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Like most of the existing stat component options, cardinality of a field (or function values) can be requested using a simple local param option with a value. For example…
Here we see that in the sample data, the 32 (numFound) documents contain 18 (count) total values in the field — and of those 14 (cardinality) are unique.
And of course, like all stats, this can be combined with pivot facets to find things like the number of unique manufacturers per category…
Astute readers may ask: "Hasn't Solr always supported cardinality using the option?" The answer to that question is: sort of.
The option has never been recommended for anything other then trivial use cases because it used a very naive implementation of computing set cardinality — namely: it built in memory (and returned to the client) a full set of all the . This performs fine for small sets, but as the cardinality increases, it becomes trivial to crash a server with an OutOfMemoryError with only a handful of concurrent users. In a distributed search, the behavior is even worse (and much slower) since all of those full sets on each shard must be sent over the wire to the coordinating node to be merged.
Solr 5.2 improves things slightly by splitting the option in two and letting clients request independently from the set of all . Under the covers Solr is still doing the same amount of work (and in distributed requests, the nodes are still exchanging the same amount of data) but asking only for spares the clients from having to receive the full set of all values.
How the new option differs, is that it uses probabilistic "HyperLogLog" (HLL) algorithm to the cardinality of the sets in a fixed amount of memory.
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far better then I could, but the key points Solr users should be aware of are:
The examples we've seen so far used as a local param — this is actually just syntactic sugar for . Any number between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusively) can be specified to indicate how the user would like to trade off RAM vs accuracy:
Internally these floating point values, along with some basic heuristics about the Solr field type (ie: 32bit field types like int and float have a much smaller max-possible cardinality then fields like long, double, strings, etc…) are used to tune the "log2m" and "regwidth" options of the
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To help showcase the trade offs between using the old logic, and the new HLL based option, I setup a simple benchmark to help compare them.
The initial setup is fairly straight forward:
Note that because we generated 3 random values in each field for each documents, we expect the cardinality results of each query to be ~3x the number of documents matched by that query. (Some minor variations may exist if multiple documents just so happened to contain the same randomly generated field values).
With this pre-built index, and this set of pre-generated random queries, we can then execute the query set over and over again with different options to compute the cardinality. Specifically, for both of our test fields, the following variants were tested:
For each field, and each , 3 runs of the full query set were executed sequentially using a single client thread, and both the resulting cardinality as well as the mean+stddev of the response time (as observed by the client) were recorded.
Looking at graphs of the raw numbers returned by each approach isn't very helpful, it basically just looks like a perfectly straight line with a slope of 1 — which is good. A Straight line means we got the answers we expect.
But the devil is in the details. What we really need to look at in order to meaningfully compare the measured accuracy of the different approaches is the " relative error ". As we can see in this graph below, the most accurate results clearly come from using . After that is a very close second, and the measured accuracy gets worse as the tuning value for the option gets lower.
Looking at these results, you may wonder: Why bother using the new option at all?
To answer that question, let's look at the next 2 graphs. The first shows the mean request time (as measured from the query client) as the number of values expected in the set grows. There is a lot of noise in this graph at the low values due to poor warming queries on my part in the testing process — so the second graph shows a cropped view of the same data
Here we start to see some obvious advantage in using the option. While the response times continue to grow and get more and more unpredictable — largely because of extensive garbage collection — the cost (in processing time) of using the option practically levels off. So it becomes fairly clear that if you can accept a small bit of approximation in your set cardinality statistics, you can gain a lot of confidence and predictability in the behavior of your queries. And by tuning the parameter, you can trade off accuracy for the amount of RAM used at query time, with relatively minor impacts on response time performance.
If we look at the results for the string field we can see that while the
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are virtually identical to, and the request time performance of the option is consistent with, that of the numeric fields (due to hashing) the request time performance of completely falls apart — even though these are relatively small string values….
I would certainly never recommend anyone use with non trivial string fields.
There are still several things about the HLL implementation that could be be made "user tunable" with a few more request time knobs/dials once users get a chance to try out and experiment with this new feature and give feedback — but I think the biggest bang for the buck will be to add
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— which should help a lot in speeding up the response times of cardinality computations using the classic trade off: do more work at index time, and make your on disk index a bit larger, to save CPU cycles at query time and reduce query response time.
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Indeed, that does seem to be the case. And given that it's songwriting that has prompted me to get into these things, I am trying to understand the terminology typically used, but it's awfully ambiguous sometimes.
Part of my problem, I'm sure, is that a lot of the stuff I listen to doesn't neatly fit into these kinds of structures. In many cases, even verses and choruses are not clear-cut, pretty much the only part that is really identifiable is a bridge (and @Paul999 I like the way you defined "bridge" here).
And given those influences, I try to avoid things that are "too normal" in that structural sense, although I should probably not aim quite so high… walk before I run and all that.
Part of my problem, I'm sure, is that a lot of the stuff I listen to doesn't neatly fit into these kinds of structures. In many cases, even verses and choruses are not clear-cut
That's funny – I literally grew up listening to the Beatles and as such have to really force myself NOT to use a pre-chorus and bridge, it just comes so naturally
I think you've hit on the crux of it all. Whenever I teach music theory, I start with the soapbox speech that the music came first and the theory came later in order to attempt to understand/categorize/explain what's going on.
All of these terms are just that - terms that we use to make sense of what's happening in the music. Yes, there are some formulas, structures and patterns that have proven to be more robust and popular than others, but when it comes down to it, music theory is not a set of rules or boundaries in which you must remain.
And it's not saying that you have to rebel against the standard "song structure" - just don't feel that colouring outside the lines once in a while will get you lynched.
I also grew up with the Beatles and all of the "traditional" song structures, yet even so am often confused when reading songwriting articles or mixing stuff-- naturally, not everyone uses these terms the same way.
And I sure know that I'm in the right community not to get lynched for being adventuresome! My main goal on this is just to gain a better understanding when I'm reading jargon-y writeups where these sorts of terms are tossed around. I'm not shy about either adhering to "accepted" structures or about violating them!
Yes bridge is part that leads to chorous, usually involves a repeating theme or chord change ready to let the chorous have a bigger impact.
Middle 8 as i know it is an 8 bar part nearer the end of the song, typically before a double chorous or big ending at the end which although similar to the bridge tends to have a different lyrical content, rythem or melody to the rest of the song so when the song reverts back to the chorus at the end it has a bigger impact. I always see it as a sing structure like this: Verse-chorus-verse-chorus-middle8-chorus
Clear as mud lol
Hard to explain, But you will hear examples in loads of songs you know.
Here's a song i did a while back which sort of exagerates what i mean about a middle 8 (Please excuse the shitty mix and pitchy vocals, its all one take and i got fed up withit so this is how it ended up)
The 'middle 8' ish part is at 1:52, you'll understand what i mean if u listen to the whole track.
the call, an upbeat track written , performed and produced at home by me. enjoy...
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Michigan's big game species have made a remarkable comeback in the second half of the last century. Like in other parts of the country, Michigan's big game species suffered steep declines in the early 20th century due to habitat loss, unregulated hunting, and other threats. The establishment of an effective wildlife management system supported by funds paid for by hunters through excise taxes on guns and ammunition helped many species rebound. The North American Conservation Model, as it is known, has been an example for wildlife managers around the world.
To this day, hunters continue to be an important cornerstone of Michigan's and the nation's efforts to support strong wildlife management, as well as a robust outdoor recreation economy. In 2011, there were more than 488,000 adult big game hunters in Michigan, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Hunters of both big and small game species spent more than $2.3 billion in Michigan. More than 920,000 people observed big game near their homes in the state. Sportsmen have invested more than $280 million in Michigan since 1939 to restore big game habitats and populations, in excise taxes and hunting and fishing licenses and fees.
"To protect Michigan's outdoor heritage," said Szollosi, "we must cut carbon pollution, speed our transition to clean energy and safeguard big game and their habitats from climate change."
Nowhere to Run outlines the key steps needed to stem climate change and save big game:
1. Address the underlying cause and cut carbon pollution 50 percent by 2030.
2. Transition to cleaner, more secure sources of energy like offshore wind, solar power and next-generation biofuels and avoid polluting energy like coal and tar sands oil.
3. Safeguard wildlife and their habitats by promoting climate-smart approaches to conservation.
4. Manage big game considering a changing climate in plans and management.
Read the report at NWF.org/Sportsmen. Get more National Wildlife Federation news at NWF.org/News.
Contact information for wildlife experts on this release:
Rolf Peterson, Research Professor, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Tech
Christopher Hoving, Adaptation Specialist, Wildlife Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 517-373-3337, firstname.lastname@example.com
Henry (Rique) Campa, III, Ph.D., Associate Dean, The Graduate School and Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Michigan State University, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Help scientists map key freshwater aquatic invasive, non-native species
The AquaInvaders project aims to collect much needed data on freshwater aquatic invasive species around the UK.
It is a unique partnership between the Environment Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage, The Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the University of Bristol, the British Sub Aqua Club and the Biological Records Centre.
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The AquaInvaders app, available free from the iTunes App Store and Android Market, shows you how to identify each species and enables you to easily submit geo-located photos whenever you find one. The app features 26 species including 12 fish, 7 crustaceans (including the dreaded "Killer Shrimp"), a handful of exotic amphibians and also Zebra Mussel, Red-eared Terrapin and American Mink. There's an information page for each species with a photo gallery and also a "Confusion Species" gallery for each, to help you to correctly ID them.
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The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh hopes to revitalize the plaza between the museum and Allegheny Center Mall.
Children's Museum Deputy Director Chris Siefert says the museum hopes to reopen the disused Allegheny Public Square to the community.
"The way it's currently designed, it sort of feels private. It feels like it belongs to Allegheny Center Mall, but it's really a public city park and we hope that by this revitalization it will recapture that feeling of a town green."
The plaza's concrete floor will be removed in favor of more than 70 trees and a space for a large tent. Siefert says the museum may move its Wednesday concert series to the park, in addition to whatever public or private events might take place there.
The Children's Museum has a little more than $4 million of its $6 million goal for the project. Siefert says work will begin next spring, and the park is slated for rededication in 2012.
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The Federal Communications Commission and U.S. wireless carriers are said to be working on the final details of a new cellphone unlocking policy. The new policy will make it easier for subscribers who want to switch from one carrier to another. According to industry sources cited by Reuters, the policy would require that carriers notify subscribers about the eligibility of their phones for unlocking through mediums such as text messages, it is expected that some prepaid phones might be covered as well.
Carriers would be required to process or deny unlocking requests within two business days, the policy will finally implement this FCC guidance that the commission had previously issued.The points that are still being debated upon by FCC and wireless carriers are said to be the timeline for the roll out of the new policy, handling of prepaid phones and methods for keeping unlocked phones off of the black markets.The policy aims to simplify the various procedures that carriers have in place to unlock subscribers' devices after their conventional two-year service contracts end. Despite deliberations between the FCC and U.S. wireless carriers being in the final stages, it is still not known for sure right now when the new policy will go in effect.
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Nikon S32 Review
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Looking for an affordable yet rugged camera to take to beach or pool? (Hint: It might serve you well elsewhere, but when it comes to taking the drenchings and beating of a day's splashing around, your smartphone's almost certainly not the answer.) No, this niche is one Nikon aims to fill with the Coolpix S32.
This is a camera focused clearly on three things: approachability, affordability, and (within reason), a sense of near-tanklike indestructability. You'd never know it to look at it, though. Sure, with it's flash directly above the center of the lens it looks perhaps a little ungainly, but it doesn't have the overly aggressive-meets-futuristic look of many rugged cameras. It's all soft curves and sweeping arcs, here.
Although it's not quite as worldproof as some of Nikon's AW-series models, the Nikon S32 should more than suffice both seaside and poolside. It's waterproof to 33 feet and shockproof to five feet, but unlike some AW-series models, not freezeproof. (For the metric speakers amongst us, that's 10 meters and 1.5 meters, incidentally.)
The Nikon S32's lens offers 35mm-equivalent focal lengths ranging from a 30mm-equivalent wide-angle -- not the most generous in these heady days of wide-angle wundercams -- to a modest 90mm-equivalent telephoto. Maximum aperture at wide-angle is a somewhat dim f/3.3, and this falls to a decidedly dim f/5.9 by the time you reach the telephoto position. The optical formula of the lens is a simple 6 elements in 5 groups. There's also no adjustable aperture diaphragm -- instead the S32 simply switches on or off an optional neutral density filter.
A contrast-detection autofocus system is featured, and includes face-detection function. The closest focusing distance is just 2 inches (5cm) at the wide-angle position. Vibration Reduction is limited solely to electronic VR, which simply raises the ISO sensitivity (and noise levels) in an attempt to attain a hand-holdable shutter speed.
Behind the lens sits a smaller-than-average 1/3.1-inch, 13.2-megapixel CMOS image sensor. Together with the unbranded image processor, this allows the Nikon S32 to shoot at a moderate rate of 4.7 frames per second for 11 shots (a little less than two and a half seconds). Sensitivities range from ISO 125 to 1600 equivalents.
A selection of 14 user-friendly Scene modes are provided. Matrix metering is used for most exposures, although if you use up to 2x digital zoom then center-weighted metering is enabled instead, while digital zoom levels beyond this point opt for spot metering.
+/-2.0EV of exposure compensation is provided in 1/3EV steps, and seven white balance modes are available, including preset manual. Shutter speeds range from 1/2,000 to 4 seconds, although exposures beyond one second are available only in the Fireworks Show scene mode. A built-in flash has a range of 10 feet at wide angle or 5.5 feet at telephoto, using Auto ISO sensitivity.
You'll be framing and reviewing your images and movies on a fixed-position LCD monitor, par for the course with almost all rugged cameras. The monitor is a smaller-than-average 2.7-inch, anti-reflective type with a relatively low resolution of 230,000 dots.
As well as stills, the Nikon S32 is a video capture device, capable of recording at up to Full HD (1080p; 1,920 x 1,080 pixel) resolution with a rate of 30 frames per second. Videos use H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC compression, and include LPCM monaural audio.
The Nikon S32 draws power from an EN-EL19 lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack, said to yield around 220 shots on a charge. Connectivity includes USB 2.0 High Speed data, NTSC / PAL standard-definition composite video, and Type-D Micro HDMI high-def video. Images and movies are stored on SD, SDHC, or SDXC memory cards, or in a modest 25MB of built-in storage.
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SEATTLE (AP) -- College students in Washington state say they need Congress to give them affordable student loans at a rate they can depend on, instead of a yearly debate on rising interest rates.
"The fact that it's so unpredictable for students and their families ... is pretty senseless," Evan Smith, the student body president at the University of Washington in Seattle, said Thursday.
Smith, 21, is graduating this year with a degree in political science and said he's found the student loan debate in Washington, D.C., academically interesting but frustrating in every other way.
"I fear that this is going to be the new normal in Congress," said Smith, who has landed a job teaching in Chicago public schools through Teach for America.
Interest rates on new subsidized Stafford loans are set to double, from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, on July 1. Both Republicans and Democrats say they want to avoid the increase, but they're divided on how to do it.
Republicans have proposed a variable interest rate for future loans, based on the rate for 10-year Treasury notes plus 2.5 percentage points. That would avoid a big hike now, but rates are likely to rise in coming years.
Smith said the lack of certainty about student loan costs, plus the fact that the Washington Legislature has not yet approved a state budget and tuition rates for next school year, is adding to student stress.
Congress needs to realize this yearly back-and-forth does not just have a financial impact; it has a psychological impact as well, Smith said.
"And just like the interest on a loan, it is compounding," he said, adding that student leaders at the University of Washington also are telling lawmakers they need to get their act together.
Student loans are keeping some young people from pursuing higher education at all, said Zach Nostdal, 28, a graduate student in public administration at the University of Washington.
He has several friends who have chosen to work in construction rather than go to college because they can make a decent wage and avoid going into debt.
Nostdal is graduating next month with $35,000 in student loans and expects to repay around $350 a month for the next 10 years. Graduate students already have been paying 7.9 percent interest on new student loans since the last congressional compromise on student debt.
The former Peace Corps volunteer, who is currently interning with a Seattle's public utility, said his job prospects are a lot less daunting than in 2010 when he first applied for graduate school.
But Nostdal will need to make a lot more than his current take-home pay of about $1,200 a month to afford his loan payments and a place to live in a city where one-bedroom apartments average more than $1,000. He currently shares a house with four other people and pays $550 in rent.
"I feel rather fortunate compared to many of my colleagues in school," Nostdal said, adding that his loans have an interest rate of 6.8 percent. "Students just getting into the program are far worse."
He questions the country's priorities.
"In general, it's ridiculous that students are being charged 6.8 percent interest, when you can get a mortgage on a house for 3.5 percent," Nostdal said.
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Autumn Beach in Alta
I didn't know that underwater plants had an autumn. Their green turns to yellow and then red, just like leaves on trees. The bed of small Arctic plants look like a moist field of grain, golden, ready to harvest. Another sign that the darkness will come soon. Playing with the family on the low-tide fjord is surreal at times. The old flat mountains in the back ground, the sun in the southern sky and water-filled nature reminds me that I am on top of the world instead of underneath it. This life is so different from the hustle and bustle of big city, dry, dry Australia. We are often alone on the beach, walking the sandy edge to the middle of the fjord. The air is calm and the light soothing. The moisture on the gentle breeze is never taken for granted by me. The coolness is a simple pleasure on my face. We play ball, and frisbee, while the sun sets over our little city across the fjord. Winter is coming, and we make the most of every sunlit day, savoring the brightness in our eyes. 45 more days left of light and we find ourselves lingering outside longer and longer, just so in the depths of the dark season we can take heart that we did all we could with the light. But we can't help grasping onto all the beauty of autumn before it vanishes into winter.
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> What I would add to make MBP even more featured
> is to add more editing options of the user account such
> as age and fields for health related problems that may
> affect blood pressure readings to be printed along with
> charts.
This is a good idea and I have taken a note of your suggestion for a future version.
If you have not seen it already, you can add your own text to the printed report by including a "Memo section".
To do this, click on the "Print report…" task, and then click "Next" until you get to the "Step 2/ Choose which sections to include in the report" page.
On this page make sure the "Include memo" checkbox is selected.
Then click the "Next" button, and on the following page, click on the "Edit Memo" button in the "Memo Settings" section. You can enter whatever notes you wish including age and health notes. The information you enter here is automatically saved for the next time you print a report.
I know this isn't exactly what you are after, but it could be useful to you.
The Doctor that I currently work for has been in Business for over 50 years. He refuses to switch over to computer software, and still uses a file cabinet. How easy is your health software to use, and do you think I could convince the Doctor I work for to start using it?


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Parallels H-Sphere apache 2.* based web server crashes with segmentation fault (and even core dumped) during start:
# /etc/init.d/httpd start
Starting httpd:
/etc/init.d/httpd: line 158: 4873 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $HTTPD $DSSL -f $HTTPD_CONF
The reason of the crash is:
#0 0x00d03ee7 in ssleay_rand_status () from /hsphere/shared/apache2/modules/mod_ssl.so
Cannot access memory at address 0x18
The problem is related to openssl bug:
that appears in OpenSSL versions before 0.9.7k and 0.9.8c.
To solve the problem OpenSSL should be updated to the version greater than 0.9.8c.
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Support for Medicare-style, government long-term care insurance program surges, large AP-University of Chicago poll finds
Skilled nursing providers and inpatient rehab facilities offer clashing views on Medicare payments
The idea of a government-run long-term care insurance program similar to Medicare has become much more popular in the last year, according to the findings of a large nationwide survey. Independent research organization NORC at the University of Chicago and The Associated Press conducted the 1,400-person poll.
Among respondents at least 40 years old, support for a Medicare-style program increased 7 percentage points from last year's inaugural long-term care survey, reaching 58%.
Support among black respondents spiked 21 points, to 77%. And support rose 13 points, to 65%, among households with less than $50,000 in annual income.
The research organizations did not offer an explanation as to why these increases occurred.
Despite growing support for a federal program specifically designed to cover long-term care, government action does not appear likely, the AP noted in an article accompanying the poll results. It highlighted the failure of the Congressional Long-Term Care Commission to agree on payment reforms in a report issued last year. The Commission was convened after Congress scrapped the CLASS Act — a component of the Affordable Care Act that would have revamped the government's role in paying for long-term care.
The AP article also noted that many people still mistakenly believe that Medicare itself funds ongoing skilled nursing facility care. Furthermore, long-term care planning still is not common — people are more likely to discuss their funeral plans with loved ones, the poll found.
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PEARLAND, TX --Tests are planned to identify the skeletal remains, believed to be human, found in Pearland.
Brazoria County deputies found the bones in an area off Dixie Farm Road, not far from south Main Street.
The remains have been taken to the Galveston County Medical Examiner's Office to be identified. Officials also hope tests will tell them how the person died.
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Hatred for New Baseball Stats Is MisplacedJanuary 20, 2009
I always knew that there were writers out there who disagreed with the Moneyball philosophy. But thanks to firejoemorgan.com (one of many things I thank them for), I've realized how deep-rooted and hilarious this school of thought, and hatred, is.
Every once and a while I agree with a point. There is a place in the game for guys who maybe don't have the skill level of elite players, but play hard (or are "hustlers," if you will—and if I'm feeling saucy, "grinders" or "gamers." I'm gonna pretend I never said that. I'm ashamed of myself.)
But in this day and age, with all the statistical evaluation, we have a very good idea of how to measure a player's skill. They've been proven to be effective. Yet for some reason, these writers completely dismiss them and will simply revert to the argument that stats are ruining the game.
To paraphrase FJM, this is like getting a deep gash in your leg: "You can treat this easily? Screw that; wrap a shirt around it and hopefully it'll have to be amputated. That's more romanticized anyway." Baseball has always been a stat-oriented game. The precious RBI, last time I checked, is a stat.
Speaking of RBI, if I hear one more person write that RBI are a superior measure because the purpose of the game is to score runs, I'm going to lose my damn mind. Listen, if player A has a line of .280/.320/.480 with 100 RBI, and player B has .280/.380/.550 with 82 RBI, maybe because he plays on an inferior team, who are you going to take? If your answer is anything but B, I have serious problems with you.
The common argument is that player A drove in more runs, so since the point is to score runs, he's the better player. Yes, at that moment or that season, they had a buttload more RBI, but that moment/season is over. RBI is so connected to luck it's ridiculous. Other than solo home runs, it's a stat that is completely based on coming up to bat with men on base.
This school of thought says that it doesn't matter how as long as it gets done; it's about results. But those results, like I said, are so closely linked to luck/opportunities. If you want those results, go with the guy who gives you the best chance to get those results, not the guy who happened to bat at the right time.
If you want to score runs, go with the guy who will be on base more. If you want to score runs, go with the guy who is the better hitter.
Now, of course, OBP and SLG% and OPS are just scratching the surface of new stats that we have, but my main point is that stats as simple as these that measure the basic skills of the game are for some reason standing in front of this fire squad.
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TROY >> Thousands pigged out in Troy's Riverfront Park Saturday in the first day of the city's annual festival devoted to swine.
The seventh Troy Pig Out brought 25 chefs, from near and far, to compete for the People's Choice and Mayor's Choice awards Saturday. The teams will be judged Sunday in an official New York State barbecue championship sanctioned by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office and the Kansas City Barbecue Society.
The event also attracts local barbecue restaurants and food trucks, some of whom stay out of the competition, and instead show up to feed some of the 20,000 in attendance.
Funds from the festival benefit the Troy Downtown Business Improvement District and Northeast Kidney Foundation.
BID executive director Erin Pihlaja, who organized the event for the first time this year, said she's learned barbecue isn't all fun and games; for some, it's serious.
"Barbecue is like an art form, it's like a religion," said Pihlaja. "I'm proud to bring an actual serious competition here."
Pihlaja said competitive barbecuers travelled from Canada, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Vermont for the event. About half, she said, are from New York State, and a handful of the 25 are from the Capital Region.
Bootleggers on Broadway has participated in the festival before, but is competing for the first time this year.
Owner Nate Rock said he heard the Pig Out needed more teams to compete, and while the restaurant never barbecued competitively, and don't have many barbecue items on the regular menu, they're giving it a shot this year with St. Louis-style ribs.
Rocks said after this event, he plans to offer more barbecue items at the downtown restaurant.
Slidin' Dirty is a beloved Capital Region food truck business, but will soon be moving into a home without wheels on First Street in Troy.
The business has participated in the festival since it started serving gourmet sliders three years ago.
Co-owner Brooke Taney said when they first started the festival, they strayed from traditional barbecue items, like avocado fries.
"Now we're staying true to ourselves, and focusing on pork and barbecue as best we can," said Taney. She said the event is great for marketing, especially in their new home of Troy, and they receive a number of bookings to work at weddings during the event.
B-Rad's Bistro turned heads with a 134-pound roasted pig, biting on a beer can rather than an apple, on display and available for selfies with the hashtag #BradsPig2014. The Fifth-Street caterers carved the oinker at 5 p.m.
Pihlaja said one highlight of this year's event was the music lineup, featuring blues, bluegrass, americana and country artists, local artists like Wild Adriatic on Saturday and up-and-coming country artists Chelsea Cavanaugh headlining Sunday.
Schenectady County Community College provided demonstrations during the day, and Pihlaja hopes to next year invite students from local culinary programs to participate in a competition.
Molly Eadie can also be reached at 270-1288.


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Where will Kim Soo Hyun, Lee Min Ho, and Park Shin Hye be during Korean Lunar New Year?
Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year holiday, has arrived on February 19. Most Korean people will take time off from work to be with their families. What will Kim Soo Hyun, Lee Min Ho, and Park Shin Hye be doing during this year's Seollal?
Kim Soo Hyun will be spending precious time with his family. A representative from his agency, Keyeast Entertainment, reportedly said that Kim will return to his regular schedule after spending time with his family for the Lunar New Year. Kim also just had his birthday on February 16 and received many gifts from his fans from around the world. Maybe he'll be busy checking out the gifts during the break? Hopefully he will also decide on a new drama soon.
See Kim Soo Hyun in My Love from Another Star:
Lee Min Ho is spending time with his family. After the Lunar New Year, he will continue with his very busy schedule packed full of activities for fan meets and commercials. He is also considering his next project, which is either another movie or a drama, while he is still promoting for Gangnam Blues. (In case you're concerned about his military service, here's why I don't think he'll be entering the military this year.) He will hold a concert for the first time in Hong Kong on March 21.
Beautiful and talented Park Shin Hye just had her birthday on February 18 and celebrated it early with 200 of her Starlight Angels on Valentine's Day. She's had a very busy and productive year, and she is expected to take a much-needed rest with her family as well. She will next be seen in the movie Beauty Inside.
I'm actually jealous! I wish we had an official holiday for Lunar New Year too. I'm glad these top Korean stars are taking a break to rest and spend time with their family and loved ones. Hope to see them soon in a new drama!
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on 8/19/2018 4:47:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Im 8 weeks in and my skin is worst than i start it. Im going to try one more month but overall its ruined my skin
on 7/2/2018 10:12:00 PM
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
This product was not for me. The myth that they promoting is that the formula you receive is formulated for you. The truth is they have set formulas and they cannot be customized.
I was already using Retin A 0.05 but liked the idea of the additional ingredients to address aging skin.. There was no option to continue on the 0.05 dose, only 0.035 or 0.075. So, I opted for the 0.075. My skin broke out and was peeling so badly I only used it once or twice a week. I shouldn't have been purging as I was already using the product. My skin looked awful. So the next time around, we went to the 0.035 and I continued to break out and peel. It was time to stop. I'm 65 and shouldn't be breaking out! It's taken about a month for my skin to settle down, but now I have some new red marks on my face from pimples I developed while using this product.
This might work for you even though it was a disaster for me. Don't expect to be able to fine tune it. I will be making an appt with the dermatologist to get a refill for my Retin A.
on 7/2/2018 9:35:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I canceled my subscription with curology last month in may, they charged me still for the month of June and July. And of course you cant contact them via phone you have to send an email. I sent an email requesting someone contact me today, I got no response back. They said someone would contact me back in 48-72 hours. I would never recommend this to anyone, nor did the product work either. It was a waste of money.
on 5/10/2018 2:10:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This product taught me the exact lesson that not every product works for everybody.
I was really hopeful for this. All the reviews were great, the youtube reviews seemed promising and it wasn't THAT expensive for a customized formula with ingredients that only doctors could prescribe. before i signed up, my acne was not as bad as i thought it was at the time. i had a ton of closed comedones (my biggest concern) and like one or two cysts. my face was relatively clear and easy to cover up with makeup. so i signed up, put in all my info, sent my provider the pictures, and she prescribed me 4% azelaic acid/ 1% clindamycin/ .25% zinc pyrithione. my bottle soon got delivered and i started using it. i didn't notice anything at first-- but by 3 weeks, i had 3 HUGE cysts on the side of my face that i never get. as the weeks kept progressing, more and MORE cysts spread all over my face-- to the left side of my face where i had absolutely NO acne prior to this. They kept telling me i was "purging," and stupid me believed them. but listen-- if you're getting painful, cystic acne, especially on the side of your face where u never break out, IT IS NOT!! PURGING! i wish i could have told myself this and stopped before it progressed into making my face a complete mess. I eventually got a new formula but decided, you know what. i'm done with this. curology has simple broken me. it's ruined my face. no more "purging." no more providers that give me half-assed answers and don't care (except, i had one provider sub in for my main one-- she was the SWEETEST. i wish i had her). i can't even look at myself in the mirror anymore. yesterday was my last day as i couldn't even get my school work done from how much i was crying because i realized how much this product ruined my skin.
it might work for you, it might not. everyone's skin is different. i have no idea what caused my reaction-- maybe it was the sweet almond oil in their base. but just warning you-- if you're starting to break out with painful, inflamed, red cysts, and they tell you it's because you're "purging," stop using it. see how much your skin improves. no purging should make your skin break out into cysts.
i am going to schedule an appointment with a REAL dermatologists now. i'd rather wait a couple weeks for a free, insurance covered appointment than pay each month for a bottle that continuously makes my skin worse.
i wish i could leave a good review. but i can't. this product ruined every bit of self confidence i had. now i feel like i have to start allll over again from square one. this was the worst decision of my life, and i wish more people spoke up about their bad experiences.
on 4/15/2018 8:28:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Blue
This cured my acne. The end.
No in all seriousness, this is literally the only product that worked in getting rid of my stubborn hormonal acne.
on 4/5/2018 7:02:00 AM
Age: 56 & Over
Skin: Dry, Fair, Cool
Hair: Silver, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I decided to try Curology based on a You Tube blogger's recommendation. However, I'm using it for anti-aging rather than acne. I've been using tretinoin 0.5% with good results and with my Curology prescriber decided upon tretinoin 0.75% along with vitamin C and niacinamide. Heaven in a bottle. My skin loves this stuff and with the support available on both Curology's website, and working with my consultant, it's a win-win. There is flexibility in choosing a 30 day or 60 day supply, and with a customized formula, the $20 per month is quite reasonable.
4/19/18 UPDATE: Working with the pharmacist, the tretinoin in my formula was increased to 0.14%, as I've been using tretinoin for quite some time. I have to say I love this product. My nighttime routine is simplified dramatically. Wash, spritz some Thayers and wipe, Curology, eye cream and argan oil. My skin is actually smoother, tighter and more even toned. No irritation. I'm hooked
on 3/28/2018 7:27:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Upon starting Curology I used this stuff exactly as I was advised. I'd apply this once every night, following the use of a gentle skin cleanser & before moisturizing (if desired). (Both my cleanser and moisturizer were products I've used forever btw)! It wasn't until the second week I noticed some changes in my skin. Needless to say they weren't good. I began breaking out like never before. I'd wake up with 2-3 new breakouts every single day. This lasted for the next 3 weeks until my first bottle was used up and I received my second. I was aware that purging of the skin wasn't uncommon for the first several weeks so I went another week using it this. I didn't think my skin couldn't get any worse but Curology proved me wrong on this one. I was breaking out in areas I never had before, my skin was so much more oily than before. Not to mention my breakouts were huge compared to my before tiny red spots. I emailed my provider about this and she said it was just a part of purging and to essentially wait it out. I couldn't. I stopped before halfway through my second month. My skin being the absolute worst it's ever been, I couldn't "wait it out." Instantly after stopping Curology I stopped waking up with all these breakouts, and my skin started to settle down. Now ofcourse its not perfect right now, but I think I'm going to take a more natural approach to my acne and give it a rest from all these products. Overall Curology isn't for everyone. There is the possibility of my skin having the chance of clearing up after the so called purging, but after a month of this I couldn't stand it any longer.
on 3/14/2018 11:12:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This product is not for everyone. I had tiny bumps in my face that I tried to get rid of wth this product. I used this product religiously for four months! No results only made my skin worse. I broke out on my forehead which never breaks out. I had oily skin all the time. Worse things is i thing it messed up my skin for the long run. I stopped using it in January and since my pores have been HUGE, my skin is always oily. I hate it, my skin was never like this before. I would just get breakouts on my chin and now it's everywhere.
on 2/22/2018 1:47:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
Curology has been a god send for me.... mind you, I've never had horrible acne, or cystic acne, but I still always seemed to have at least two or three on my face at all times. I also was a sun worshiper in my twenties, so I had pigmentation on my forehead which made me looks years older... about 5 months ago, my skin went completely insane... all on my jaw line I kept breaking out, and it wouldn't stop... all of my normal products no longer worked. I spent about $600 on that whole fiasco, buying a Clarisonic, getting retinol creams, differin etc. nothing worked.. I saw a curology add on a YouTube video and I decided to give it try... after all the first month was $5.... their distribution center is in San Diego, and I am also in California, so my bottle came within three days. After a week of using this, my skin completely cleared up.. my sun spots were starting to fade... I haven't looked back since. The bottle doesn't last as long as they say, however I use three pumps instead of the recommended two to be fair. I know it won't work for everyone, but it's worth a shot with the free month you get... also, everyone keeps saying you get the same prescription as everyone else in the beginning.. that is just not true. My bottle came with .018% tretinoin, 8% azelaic acid, and then 4% clindamyacin. I really love this product, and I did purge the first month, but my pimples were so tiny, they came and left within a day. Any pimple I get now, which is very rare, is also very small, and disappears within a day or so.... I also use this in combination with tarte knockout during the day, and take supplements along with it.. in case anyone is wondering, I take zinc, evening primrose oil, omega 3's, turmeric and reishi, and lysine.. skin is damn near perfect for being 33
on 2/8/2018 9:38:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I have been using Curology for almost two years ago and have seen a huge improvement in my skin. After years trying everything -
salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, exfoliants, clay masks, cleansers running the spectrum from harsh to gentle, etc. - I finally found Curology. My skin is smoother, less oily, and much, much, less prone to breakouts on my forehead and chin, which were my main problem areas. I also had lots of hyperpigmentation that has faded significantly, and my skin's tone is much less red in general. It's true that it does take awhile for your skin to get better and, YES, your skin will "get worse" for a bit as it purges. I have seen people who have quit Curology after a week or a month saying it made their skin worse, but you absolutely have to be patient and let it work its magic. The bottle doesn't necessarily last as long as they say it does (but I do usually use more than they say you should, to be fair!), but to me it's still worth it :) My provider is always helpful whenever I frantically message her about a skin problem I'm having.
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