of EcoBoost in brawny vehicles like the F-150 and Explorer, so we know that smaller-displacement engines can replace bigger ones while delivering fuel economy.
So when Ford introduced the tiny 1.0-liter three-cylinder EcoBoost engine, I was hopeful that it might actually deliver acceptable performance to go with its superlative efficiency.
To underscore this point, Ford attempted to establish new world speed records for the 1.0-liter engine category, with a record run at the CERAM test track north of Paris. The test car was a 125-horsepower Focus EcoBoost 1.0, a configuration already for sale in Europe. Here in the U.S., the smaller Fiesta is a good bet to be the first American model to carry the little EcoBoost engine.
By setting the record with the bigger, heavier, roomier and more comfortable Focus rather than the Fiesta, Ford underscored the point that the three-cylinder engine can propel a larger, more comfortable car at record speed.
While turbocharging is increasingly common and most drivers are getting comfortable with the idea that using speeding exhaust gas to spin a turbine that compresses air coming into the engine, Ford decided the test would not only be one of speed, but also one of endurance. Ford aimed to set speed records — and they invited me to help with the driving.
On May 23 and 24, the gathered group of automotive journalists and Ford employees hammered Focus EcoBoost 1.0-liter test cars around the high-banked CERAM oval for 24 straight hours. In the end the Ford team tentatively set 24 new world speed records (pending official certification).
Drivers saw lap speeds as high as 122 mph, the cars averaged 119 mph around the oval for an hour and the average speed for the full 24 hours, including pit stops for driver changes and refueling was 107 mph. This from a car that is rated at 56 mpg in Europe.
Once it was clear the cars were taking the pounding just fine, we got the green light to drive flat-out for the last three hours of the run. Gas pedal on the floor, leg cramping to hold it down, for 60 straight minutes each, for three consecutive drivers. For the amazing test cars, it was no fuss, no muss, with no smoke, smells or other typical signs of strain. The temperature gauge never reached the halfway mark.
There was a time when turbos were respected for their performance boost, but suspected for their reliability compromises. No more. Modern computer-aided engineering helps prevent hardware inadequacies. Modern computers keep an eye on the software side, ensure the engine never gets outside acceptable conditions, and modern ideas of durability demand extras like a supplemental water cooler for the turbo bearing to ensure it never gets too hot.
Now the turbo is just another engine part, rather than a temperamental add-on. This test is the latest confirmation of that. If we didn't break these cars, nothing will.


text:
The struggling Houston Dynamo defense will be shorthanded this weekend, as starting left back Mike Chabala serves a suspension for yellow card accumulation. But center back Bobby Boswell does not sound all that worried, joking that the impact of Chabala's loss will be less athletic than aesthetic.
"Chewy is the good looking one in the back," Boswell deadpanned. "Having a guy out that looks that good will just make us more rugged. Seriously though, he's been good for us, but suspensions happen. There is no real way to replace him, as it is just getting someone else on the field that can get the job done. It is unfortunate that he won't be there, but such is life in soccer."
Further complicating Chabala's suspension heading into Saturday's match at the New England Revolution are injuries that have affected the team's defensive depth. Adrian Serioux is still hindered by the hamstring strain he suffered in SuperLiga, and Ryan Cochrane continues to have issues with his adductor.
As a result, head coach Dominic Kinnear is scrambling a bit more than normal this week. The team played without Chabala against both the Red Bulls and Galaxy, both losses earlier in the year. Despite those results, Kinnear feels that the rest of the team will step in adequately.
"Andrew [Hainault] has played there before," Kinnear noted. "Corey [Ashe] has also been back there as well against New York, so we have options."
If Houston maintains its traditional four-man backline and Serioux and Cochrane are unavailable, it seems likely that Ashe, Brian Mullan, or Richard Mulrooney would fill in as one of the outside backs with Hainault taking up the other spot. However, the Dynamo have also had some success this year with a three-man backline, using it occasionally late in games.
Regardless of how Kinnear adjusts the side to deal with Chabala's absence, there is no easy fix.
"[Chabala's] service into the box and attacking mindset is huge for us on the backline," said goalkeeper Tally Hall. "Defensively he is solid and knows his position, so it is going to be tough. He'll be missed, but we're not going to put too much energy into thinking about it."
Dwain Capodice is a contributor to MLSsoccer.com. Questions or Comments can be sent via email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
This is a good use of any leftover canned pumpkin from the challah. But don't worry; it tastes completely different!
1 package spice cake mix
3 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
½ cup water
½ cup oil
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
1 teaspoon cinnamon
8 ounces tofutti cream cheese, at room temperature
½ cup margarine, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 cups powdered sugar
Beat all ingredients together until smooth.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour into greased bundt pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes. Cool 10 to 20 minutes in pan before removing to wire rack to finish cooling. When completely cool, frost with tofutti cream cheese icing. Can be frozen before frosting. After frosting, must be stored in refrigerator.


text:
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
ILL Book Request Form
ILL Article Request Form
ILL Book Request Form
CBC Library Interlibrary Loan Procedure
Interlibrary loans may be requested when materials required for CBC academic or College-related purposes are not available at the CBC Library. Requests are only accepted from current CBC students, faculty, or staff. Staff and faculty needing materials for non-CBC academic purposes should consult with a librarian; interlibrary loan services may be extended provided doing so would be consistent with the mission and policies of the College and would not unduly strain the resources of the library. Students must also be registered as one of our borrowers and show their student ID card at the Circulation desk to pick up their ILL requests. Materials are borrowed through a voluntary cooperative agreement between libraries and other lending institutions in the United States and Canada. The Washington State Interlibrary Sharing Code and U.S. Copyright Law define and restrict this agreement.
Some institutions charge the CBC Library substantial fees for an interlibrary loan, and there are always processing and mailing or transmission expenses. It is currently the policy of CBC Library to bear all costs for CBC-related interlibrary loans. Most lending institutions grant a three-week loan for books with a one-time two-week renewal. Requesters are responsible for checking out their materials promptly and either returning them on time or asking for renewal well before the due date. The borrower must pay any overdue fines and fees for repair or replacement. Please note that failure to return materials on time will jeopardize the CBC Library's ability to secure interlibrary loans in the future.
Interlibrary loan requests are processed promptly by CBC staff. The length of time required to receive a request varies based on the format and availability of the materials. Items that may be sent to us electronically are often available in less than a week; books and other items that must be mailed can take up to two weeks to arrive. Please consult with our Reference Librarians if you anticipate needing materials that may not be available through our Library, and we can help you explore your options.
Copyright Statement
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code), governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order, if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
Thank you for using the CBC Interlibrary Loan Service.
Home | Campus Safety | Catalog | Campus Map | Parking Information
2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, WA 99301 | PHONE 509.547.0511 | FAX Directory
© 2014 Columbia Basin College. All Rights Reserved. | Website Created by Vision Internet.
Sitemap | Non-discrimination & Disability Statement | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer


text:
ATHENS, OHIO: Authorities are investigating the death of a 23-year-old man who apparently fell and hit his head near the campus of Ohio University.
Athens police said William Patrick Thomas fell at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday and was found in the stairwell of a restaurant on North Court Street. A university official said Thomas, of the Columbus suburb of Gahanna, was not a student at the southeastern Ohio school.
Thomas was pronounced dead at a hospital. Foul play is not suspected but police are still investigating.


text:
Home » Production Operations Resources » myQuorum myQuotes
myQuorum myQuotes
Other Relevant Resources
myQuorum Production Operations
myQuorum Production Operations allows E&P companies to capture and manage production and field data from the well-head to the balance sheet.
E&P Operator Saves Millions in IT Overhead with myQuorum Production Operations
After quickly acquiring new acreage, an Energy E&P operator chose myQuorum Production Operations to reduce costs, increase mobility, and enable their guys in the field
5 Tips to Take Oil and Gas Document Management Online
Here's 5 tips every oil and gas company should know about successful document management software.
Reduce Downtime and Increase Productivity with SCADA On Demand
See the industry's first and only cloud-based SCADA software integrated with field data capture and allocation tools.
Top 5 Conversations at NAPE 2020
Missed us at NAPE 2020? Get the buzz in our highlight reel featuring engaging conversations on the show flow, a sneak-peek of our upstream demos, and the Harley giveaway!
Mix Software and People Strategies to Reduce Production Costs per BOE
See how myQuorum Production Operations and CAMS can help you streamline your production management processes.
Get Your Motor Running at NAPE 2020
Come see us at NAPE 2020 for demos of our upstream software and enter to win a Harley Davidson!
How E&P Companies Win the Battle Against Bad Production Data
Hear from a panel of industry veterans on the strategies and tools that E&P companies use to increase the accuracy and integrity of their production volume data.
Take 2 with Q | Production Ops
Hear Production Customer Success expert, Brett Hume, discuss how Quorum helps E&P companies onboard new assets within TSA timelines.
Managing by Exception: Solving the Top 3 Challenges for Production Teams
Learn how myQuorum Production Operations helps you manage by exception and spend time on activities that matter.
myQuorum Production On Demand
From SCADA monitoring, to field data capture, to allocations, myQuorum Production On Demand provides a single source of truth for your production operations.
How to Visualize and Optimize Production Planning with Facility Diagrams
Develop real-time visibility into product flow within your facilities to make better decisions and keep your teams on the same page every step of the way.
Acquisition & Divestiture Playbook: Drilling and Production Reporting
Proven methods for executing successful A&D projects when it comes to your drilling and production reporting.
Weathering the Data Storm
By leveraging a platform solution from a single vendor with one data model and user experience, you gain a complete view of your business.
myQuorum Integrated Upstream
myQuorum Integrated Upstream delivers centralized and clean data to reduce manual efforts and provide pervasive, enterprise-wide access to contextually-relevant and consistent information.
myQuorum Production On Demand
Focus on solving problems rather than finding them with integrated field data capture, operations management, and production reporting.
Oklahoma-Based E&P Company Cuts Costs While Maximizing Production
Read the latest customer success story from Quorum to learn how an Oklahoma-Based E&P Company saved by automating their production operations.
myQuorum Production Allocations
See how Quorum empowers operations and accounting teams with an all-in-one allocations engine.
myQuorum Field Insights
Optimize production by integrating end-to-end field data capture, operations management, and production reporting.
Production Optimization: Allocations Enablement
IDC analysts Kevin Prouty and Chris Niven explore 11 benefits of evolving beyond today's production allocations processes and data.


text:
This site uses cookies to give you the best experience. Privacy Policy.
0808 164 9014
0808 164 9014 - Free Phone
Opening times: Mon - Fri 9am to 4.30pm
Inc. VAT
Please Choose Length Required: 3000mm
Please Choose Width Required: 1400mm
This strong, clear roof sheet is up to 200 times tougher than glass. Extremely lightweight, our 25mm Clear Multi Wall Polycarbonate Roof Sheet is recommended for use as a safe alternative to glass in a wide range of applications. It boasts light transmission of up to 82 per cent - perfect for spaces that you want to bathe in natural light.
This roof sheet delivers exceptional thermal insulation and offers robust protection from the elements. It is manufactured with UV protection on one side. Extremely tough, it will not shatter or break on impact. This roof sheet is easy to install and maintain and is supplied with a 10 year limited warranty from the manufacturer.
We recommend this outstanding roof sheet for conservatories, lean-tos, summerhouses, orangeries, indoor swimming pools and many other structures.
Order today for fast UK delivery, in 1 to 3 working days. We guarantee best prices and great customer service.


text:
Artalé Wine Co. will host an adults-only wine tasting for the public on Friday, April 5, from 5:30–8:30 p.m. at 6876 Spring Creek Road, Rockford, IL to benefit girl members of Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois. The event will include 30 wine varieties, along with hors d'oeuvres and dessert bites from Josef-Barbados Restaurant & Oyster Bar. Cost is $15 per person, cash, at the door. $10 of each cover fee will be donated to GSNI. GSNI's Alumnae Association will use proceeds from the event to help girls register as Girl Scouts, attend camp, and travel.
Each month, Artalé choses one non-profit organization in the Rockford area and showcases them at a wine tasting. Artalé's wine tasting events are well-known throughout Rockford and continue to draw a crowd of loyal supporters. For more information, please contact the Artalé Wine Co. at 815-877-9463.


text:
Dear Everyone,
Are you looking for something sculptural, unique, and beautiful for your home? Are you tired of boring normalpillows, with their boring normalpillow shape? If so, let me introduce you to Andrew Yes. He looks like this:
Andrew is a friend of mine who lives in New York, where he works as an interior designer and a visual artist. You can see some of his wonderful work on his website. Recently, he started producing a line of beautiful products, including the fantastic spherical pillows shown below. They are a great accent for the sofa, the bed, or the floor and will keep people wondering "is that, like, a toy or a pillow?" Here is a selection of my favorites from his online store (you can view the entire collection here):
Rose Tapestry Pillow Ball, $375
This is one of my favorites, and the floral pattern is abstracted that it could totally work in a man-apartment. Also, I'm dying for this ottoman:
This is perfect for a modern space, or a little kid's bedroom.
The next four appeal to my love of 90z color and pattern:
Full Spectrum Pillow Ball, $375
Oh pretty Stitch pillow, made of soft ivory fabric with gentle stitch detail. If I were to be smothered by any pillow, I hope it would be you. Did I just take that too far?
Blue Star Stripe Pillow Ball, $275
Blue + stripes + sphere = my three favorite things together. Thus, I want to put it on my face.
It's a sphere. A gold sphere. You need this. I need this. I'm serious.
French Sangria Pillow Ball, $385
These are playful and Tim Burton-esque, which is probably why I love them. I'd put these in a kid's room or a super pop loft space.
There you have it. The most exciting pillows on the market. I plan on getting a few for my apartment. One for the living room and one for the bed. It's good to have some round shapes (aside from my post-holiday body) to counterbalance all the rectangles everywhere.


text:
Whenever you find yourself in an accident and now without a job and a mound of medical bills, someone needs to be held responsible. You can find a personal injury Ogden lawyer, the easy way through this effective guide. Once you find the right person for your case, you can rest assured that you will get the settlement that will help to pull you out of the hole that you are currently in. Start right now, you do not have much time to waste!
The person that you choose to represent your personal injury Ogden case must be located near your home or office. Chances are you are going to have to go to trial, so you must be able to meet with your professional lawyer on a weekly basis. Look up local lawyers that are available to take on your case. You will then need to begin making phone calls in order to narrow down the search.
If you need some help, look at the law firms within your area that have websites. These sites should give you an idea of the services and care that you will receive. You do want someone that is going to feel for your case and have the right skills to get you the settlement that is deserved. If you do not look at this type of information, it may be hard to figure out where to turn.
Once you get in touch with a personal injury Ogden lawyer, you will need to describe the current injury that you have. Describe the pain that you are feeling as well as the amount of time that you have had to deal with it. You should also talk about the various forms of treatments that you have had to undergo in order to get to where you are. This is going to help guide the lawyer to forming the right case.
You will also be asked how the accident actually happened and tell your own account. You might also need to bring in key witnesses that saw everything and will testify to protect you and your financial needs. The right lawyer is going to ask you numerous questions that you must be able to answer in order to get the very best advice and case prepared for trial.
The personal injury Ogden lawyer that you choose also needs to be trustworthy and reputable. Look into online reviews from past clients that have already worked with your lawyer. If they were not happy with the way their case ended, you should stray and choose someone that you know that you can trust. Do the research and you will thank yourself later!
You and your lawyer will need to communicate as often as possible. You always need to receive updates about your case so that you stay prepared and know how to handle everything. If your personal injury Ogden lawyer never calls you or returns your calls, you might want to see if you can transfer your case to someone better.
Try to be patient when you are going through the motions of your case. If you are not working with the most reputable personal injury Ogden lawyer, you are not going to win as much at the end of the proceedings. Be prepared at all times so that you know what to do when you are faced with a curve ball within your case!


text:
Angelenos mark Holocaust Remembrance Day with a flash mob
By Corey Bridwell with Paige Osburn
In 1939, the Nazis took over a 15-square mile area in southwestern Poland for the purpose of building the infamous prison camp Auschwitz. Fast forward nearly 75 years, and Angelenos gathered Friday to mark an area of the same size around Los Angeles with a flash mob.
From 12 p.m. to 12:10 p.m. on Friday, participants stood and held up signs to represent groups the Nazis persecuted — including Jews, homosexuals and political prisoners. Cars honked and passersby stopped to stare.
The remembrance, sponsored by the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, was a part of International Holocaust Remembrance Day — and the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
At least 30 people showed at the corner of Pico and Robertson, including a Holocaust studies class from Bishop Conaty-Loretto High School. Mark Rothman, the event's organizer, said he predicted hundreds showed at the other boundary checkpoints.
At least two Holocaust survivors were present to speak to participants, including Elisabeth Mann, who was sent to Auschwitz when she was 18 and lost her whole family there.
Mann described one of her last days in Auschwitz, when the S.S. took she and other prisoners outside to begin hustling them out of the camp in the wake of approaching American troops.
"We were lined up and the machine gun was behind our backs, ready to shoot us," said Mann. "But I was so overwhelmed by the spring day — the sky was blue and the grass green. I was so happy that my girlfriend who was standing next to me and many others told me, 'No — they'll really kill us.' I didn't believe it."
Sure enough, Mann said that several months later she and others were escorted out of cattle cars in Sweden.
"They didn't want to shoot us," she explained, "because the Americans were coming. And the sound of the gunshots would have brought them straight to us."
"We're doing this to give people an understanding of the commitment the Nazis made to evil," organizer Rothman explained. "We know what we can do with a space of this size if we're not careful. What can we do with a space of this size and bigger to make sure we have a 21st century that's better than the 20th?"
Rothman wanted something that would "include as many different neighborhoods as possible." And the signs, emblazoned with labels like "JEW" and "HOMOSEXUAL," were regularly held by those who didn't claim that identity.
"Catholic girls held up the sign for Jews, for example," explained Rothman. "The bottom line being that when one group is persecuted, fundamentally, we are all persecuted."
Originally published here: http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/01/27/31003/angelenos-mark-holocaust-remembrance-day-flash-mob/


text:
Founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819, Singapore today is the busiest port in the world. On shore, you'll find gleaming shopping centres, glittering office blocks and a choice of Malaysian, Indian, Indonesian, Chinese and European cuisine at the city's thousands of restaurants.
Singapore is an island-state in Southeast Asia. Singapore City is by far the largest and most significant island alongside 63 others that make up Singapore state. Located at the mouth of the Singapore River, it is a modern, affluent city and the world's busiest port.
A blend of the ancient and modern can be seen from the gleaming skyscrapers to Chinese and Hindu temples. Combining a lush tropical climate, with tasty food, good shopping and a happening, vibrant nightlife scene, this Garden City makes a great stopover or springboard into the region.


text:
Last Thanksgiving was made up with a fun road trip where the children and I drove to be with family. It was fast-paced, loud, adventuresome and so memorable. I've been with my parents and sister's family for most of the Thanksgivings in my life and love passing the traditions along to my own crew. So this year didn't quite feel like Thanksgiving, even though it was a lovely day, including gourmet food, family and football. Isn't it amazing how we resist change?
If you find you are having a holiday away from your children, there are some things that will help:
- Setup a time to speak with your children. Whether it's a whole weekend away or just one day, both children and parents feel more connected when they know they will touch base throughout the absence.
- Make the effort to celebrate together - even at a different time than normal. Put up decorations, bake the cookies, write a letter to Santa, create a "Thankful Tree." Holidays are seasons of celebration, not just a one-time event.
- Keep the traditions. If you won't be waking up to open stockings on Christmas morning, hang them anyway, fill them for when they do come home and be sure they know "Santa was here, too!" Open the advent calendar (even if you miss some days because of visitation), read the Christmas stories, bake and make presents for teachers. Most traditions are not date-specific and can be done during the days and weeks leading up to Christmas.
- Stay connected to family and friends. It's easy to withdraw and isolate when you're feeling discouraged and down. During the holidays, so much is happening that others may not notice when you are no longer showing up. So take the initiative to stay engaged, attend work parties, church functions or remain active in the gym. Whatever gets you up and out and interacting with others is good for your well-being.
- Bring the party home. Make your house a holiday extravaganza and decorate as much as you can! Strings of white lights are inexpensive and make everything look festive. Then invite some friends over or host a play date. Make memories in your own space so that you can enjoy the season on your turf. I like to invite some friends over for a sweet & savory evening and have no problem asking everyone to bring something. It keeps the expense down for me, but provides a space for connection. Try it!
- Stay focused on the bigger picture. Holidays are important and memories are made during this time, but real life happens day to day. It's important to remember that the values you instill throughout the year are more important than the seasonal celebration.
- Avoid the competition trap. If it's your year to spend the holiday alone, do not overcompensate with gifts you cannot afford or activities that offer more stress than pleasure. Let your children's other parent be the hero and bear the financial brunt. It's okay to have a 'lesser' gift when your children know they have you.


text:
Kate Middleton and Prince William's royal wedding is coming in over a week, turning the normal Kate into a fully fledged Princess and a media frenzy across the globe. The couple will tie a knot at London's Westminster Abbey on Friday April 29 2011. Prince William and Kate both went to The University of St Andrews in Scotland and their friendship later blossomed into romantic relationship. The couple dated several years, broke up, back again together and announced their long-awaited engagement.
The upcoming royal wedding not only cheers Britain but make the whole world go mad as well. The interesting fact is that Kate Middleton has been dazzling the whole Britain with elegant manner, distinctive style and a charming style. Especially, Kate's smile has been the target for any paparazzi.
Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton make their public appearance to the Witton Country Park in Darwen, north western England. Some little rain can not stop Kate from smiling to the crowd.
Prince William and Ms. Kate made their way to a friend's wedding in Cheltenham.
Kate and William in the official photo for their engagement. The photo is taken by Mario Testino.
The couple visited St. Andrews University in Fife, Scotland to celebrate the 600th anniversary year.
The prince and bride-to-be first met in this university.
Kate's smile eases the distance between the royal bride and British residents.
Kate attends the City Hall Belfast in Northern Ireland.
William's fiancée Kate Middleton shows her charming smile when they pay a visit to Naming Ceremony and Service of Dedication for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's new Atlantic 85 Lifeboat.


text:
Dearest Members and Visitors of the Fountain Pen Nuthouse on the Digital Prairie,
Due to circumstances of a personal nature, currently only one (1) admin is available for FPN Admin related questions and comments, namely admin Wim (wimg). We have updated the contact info in the pinned message above, and the Personal Messenger box of the general Admin account has been closed.
Furthermore, the FPN admin email account will only be checked once a week as a result.
Please do contact Wim (wimg) directly if you have any more questions, request, or comments.
You may contact me, Wim, by one of the following options:
Through the profile of Wim (wimg)
Normally checked once a day, when busy maybe slower to respond:
Send Wim (wimg) a PM directly
Checked at least once a day:
Send an email directly to Wim
The old way, as mentioned, checked once a week:
Send an email to the FPN Admin email account
The preferred options have been bolded.
Thank you very much in advance!
Warm regards,
On behalf of the FPN Admin Team


text:
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Sunday afternoon quick-hitters
Maybe this should be filed under the "it's early!" tag....or maybe the "sample size!" tag....or maybe the "overreaction to one brutal outing" tag....but, yeah, Jason Frasor looks about done. We all noticed the decline in velocity early on, but I had hoped it was one of those "build up arm strength in the early going" deals. But that 90-92 mph fastball (last year's 93-94) isn't picking up any velocity, has no life, and can't find the strike zone (nearly one walk per inning). There has to be something wrong with the Sausage King's arm. Gotta be.
Lest you think I'm picking on only Frasor, neither Scott Downs nor Jeremy Accardo are faring much better. Both are getting hit around and missing minimal bats. "Trade Value" for the loss. Meanwhile, Josh Roenicke has been nearly unhittable in the early going for Vegas. You'd suspect Downs is safe barring injury, but given his history, Accardo shouldn't get too comfortable in his Toronto digs.....you'd think. How long before Camp sees the 8th inning? (that retching sound you hear is the Tao as he reads this)
Speaking of unhittable, Timmy Tim Collins' YTD line for AA New Hampshire: 16K's through 9 IP and nothing across. Wow. I think the kid has gone from feel-good curiosity to legitimate prospect to get moderately excited about at this point, no?
Remember when we used to shit on Greggg Zaun for not throwing anyone out? Well, Jose Molina nailed four runners trying to steal this afternoon. And the Jays lost 6-0.
Looks like maybe new whipping boy Lyle Overbay (formerly Vernon Wells) is coming on strong. Well, maybe "strong" isn't the word, but you get the point. Unfortunately, there's little he can do to slow the Brett Wallace train. Now if only the Snider train would start to roll.....
14 comments:
- Leaker19 said...
The Rays were terrifying in their offensive persistence this weekend, especially after the sixth inning. Early on they look like the class of the A.L.
- April 25, 2010 at 6:39 PM
- The Ack said...
ya know....the Rays are a good fucking team. Red Sox Nation oughtta be scared. Real scared.
- April 25, 2010 at 7:19 PM
- Mattt said...
It's really weird that the bullpen is coughing games up and the starters have been really solid. Maybe JP has to be here for the bullpen to function...
- April 25, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- SP said...
The FB velocity is a mild concern compared to the loss of his split/change pitch from last year. That's what made him dominant last year and elevated him from an average FB-slider reliever. It seems to be just gone completely. Maybe LtB can do some digging around on this.
- April 25, 2010 at 10:39 PM
- brent said...
How about putting up game threads so there can be some discussion. DJF's threads are a desolate wasteland of suck. Where can everyone come together?
- April 25, 2010 at 11:27 PM
- bakatron said...
you know what... our ricciardi era bullpen is just about done. downs, frasor and accardo seemed to have totally lost it. maybe its time to restart building the bullpen.
we have litsch and rzep coming back from injury as well as roenicke coming up. maybe its time we realized that morrow is a really great closer or setup guy... that we have other options and that we really don't need to find the next aj burnett.
2008 was our best team in a decade... if baseball wasnt colluding to keep bonds out we would have probably gotten him and into the playoffs.
- April 26, 2010 at 1:15 AM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
So is 3rd place the goal, now? Because, well, the Orioles are TRULY a joke, and Boston ... well it would be nice to finish ahead of Boston.
Tampa's good. Very good.
And because I didn't see it, I still don't believe Molina pulled that off.
- April 26, 2010 at 1:44 AM
- Unknown said...
"maybe its time we realized that morrow is a really great closer or setup guy..."
After 3 starts????
Isn't that exactly what happened to him in Seattle?
- April 26, 2010 at 8:41 AM
I'm with Tao on Camp - he's good but there's just something about him...
I'm with brent - the DJF threats start off well enough but then suddenly turn into a cesspool.
- April 26, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Just realized I did the "I'm with..." twice. My bad.
- April 26, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- JB said...
I've got two words for you that could be completely baseless but it is fun anyway:
Brad Arnsberg.
- April 26, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Tao colludes with DJF to keep game threads out of this blog. They get the page view revenues; he gets to keep his teeth. This Jays blogging thing is a tough racket.
- April 26, 2010 at 11:38 AM
- The Ack said...
@ Holden Ballfield.....I really can't comment on that.
- April 26, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- Darren Priest said...
I would like to comment on games as they unfold sometimes -- especially since I have no nearby friends who profess to being baseball fans. But I guess Twitter will do -- I am sure my 34 followers are hanging on my every word.
- April 26, 2010 at 3:28 PM


text:
531 members438 Comments 38 Likes
267 members119 Comments 6 Likes
256 members156 Comments 8 Likes
411 members299 Comments 28 Likes
4122 members1749 Comments 273 Likes
Christy Stewart has not received any gifts yet
Posted on May 20, 2013 at 2:17pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
This probably should not have shocked me as much as it did (especially since I am in Texas). I actually thought my coworkers were playing a joke on me because they know I am an atheist. Sadly, this was no joke. This actually happened.
I work in a psychiatric hospital. The doctors who admit patients are general MDs. (Psychiatrists see patients after admission) Yesterday evening we received several calls from irate parents. A new doctor who was doing admissions yesterday actually…Continue
Posted on May 13, 2013 at 11:32pm 13 Comments 3 Likes
Today I passed my License Master Social Worker exam. It was a bitch of a test and I killed it. It is nice to finally realize that this accomplishment is because I worked my ass off and not because some sky monster decided that I should be allowed to pass the test today, or because he decided to give me a "gift" in this area. I am finally allowed give myself credit for all of my hard work instead of the invisible sky daddy.
Posted on May 6, 2013 at 5:46pm 9 Comments 2 Likes
I can honestly say I get close to violence when people tell me I am and Atheist because I was never a "true christian" and here is why. This isn't my full story but it's a start. It feels good to purge.
No worries - have a great day!!
Welcome aboard! =) Hope you're doing well today...
Hello Christy
Well done new atheist and welcome to this internet world of rationality and peace, of common sense and freethinking wisdom.
You are invited to join the friendly busy group "ORIGINS: Universe, Astronomy, Life, Earth, Humans, Religion, Gods, Atheism, Evolution, Darwin..." with 790 discussion topics and 3840 members.
© 2020 Atheist Nexus. All rights reserved. Admin: The Nexus Group. Powered by


text: food By The Daily Mind Blog View Comments Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Prove that you're human * five + = This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.