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NEO Cryptocurrency — Successful Rebranding and Growth Prospects
Mohit Kamboj
For a long time, AntShares was considered the Chinese counterpart of the popular crypto-asset Ethereum because of the similar platform and platform. The main disadvantage of the Chinese currency was that it was limited. Its closed nature and sole territorial affiliation kept it from moving.
The cryptocurrency was only quoted in Asian markets. Rebranding forced it to enter the global market and take an honorable place on the list of cryptocurrencies. Today, you can profitably exchange Neo to BTC.
At the company's office in Beijing, Microsoft became the official platform (at which AntShares CEOs announced the transfer of crypto-assets to the new platform). From that point on, it gets its new name, Neo. The press conference was impressive and promising. All that was said by its creators was managed to be quickly implemented in the coming months.
How Was the Company's Policy Built?
The founder of NEO agreed with the view that the future blockchain system will be fully digitized in the future. And through smart technology — smart contracts. The decision was made to base the firm's work on these criteria.
The company's second founder, Mr. Zhang, opined that NEO was better positioned than Ethereum. Some points of technical perfection in smart contracts have been realized by the developers. As an example, the programs that the NEO Chinese cryptocurrency uses are Java, Python, Go, Kotlin, and Microsoft.net.
NEO Partners
AntShares' old partners remain the same in the new Chinese cryptocurrency project NEO. They are Alibaba, as well as Microsoft and Wings. After the launch of the new project, well-known brands such as Bancor, Binance, and Agrello joined the program.
A couple of months after the rebranding, CoinDash and Nest Fund joined. Even today, there are updated official crypto platform messages about the new brands joining the crypto asset.
How NEO is Growing
The growth dynamics of today's rate for NEO cryptocurrency have been known to have both ups and downs. Typically, the crypto-asset has been held at the 8 position for an extended period of time. Despite a brief rise to No. 7 and a subsequent fall to No. 10,The total market capitalization began to grow immediately after the launch of the project. At the time of writing the review, the value of the NEO was $24.
Features of NEO
The creators of the platform, when announcing the rebranding, said that the final deadline for NEO would come in 2017. This happened on June 22, as promised by the platform's creators. It is the first shared blockchain platform. Improved code for all smart contract platforms has been implemented. The decentralization of the general trading principle has been finalized. The principles of digitization of all assets were also defined.
To put all the ideas into practice, the following efforts are being made:
All assets are translated into tokens.
New platforms for future smart contract projects are being created;
Identity certificates are used.
Identity verification is done by digitizing the database.
All activities within the network are compliant with the laws of the PRC (China).
NEO uses many programming languages, which makes the platform more interesting for programmers. This is a significant plus for the platform and a guarantee that the price of cryptocurrency on crypto aggregators will grow. After all, programmers do not need to be retrained.
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Q: Data column values are not changing to float I have a dataframe,
df,
    Name    Stage   Description
0   sri      1      sri is one of the good singer in this two
1   nan      2      thanks for reading
2   ram      1      ram is two of the good cricket player
3   ganesh   1      one driver
4   nan      2      good buddies

tried df["Stage"]=pd.to_numeric(df["Stage"],downcast="float")

but still the values are same

A: I think you need astype:
df["Stage"]=df["Stage"].astype(float)

If first solution failed because some non numeric data, use to_numeric with parameter errors='coerce' for replace bad data to NaNs, so output are floats:
df["Stage"]=pd.to_numeric(df["Stage"],errors="coerce")

A: You can use df.Stage.astype(float) :
In [6]: df.Stage.astype(float)
Out[6]:
0    1.0
1    2.0
2    1.0
3    1.0
4    2.0
Name: Stage, dtype: float64

In [7]: df.Stage.astype(float)

Using pd.to_numeric is better as it handles the conversion to a float type that takes less memory.
Example
In [23]: df.Stage
Out[23]:
0    1
1    2
2    1
3    1
4    2
Name: Stage, dtype: int64

In [24]: import sys

In [25]: sys.getsizeof(df.Stage)
Out[25]: 272

In [26]: sys.getsizeof(df.Stage.astype(float))
Out[26]: 272

In [27]: sys.getsizeof(pd.to_numeric(df.Stage, downcast='float'))
Out[27]: 252

In case there are bad data in df.Stage, coerce the value to NaN pd.to_numeric(df.Stage, errors='coerce', downcast='float')

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Swimming the Atlantic is an extreme act of human endurance – here's what the body will go through
Posted by Big Rat on Campus on Nov 28, 2016 in Rat News | Subscribe
Ben Hooper is not your average person. The former policeman has spent years competing in triathlons and open water swims, sometimes swimming up to 40km in one day. But there are some challenges that will test any super fit athlete. Hooper has embarked on a five-month journey from Senegal to Brazil that will see him strive to swim a total of 1,900 miles for up to ten hours a day.
What are the challenges his body and mind will be facing? And does he have anything in common with other performers of extreme feats?
Taking it to extremes
In 1953, Jason Zirganos, the greatest open-water swimmer of his generation, swam in the Bosphorus (8°C) for four hours; he was removed from the water semiconscious, regaining full consciousness three hours after that. Unaware of hypothermia at the time, it was concluded that he had been poisoned. The following year, at the age of 46, he attempted to swim the 22-mile north channel of the Irish Sea, where temperatures range between 9°C and 11°C.
After six hours – and only three miles from the Scottish Coast – he became unconscious and blue – and was hauled from the water. Using a penknife, a doctor exposed his heart to reveal ventricular fibrillation, where the heart beats rapidly and erratically. Direct cardiac massage failed to revive Zirganos and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Fighting cold
As Zirganos's fate reveals, the first big challenge is maintaining body temperature. In the cold oceanic waters, skin cooling occurs very rapidly. The next affected tissue will be muscle, particularly in the upper limbs. Research has shown that the contractile force of muscle is significantly decreased when its temperature falls below 27°C. Deep muscles of the forearm can reach this temperature after about 40 minutes in water of 20°C. This is very likely to happen, even if Hooper is wearing a thick wetsuit to cope with the long hours he will spend submerged. As a consequence of these changes, Hooper's maximum power output may fall by as much as 20 per cent and reduce his swimming speed accordingly.
There will also be a fall in limb blood flow. This occurs when core body temperature drops from 37°C to 36°C – likely after a couple of hours of swimming. When this happens oxygen delivery to the muscle, and its subsequent use for energy production, is greatly reduced.
Muscles' ability to remove the end products of metabolism also reduce in cold conditions. The decrease in blood flow and the impaired removal of metabolic waste lead the body to switch to anaerobic metabolism, where the body tries to exercise without using oxygen to sustain the effort required to swim. This can result in lactic acid forming earlier – which produces the pain you feel after intense exercise – and more rapid depletion of carbohydrate stores. The consequence is the earlier onset of fatigue.
Another factor is the movement of heat through the body during exercise. In simple cold water immersion studies, resting peripheral limbs and tissues are at a significantly lower temperature than that of the core body.
When the body becomes cold, the major arteries to limbs constrict to maintain a steady core body temperature, making it harder for body heat to be transferred to the surrounding water. But during swimming this constriction of the blood vessels cannot happen to the same extent because blood needs to flow properly to maintain movement. This means more heat is lost during swimming, which results in a greater reduction in core temperature.
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Most child antidepressants are ineffective and can lead to suicidal thoughts
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'Universal cancer vaccine' breakthrough claimed by experts
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Dementia patients left without painkillers and handcuffed to bed
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Cancer risk 'increased' by drinking more than one glass of wine or pint of beer per day
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Vaping 'no better' than smoking regular cigarettes
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A teenager was hospitalised and left unable to move after she developed the rare rat-bite fever disease from her pet rodents which lived in her bedroom. The teenager, who has not been named, was taken to hospital after she complained of a pain in her right hip and lower back which later made her immobile, according to the online medical journal BMJ Case Reports. She suffered for two weeks with an intermittent fever, nausea and vomiting and had a pink rash on her hands and feet. The teenager, who had numerous pets including a dog, cat, horse and three pet rats, has since made a full recovery after undergoing a course of antibiotics. Blood tests showed that she was infected with for streptobacillus moniliformis – the most common cause of rat-bite fever. One of her three pet rats lay dead in her room for three weeks before her symptoms showed
Taking antidepressants in pregnancy 'could double the risk of autism in toddlers'
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Warning over Calpol
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Potatoes reduce risk of stomach cancer
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Connections between brain cells destroyed in early stages of Alzheimer's disease
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A prosthetic hand that lets people actually feel through
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Tissues also have a uniform temperature from the core to the periphery and muscles are able to maintain their function and continue to exercise to a deep temperature of about 27°C. This means that swimmers can potentially swim to the point of unconsciousness, which typically occurs at a core temperature of 30°C-33°C. This process recalls what the Himalayan climbers report as the "sweet death", the feeling of wanting to lie down and sleep while experiencing a certain feeling of wellness – but then you die.
Fuel your performance
Another consideration for Hooper's swim across the ocean is nutrition. Clearly, he will need a huge amount of food to sustain his effort, estimated to be around 12,000Kcal a day – the daily kcal requirement of five men combined. What is less obvious is what and how he will be eating. There is little research on this, but some evidence suggests that for swimmers covering 25km or more, carbohydrate intakes close to about 90 grams per hour from multiple transportable carbohydrate sources are required.
With the greater likelihood of encountering extreme temperature variations in open swimming events (as much as 16–31°C), swimmers may benefit from matching beverage temperatures to specific environmental conditions. For example, warm beverages or food sources, such as warmed sports drinks or soup, are used by open-water swimmers in cold water events. However, there is currently no evidence that suggests that these practises can reduce the effects caused by a fall in core temperature.
Hooper's performance could be potentially compared to the 43 marathons in 51 days that comedian Eddie Izzard ran in 2009. The suggested recovery time after a single marathon is two or three weeks, something Izzard clearly didn't do, instead waking up and running marathons day after day with much less rest time. Hooper will do exactly the same – the only difference is that he will be spending at least ten hours in the ocean every day for five months. Without adequate recovery time there will be an earlier onset of fatigue with detrimental effects on performance and possibly injuries.
Even if swimming has less impact on the body because it is non-weight bearing compared to running, Hooper will have just 14 hours for recovery between sessions. This could be the difference between success and failure. Recovery strategies from swimmers competing in multiple events suggests considerable challenges when it comes to nutrition.
Glycogen is a stored form of glucose – which is how we save carbohydrates that we then use to generate energy. A short turnaround between glycogen-depleting events – one to two days – can place significant strain on swimmers aiming to start each race with optimal fuel stores. But outstanding swimmers may compete in 5km, 10km, and potentially 25km events, all within the space of five days.
In Hooper's case, this challenge is multiplied exponentially. Aggressive attention to the amount of carbohydrate intakes between races (more than ten grams per kilogramme of weight) and timing (starting soon after each swimming session) is required to ensure that adequate glycogen replacement is achieved between races. Otherwise you just burn out and stop. Hooper may benefit from consuming small, well-planned servings (three to four a day) of high biological value protein sources with carbohydrate to optimise muscle tissue recovery but also support glycogen replacement.
Considering all the factors that might influence these extreme feats it's clear that the challenge will be immensely tough. But with right preparation, motivation and expertise your body might surprise you with what it is able to do.
This article first appeared on The Conversation (theconversation.com). Alberto Dolci is a lecturer in exercise and environmental physiology and exercise immunology, University of Westminster and Yvoni Kyriakidou is a doctoral researcher at the University of Westminster
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2016 Malaysian Grand Prix Betting Preview
Updated Monday 3rd October 2016, 07:52 AM
The 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix will take place at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor this Sunday 2nd October. There are just eight points separating Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton at the top of the Formula 1 Drivers' Championship table, and with just six races remaining, the pressure is on both drivers to make every one of them count. Hamilton is the current favourite with bookmakers to win the race, but Rosberg isn't being offered at much bigger odds, so which of the Mercedes drivers is most likely to fare best on the day?
How the Bookies See It
Race Winner: Lewis Hamilton 5/4, Nico Rosberg 11/8, Daniel Ricciardo 9/1 – William Hill
Fastest Qualifier / Race Winner Double: Lewis Hamilton 13/8, Nico Rosberg 9/4, Daniel Ricciardo 20/1 – Paddy Power
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg Combination Podium Finish: Yes 4/7, No 5/4 – Bet365
Lewis Hamilton finished in third place in the Singapore Grand Prix on 18th September, and the fact that the race was won by his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg meant that he lost his position at the top of the Drivers' Championship table. Hamilton had started the race third on the grid, and although he put in a decent performance on the day, he couldn't quite manage to overtake Rosberg, who started in pole position, or Daniel Ricciardo, who started second on the grid. Hamilton now has 265 points, and trails by 8 points to Rosberg.
Nico Rosberg might have won the Singapore Grand Prix, but it was a close-run affair, and the Mercedes driver finished less than half a second in front of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. Of course, the narrow margin of victory doesn't mean a thing as far as points earned are concerned, and the win enabled Rosberg to regain his lead in the race for the Drivers' Championship title. Rosberg has now won eight Grand Prix races this season, which is two more than Hamilton, and has earned 273 points.
Daniel Ricciardo started second on the grid in Singapore and finished the race in the same position. The fact that he finished less than half a second behind Rosberg, and over seven seconds in front of Hamilton, will have encouraged the Australian quite a bit, but he has yet to win a Grand Prix race this season and his latest second place finish may also have proven to be quite frustrating. Ricciardo is third in the Drivers' Championship table, with 179 points.
A few months ago we would have snapped up the odds that are currently available about Lewis Hamilton winning the Malaysian Grand Prix, but he has now lost three races in a row, and we have to look back to the German Grand Prix at the end of July for his most recent victory. We wouldn't hesitate to bet on Hamilton if he starts from pole position, but Rosberg clearly knows how to win from the front too, and the German driver will be keen to continue doing so, especially now that he has the Drivers' Championship within his sights.
Once again, we expect Mercedes to win this race, but whether it will be Hamilton or Rosberg who will get the job done is something of a coin toss. We will therefore bet on Hamilton and Rosberg achieving a combination podium finish, just as they have managed in their last three races.
Sports.net's Top Tip: Hamilton and Rosberg to achieve a Combination Podium Finish at 4/7 – Bet365
*Please note, odds may change as the race approaches.
Published: Thursday, 29 September 2016 10:43:00+00:00
Last Updated: Monday, 3 October 2016 07:52:20+00:00
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Share this Story: Simmons Says: Game 7 bigger for Casey than anyone else
Simmons Says: Game 7 bigger for Casey than anyone else
Steve Simmons
May 01, 2016 • May 1, 2016 • 9 minute read
Dwane Casey understands the tightrope walk he is on and how wobbly Game 7 has made his future. He is all too aware of the business of his game and how quickly perception can change.
Win Sunday night and he's almost certain to get a major contract extension with the Raptors, many million dollars in guaranteed money for the coach who came late to the NBA.
Lose and maybe he gets the Bruce Boudreau treatment, the see-you-later handshake, fired after five seasons of increasing wins and, with them, expectations.
There is that much at stake for the Raptors coach: More than for his owners, his general manager, Masai Ujiri, certainly more than for the players, whose reputations can take a take hit here but not necessarily their bank accounts.
Maybe Patrick Patterson said it best among the Raptors players: " We have to have a long, hard look in the mirror at ourselves and realize what basketball team we want to be. Do we want to be the team that won 56 games? Do we want to be the team that got two all-stars to the all-star game, all the accolades, set new records, went on long winning streaks, played great defence in the first half of the season? Or do we want to be this team that's come to Indiana the past two times and got blown out of the water? We have to decide which team we have to be. We have to decide which team we want to be."
And Casey waits to see which DeMar DeRozan will show up, to see whether Kyle Lowry's elbow can hold up, to see if home court means anything, to see if employment stretches long beyond Sunday night.
It is, as Ken Dryden used to say, time. About time. Time that something went the Maple Leafs' way. Time that finally something went the way of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, especially with the great unknown of Game 7 on Sunday night for the Raptors. Maybe the NHL draft lottery win Saturday night foreshadows what happens Sunday night at the Air Canada Centre ... Auston Matthews immediately gives the Leafs the probability of a genuine, large, front-line centre, the kind of they haven't had since Mats Sundin. And with free agency coming and Steven Stamkos available this year — and possibly John Tavares available next year — it means the Leafs have more building options than they have had in so many years: And winning the NHL lottery mattered more than being in a top-4 position because Matthews is a centre and the next best players available play the wing. Assuming the Leafs draft Matthews, it gives the organization a core of young forwards like William Nylander and Mitch Marner and Dmytro Timashov with complementary forwards surrounding them ... The Leafs also have the Penguins' first-round pick and I can see their management team looking at the possibility of moving up in the draft to double down on their selections ... When it came down to Winnipeg and Toronto, I thought: Imagine the Winnipeg Jets with Mark Scheifele and Matthews. Jets will do just fine with Patrick Laine ... There was almost a certain stiff sadness watching the general managers and presidents of the Canadian NHL teams, all of them looking and sounding like they were about to be voted off 'Survivor' ... The good news: Edmonton didn't win. The Oilers have had their day and then some. But the Oilers will still get a very good player at four.
The easy part was firing Boudreau. The hard part for Anaheim will be finding a better coach. Boudreau's regular-season winning percentage is .659 in the NHL, best in history. Behind him, a guy named Scotty Bowman at .657 ... Boudreau is 1-7 career in Game 7s, which got him the axe. The best Game 7 coach in hockey, Darryl Sutter of the Kings: His record is 7-2. For the record, Mike Babcock is 4-4 in Game 7s ... Talk about a trade working out. St. Louis got Troy Brouwer, who scored the series-winning goal against Chicago. Washington got T.J. Oshie, who scored a hat track in Game 1 against Pittsburgh ... The Leafs have some interest in one of Kyle Dubas' junior goalies, Matt Murray. Pittsburgh, Tampa and Anaheim all have enough depth in goal that they're going to have move somebody before a potential expansion draft next year ... I like the way Larry Brooks does his job. And for most of his career, I like the way Dan Boyle played in the NHL. But the blowup the other day between the two was understandable, but not excusable for a player in decline. I've watched other athletes unable to deal with their own career mortality. It isn't comfortable. By nature, athletes tend to be dishonest about their own abilities. Boyle wore that in his season ending interview in New York ... If Carey Price isn't healthy enough to play, I'm OK with Braden Holtby in goal for Team Canada in September's World Cup of Hockey ... Can't remember a team that had a third line with the speed of Pittsburgh's Phil Kessel, Carl Hagelin and Nick Bonino.
Jays president Mark Shapiro couldn't have distanced himself more from Chris Colabello than he did in his interview on Fan590. He was all but saying, 'Can we talk about something else?' And it was somewhat revealing that the Blue Jays didn't do their own Colabello investigation. It was almost like Shapiro was saying, So what? ... In Russell Martin's worst major league offensive season, he hit .211, but still hit 21 home runs for the New York Yankees. In Pittsburgh, he hit .226 with 15 home runs and still got MVP votes. This is a horrible start for Martin offensively, but history indicates it can't last. Can it? ... Not sure if it's possible, but I look forward to the day when Twitter will be a forum for sound arguments, back-and-forth conversation in short form, without resorting to nasty anonymous name calling ... This is why the Senators must hire Boudreau: The Sens were 26th in goals against, 26th in power play, 29th in penalty killing; Anaheim was first in goals against, first in power play, first in penalty killing ... Kris Letang didn't get snubbed in the Norris Trophy voting. This was a game of musical chairs for defencemen. There were four spots — Erik Karlsson, Drew Doughty, Brent Burns and Letang — and place for only three nominations ... Of the past 35 times a two-seed has played a seven-seed in the NBA playoffs, the No. 2 team has won 34 series. Which means odds — and bookmakers — have the Raptors winning Sunday night. But then, this is the Raptors we're talking about.
Terrence Ross is a shooter. That's what they tell me. That's why the Raptors paid him $10 million a year. Yet, in three playoff seasons, 17 games, he has made 37 field goals. Just over two a game. Apparently, $10 million doesn't buy much in the NBA these days ... It had to make Don Mattingly feel good before the Dee Gordon suspension kind of ruined his week: Managing the Miami Marlins to sweep over the Dodgers team that didn't want him anymore ... This is the second time in five years that the New Orleans Saints have drafted a CIS player. The latest, defensive tackle, David Onyemata, born in Nigeria, from the U of Manitoba ... The quarterback the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos drafted, Paxton Lynch, is 6-foot-7, 244 lbs., that's taller than Cam Newton and heavier than Ben Roethlisberger. And that's bigger than The Mad Stork, Ted Hendricks, the former Raiders linebacker ... Stu Hart, still alive for a lot of us, would be turning 101 this week. And even not alive he could probably still crush your head or your hand if need be ... And a happy birthday to Marcus Stroman (25), Curtis Martin (46), Amir Johnson (29), David Backes (32), Bryan Marchment (47), Rich Butler (46) and Wes Welker (35) ... And hey, whatever became of Gord McRae?
There is an exceptional status given to those 15-year-olds granted early entry into junior hockey in Canada. And to get that rare designation, there is a detailed application that must be approved.
So why doesn't hockey take this one step further? Why not have an application process for junior players ready to turn pro, just not necessarily ready for the National Hockey League?
Take Mitch Marner for example. He is scoring at record pace in the playoffs of the Ontario Hockey League. The names of those who have put up similar numbers in junior: Mario Lemieux, Mike Bossy, Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Guy Lafleur.
But if he isn't ready for full-time work with the Maple Leafs next season, the Leafs have to send him back to junior, by rule, unless he decides to take his game to Europe, which is nobody's ideal situation. But what if there was an application of some kind to have him play in the AHL? An exemption for another level?
There is no process right now for that to work, although it has been discussed in the past. The junior operators are somewhat greedy: They'll take a player early, but they won't let one go early to a league other than the NHL. It would probably be in hockey's best interest in find a way to maximize player development at all levels and the system now needs some tweaking.
DeMar DeRozan played 77 regular-season games for the Raptors and scored 10 or fewer points three times. In just over a week, he has scored 10 or fewer points three times against the Indiana Pacers.
He scored eight points in Game 4 and then equaled that number in Game 6 after scoring 10 in Game 2. With one big scoring game — 34 points in Game 5 — the all-star guard averaged just 15.8 points per game in the playoffs.
In March, his best month of the season, he never scored less than 15 points and scored 25 or more points eight times, averaging 25.5 points and shooting 46.6% from the field. His post-season production has dropped 40% below his regular-season numbers and his shooting has dropped 30% in accuracy. In his three low-scoring games against Indiana, he has been to the free-throw line a total of two times, making both shots.
The Raptors will tell you they desperately need DeRozan to be a big-time player in order to succeed and they will say they believe in him. Why they believe in him, after this kind of inconsistency, after failing in the past two years at playoff time, is understandable. They have no choice but to believe at this time.
The derailing evidence, though, is rather daunting.
Drafting first in the NHL is not the panacea many make it out to be — although really it depends on the year.
You can wind up with Connor McDavid, the way the Edmonton Oilers did last year, or with Nail Yakapov and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins as they did in other years. One an overwhelming superstar. One a possible star. One a who knows what.
Just to settle my own curiosity, I did a 20-year look back at first picks in the draft and came up with this number: Only eight times in the past 20 years has the first pick definitively turned out to be the runaway best player selected: Those eight players — McDavid, Aaron Ekblad, John Tavares, Patrick Kane, Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk and Joe Thornton.
But you can also come away with Erik Johnson or Yakapov or Rick DiPietro or Patrik Stefan or Chris Phillips in the wrong year, wrong scouting assessment.
This is supposed to be a right year with American centre Auston Matthews, following closely by Finnish winger Patrick Laine. There could be end up as a Tyler Seguin-Taylor Hall back-and-forth, but that will play itself out next year and in the future.
Finding a franchise player like Tavares or Kane or Crosby can alter a team's direction, sometimes quickly. But there's never any assurance — no matter what scouts will tell you — about who makes the next step easily and who can't handle it all.
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Gia hotel--***-- for youth-, located in Sighisoara, near the station and 5-7 minutes of walking towards the centre and medieval city, will offer spacious accommodation in rooms, furnished and equipped with modern elements of decoration and also inner traditional decoration.Here you, can find the Romanian spirit because the modern is coupled with history and tradition. Each room is with it`s own bath, each has tv. cable.
We address tourists who are on vacation, as well as persons transiting Sighisoara who are in the medieval city in work intrest and want cheaper accommodation,.our location is ideal in the case in which you are organising a trip or camp in Transylvania.
We are easy to find the hotel is at 50.m from the railway station, 70m. From the bus station, 7 minutes of walking towards the city centre and medieval city. Next to us is a market with extended programme, a pharmacy is at 50 m. The market-and penny market in 7 minutes/i.e 8 of walking. How can you find us? From Brasov, after you entered the town, the second turn to the right, here the bridge over river and follow the indicator towards the train station.
From Tirgu Mures or Medias, after you entered the town, turn besides penny (which is near a small park) and immediately PETROM (both on the left side to go), then over the bridge and go straight ahead, on the left side you will see the hotel.


The Modern Man Review: Beware of TheModernMan.us Online Store, it might be a scam.
We find out lots of red flags for TheModernMan.us online store. Does that mean TheModernMan.us is a scam? Well, let's find out in detail either is TheModernMan a scam or legit, what is The Modern Man in real through our TheModernMan.us review here.
# There is not any information about who and from where is operating and running the TheModernMan. However, every legit online store will provide the detailed contact information including the phone number, only scam online store doesn't care to provide the contact information.
# TheModernMan.us also has concealed the owner's name and detailed company's address within WHOIS which proves the owner of TheModernMan.us doesn't want to reveal his/her identity which is obviously not a good sign.
# The lots of details of TheModernMan.us website as well as its WHOIS details match with lots of other scam sites.
# Although TheModernMan provides the option to purchase the items using the credit card, it hasn't provided the required security measures to secure the credit card information. So if you shop at this site, your credit card information can be stolen.
# These days multiple new online stores are claiming to sell various items on huge discount, but most of them are scams. So, it's better to stay away from the new online stores or at least do some research before you purchase something from the new online stores because most of these new online stores don't deliver the purchased items to their clients or, deliver completely different or very low-quality items. So, in this scenario, it is better to stay away from online stores like TheModernMan which even don't provide detailed contact information. Some of these kinds of online stores even have charged the credit card of clients randomly without their consent. So, if you have ever purchased mistakenly from scam sites, we suggest you immediately contact your bank or credit card company to secure your credit card information.
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University Information Portals
Numerous web portals can help your family find the right university. In the list below, you will find sites that offer in-depth information about higher education by location.
Read more about Preparing for University at World Family Education.
Global & Regional
Peterson's College Search — Search for universities in 20 countries. Many universities are based in the United States.
World University Rankings — Rankings of universities around the world.
Study.eu — Information and search engine for universities in Europe.
European Universities Consortium — Information about accredited universities offering full programs in English.
uniRank — An international higher education directory and search engine. Reviews and rankings for universities in 200 countries.
TopUniversities — Informational site and search engine for universities around the world.
Study International — Community and information for international students.
Australian Universities — Official Australian government site providing information for international students considering Australian universities.
Canadian Universities — Official Canadian government site providing information for international students considering Canadian universities.
Canada School Finder — Informational site about Canadian universities produced by EDge Interactive.
Admissions.cn — Information and a search engine for international students considering universities in China.
Study in Germany — Land of Ideas — Official site of the German government providing information about universities in Germany for international students.
Study in India — Official site of the Indian government providing information about universities in India.
Gateway to Study in Japan — Informational site for international students considering universities in Japan.
StudyinKorea — Informational site for international students considering universities in Korea.
College Admission Information Portal — Informational site about applying to Korean universities for both local and international students.
Easy Uni — Educational site for Malaysian students considering university options in Malaysia and around the world.
New Zealand Universities — Informational site for all New Zealand universities.
FindUniversity.ph — Comprehensive guide to colleges and universities in the Philippines.
Singapore Universities — Official site of the Singapore government about studying at universities in Singapore.
South African Universities Portal — Directory of South African universities.
Study in Spain — Informational site for Spanish universities.
British Universities — The British Council provides information and a search engine for international students considering British universities.
UCAS — The Universities and Colleges Service site is the application gateway for universities in the UK. It also provides information and a search engine for universities.
Big Future — The College Board features a great search engine for U.S. universities.
Colleges That Change Lives — U.S. universities that are student-centered.
US News Education Site — Fee-based site that provides university rankings and guidebook to universities in the United States.
Campus Tours — Virtual campus tours of numerous U.S. universities.
My College Guide — Search for universities in the United States (sponsored site).
The Princeton Review — Search engine for U.S. universities by name, major, or location.
Affordable Colleges Online — Search for universities in the United States (sponsored site).
EduPass (International Students) — Information about emigrating to and studying in the United States for international students.
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Android N, the new operating system of Google Android is just few months away to launch, but Google has given us the first look of the same in advance. Let's see what new features it has added to Android N for your tablet and smartphones.
This will allow user to open two apps simultaneously on the same screen by splitting space for the both on the nexus devices of google along with other smartphones and devices that would have Android N Operating system. This means, a user can view online videos on YouTube along with tweeting.
The new operating system of google will have more quick setting options, at a time it will have around 9 notifications toggles and one can have more by swiping to the right.
The file manager that comes with Marshmallow is not very advancing and is very basic in features wise. The file manager comes with Android N, is far better in terms of features. Few of the new features that would add up are: search ability by types of files and folders, hamburger menus, google drive integration, file move and sharing options etc.
In the earlier version of android OS, the Recent App button provided in the bottom was one dimensional only which is not in the case of Android N. In Android N, by double-clicking the Recent App button, home-screen will open the last used app and by double clicking the same Recent App button when the app is opened, will take you the last app that you had opened just before.
Improved battery life:The google claims that the battery life of the Android N operating system would be much better than the previous OS including Marshmallow.
Emergency Contact information:The new android Operating System would allow you to add your medical information on the lock-screen in case of any emergency. For this, one needs to go to emergency information option under Users in settings. This information can be used by others in case of emergency while opening the emergency dialer.
In the previous versions of android Operating Systems, a lot of time was consumed while doing a software update and restarting the device, also a message would display on screen "Optimizing Apps". But this would not be there in Android N, means the device would restart faster and apps would also take less time to install.


The body of a long-haired Islamic State militant lies rotting in the scorching heat. Blast-strewn cars and bullet holes in walls bear witness to a fierce firefight that took place in the Zanjili neighbourhood of west Mosul.
Once a stronghold of Isis, Zanjili is now a ghost town. Life has stopped and nothing moves; even the stray cats and dogs that roam other parts of the city, feeding on the dead, are nowhere to be seen. The eerie silence is punctured by occasional volleys of heavy gunfire from two Iraqi helicopters firing at Isis positions in the remaining militant-held pockets of the old city less than half a kilometre away.
The total destruction of Zanjili is a testament to the enormous task ahead for the Iraqi prime minister, Haidar al-Abadi the reconstruction of this city at a time when lower oil prices have severely depleted government coffers. The UN has estimated that repairing basic infrastructure in the city will cost more than $1.3bn (990m).
In western Mosul what were seeing is the worst damage of the entire conflict, Lise Grande, the UNs humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, said last week. In those neighbourhoods where the fighting has been the fiercest, were looking at levels of damage incomparable to anything else that has happened in Iraq so far.
Several men and a woman scavenging through Zanjili emerge from a side street. This place is destroyed, said Mohammad Fathi Salih, 26, a teahouse owner. Salih does not know how many customers who sipped his sweet tea every day are dead. Many people died here. There was a baby who died of hunger because there was no food.
He showed the Observer a mass grave in this once densely populated area, in the front yard of a school whose roof had blown away. We had no other place to bury them. We buried 151 people here, said Salih, emphasising the number. There were women, children, young, old. We brought them from streets around here one by one.
The planes hit and Daesh killed, replied Salih when asked who was responsible for the civilians killed in his neighbourhood.
The US-led coalition has admitted that its airstrikes in Iraq and Syria have killed more than 480 civilians, but Airwars, a not-for-profit organisation which tracks civilian casualties, believes that at least 4,500 have been killed as a result of coalition airstrikes.
In west Mosul, the government has yet to begin reconstruction. However, on the highway from Baghdad to Mosul, a road roller and excavator are in operation as engineers try to rebuild a bridge. There is little economic activity in this once busy street, except for two makeshift petrol stations, several mechanics shops and kids on the back of pickup trucks selling ice in the 50C heat.
No road has stayed intact in Mosul. Huge potholes make it difficult for non-military vehicles to move easily. Cars inside Mosul often lack rear windshields or wing mirrors. Large numbers of vehicles were destroyed in the fighting and some people have resorted to using mules and horse-driven carts to carry goods or to move around.
Meanwhile, security service surveillance is creating an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust. Yet children stand at roadsides and cheer on troops and foreigners.
When Abadi announced the liberation of the city on 9 July, Isis propaganda outlets announced on social media the assassination of an officer and three of his bodyguards in east Mosuls Tahrir neighbourhood, which was liberated late last year. Many people are scared to go back to their houses, if indeed they still exist, because of a lack of security and basic services. I cant go back to the city because my house was destroyed in the fighting. There is no security in Mosul because, even in the east of the city, there are still Daesh [Isis] sleeper cells and they occasionally strike, said Salih Mohammad, who fled west Mosul last week and, like thousands of others, is now staying in a camp outside the city.
The UNs International Organisation for Migration estimated last week that more than a million people had been displaced from east and west Mosul and that there were more than 800,000 people living in camps.
While the conditions in these camps are poor, many people prefer to stay in their tents than go back to Mosul.
Some people go back to east Mosul because the conditions in the camps are not good, especially in this heat, but when they get there many turn around and come back to the camps, explained Bnar Duski, who has worked for the Barzani Charity Foundation with displaced people in five camps in east Mosul.
While maintaining security and rebuilding the city is vital for enticing people to return, the behaviour of the Iraqi security forces which include Shia soldiers towards the mainly Sunni residents will be one of the ways in which Baghdads efforts will be measured in Mosul. Many are quick to point out that the reason, in the summer of 2014, for Isiss success in the city an insurgent flashpoint since 2003 was the abuses of the Iraqi security forces, which led to alienation.
Since 2003, Iraqi forces have carried out abuses against the civilian population with complete impunity, mainly targeting Sunni Arabs, said Belkis Wille, senior Iraq researcher at Human Rights Watch. They have carried out campaigns of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and extrajudicial killings. These have all been key push factors for young Sunni Arab men to join Isis.
Iraqi security forces reputation suffered a blow last week when about a dozen videos showing troops brutality were published on social media. One shows a soldier stabbing a man in the neck and face as he shrieks in pain and begs for his life. This is for the martyrs, says the soldier as the man lies in a pool of blood.
In the past nine months, Iraqi security forces have been mired in a number of incidents contrary to the rules of conflict but Baghdad has stayed silent.
The battle for Mosul is meant to be the final major battle in Iraq against Isis and yet this battle has opened the floodgates to those very campaigns of abuse, and the videos and testimony of abuse that have emerged have been met with silence from Baghdad, said Wille. If the Iraqi authorities and the US-led coalition really want to put an end to Isis, they need to not only engage militarily but tackle the push factors put an end to abuses [carried out] with impunity. Otherwise we will not see an end to extremist groups in Iraq any time soon.
Mohammad, a former police officer from Noor in east Mosul who now drives a taxi on the citys outskirts, questions whether the Iraqi government has learned from its mistakes.
Now we have Shia flags everywhere, he said, referring to the banners depicting the prophet Muhammads nephew Ali and his grandsons Hassan and Hussein revered by Shia Muslims. Sunnis of Mosul see these flags as insults.
As the car approaches Bartella in east Mosul, where the Iraqi security forces have incarcerated close to 200 families of alleged Isis militants in a rehabilitation camp, Mohammad points to the graffiti on the blast wall.
The State of Ali, enduring and expanding is the triumphant claim, playing on the motto of Islamic State.
It is the kind of message that fuels Mohammads pessimism, as the devastated city contemplates the mammoth double challenge of reconstruction and reconciliation.
I would be happy if Mosul becomes normal again in 20 years, he said.


Construction Site Theft Costing You? EyeSite Can Help.
EyeSite Surveillance services all areas of the construction industry: home builders, contractors, commercial builders, and even with government contractors. Why do all these construction professionals rely on us? It is simple. The benefits of mobile surveillance make it the best option for protection of all kinds of construction projects.
One of the most obvious benefits of mobile security is just that: it is mobile! Unlike an established home or commercial building, a construction project is constantly changing. You need the flexibility of moving your surveillance equipment easily as your project progresses to maintain the best surveillance coverage. Being able to re-position your equipment will allow your surveillance to grow with your project. Having the level of service that EyeSite provides means that you have someone who will constantly be assessing your equipment and coverage and making necessary changes for you. This is one less worry for you as you manage your job site. You will know your site is fully protected.
Not only are our surveillance units mobile, they are also solar powered. They don't require the electrical infrastructure to be in place to support the equipment. They have a small footprint on your site. Also, they will not be draining power from a generator or require unsafe cords to be pulled across your site. Mobile surveillance units will protect your site from intruders. Because they are solar powered, they will also help keep your site clean of encumbrances like cords and extra generators.
Solar powered surveillance units also means that they will still work through a power outage or intentional disruption to power on a site. In other words, if an intruder decides to try to cut power so they won't be spotted, they will be unsuccessful.
Mobile surveillance units are highly customizable to suit your needs. You can equip them with a variety of cameras, depending on the needs of your site. Our standard video resolution is high at 4 MP, but we can even equip your mobile surveillance unit with ultra high resolution cameras. Our pan, tilt, zoom cameras can provide amazing capabilities with looking around your site and using video analytics to interpret the scene. For sites with little to no lighting at night, we even have thermal cameras available. We customize mobile surveillance units to fit your site's every surveillance need.
Live security guards can be valuable in some situations. However, they cannot be everywhere all the time. If you rely on a live security guard only for your surveillance, they will likely miss a lot. Even if they do prevent an intrusion or assist in apprehension of intruders, eye witness testimony is not as reliable as video surveillance footage. Witnesses often miss details or get things wrong in testimony. However, video surveillance footage will accurately show how an event transpired.
Unfortunately, live security guards also have other faults as humans. Some security guards may fall asleep on the job. Some thieves may even persuade guards to help in an intrusion or theft. Mobile surveillance units will just detect and report the facts. They do not fall asleep, and no one can manipulate them.
Whether you are considering a live security guard or installing permanent cameras on your construction site, mobile security will offer a more economical approach. Permanent surveillance systems typically require a significant upfront cost. Renting mobile security units will give you the flexibility as your project progresses without the cash outlay for the equipment. Paying a security guard can be costly as well, especially since they cannot offer the same coverage as mobile surveillance units. Not only do the cameras cover more ground at once, but they can also "see" much more than a security guard and capture details that may pass by the guard.
When you factor all costs associated with permanent security solutions or live security guards, it is easy to see why mobile surveillance is the way to go.
Whether you opt for remote self-monitoring or professional monitoring, your site can stay protected. Professional monitoring will give you peace of mind to know that someone is always watching and ready to respond to any site breaches. It takes the pressure off of you and allows you to enjoy your time off. Mobile surveillance with high tech cameras combined with professional monitoring greatly decreases false alarms and unnecessary dispatch of authorities. On the other hand, video verified intrusions take priority in dispatch of local authorities. This means quicker response and higher probability of on-site apprehension of any intruders. Professional monitoring service providers know protocol for handling an intrusion. They can quickly and efficiently evaluate the situation and act to assist authorities in apprehending the intruder.
Mobile surveillance is a temporary solution for the duration of a project. It allows for a short-term to long-term (depending on the project) contract that fits your needs exactly. You don't have to worry about if a permanent camera location is right for long-term or whether things will change before a contract is complete. Your EyeSite team makes any adjustments necessary to your equipment (yes, your contract price includes these visits and adjustments!) and can always upgrade your contract if you find your equipment needs are greater than initial plans indicated. As a temporary solution, you don't have to pay out for equipment you are not sure is the right one for your completed project.
Protecting your site does not just mean at night. Mobile surveillance allows you to monitor what happens on your site during working hours, as well. You can see what employees and subcontractors are working on and where personnel is on location. We can program our systems with set perimeters (perhaps where special supplies and equipment is kept) and alarms for a breach. You can quickly check to see if it is someone who belongs in that zone, then go on about your business. It even protects you in case of an on-site accident by recording the events as they happened.
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Mobile surveillance is not the same product and service from everyone who offers it. Like many services, you get what you pay for with mobile surveillance services. Not all video quality is the same; not all service is the same. EyeSite provides you the best technology paired with the best service. We give you a one-price contract that includes adjustments to equipment and services as necessary. We make it easy on you if you decide you need additional services or equipment. Our team's goal is to ensure you have complete coverage of your site at all times. We will always advise you on the best equipment with the best monitoring possibilities to ensure full protection of your site.
Many mobile surveillance providers have hidden service fees for site visits or adjustments. Many providers offer great technology, but fair or poor service in ensuring customer satisfaction. Some providers provide good service with technology that just won't get you results you need to keep your site, your tools, your equipment, and your employees and subcontractors safe.
EyeSite Surveillance has the answer to your construction site mobile surveillance needs. Please give us the opportunity to show you the difference EyeSite can make in the protection of your site. Call us at 855-4NoTheft (855-466-8433) to find out how we can work with you to stop theft.


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Le style Sheraton est un style de mobilier anglais néoclassique de la fin du , en vogue entre 1785–1820. Il a été inventé par des collectionneurs et des marchands du  pour créditer le designer de meubles Thomas Sheraton, né à Stockton-on-Tees, en Angleterre en 1751 et dont les livres, « The Cabinet Dictionary » (1803) - des dessins gravés - et le « Cabinet Maker's & Upholsterer's Drawing Book » (1791) - des motifs de meubles -, illustrent ce style.

Le style Sheraton s'inspire du style Louis XVI et présente des pieds ronds fuselés, des cannelures et surtout des incrustations de placage contrastées. Les meubles de style Sheraton prennent des formes rectilignes légères, utilisant du bois satiné, de l'acajou et du tulipier, du sycomore et du palissandre pour les décorations incrustées, bien que des finitions peintes et des garnitures en laiton soient également trouvées. Les festons, les cannelures et les têtes de béliers sont parmi les motifs courants appliqués aux pièces de ce style.

Sans archéologie pédante, il a mis le style néoclassique d'architectes comme Robert Adam à la portée de la classe moyenne. À bien des égards, le style Shératon correspond au style contemporain français Directoire. Le style Sheraton est le style le plus reproduit aux États-Unis pendant la période fédérale.

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 Catalogue illustré d'anciens meubles Chippendale, Sheraton et Hepplewhite d'une grande rareté et beauté, American Art Association, 1916
 Meubles Sheraton, Musée de Charleston

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Liste des styles de mobilier

Angleterre au XIXe siècle
Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle
Néo-classicisme

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Victory Lab
The 12 Kinds of Undecided Voters
Liars, haters, mavens, know-nothings, bandwagon riders, and other kinds of voters who just can't make up their minds.
By Sasha Issenberg
Dec 30, 20111:01 PM
A roomful of Iowa voters in Ames come to hear GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speak on Dec. 29.
Photograph by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images.
Just over one-half of the Iowa Republicans surveyed by Time/CNN this week said they would "definitely support" the candidate they backed at the time of the poll. Among the remainder, opinions are still fluid—by any measure, a staggeringly high share of likely voters. A much higher percentage of voters appear to make late decisions in the caucuses than in presidential general elections: While 10 percent of voters nationwide in the fall of 2008 told exit pollsters they made up their minds in the race's final week, 40 percent of Republican caucus-goers in Iowa that year did. Seventeen percent said they made up their mind on the day of the caucuses. This presents a serious challenge for the Republicans vying for votes in this year's Iowa caucus. To make matters worse, many voters who tell pollsters they're undecided are actually anything but—they've made up their mind, but for one reason or another, don't care to share their feelings with pollsters. What's more, studies have shown that many undecided voters don't ever show up to vote in elections at all, making efforts to win them over doubly doomed. But the candidates do have some strategies for dealing with this squirrely segment of the electorate. Campaigns know, for instance, that undecided voters are not all the same. Here are a dozen different types of self-described undecided voters, and how the Republican presidential candidates are dealing with them in the final days before the Iowa caucus. N.B.: Some voters likely fit into more than one category.
1. THE FUTURE BANDWAGON RIDERS
WHO THEY ARE: A lot of Iowans want to vote strategically, but don't know how. Since 1972, when changes in the nominating calendar placed the caucuses first, Iowans concerned with supporting a candidate who can capture the nomination and then be a strong general-election contender have had less evidence to go on than voters in all the other states. That is likely one significant reason why so many Iowa caucus-goers remain undecided for so long. The problem is particularly acute this year, when the polls have been fluid and have never pointed to a consistent national frontrunner.
In early December, the George Washington University political scientist John Sides and Republican consultant Alex Lundry (of the firm TargetPoint Consulting) collaborated on an online experiment to test whether new information on electability moved voters. They polled Republican primary voters on their preferences, and then showed them the latest predictions from Intrade, which indicated Romney was the most electable candidate, followed by Newt Gingrich. The Intrade data proved persuasive: Forty percent of voters changed their pick after seeing it, mostly by going to Romney or Gingrich from less viable opponents—or by moving from "no preference" to picking a candidate.
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: One pro-Romney super-PAC is already up with TV ads showing a luggage carousel and a voiceover that asks, "Know what makes Barack Obama happy? Newt Gingrich's baggage."
MEET ONE: "I'm still shopping. I've probably got it narrowed down to two right now: Romney and Paul. Electability is probably the big thing … I'm looking for someone who will challenge the status quo, but I think Romney is a safe choice—he's a good campaigner, he's made the fewest mistakes, seems like he's not going to have any surprises down the road." —Darren Kleis of Johnston, real estate portfolio manager
2. THE WEDGIES
WHO THEY ARE: Much has been written about the role of wedge issues in general-election races, where an emotional issue can be used to divide a party coalition: Think of the Republican who defected to John Kerry over stem cells, or the Democrat who supported the Iraq surge and was pulled to McCain because of national-security concerns. But even in a primary, where the field largely agrees on many issues, a single subject can give a voter pause about backing a candidate he or she is otherwise drawn to. For instance, a voter attracted to Gingrich or Perry might be hung up by their relatively liberal attitudes toward legalizing immigrants.
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: One reason so many candidates, from Perry to Bachmann, have been intent on reminding voters of Ron Paul's dovish posture toward Iran is to make undecided voters anxious about moving toward the Texas Congressman.
MEET ONE: "I like Ron Paul, and his ideas about finance—and he's been talking about them for years, and he's been right for years. But I'm still looking … If he gets elected, he'll pull all our forces out and the military would be cut. It's good to pull some of the reins back, but that seems a little extreme! It really is something I pray about. I just don't think you can strip down to the levels that he would." —Lisa D. of Des Moines, insurance salesperson
3. THE FOLLOWERS
WHO THEY ARE: Just after the 2004 election, pollster Celinda Lake and mail consultant Hal Malchow convened a focus group with 13 voters who had cast ballots in a St. Louis-area state senate race but had been undecided until the last minute. Lake and Malchow wanted to know how each voter had made up his or her mind. In 12 of the cases, it was a single recommendation from a trusted friend or relative that pushed the voter toward a decision. (The 13th seemed to be an outlier: a voter whose door had been knocked by one candidate on the Thursday before the election, and was so impressed he invited the candidate to address his church group on Sunday night.) Their conclusion: late-deciding voters, often short on information and knowledge, can move because of word-of-mouth.
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: Campaigns with enthusiastic, committed supporters—Ron Paul seems to win the category—may expect their loyalists to spread the word even if their ads, mail, and phone can't break through the din.
4. THE PEER PRESSURED
WHO THEY ARE: Too many friends, however, can be overwhelming. Dianna C. Mutz, now at the University of Pennsylvania, has found that voters whose social networks force them to encounter dissonant views—like, say, a businessman whose chamber of commerce buddies push him to Romney while his fellow churchgoers are talking up Perry—remained undecided later in the campaign. Such indecision can be paralyzing: Those facing what Mutz describes as "cross-cutting social networks" were less likely to actually vote at all.
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: The best indication of someone's likelihood to vote remains their past voting history, so toward the end of a campaign field organizers start ignoring infrequent voters who are undecided—whether because of cross-cutting social networks or general laziness—to focus on those with a better record of turning out.
MEET ONE: "I'm still considering—I like a lot of them. I really haven't made up my mind. I thought I had done that three times: I was with Newt before I realized who Newt was. I like Mitt Romney. Some days I even like Ron Paul … I have a lot of friends and family who have made up their minds, and they keep inviting me to come to the Westside Conservative Club." —Jackie Fleming of Urbandale, retired AAA employee
5. THE LIARS
WHO THEY ARE: In late 2007, Hillary Clinton's data team noticed a peculiar trend coming out of Iowa: The numbers coming in from volunteer phone banks consistently overstated Clinton's support when compared to the numbers coming in from the paid call centers the campaign also used to identify voters. One of Clinton's analysts concluded that part of the problem might be exuberant volunteers overestimating a voter's potential support—so you're saying there's a chance? But the bigger takeaway was that voters don't always want to be honest with someone on the other end of the phone about their preference. The easiest way to let a canvasser down easy: claim you're undecided when you're not. And while the Democratic caucuses require attendees to declare their preference in public, Republicans vote by secret ballot—so it's easy for a voter to keep a choice private throughout the process.
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: Some campaigns automatically adjust their predictive models to discount volunteer contact compared to paid calls. (In Iowa and elsewhere, Republicans have traditionally been far more reliant on paid calls than volunteers.) But if a voter is hiding behind "undecided," there's not much you can do to find that out—or change their mind.
MEET ONE: "They've all been calling me. One asked if I knew who I was supporting. I said no, and they ended the call … I've finally made up my mind, but I'm not willing to say." —Dave Roederer of Johnston, director of Iowa Department of Management and John McCain's 2008 Iowa chairman
6. THE APATHETIC
WHO THEY ARE: A large chunk of people decide late because they just don't care about politics and tune it out for as long as they can. Tulane's Brian Brox and the University of Arkansas-Little Rock's Joseph Giammo examined the attributes of late deciders in presidential general elections and found that a large chunk of them resembled the "stereotypical apathetic citizen." They tended to be less partisan and politically active than early deciders, treated the candidates as interchangeable, and weren't inclined to care who won. One surprising twist: Brox and Giammo found that these "low-interest late deciders" seemed to recoil at information sent their way. The more Republican ads they saw, the less likely they were to vote Republican; Democratic ads pushed them toward the GOP. "These voters may actually be likely to become irritated with the efforts of candidates to attract their votes," Brox and Giammo write, "since we know that they have little interest in the campaign in the first place."
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: That "low-interest late decider" doesn't look much like the typical caucus-goer—among Republicans, at least, caucus-goers tend to be better educated and more partisan than the broader electorate—but a big turnout on Tuesday could pull in some atypical Iowans. The last-minute advertising barrage could backfire most with them.
7. THE MAVENS
WHO THEY ARE: Brox and Giammo found another subcategory, "high-interest late deciders," who look entirely different: They are more partisan and make sharper distinctions among the candidates than even early deciders. "These high-interest late deciders more closely approximate the idealized view of voters that has taken such a beating in political science over the past 50 years, taking the time to consider all of the evidence before coming to a conclusion," the authors write. These voters are more likely to pay attention to media coverage, but campaign ads and candidate visits to their states don't move them.
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: Loyal, active Republicans are receiving the most regular contact from campaigns now in Iowa, and candidates will try to make a mark on them until caucus night.
MEET ONE: "I'm still not there yet. Isn't it awful? I hate that … I don't take this lightly at all. This is a serious time our country is in, so we have to make sure we have the right man in there. I have plenty of time." —Nevie Roe of Waukee, housewife
8. THE SUBCONCIOUSLY ALREADY-DECIDED
WHO THEY ARE: Polls tend to treat being decided as a binary condition—like being single or being married—but what if people are dating the candidate they'll end marrying but just don't know it yet? University of Pennsylvania doctoral candidates Lauren Kogen and Jeffrey A. Gottfried invoke the dating metaphor in a new paper in Political Behavior that considers the National Annenberg Election Survey taken during the 2008 general election. The survey asked respondents throughout the campaign for their candidate preference, and then asked those who voted after the election when they made their final decision. By looking at the overlap between the two methods, Kogen and Gottfried found that nearly one-third of voters claimed to have been undecided later in the campaign than they actually were. They called this category "uncommitted early deciders," and found they were more partisan and more knowledgeable about the campaign than those who really did decide at the end.
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: Romney has an advantage here. His data-intensive campaign has the names of voters who were identified as his supporters last time and can match it to a list of caucus-goers to see who actually turned out before. Internal research shows their profile has remained stable over the last four years, so the campaign has been able to infer the support of these voters even if they call themselves "undecided."
MEET ONE: "I'm undecided. All of them are good, they're all wonderful, but I'm interested in somebody who can run a business. It has to be a businessman … I haven't decided for sure, but it will probably be Romney, and I voted for him last time." —Ladonna Gratias of Clive, home-builder
9. THE KNOW-NOTHINGS
WHO THEY ARE: Campaign strategists have long described late-deciding voters as "low-information" voters and microtargeters often spot higher rates of undecideds in areas the Census identifies as having low rates of high school or college-educated voters. Through a randomized experiment, the lefty Alliance for a Better Minnesota found a shortcut to identifying which voters were showing up as undecided because they lacked knowledge and not because they were conflicted or cross-pressured. The group asked "Can you name your member of Congress?" and found that those who didn't know the correct answer were perfect targets: they could be moved late in a campaign with a piece of information-rich mail. To better profile these undecideds, the Voter Participation Center, formerly Women's Voices Women's Vote, recently added a battery of six questions—name the vice president, or the number of representatives in Congress—to measure political knowledge.
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: Some of Ron Paul's handbills are text-heavy and dense with information about issues like right-to-work laws—they might not be addressing hot-button concerns but could give under-informed voters the confidence to think they have the information to make a decision.
10. THE CHRISTMAS EVE SHOPPERS
WHO THEY ARE: Some voters will claim to be undecided even as the caucuses begin on Tuesday night. In a poll conducted for their book Why Iowa?, political scientists David Redlawsk, Caroline J. Tolbert, and Todd Donovan conducted a novel poll at caucus locations in 2008, randomly interviewing one Democrat and one Republican at each of the state's 1,774 precincts. Even as they sat in the room minutes away from voting, just under 5 percent of attendees surveyed said, "I have not yet made my decision." Their decision is likely an impulsive one.
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: Candidates are allowed to have a supporter make their case before voting begins, and having close to 1,784 of these so-called precinct captains is typically held up as the sign of a well-prepared campaign. The speaker doesn't have to be an Iowan, and it's likely that some of the surrogates crossing the state this week for Romney—like his sons and wife—will be dispatched to make a last-minute case for Mitt in precincts where the campaign has identified large concentrations of independents.
MEET ONE: "My decision is going to be at the last second at the caucus. Last time I wavered between three people at the caucus. You've got to have the sense that 'this is the guy who's ready to run America and watch out.' Our leader needs to look good." —Bruce Kalisek of Waukee, realtor
11. THE ASHAMED
WHO THEY ARE: Are voters claiming to be undecided because they're afraid to report what's really driving their choice? In the 2008 general election, final polls closely predicted Obama's actual popular-vote total, while John McCain performed nearly two points better, suggesting that late-deciding voters broke toward the Republican. Rutgers's David Redlawsk found that among the 6 percent of voters who described themselves as undecided in the final days of the campaign, two-thirds indirectly acknowledged worry over the fact that Obama would be the first black president, according to a survey list experiment designed to discern hidden bias. Are Iowans now wary of acknowledging their bias against a Mormon or female candidate hiding their actual preference by claiming to be undecided?
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: It's less likely that such hidden bias exists in a multi-candidate field than in a two-way general election, but the Romney and Bachmann campaigns can use survey list experiments or other forms of indirect questioning to profile out those likely to be problematic—and make sure they're not turning out the wrong undecideds.
12. THE HATERS
WHO THEY ARE: In a multi-candidate race, it can often be easier to decide whom to oppose than it is to settle on a favorite—and it turns out, despite their supposed niceness, there's an august tradition of negativity propelling Iowans to vote. In a phone survey immediately after the 2008 caucuses, the Why Iowa? authors asked those who had turned out why they had done so. While 95 percent said "it was the right thing to do," 27 percent identified a less uplifting motive for attending: to "oppose some other candidate." In a year of so-called anti-Mitts, a bloc of voters may be intent on caucusing to block one candidate—but haven't decided whom to back when they do.
WHAT CAMPAIGNS ARE DOING WITH THEM: Media strategists often talk about replacing their negative ads in the final days with positive message, so expect this weekend to be filled with gauzy feel-good spots; Romney's closing stump speeches are full of patriotic platitudes. In a multi-candidate field, where haters have many places to end up, this is even more important.
MEET ONE:
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