Passing on Success? Productivity Outcomes for Quarterbacks Chosen in the 1999-2004 National Football League Player Entry Drafts

Seventy quarterbacks were selected during six NFL drafts held 1999-2004. This paper analyzes information available prior to the draft (college, college passing statistics, NFL Combine data) and draft outcomes (overall number picked and signing bonus). Also analyzed for these players are measures of NFL playing opportunity (games played, games started, pass attempts) and measures of productivity (Pro Bowls made, passer rating, DVOA, and DPAR) for up to the first seven years of each drafted player’s NFL career. We find that more highly-drafted QBs get significantly more opportunity to play in the NFL. However, we find no evidence that more highly-drafted QBs become more productive passers than lower-drafted QBs that see substantial playing time. Furthermore, QBs with more pass attempts in their final year of more highly-ranked college programs exhibit lower NFL passing productivity.Sports, NFL, Draft, Quarterback, Productivity

Superstars and Journeymen: An Analysis of National Football Team’s Allocation of the Salary Cap across Rosters, 2000-2005

The National Football League constrains teams’ payrolls via a “salary cap.” We analyze how teams allocate cap spending across rosters using a data set of over 10,000 player-season observations during 2000-2005. We find that a few players account for relatively high portions of teams’ caps, and that the players’ “cap values” are consistent with both “superstar” and Yule-Simon income distributions. A theoretical model based on a utility function convex with respect to winning is used to explain this result. We also find that the cap has been substantially effective in reducing teams’ ability to “spend their way to championships.”Sports, NFL, Draft, Quarterback, Productivity

Out of time and into history: representations of changing identity in twenty-first-century Irish literature

This study explores notions of changing identity in contemporary Ireland. It examines the changing nature of Irish identity as represented in works of contemporary literature produced by Irish writers at the start of the twenty-first century, spanning a twelve year period from 1999 to 2011. Drawing upon literary works of contemporary Irish literature published during this period of prolific change in Ireland, the focus of this study is to explore various aspects of Ireland’s social, economic, political, cultural and religious life during this time. Close analysis of a range of contemporary novels by celebrated award-winning popular writers will consider the ways in which each of these writers respond to the interconnected themes of history, memory and belonging to present their perspective on the experience of the contemporary in Ireland. The notion of how contemporary Irish literature reflects the development of Irish national identity in this particular time phase is explored through three key genre studies: contemporary fiction about historical events; contemporary Irish crime fiction; and twenty-first century Irish diasporic fiction. Each of these genre studies is set against concepts of the nation - both backward and forward looking - in the sense that Ireland is seeking both a return to the certainties of Catholic Ireland, whilst also seeking to create a new cultural nation-code extending beyond existing frameworks. Through the frame of these two strands of Irish identity, this study considers how Irish writers are defining possibilities of the future – through perceptions of different moments of the past and present – with boundaries that are continually being redefined

An investigation of Molecular Magnets Synthesized from Ni(cod)(_2) and the Organic Acceptors TCNQ and TCNQF(_4)

Recently a new molecular magnet, Ni(_2)TCNQ, was reported to be ferromagnetic at room temperatures, with a Curie temperature of 400K(^1) Ni(_2)TCNQ is synthesized through a wet chemical route using the starting materials, Ni(cod)(_2) (bis(1,5-cyclooctactadiene)nickel) and TCNQ (7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane). This work focuses on the synthesis of this molecular magnet and subsequent characterisation of the magnetic properties. Several organic acceptor molecules were also examined with the intention of synthesising a new molecular magnet. The chosen organic was TCNQF’(_4), (2,3,5,6- tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) due to its small size and magnetic properties. The resulting magnet, Ni(_2)TCNQF(_4), was synthesized following the same procedures as for Ni(_2)TCNQ with the substitution of TCNQ for TCNQF(_4).The magnetic properties for the nickel samples are qualitatively similar and both show ferromagnetic behaviour at room temperature. More specifically the materials exhibit two magnetic phases, in high magnetic fields the materials are paramagnetic and in low magnetic fields exhibit nanoparticulate behaviour. At low temperatures in the paramagnetic phase the materials have been compared to a Brillouin function. This revealed weak ferromagnetic interactions between the spins in Ni(_2)TCNQ and weak antiferromagnetic interactions in Ni(_2)TCNQF(_4).In the nanoparticulate phase the materials are superparamagnetic above the blocking temperature, T(_h), and below exhibit single domain behaviour. The Curie temperature for Ni(_2)TCNQ was found to be much higher than previously reported(^1) at approximately (625±5) K. The Curie temperature for Ni(_2)TCNQF’_4’ was (620±5) K. This suggests that the ferromagnetic phase observed in these materials arises from the nickel nanoparticles present in the material. This conclusion is also supported by XRD and microscopy measurements

Curated Collections for Educators: Five Key Papers on Clinical Teaching

The ability to teach in the clinical setting is of paramount importance. Clinical teaching is at the heart of medical education, irrespective of the learner’s level of training. Learners desire and need effective, competent, and thoughtful clinical teaching from their instructors. However, many clinician-educators lack formal training on this important skill and thus may provide a variable experience to their learners. Although formal training of clinician-educators is standard and required in many other countries, the United States has yet to follow suit, leaving many faculty members to fend for themselves to learn these important skills. In September 2018, the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) 2018-2019 Faculty Incubator program discussed the topic of clinical teaching techniques. We gathered the titles of papers that were cited, shared, and recommended within our online discussion forum and compiled the articles pertaining to the topic of clinical teaching techniques. To augment the list, the authors did a formal literature search using the search terms “teaching techniques", "clinical teaching", "medical education", "medical students", and "residents” on Google Scholar and PubMed. Finally, we posted a call for important papers on the topic of clinical teaching techniques on Twitter. Through this process, we identified 48 core articles on the topic of clinical teaching. We conducted a modified Delphi methodology to identify the key papers on the topic. In this paper, we present the five highest-rated articles based on the relevance to junior faculty and faculty developers. This article will review and summarize the articles we found to be the most impactful to improve one’s clinical teaching skills

The speaking vocabulary of grade two

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston Universit

Making Modern Homes: A History of Langston Terrace Dwellings, A New Deal Housing Program in Washington, D.C.

Langston Terrace Dwellings is a complex of 274 units of apartments and row houses in Washington D.C. that opened in 1938 under the auspices of the New Deal's Public Works Administration. Designed by Hilyard Robinson, this modern housing program was built principally by African American professionals for African American families. This study recasts our understanding of modern housing locating it in the broader historical context of modern architecture, urban planning and African American life. Design professionals and residents contributed to the program's early success as an aesthetically pleasing, socially significant community. This work chronicles how African American residents forged a life for themselves and their children in architect-designed modernist apartments and row houses. I begin with an analysis of the application process in which hopeful residents petitioned the federal government; I conclude with a consideration of the pioneering residents' place-making efforts. In Chapters One and Two, I introduce key figures: first, I highlight the ordinary Washingtonians who applied to move into Langston, and then I profile the architect principally responsible for the formal design program. The hopeful residents relied on individual strategies and extensive social networks to secure a spot in government housing; the architect Robinson also developed and honed individual strategies and extensive social networks to advance his architectural practice and to obtain a government contract. I explore the European interwar housing estates he visited in Chapter Three and offer a formal analysis of Langston in Chapter Four. In Chapter Five, I return to the ways in which the first cohort of residents worked to make homes and form community. I marshaled evidence from 2,263 letters applications; city directories; census manuscripts; government project files; private correspondence between architects, reformers and government officials; architectural plans; Sanborn maps; popular and architectural periodicals; and photographs. Additionally, I traced the project's precedents by conducting fieldwork in Europe and the United States. My assessment of the legacy of this project emerged from partnerships with current residents and neighbors. As such, this research relied on a number of interdisciplinary research strategies including graphic documentation, archival research, and community-based collaboration and investigation

Special Issue: Indirect Legislation: Jeremy Bentham’s Regulatory Revolution

Jeremy Bentham is known as the founder of classical utilitarianism, and as a profound analyser and theorist of law. Occasionally, he is also mentioned (though for the most part fleetingly) as among the thinkers who contributed to the development of economics as a discipline. Insofar as the homo ecomomicus of modern economics is assumed to be a self-interested utility maximizer, Bentham would recognize his own characterization of typical human motivation (provided only that utility was understood as a net balance of pleasure over pain). However, he also recognized that, in seeking to maximize their own utility, human beings often make mistakes, through laziness or lack of time, overhasty associations of ideas, or desire to think and act like their fellows. In the English-speaking world at least, the previous sentence will be instantly recognizable as a summary of the findings of behavioural economics in general, and the nudge theory of Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein in particular.1 Unfortunately for Bentham, he never published the material in which he most fully developed his insights into the obstacles to rational choosing, and to the range of possible governmental responses to both those obstacles and to the failures of rationality to which they give rise. That work, Bentham’s essay on ‘Indirect Legislation’, is the topic of this special issue. [Introduction's first lines

Characteristics of Early-Winter Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, Feeding Sites in the Southern Purcell Mountains, British Columbia

Mountain Caribou are a rare ecotype of Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) inhabiting the high-snowfall region of southeastern British Columbia, and are defined by their late-winter reliance on arboreal hair lichen of the genus Bryoria. During early winter, there is considerable variation in habitat use among populations. We snow-trailed Caribou in the southern Purcell Mountains during early winter to determine foraging patterns for the Purcell population. When snow was ≤51 cm deep, Caribou fed on Grouseberry (Vaccinium scoparium), the terrestrial lichen Cladonia, and arboreal lichens of the genus Bryoria. When snow was ≥62 cm deep, they ate exclusively arboreal lichens. In both periods, Caribou ate arboreal lichen from essentially every downed tree or branch encountered and fed with a higher intensity at downed trees than standing trees. During the low-snow period, Caribou fed at fewer trees but used those with greater lichen abundance, and fed more intensively at each, compared to the deep-snow period. In comparison to trees occurring on the foraging path but at which Caribou did not feed, those from which arboreal lichen was foraged intensively were of larger diameter, had greater lichen abundance, and were more likely to be Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa) or Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii) and less likely to be Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis), Lodgepole Pine (P. contorta) or Alpine Larch (Larix lyalli). The shift in diet between the low-snow and deep-snow periods reflected two modes of foraging within the early winter period, distinct from one another and apparently also distinct from the late-winter season. Management for early-winter habitat will require retention of some commercially significant forest across extensive areas, both near the subalpine forest – subalpine parkland ecotone and lower in the subalpine forest

Prospectus, April 1, 1981

REAGAN SHOT: BUT IS IN GOOD CONDITION AFTER EMERGENCY SURGERY MONDAY; Bennett\u27s job more than writing releases; Week in Review: World, Nation; Letter to the Editor: What does it mean???; Suddenly Single; Widowhood to be presented; Classifieds; Applications for SARP available; House Democrats propose amendment to prohibit oil companies; PC Health Fair next Wednesday; Contest winner to announced in next issue; Miss USA has great plans for herself; Streakers Bare All At U of I; Happiness is in a dip of ice cream; WPCD Top 30; It\u27s a bird--It\u27s a plane--WHO IS IT?; What\u27s the word this spring? Soft; Purse Thieves--9, Purse Owners--0; Don\u27t panic! Vinegar is easy substitute; Applications are being accepted; Power plants causing increasing pollution; Stepparenting is subject of Dr Lentz\u27 presentation to PACT; Big changes in grants proposed...; Clampett appears at PC; ...Bills proposed involving these grants; Flashback of our past: SG Raps Prospectus; Wheelchair Basketball Game Thursday!; Former parkland baseballers successful; Cobras open CICL season with 4-game split with LL; Benchwarner: Cubs and Cardinals are unexpectable.https://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1981/1022/thumbnail.jp