Still looking? Look at what should be, "University."
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Showing posts with label college. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
We All Make Mistakes...
Some bigger than others.
Still looking? Look at what should be, "University."
Still looking? Look at what should be, "University."
Monday, February 14, 2011
College Barns
A man with his finger on the pulse of the world and an uncanny ability to mix rum into a 20 oz Coke bottle at college hockey rinks, Thos. Ace pointed TCD to the Wall Street Journal's subjective ranking of college hockey barns. Some buildings are familiar to TCD, such as Yale's Ingalls Rink (Best Design)
and U Maine's Alfond Arena (Best Atmosphere).
TCD would like to add a special shout out to Dayton Arena, former home of Bowdoin's hockey teams. A photo of appropriate D3 size is below. Check out the journal article and the sweet slide show here.
and U Maine's Alfond Arena (Best Atmosphere).
TCD would like to add a special shout out to Dayton Arena, former home of Bowdoin's hockey teams. A photo of appropriate D3 size is below. Check out the journal article and the sweet slide show here.
Friday, October 15, 2010
TCD Education Exclusive: Campus Update
1) APR Violations: So 80s!
The 1980s were back in the classroom this week. Finally.
Of all the rules in the world, Absolute Priority Rule (APR) sounds like a pretty important one. But what does a rule with a title of such supremacy - the Rule of Rules, if you will - actually mean and how is it related to the 1980s other than the fact that really important rules are so 80s? Glad you asked. APR determines the order in which different classes of creditors of a firm are paid. According to research by Eberhart, Moore, Roenfeldt (1990), APR violations occurred in 75% of bankruptcies filed between 1979 and 1986. Gross rule violations are also so 80s, a fact Big Wave confirmed via text during class.
2) Massey - Peabody Rankings.
A few weeks ago, TCD introduced the universe to the Massey-Peabody NFL Power Rankings. Numbers are published on Wednesdays and the blog blows up Thursday to Friday.
The 1980s were back in the classroom this week. Finally.
Of all the rules in the world, Absolute Priority Rule (APR) sounds like a pretty important one. But what does a rule with a title of such supremacy - the Rule of Rules, if you will - actually mean and how is it related to the 1980s other than the fact that really important rules are so 80s? Glad you asked. APR determines the order in which different classes of creditors of a firm are paid. According to research by Eberhart, Moore, Roenfeldt (1990), APR violations occurred in 75% of bankruptcies filed between 1979 and 1986. Gross rule violations are also so 80s, a fact Big Wave confirmed via text during class.
2) Massey - Peabody Rankings.
A few weeks ago, TCD introduced the universe to the Massey-Peabody NFL Power Rankings. Numbers are published on Wednesdays and the blog blows up Thursday to Friday.
Friday, September 24, 2010
After school project
I got an email from a professor today asking if I would help him with a statistical analysis project of his that is essentially an NFL Power Rankings system. My task would be to compare the results of the professor's pretty simple performance model - it uses only 4 inputs based on play-by-play results - to other similar statistical as well as anecdotal power ranking systems for NFL teams. You can check out the model's output each week in the Wall Street Journal in print in NYC or on the Internet World Wide Web here.
I think I am going to say yes and help out, but only if I am granted access to the model and fix the flaw that caused the GMEN to fall from 4th to 20th this week. Oh, wait. Nevermind. That wasn't the model's fault. That was an o-line that got torched, a d-line that got dominated, a non-existent linebacking core, a potential team cancer at running back (sound familiar, Tiki?) and an injured Kevin Boss.
Ranking highlights...
Rank Team Points
1 Colts 3.05
4 Texans 2.67
7 Jets 2.00
12 Patriots 1.41
13 Falcons 1.39
20 Giants -1.05
32 Panthers -3.68
Thoughts/rants on ranking highlights...
- How 'bout them Texans?
- That 7/12 spot has gotta sting half the readers/participants of this blog
- The 7/20 spot would hurt more if the GMEN hadn't dirtied Sanchez in the preseason
- Good to see the team the Giants beat in week 1 is dead last. I said after the opener that the Panthers were probably going to be the worst team in football this year.
I think I am going to say yes and help out, but only if I am granted access to the model and fix the flaw that caused the GMEN to fall from 4th to 20th this week. Oh, wait. Nevermind. That wasn't the model's fault. That was an o-line that got torched, a d-line that got dominated, a non-existent linebacking core, a potential team cancer at running back (sound familiar, Tiki?) and an injured Kevin Boss.
Ranking highlights...
Rank Team Points
1 Colts 3.05
4 Texans 2.67
7 Jets 2.00
12 Patriots 1.41
13 Falcons 1.39
20 Giants -1.05
32 Panthers -3.68
Thoughts/rants on ranking highlights...
- How 'bout them Texans?
- That 7/12 spot has gotta sting half the readers/participants of this blog
- The 7/20 spot would hurt more if the GMEN hadn't dirtied Sanchez in the preseason
- Good to see the team the Giants beat in week 1 is dead last. I said after the opener that the Panthers were probably going to be the worst team in football this year.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Statistic of the day: Drink up or die
Okay...I'm overselling this a little bit, but the story below (sourced by Newc, but obviously not posted by Newc) makes me feel warm.
From Yahoo! news:
A new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that - for reasons that aren't entirely clear - abstaining from alcohol does actually tend to increase one's risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers.
Moderate drinking, which is defined as one to three drinks per day, is associated with the lowest mortality rates in alcohol studies. Moderate alcohol use (especially when the beverage of choice is red wine) is thought to improve heart health, circulation and sociability, which can be important because people who are isolated don't have as many family members and friends who can notice and help treat health problems.
Read the full piece here.
From Yahoo! news:
A new paper in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that - for reasons that aren't entirely clear - abstaining from alcohol does actually tend to increase one's risk of dying even when you exclude former drinkers. The most shocking part? Abstainers' mortality rates are higher than those of heavy drinkers.
Moderate drinking, which is defined as one to three drinks per day, is associated with the lowest mortality rates in alcohol studies. Moderate alcohol use (especially when the beverage of choice is red wine) is thought to improve heart health, circulation and sociability, which can be important because people who are isolated don't have as many family members and friends who can notice and help treat health problems.
Read the full piece here.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Dude on Boy?
I know Crash has a soft spot for Bob Huggins (once, when Huggins was still in Cincinnati, the Bearcats were a 7 seed and Kenyon Martin had just broken his leg, Crash still picked them to win it all) so he won't appreciate this, but was anyone else wondering if Huggins and Da'sean Butler were going to make out last night when Butler was writhing in pain?
I sure did. And it made me uncomfortable. Look...I love NCAA sports, kids who play for the love of the game and coaches who truly care about their players...but take a look back at Huggins's career, which is way more Bob Knight than John Wooden, and then try to convince me he's that type of coach. He's not. Just check out the suit.
I sure did. And it made me uncomfortable. Look...I love NCAA sports, kids who play for the love of the game and coaches who truly care about their players...but take a look back at Huggins's career, which is way more Bob Knight than John Wooden, and then try to convince me he's that type of coach. He's not. Just check out the suit.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
This Dude Gets Served
Whoa. Been a while. Got Shanghai'd to China for a few weeks. Before I divulge the secrets of the Red Dragon, I am going to come back at you all KOLLEGE like. In this case business college. I refer you this amazing correspondence between an over-entitled student and his more-than-capable-of-delivering-a-smack-down professor. This dude gets served. Game. Set. Match.
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