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"Hindi man ako makangiti ngayon, ok lang nakangiti na naman ako ng maraming beses", she said.
Her fans and supporters can't help but extend their messages in blogs and social networking sites. As of this writing, her name was on the top 10 trending topics in Twitter. Here are some of their reactions
"After watching THE BUZZ yesterday,my life was touched and inspired by MS. BERNADETTE SEMBRANO having BELLS PALSY" - Nuttela Catalan
"I pray for the recovery of BERNADETTE SEMBRANO" - Lavilyn Custodio
"Prayers for Bernadette Sembrano. Be strong. :) Please recover immediately so you can help and inspire more people. :)" - Xheena Briones
"Latest News: Bernadette Sembrano trends the twitter world and Yahoo PH.due on her Bell's Palsy Diagnozed." - Kapamilya Anchors
"Nainsipre ako sa story ni Bernadette Sembrano! Hope she will immediately recover from her sickness. Hindi naman serious ang Bell's Palsy." - Ryan Macalatan
"So sad to hear that ms Bernadette Sembrano has Bell's Palsy ;-( get well soon!" - Melvin n. Zamora
Bernadette is currently undergoing series of treatment to cure her facial illness (Bell's Palsy).
Bernadette is a news anchor of TV patrol weekend and a host of Salamat Dok!
Meanwhile, Bell's Palsy is a form of facial paralysis resulting from the dysfunction of the cranial nerve which lead the victim's face to be uncontrolled (wikipedia).

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The Magic of the First Creative Inkling/
Lately, I'm so excited that my book, The Meaning Method: Transform Writer's Block into Creative Epiphanies is available for pre-order! I have such fond memories of the moment I got the first inkling. I still remember the taste of the mountain air as I walked to catch the bus to work. I had a question in my head:
"What are the five steps you'd give someone if they asked you how to write a book?"
Suddenly, five chapters flashed into my mind with such force that I could no longer wait to arrive at the bus stop bench to write them down. Instead I pulled my notebook out of my purse mid-step, balanced it on my leg and wrote:
1. Ask Big Questions
2. Develop Conflict
3. Build Community
4. Epiphany
5. Catharsis
Now, the funniest thing about my scribbling was that at the moment was that I had no idea why I wrote the words, "Epiphany" and "Catharsis." Beyond their dictionary definitions, they didn't have any real significance for me. But I jotted down those words and kept walking.
A few days later I was sitting down at breakfast and started conversing in my head with a quote from Elizabeth Gilbert's book, Big Magic. This imaginary conversation had some real intensity and momentum to it. Suddenly I had the urge to open a file on my computer, name it "Conclusion" and save the Elizabeth Gilbert quote there.
I spent a few more months collecting little paragraphs before I purposely organized them into a manuscript. Over a year later when I sat down to write the final parts titled "Epiphany" and "Catharsis," it blew my mind that I'd been given those keys at the very beginning of the journey, before I understood their significance. And that Elizabeth Gilbert quote, it actually became a part of the conclusion as well:
Elizabeth Gilbert makes a really good point about this in her book, Big Magic. Art predates agriculture by around 30,000 years. Thus, Gilbert playfully concludes that for our early ancestors ". . . it was way more important to make attractive superfluous items than it was to learn how to regularly feed ourselves."
Isn't that awesome? But I want to examine this further.
The hidden key I see here is in the word "superfluous." Perhaps the fact that art is seemingly superfluous is exactly where its true significance has been hiding all these 40,000 years. All of our own superfluous creativity is of course the hidden smile of the creator that's been accompanying us along the human journey.
The one thing that connected all the little miracles that became the book was the fact that I jotted them down immediately. It was the "yes" the Universe was waiting to hear. In my case, those five chapters were not only the beginning of a book, but a thriving business that's come into existence.
If you're writing a book, I'd love to hear about your first inkling! It would be so much fun to "scap book" a collection of those moments that we can come back to again and again.


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This season of delights, add festive highlights to yourNESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® coffee experience with our special recipes.
WITH GREEK YOGHURT Experience a unique dessert that blends the intensity of Grande Intenso with the sweetness of fig.
WITH GREEK YOGHURT Experience a unique dessert that blends the intensity of Grande Intenso with the sweetness of fig.
- 1 Grande Intenso capsule
- 200g dried figs
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp cardamom
- ⅛ tsp cloves
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp orange zest
- Combine all ingredients in medium sized saucepan. Boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate.
- Spoon 100g of Greek yoghurt into four glasses. Top with coffee fig compote and crushed walnuts.
CHERRY CHOCOCINO CASHEW PARFAIT Sweet tart cherries layered between chocolate ashew cream and dark chocolate shavings, makes for an indulgent treat that can be enjoyed anytime.
- 1 Chococino capsule
- 1 cup cashew nuts (soaked in water overnight)
- 2 tbsp agave syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- Drain cashews and add to food processor. Process for a few minutes.
- Add the Chococino agave syrup and vanilla bean paste to the food processor.
- Process until smooth and creamy.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours to set.
- Layer the Chococino cream, fresh cherries, dark chocolate shavings and coconut in small bowls or mason jars.
CHAI SPICED PORRIDGE Wake up to a bowl of warm, creamy porridge that smells of delicious spices.
- 1 Chai Tea Latte capsule
- ½ ripe banana
- ½ cup oats
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tbsp dried cranberries
- Mash banana in a small saucepan.
- Add remaining ingredients into the saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally until smooth and creamy.
- Transfer the porridge into a bowl & decorate with banana slices, goji berries, pecans, desiccated coconut and a drizzle of honey.
- Drizzle with melted chocolate and sprinkle chopped hazelnuts.
STRAWBERRY MOCHA CHIA PUDDING JARS Make a quick-to-prepare cup of luscious, creamy, caffeinated pudding loaded with chia goodness.
- 1 Mocha capsule
- 3 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 3 dates
- 12 almonds
- Combine the Mocha capsule, chia seeds and maple syrup in a bowl. Mix well.
- Place in fridge to soak overnight.
- In the morning, stir the chia pudding until smooth and creamy.
- Roughly chop the dates and almonds. Fill the bottom of the jar. Add mocha chia pudding on top and decorate with fresh strawberries.
PEAR & CAPPUCCINO CUSTARD POTS Taste the goodness of velvety smoothness and rich aroma in a custard pot.
- 1 Cappuccino capsule
- ½ large pear, diced
- 1 tbsp corn flour
- ½ cup almond meal
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 eggs + 2 extra yolks
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Preheat oven at 180 degrees.
- Arrange diced pear at the bottom of 6 small ramekins. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon.
- Blend Cappuccino capsule with corn flour. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Put ramekins in a baking dish filled half way with boiling water and bake for 15 minutes. Let cool for 20 minutes and refrigerate.Serve cold with a drizzle of honey.
LATTE MACCHIATO PECAN CARAMEL COFFEE SMOOTHIE Start the day with a thick, flavourful smoothie, packed with oats, pecans, dates and a caffeine kick to bounce off the day! It tastes delicious and is perfect as a quick breakfast for those on-the-go.
- 1 Latte Macchiato Caramel capsule
- 2 tbsp pecans
- 2 tbsp oats
- 4 dates
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt
- 10 ice cubes
- Add pecans and oats to a blender and pulse until they form a powder.
- Add remaining ingredients into the blender and process until smooth.
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The Complete Tales Of Beatrix Potter – 23 Audio Books On 4 CDs
Currently available via eBay here, The Complete Tales Of Beatrix Potter is a popular, wonderfully classic and delightfully quaint audio book series that is packed to the brim with adventure, unique and loveable characters, and an original and inspiring collection of theme music!
23 Books In 1
With a whopping twenty three audio books in one set, The Complete Tales Of Beatrix Potter provides a long-lasting, truly immersive adventure which is great for entertaining children and adults alike.
With more than five hours of listening time, the series provides stories which truly come alive through the skilled narrator Shane Sody's riveting and inspiring narrative performances.
This audio series is completely faithful to all of Beatrix Potter's 23 original stories, and the set includes: four audio CD's, a full suite of sound effects, 23 different music themes, 42 audio tracks and the full 23 titles in illustrated, pdf e-book format.
e-Books Included
The Complete Tales Of Beatrix Potter include a fifth bonus CD which contains all 23 titles in illustrated pdf e-book form. This is great for those who would prefer to enjoy the magical tales in written format as opposed to audio format.
The PDF e-books include not just the captivating stories but also every single one of Beatrix Potter's enchanting, original illustrations – with 508 of them in colour, and 180 in classic black and white!
Mesmerising & Endearing Characters
The Complete Tales Of Beatrix Potter is a truly mesmerising collection of tales with such enchanting characters as: Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddleduck, Peter Rabbit and their various friends!
This series is particularly great for young children, as you can watch their eyes light up as the characters jump into action! Although, being honest, many an adult will still enjoy the enchanting wizardry of the narrator as he brings to life the loveable characters and their oft-humorous dialogue!
Some of the particularly memorable scenes include:
- Peter Rabbit running from Mr McGregor
- 'Two Bad Mice' smashing up Lucinda's dolls' house!
- Jemima Puddleduck rescued from the fox, by the growling and barking dogs!
The fantastically entertaining narrator Shane Sody also has a whole host of other entertaining audio tales such as 'War of the Worlds,' 'Animal Farm' and 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,' all available via eBay here. Each one is a true classic in its own right!
Award Winning Narrator
The Complete Tales Of Beatrix Potter and its assortment of enchanting characters has been exquisitely brought to life by its talented narrator Shane Sody. Shane is a former award-winning radio host who is now dedicated to producing quality narrations of the greatest stories ever told!
With this Beatrix Potter audio book, Shane has brought this truly legendary series to life with his experience and talent, developed over a 23 year professional career on Australian commercial radio. Shane has also gained valuable experience working as a newscaster on some of Australia's best known radio stations, and arguably, this refined narrative talent has added a character voice narration which is refined, professionally honed, and expertly delivered.
Currently priced on eBay at AU $30.95 (approximately: 22.09 EUR / 23.45 USD / 18.73 GBP) with a 30 day warranty and free air mail postage anywhere in the world, The Complete Tales Of Beatrix Potter audio set provides great entertainment for both children and adults alike!


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May 25, 2017
Director of Athletics Bill Moos discusses rowing competing at its fifth straight NCAA Championships, track and field at the NCAA Championships Preliminary Round, baseball's regular season closing series against Stanford, and the 2017 Athletic Hall of Fame Class announced earlier this week.
May 11, 2017
During a wide-ranging podcast, Director of Athletics Bill Moos discusses this week's Cougar Athletics action, APR, Hall of Fame member Dick Fry inducted to the Pullman Walk of Fame, and the Cougar Athletic Fund coast to coast campaign.
May 8, 2017
The May 8, 2017 edition of Cougar Calls with Bill Moos, the final show of the 2016-17 season.
May 1, 2017
The May 1, 2017 of Cougar Calls with Bill Moos.


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A brand new pretty dress came in the mail yesterday and I fell in love with it so much that I felt like I had to go a little June Cleaver-y and bake something beautiful and delicious while wearing it (with an adorable apron, of course). The best part about the dress, besides the color and the perfect fit? It was free! I entered maybe my second ever online blog giveaway on Kris' beautiful blog Young Married Chic and lo and behold, I won! The dress is from Shabby Apple and I still can't believe how perfectly it fits. I am so in love. Thanks, Kris!
(I'll add pictures later. Neither my cat or my puppy are very good photographers, so I'll have to wait until I have a human to aid me in this endeavor.)
(I'll add pictures later. Neither my cat or my puppy are very good photographers, so I'll have to wait until I have a human to aid me in this endeavor.)
My excitement about the dress, however, was overshadowed by the fact that my boss is out for a few days because she is had a masectomy yesterday morning. She'd been cancer free for 7 years, but earlier this summer her doctors had cause for concern, so after a few tests and conferences with her doctors and family she decided to get rid of the offending breast. She has been in remarkably amazing spirits through the entire thing and was ready to get it over with once and for all! Even though she had been so calm and excited all week, I could definitely feel the emotions starting to well up when I told her goodbye on Wednesday and gave her a hug. Fortunately the procedure went very well and she was home by 10:00 a.m.! In honor of her and breast cancer survivors everywhere, I made pink lavender grapefruit cupcakes. The last time I made a batch I gave some to her and she told me later that she had saved the last one until she could sit on her deck and eat it alone, and the lavender was so calming and soothing that she could just feel herself relax while eating it! The recipe is from a 2006 article in the Lawrence Journal World. Here it is:
Lavender Pink Grapefruit Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons lavender flowers (no stems)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup pink grapefruit juice
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup mild honey, preferably clover
2 large eggs
Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. With the back of a spoon, crush lavender flowers and combine with flour mixture; mix well and set aside.
In a liquid measure, combine pink grapefruit juice and buttermilk; set aside.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter until fluffy; scraping sides of bowl, as necessary. Add honey; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down sides of bowl after each addition.
Add half of the reserved dry ingredients to the butter mixture; mix on low until just combined. With mixer running on low, slowly add the grapefruit mixture. Add remaining dry ingredients until just combined.
Fill paper-lined muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake 18 to 22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove to wire rack; cool. Frost with Pink Grapefruit Buttercream Frosting, if desired. Makes 12 to 14 cupcakes.
Pink grapefruit buttercream frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup grapefruit juice
2 tablespoons mild honey, preferably clover
4 to 5 cups powdered sugar
2 to 3 drops red food coloring (optional)
In a mixing bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add grapefruit juice and honey; mix well. Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until desired spreading consistency. For a darker pink color, add food coloring, if desired.
- AP recipe developed by Lisa Bishop, courtesy National Honey Board (<------- methinks I need to investigate this NHB...)
I love this recipe because a) I love lavender more than most things and b) there's no sugar in the cupcake recipe, in case you have friends who are weird like that and you want to make them a treat. There is the slightest hint of citrus when you bite into one of these babies, making it just the tiniest bit tart, and the honey adds so much flavor you'll wonder why you even need sugar anywhere in your life. (kidding!) If you're not too sure about the flavor, wait a day or two and then try one again. Like most good things, they get better with a little bit of time.


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As More Capitol Hill Scrutiny Directed at Lack of PBM Pricing Transparency, SCPC Charges PBMs an "Anti-Competitive Oligarchy Posing as Benevolent Actors in Pharma Marketplace"
Washington, DC — With former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli significantly raising the public profile of prescription drug pricing abuses, the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) is stepping up its criticism of anti-competitive pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) pricing practices by pointing to Avalere Health pharmacy data, which SCPC argues demonstrates PBMs' pricing methodology leads to arbitrary and capricious reimbursement – warranting greater Congressional scrutiny and oversight in 2016.
"While Martin Shkreli has helped put a face on prescription drug pricing abuses, the Avalere Health data helps shed much-needed light on anti-competitive PBM pricing practices, and their false claim that the pricing methodology used to reimburse LTC pharmacies and others for prescribed generic drugs is market-based," stated SCPC President and CEO Alan G. Rosenbloom. "To the contrary, we believe the data demonstrates PBMs' pricing methodology leads to arbitrary and capricious reimbursement."
Under Medicare Part D – the largest payer for prescription medications in LTC facilities – the PBMs that administer Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs), and which often are owned by the PDPs or a shared parent company, use a Maximum Allowable Cost (MAC) pricing formula to establish reimbursement rates for a majority of generic drugs independent LTC pharmacies dispense to elderly Medicare beneficiaries.
SCPC argues that the data between PBMs and Independent LTC pharmacies find increasing reimbursement inequities for LTC pharmacies driven by these MAC pricing methodologies. Significantly, the data show MAC prices paid for the same generic drugs on the same day by different payers can vary considerably, which SCPC contends raises questions about the relationship between price variation and actual market conditions. The data analysis, funded by SCPC, is one in a series of Avalere Health analyses assessing various facets of the marketplace in which the nation's LTC pharmacies operate.
Noting the increased congressional focus on problematic PBM pricing activities in November 2015 by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, and the February 2016 hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rosenbloom said, "We commend the rising level of bipartisan congressional scrutiny of the PBM industry, which has become an anti-competitive oligarchy merely posing as a benevolent actor in the pharmaceutical marketplace."
In November, U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) aggressively questioning the veracity of PBM industry witnesses who insisted LTC pharmacy reimbursement practices adhered to market forces. In fact, PBM officials from Express Scripts and CVS Health admitted they keep multiple sets of MAC lists for the same drugs, prompting Collins to suggest a "disconnect" between what PBMs claim about pricing transparency and the marketplace reality. Rep. Collins also questioned PBMs' contention their marketplace is highly competitive, noting just three companies – Express Scripts, CVS Health and OptumRx – control approximately 80 percent of the PBM market. "Not a great deal of competitiveness there," Collins observed.
Two weeks ago at a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing entitled, "Developments in the Prescription Drug Market," U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) observed: "I'm really concerned about the current marketplace because it creates perverse incentives for PBMs to shut out independent pharmacies at the expense of the American public… We have to have transparency in the PBM world."
Rosenbloom also lauded Rep. Collins' 12/8 House floor speech further excoriating PBMs' anti-consumer record:
"If they were truly acting in the best interests of consumers they would not oppose virtually every single transparency reform effort on the state and federal level… They come to Congress and say one thing to members and then turn around and behave any way they wish in the pharmacy marketplace without fear of enforcement or oversight… They come with shiny objects in savings that many times never materialize but at the same time funneling money to their own businesses… PBMs are not representing the best interests of consumers, they're acting in the best interest of themselves."
In October 2015, SCPC released its first, broad-based Avalere Health study, "Long-Term Care Pharmacy: The Evolving Marketplace and Emerging Policy Issues," representing the most detailed analysis of the nation's growing LTC pharmacy sector since Medicare Part D was implemented in 2006.


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Matt Jones is the online sports director for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A double graduate of the University of Arkansas, he is a member of the Football Writers Association of America and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and voter for the Heisman Trophy.
Plunkett says he will return to Diamond Hogs in 2019
Arkansas catcher Zack Plunkett returns to the plate Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, during fall practice at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILLE Arkansas catcher Zack Plunkett will return to the program in 2019.
Plunkett, a 6-2, 225-pound redshirt junior, was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 37th round of the MLB Draft last month, but wrote on his Instagram page Monday that he has decided to turn down professional baseball this year.
"Very grateful to be drafted by the Diamondbacks, but there's some unfinished business in Fayetteville," Plunkett wrote. "Excited to announce that I'll be calling the Hogs another year."
Plunkett played in seven games off the bench in 2018. He was 2-for-9 and hit a home run during a game against Kentucky on March 17.
Plunkett sat out the 2017 season after transferring from TCU, where he made 19 starts and played in 39 games in two seasons. He and rising sophomore Casey Opitz will be Arkansas' returning catchers next season and will be vying to replace Grant Koch, a fifth-round draft pick who agreed to terms with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday.
Plunkett is the only drafted Arkansas player to publicly announce he will return in 2019. Right-handed pitcher Isaiah Campbell, a redshirt sophomore who was drafted by the Los Angels Angels in the 24th round, is also expected to return.
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2019 Patented Research
Trading Places – Simulating Goalkeeper Performance using Spatial & Body-Pose Data
Authored By: Paul Power, Aditya Cherukumudi, Sujoy Ganguly, Felix Wei, Long Sha, Jennifer Hobbs, Hector Ruiz, and Patrick Lucey
Late in the 2018 Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Liverpool with the score 2-1 in favor of the Spaniards, in the 83rd minute Real Madrid's substitute Gareth Bale took aim at goalkeeper Loris Karius from 35 yards with a powerful yet straight strike. The rest is history, as the ball ended up sailing through Karius' hands effectively giving Real Madrid their third straight title. The reaction to the loss was immediate by Liverpool, with the club breaking the world record fee for a goalkeeper by purchasing Brazilian Alisson for £67m from AS Roma from the Serie A.
While this transfer triggered a flurry of other high-priced goalkeeper transfers between the top European leagues putting the cost of goalkeepers at an all-time high – it begs the questions: i) how can you compare the performance of different goalkeepers across teams and leagues?, and ii) how can you approximate whether or not a goalkeeper will be a success in your specific team? Currently goalkeepers are assessed using coarse metrics, such as "clean-sheets", "total goals conceded" or "shots saved to goals conceded" ratio. More recently "expected metrics" such as expected saves (xS) [1] have been introduced to compare performance to the league average. Problems arise with these methods because goalkeepers could have different types of saves to make depending on the style of the team and the opponents they face.
2018 European Conference on
Computer Vision Paper
"Where Will They Go? Predicting Fine-Grained Adversarial Multi-Agent Motion using Conditional Variational Autoencoders"
Authored by: Panna Felson, Sujoy Ganguly, Patrick Lucey
Simultaneously and accurately forecasting the behavior of many interacting agents is imperative for computer vision applications to be widely deployed (e.g., autonomous vehicles, security, surveillance, sports). In this paper, we present a technique using conditional variational autoencoder which learns a model that "personalizes" prediction to individual agent behavior within a group representation. Given the volume of data available and its adversarial nature, we focus on the sport of basketball and show that our approach efficiently predicts context-specific agent motions. We find that our model generates results that are three times as accurate as previous state of the art approaches (5.74 ft vs. 17.95 ft).
2018 MIT Sloan Sports
Analytics Conference
Bhostgusters: Realtime Interactive Play Sketching with Synthesized NBA Defenses
Authored By: Thomas Seidl, Aditya Cherukumudi, Andrew Hartnett, Peter Carr and Patrick Lucey
2nd Place Finisher
Sketching plays is a universal way for coaches to communicate what they want their players to do. What if a coach didn't have to rely solely on intuition, but could instead foresee how the defending team is likely to respond to the intended play? Such a tool would enable spontaneous creativity while providing real-time objective analysis explicitly tailored to the current game state. In this work, we consider play sketching from a data-driven perspective. We combine a powerful analytics framework built on deep-imitation learning with an intelligent and highly intuitive user interface. Users freehand sketch plays or modify existing tracking data. Our software then infers the equivalent animation and synthesizes realistic "ghost" defenders. Users can test their plays against different teams and game contexts, and fine-tune sketches to maximize the expected points in a given situation. Until now, insights extracted from player tracking data were only available post-game—primarily because of the complexity of the algorithms and the domain-specific knowledge required to use them. Our software, on the other hand, uses a familiar intuitive interface and operates in real-time on a tablet. Analytics are no longer constrained to the back office and instead can operate courtside for in-game decisions. Additionally, fans can also Monday morning quarterback: simulating alternate offensive decisions using real game data and discovering whether these "what if" scenarios can bust the ghosted defenses.
The Problem with Win Probability
Authored By: Sujoy Ganguly and Nathan Frank
In this paper, we highlight three current issues with win-probability models: i) lack of context, ii) no measure of prediction uncertainty, and iii) no publicly available datasets or models against which to compare. To remedy the last issue, we are releasing our NBA play-by-play dataset and base win-probability model to the research community. To address the issue of context, we developed a neural network architecture which uses team rosters and game states to encode the on-court lineup for a given matchup. The addition of the lineup encoding allows for substantial improvements in model accuracy over existing methods (88% vs. 75%). To capture the uncertainty of our predictions, we moved from match-outcome prediction to final score difference prediction, providing a measure of uncertainty by estimating the likelihood of all possible scores. In addition to capturing the uncertainty of a given match outcome prediction, this approach allows for interactive story-telling applications by enabling the exploration of "alternative outcomes"- for example, what if Kawhi Leonard did not get injured during Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. In the future, by complementing score prediction with a recurrent architecture, we should see the score distributions collapse, thereby allowing us to determine points of no return in a match, and determine what decisions are irreversible or lead to uncertainty growth in the inferred outcome prediction.
Mythbusting Set-Pieces in Soccer
Authored By: Paul Power, Jennifer Hobbs, Hector Ruiz, Xinyu Wei and Patrick Lucey
The gap in resources between the richest and poorest teams in world football is growing wider each season as demonstrated by Paris St German spending a world record 222 million Euro on Neymar who scored 15 goals in the 17/18 Ligue 1 season. The ability for a small market team to replicate the same goal output for the price of an effective set-piece strategy is a clear market inefficiency that can be exploited. Given the large amount of data now available, it should now be possible to quantitatively measure these things. In this paper, we employ a mythbuster's approach by first stating the common-held belief and seeing if this is true or not. To do this we present an attribute-driven approach to set-piece analysis, which utilizes a hybrid of deep-learning methods to detect complex attributes such as defensive marking schemes, and hand-crafted features to enable interpretability. Specifically, we employ a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), which adequately captures the defensive structure of a team around set-pieces. Additionally, we use expected metrics such as expected goal value (xG) to value the quality of chances that a team creates based on the location and quality of delivery in addition to the defensive attributes. Our research demonstrates which types of delivery are the most dangerous and how this varies by team. As a result, we are now able to provide a recommendation to a coach and analyst about how a team may play against them and how to prepare for and exploit the opposition's strengths and weaknesses.
Quantifying the Value of Transitions in Soccer via Spatiotemporal Trajectory Clustering
Authored By: Jennifer Hobbs, Paul Power, Long Sha, Hector Ruiz and Patrick Lucey
In recent years, the "counter-press", "geggenpress" and "counter-attack" employed by Pep Guardiola's, Jurgen Klopp's and Jose Mourinho's teams respectively, have been in vogue due to their ability to create good scoring chances by effectively overloading the team that has just lost the ball. These fast-paced, aggressive, and direct transitions provide some of the best opportunities for scoring, and are a potent strategy when executed effectively. Despite the importance around transitions in soccer, in terms of analytics, no quantitative measures have emerged. There are two prime reasons for this: i) obtaining the precise onset and offset time-stamp of a counter-attack is extremely challenging as the task is subjective and fine-grained, and ii) measuring the structural patterns and movements of a team is equally subjective and challenging for a human to annotate. Here we leverage supervised and unsupervised machine learning techniques to automatically and objectively detect these transition situations. First, we learn the formation and playbook of a team via hierarchical clustering. Next, from event sequences and team information we construct a measure of "offensive threat" to further classify threatening and non-threatening plays. Finally, our game-state specific templates enable us to quantify the "defensive disorder" of a team as they transition from offense to defense. From this analysis we are able to detect counter-attacks directly from the player-tracking data, without any human labels, and then use this to quantify the value and impact of execution on the counter-attack, both offensively and defensively, and identify teams with similar transition styles.
2017 International Conference on
Machine Learning
"Coordinated Multi-Agent Imitation Learning"
Authored by: Hoang M. Le, Yisong Yue, Peter Carr and Patrick Lucey
We study the problem of imitation learning from demonstrations of multiple coordinating agents. One key challenge in this setting is that learning a good model of coordination can be difficult, since coordination is often implicit in the demonstrations and must be inferred as a latent variable.We propose a joint approach that simultaneously learns a latent coordination model along with the individual policies. In particular, our method integrates unsupervised structure learning with conventional imitation learning. We illustrate the power of our approach on a difficult problem of learning multiple policies for finegrained behavior modeling in team sports, where different players occupy different roles in the coordinated team strategy. We show that having a coordination model to infer the roles of players yields substantially improved imitation loss compared to conventional baselines.
2017 MIT Sloan Sports
Best Research Paper Finalists
"BodyShots": Analyzing Shooting Styles in the NBA using 3D Body-Pose Information
Authored by: Panna Felsen and Patrick Lucey
In this work we develop a novel attribute-based representation of a basketball player's body pose during his three point shot. The attributes are designed to capture the high-level body movements of a player during the different phases of his shot, e.g., the jump and release. Analysis is performed on 1500 labelled three point shots. Normalized for game context, we use Pearson's Chi-squared test to quantify differences in attribute distributions for made and missed shots, where we observe statistically significant differences in distributions of attributes describing the style of movement, e.g., walk, run, or hop, in various phases of the shot. Similarly, with fixed shot outcomes, across game contexts, we observe statistically significant differences in distributions of attributes describing the pass quality, direction of movement, and footwork. We also present a case study for Stephen Curry, where we observe that Curry moves much more than the average player in all phases of his shot and he takes a higher proportion of off-balance shots compared to the average player.
Data-Driven Ghosting using Deep Imitation Learning
Authored by: Hoang Le, Peter Carr, Yisong Yue and Patrick Lucey
2nd Place Finisher
Current state-of-the-art sports metrics such as "Wins-above-Replacement" in baseball, "Expected Point Value" in basketball, and "Expected Goal Value" in soccer and hockey are now commonplace in performance analysis. These measures have enhanced our ability to compare and value performance in sport. But they are inherently limited because they are tied to a discrete outcome of a specific event. With the widespread (and growing) availability of player and ball tracking data comes the potential to quantitatively analyze and compare fine-grain movement patterns. An excellent example of this was the "ghosting" system developed by the Toronto Raptors to analyze player decision-making in STATS SportVU tracking data. Specifically, the Raptors created software to predict what a defensive player should have done instead of what they actually did. Motivated by the original "ghosting" work, we showcase an automatic "data-driven ghosting" method using advanced machine learning methodologies called "deep imitation learning", applied to a season's worth of tracking data from a recent professional league in soccer. Our ghosting method, which avoids substantial manual human annotation, results in a data-driven system that allows us to answer the question "how should this player or team have played in a given game situation compare to the league average?". In addition, by "fine-tuning" our league average model to the tracking data from a particular team, our ghosting technique can estimate how each team might have approached the situation. Our method enables counterfactual analysis of effectiveness of defensive positioning as both a measurable and viewable quantity for the first time.
2016 MIT Sloan Sports
Best Research Paper Award
"The Thin Edge of the Wedge": Accurately Predicting Shot Outcomes in Tennis using Style and Context Priors
STATS contributed to the Grand Prize-winning research paper at the 10th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Conference in the Research Paper track finishing ahead of seven other studies submitted by sports industry professionals and student researchers.
Presented by Patrick Lucey, STATS' Director of Data Science, the paper was entitled "The Thin End of the Wedge": Accurately Predicting Shot Outcomes in Tennis Using Style and Context Priors. The aim of the research was to discover player-specific patterns of player movement and ball striking in tennis which are indicative of changing the probability of winning a point in professional tennis. Using optical tracking data from over 37,000 shots at the Australian Open over a three year period, the paper identifies the types of shots that enable players to gain small advantages that eventually lead to securing points.
KDD Research Papers
"The Leicester City Fairytale?": Utilizing New Soccer Analytics Tools to Compare Performance in the 15/16 & 16/17 EPL Seasons
Authored by STATS: Hector Ruiz, Paul Power, Xinyu Wei and Patrick Lucey
The last two years have been somewhat of a rollercoaster for English Premier League (EPL) team Leicester City. In the 2015/16 season, against all odds and logic, they won the league to much fan-fare. Fast-forward nine months later, and they are battling relegation. What could describe this fluctuating form? As soccer is a very complex and strategic game, common statistics (e.g., passes, shots, possession) do not really tell the full story on how a team succeeds and fails. However, using machine learning tools and a plethora of data, it is now possible to obtain some insights into how a team performs. To showcase the utility of these new tools (i.e., expected goal value, expected save value, strategy-plots and passing quality measures), we first analyze the EPL 2015/16 season with a specific emphasis on the champions Leicester City, and then compare it to the current one. Finally, we show how these features can be used to predict future performance.
"Not All Passes Are Created Equal:" Objectively Measuring theRisk and Reward of Passes in Soccer from Tracking Data
Authored by STATS: Paul Power, Hector Ruiz, Xinyu Wei and Patrick Lucey
In soccer, the most frequent event that occurs is a pass. For a trained eye, there are a myriad of adjectives which could describe this event(e.g., "majestic pass", "conservative" to "poor-ball"). However, as these events are needed to be coded live and in real-time (most often by human annotators), the current method of grading passes is restricted to the binary labels 0 (unsuccessful) or 1 (successful).Obviously, this is sub-optimal because the quality of a pass needs to be measured on a continuous spectrum (i.e., 0!100%) and not a binary value. Additionally, a pass can be measured across multiple dimensions, namely: i) risk– the likelihood of executing a pass in a given situation, and ii) reward– the likelihood of a pass creating a chance. In this paper, we show how we estimate both the risk and reward of a pass across two seasons of tracking data captured from a recent professional soccer league with state-of-the-art performance, then showcase various use cases of our deployed passing system.
NIPS 2016 Research Paper
"Generating Long-term Trajectories Using Deep Hierarchical Networks"
A collaboration between Caltech and STATS: Stephan Zheng, Yisong Yue and Patrick Lucey
In a play in basketball, the goal of a player or team is to score a basket. In terms of trying to predict what will happen in the play, current approaches in artificial intelligence are just to predict the type of play that will occur or where the play will end up.
In this paper, we focus on the much more difficult problem of predicting the trajectories of play that will get to that end-point in a realistic fashion. The exciting part of this work is focussing on the ability to synthesize adversarial behavior at a very fine-grain level.
We study the problem of modeling spatiotemporal trajectories over long time horizons using expert demonstrations. For instance, in sports, agents often choose action sequences with long-term goals in mind, such as achieving a certain strategic position. Conventional policy learning approaches, such as those based on Markov decision processes, generally fail at learning cohesive long-term behavior in such high-dimensional state spaces, and are only effective when fairly myopic decision making yields the desired behavior. The key difficulty is that conventional models are "single-scale" and only learn a single state-action policy. We instead propose a hierarchical policy class that automatically reasons about both long-term and short term goals, which we instantiate as a hierarchical neural network. We showcase our approach in a case study on learning to imitate demonstrated basketball trajectories, and show that it generates significantly more realistic trajectories compared to non-hierarchical baselines as judged by professional sports analysts.
ICML 2017 Research Papers
Coordinated Multi-Agent Imitation Learning
Collaboration with CalTech, Disney and STATS: Hoang M. Le, Yisong Yue, Peter Carr, Patrick Lucey
The last two years have been somewhat of a rollercoaster for English Premier League (EPL) team Leicester City. In the 2015/16 season, against all odds and logic, they won the league to much fan-fare. Fast-forward nine months later, and they are battling relegation. What could describe this fluctuating form? As soccer is a very complex and strategic game, common statistics (e.g., passes, shots, possession) do not really tell the full story on how a team succeeds and fails. However, using machine learning tools and a plethora of data, it is now possible to obtain some insights into how a team performs. To showcase the utility of these new tools (i.e., expected goal value, expected save value, strategy-plots and passing quality measures), we first analyze the EPL 2015/16 season with a specific emphasis on the champions Leicester City, and then compare it to the current one. Finally, we show how these features can be used to predict future performance.
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What they say about the workshops...
'After years apart, it gave me the opportunity to give my kids not only a keepsake, but also a piece of my imagination.'
Prisoner, HMP Ford
'I have felt human today, away from the prison regime and with other women feeling the same hurt being away from their children.' Prisoner, HMP East Sutton Park
'It made me feel proud and excited to read it to my daughter. Thank you very much!' Prisoner, HMP Ford
'This is one of the best things I have ever done.' Prisoner, HMP Hollesley Bay
'Thank you for helping me make this special gift for my daughter!' Prisoner, HMP New Hall
'Bedtime Stories is a worthwhile and important initiative and helped [us] to reconnect with young loved ones that were all really missing the power of words to connect...our words flew over the prison gates. I hope this important work can continue to reach other mums and dads imprisoned.' Prisoner, HMP Drake Hall
'My little boy will love the story which I've written for him as he will know, just because Mummy isn't around, Mummy still thinks about him every day, misses and loves him very much. I feel very proud of myself for doing this. I can achieve things in life.' Prisoner, HMP Styal
'An unusual and highly valuable day. Our creative side were gently and effectively fostered by very experienced and gifted facilitators. By the end of a few hours we had crafted exciting and engaging stories that our children would read. Our own creations.' Prisoner, HMP Dartmoor
'Thank you for the opportunity to reach my babies in a very heartfelt manner.' HMP Channings Wood
'Wow! What an amazing day. I have felt human today, away from the prison regime and with other women feeling the same hurt being away from their children.' HMP East Sutton Park
What we do...
The Festival, working with children's authors Hollie Hughes and Smriti Prasadam-Halls, delivers workshops to prisoners, teaching them how to write a bedtime story for their children or grandchildren. These can be sent to their children or recorded onto CDs by Storybook Dads/Mums which runs projects in many prisons so the children can enjoy them over and over again at home. We hope this will go some way to bridging the gap at an essential time in a child's emotional development, and encourage parents not to reoffend.
Why we do it...
The Literary Festival is a registered charity and part of our charitable aims is to focus on encouraging children to read because of the immense benefits it brings in terms of well-being, literacy and life-skills.
We are also making a particular effort to encourage parents to read with their children. Recent research has revealed a decline in reading to children, especially to younger children and particularly at bedtime, which is recognised to be a very important time of the day for parental bonding.
When parents, especially mothers, and their children are separated because a parent is in prison, family bonding opportunities are severely limited. Indeed half of imprisoned parents lose contact with their children. Importantly, however, those parents who are able to keep bonds with their children are more likely to have a better outcome in terms of rehabilitation, and are six times less likely to reoffend. Some facts:
Imprisoning mothers. often primary carers, for non-violent offences has a damaging impact on children and carries a cost to the state of more than £17 million over a ten year period.
What Prison Education Managers say...
'I thought that the workshops were excellent, a very tangible and effective way in which the women can reach out to their children, keeping those all-important family ties in place or a start to building them with their children. Writing the stories was very hard for some of the women as it stirred up memories and often a feeling of loss and guilt, but [the workshop leaders] helped them manage their emotions, channelling them into the story, resulting in the women feeling more confident and better about themselves. All this will help the women not to re-offend as well as remind their children that their mothers are thinking about them, giving the women some much needed comfort.'
Jane Wright
Learning Skills and Employment Manager
HMP Drake Hall
'I was so impressed by the way that you relaxed the ladies and got the best from them. I think they all surprised themselves by what they actually achieved, and they certainly surprised me! Well done – it was an excellent day's work.'
Victoria Barnett
Prison Library Development Manager, Kent County Council
'I would just like to thank you both for hosting the bedtime story writing workshop here at HMP New Hall. It was amazing to see the women's confidence build throughout the day, you really inspired and encouraged them to create their work and helped them along the way.'
Fran Idle
Library Assistant
HMP and YOI New Hall
'I think for guardians and parents in prison, this is a must do workshop.'
For further information on prison statistics, click here.
We would also like to thank the William A Cadbury Charitable Trust, The Souter Charitable Trust, The Noel Buxton Trust, The Leatherseller's Company and private benefactors for supporting this work.


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Scale Models in MathPublished by monica.bair on Tue, 04/17/2018 - 13:11
Recently, students in Mrs. Bair's sixth grade math class have been reviewing proportions and ratios. As a part of this unit of study, students were able to research a famous building, and make a scale model of it. Students enjoyed being able to find a scale factor that would work for them, and find the materials to do it.


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Dreamer Episode 2: Half Marathon Complete
About 7 months ago, I added "run a half marathon" to my dream list. As I mentioned in Dreamer Episode 1, I have been training for the Illinois Half Marathon since February, thanks to CARA. With great trepidation, I traveled to my alma mater of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this past weekend for the race. After a night consisting of anxiety dreams of not being able to find the start line, I found myself jammed in with 6,000+ other runners before 7:30 AM on April 30th. I am now the proud owner of that bling above and I have crossed another running dream off my list. I enjoyed the race immensely, and would dub it one of the best things I have done in the past few years, if not ever. I've summed up my highlights and lowlights of the race, and I am already contemplating my summer half...
My dear friend, race partner, and instigator of this whole half marathon business, surprising me with a new digital watch pre-race so I could actually track my splits...I had lost my watch weeks ago (not that I knew how to work it) and had been too lazy to buy a new one. (My splits were pretty much dead on pace; I think the watch can take some credit for that.)
All the amazing people! I couldn't believe how many people were A.) in the race and B.) along the route cheering. I especially appreciated the people that read my name off my bib and yelled it out. I have never smiled so much on a run, or possibly in a 2.5 hour period in my life!
Reaching Mile 11 (The farthest I'd ever run.)
Someone else's grandma holding a sign that said, "Go Carly!"
The nostalgia of running through my alma mater and a place that I spent 6 years of my life.
The live music! (Including the Elvis impersonator in front of the Silver Bullet Strip Club and the dudes in short shorts playing Weezer in the park.)
The "That's What She Said" sign
My playlist on shuffle was amazing. I was nervous that I hadn't crafted the songs in a particular order, but it worked out so well! Some of the highlights were "Crazy For You" by Best Coast, "Power" by Kanye West, "Debaser" by the Pixies, and "Please, Baby, Please" by David Bazan (which came on in a particularly picturesque part of Urbana). The variety worked out so well that I didn't have to skip any songs, which is a pain to do on my touch screen phone in an armband.
Running behind the guy wearing an "Ann Arbor is a Whore" shirt. Ah, the sweet Illinois hate of Michigan.
The point at which the race route splits off from half marathon to marathon. It felt great knowing I was in the home stretch of mile 12, rather than repeating the distance I had just covered, and then some! No thanks. (Note: Marathon is still not technically on my dream list.)
Running past my old dorm - F.A.R.
Crossing the finish line on the 50 yard line of Memorial Stadium at 2:09:03, which reached my goal of finishing under 2:10. Totally inspiring.
Miles 10 and 11 were rough! It was getting warmer outside. I started to get in my head about how much time was left and I started zoning in on my legs starting to ache.
The pain in my foot that has been creeping up for weeks...not sure what that's all about.
My gps for the mapmyrun app on my phone was slightly off from the mile markers so it would tell me I was at mile 7 about 2 minutes before I would actually reach it...which was kind of cool and kind of annoying.
The newer development in Urbana where every house on the block looked the same. Boring!
Messing up my laps on my watch by pressing start 3 times after mile 8. I had forgotten that it freezes your time on the screen for you....oops.
While I just had the pleasure of seeing them today, the race pictures that they are so kind to coordinate a link especially for you based on your bib number are definitely a lowlight. I do not need to see myself in motion, face contorted.
As you can see, the highlights far outweigh the lowlights. I couldn't have done it without my biggest running cheerleaders and partners, MM and SB, and of course my partner in crime for dealing with the 7AM Saturday alarm clocks over the past 10+ weeks and being unconditionally supportive. If you are contemplating a half marathon, 10K, 5K, or a jog around the block, I highly recommend it!


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Richer Sounds use online data to boost sales
Written by Karen Moss
TV and hi-fi retailer Richer Sounds has used insights and data about how customers use its website to make improvements and increase the value of its online sales.
Working with conversion rate specialists Applied Web Analytics (AWA), the company reviewed and enhanced the experience of its online visitors - clarifying which products are available online or in-store only.
The company's website encourages customers to visit one of its 50+ retail outlets in order to benefit from expert advice and customer service from a passionate and well trained team. The full product range is available to view online but only a proportion can be bought online.
Claudia Vernon, Marketing Director at Richer Sounds says: "We were aware that there was some confusion over which products were available online and which were in-store only and that the only way to really understand this was to professionally test the website. We wanted to know more about what potential customers were really thinking and how to improve conversion, so we brought in consultants AWA to help."
AWA began by conducting usability tests and analysing in depth Richer Sounds' website data. Together with Richer Sounds, AWA designed new action buttons specifically to help reduce the confusion over 'in-store only' products and 'online only' products. They were tested using AWA's testing panel 'Feedback Army' and the most popular icons were then implemented. Signposting and shopping basket visibility were also improved.


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Blood: (n) the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins
Although we extol the value of finding things in common, there is a great danger of taking things of value and making them much too common.
When I realized that my word for today was "blood," I immediately became aware that I was torn between two emotions:
First, a realization that blood is so much a part of the entertainment industry, and even the theology of Christianity, that it nearly has no significance; and secondly, escaping this inane idea and grasping the notion that the presence of blood is life, and the loss is death.
Yet after I've seen my fifteenth murder for the evening on television or gone to church and looked at the sight of a tortured man bleeding from a cross, I become hardened and inflexible.
It is frightening.
It is nearly abominable that we can slaughter human beings in an action/thriller indiscriminately, or think that the little bit of grape juice we pour into a plastic cup adequately represents the sacrifice of a courageous redeemer.
I, for one, am tired of symbolism.
I am weary of being told that it's "just a television show, just a video game or just a way of having a ceremony in remembrance of a human sacrifice."
These are huge concepts which demand our introspection instead of our frivolous observance.
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The apartment began as three separate but small units within a new-build condominium development purchased with the intention of breaking down the walls to create one single residence. Sothea's design included an open-plan living room, dining area, and kitchen, a master suite with an office included, and two separate balconies.
The design of the space transformed three small one-bedroom units into a single livable apartment with enough room to both entertain friends and ensure privacy in the bedroom and home office.
One of the major sources of inspiration for the design stemmed from the homeowner's request for a space to hold his large collection of books. This request led Sothea to design a set of walls that incorporated the bookshelves while minimizing further division of the overall space. Sothea's plans also incorporated custom features like a built-in bedframe and a small window with a controllable shade for light to enter the bedroom.
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The Top 4 Items to Pawn for Quick Cash
If you are looking to raise a little money very quickly, you can still turn to your local pawn shop. These stores are the perfect place to unload your unwanted items, but they will often only pay top dollar for the things they know will sell. So if you are looking to make some quick cash, consider selling these items at your local pawn shop.
Precious Metals, Diamonds & Gems
Most pawn shops are also in the gold and silver business, meaning they will buy your gold, silver, diamonds, platinum and other things simply for their weight in that precious metal. So if you have jewelry (or gold bars) lying around the house, these items will often fetch a surprisingly high value at most pawn shops.
Just be aware that most of the items you sell to a pawn shop will be melted down and used for new things, especially if the pawn shop has a good relationship with a local precious metal and diamond exchange. So if you have old heirloom pieces that you hope will end up as someone's next favourite accessory, this is probably not what will happen. Less so with diamonds and gems, but most certainly with gold and silver.
Everybody needs a good watch and many fashionable people still turn to pawn shops for unique and beautiful timepieces. If you have some watches that you no longer use, you may be able to make a pretty penny off them at your local pawn shop.
In general, pawn shops are not looking for your battered Casio digital that you wore when it was in fashion in the eighties. They are interested in higher-end brands and watches that are meant for looking good and telling the time. Rolexes remain the standard but other brands may fetch you a surprising amount of money, too.
Power Tools
Power tools in good working order won't make you rich for pawning, but they remain a consistent source of decent money. Take them in and see what you can get, just make sure they are working well. Maybe give them a bit of a cleaning as well, so they look even more enticing.
Yes, even your outdated electronics could be something a pawn shop is looking for. Not your old television set, but if you have old video game systems lying around, your local pawn shop may be very interested. Smartphones are also popular pawn shop items since brand new ones can cost upwards of a thousand dollars while even the second-latest model can run for a quarter of that.
When selling items to pawn shops, it is important to consider what would be in local demand. Since almost all of these stores work on a local level, they are often after things that people in the area look for. It doesn't hurt to go into a pawn shop and ask what people are buying and what the shop owners are looking for, but the above items are generally in high demand all over, meaning they are perfect for anyone looking to raise a little cash in a hurry.


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Google Research team makes available models to help assess impacts needed to decarbonise. The technical details of the model are in this paper. The web UI is available for you to try.
You will need to bring yourself up to speed on energy modelling. See my overview here on Vaclav Smil's work, his work offers a good introduction (although advocates argue he is too pessimistic, his history of energy is a great place to start). But, it shouldn't take long for an interested reader to be able to make reasonable models and assumptions themselves.
From Google team: "we created a tool that allows us to quickly see how different assumptions—wind, solar, coal, nuclear, for example—affect the future cost to generate electricity and the amount of carbon dioxide emitted.
We created a simplified model of the electrical grid, where demand is always fulfilled at least cost. By "least cost," we mean the cost of constructing and maintaining power plants, and generating electricity (with fuel, if required). For a given set of assumptions, the model determines the amount of generation capacity to build and when to turn on which type of generator. Our model is similar to others proposed in other research, but we've simplified the model to make it run fast...
... One interesting conclusion of the paper: if we can find a zero-carbon, 24x7 electricity source that costs about $2200/kW to build, it can displace carbon emission from the electricity grid in less than 27 years. We hope that the tool and the paper help people understand their assumptions about the future of electricity, and stimulate research into climate and energy."
"Anyone —from students to energy policy wonks—can try different assumptions and see how those assumptions will affect the cost and CO2. The web UI is available for you to try: you can explore the how utilities decide to dispatch their generation capacity, then can test different assumptions. Finally, you can compare different assumptions and share them with others."
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Jazzmine retains more than 15 years' experience in the Staffing Industry. She has held positions ranging from Executive Recruiter to Branch Manager, Business Development Manager, Sales Director, Consultant and President. She has a background in electronics, engineering, healthcare, and manufacturing in several industry settings. Jazzmine is intricately involved in the daily operation for OnDemand Employment Group. As President, she works daily as a leader, mentor, and business partner with her valued clientele. By operating only at the highest standards of service, her vision has earned her respect and recognition as a leader in the staffing industry, which is showcased by her client loyalty, spanning overs 14 years.


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How to Apply for Avrasya University?
The application process begins when Erasmus+ coordinators from partner universities send an e-mail to the erasmus (at) avrasya.edu.tr in which they announce their candidates for student exchange. .
Note for candidate students: A complete application by Erasmus+ students requires the submission of
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The general language of Institution is Turkish. However, Avrasya University offers some course in English for international students. Candidate students can found the courses that are in English at the course webpage. English level B2 is required.
Study at the Avrasya University for foreign students includes also the Course of the Turkish Language providing students with basic knowledge and skills. Also, international students will be learn about culture and history of the Turkey Republic and Black Sea Region.
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Show Me Rotary is a multi-District PETS/SETS conference held every year in central Missouri. The goal is to bring together all the incoming Presidents and Secretaries before they start their new year on July 1st.
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Hotel Accommodations are separate from your event registration.
Capitol Plaza Hotel
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Tel: 573-635-1234 800-338-8088
Hotel reservations for Show Me Rotary are separate from registration for the meeting. You need to do both and the earlier the better, since the hotel often sells out.
The last date for discounted hotel rates is March 2nd.. They will honor the rate after the cutoff date as long rooms are available.
Rotarians, please contact the hotel directly to make your reservation
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The Capitol Plaza Hotel is holding a block of rooms for our group code "Show Me", but will release the hold approximately one month prior to our meeting. This year's rate for a standard room is $ 95 plus tax. If your club has a sales tax exemption letter from the State of Missouri, be sure to discuss this arrangement with the hotel prior to your arrival to be certain you bring the proper documentation with you.


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Q: What's better, English pub grub or a bangin' Aussie BBQ?
A: Aussie BBQ!! Pffft, bite your tongue asking me such a question.
Q. When did you last throw up and what had you eaten just beforehand?
A. Uuhhhh the other day at dinner aaanndd possibly too much wine or delish Italian food either/or could've been the problem.
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A. Dessert always. But if you give me something chocolate orange flavoured I might be sick.
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National Army Museum
Our people, our history, our legacy. Learn about the heroes, stories of honour, courage and sacrifice. Take a break at the National Army Museum, unwind and discover New Zealand's history.
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Located at the foot of Mt Ruapehu, visitors can be inspired by real-life soldier's stories, discover New Zealand's military history and reflect on how conflict has shaped our nation.
Must see attractions include our Memorial Greenstone Wall, Extensive Medal Collection, Artillery Collection, Iconic Military Vehicles, Life-like Displays, Soldiers' Personal Stories, Kids Headquarters and our Research Centre.
We are open from 9am to 4.30pm daily (except Christmas Day). Combine a museum visit with lunch at our Home Fires Cafe.
Facilities include: Cafe, Gift Shop, Research Centre, guided tours, Greenstone Memorial, education programmes, tracked vehicle rides, smartphone tours, conference facilities, ample parking Campervans welcome overnight.
National Army Museum, State Highway 1, Waiouru, Ruapehu, 4861, New Zealand.
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Claudia Meitert
Claudia Meitert is a German illustrator who, after studying in both Germany and Spain, graduating with an Diploma in Visual Communication, worked as a graphic designer before deciding to focus her attention purely on illustration. From 2012, Claudia has been practicing as a freelance illustrator on a wide range of commissions in the publishing, corporate, and advertising industries.
Travel is a major source of inspiration for Claudia, however, it is people who inspire her most. "I likes stories that aren't immediately obvious – things and situations that occur when people interact with their environment or with others."
Claudia's illustrative works are rich in texture and organic markings and posses an undeniable warmth. She uses a wide range of media to produce her illustrations such as; ink, pencils, ball-point pens or quill pens and watercolour paints. Claudia also states that "chance is a legitimate design element within my creative process, but only at the stage of actually producing the artwork. The idea behind the visual must be original, and the finished piece must arrest the observer and draw him in."


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Heritage Oaks closing 3 banks
Citing increased profitability but an ongoing need to improve efficiency and cut costs, Paso Robles-based Heritage Oaks Bancorp said it is closing three of its 14 banks, has eliminated a top administrative position and has begun plans to grow loans and deposits in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
The branches being closed over the next 90 days are in Morro Bay on Morro Bay Boulevard, in Santa Maria in the Oak Knolls Shopping Center and in Santa Barbara on Milpas Street.
In all, 16 full-time and part-time workers are employed at the branches. Most if not all will be moved to similar positions at nearby Heritage Oaks locations, according to Heritage Oaks Bancorp CEO/President Simone Lagomarsino.
The company noted that Lagomarsino has assumed the duties of Ron Oliveira, who had been president and chief operating officer of the bank for the past two years. His last day was Jan. 26.
Lagomarsino declined to disclose the benefits of Oliveira's severance package.
The combination of the branch consolidation and elimination of the chief operating officer position will save the company more than $1.75 million annually, Lagomarsino said, adding that some of the savings will be redeployed into one or more loan production offices. The bank is currently in negotiations for a loan production office in Ventura County and is looking for another potential location in southern Santa Barbara County.
"We had a good year," she said. "The institution is healthy, and we look forward to expanding into southern Santa Barbara County."
Net income at Heritage Oaks Bancorp last year was $7.7 million, compared with a net loss of $17.6 million in 2010. Total assets as of Dec. 31 were $987 million, up about $5 million from the year-earlier period. Total deposits as of Dec. 31 were $786 million, down about $12 million from the year before.
The company attributed its improved performance last year to lower operating costs, fewer expenses related to reserves for bad loans and an accounting adjustment related to taxes.


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Do you want to make the most of your available training time?
In my experience setting out a training plan to perform well in a specific race or over a race season is vital for personal success. Most triathletes I meet believe they don't perform as well in races as they do in training, so we look into your past training to understand whether this is a myth or reality.
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