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Telegram to you: a brief summary of events around Telegram in January
In the first week of January, while the whole world was quietly resting on the Christmas holidays, the audience of the Telegram messenger reached 500 million active monthly users, as Pavel Durov reported on his channel. The app experienced strong growth of 1.5 million monthly users last year, but such a surge was impressive even for the founder.
Users come from all over the world: 38% from Asia, 27% from Europe, 21% from Latin America, 8% from the Middle East. Durov himself associates the popularity of his project with the fact that Telegram focuses on privacy and protection of personal data. The desire for privacy is defeating the monopoly of tech giants. In the latter case, he is clearly referring to Facebook's WhatsApp messenger, which recently updated its user agreement, practically admitting the transfer of personal data to the parent corporation. Earlier, commenting on this event, Durov had already called Telegram a threat and a problem for Facebook and noted the mass movement of WhatsApp users to his messenger.
Generally, January was full of events for the platform.
So to say, recent events in the United States, the blocking of some alternative messengers in app stores, Donald Trump's supporters on Twitter and also other things, led to the fact that Telegram, for a short time, came to the second place in the amount of downloads in the country. This could not go unnoticed, so just a few days ago the American non-profit organization Coalition for a Safer Web sued Telegram to be removed from the App Store: according to their statement, the application's management does nothing with the spreading extremist content.
Last night Pavel Durov responded to allegations of inaction, saying that hundreds of public calls to violence were blocked last week, which could potentially gain widespread coverage. Although the American audience is only 2% of the total number of Telegram users, deleting an application from the App Store can become a serious problem for the messenger. Recall that since 2018, attempts have already been made on the territory of the Russian Federation to block Telegram.
Another event is more like a broken phone, but interesting from the point of view of the tech startup market. The sharp and multiple growth of the user audience brought Telegram to the upper echelon of independent projects. And it began to sound "IPO" around it: when, if not now? But not everything is so simple.
On January 13, The Information published an exclusive material, from which it became known about Pavel Durov's negotiations with investors and about the possible process of raising investments for the project, the amount of which could reach $1 billion. At the same time, according to sources, Telegram does not want to take on potential exit of investors from the project: it is not worth talking about a sale, merger or going public yet.
The material spread over the Internet and raised the question of Telegram funding in general. Pavel Durov quickly came back with an answer: he partially denied information about meetings with investors, but did not refuse the opportunity to get a loan. According to him, this is a way for the project to remain independent and maintain its inner values.
Experts disagree on the evaluation of Telegram: at the moment the application is not making a profit (the first steps towards "alternative" monetization were announced only in December 2020), does not sell advertising and provides all current services for free. According to available information, Pavel Durov continues to finance the project alone. At the same time, analysts from The Information consider its entry to the stock exchange inevitable.
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Shooting of Walter Scott
The shooting of Walter Scott occurred on April 4, 2015, in North Charleston, South Carolina, following a daytime traffic stop for a non-functioning brake light. Scott, an unarmed black man, was shot and killed by Michael Slager, a white North Charleston police officer.[1][2] Slager was charged with murder after a video surfaced which showed him shooting Scott from behind while Scott was fleeing, and which contradicted his police report. The race difference led many to believe that the shooting was racially motivated, generating a widespread controversy.[3]
Screenshot of phone video taken by eyewitness Feidin Santana, showing Officer Michael Slager shooting Walter Scott
April 4, 2015 (2015-04-04)
9:30 a.m. (EDT)
North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
32°53′57″N 80°00′50″W / 32.89926°N 80.01394°W / 32.89926; -80.01394
(traffic stop)
32°53′54″N 80°00′52″W / 32.8982°N 80.0145°W / 32.8982; -80.0145Coordinates: 32°53′54″N 80°00′52″W / 32.8982°N 80.0145°W / 32.8982; -80.0145
(shooting)
Filmed by
Feidin Santana
Michael Slager
Deprivation of rights under color of law
20 years in prison
Wrongful death lawsuit settled for $6.5 million
The case was independently investigated by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division conducted their own investigations. In June 2015, a South Carolina grand jury indicted Slager on a charge of murder. He was released on bond in January 2016. In late 2016, a five-week trial ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury. In May 2016, Slager was indicted on federal charges including violation of Scott's civil rights and obstruction of justice. In a May 2017 plea agreement, Slager pleaded guilty to federal charges of civil rights violations, and he was returned to jail pending sentencing.[4][5] In return for his guilty plea, the state's murder charges were dropped.[5]
In December 2017, Slager was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with the judge determining the underlying offense was second-degree murder.[6]
BackgroundsEdit
Walter ScottEdit
Scott during his service in the U.S. Coast Guard in the mid-1980s
Walter Lamar Scott[note 1] (February 9, 1965 – April 4, 2015)[8] was a forklift operator, studying massage therapy.[9][10][11] An arrest warrant had been issued since a January 16, 2013 court hearing regarding his child support payments.[12] Scott had previously been jailed three times because of the child support payments.[13] Scott previously served two years in the U.S. Coast Guard before being given a general discharge in 1986 for a drug-related offence.[14]
Michael SlagerEdit
Michael Thomas Slager,[15] 33 years old at the time of the incident,[15] served in the North Charleston Police Department (NCPD) for five years and five months prior to the shooting. Before becoming a police officer, he served in the U.S. Coast Guard.[16]
Slager was named in a police complaint in 2013 for allegedly using a Taser on a man without cause. Slager was cleared by the police department over the incident; the victim and several witnesses said they were not interviewed. Following the Scott killing, North Charleston police stated they would re-review the 2013 complaint.[17] Slager was named in a second tasing-without-cause complaint following an August 2014 police stop.[18] A complaint filed in January 2015 resulted in Slager being cited for failing to file a report.[16]
Personnel documents describe Slager as having demonstrated "great officer safety tactics" in dealing with suspects, and note his proficiency with a Taser.[16]
LocationEdit
Local residents have complained that police activity in North Charleston includes the harassment and racial profiling of African Americans, including frequent use of Tasers without cause.[19][20] In North Charleston, whites make up 37% of the population, but the police department is 80% white.[21]
ShootingEdit
External video
Traffic stop (4:00) on YouTube
At 9:30 a.m., April 4, 2015, in the parking lot of an auto parts store at 1945 Remount Road,[22] Slager stopped Scott for a non-functioning third brake light.[23] Scott was driving a 1991 Mercedes, and, according to his brother, was headed to the auto parts store when he was stopped.[24] The video from Slager's dashcam shows him approaching Scott's car, speaking to Scott, and then returning to his patrol car. Scott exited his car and fled with Slager giving chase on foot.[25][26]
Slager pursued Scott into a lot behind a pawn shop at 5654 Rivers Avenue,[22] and the two became involved in a physical altercation. At some point before or during the struggle, Slager fired his Taser, hitting Scott.[27] Scott fled, and Slager drew his handgun, firing eight rounds at him from behind.[28] The coroner's report stated that Scott was struck a total of five times: three times in the back, once in the upper buttocks, and once on one of his ears.[29] During Slager's state trial, forensic pathologist Lee Marie Tormos testified that the fatal wound was caused by a bullet that entered Scott's back and struck his lungs and heart.[30] Official autopsy reports have not been released.[28]
Immediately following the shooting, Slager radioed a dispatcher, stating, "Shots fired and the subject is down. He grabbed my Taser."[27]
When Slager fired his gun, Scott was approximately 15 to 20 feet (5 to 6 m) away and fleeing.[28] In the report of the shooting filed before the video surfaced, Slager said he had feared for his life because Scott had taken his Taser,[28] and that he shot Scott because he "felt threatened".[31]
A passenger in Scott's car, reported to be a male co-worker and friend, was later placed in the back of a police vehicle and briefly detained.[25][26]
A toxicology report showed that Scott had cocaine and alcohol in his system at the time of his death. The level of cocaine was less than half the average amount for "typical impaired drivers", according to the report.[32] Tormos testified that Scott did not test positive for alcohol.[30]
Eyewitness videoEdit
Shooting (3:12) on Vimeo
An eyewitness to the shooting, Feidin Santana, recorded video of the incident on his phone.[33] At first Santana did not share the video out of fear of retribution, but he became angered when the police report differed from his view of the events.[34] In an interview on MSNBC, Santana said, "I felt that my life, with this information, might be in danger. I thought about erasing the video and just getting out of the community, you know Charleston, and living some place else."[35] The video was subsequently shared with Scott's family through an activist of Black Lives Matter, and later with the news media.[33][36]
Santana said that after a struggle in which Slager deployed his Taser, Scott was "just trying to get away from the Taser," and that before he started recording, he observed that Slager "had control of the situation".[37] In an interview on The Today Show, Santana said Scott "never grabbed the Taser of the police. He never got the Taser."[38][39][40]
After Scott was shot and had dropped to the ground, Slager approached him, repeatedly instructed him to place his hands behind his back, and handcuffed him, leaving him face down on the ground. Although police reports stated that officers performed CPR on Scott, no such action is visible on the video.[28] The video shows that Slager ran back toward where the initial scuffle occurred and picked something up off the ground. Moments later, he dropped the object, possibly the Taser, beside Scott's body.[41][42]
Another officer, Clarence W. Habersham Jr., is seen in the video; he puts on medical gloves and appears to examine Scott.[43]
AftermathEdit
Critics, such as the Reverend Al Sharpton and the predominantly African-American National Bar Association, called for the prosecution of Clarence Habersham, the second officer seen in the video, alleging an attempted cover-up and questioning "whether Habersham omitted significant information from his report." Critics also questioned Habersham's statement in his report that he "attempted to render aid to the victim by applying pressure to the gunshot wounds," saying that the videotape shows little attempt to aid Scott after the shooting.[44][45]
Slager's original lawyer, David Aylor, withdrew as counsel within hours of the release of the video; he did not publicly give a reason for his withdrawal, citing attorney–client privilege.[46][47][48]
On April 8, the North Charleston city manager announced that the NCPD had fired Slager but would continue to pay for his health insurance because his wife was pregnant.[49] The town's mayor, Keith Summey, said they had ordered an additional 150 body cameras, enough that one could be worn by every police officer.[25]
A GoFundMe campaign was started to raise money for Slager's defense, but it was quickly shut down by the site. Citing privacy concerns, they declined to go into detail about why the campaign was canceled, saying only that it was "due to a violation of our terms and conditions".[50]
Scott's funeral took place on April 11, at the W.O.R.D. Ministries Christian Center in Summerville, about 20 miles from North Charleston.[8][51]
Scott's killing further fueled a national conversation around race and policing.[52] It has been connected to similar controversial police shootings of black men in Missouri, New York, and elsewhere.[53] The Black Lives Matter movement protested Scott's death.[54]
A bill in the South Carolina state house, designed to equip more police officers with body cameras, was renamed for Scott. The Senate set aside $3.4 million to fund it, enough to buy 2,000 cameras for South Carolina officers.[55]
In May 2016,[56] a short documentary film about the shooting called Frame 394 was released by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.[56][57][58] The documentary is about Daniel Voshart, a Canadian cinematographer and image stabilization specialist, who claims to have discovered evidence in frame 394 of the shooting video "that challenged the accepted narrative of what transpired between Slager and Scott";[57] and it follows his "moral dilemma of what to do with this potential key evidence".[57] Initially, Voshart examined the footage to help indict Slager,[58] having been convinced by the footage that it "was an example of police corruption at its worst".[57] After clarifying the video and inspecting frame 394, however, he noticed that as Slager began reaching to draw his firearm, it appeared that Scott was still holding Slager's Taser, "potentially enough to make Slager fear for his life and maybe meet the grounds needed to use lethal force."[58] It was impactful in Slager's trial after Voshart showed Slager's lawyer, Andy Savage, the stabilized video.[58] However, during the trial, the officer "testified that he did not realize the Taser had fallen behind him when he fired the fatal shots."[59]
InvestigationEdit
Separate investigations were conducted by the FBI, the U.S. Attorney in South Carolina, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).[37][60]
Prosecution and conviction of SlagerEdit
After the police department reviewed the video,[28] Slager was arrested on April 7 and charged with murder.[61] On June 8, a South Carolina grand jury indicted Slager on the murder charge.[7][note 2][41] The murder charge was the only charge presented to the grand jury.[62]
On January 4, 2016, after being held without bail for almost nine months, Slager was released on $500,000 bond. He was confined to house arrest until the trial, which began October 31, 2016.[63][64][65] On December 5, the judge declared a mistrial after the jury became deadlocked with 11 of the 12 jurors favoring a conviction.[66] A retrial had been scheduled to begin in August 2017.[67] However, the state charges were dropped as a result of Slager pleading guilty to a federal charge.[68]
On May 11, 2016, Slager was indicted on federal charges of violating Scott's civil rights and unlawfully using a weapon during the commission of a crime. In addition, he was charged with obstruction of justice as a result of his statement to state investigators that Scott was moving toward him with the Taser when he shot him.[29] Slager pleaded not guilty, and a trial was scheduled to begin in May 2017.[69] Slager faced up to life in prison if convicted.[70]
On May 2, 2017, as part of a plea agreement, Slager pleaded guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242, deprivation of rights under color of law. In return for the guilty plea, the charges of obstructing justice and use of a firearm during a crime of violence were dismissed.[71][72]
On December 7, 2017, U.S. District Judge David C. Norton sentenced Slager to 20 years in prison.[73] Although defense attorneys had argued for voluntary manslaughter, the judge agreed with prosecutors that the "appropriate underlying offense" was second-degree murder.[6] Because there is no parole in the federal justice system, Slager will likely remain in prison about 18 years after credit for time served in jail.[74] He began serving his sentence in Colorado's Federal Correctional Institution, Englewood in February 2018.[75] An appeal for reduction of sentence was denied in January 2019.[76][77]
Civil settlementEdit
In an out-of-court settlement, the City of North Charleston agreed in October 2015 to pay $6.5 million to Scott's family.[78]
List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
Shooting of Alton Sterling
Shooting of Michael Brown
Shooting of Tamir Rice
Shooting of Philando Castile
^ This is the name spelling used in the state grand jury indictment document[7] as well as in many news sources. Many other news sources spelled Scott's middle name as "Lamer".
^ South Carolina law defines only one type of murder: "unlawful killing with malice aforethought".[41]
^ "Judge allows lesser charge of manslaughter in former South Carolina cop's murder trial". Chicago Tribune. November 30, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
^ "Prosecutor: Officer's shooting of unarmed man in back "flat out wrong"". CBS News. Retrieved December 6, 2016. "If Walter Scott had not resisted arrest, he wouldn't have been shot. He paid the extreme consequence for his conduct. He lost his life for his foolishness," she acknowledged. But Slager is on trial for murder because of what he did after Scott broke away from the officer, she said.
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^ a b [includes indictment document] Dixon, Chris; Lewin, Tamar (May 11, 2016). "South Carolina Officer Faces Federal Charges in Fatal Shooting". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
^ a b "The Latest: Attorneys Spar Over Victim's Drug Use". The New York Times. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
^ Knapp, Andrew (April 7, 2015). "North Charleston officer faces murder charge after video shows him shooting man in back". The Post and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
^ Shoichet, Catherine E.; Cuevas, Mayra (September 10, 2015). "Walter Scott shooting case: Court documents reveal new details". CNN. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
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^ Fernandez, Manny (April 17, 2015). "After Walter Scott Shooting, Scrutiny Turns to 2nd Officer". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
^ Linshi, Jack. "South Carolina Shooting: Critics Want 2nd Officer in Video Prosecuted". Time.
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^ "Aylor No Longer Represents North Charleston Police Officer". Official website of David Aylor (Press release). Retrieved October 23, 2015.
^ "City takes action against cop who shot black man in back". CBS News. Associated Press. April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
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^ Fields, Liz. "After Walter Scott Killing, Black Lives Matter Movement Calls For Citizen Oversight of Police". Vice. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
^ Borden, Jeremy (May 13, 2015). "Bill equipping more officers with body cameras OK'd, renamed for Walter Scott". The Post and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
^ a b Astorga-Garcia, Mila (August 19, 2016). "Young Fil-Can's work wins as best short documentary in U.S. filmfest". Community (News & Features). Philippine Reporter. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018. It [Frame 394] had its World Premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto in May 2016.
^ a b c d O'Falt, Chris (December 9, 2016). "Walter Scott Shooting Revisited: How This Oscar-Shortlisted Doc Shook Up a National Story". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017. The response was staggering—comments expressing hatred and violence toward Slager shocked Voshart, who was convinced the video was an example of police corruption at its worst. [...] It's during this process that he discovered something no one else had seen: There was something in frame 394 that challenged the accepted narrative of what transpired between Slager and Scott, and could potentially even help Slager's defense. [...] Directed by Rich Williamson, 'Frame 394' is about Voshart's moral dilemma of what to do with this potential key evidence.
^ a b c d Deschamps, Tara (March 10, 2017). "'Frame 394' documentary questions what happened in Walter Scott police shooting in South Carolina". Entertainment (Movies). Toronto Star. Torstar. ISSN 0319-0781. Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018. Voshart's work drastically impacted the officer's trial. [...] Hundreds of miles away, in his Toronto apartment, Voshart, a then-28-year-old cinematographer who had recently been toying with video stabilization, thought he could unravel the mystery of the Taser and help get Slager indicted. [...] By then, Voshart had made the footage so clear that as Slager reached to unholster his gun, Scott could be seen holding what looked like Slager's Taser—potentially enough to make Slager fear for his life and maybe meet the grounds needed to use lethal force.
^ Berman, Mark (December 7, 2017). "Former South Carolina police officer who shot Walter Scott sentenced to 20 years". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
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package org.hisp.dhis.jdbc.batchhandler;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;

import java.util.List;

import org.hisp.dhis.category.CategoryOptionCombo;
import org.hisp.dhis.category.CategoryService;
import org.hisp.dhis.common.AuditType;
import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElement;
import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementService;
import org.hisp.dhis.datavalue.DataValue;
import org.hisp.dhis.datavalue.DataValueAudit;
import org.hisp.dhis.datavalue.DataValueAuditService;
import org.hisp.dhis.datavalue.DataValueService;
import org.hisp.dhis.organisationunit.OrganisationUnit;
import org.hisp.dhis.organisationunit.OrganisationUnitService;
import org.hisp.dhis.period.Period;
import org.hisp.dhis.period.PeriodService;
import org.hisp.dhis.period.PeriodType;
import org.hisp.dhis.period.PeriodTypeEnum;
import org.hisp.dhis.test.integration.SingleSetupIntegrationTestBase;
import org.hisp.quick.BatchHandler;
import org.hisp.quick.BatchHandlerFactory;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;

/**
 * @author Lars Helge Overland
 */
class DataValueAuditBatchHandlerTest extends SingleSetupIntegrationTestBase
{

    @Autowired
    private BatchHandlerFactory batchHandlerFactory;

    @Autowired
    private DataValueService dataValueService;

    @Autowired
    private DataValueAuditService auditService;

    @Autowired
    private DataElementService dataElementService;

    @Autowired
    private PeriodService periodService;

    @Autowired
    private OrganisationUnitService organisationUnitService;

    @Autowired
    private CategoryService categoryService;

    private BatchHandler<DataValueAudit> batchHandler;

    private DataElement dataElementA;

    private CategoryOptionCombo categoryOptionComboA;

    private PeriodType periodTypeA;

    private Period periodA;

    private Period periodB;

    private OrganisationUnit unitA;

    private OrganisationUnit unitB;

    private DataValue dataValueA;

    private DataValue dataValueB;

    private DataValueAudit auditA;

    private DataValueAudit auditB;

    private DataValueAudit auditC;

    private DataValueAudit auditD;

    private String storedBy = "johndoe";

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Fixture
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    @Override
    public void setUpTest()
    {
        batchHandler = batchHandlerFactory.createBatchHandler( DataValueAuditBatchHandler.class );
        dataElementA = createDataElement( 'A' );
        dataElementService.addDataElement( dataElementA );
        categoryOptionComboA = categoryService.getDefaultCategoryOptionCombo();
        periodTypeA = PeriodType.getPeriodType( PeriodTypeEnum.MONTHLY );
        periodA = createPeriod( periodTypeA, getDate( 2000, 1, 1 ), getDate( 2000, 1, 31 ) );
        periodB = createPeriod( periodTypeA, getDate( 2000, 2, 1 ), getDate( 2000, 2, 28 ) );
        periodService.addPeriod( periodA );
        periodService.addPeriod( periodB );
        unitA = createOrganisationUnit( 'A' );
        unitB = createOrganisationUnit( 'B' );
        organisationUnitService.addOrganisationUnit( unitA );
        organisationUnitService.addOrganisationUnit( unitB );
        dataValueA = createDataValue( dataElementA, periodA, unitA, categoryOptionComboA, categoryOptionComboA, "10" );
        dataValueB = createDataValue( dataElementA, periodA, unitB, categoryOptionComboA, categoryOptionComboA, "10" );
        dataValueService.addDataValue( dataValueA );
        dataValueService.addDataValue( dataValueB );
        auditA = new DataValueAudit( dataValueA, "11", storedBy, AuditType.UPDATE );
        auditB = new DataValueAudit( dataValueA, "12", storedBy, AuditType.UPDATE );
        auditC = new DataValueAudit( dataValueB, "21", storedBy, AuditType.UPDATE );
        auditD = new DataValueAudit( dataValueB, "22", storedBy, AuditType.UPDATE );
        batchHandler.init();
    }

    @Override
    public void tearDownTest()
    {
        batchHandler.flush();
    }

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Tests
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    @Test
    void testAddObject()
    {
        batchHandler.addObject( auditA );
        batchHandler.addObject( auditB );
        batchHandler.addObject( auditC );
        batchHandler.addObject( auditD );
        batchHandler.flush();
        List<DataValueAudit> auditsA = auditService.getDataValueAudits( dataValueA );
        assertNotNull( auditsA );
        assertEquals( 2, auditsA.size() );
        List<DataValueAudit> auditsB = auditService.getDataValueAudits( dataValueB );
        assertNotNull( auditsB );
        assertEquals( 2, auditsB.size() );
    }

    /**
     * DataValueAudit can never equal another.
     */
    @Test
    void testObjectExists()
    {
        auditService.addDataValueAudit( auditA );
        auditService.addDataValueAudit( auditB );
        assertFalse( batchHandler.objectExists( auditA ) );
        assertFalse( batchHandler.objectExists( auditB ) );
        assertFalse( batchHandler.objectExists( auditC ) );
        assertFalse( batchHandler.objectExists( auditD ) );
    }

    @Test
    void testUpdateObject()
    {
        auditService.addDataValueAudit( auditA );
        auditA.setModifiedBy( "bill" );
        batchHandler.updateObject( auditA );
        List<DataValueAudit> audits = auditService.getDataValueAudits( dataValueA );
        assertEquals( 1, audits.size() );
        assertEquals( "bill", audits.get( 0 ).getModifiedBy() );
    }
}

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Germany marks 50th anniversary of the Berlin Wall — where to commemorate
by Melanie Renzulli on Aug 4, 2011
This year, Germany marks the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, a barrier that isolated East Berlin from West Berlin for almost 30 years and was a powerful physical symbol of the Cold War. On August 13, 1961, authorities in East Berlin ordered the construction of the Wall in order to stem the tide of Germans moving from Communist East Berlin to Capitalist West Berlin. When it was completed, the Wall was 28 miles long, 12 feet high, and included gun towers, razor wire, and land mines on its eastern side.
To commemorate this historic anniversary, visitors to Berlin can learn more about the Wall in three poignant ways:1) The first place visitors should go to learn more about the Wall is the Berlin Wall Memorial, which contains the largest remaining sections of both sides of the Wall, a documentation center, and memorials to the many victims who died trying to escape East Berlin.
2) The German Historical Museum is currently hosting an exhibit of the photography of Thomas Hoepker and Daniel Biskup, two West German photographers who used their lenses to document life in East Berlin during and after the Berlin Wall. Aptly, the exhibit ends on October 3, Germany's Unity Day.
3) Finally, of course, there's an app for that. The Mauerguide is an app that relies on GPS to guide users along the original path of the Berlin Wall. In addition to its maps and handy walking instructions, the Mauerguide includes political and historical information about the Wall, film clips, and interviews.
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The Berlin Love Parade
by Gadling Staff on Apr 28, 2010
Each week, Gadling is taking a look at our favorite festivals around the world. From music festivals to cultural showcases to the just plain bizarre, we hope to inspire you to do some festival exploring of your own. Come back each Wednesday for our picks or find them all HERE.
The Berlin Love Parade has been described as the Mardi Gras of Germany. It is a festival that started in 1989, four months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The first year's theme, "Peace, Joy and Pancakes" echoed a time of intense change and excitement, with hope for a bright future.
Though many have looked at the Love Parade in recent years as a massive rave party with scantily-clad dancers lining the streets, it was really started as more than that – a political movement to bring a sense of unity to a divided country that was about to rise up again in the western world.
As 150 people gathered in Wittenbergplatz, the parade began in West Berlin and became a celebration of cross-cultural unity, while maintaining individual identity. Twenty-one years later, it is a mega-event that brings nearly 2 million participants. The individual identities they sought to preserve remain strong as visitors walk down the streets of the Kurfuerstendamm and hear musical genres from every walk of life, each one louder and more exciting than the one before.
Dancers and visitors to the Love Parade can dress however they like; lavish costumes add to the exhilaration and ambiance. Germans and visitors alike of all ages come and, though it's more racy than some traditional German festivities, its exciting for the whole family with floats and decorations and, of course, good ol' German Beer.
Although it was briefly canceled in 2003 due to the lack of sponsors, it was brought back by popular demand in 2006 and has now developed into a huge "the world's largest dance festival" with many different themes co-existing. Although it is no longer held in Berlin, it is now known simply as "Love Parade" and is held in different regions each year throughout Germany. Parties are even held in cities across the globe to celebrate Love Parade's theme and message of love, joy and hope, from Tel Aviv to San Francisco.
The 2010 Love Parade is scheduled to be held in Duisberg, Germany, on July 24th. Fans from every corner of the world will be packing their neon leggings as they anxiously await the start of the "World's Largest Dance Festival" to kick off once again this Summer.
Cycling the Iron Curtain
by Sean McLachlan on Dec 31, 2009
Paul Kaye had an idea. He loves cycling, photography, and Cold War history, so he decided to combine the three by cycling the length of the old Iron Curtain from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic and documenting his journey.
The 3,600 km (2,237 mile) ride took in several different countries, some of which didn't even exist when the Cold War was on, and countless towns and villages that are now reunited after a long period of separation.
His photos of crumbling watchtowers and scraps of the Berlin Wall are highly evocative, especially to someone like me who grew up with the threat of nuclear war hovering over his head. I remember in high school when someone was talking about something that might happen in the far future, they'd qualify it by saying, "If we don't blow ourselves up first." I'm very happy I haven't heard that expression for twenty years now.
Paul's Curtainrider blog tells the whole story. The BBC has a great gallery of his photos here. He's also come out with a lavishly illustrated book telling of his adventures.
The European Union is turning the entire route into an Iron Curtain Trail for hikers and cyclists, so get your bike ready and head out to see some history.
Berlin hotel offers bed, breakfast and a piece of the wall
by Scott Carmichael on Mar 1, 2009
The Westin Grand hotel in Berlin has recently added a surprisingly creative package to their lineup of perks.
Instead of the usual drab spa services, or package with a snack in your room, the Westin is offering guests the chance to stay at their hotel and take home a piece of the Berlin wall.
Right in the main lobby of the hotel is an authentic piece of the wall, weighing in at 2.7 tons.
Guests who book the "tear down the wall" package will receive a night at the hotel, along with a safety helmet, goggles and a hammer and chisel. They are then free to bang away on the wall and grab their very own piece of history.
After the hard work, guests can visit parts of historic Berlin with a complimentary guidebook. The package even includes a glass of Champagne and a Currywurst.
Packages start at EUR199 and can be booked directly on the web site of the Westin Grand Berlin.
Berlin celebrates 20 years of wall's collapse
by Tom Johansmeyer on Jan 12, 2009
The Berlin Wall was pulled down 20 years ago, giving birth to a new industry: selling pieces of the Berlin Wall. Remember that? Well, all the pieces were probably bought long ago (well, except the "real" one that you picked up last week, of course), but there is still plenty you can do to celebrate. The list of cultural events is long and impressive, like the German translation of a short word in English. So, take a look at what Berlin has to offer.
Long Night of Museums lets you visit 100 museums will be open from 6 PM Saturday until 2 AM on Sunday every weekend from January 31 to August 29.
Take in the 59th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) from February 5 to February 15; more than 400 films will be screened, many of them European premieres.
At the Festival Days at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Wagner's Lohengrin opera will be staged, and other classical music performances will be available from April 4 to April 12.
Enjoy even more of the cultural stuff at the Extended Opera and Theatre Night on April 25. Half-hour events are available from 7 PM to 10 AM on 60 stages, and buses take visitors from theater to theater.
Other events include:
Berlin's Lesbian and Gay Street Festival, June 20-21, and Christopher Street Day, June 27
Fete de la Musique, June 21, free concerts on over 50 open-air stages throughout Berlin
Jewish Cultural Days, Aug 29-Sep 6
Classic Open Air Berlin, July 2-6; opera, classical music
Berlin International Beer Festival, Aug 7-9, when Karl-Marx-Allee turns into the world's longest beer garden and bar, with 190 breweries offering beer along a mile-long stretch
Real Berlin Marathon, Sep 19-20, a 42-km run
Festival of Lights, Oct 13-25; fireworks, light shows
JazzFest Berlin, Nov 5-8, with big bands and international jazz stars
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Georgian telco Silknet has selected middleware from Viaccess-owned Orca for its new pay TV service.
Orca will supply its RiGHTv middleware platform and COMPASS content discovery and recommendations platform for Silknet's TV service, scheduled to launch at the end of the year. The telco will offer a combination of free-to-air digital channels, premium subscription channels, VOD and DVR services. It will deploy Orca's system for content discovery and recommendations to enable it to personalise and enrich the platform.
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Chilmari è un sottodistretto (upazila) del Bangladesh situato nel distretto di Kurigram, divisione di Rangpur. Si estende su una superficie di 224,97 km² e conta una popolazione di 122.841 abitanti (censimento 2011).

Note

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Côte d'Ivoire elections: ECOWAS-AU-UN joint mission in Abidjan
October 6, 2020 Khalid Al Mouahidi Zoom 0
A joint delegation led by ECOWAS and including the African Union and the United Nations is on a visit in Abidjan this October 5 – 6 to consolidate and amplify gains in the ongoing electoral process.
At ECOWAS, the visit to Côte d'Ivoire is described as a mission of "preventive diplomacy" in view of the presidential election of October 31.
Led by the Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the delegation members are expected to meet with ministers and institutions in charge of organizing the elections, and political and diplomatic actors. A meeting with President Alassane Ouattara is also on the schedule.
The UN Special Representative in West Africa, Mohamed Ibn Chambas is also part of the delegation. He was already in Abidjan at the end of September for a first mission of good offices. He met with Alassane Ouattara, to whom he expressed the "concerns of the United Nations on the persistent lack of consensus on certain aspects of the process."
During this visit, nine relatives of Guillaume Soro, who had been in pre-trial detention since December, were released. A "welcome gesture", according to the UN envoy. Four other releases took place last weekend, a measure of appeasement in a still politically tense context.
With less than four weeks to go before the presidential election, the opposition is preparing to launch major mobilization orders to block Ouattara's candidacy and obtain a postponement of the polls. For his part, Alassane Ouattara does not want to hear about a postponement and says he is ready whatever happens for an election on October 31. "The date is written in the constitution," his supporters hammered.
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Giovanni Giancaspro (born 21 April 1988), known professionally as Gio Evan, is an Italian writer, poet and singer-songwriter.

He participated at Sanremo Music Festival 2021 with the song "Arnica".

Works

Poems
Teorema di un salto (2015)
Passa a sorprendermi (2016)
Capita a volte che ti penso sempre (2017)
Ormai tra noi è tutto infinito (2018)
Se c'è un posto bello sei te (2020)

Novels
 La bella maniera (2014)
 Cento cuori dentro (2019)
 I ricordi preziosi di Noah Gingols (2020)

Discography

Studio albums
 Biglietto di solo ritorno (2018)
 Natura molta (2019)
 Mareducato (2021)

Singles
 "Più in alto" (2017)
 "Posti" (2017)
 "Pane in cassetta" (2018)
 "A piedi il mondo" (2018)
 "Joseph Beuys" (2018)
 "Himalaya Cocktail" (2019)
 "Amazzonia" (2019)
 "Scudo" (2019)
 "Klimt" (2019)
 "Regali fatti a mano" (2020)
 "Glenn Miller" (2020)
 "Arnica" (2021)

References

External links

Italian male poets
Italian male novelists
Italian  male singer-songwriters
Living people
21st-century Italian poets
21st-century Italian  male singers
21st-century Italian male  writers
21st-century Italian novelists
1988 births
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You are here > Home > Sox Therapy > Discussion
Sox Therapy
— Where Thinking Red Sox Fans Obsess about the Sox
1. PJ Martinez Posted: March 14, 2007 at 07:16 PM (#2311977)
How much of the inefficiency from last year was in the OF? I realize Gonzalez was probably over-rated (and seemed to get worse after his injury), and Loretta was definitely over-rated (and just not very good), but Youkilis seemed adequate and Lowell was quite good. So I thought the IF was decent all-around, while no one in the OF seemed above-average, and Manny and Wily Mo and probably Crisp were all below average (right?).
2. Toby Posted: March 14, 2007 at 07:38 PM (#2311993)
I was expecting Drew to be a serious upgrade until I saw these numbers, now I'm not so sure. You seem pretty sure, kevin -- what's your thinking there?
And to all, what's the general view on Pedroia's defense?
3. Matt Clement of Alexandria Posted: March 14, 2007 at 07:46 PM (#2311997)
THT's zone rating appears to be very different from Stats'. These are the Stats numbers-
2006: Nixon .873, Drew .891
Drew's career ~.900 Stats ZR is well above average. His .665 THT ZR from 2006 is also solidly above average - it's just that Nixon had a crazy good year last year by the THT numbers.
I have no idea what to do with any of that, but there it is.
4. DSG Posted: March 14, 2007 at 07:52 PM (#2312003)
Courtesy of the
2007 THT Season Preview, here are the projections for Red Sox starting fielders, compared to how the Sox did at that position last year. One note on the -54: That figure is not adjusted for park, and thus should probably be more like -35. Ramirez's projection is also not adjusted for park, and if it was, it would likely be around -10.
Youkilis +9 (0)
Pedroia -5 (-12)
Lugo -2 (+17)
Lowell -6 (+8)
Ramirez -24 (-54)
Crisp +4 (-20)
Drew +6 (+10)
So in total, the Red So project to be around -18 runs this season, versus -51 last year. I'd say the defense is improved, if only because Crisp isn't injured, and has more experience playing center field in Fenway.
What we do is show is how many plays a player made on balls in zone, divided by the number of balls in zone, and break out the plays he made on balls out of zone. Stats zone rating is simply play made on balls in zone plus plays made out of zone, divided by balls in zone plus plays made on balls out of zone. Our method is superior, if only because it shows more data (it's also better because STATS zone rating rewards sure-handed fielders while punishing rangy guys). To calculate runs above average, I use plays made divided by balls in zone, which avoids the STATS issue.
The other difference is that BIS uses smaller zones than STATS, which allows for a more precise definition of balls in and out of zone.
Those are ridiculous projections for Pedroia and Lowell. There's no rational basis for such a negative rating, especially for Pedroia.
Likewise, there's no rational basis for such a positive one for Crisp.
Pedroia, I tend to agree with, because we have just 213 innings worth of information for him. He's probably better than the projections show. Lowell and Crisp, on the other hand, have long histories, and I stand by our projections for those two. Lowell has a great season last year (+12 plays), but here are his plays (not runs) above average in the previous seasons:
I know he has a great reputation, but prior to last season, the numbers have said something very different (according to The Fielding Bible, Lowell was great on bunts, and not so good with everything else). Hey, it wouldn't be the first time that a Gold Glove fielder turned out to be not so good (Jeter is the best example, but Griffey and Alomar work very well too). I guess it's possible that the Boston coaching staff improved Lowell's positioning, but by that much? I doubt it.
Crisp, on the other hand, sucked last season (-15 plays), but was +31 plays in 2005 and +20 in 2004.
And if you believe in observation over numbers, you still have to realize you haven't seen either of these guys much before last season. The numbers confirm that Lowell was good last year and Crisp was not. How would you know how they performed in previous years?
Smaller? Do you mean larger? Or am I missing something really obvious?
Drew's Stats ZR is .890, his THT ZR is .665. There aren't enough balls out of zone in the world to make up for that - THT must be using a much larger zone in right field, as I read it.
Well, doesn't that ALSO punish rangy guys, who have an expanded zone because they can cover more ground?
What? No, the zones are the same for everyone. I really have no clue what you're talking about here, but our version does not punish rangy players.
Those are CF numbers for 2006 and LF numbers for 04/05, right? I assume kevin's point is that Crisp had trouble with the new angle on balls and the new responsibilities in CF last year, and that will carry over. I can't say myself, having not seen much of Coco before last year, but it's a reasonable argument.
10. DSG Posted: March 14, 2007 at 08:18 PM (#2312024)
Actually, Crisp played mostly in CF in 2004, and a little in 2005. In those two years, he was +6 plays as a center fielder, which is like +9 per 150 games. I don't believe that his fielding ratings in left (which are excellent) are any less important than what he's done in center field, but he has shown himself to be a pretty good center fielder in the past as well.
Well then, your numbers are different than the ones I saw on major league graphs (or whatever the site is), which had compelling graphics indicating that Crisp has trouble on balls hit straight over his head, which is a real problem for a guy you expect to play centerfield for you.
David Pinto of Baseball Musings did those graphs, and what Crisp's graph for 2006 shows is that he was slightly (SLIGHTLY) below average on balls hit directly at him, and BETTER THAN AVERAGE on balls hit both to his right and to his left, making him an above average center fielder overall. So the numbers you're citing like him even more than mine do.
12. Kyle S Posted: March 14, 2007 at 09:31 PM (#2312069)
David, congrats on a job well done as far as the projections are concerned. The hardcopy of the preseason book arrived at my house yesterday from Lulu and I'm very happy with it - it's a wonderful first effort. My principle gripe is a printing error on the cover that is likely Lulu's fault (it says "HARDBALL TIMES PRESEASON BOOK" in black times roman font, centered near the top of the cover, and somewhat overlaps the great pic of Felix and the cool THT logo in the top right).
13. Chris Dial Posted: March 14, 2007 at 10:23 PM (#2312118)
Ugh. If they use smaller zones (different), then it isn't necessarily superior that their handling of data is better.
If they (BIS) have different zones (smaller according to you), then their "in zone/out of zone" isn't really comparable - thus you cannot (accurately) make a comparative statement as you have.
In additiopn the skepticism on their scoring system on FBs and LDs is very well founded, furthering the warines with which one should view BIS data.
That's not what I remember at all.
Are you kidding me? Why not actually, you know, LOOK at the numbers you're referencing?
Here's the chart: http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/DisplayCharts.py?PlayerID=1572&fpos=8&year=2006
Here's his PMR rating: http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/018503.php
Here's how it translates to runs: http://anaheimangelsblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/pmr-centerfielders-here-is-david.html
The system that you are referencing says Crisp was 10 runs ABOVE average in 2006! Your memory is shoddy, Kevin.
What are you talking about? Yes you can. The BIS zones being smaller means that balls are more accurately labeled as in-zone or out-of-zone. To take it to the theoretical extreme, if you had just one zone, all balls would be labeled as in-zone, which obviously wouldn't be very good.
For a person who has long advocated that it would great to have BIZ and OOZ split up in the data, you seem awful combative when someone else ends up getting their hands on it first.
Heh. If the zones are not defined the same, then it isn't the same "BIZ", "OOZ". Do you not understand that?
I appreciate your knuckleheaded example, but it is knuckleheaded. Perhaps you'd be better served by defining the zones (as I have done with ZR) and illustrate where teh "superiority" exists.
TIA, DB.
Er, DG.
Want to talk defense? I have been doing considerable work with Manny and the green Monster the last few days, and it appears Manny may be *average*. At worst, just 10-15 runs below average *AT WORST*. the park effect is as great as people suspected.
I did this by going through every pbp for the last two seasons (2006, 2005). Ye, that's not fun, but we really need that rather than some "averaged" PF by looking at innings. I mean, we have access to the video, let's do it right.
19. Darren Posted: March 14, 2007 at 11:00 PM (#2312159)
What baseline are you comparing him to? Is it Manny vs. the LFers who he plays against in Fenway?
I say pbp, but I mean, going through every play - and removing balls that were hit off the wall. I need to do 2004, but really, there are 40-50 BIP off the wall per season that have been counted against Manny (or other Boston LF) that should simply be subtracted from his total -
that would be 250-30= 220 - 172/220 = 0.800 or -12 (or so).
Now there is still some work to do wrt removing LDs and FBs, but I am working on it. Joe Arthur deserves an IMMENSE amount of credit for solving this. Okay, he really just amplified what appeared to be the problem, and Anaheim Rally Monkey's matched innings (which is still heavily flawed wrt sample) supported, meant the effect was far more dramatic than I had suspected. I mean 30 runs is a lot, but it is real -
there is *roughly* 0.5-0.6 BIP off the wall per game!!
that needs to be gone over through the video on mlb.tv, but the data is there - we have to mine it - preferably, some SOB from RSN, rather than me.
To sum up - Manny is every bit as awesome as his offense indicates. Maybe not 4 WAR, but 3 WAR, rather than, as MGL stated last fall, "about average due to his defense".
In my Gold Glove article last season, I stated that "as I look at more data, I think Manny might be average", it is getting closer to that.
And the credit really goes to Joe Arthur and teh efforts he made by tracking Manny's home and road performance - thanks, Joe, for putting forth the effort and sharing it widely so we could all change/adapt our focus in research.
Moving forward, we need to look at BAL RF, etc.
BTW, yes, AROM's matched innings and other sysems that made park adjustments based on opponents' efforts is great, but simply counting "Balls of the wall" is FAR more accurate.
Thanks to those contributing to the collaboration, which includes those just saying "there's no way a LF is -50 runs in a season". . Every dissenting voice helps - that's why full disclosure in research like this is so critical. thanks again.
I have to say, I'm really surprised that this team grades out so poorly. I would have thought Drew would be an upgrade, Lugo would be a breakeven, and Pedroia an upgrade.
huh? I am comparing him to every other LF in the AL. However, I am removing balls that he couldn't make a play on. So his chances drop dramatically.
I'll look at team data later and we'll see. Any projection of Pedroia is folly.
24. 1k5v3L Posted: March 14, 2007 at 11:11 PM (#2312171)
I really wonder what kevin thinks of Pedroia's defense/offense/future/hall of fame speech.
I'm not following these numbers at all. Is it that Manny had made 202 plays out of a possible 250, then you subtracted out 30, making it 172/220, an .800 ZR, which would mean a -12 R/150? Is that right?
If so, why did you subtract 30 instead of 40-50? And -12/150 is not average, is it?
You're referencing 2006 numbers. I'm talking about the 2005 numbers that Pinto put up. I can't seem to find them now. I can find 2004 and 2006 but not 2005.
The ones that show him to be +18 runs above average?
It's quite simple. If you shrink zones, then you are rewarding guys who have little range but are surehanded with the balls they can get to.
You should read more carefully. First, I count both plays in-zone and plays out-of-zone in the numerator, so you're wrong. What the smaller (and more numerous) zones mean is that we have a more accurate number for the number of CHANCES in-zone that the player had.
Sorry, Darren, I kind of short-handed it. I am sorry for my sloppiness.
Yes, I suspect the PF for the Green Monster is going to be on the order of 40-50. Last year Manny only played 1031 innings, and I specifically counted 29 FB off the wall (there were more that others were in LF for - Youk and Pena, etc).
No, -12/150 isn't average, but I suspect there is still some flaw in teh LD vs FB measures, and on the order of 13 runs worth, that make it up. As I went through every ball in play to LF against hte Red Sox for 2005 nd 2006, I noticed a significant disparity in FB vs LD based on the BIP. for 2006, there were 50+ LDs off the wall, and 35 FBs off the wall. those numbers were almost exactly reversed in 2005, indicating a shift in scoring paradigm. And some LDs in 2006 were scored, by STATS, as FBs that counted against Manny - probably about 15-17, rendering him "average".
Like I said last October,
This offseason, I am going to try to solve the Fenway park factor. We've seen good new research from other people, and I hope to establish a PF for Manny. The more I read, the more I think Manny may be *average* on defense. I know, I need to give some demonstration for that.
Well, Dan Rosenheck got me off my duff, and I went to the video. thanks, Dan.
First, I count both plays in-zone and plays out-of-zone in the numerator, so you're wrong. What the smaller (and more numerous) zones mean is that we have a more accurate number for the number of CHANCES in-zone that the player had.
Depends on the zone descriptions. It's not necessarily more accurate.
How did you correct the park factor?
the best possible way for Manny - I went to the video, vcounted balls he could not catch and subtracted those from his chances.
That indicated he had 30-50 fewer chances than ZR (AND UZR!!!) figured he had. RallyMonkey's "adjusted innings" did a pretty good job of assessing it.
Actually counting is obviously the best route. this is a VERY VERY simple scoring chnge for both STATS and BIS - I can't imagine why they wouldn't have their scorers simply mark a ball hit off the wall. It's poor system design.
31. Los Angeles Waterloo of Black Hawk Posted: March 14, 2007 at 11:57 PM (#2312205)
Crisp graded as just a bit above average in CF in 2004 per PMR, compared to the other CF for whom we have PMR data. Against a multi-year average, he was just a bit below average.
His PMR figures in LF in 2005 were excellent using any threshold.
PMR was also a fan of his performance in CF in 2006.
If I were going just by PMR, which I wouldn't really recommend doing, I would guess that Crisp projects to be in the +5-+10 range defensively in CF for 2007.
This has been mentioned in at least one other thread, but I find the revelation that STATS was counting uncatchable balls off The Wall in the denominator for zone rating is fundamentally insane.
33. Darren Posted: March 15, 2007 at 12:02 AM (#2312210)
I'm not sure that I'd make this leap. Just because there were 35 LDs/50 FBs in 05, doesn't mean there would be the same ratio in 06. Different pitchers, different hitters, pure randomness, etc could affect that ratio. I assume that your further review of the data might shed more light on this.
Some other things I would want to look at:
--other American OF play 3-10 games in Fenway as well, so they are going to be very slightly affected by Fenway (very slightly)
--is it possible that other OF are affected by the LD/FB issue?
--would other parks, if examined this closely, have similar--if less pronounced--quirks?
34. Los Angeles Waterloo of Black Hawk Posted: March 15, 2007 at 12:03 AM (#2312211)
Wow, that grammar was a nightmare. My meaning should be clear, though.
Anyway, we don't have any PMR data for Crisp from 2005.
35. Chris Dial Posted: March 15, 2007 at 12:06 AM (#2312215)
oh, I plan to do the physical count of '04 and '03.
this isn't my first time <wink>.
Oh, and one more thing -- the PMR method has actually changed a bit each season. What you see for Crisp in CF in 2006 is not the same method as in 2004.
Also, wrt to visitors, that's one reason I focus on "Wall balls per inning", and we are looking at 0.5-o.6, so we can easily adjust a AL East visitor appropriately.
there are specific parks that are short - BAL, and a couple pthers. However, what I did *not* find was a large number of BIP affecting BOS CF. less than 20, and fewer in '05. So in cases that are smaller, I would lean toward a minimal PF *to keep the calcualtions simple*!!!!. I would prefer to do PFs just like Offense, but we aren't there yet.
We're MUCH MUCH closer thanks to Joe Arthur's work (and everyone else), and obviously MLB.tv.
I say Joe, because he set off the lightbulb in my head. LAWBH and AROM also contributed heavily to my thought process.
And thanks, kevin - I assure you, this will be continued for '07.
38. bibigon Posted: March 15, 2007 at 12:12 AM (#2312221)
Chris - do you happen to know Manny's road numbers? One of the big things that lent credibility to MGL's claims that the Fenway park factor was being done properly was him explaining that Manny's road UZR is almost identical, if not slightly worse than his park adjusted home UZR.
There seems to be a major disconnect between that, and your findings here, unless your system doesn't grade Manny out at being in the -20 range on the road.
LAWBH-
That's more important than we can stress. Correcting past data is going to be very important, and a good reason to enlist Sean Forman and/or Lahman in control of this type of data.
But his PMR in center was bad, which is the one I was most concerned about going into 2006.
His 2004 PMR in center was essentially average. His 2005 PMR in center was unpublished. His 2006 PMR in center was very good.
Here are Crisp's graphs for 2004 in CF and LF.
Here's 2006, which is all CF.
42. Srul Itza Posted: March 15, 2007 at 12:31 AM (#2312252)
Chris, remind me -- wasn't there also some discussion of a similar effect in Minute Maid Park, due to the Crawford Boxes -- or am I confusing it with something else?
One of the big things that lent credibility to MGL's claims that the Fenway park factor was being done properly was him explaining that Manny's road UZR is almost identical, if not slightly worse than his park adjusted home UZR.
Joe Arthur's road numbers disagreed with that evaluation of Manny. My evaluation is relatively simple - Manny had 250 chances according to STATS. Of those, I can categorically eliminate 30 chances. So Manny had 220 chances. Manny, based on a .695 ZR, made 172 plays (based on STATS 250 chances). Since I know he made 0 of 30 of the zone chances off the Green Monster, I can simply subtract 30 from 250 and still simply divide by 172 to get his "true" (relative to the rest of the AL) ZR, and thus his Runs Saved (RS). Yes, tweaking the entire league is preferred, but we are subsequently looking at 3 runs for an opposing player. No big deal.
In the end, Manny is not some big disaster area out there and worth 5+ wins over average - I think - and close to being worth his salary.
MUCH MUCH closer than previous evaluations have indicated based on UZR.
No, Srul, that is one of the parks we need to review.
There are, by my count, three different variants of PMR.
PMR-1 is the original iteration.
PMR-2 is a "smoothed visitor" method, which first started appearing in 2005. This only uses BIP against visiting fielders to set the "park model". Read about it here.
PMR-3 takes the smoothed visitor method and replaces velocity of batted balls with distance (or at least mixes it, I'm not sure, it's described here. This was introduced in 2006.
I'm not sure David ever went back and gave us PMR-3 for many of the positions; if he did, I missed it.
Oh hell, it looks like David eventually did post what I'm calling PMR-3 figures here for some of the other positions.
Kevin, I wasn't around for the discussion you reference, but I know for a fact that Crisp's PMR figures in CF for 2005 were not released with everyone else's. I don't know if David mentioned Crisp's figures in some other post.
47. Honkie Kong Posted: March 15, 2007 at 12:50 AM (#2312276)
wait, how do you deem a ball uncatchable?
Any ball that hits x feet up on the monster and above?
Can you confidently say that a fielder couldn't have gotten to a ball at catchable height, if it was say 2 feet from his outstretched glove? Might be instinct issues?
Anyway, Blackhawk, I can't see how you can say Crisp was average in 2004 when nearly the entire red line is below the 0.0 threshold.
Compared to a multi-year average, Crisp made 5 less plays than average, which would have come out to around -10 plays over a full season.
However, as a group the CF for which we have data for 2004 come out as below average. If we re-center the average to reflect that, Crisp comes out as slightly above-average (by approximately a run).
I don't believe the multi-year average makes any real sense as a baseline (using a multi-year average, there were only two semi-regular or regular 3B in 2005 who were below average, for instance), and the re-centering I did was an attempt to correct for that. It may have been faulty.
At any rate, I think his performance was likely around average, maybe just a bit below, for that season, as reflected by PMR.
These balls hit more than 8 feet up the wall. That's a pretty good estimation.
Another thing re:DSG
If I understand right, you are separating plays as InZone and OutOfZone. I guess you will have more credit for plays made OOZ and less negative credit for plays not made OOZ and vice versa for IZ.
If this is your methodology, does the size of zone matter if you normalise your data? Every fielder would have made X plays above/below average per 100 chances in IZ, and Y plays above/below average per 100 chances OOZ..
agreed, was just clarifying.
52. Tom Cervo, backup catcher Posted: March 15, 2007 at 01:05 AM (#2312293)
IIRC, Baltimore, Boston, Minnesota, Colorado, Florida, Houston, and I think maybe San Fran. and Pittsburgh all have at least one part of the OF that appear to need a PF or the same treatment Fenway is getting.
Btw, the threshold thing is another problem we have with looking at PMR over several years.
For reasons mentioned in my previous post, I don't think using a multi-year average makes a lot of sense, and 2005 3B is really the poster boy for that. There are 39 3B listed there, and 37 of them performed better than the multi-year average, and the 39 add up to being 772 plays better than the multi-year average. I don't think there's any way in hell that all the other 3B who played in 2005 added up to being 772 plays below average, so I can only assume that 3B as a whole were well above-average. This, of course, makes no sense.
But I worry that my re-centering is insufficient. In 2006, Pinto ditched the multi-year average, so I didn't do any re-centering. But the sample we have for each position (generally around 40 players) still doesn't add up to zero (though I don't recall any position being as out-of-whack as the 2005 3B situation). We shouldn't really expect it, too, but that makes me question the accuracy of the re-centering I did in 2004 and 2005. I don't really know what the solution is, given the data we have.
I think Petco RF is another position with some goofy things going on.
I think Dial is arguing that the PF for the Monster is more significant because of the # of chances. 0.5+ chances per game is pretty sizable IMO
Baltimore, Boston, Minnesota, Colorado, Florida, Houston, and I think maybe San Fran. and Pittsburgh all have at least one part of the OF that appear to need a PF or the same treatment Fenway is getting.
Kyle, agreed. However, I think the consensus is that the GM (Green Monster) is by far the largest problem. And it's ~45 plays. I would suggest it is *twice* the problem other parks face. Possibly the Crawford boxes presnt a similar problem, so we need to start counting.
I think we can establish a PF for them with, say, 4 years of "BIP that are not catchable", and use that, on a per inning basis, to adjust all players.
It will result in a factor that is close enough to adjust over history, and still be within a run or two of an exact seasonal evaluation, rendering an "every season measurement" meedless.
But we have to do it. Who wants to take 2003?
Absolutely. I think it'd be interesting to count for all those parks if we could, of course I wish I just had the money so I could pay STATS to calculate ZR as I specify...
But you can do it yourself, Kyle. I mean, go to mlb.com, go to every home game of these teams and count the balls that are drawn as being on the wall. check to see if they are LDs or FBs. You can do this. then do it for 05 and 04. Each game takes about 40 seconds to open and evaluate on average, so it only takes an hour or hour and a half for each team season.
Honest moment: one reason I reveal all my techniques and formulas is because I am lazy. I want someone else to do teh work after I figure out how it can be done. SG in ATL and AROM pretty much shoed me down in doing all my calculations already, so I'm "teaching you to fish" rather than giving you a fish.
Hey, speaking of SG, did he EVER publish the ZR stats that you guys were accumulating?
If he hasn't, I know he's working on it because he had me send him a couple years of data about a month ago.
Chris, I'll have to do that once I get a new job, which should be within a week or two. The schedule I'm on now drains me of all my energy.
I am working with Dan to publish them all
62. IronChef Chris Wok Posted: March 15, 2007 at 03:17 AM (#2312375)
Nothing I saw of Crisp, including the 2006 graphs, sway me from that initial impression made by those graphs. In 2006, he again had problems at balls hit straightaway.
Never have I seen an outfielder play so many singles into triples.
63. DSG Posted: March 15, 2007 at 05:50 AM (#2312411)
Sorry, I don't know what you're asking...
64. Toby Posted: March 15, 2007 at 05:58 PM (#2312615)
Forgive me for being an ignoramus on this point, but why is the Manny/Fenway thing so hard to figure? Can't we figure out how good a fielder Manny is in the abstract by looking solely at how he does on the road? And can't we figure out how much of an effect the Monster has in the abstract by looking at how all visiting LFs do at Fenway?
That means looking at only half the sample, sure, but that's still useful, isn't it?
65. TH Posted: March 15, 2007 at 09:41 PM (#2312705)
Wow - really interesting discussion, I am happy I wandered in here.
Is it possible that if one adjusts ZR for the Monster that they will start to overrate Manny? I am sure this has been brought up before, but does the LF zone at Fenway start the same distance from homeplate as it does in other stadiums (I assume so)? If so, is that likely helping the LFer's rating as he can play closer to HP and catch more OOZ balls then he could in another park and (after this new adjustment) not be penalized for in zone wall balls.
I admit this over-correction will likely be much smaller then the previous Fenway LF problem, but it is something to think about.
Good point TH. Something to add into the mix for sure.
Forgive me for being an ignoramus on this point, but why is the Manny/Fenway thing so hard to figure? Can't we figure out how good a fielder Manny is in the abstract by looking solely at how he does on the road?
The problem is that fielding splits aren't readily available, IIRC. I think JoeArthur's work attempted to do just what you're saying but it was only one year of data.
67. Josh Posted: March 16, 2007 at 04:47 AM (#2312878)
We know batters do better at home than on the road in general (though, that effect may vary by batter). Therefore, a batter is not an "x" hitter b/c he hit "x" on the road. I can't think why the same wouldn't be true for fielders (perhaps even magnified). Additionally, throwing out 1/2 the dataset is never a good idea. But, here it is even worse b/c of the variability int he numbers with a large dataset (home + away).
Since I know he made 0 of 30 of the zone chances off the Green Monster, I can simply subtract 30 from 250 and still simply divide by 172 to get his "true" (relative to the rest of the AL) ZR, and thus his Runs Saved (RS). Yes, tweaking the entire league is preferred, but we are subsequently looking at 3 runs for an opposing player. No big deal.
But, Chris, aren't you taking the bad away from Manny b/c of the wall, but leaving in credit for the good? So, not only are we just removing the impossible zones from his ZR, but we are leaving in credit for the easier zones in which the wall helps (e.g., shallow hit balls where he plays more shallow b/c of the wall)? I don't know if that would help him or not, but for a layman, it seems to be a problem, no?
Additionally, throwing out 1/2 the dataset is never a good idea.
If the questions are "How good is Manny outside Fenway" and "How good are left fielders other than Manny at Fenway", the data I'm asking about is the entire dataset.
69. tfbg9 Posted: March 16, 2007 at 08:54 PM (#2313168)
#84-But, on the other hand, wouldn't some more batted balls shoot by on the left and the right of the Fenway leftfielder, because he's closer to the hitter, and has less time to move laterally before the ball gets past his outstretched glove hand?
As noted, Manny presently doesn't appear to see significant improvement from that. I don't think this would overrate Manny to a significant degree (if at all). While the possiblity exists, I would surprised to see it as significant - FBs that get caught there are likely to be caught anyway, and I don't see Manny as catching as many LDs that are "short".
I believe that is how mgl adjusts for the Monster.
But maybe an average fielder would?
The problem I have, Darren, is that I'm not sure they are positioned closer to home by any significant amount, *and* the reason LDs aren't a huge portion of ZR is they have to be hit close to yu. I don't think an average LF would catch "a lot" more.
Maybe they would, but I don't think there's any evidence at this time to support that position.
I doubt it would be "a lot" as well.
Right, but the current problem with the Monster is that it colors the defensive eval a lot.
I see that. Did I sound like I was arguing that the positioning issue would completely negate the balls off the wall?
Darren, not at all, but three of you were worrying about it (you, TH and Josh).
78. Jim Bennett Posted: March 21, 2007 at 01:50 AM (#2315070)
FWIW, there is a parallel discussion going on at S.o.S.H. here: http://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?showtopic=16462
In addition to the zone discussion you guys started here, we've been talking about the run values MGL uses for UZR.
I don't see anything new there. that 0.11 argument is the same one Tango presented to me at Fanhome in 2000, and I explained the 0.3 to him.
80. b Posted: March 21, 2007 at 06:44 PM (#2315404)
Just from a smell test standpoint, I have to think it has already happened. -10 to -15 runs I can see as that puts him right in line with similar body types at similar ages, but Dial's claim that there is another 13 runs of error out there and that Manny is average just doesn't make sense to me. Think of it this way...how many 34 year old slugging outfielders suffering through a knee injury are average defensively? Was Manny, at his defensive peak in RF, so good that you could even remotely expect this to be true?
Dial's claim that there is another 13 runs of error out there and that Manny is average just doesn't make sense to me.
That's not my claim. I don't claim that.
I'm sorry, Chris. Exactly what is your claim in post 38, then? Your conclusion seems to be that Manny was -12/150 but you thought that there FB/LD discrepencies on the order of 13 runs, rendering him average. Am I missing something?
Sorry, b. Before I did the research, I posited that perhaps Many, after further review of the data and proper adjustment may turn out to be average. That's been cited that I claimed he was average.
I misundertood what you were saying.
No, I previously had Manny as -30. With the adjustments from counting wall balls, I figure him to be about -13 runs (maybe about -17).
I am sorry for the confusion.
84. b Posted: March 23, 2007 at 03:27 AM (#2316446)
ok, that makes more sense.
85. villageidiom Posted: March 24, 2007 at 03:54 AM (#2317024)
Thanks to those contributing to the collaboration, which includes those just saying "there's no way a LF is -50 runs in a season".
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This paper examines the legal framework of land use regulation in Japan from the perspectives of the informational structure among the stakeholders in urban areas (land developers and neighborhood residents). After analyzing the ongoing process of rights allocation under the current land use laws, it points out the lack of predictability for neighborhood residents at the stage of "ex ante general regulation". On this basis, the author argues for the necessity of regulatory impact analysis in urban development. The author also tries to justify negotiated city development on the premise of the Coase Theorem.
Since 1970s local government reform, four main concepts of Publicness in Denmark have been democracy from below, governance, public-private partnership and policy network. In Denmark, public and private sectors including local government, voluntary associations, NGOs and residents work together in creation and implementation of a plan. The network of relationships among the various participants of planning process characterizes diversity of Publicness. It is noted that public participation in planning process is empathized and actively pursued.


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Will Smith Breaks Silence on James Avery Death with Facebook Tribute
By Toyin Owoseje
Updated January 6, 2014 18:18 GMT
James Avery as Will Smith\'s serious yet caring Uncle Phil in Fresh Prince Of Bel- Air. YouTube
Hollywood A-lister Will Smith has paid tribute to the late James Avery, his former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star.
The 45-year-old actor finally opened up about the death of his Avery, who was best known for best playing Uncle Phil in the 90s sitcom, in a touching Facebook post.
Smith shared a photo of himself with Avery and their other Fresh Prince of Bel-Air castmates, Alfonso Ribeiro, Tatyana Ali and Karyn Parsons during their reunion last year.
Avery can be seen looking jubilant with his arm around Smith.
The caption read: "Some of my greatest lessons in Acting, Living and being a respectable human being came through James Avery. Every young man needs an Uncle Phil. Rest in Peace.
"This photo was the last time we were together."
James Avery Death: Best Uncle Phil Moments
The Men In Black star's wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith previously described Avery as a friend that was loved in a message on her Facebook page.
"Happy New Year everyone! I was hoping to start the new year differently but we have lost yet another friend. James Avery who we all lovingly know as Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince has passed," she wrote, adding, "our condolences to aunt Florence (his mother), Miss Barbara (his wife) and all those who loved him. Rest in peace James."
Avery died on 31 December in California from complications associated with open-heart surgery. He was 68.
His death was announced via social media by Ribeiro, who played his son Carlton on Fresh Prince. Avery's publicist Cynthia Snyder later confirmed the news.
"I'm deeply saddened to say that James Avery has passed away. He was a second father to me. I will miss him greatly," Riberio said.


Love seeing the variety in the scheduling!
I'm guessing it could be a hassle at times for programs to get a specific game they're looking for, but it really is nice to see 3-4 different teams every year.
Hey McK make sure to get hydrated before the NMU game at Marquette in the dome. Middle of pack the GLVC versus bottom of the pack GLIAC.
Yep-- Feeling better about conference change. Less competition in football and equal quality in MBB. Hope they can get one FCS pay game annually.