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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:42 pm
I was hoping for a Bears/Chargers superbowl myself. I watched the games yesterday - the Chargers were all over the Patriots, but threw the game away on three bad mistakes. That's what football comes down to though - you can play well all year, but screw up in the postseason and you're out.
Here, the finals are structured so the higher ranked teams get a second chance early in the playoffs - if they lose their first postseason game, they still progress (although losing means they will play higher seeds in subsequent rounds rather than the lower seeds).
I think I like the American version better. Do what you want through the regular season, but come playoffs time you win or you're out.
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Kingofpain89 wrote: This is probably one of the dumbest things I have ever read come out of an athletes mouth: Adrian Peterson, Jr. running back for the Oklahoma Sooners has announced that he will forego his senior year to enter the NFL draft. When asked why he wasnt returning for his senior year he said, "In the end, I think I just realized that this is a business decision and that it is time for me to take that next step," Peterson said in a statement released by the university Monday, the deadline for underclassmen to declare themselves eligible for the draft. "It wasn't easy. I haven't been sleeping much. I just put it all in God's hands."
Stupid and greedy. He says that it is a business decision. Obviously he would rather make a few million dollars than come back for his senior year, get his degree, and try to win a national championship or win the Heisman trophy (which he could easily do if he stays healthy). Then he says "I just put it all in God's hands." Bullshit. What the hell does God have to do with it? Reading drivel like that just makes me want to puke. Oh and Ted Ginn Jr., Antonio Pittman, and Anthony Gonzalez are also foregoing their senior year at Ohio St. to enter the draft. At least their reasons arent just monetary. They are probably so embarassed by getting their asses handed to them by Florida that they dont want to show their faces on campus.
After reading the article I thought about some things I would do if I was the owner of a professional sports franchise:
1) Mandatory testing of all athletes for performance enhancing or other illegal drugs. These tests would occur before a season started, every week of the season (including playoffs), and every week during the off-season if the player was still under contract. If they fail the test...they are fired...no second chances.
2) Mandatory intelligence testing before a contract is tendered. If you cant pass a college exit exam then you dont deserve to play the game.
3) Mandatory classes on "How to speak to the Media without looking like a total dumbass". Put a clause in their contract that for every stupid and dumbass thing said to a reporter, the player is fined a specific amount.
4) Limit rookies to the league minimum. No signing bonuses or incentives. They get paid what a rookie deserves to be paid regardless of how good they are. If they do exceptionally well...give them a raise next year.
Then I thought...if a franchise owner ever did the four things that I mentioned, they either wouldnt be able to field a team due to lack of players or they would be so freaking bad that they might as well not even field a team. Not to mention, they would get in serious trouble with the union and the governing body of whichever league they were in. I guess maybe I will stick with my 9 to 5 job eh?
Your franchise would have a bunch of nice guys in it, and would go winless every year. Plus the fans would hate you. Face it, fans like to talk all kinds of smack about other team's players, but when it comes to their team, don't bother them about how crooked or weird or egotistical the athlete is, they just want to win. Look at the SF Giant's fans support of a human piece of filth, Barry Bonds. Look how fans welcome with open arms guys like Allen Iverson or Terrel Owens when the year before they were jeering the player, but now he's "Their guy". I think Kobe Bryant is a scum sucking creep, but if the Mavericks swung a deal for him without losing Dirk, I would be going bezerk....with happiness.
I used to feel like you, King, but then I realized if it was MY kid and he had the opportunity to either earn millions of guaranteed dollars, or take a chance on a career ending injury for nothing more than to make some multi-million dollar college program more money, I would say come out early every single time. Hell, they can always finish college, Emmitt Smith did several years after he came to the NFL and won a handful of rings. And of course don't forget the double standard, that of college coaches who swear fealty and loyalty to a program, AND have a contract, when all the while they are one giant offer away from stabbing all their recruits in the back and leaving for another college and more money. Yet those guys don't take a tenth of the criticism college athletes do when they switch programs or come out early.
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I think that any college player that could get an offer from a pro team should take it. College degrees aren't worth a whole helluva lot. My B.S. chemistry and 18 years field experience won't get me anywhere near the starting salary of an NFL rookie making the league minimum.
How many years will I need to work with a $ 40,000 annual salary to make some 20 year olds $ 2 million signing bonus? 50; thats how many.
There may be some reasons to stay in school even while some pro teams are in the hunt for your athletic abilities, but getting an education isn't one of them.
NetRodent
ifearyeti wrote: How many years will I need to work with a $ 40,000 annual salary to make some 20 year olds $ 2 million signing bonus? 50; thats how many.
When you factor in taxes, you probably only need to work around 35 years to come out the same.
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MShipley88 wrote: Seen in this light, it makes very little sense for major college athletes to forego jumping to professional sports. In fact, it might even be misplaced loyalty to stay.
Why should college sports be any different?
I guess I got on a bit of a rant there and got a little lost. The main point I was trying to make was simply that if the guy wants to leave college early and go to the NFL to make some cash, not my problem...just don't give the media (and us) a bunch of BS about how difficult the decision was or that God had anything to do with it. Just because it says "In God We Trust" on our currency doesn't mean that he had any influence in the decision.
It's not his fault I guess. Look at the role-models that teenagers interested in sports nowadays get to emulate. Barry Bonds, Terrell Owens, Ron Artest, Mike Tyson, Todd Bertuzzi, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Miami Hurricanes.
And not that anyone in professional sports is perfect by any means but the classy, honest guys are pretty rare these days. There needs to be more players like Ryne Sandberg and Andre Dawson. Two baseball players that cared more about the sport and their teammates than money or personal awards. Ryne Sandberg was the first $7 million/year player back in '92 and ended up retiring in '94 because he felt that he wasn't earning his salary. Dawson on the other hand wanted to play in Wrigley Field so bad that he gave the Cubs management a blank contract and told them to fill in the blanks. They gave him $500,000 for a one year contract (he was making over a million per the year before) and he did nothing less than win the National League MVP with a last place team. I am a bit of a Cubs fan....can you tell?
I guess I will never understand why money is such a huge motivational factor in these kids' lives. Hell I was poor for a good part of the time growing up and I can guarantee you that if I had the opportunity to go play football in the NFL and make some huge amount of money I wouldn't have told the organization that drafted me that I wasnt going to play for them because they werent good enough. Yes I am talking about you Eli Manning, you no talent pussy.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:15 pm
Kingofpain89 wrote:
I guess I got on a bit of a rant there and got a little lost.
Yes I am talking about you Eli Manning, you no talent pussy.
Couldn't help having a bit more of a rant!?
This is all a bit lost on us Brits - though I do follow the NFL, the minutae of it is a little irrelevant to me, lets face it there isn't the passion for your 'football' here than there obviously is there.
And speaking of proper 'football' (Kidding!) - the big news in the UK is that David Beckham is likely to be coming to LA very soon - on a reported £125 for 5 years. I'm interested to know if this is in the news on the other side of the pond and if anyone has any opinions either way. (FWIW he seems like a nice guy, a family man with a down to earth attitude - if that can be said of someone who earns millions for kicking a ball around)
You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.
NetRodent wrote:
Thanks NetRodent, thats really cheered me up.
Hell I was poor for a good part of the time growing up and I can guarantee you that if I had the opportunity to go play football in the NFL and make some huge amount of money I wouldn't have told the organization that drafted me that I wasnt going to play for them because they werent good enough. Yes I am talking about you Eli Manning, you no talent pussy.
How do you think he felt watching the Chargers go 14-2 this year, and although they didn't win a game in the playoffs, they still have LT and most of the same team coming back this year. Meanwhile, the NY Giants had their best player (Tiki Barber) retire, his team just went .500, and there's more holes in the off and def there than a screen door. Plus add insult to injury, they just resigned the Human Scowl, Tom Coughlin, to another year as coach. I bet Eli would LOVE a do-over right about now.
gyg wrote: Couldn't help having a bit more of a rant!?
We are hearing the deal is entirely to give the US league more publicity throughout the United States...to try and perhaps get the marginal fan out to see Beckham play when he comes to their town and plays their team. Despite soccer/football's worldwide popularity, it ranks far below Football, Baseball, Basketball, and Hockey on the charts of most sports fans in the US. For example Dallas has a team and I couldn't tell you one thing about it. I think it's an interesting move, basically they just paid 125 mill in advertising, if you look at it that way. Realistically, it wont get people like myself and most people I know out to watch games (not a soccer/football fan), but it may bring in a few marginal fans that maybe only see a game or two a year. I'm interested to see whether it will indeed pay off and help attendence.
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I am tired of all this grid iron talk Just wait till Aussie Rules starts up again ...
For what it is worth having come from that part of the world I love hockey and football but living in Australia limits the access to sports unless I start paying for cable ...
Or maybe for the Brits we should talk about cricket
improvstone wrote: Or maybe for the Brits we should talk about cricket
...Or maybe I would rather chainsaw my own testicles off! (Not that I dislike cricket - I love it - just not the last 8 weeks or so )
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:32 am
MShipley88 wrote:
When Brian Bosworth went pro out of Oklahoma, there was considerable talk about his "disloyalty." When it was known that he was going pro the school officially kicked him off their team.
In his book (a good read, by the way) Bosworth points out that Oklahoma did not recruit him out of the goodness of their hearts. Nor, did he owe anything to Oklahoma...after the millions the school made off marketing him.
For one example...Bosworth cited a poster of him that the school sold for $5 (in early 1980's dollars). The college sold 100,000 (according to Bosworth) copies of the poster. Bosworth received $0 for this use of his image. Given Bosworth's business accumen...and the way he tricked Denver Bronco fans (my bold) into paying him millions...I tend to believe the story.
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Mark, I must be getting old---Bosworth played for Seattle, not Denver ; I don't remember Denver even signing Bosworth as what would now be a free agent, much less drafting him.
gyg wrote: And speaking of proper 'football' (Kidding!) - the big news in the UK is that David Beckham is likely to be coming to LA very soon - on a reported £125 for 5 years. I'm interested to know if this is in the news on the other side of the pond and if anyone has any opinions either way. (FWIW he seems like a nice guy, a family man with a down to earth attitude - if that can be said of someone who earns millions for kicking a ball around)
Yes, it's in the news here, and really exciting IMO. The equivalent of Brett Favre just after his peak going to the European Football League. It's HUGE. I really hope it has an impact on the popularity of soccer in this country. I love watching soccer, though I've never played it, and still can't believe it's so unpopular here.
I just wish Beckham had signed with D.C. United.
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bombadil wrote:
lol......... you must not have any kids..............
My friend's kids and my grandkids all play soccer to the detriment of everything else. Soccer may not hold any sway for the good ole' boys who love American Football, but the kids are growing up and once they do, they will eventually replace us ole' fogies as sports fans. The sport they will be fans of will most likely be Soccer, not American Football.
Unless of course it is baseball once again........
BTW 125 lira (I dont know how to makee that fancy L), aint that about 250 bucks? Does not seem like much money to me....... for any pro sport....
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Au contraire, mon ami, all 3 of my kids play soccer!
My son has been on the regional travel team for the past 2 years, and I can attest to what you're saying. Every time we travel out to Pittsburgh to get our asses kicked by the local teams, I'm amazed at the level of participation in the sport by kids in this country. And by the level of skill. You're absolutely right, in a few years it will be much bigger here than it is now, but among childless adult men in this country soccer is nothing more than a 4-th ranked distraction.[/b]
Aneoth wrote: lol......... you must not have any kids..............
When I was a kid in the late 70s and early 80s, my youngest brother and all his friends played soccer. All my friends younger brothers played soccer. When my friends had kids, and with my own stepkids, they all played soccer growing up. The prediction was, when that generation came of age soccer would be "huge" in the US. Doesn't matter. When they get of a certain age, they switch sports to Baseball or Football, or if they are tall enough, Basketball. Soccer is now and will always be #5 or lower when it comes to professional sports in America. For the last 25 years I keep hearing how soccer interest is growing, yet all the stats say it's been stagnant in the US.
Everytime a World Cup or Olympics rolls around, the american soccer association thinks this is the time it will catch the imagination of the American public. And everytime, there is a really tiny bump in interest, that quickly fades. There are just far too many obstacles to soccer's growth in the US, not the most which is the US play is just not up to world standards; witness the US team getting it's ass handed to them every World Cup trial or Olympics. Hell, the US Women's won the Olympics a few years ago and that did absolutely nothing for interest in the long run. One of my best friends played soccer in high school, now coaches soccer in Tennessee. He's been coaching for 15 years. His girls won seven straight state championships, his boys won several but not in a row, and he still says his best players are transplants that some in from Mexico, Dominican Republic, Europe and elsewhere.
The other problem is that few people want to sit for several hours to watch a 0-0 tie, or a hardfought 1-0 win. In the US we are spoiled by the high scoring of sports like basketball and football, and that colors our enjoyment of low scoring sports (look how many people hate a 1-0 baseball game, that could be a thing of of beauty if a pitcher has thrown an incredible game). Hockey almost lost everything a few years back, and they've had to change rules that were the core of the sport for decades to eliminate the tie. Plus scoring is also up in hockey, and they did all this to try and get the fan's interest back. Americans HATE ties; you either are a winner or loser in our eyes!!! I truly think that was one of the number one reasons for Hockey's rules changes. Also Americans aver very, very egotistical; we are not the best in the world in soccer like we are in football, basketball and baseball, so we get pissed when a bunch of foreigners kick the crap out of us!
(BTW, despite Olympics loses, the Americans are far superior in Basketball....the artificial formats where superstars are plucked from various teams and basically have a month to practice together is not equal to a Brazilian, European or Chinese team that play together every night for years. Plus our greatest stars like Kobe, Lebron, etc no longer take the time out to play in the Olympics. Take, say, the Kobe-led LA Lakers or Lebron-led Cleveland Cavaliers and put them on the court against a foreign team, they would probably win every game by 20+ pts)
So I predict a slight bump when Beckham comes to LA; after everyone's curiousity is satisfied, things go back to normal.
bombadil wrote: Au contraire, mon ami, all 3 of my kids play soccer!
Actually this is another factor in soccer's inability to catch on; when you get to the high school level, coaching expertise in the public school drops dramatically. Unless you play select or club soccer, you are really not playing with the best. Most kids who can't afford it (My nephew just got into select soccer; I was laughting my ass off at my brother when I saw the bills he's paying, his daughter is also in select volleyball!!!!) will stick with the "free" public sports at their jr. high and high school. So most kids in public high school instead switch to another sport. The friend I mentioned above who coaches in Memphis is exceptional; before he came to the school, they would win maybe one game a year. Most of the athletic kids therefore played football or baseball. He had to literally roam the halls and get kids to come try out for the soccer team when he became coach. Under his tutelege they were winning state championships within a season...with the same kids!!!! The level of coaching was so poor he would outcoach teams for wins, because their soccer coaches were failed football or wrestling coaches...! Sadly (for the kids) he was finally lured by money and teaches at a private school where they churn out soccer stars for college.
By contrast, the best football coaches in football stay in the High schools; the same with basketball. I am not 100% sure that's true in baseball because I've seen some really good select baseball leagues, but I know that's the truth of football and basketball. It certainly isn't true of soccer where the coach may be a former football coach at best. Unless more really good coaches like my friend decide to forgo big paydays and move to high school, soccer will never catch on outside of specialty circles...it will never be the mainstream sport many envision.
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package org.apache.commons.math4.stat.regression;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Arrays;

import org.apache.commons.math4.exception.OutOfRangeException;
import org.apache.commons.math4.util.FastMath;
import org.apache.commons.math4.util.MathArrays;

/**
 * Results of a Multiple Linear Regression model fit.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 */
public class RegressionResults implements Serializable {

    /** INDEX of Sum of Squared Errors */
    private static final int SSE_IDX = 0;
    /** INDEX of Sum of Squares of Model */
    private static final int SST_IDX = 1;
    /** INDEX of R-Squared of regression */
    private static final int RSQ_IDX = 2;
    /** INDEX of Mean Squared Error */
    private static final int MSE_IDX = 3;
    /** INDEX of Adjusted R Squared */
    private static final int ADJRSQ_IDX = 4;
    /** UID */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1l;
    /** regression slope parameters */
    private final double[] parameters;
    /** variance covariance matrix of parameters */
    private final double[][] varCovData;
    /** boolean flag for variance covariance matrix in symm compressed storage */
    private final boolean isSymmetricVCD;
    /** rank of the solution */
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    private final int rank;
    /** number of observations on which results are based */
    private final long nobs;
    /** boolean flag indicator of whether a constant was included*/
    private final boolean containsConstant;
    /** array storing global results, SSE, MSE, RSQ, adjRSQ */
    private final double[] globalFitInfo;

    /**
     *  Set the default constructor to private access
     *  to prevent inadvertent instantiation
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    private RegressionResults() {
        this.parameters = null;
        this.varCovData = null;
        this.rank = -1;
        this.nobs = -1;
        this.containsConstant = false;
        this.isSymmetricVCD = false;
        this.globalFitInfo = null;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor for Regression Results.
     *
     * @param parameters a double array with the regression slope estimates
     * @param varcov the variance covariance matrix, stored either in a square matrix
     * or as a compressed
     * @param isSymmetricCompressed a flag which denotes that the variance covariance
     * matrix is in symmetric compressed format
     * @param nobs the number of observations of the regression estimation
     * @param rank the number of independent variables in the regression
     * @param sumy the sum of the independent variable
     * @param sumysq the sum of the squared independent variable
     * @param sse sum of squared errors
     * @param containsConstant true model has constant,  false model does not have constant
     * @param copyData if true a deep copy of all input data is made, if false only references
     * are copied and the RegressionResults become mutable
     */
    public RegressionResults(
            final double[] parameters, final double[][] varcov,
            final boolean isSymmetricCompressed,
            final long nobs, final int rank,
            final double sumy, final double sumysq, final double sse,
            final boolean containsConstant,
            final boolean copyData) {
        if (copyData) {
            this.parameters = MathArrays.copyOf(parameters);
            this.varCovData = new double[varcov.length][];
            for (int i = 0; i < varcov.length; i++) {
                this.varCovData[i] = MathArrays.copyOf(varcov[i]);
            }
        } else {
            this.parameters = parameters;
            this.varCovData = varcov;
        }
        this.isSymmetricVCD = isSymmetricCompressed;
        this.nobs = nobs;
        this.rank = rank;
        this.containsConstant = containsConstant;
        this.globalFitInfo = new double[5];
        Arrays.fill(this.globalFitInfo, Double.NaN);

        if (rank > 0) {
            this.globalFitInfo[SST_IDX] = containsConstant ?
                    (sumysq - sumy * sumy / nobs) : sumysq;
        }

        this.globalFitInfo[SSE_IDX] = sse;
        this.globalFitInfo[MSE_IDX] = this.globalFitInfo[SSE_IDX] /
                (nobs - rank);
        this.globalFitInfo[RSQ_IDX] = 1.0 -
                this.globalFitInfo[SSE_IDX] /
                this.globalFitInfo[SST_IDX];

        if (!containsConstant) {
            this.globalFitInfo[ADJRSQ_IDX] = 1.0-
                    (1.0 - this.globalFitInfo[RSQ_IDX]) *
                    ( (double) nobs / ( (double) (nobs - rank)));
        } else {
            this.globalFitInfo[ADJRSQ_IDX] = 1.0 - (sse * (nobs - 1.0)) /
                    (globalFitInfo[SST_IDX] * (nobs - rank));
        }
    }

    /**
     *
Returns the parameter estimate for the regressor at the given index.

     *
     *
A redundant regressor will have its redundancy flag set, as well as
     *  a parameters estimated equal to {@code Double.NaN}

     *
     * @param index Index.
     * @return the parameters estimated for regressor at index.
     * @throws OutOfRangeException if {@code index} is not in the interval
     * {@code [0, number of parameters)}.
     */
    public double getParameterEstimate(int index) throws OutOfRangeException {
        if (parameters == null) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }
        if (index < 0 || index >= this.parameters.length) {
            throw new OutOfRangeException(index, 0, this.parameters.length - 1);
        }
        return this.parameters[index];
    }

    /**
     *
Returns a copy of the regression parameters estimates.

     *
     *
The parameter estimates are returned in the natural order of the data.

     *
     *
A redundant regressor will have its redundancy flag set, as will
     *  a parameter estimate equal to {@code Double.NaN}.

     *
     * @return array of parameter estimates, null if no estimation occurred
     */
    public double[] getParameterEstimates() {
        if (this.parameters == null) {
            return null;
        }
        return MathArrays.copyOf(parameters);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the standard
     * error of the parameter estimate at index,
     * usually denoted s(bindex).
     *
     * @param index Index.
     * @return the standard errors associated with parameters estimated at index.
     * @throws OutOfRangeException if {@code index} is not in the interval
     * {@code [0, number of parameters)}.
     */
    public double getStdErrorOfEstimate(int index) throws OutOfRangeException {
        if (parameters == null) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }
        if (index < 0 || index >= this.parameters.length) {
            throw new OutOfRangeException(index, 0, this.parameters.length - 1);
        }
        double var = this.getVcvElement(index, index);
        if (!Double.isNaN(var) && var > Double.MIN_VALUE) {
            return FastMath.sqrt(var);
        }
        return Double.NaN;
    }

    /**
     *
Returns the standard
     * error of the parameter estimates,
     * usually denoted s(bi).

     *
     *
If there are problems with an ill conditioned design matrix then the regressor
     * which is redundant will be assigned Double.NaN.

     *
     * @return an array standard errors associated with parameters estimates,
     *  null if no estimation occurred
     */
    public double[] getStdErrorOfEstimates() {
        if (parameters == null) {
            return null;
        }
        double[] se = new double[this.parameters.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < this.parameters.length; i++) {
            double var = this.getVcvElement(i, i);
            if (!Double.isNaN(var) && var > Double.MIN_VALUE) {
                se[i] = FastMath.sqrt(var);
                continue;
            }
            se[i] = Double.NaN;
        }
        return se;
    }

    /**
     *
Returns the covariance between regression parameters i and j.

     *
     *
If there are problems with an ill conditioned design matrix then the covariance
     * which involves redundant columns will be assigned {@code Double.NaN}.

     *
     * @param i {@code i}th regression parameter.
     * @param j {@code j}th regression parameter.
     * @return the covariance of the parameter estimates.
     * @throws OutOfRangeException if {@code i} or {@code j} is not in the
     * interval {@code [0, number of parameters)}.
     */
    public double getCovarianceOfParameters(int i, int j) throws OutOfRangeException {
        if (parameters == null) {
            return Double.NaN;
        }
        if (i < 0 || i >= this.parameters.length) {
            throw new OutOfRangeException(i, 0, this.parameters.length - 1);
        }
        if (j < 0 || j >= this.parameters.length) {
            throw new OutOfRangeException(j, 0, this.parameters.length - 1);
        }
        return this.getVcvElement(i, j);
    }

    /**
     *
Returns the number of parameters estimated in the model.

     *
     *
This is the maximum number of regressors, some techniques may drop
     * redundant parameters

     *
     * @return number of regressors, -1 if not estimated
     */
    public int getNumberOfParameters() {
        if (this.parameters == null) {
            return -1;
        }
        return this.parameters.length;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the number of observations added to the regression model.
     *
     * @return Number of observations, -1 if an error condition prevents estimation
     */
    public long getN() {
        return this.nobs;
    }

    /**
     *
Returns the sum of squared deviations of the y values about their mean.

     *
     *
This is defined as SSTO
     * here.

     *
     *
If {@code n < 2}, this returns {@code Double.NaN}.

     *
     * @return sum of squared deviations of y values
     */
    public double getTotalSumSquares() {
        return this.globalFitInfo[SST_IDX];
    }

    /**
     *
Returns the sum of squared deviations of the predicted y values about
     * their mean (which equals the mean of y).

     *
     *
This is usually abbreviated SSR or SSM.  It is defined as SSM
     * here

     *
     *
Preconditions:

     *
At least two observations (with at least two different x values)
     * must have been added before invoking this method. If this method is
     * invoked before a model can be estimated, Double.NaN is
     * returned.
     *

     *
     * @return sum of squared deviations of predicted y values
     */
    public double getRegressionSumSquares() {
        return this.globalFitInfo[SST_IDX] - this.globalFitInfo[SSE_IDX];
    }

    /**
     *
Returns the
     * sum of squared errors (SSE) associated with the regression
     * model.

     *
     *
The return value is constrained to be non-negative - i.e., if due to
     * rounding errors the computational formula returns a negative result,
     * 0 is returned.

     *
     *
Preconditions:

     *
numberOfParameters data pairs
     * must have been added before invoking this method. If this method is
     * invoked before a model can be estimated, Double,NaN is
     * returned.
     *

     *
     * @return sum of squared errors associated with the regression model
     */
    public double getErrorSumSquares() {
        return this.globalFitInfo[ SSE_IDX];
    }

    /**
     *
Returns the sum of squared errors divided by the degrees of freedom,
     * usually abbreviated MSE.

     *
     *
If there are fewer than numberOfParameters + 1 data pairs in the model,
     * or if there is no variation in x, this returns
     * Double.NaN.

     *
     * @return sum of squared deviations of y values
     */
    public double getMeanSquareError() {
        return this.globalFitInfo[ MSE_IDX];
    }

    /**
     *
Returns the
     * coefficient of multiple determination,
     * usually denoted r-square.

     *
     *
Preconditions:

     *
At least numberOfParameters observations (with at least numberOfParameters different x values)
     * must have been added before invoking this method. If this method is
     * invoked before a model can be estimated, {@code Double,NaN} is
     * returned.
     *

     *
     * @return r-square, a double in the interval [0, 1]
     */
    public double getRSquared() {
        return this.globalFitInfo[ RSQ_IDX];
    }

    /**
     *
Returns the adjusted R-squared statistic, defined by the formula

     * R2adj = 1 - [SSR (n - 1)] / [SSTO (n - p)]
     *

     * where SSR is the sum of squared residuals},
     * SSTO is the total sum of squares}, n is the number
     * of observations and p is the number of parameters estimated (including the intercept).
     *
     *
If the regression is estimated without an intercept term, what is returned is

     *  1 - (1 - {@link #getRSquared()} ) * (n / (n - p))
     *

     *
     * @return adjusted R-Squared statistic
     */
    public double getAdjustedRSquared() {
        return this.globalFitInfo[ ADJRSQ_IDX];
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the regression model has been computed including an intercept.
     * In this case, the coefficient of the intercept is the first element of the
     * {@link #getParameterEstimates() parameter estimates}.
     * @return true if the model has an intercept term
     */
    public boolean hasIntercept() {
        return this.containsConstant;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the i-jth element of the variance-covariance matrix.
     *
     * @param i first variable index
     * @param j second variable index
     * @return the requested variance-covariance matrix entry
     */
    private double getVcvElement(int i, int j) {
        if (this.isSymmetricVCD) {
            if (this.varCovData.length > 1) {
                //could be stored in upper or lower triangular
                if (i == j) {
                    return varCovData[i][i];
                } else if (i >= varCovData[j].length) {
                    return varCovData[i][j];
                } else {
                    return varCovData[j][i];
                }
            } else {//could be in single array
                if (i > j) {
                    return varCovData[0][(i + 1) * i / 2 + j];
                } else {
                    return varCovData[0][(j + 1) * j / 2 + i];
                }
            }
        } else {
            return this.varCovData[i][j];
        }
    }
}

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An Ebute Meta Magistrates' Court, Lagos, has released popular singer, Adekunle Temitope, aka Small Doctor. He was reportedly let go with a warning not to be involved in any violent act for the next one year.
The state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, said Small Doctor had in the past fired shots and injured four people, who were admitted to a hospital.
Hope he stays out of trouble for his own good.


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Muni University Wants Funds for COVID-19 Testing Centre
admin — August 24, 2020 add comment
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in the past recommended an increase in testing capacity for Covid-19 and one of the suggested areas was to establish more testing facilities to strengthen and increase speedy confirmation of Covid-19 cases. WHO also recommends that countries should have the ability to carry out mass testing if need arises. Besides the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) that is taking lead in the Covid-19 tests, government through the Ministry of Health in May announced the accreditation of 7 more laboratories to carry out tests.
Muni University is seeking for the establishment of a testing center for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and other infectious diseases in a bid to help increase in the national testing capacity for the virus.
The University Undersecretary Rev. Fr. Dr. Odubuker Picho Epiphany on Monday told Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC)- Central Government that the University based in Arua District, Northern Uganda already has two PCR machines (Real Time qPCR and PCR Thermocycler) which can aid in the testing.
He said that these machines are currently not operational due to lack of accessories and consumables. According to Odubuker, for the machines to become operational, the University will need 113.8 million Shillings.
Dr. Odubuker and other University officials had appeared before the committee to respond to audit queries raised in the financial year 2018/2019 Auditor General's report.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in the past recommended an increase in testing capacity for COVID-19 and one of the suggested areas was to establish more testing facilities to strengthen and increase speedy confirmation of cases. WHO also recommends that countries should have the ability to carry out mass testing if need arises.
Besides the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) that is taking lead carrying out COVID-19 tests, government through the Ministry of Health in May announced the accreditation of 7 more laboratories to carry out tests.
These included Makerere University's Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the National Health Laboratory Services, the Infectious Disease Research Collaboration based in Tororo District, the Uganda Virus Research Institute Plague Laboratory in Arua District, Gulu University, Rakai Health Sciences Laboratory and the Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital Laboratory.
According to Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, these were chosen based on the dynamics of the infection and the availability of testing reagents. She then said that the UVRI was running between 2000 to 3000 tests ever day and that with addition of new laboratories, the country could run up to 10,000 tests.
"If only these funds could be availed, Muni University would then enhance the government efforts in combating the COVID-19 pandemic by establishing a testing center for the region," said Odubuker while giving a brief on the institution's response to the fight against COVID-19.
Dr. Odubuker appealed to the MPs to intervene and see that the center is established as well as provision of funds to acquire accessories and consumables for the machines. He revealed that the University has already contacted Ministry of Health on the matter and that an onsite visit had been undertaken.


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Syrphophagus rotundatus is een vliesvleugelig insect uit de familie Encyrtidae. De wetenschappelijke naam is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1986 door Kaul & Agarwal.

Encyrtidae

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Why Ukraine needs foreign debt cancellation now
Mar 2, 2022 5 min read Why?
As the country fights a bloody war with Russia, international financial institutions must show solidarity by wiping Ukraine's crippling debts
Smoke over Gostomel and Bucha, north east of Kyiv
Source: Open Democracy
Author: Elliot Dolan-Evans
Barely a week has passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, but the economic, human and ecological costs to the country are already immense. This comes on top of the accumulated costs to Ukraine of over eight years of war, ongoing economic crises and the Covid-19 pandemic.
A day after the invasion began, Ukraine asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency financing. That day, the World Bank also stated that it was preparing "immediate support" to Ukraine's government. Prior to the beginning of the invasion, the European Commission had already pledged €1.2bn to the besieged nation.
Yet financing from the IMF, European Commission and World Bank could come with weighty strings attached, at a time when the country is engulfed in a violent, bloody war. For example, the European Commission's support, announced on 21 February, stated that Ukraine would need to implement "policy measures" as part of the agreement.
This is not a free lunch – these loans will need to be paid back, with interest.
Big loans and neoliberal restructuring
Since the outbreak of the war in Donbas in 2014, international financial institutions such as the IMF and World Bank have engaged deeply in Ukraine. Since 2014, the World Bank has lent US$8.4bn, the IMF has loaned US$17bn, and the European Commission has advanced at least €13bn to the country.
These loans have been contingent on radical neoliberal restructuring throughout the Ukrainian economy as conflict raged in the background, with demands for reforms in pensions, the energy sector, agriculture, state employment, privatisation and political governance.
Both the IMF and World Bank, as gatekeepers to international finance, are particularly important in instituting debt forgiveness for Ukraine, and must act now before the crisis deepens even further
The loans have created enormous levels of debt for Ukraine. The country is drowning in external debt of over US$129bn (78.8% of GDP), and is expected to repay US$14bn of it in 2022. A significant proportion of this debt is owed to the international financial institutions.
As the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deepens and the scale of the destruction wrought by Russian bombs becomes apparent, the international financial institutions must forgive Ukraine's debt. Ukrainians have already begun to demand that the crippling levels of debt be wiped, as a material, significant, and necessary sign of real solidarity from the international community.
The World Bank and IMF must act now
Both the IMF and World Bank, as gatekeepers to international finance, are particularly important in instituting debt forgiveness for Ukraine, and must act now before the crisis deepens even further, to permit the necessary flow of debt-free and unencumbered resources for the struggles, survival and social protection of Ukrainians.
Four days before Russia's invasion, with over 100,000 Russian troops on Ukraine's doorstep, the World Bank was readying a US$350m loan to Ukraine, with the proviso that more energy reform was needed. This was despite the fact that the international financial institutions had already forced through the substantial privatisation and marketisation of Ukrainian energy assets, leading to an increase in household gas prices by approximately 650% since the beginning of the war in Donbas in 2014.
Anti-tariff protest in Kyiv, early 2021
| (c) Raj Valley / Alamy Stock Photo. All rights reserved
Indeed, throughout the bloody conflict in Ukraine's east, the Ukrainian government has repaid the World Bank approximately US$2bn (including US$664m in interest) of their loans, a substantial sum of money for a country with three million people already in humanitarian need prior to the Russian invasion. Ending Ukraine's debt to the World Bank would give it a substantial breathing space, allowing it to attempt to end poverty and ensure shared prosperity – the World Bank's ostensible mission – rather than focusing its limited funds on debt service.
Crucially, the World Bank is also a gatekeeper to concessional lending, which is permitted to countries classified as 'poor' or in a 'fragile and conflict-affected situation' (FCS). The World Bank does not, and has never, classified Ukraine under this category. This is despite Ukraine comfortably meeting its criteria for inclusion as a country with 'medium-intensity conflict' for the last eight years, and being noted consistently as 'in conflict' in World Bank publications and country-specific programming documents.
Ukraine is excluded from the World Bank's FCS classification for two main reasons. First, it is technically disqualified because it does not have an international peacekeeping mission and is defined as a 'lower middle-income' economy. Second, and more tellingly, if Ukraine was classified as 'in conflict' by the World Bank, it could either access more flexible financing or receive concessional lending and eligibility for debt waivers as an International Development Association (IDA) country.
The question is, following the Russian invasion, will the World Bank finally classify Ukraine properly as 'in conflict', and permit the embattled country to access conditional lending and waive its debt?
Smoke and flames rise over during the shelling in Kyiv, as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine
| Reuters / Alamy Stock Photo
Exploring all options, but forgiving no debt
As the Russian invasion began, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said that the Fund was exploring "all options" to aid Ukraine. At the same time, however, Ukraine's projected debt payments to the IMF for 2022 remain at approximately US$2.3bn, and are expected to stay at this level until at least 2025. Even prior to the latest escalation in the conflict, alarm bells had been ringing at the IMF about Ukraine's ability to service its growing debt and implement the conditions demanded in IMF loans.
Further, the IMF has historically pressured Ukraine to improve its macroeconomic indicators with little concern about the impact on ordinary Ukrainians. The previous loan agreement the IMF instituted with Ukraine, in June 2021, consisted of US$5bn. It followed a fiscal consolidation by Ukraine that was, as glowingly noted by the IMF, "achieved mainly through a reduction in the real value of wages and social benefits". Indeed, there have been consistent concerns from international and local NGOs that IMF-instituted economic reforms attached to loans have severely affected living standards and social services, with a particularly detrimental impact on women and marginalised groups.
Unconfirmed reports from a recent closed-door meeting of the IMF board revealed that board members are very concerned about Ukraine's ability to service its debt following the Russian invasion. Although the IMF has voiced its support for the Ukrainian people, these words will ultimately ring hollow if the Fund cannot muster the courage to materially support the suffering of Ukrainians at war, over and above a concern for Ukraine's debt obligations.
This can only happen if the IMF both allows Ukraine to access funds without any conditions, so that urgently needed social services and humanitarian assistance can be instituted immediately and in the future, and removes the debt-guillotine that hangs constantly over its neck, even as Russia is at its throat.
Ukraine's debt to the international financial institutions must be cancelled immediately.
openDemocracyElliot Dolan-Evans
(ukr) Чому треба скасувати зовнішній борг України? (with english subtitles)
Bank Information Center: Why should the IMF eliminate surcharges?
Why is the debt unfair?
There's an easy way to help Ukraine without military escalation: cancel its foreign debt — Owen Jones
It's Time to Cancel Ukraine's Foreign Debt


P58.0 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of neonatal jaundice due to bruising. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
Neonatal jaundice or Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, or Neonatal icterus (from the Greek word ἴκτερος), attributive adjective: icteric, is a yellowing of the skin and other tissues of a newborn infant. A bilirubin level of more than 85 μmol/l (5 mg/dL) leads to a jaundiced appearance in neonates whereas in adults a level of 34 μmol/l (2 mg/dL) is needed for this to occur. In newborns, jaundice is detected by blanching the skin with pressure applied by a finger so that it reveals underlying skin and subcutaneous tissue. Jaundiced newborns have yellow discoloration of the white part of the eye, and yellowing of the face, extending down onto the chest.
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code P58.0. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code P58.0 and a single ICD9 code, 774.1 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.


We were thrilled to host my parents this weekend. I literally could not wait for them to check out our new house and to celebrate mother's day in Raleigh.
Saturday night Bailey, Josh & I prepared dinner. I have to say - it was delicious and I recommend any of these three recipes. They were especially complementary together.
This has become one of our favorite ways to cook fish -- easy & not at all fishy tasting! I will admit, I love fish, but most of the time I end up getting grossed out by it at home. Not when it's prepared this way -- I shocked Josh the first time by actually going back for seconds and it hasn't disappointed since.
Most of the time it's marinating I do it so the skin is up and fleshy part of the meat is face down.
Then Josh grills it in little "pan" made of aluminum foil -- that way the dressing stays on it while it's cooking to really lock in the flavor. Could this get any easier?
I tweaked this recipe I found on Pinterest a tiny bit.
-The following is based on 1 lb. of brussels sprouts.
All the men at dinner -- Josh, my dad and Jason -- all initially turned up their noses and begged for asparagus. Josh actually tried several and my dad & Jason both went back for seconds. We'll call that a success. I loved them and will be making them for whoever will eat them.
Au gratin potatoes -- always a hit. Recipe in a previous post here. Not healthy, but oh so worth it for a rare treat.
This family loves almond extract so Bailey had the genius idea to add one teaspoon of almond extract to the softened roll of cookie dough.
Then you press the cookie dough into a pre-greased mini muffin tin. We baked as instructed for about 20 min. One tip: halfway through turn the tin around -- a few of ours got a little browner than we'd like in the back.
After the cookie came out of the oven Bailey immediately used my All Clad Tablespoon to push down into them and make sure the hole hadn't filled in while it was baking.
Let the cookies cool completely and right before serving spoon in the lemon curd. (Bailey thought the lemon curd was a little too sweet, so she squeezed fresh lemon juice into it prior to filling). Then top with whipped cream and serve immediately.
Another delicious and easy recipe that we'll make again!
Sunday we at brunch with my family at Porter's (really reasonable and good -- I forget about it sometimes!) then we headed to the Ottos for Mother's Day dinner.
Jean's boys showered her with pink flowers.
Hope you had a wonderful weekend and showered all the mamas in your life with love. Josh and I sure are blessed! We love you BC & Jean!


During my Fall 2010 semester I took one class, a survey class, Applied Mathetical Analysis. It was a total blast. Sure, every topic covered had entire classes for and books written about them… but that just made it more interesting!
This semester is in my top-three favorite semesters of all time. I worked extremely hard, learned a lot, and will only have fond memories of it.


HARRISBURG, PA (April 11, 2019) – Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States and the 11th leading cause of death in Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, April 16, advocates from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the largest suicide prevention organization in the United States, will arrive at the state capitol to urge lawmakers to prioritize suicide prevention initiatives and mental health for all Pennsylvanians.
Advocates will be urging lawmakers' support of legislation that can help reduce the rate of suicide in Pennsylvania, including: SB 199 providing for depression screenings for students in grades 6-12; SB 56 prohibiting mental health providers from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts with minors; HB 836 strengthening the ability of the Department of Insurance to enforce the federal mental health parity law; HB 951 establishing a Veteran Suicide Grant Program to provide suicide prevention resources and supports for Veterans and their families; and SB 90/HB 1075 creating a process for Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Pennsylvania.


Is Ragwort a risk to human health?
Research has shown that the pyrrolizidine alkaloids that cause problems for grazing animals actually occur in 3% of all flowering plants(1). Ragwort is not consumed as a food plant at all. Rare cases of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid poisoning have been recorded outside the UK. However these are caused by the consumption of herbal remedies from plants other than Ragwort over long periods of time. Extrapolating from figures known from horses and cattle a human being would have to eat possibly as much as a stone (14lbs) in weight of the plant to reach a lethal dose.
The absorption levels are also not high. A study was done on Comfrey a common herbal remedy that does contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids. In this case two groups of rats were treated with Comfrey. One group was fed the plant and the other had it applied to the skin. Tests showed that amount of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids absorbed through the skin into the blood is from twenty to fifty times lower than that found if the rats had been fed the plants.(1) This shows that firstly Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids are not well absorbed through the skin and secondly even if they were the evidence is that they are in a non-toxic form so there is no risk of poisoning in humans through casual contact with Ragwort.
A standard text book on the pyrrolizidine alkaloids is Chemistry and Toxicology of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids. by Dr A. R Mattocks of the Toxicology Unit of the UK's Medical Research Council Laboratories.
It runs to 393 pages and discusses these chemicals which are commonly found in 3% of the plants in the world. It contains an entire chapter on the effects on humans as some of the other plants can contaminate food in less developed countries. It scarcely mentions ragwort at all and what it does say does not imply any real danger to people. Elsewhere in the book it mentions the research on absorption through the skin several times. This is a typical quote.
" Alkaloids... applied to the body externally are absorbed through the skin, but at under 5% of the level ingested orally (Brauchi et al) Moreover, these remain largely in the form of N-oxides which are much less toxic than the corresponding basic PAs .Thus dermal absorption is unlikely to be harmful. "
For worries about Ragwort contaminating meat. See Ragwort and Meat in the Common Myths section.
(1)Brauchli J., J. Luthy, U. Zweifel & C. Schlatter. 1982. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Symphytum officinale L. and their percutaneous absorption in rats. Experientia (Basel) 38: 1085-1087.
(2) Gordon, L. A. 1999. Compositae dermatitis. Australas. J. Dermatol. 40: 123-128.


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HyperMax Review: Incredibly Powerful and complete pre-workout
Oct 23rd, 2017
Since we met Performax Labs, the top-rated brand has been pretty good with trying to stay on top of the industry especially in the pre-workout category. It's powerful pre-workout competitor HyperMax, has been updated numerous times, with each version getting better and better.
With Performax Labs' latest iteration of HyperMax, which was unveiled earlier this month. The brand proved its devotion to staying on top of the popular pre-workout market once again by making a handful of improvements to the supplement. Over the past couple of weeks we've had the pleasure of putting the updated HyperMax to the test, and can now confirm Performax has once again taken the product to another level.
Updated HyperMax formula
The major changes Performax Labs made to its powerful HyperMax formula were a switch to regular beta-alanine, more citrulline, no more glycerol, and a lot more for energy and focus. While the tweaks may not appear to be all that significant on paper, they make a massive difference in the gym.
Big kick, smooth energy
Like with most pre-workouts, the first thing you get hit with by the new HyperMax is its kick. This one, however, packs a punch much stronger than your average pre-workout, even strong compared to the stimulant heavy supplements out there. It hits with a surge of energy, not so much focus to begin with, although it does calm once you get in the gym and start moving.
As HyperMax's rush smooths out you're left with a nice, natural feeling, powerful level energy, that'll make you want to take on your workout at 110%. Not too long after that energy gets to a controllable state, it's joined by an equally impressive driving, enhanced mental focus. The two make for an unforgettable synergistic combination that has you feeling confident, strong, energetic, and all together mentally and physically unstoppable.
While the energy and focus are both top quality in HyperMax, that is far from all the pre-workout has to offer. Like all good competitors in the category, Performax Labs' product is an all-around experience mixing in enhanced muscle pumps as well as a performance aspect that is like no other.
Enhanced pumps
On the pump side of HyperMax, you'll find it helps get you full much faster, even on days where you're not doing a pump focused program. It provides a dense, hard pump, which makes for a truly awesome workout especially with the energy and focus involved, which never faded at all during our workouts with it.
Powerful performance boost
The last feature to HyperMax is its performance and endurance enhancement, something that always sets the top pre-workouts apart from the rest. This isn't about heavy stimulants or how long the energy lasts, this is what we describe as a natural refueling effect, which increases your intensity and output ability and works in with the pre-workouts other features.
Basically, with HyperMax's performance enhancement, you can take your workouts to that next level. Regardless of whether you cut your rest periods, increase the weight, both, or anything else you want to do to lift the intensity of your workout. HyperMax will ensure you hit every set with full force, confidence, and the power to get it done. It'll help make you capable of things you didn't think you could do and have you thinking, feeling and performing without any doubts.
One of the best available
We rarely ever say this, but Performax Labs HyperMax is hands down one of the best pre-workouts on the market. It brings together a combination of ingredients that delivers everything you could want with powerful energy, a confident mental drive, solid pumps, and a performance ability that'll have you addicted from the first serving.
As mentioned in the beginning, Performax Labs has improved its pre-workout many times over the years, although the latest version is definitely its biggest leap so far. It comes through in areas its predecessor didn't and lifts its game where it was already very strong.
Reviewed serving size
For those interested in serving size, we found a slightly heaping serving to be best. We did try a bit more with an actual heaping scoop, which only seemed to increase that initial hit of energy. After that hit smoothed out, we didn't really notice any changes in other areas.
In this post: Performax Labs, HyperMax, Pre-Workout, Agmatine, Beta-Alanine, Citrulline, Eria Jarensis, Rauwolfia


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We haven't forgotten Aaro
No indeed. And he's still writing, twice a week now, over on the Times. 10 days ago he wrote about Mugabe. B2 is ignoring the Yank election process and is thinking about Africa, so I've left that one to him.
Hooray! Dave seems to have a regular gig reading the Times archive. His method, if he has one, is to stay away from anniversaries of any sort. Last Saturday was the 94th June 28 since the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.[1] Instead, our man chose to write about the arts patroness and salonière Lady Ottoline Morrell. Pretty blah really, in my humble. (Yes, I did check out what she looked like - DA: "Arresting" is the word. Billie Piper has nothing to fear.)
I also don't have any views either way on the guilt or innocence of Dr Crippen. I will point out that DA has not, to my knowledge, ever won Mr Hat Wearer UK or similar.
So what is there to watch? Nothing. Today, readers, we are listeners. Our man has debated with David Davis, Denis MacShane, Henry Porter on a Guardian podcast "Is liberty in peril?" I may write about this later. Updates depending on rain in SW1.
Update! Sat 12:50. Still haven't heard the thing, but Ros Taylor in tehgrauniad sums up:
The fact that the whole topic appeared to bore Aaronovitch did not endear him to the audience. "We have reached the point almost of paranoia about civil liberties ... It is, in my opinion, a paranoid fantasy," he said. The barely disguised hint that they were hanging out with the little Englanders and the green ink faction did not please the majority of those present. "You're not all being watched," he concluded, exasperated.
One of the comments recommends Martin Bell by contrast, although Bell (lucky enough to have a very very famous nephew) doesn't address DA's point "I conceive it as a civil liberty not to have to use a lift that someone craps in every day". (I don't buy the Times for similar reasons, though the crap there is more metaphorical.)
[1] I know this because it was mentioned in a book review in the Torygraph - which I can't find online. I don't carry this sort of trivia about in my head, you know. You need to subscribe to view the Times archive but if you do, the report is here. Sadly, the Times did not recommend intervention and hunting for WMDs, but it did report this:
Cabrinovitch is said to be a well-known ne'er-do-well who has been in Montenegro and Belgrade, while Prinzip was expelled from Bosnia some years ago for taking part in a pro-Serb demonstration. Both are said to have assumed a most cynical attitude during their examination. Notwithstanding their statements that they had no accomplices, the plot is generally believed to have been prepared long beforehand and to have had extensive ramifications.
posted by Chardonnay Chap at 7/04/2008 01:59:00 PM
I have not yet listened to the Guardian podcast, but I am willing to bet the farm that Aaro's contribution will be along the lines of "Everything's fine, why won't you stop questioning your betters?"
OT: Nick update - not only is he not in the Observer he isn't even listed as 'away'. Has Finkelstein pulled off a Decent brace by luring him to the Times the same week as Kamm?
Kamm is a terrible choice for a leader writer. The only reason he got gigs on the guardian was because his po-faced, risible views antagonised the readers. When faced with an audience of his actual peers - right-wingers - he is found wanting.
And it was fairly clear that the Obs didn't want Cohen, even without the gossip on here last week.
Organic Cheeseboard: whilst I agree that Kamm is an appalling writer (verbosity is no disguise for flimsy, and often reprehensible arguments), is it not a contradiction that while on the one hand the Guardian hired Kamm for his antagonistic qualities, but the Obs were sick of Cohen (for presumably similar reasons)? Surely Cohen, of late, was at least as antagonistic as Kamm? Certainly the comments on GU were fairly equal in their vitriol.
I'm not saying you are wrong, and I accept there are editorial differences between the Guardian and Obs, but I wonder if there is something more to Cohen's leaving (if he has) than he fact that he pisses off the readers.
is it not a contradiction that while on the one hand the Guardian hired Kamm for his antagonistic qualities, but the Obs were sick of Cohen (for presumably similar reasons)?
Yeah maybe my post wasn't that clear-cut. I think the difference is that Kamm was overwhelmingly an online presence on CiF - I can't remember him having much in the paper beside occasional 'condensed Cif' pieces and that article on how Iran has nukes which came out on the same day that it was shown that even the US didn't think they did.
I think the reason the Obs didn't want Cohen is not really for similar reasons. Say whatever you like about Kamm, but he is most definitely versatile, capable of showering any subject under the sun with his right-wing faux-verbosity, regarless of his expertise on the topic (witness his opinions on Cuba, and on Stockhausen). He's mainly celebrated even by his admirers (such as those on HP) because he annoys lefties - and that was his job on CiF.
The thing posted here about Nick last week - that he continually pitches the same story every week - is fairly believbable, both because of the phoned-in nature of his other writings (remember the piece on antique furniture, or the last thing he wrote for the Obs in which he managed to misread his lone source?) and because he is seemingly incapable of writing anything without resorting to insult and petty bitching now (see the Standard piece on Mandela, the Standpoint piece on 'unmanly' John Snow, the claim to know what every single academic in the world thinks about everything, the constant sneers at anyone who dares to spend their money on organic food). This general lefty-bashing has infected everything he's written for such a long time now that it's just become tedious. It's not that Obs readers only want to read postiive things about themselves, but that Cohen in particular seems incapable of seeing anything good about anyone British who's even vaguely liberal. Attacking sacred cows is all well and good, but that was never Cohen's job and he isn't very good at it.
I don't think the number of vitriolic comments on CiF is evidence of his being kept on as an antagonist, since that's not the reason he was initially employed, and in general print columnists (at least on the new, post-Jasper Gerard Obs) are not meant to annoy in the way that online ones are - see the marked difference between Nick's pieces and those which replaced them.
AndyB said...
For all Cohen's talk of 'unmanliness', is he, you know, actually 'hard'? Or, more to the point, does he think that he is?
Do you think that he'd be willing to do an Uwe Boll?
http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6156346.html
Manly enough to lech after the ladies, but not to throw a serious punch. If you want to psychologise Cohen (using some borrowed decent telepathy) his rapid surge to the right came after he (1) became a father ,somewhat late in life and (2) lost his own father, who was left wing. So he subconsciously believes his transformation into a reactionary old fart represents a "growing up" and a somewhat delayed separation from his parents.
Chardonnay Chap said...
Organic cheeseboard, I almost posted on your behalf this morning.
I think your position is defensible - it makes more sense that it appears to when set out logically as Big Al has. I think all writers have limitations: given the same subject matter, they tend to repeat themselves. It their views chime with yours, that's pretty much OK. (Polly Toynbee's made a career out of writing blah columns for people who largely agree with her.) If they don't, the repetition shows. In other words, you need to replenish your contrarians regularly.
However, I agree with all you say. Oliver Kamm is versatile: at least he has wider-ranging interests than Nick admits to. Ditto Aaro. No, hold on. I disagree with faux verbosity. OK's is genuine 24 carat verbosity.
I think the thing about Nick's attack on Jon Snow, as a for instance (I know it wasn't for the Obs), was its lack of balance. One sided essays don't work for broadsheet readers. Or the target has to be considerably worse than a news anchor could conceivably be. Osama bin Laden is an all-out bad guy: someone who reads the news, even if they earn at lot more than you, isn't. (Well, I'm starting to think of exceptions, but they're all in the States, and I know of Fox News and Rush Limbaugh second hand.)
ejh said...
Kamm's capacity for research his rather greater than Cohen's. I think he misuses what he finds, in fact I think that's his whole technique, but he certainy knows what the people he attacks have written and what they were writing about.
Most Decent writing lacks analysis, most of it is just polemic.
Furthermore there is an overwhelming sense that the evidence is always cherry-picked to suit a particular agenda. Say what you like about someone like Toynbee, but she does do analysis and I would trust her to much more intellectually flexible and rigorous than most of the Decents.
At the far end of ideologue scale you have someone like Mad Mel who takes a bonkers position ('Climate change is a scam', 'Saddam did have WMD') and defends it to the last, despite the cost to her intellectual credibility.
But a lot of Decent writing is similar to this. Look at the attempts to deny that resources were a factor in the Iraq War or that Blair misled the public over WMD or the desperate attempts to discredit the Lancet Iraq mortality study. These are the reactions of people who are not prepared to consider facts that challenge what they would like to believe. And let's face it you wouldn't trust the judgment of someone who treated evidence in this way.
Mercifully I am in a Pyrenean hotel paying €1 for every thirty minutes of internet time and am therefore persuaded not to say what I like about Polly Toynbee...
But Ejh are you seriously saying you would trust the judgment of Kamm or Nick over Toynbee?
Personally I don't like a lot of what she writes either- especially on foreign policy- but I can't see her writing anything in support of torture or cluster bombs.
Oh of course not. I just don't think she's particularly intellectually rigorous and her flexibility largely extends to allowing herself the freedom to criticise the Labour Government when she's none too fond of anybody else who does it.
Here is a very apt comment about Aaro
http://chrisames.blogspot.com/2008/07/scraping-bottom.html
Moussaka Man
It their views chime with yours, that's pretty much OK. (Polly Toynbee's made a career out of writing blah columns for people who largely agree with her.) If they don't, the repetition shows.
I've agreed with much of what Toynbee says, but the repetitions are increasingly obvious if you read her stuff for long enough, and if you realise that she can't reconcile what New Labour actually does with the idealised government that exists in her head.
[redpesto]
Till human voices wake us, and we drown
Three is a trend
Falsetto
Unreliable Witnesses
decent antecedents
Decency Is Dead
Hail to da Chief
In which Aaro goes a little bit stark staring fuck...
Gaffes, McCain, Obama, and Oliver Kamm


Concretely, effluvium is something nasty-smelling that comes out from somewhere and is usually a gas (not a solid or liquid).
Abstractly, effluvium is waste, by-products, or any unneeded nasty junk.
and other times an uncountable noun ("the effluvium," "this effluvium," "much effluvium," "such effluvium").
Use either "effluvia" or "effluviums" for the plural.
Call something effluvium when you mean that it's gross and it flows out in large quantities. You might be literal ("the effluvium of burnt-meat smell from the fast food joint") or figurative ("the effluvium of issues," "an effluvium of complaints," "these unrealistic images in the media that hit us from every angle: an unavoidable effluvium").
You can extend the metaphor and talk about "inhaling an effluvium (of something)." "As standardized test graders, we were forced to inhale the effluvium of terrible essays."
Opening the classroom window helped clear out the effluvium of thirteen different Bath and Body Works products liberally applied.
Parents concerned about their kids' exposure to violent games and movies probably don't think the kids will turn into actual violent criminals--they just don't want them breathing in all that immoral and frightening effluvium.
Look away from the screen to explain the definition in your own words. You'll know you understand what "effluvium" means when you can explain it without saying "noxious fumes" or "icky outpouring."
Think of something you dislike that seems to be everywhere, and fill in the blank: "I do what I can to avoid exposure to the effluvium of _____."
Example: "I do what I can to avoid exposure to the effluvium of reality TV stars."
Now, a new game for September!
We'll start off with easy questions, then work our way toward some whoppers at the end of the month, all the while focusing on funny, unusual words; surprising word histories; and cool tidbits about the language.
A slobberchops is a messy eater.
What word is the plural of both "axis" and "ax"?
2. If you're interviewing an entire team about their successful project, the discussion may become _____ effluvium.


The stars came out in force last night to support Great Ormond Street Hospital and Clinique's Kiss It Better campaign.
At a special event at Harrods in London, the likes of Lisa Snowdon, Gary Linekar, accompanied by his new girlfriend Danielle Bux, KT Tunstall and X Factor winner Leon Jackson, enjoyed cocktails and champagne to help launch this year's Kiss it Better campaign.
The annual campaign seeks to raise funds for research and treatment of children's cancer at Great Ormond Street Hospital. This year's appeal is sponsored by Clinique who will be donating all takings from their Harrods counter on Valentine's Day to Kiss It Better.
If you don't live in London, you can still lend your support by buying any Clinique lipstick or lipgloss from House of Fraser throughout February, with £2 from each purchase going to the worthy cause.


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Bangor property owners are being invited to attend a drop-in event next week to learn more about a £2.16 million funding pot available to renovate properties in the city centre area.
Public lecture - Sir John Timpson: "Light Bulb Moments"
Come and hear Sir John Timpson who was awarded the CBE in the Birthday Honours List for Services to the Retail Sector and a knighthood for Services to Business and Fostering in 2017. He will speak about his and his wife's experience in fostering 90 children over 30 years and what it taught him about people!
The synthetic ice rink is back again this year, but only for the Sunday so get your skates on and book in advance to avoid disappointment.
Please Note: all children under the age of 10 years must be accompanied by an adult. Over the age of 10 and they must be "supervised" in other words, the parents must be present but don't have to be on the rink with them.
Yes, the festive season is upon us once again which means that it's time for the Bangor Christmas Cracker event.


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Home/social network/"VKontakte" announced city news feeds – they will be launched in Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod
"VKontakte" announced city news feeds – they will be launched in Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod
Sohail May 15, 2019
They will contain materials relevant to the region in which the user lives.
VKontakte has announced city news feeds for event and thematic materials relevant to the region in which the user lives. This was reported by the press service of the social network. The first version will be tested in Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod in early summer.
City tape plan to make a separate tab in the news feed. At the initial stage, materials from pre-selected media, bloggers, large communities and other authors covering the city will be included in it.
Records of other users will also be able to get into the city tape "provided that the materials are interesting to a wide audience and comply with all the rules of VKontakte." How exactly the interest of the audience will be determined is not specified in the social network.
Updated at 13:14: Interest will be determined by the number of interactions – both basic comments and deeper metrics, for example, the duration of the post viewing or the depth of viewing the video.
On January 18, VKontakte announced a program of regional representatives who will help local authors and projects. Representatives should advise local content authors and media, as well as support interesting projects.
# news VKontakte


ATLAS was able to offer a paid internship with Frances Priest as part of Patterns of Flora. This opportunity allowed Glasgow-based ceramicist Jen Smith to work under the tuition of Frances – supporting the production of the ceramic artworks produced for install in Raasay House. Documenting her time spent in Frances' studio, Jen wrote a blog post sharing notes from her experience – detailing the advice shared between the two artists and the buzz of being in a busy studio.
For seven days in April I have been lucky enough to work on Patterns of Flora | Mapping Seven Raasay Habitats with artist Frances Priest as a ceramic intern in her sunny Edinburgh studio, a stone's throw from the Royal Mile. Frances has created ceramic artworks inspired by the varied flora of the Isle of Raasay. Some of the intricately produced ceramic work will be installed at Raasay House to become part of the architectural features. She is also working with designer Andy McGregor to create a wonderfully illustrated map of walks across the island. The map will encourage visitors out into the habitats which have inspired the artwork. Following her visit to Raasay earlier in the year, guided by local botanist Stephen Bungard, Frances has drawn on the beauty and diversity of the Island to make a truly captivating collection of work. The map and ceramic artworks will both draw people to Raasay and enrich their experience of this thriving corner of the Scottish islands.
To go alongside the installed artwork there will also be 150 limited edition parian vases. Each vase is decorated with a beautiful, hand-finished transfer created from Frances' hand drawn artwork. It was these vases that I was working on as part of my internship. The choice of Parian as a clay body is particularly lovely because it is semi-translucent and can be polished, using diamond pads, to achieve a perfectly smooth surface. As well as being wonderfully tactile, this even surface is important so that the ceramics can be decorated with such intricately detailed artwork. Each design is applied to the ceramic surface by hand, which is a pretty fiddly job and takes a lot of care and patience. I really enjoyed this process as you have to take great pride in each single vase. This was the largest number of vessels I have ever worked on in one go so I was keen to take on the challenge!
Frances was incredibly welcoming and open, sharing a lot of invaluable advice that I would never have been able to gain had I not been offered this opportunity. I picked up tips on everything from working out costings, sourcing residencies and kiln techniques, to finding your own style in the design industry, ways to get your work out there and an ever growing list of excellent music to keep your energy up in the studio! One key thing I valued from my time working with Frances was seeing how being engaged in your local artistic community can make for such an enjoyable working environment. The multiple facets of this project bring together crafts people from laser cutters and graphic designers to ceramicists, arts organisations and an expert botanist. It is this network of skills that has led to such a brilliantly realised work. I felt that this was a great example of an underlying ethos among artists that I find really heartening and is something positive that I will take away with me.
Frances' studio is a hub of creative activity and on Thursday morning a group from Artlink were in the studio to work on a project which Frances is leading. I share Frances' passion for bringing art workshops out into the community so it was great to see all of the work in progress. It has really affirmed to me that I'd like to make that part of my practice going forward.
Patterns of Flora | Mapping Seven Raasay Habitats was a project with Edinburgh-based ceramicist Frances Priest. Drawing her inspiration from the Raasay landscape and time spent with Raasay botanist Stephen Bungard – Priest created a series of handmade ceramic artworks for permanent installation in Raasay House, on the Isle of Raasay, off the east coast of Skye.


Ideal for exploring Snowdonia and the North Wales Coast.
It is a tranquil destination, perfect for family holidays. It is ideally situated for access to the outstanding views, leisure and outdoor activities offered by the area.
The mountains and lakes are on your doorstep, the seaside is a short drive away, as are major attractions such as Caernarfon Castle and Portmeirion.
Take in the stunning scenery of the mountains of Snowdonia. Climb Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), only 7 miles away.
Just down the road is Plas Menai, the National Watersports Centre where you can learn to sail, canoe or windsurf or use the swimming pool.
Leave at junction 11. Take the first exit on the roundabout, then turn right at the mini roundabout. Follow signs towards Caernarfon on the B4366 for 3 miles. At the next roundabout you need to go straight ahead (2nd exit)towards Bethel. Proceed through the village of Bethel towards Caernarfon. Half a mile after leaving the village, the entrance to Rhyd y Galen is on the left.
Follow the A470 to Trawsfynydd. Follow signs for Porthmadog (A487). From Porthmadog follow the A487 to Caernarfon. In Caernarfon take the B4366. We are on the right 1.5 miles from the outskirts of Caernarfon.
Continue through Betws y Coed for 17 miles towards Bangor. At roundabout take first exit and follow signs towards Caernarfon on the B4366 for 3 miles. At the next roundabout you need to go straight ahead (2nd exit)towards Bethel. Proceed through the village of Bethel towards Caernarfon. Half a mile after leaving the village, the entrance to Rhyd y Galen is on the left.
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Awning, Pup Tent, Gazebo: £2.00.


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about config below is currect or not.
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About time : M T W H F  means Monday to Friday right?
And how to fix for Saturday and Sunday? Is it S = Saturday or Sunday.

A: The days of the week are defined with letters, to be used as follows:
S - Sunday
M - Monday
T - Tuesday
W - Wednesday
H - Thursday
F - Friday
A - Saturday

When the first letter is ambiguous, the second letter is used.
Source: Access Control and Access Control Operators - Squid User Guide

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Serum Cystatin C, enzymuria, tubular proteinuria and early renal insult in type 2 diabetes.
Citation : Kalansooriya, A., Holbrook, I., Jennings, P. and Whiting, P.H. (2007) Serum Cystatin C, enzymuria, tubular proteinuria and early renal insult in type 2 diabetes. British Journal of Biomedical Science, 64 (3), pp.121-123.