STATS and FACTS for
Thursday, October 9, 2013
Adam Wainwright 5-0 with a 1.25 in
his last 6 home starts, threw 48 curveballs on Wednesday, his most in any start
in last 5 seasons.
Other Stats of the Day
- Sonny Gray, who holds a 1.85 ERA in his last 7
starts (including GAME 2 of the ALDS) will start the decisive Game 5 for
Oakland A's.
- The Boston Red Sox outscored the Tampa Bay Rays
25-12 in the 4 games, while hitting .300 with runners in scoring position compared
to the Rays' .179
- The Indianapolis Colts Andrew Luck is 5 for 5
getting a 1st down when scrambling on 3rd down , a big improvement from last
year when he was just 9 for 14
- The Kansas City Chiefs are 2nd team in NFL
history to have worst record in the NFL, then start 5-0 the following season.
The other team was the 1956 Lions.
- Eli Manning is completing 53.7% of his passes
this year, 3rd-lowest rate in NFL.
Calling her one of
the nation’s foremost economists and policy makers.” President Obama nominated renowned
economist Janet L. Yellen to be the first woman to head the Federal Reserve System.
Interesting profile on her from the Brown Daily Forward, the student
newspaper of her alma mater.
“Yellen
has a documented ability to predict the direction of the economy — a crucial
skill for the Federal Reserve chair position, [John] Kwoka [profesor of economics
at Northeastern University] said. According to a July 2013 Wall Street Journal
article that “examined more than 700 predictions made between 2009 and 2012 in
speeches and congressional testimony by 14 Fed policy makers,” Yellen’s ability
to forecast the direction of the economy was the most accurate overall.''
- The
Independent (London) reports: “Scientists
have hailed an historic “turning point” in the search for a medicine that could
beat Alzheimer's disease, after a drug-like compound was used to halt brain
cell death in mice for the first time.’’
The study, published in the journal
Science Translational Medicine, was
carried out at the Medical Research Council's (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the
University of Leicester.
- An
article from Kommersant, a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in
Russia, outlines a gloomy picture for the future of Afghanistan once the U.S.
pulls out for good in 2014 based on a classified report.
October 5, 2013 (?)
Report by Yelena Chernenko: "Three Predictions for Taleban"
Some bullet points from the article
- Afghan
government does not control the situation in the country, while the Taliban
movement's positions are becoming stronger all the time.
- More than
3,000 militants from Taliban, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Islamic
Party of Afghanistan, and the Islamic Jihad Union are already operating in the
northwest of Afghanistan from which its groups infiltrate into Central Asia
through Afghan-Tajik border.
- "Neither
the USSR (in Afghanistan) nor the Russian Federation (in the North Caucasus)
nor the United States (in Iraq and Afghanistan) managed to achieve decisive
successes in these kinds of wars."
- In to
alleviate the threat, the Russian Federation will have to establish collaboration
with the United States and other countries
- Where to
get Census data during government shutdown?
Pew Research Center provides a tip
sheet.
- An
unnoticed trend in the downsizing of newspapers has been the slashing of
editorial writers and opinion pages.
Pew Research Center Study: http://is.gd/R047Su
- Plunkett
Research, Ltd., the leading provider of industry sector analysis and research,
released its annual list of industries with the best potential for job seekers.
Here's their top 30
1.) Personal care aides
2.) Home health aides
3.) Biomedical engineers
4.) Helpers-brickmasons,
blockmasons, stonemasons and tile and marble setters
5.) Helpers-carpenters
6.) Veterinary technologists &
technicians
7.) Reinforcing iron and rebar
workers
8.) Physical therapist assistants
9.) Helpers-pipelayers, plumbers,
pipefitters, and steamfitters
10.) Meeting, convention, and event
planners
11.) Diagnostic medical
sonographers
12.) Occupational therapy
assistants
13.) Physical therapist aides
14.) Interpreters and translators
15.) Glaziers
16.) Medical secretaries
17.) Market research analysts and
marketing specialists
18.) Marriage and family therapists
19.) Brickmasons and blockmasons
20.) Physical therapists
21.) Dental hygienists
22.) Bicycle repairers
23.) Stonemasons
24.) Audiologists
25.) Health educators
26.) Pile-driver operators
27.)Medical scientists, except
epidemiologists
28.) Cost estimators
29.) Mental health counselors
30.) Veterinarians
Source: Plunkett Research, Ltd.
- Today in
History
October 10, 1896:, The New
York Times begins a book review section, The Saturday Review of Books and Art, based on the assumption books
can and should be treated as news.
- Word
Origin
Hallelujah meaning jubilation is derived from two words in Hebrew: hallelu (praise), and yah (short for Yahweh, the Lord).
- Looking
for a Good Quote?
“Fugit
inreparabile tempus’’
` “Time
is flying never to return’’
-
Virgil,
Roman Poet, 70 B.C.-19 B.C.
-Bill Lucey
October 9, 2013
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