keep it clean what's going on it's engraving here with another video and in this video we are here to talk about and find out if it's josh woodrum timing paul tomor now when you first see that you may think wait a minute what did joe flacco do i thought we won yesterday and i i could have swore the ravens i actually found out yesterday i didn't even realize that and i know it's early and i don't really get into these things but if it is if the season ended right now the ravens would actually be in the playoffs it's so weird it's so weird but anyway anyway we're gonna talk about that another time but it could be josh woodrum time in paul tomor already something that a lot of people were hoping for something that a lot of people were expecting it could be that time right now so the reason that i say that uh is because and you know what before you get into it let me introduce myself me i'm engraving vids this is my youtube channel engraving vids and i'm a ravens fan and even though i'm a ravens fan on here we talk about ravens and we talk about all 32 nfl team so if you're a ravens fan if you a uh packers fan if you're just a fan of football period make sure you subscribe to the youtube channel turn your notifications on and like my boy ryan mallet said and i just saw that he wrote it in the comment section too like my boy ryan mallet said without abusing me he told me without telling me in an abusive way make sure you leave a like on the video make sure you like leave a like on the video click the thumbs up button because it is absolutely free there's 41 people in here but it's only 16 likes what's going on let's click the thumbs up button let's get it man but anyway so ryan mallet the backup qb the backup qb he caused the ravens to get a penalty one that i have i heard of this before abusing an official i think maybe but backup quarterback ryan mallet caused the ravens to get a penalty yesterday 15-yard penalty for mouthing off at the official for mouthing off at the official and they called it abusing the official so half of me is upset with ryan mallet but the other half of me is not and let me let me tell you why so ryan mallet your backup you are not a starter you probably will never be a starter at any point in time ever again in your career your backup what are you doing mouthing off at the official for what what's the point you just your backup you're on the bench for a reason you gotta stay there you gotta stay there so that's the part that i'm upset yes it was on the sam cook point where it was clear that it was down at the one yard line but i guess the reps they felt like they tried to at least try to save the packers a little bit but anyway um so your backup you got to just play the backup role just sit back and relax baby but that's that's the part of me that will be mad at ryan mallet and upset with him but guess what the other part of me which is a bigger part than the part that's upset i'm not mad at him at all reason being because him being mad over that play if we were in the same position we probably would have been even worse with him being mad about that play in a terrible call that it was ryan mallet showed that he has a passion for this team and he has a passion for his guys and he is going to ride with his boys so i am not mad at him i'm not mad at him and you see what that 15-yard penalty got them nothing nothing now i know that packers team that we played yesterday was a sorry packers team all because of that one man and rogers not being there so they they were limited on what they could do obviously because he makes the world of a difference on that team but for for ryan mallet to get that penalty for him having gotten that penalty and especially since it didn't cost us anything except some yards i'm not mad at him at all i'm not mad at him at all yeah rogers doesn't make this actually rogers does make the defense better reason being because if rogers was out there the defense wouldn't be out there nearly as much because he would have been scoring points so yeah he does make the defense better because he provides them with energy based on the offense moving the ball down the field so yes and rogers does make their defense better but anyway ryan i'm not mad at ryan mallet and i would hope that the ravens wouldn't try to make an example of him that i would hope especially if it's based on his passion for the team the team was done wrong ryan mallet got upset ryan mallet spoke up about it and you they said they're gonna discipline them they said they're going to discipline him they said they're gonna discipline ryan mallet i don't i don't know what that means i don't know what that means i don't know if they're gonna suspend him for a game i don't know if they're just gonna bench him for a game i mean he's already benched because he's on the bench he's a backup but i would think if they are going to discipline ryan mallet then they're gonna give a call to mr josh woodrum who is on their practice squad he is on their practice squad so i think this would be the time where josh woodrum would get called up to the active roster if there was ever a time i think the time would be right now yes ryan mallet was not on team keeping clean for what he was saying to the officials but you know what that's fine let him do him he let him do him that's fine um so he i wonder what this suspension is i mean excuse me not the suspension i wonder what this punishment is gonna be they said they're gonna punish him how are they gonna punish him how what would you guys suggest how do you punish your backup quarterback what do you do tell him oh you're not gonna hold the clipboard for for the first two quarters of the game what are they gonna do give him a give him a fine for speaking up for his team they really shouldn't they really shouldn't punish him at all the guy was heated and he would and he would he had all the reason to be heated he had all the reason to be heated what are you gonna you're gonna make him take practice reps with perryman somebody said take a lap um jb said he said a hundred a thousand push-ups i don't have no pay no they can't do that they invest too much money in them no raven said they were gonna punish him ravens did um so i don't know i don't know how that's gonna go do i think jimmy spends his best corner back in the afc he may be or make him a receiver oh that'd be rough get traded to the browns too late for trades but how do you punish a backup and actually if if he gets punished by from the ravens or make him run to 40 that's rough uh if he gets punished by the by the ravens i don't know what they'll do if he gets punished by the nfl i'm sure it would just be a fine but if he gets punished from the ravens what could they possibly do what could they possibly do who knows but anyway we'll see if josh woodrum gets gets called up because of this because of this punishment does ryan manna deserve the punishment oh no not at all not for speaking up on your not for speaking up for your team about a call that was terrible so anyway we'll see what happens if y'all want to talk about playoffs y'all want to talk about records make sure you stay right here because i'm gonna be right back i promise you love y'all make sure you leave a like on the video if you haven't already subscribe to the youtube channel if you haven't already and turn your notifications on if you haven't already we're going to be talking some playoff football for baltimore because i got a question from a subscriber that i think it's a pretty good one i think you all will enjoy it i'll see you all in a couple minutes


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T F N N headline news update I run Basel Chapman here on this first day of September Wednesday, and we are looking at the Dow down 45 or 35,314 Really interesting having to about these two fighting patterns based on the Chapman wave methodology We remain short the Dow and the shorter term still a very long term. We've been along since Since essentially the low of last year But on a short term basis the Dow has just been stuck in this range. It looks like it can make a little bit of an oval pattern They're in the daily We're going to be looking at this very closely Why because the monthly charts have all of September to make new highs to extend the legs They're in and if you're looking at the S&P, which is down. I'm sorry. It's down from the high earlier today it is at 45 28 and Up 6.35 all it needs to do is get Did I type it in? I thought I had I'll do it again All it needs to do is that is the S&P needs to break above by one penny get above the high that was made three days ago of 45 37 36 it goes to point 37 And that extends leg B in the monthly chart for yet another month That's amazing and it is leg D in the weekly chart bumping up against resistance QQQ and DX 100 up 2.31 and 382 point 26 It has made a new high and that all-time high I have to consider this is not G but ready a leg C I always put in after putting the alternate count But I think there's more likely a leg C That's the reason why I think that there's a chance that in September The next few days going into early next week. There is a chance that we make new highs And then we've got to be careful because there is the holiday on Monday, so we're gonna be watching this closely Like in the weekly leg G slash C I'll talk about these notations chapter of notation in my show the Tigers conditions are coming up the IWM Now who's gonna be very important the IWM earlier in the day the futures went to a higher high But it's kind of stalling here and it's in this rectangle formation So it's kind of stuck for the moment gold is coming back nicely Gold is down just one. It was down a little bit more earlier on and Crudo took a dive Yep, it's down sharp down one I'll talk about all these when we get back with the Tigers conditions out All day in you said I'll be back


The Cube at EMC World 2014 is brought to you by EMC. Redefine VCE, innovating the world's first converged infrastructure solution for private cloud computing. Brocade, say goodbye to the status quo and hello to Brocade. Welcome back, we're here, EMC World 2014, you're on the Cube, it's our fifth year of coming to EMC World, we're excited to be here, we're so excited that we brought not one but two cubes. First time in the history of the company, double the pleasure, double the fun, double the insight, double the guests. So we're excited and we've got a great guest lined up so we're going to jump into it, but before we do that I'm going to introduce you to my host for this segment. Steve Keniston, the storage alchemist, great to be here, EMC World Live 2014. We have, as Jeff was saying, we've got a great guest, Jeremy Lawrence, director of IT for Eclipse Aerospace, so let's just level set with everybody. Jeremy, first give us a little bit of insight to what Eclipse Aerospace is and does. Eclipse Aerospace, we are manufacturers of the world's first very light jet, the Eclipse 550. It's a twin engine jet, the thing flies at 41,000 feet, sips fuel at about 59 gallons an hour. Sips fuel, I like that expression. It's the world's most fuel efficient jet. Travels at 430 miles per hour and seats about five plus pilot. So it's a business tool, it's a little time machine, but features inside that aircraft are things you won't see anywhere except maybe commercial jets or fighter aircraft, so for general aviation, it's a pretty magical design. And you pretty much created a new category. It's a very revolutionary product. People have been talking about it for a very, very long time. Right. Is there another very light jet or you're the only very light jet? We have our competitors, you know, Embraer, FNOM, but in our particular category there's a really narrow little window for our price point, and we think we're gonna succeed very well in that space. And when did they finally start shipping? It was relatively soon, or re-excuse me. The Eclipse 550s, the first ones have just sold and we've moved several out of production in the last quarter. So, and the order book is still there and still coming in, so we're making airplanes. We bought the assets of Eclipse Aviation, which was a bankrupt firm, and we inherited that design and all of their work. And a lot of that IT transformation that we went through with EMC's products came out of that bankruptcy. So, talk about the role of IT. You've got manufacturing, you've got aerospace engineering, you've got traditional IT tasks and chores that you're responsible for. What's your group look like? Yeah. What do you work on? Well, it's a big mixed bag. You know, we have a very small staff in IT to support a large manufacturing operation, and the complexity is tremendous. You can imagine what it takes to pull all those pieces together. We don't really manufacture so much as we source a large supply chain all over the world. So, getting supply quality, all of the SAP manufacturing operations pulled into one location for final assembly and Albuquerque is really what the company's doing. From an IT perspective, we've virtualized everything that we inherited from the former company. When we bought the assets, I worked for the investors who bought those assets. Everything was as is, where is, and no instruction manual. And, yeah, we had to figure it out. So, as you went through that process, what were some of the challenges that initially challenged you out of the box, and then if you look back now that you've gone through that acquisition process and kind of brought IT together a little bit, looking over your shoulder, what might you do different? What can our practitioners learn from what you guys have done? You know, in our particular situation, we really didn't have a choice, except to fully virtualize the entire company. We started with, I had three computer rooms, 28 rack positions, air conditioners in various stages of functionality in those places, and 200 plus servers, and all of the intellectual property for the entire company hanging by a thread. Things were end of life, end of service, and really no one wanted to talk with us on the phone because they equated us with the former company. But, so we didn't really have much of a choice. We virtualized all of it and put that into one V-block and started backing it up with the Avamar Dispatch-Up Systems. Awesome, and then how many people on your team, did you say? But now we have 12. 12? Right, we're doing the work that a team of 60 used to do. That really comes down to application specialists with product lifecycle management, and we have application specialists around SAP, each of them with their own unique specialty, and two really rock and roll and system administrators who really run the IT infrastructure, and our help desk triage security. It's a really great group. Yeah, we're getting a lot done with minimal stuff. So how recently did you complete that full integration? Actually, we completed this about three years ago. This was, we were an early V-block customer, got things going pretty quickly, and we've been now we're untangling the application infrastructure. Initially it was just let's secure that hardware and intellectual property, let's lifeboat that stuff out of its existing hardware, and now it's untangling the application infrastructure and the process by which you manufacture and restarting an airplane factory. We're talking about tomorrow in manufacturing terms, that's really, it was a big task, and now we're just waiting for that order book to ramp up and go hockey stick, and we can expand right into it. And how long did all that take? When did you take over the assets? This was about, I started after this company took over those assets, so it was about 2010 I began, and the entire virtualization process, from decision to purchase, to actually getting down to the physical to virtual migration, 95% of our servers we migrated in about a month, and then the remaining 5% we did over the next three months, but we were able to virtualize all of SAP, and then we went after our product lifecycle management, and some of our application managers were still waiting to get back to me about whether they thought this would be a good idea or not, and we'd been running for four months solid, it was just no insult to them, but it was a lot of nail-biting, and once we'd virtualized it, we realized it was a snap, and it just runs. So you've done a lot of virtualization, and we've had a few different manufacturing customers on before, have you guys gone to VDI? We're actually, VDI isn't an application that fits our particular business model, we have a lot of very mobile users, they're out managing supply chain, getting on to the shop floor, and it's a lot of pickup and go with laptops. Sure, so you talked about untangling that application, it's kind of the next step that was in that process, and then did you go through a virtualization process of those applications as well? Well, it was physical to virtual migration of the server infrastructure, and those all being served out of the E-block, that was basically the road, otherwise it was a physical to virtual migration, but this was a boot from sand environment, and so we had to pull that storage over as well, and start to look up how do you back up 60 terabytes with those SIF shares, so we had to look into the DMP accelerators, and it's working extremely well. I mean, the quality of life that my system administrators and the rest of the staff get, that's really kind of the big win. I've worked jobs before, it's 24-7 on call all year, and it's awful. It's not happening for what we're doing. We're doing updates in the midday, kind of serious heavy lifting, shut down Labor Day type things, and getting it done. Well, it's funny that you say that. One of the questions we like to ask the practitioners are, is what keeps you up at night, right? And for you to preempt the fact that you actually have raised the quality of life for folks in your shop is a really good thing, but I gotta believe, okay, there is that one little nagging thing, so what would that be? That one nagging thing. It comes down to more of facilities. My actual hardware, IT infrastructure, is in bugging me. The aptitude and attitude of my employees does in bugging me. They're happy with what they've got to work with. They can sandbox environments and SAP super fast. Test things out. Test dev environments, the ability to rapidly provision something without waiting four months while we decide on its IP address and things like that. The thing that are keeping me up at night, probably is that to be a little more secure with different facilities, but the ones we've got are great too. That's, they're well monitored, but it's really, I'd say it was a facility thing. If I was going to be nervous, it isn't the hardware, and it's not the software or the product. Jeff, I have to say that's probably one of the first times, IT isn't keeping IT up at night. Yeah, it's one of the coolest character in IT. I think of that we've ever talked to you on IT. That's true. I guess when you're flying at 500 miles an hour at 41,000 feet, you have other things to worry about, and hopefully the IT is working. Precisely. So you said you had to virtualize really out of necessity to kind of take what was there and put it in a nice functional package. How has that now enabled you to kind of grow the business? You said the order book is full and growing, and how is that helping you to manage your growth? And then what are you looking at to do next, now that you're not kind of mending and fixing, but actually sounds like a relatively stable state? Yeah, what I was really shooting for is that I did not want information technology to eclipse aerospace to be the rate limiting step. I didn't want someone to say, hey, you're the speed bump when something happens and we really have to take off and get going. So stabilizing that infrastructure so we weren't fighting our own tools, getting the engineers working on a reliable platform was my main goal. Yeah. Which is important and that's often described as an unintended benefit, but it sounds like you've executed it pretty well, which is terrific. You know, further to that it's a lot of it's still triage because we took over the assets of a great design by the former company and trying to figure out all of the former processes are not necessarily how we want to do things. So it's a lot of constant triage where you pick up a process or a piece of software and say, you know, is this relevant to us now? The way we want to manufacture jets? Do we keep it? Do we archive it? Do we discard it? Do we modify it? And having everything virtualized gives us a lot of latitude for tests and development environments so we can vet things really quickly. So we've talked about jets. We've talked about IT. Jeremy, what, is this your first EMC world? How many times you've been here? This is my second EMC world. Second EMC world. And give us a little insight. What have you found that you like? What's interesting? Why do you like coming here? Why should someone else come here? Boy, the big kick for me is to see just how broad the, I don't know if they want to say the right word. The environment is for other resellers. It's so many complementary technologies that are out here. That's exciting to me. Things that are happening in a high performance computing, that's one of my old loves. And seeing that start to grow. The Isilon acquisition, that was actually very cool. And getting a closer look at that. It's a storage seems to drive more and more. So for anyone who wants to be at EMC world, it's the place. If you're into that converged technology, it's really starting to happen.  I wonder if you could talk a little bit about how that's worked for you.  You don't have enough of a pump, right? So talk a little bit about how IT in general, and you specifically with your implementation has enabled you to take kind of a seat and contribute to the competitive advantage of the company. You know, the contribution in a lot of ways, if it's not air or water inside of business, it's computers and networks, you know, almost every business now is, we're not going to go to paper, there's no drafting table anywhere, it's an entirely digital design. That stability and uptime gives us, we're not actually fighting our own systems, and so you hire bright people in IT, I like to hire techies who can talk, everybody in the entire organization has got some aptitude in other areas, and whether they're not mired in repetitive tasks or dueling, you know, impossible hardware scenarios, I can use that creativity to assist in other organizations, you know, where it's a service group with a service organization. You know, we'll have our sticking points around security sometimes or style, but it allows us a lot of flexibility. Any new initiatives on the horizon? What's next? It's going to be a lot of refining process, I think, and so you've new initiatives for Eclipse and as a company in general? Yeah, for you. For you and the team, clearly you're moving from, you know, a lot, often talked about company and the press coming, the new category of these jets, now you're starting to ship in production, I assume that there's going to be service and maintenance as, you know, the larger percentage of those things are out in the field, and you know, probably the data requirements, systems requirements, the types of stuff that you're going to have to support, I imagine will change. You know, we've added a lot of features, our engineering and design teams have added features to the aircraft that make it a lot more attractive, things like auto throttles, anti-skid brakes, synthetic vision, enhanced vision. These are things that you're just not going to see in other jets, but due to the next stage, I think once sales begin to move out internationally, as much as I can comment on these things, service centers are going to be part of the Eclipse landscape and how do we get information out to owners and pilots on a timely matter and service their aircraft. And I assume your team or you're supporting the team that's writing a lot of these applications, I've seen a lot of customer application development at house. Yes, there is, yes, we develop our own software, our test pilots fly it and see our engineers also, you know, that they go through the whole cycle again. It's got to work, right? Like I said, 41,000 feet at 500 miles an hour. You don't want the blue screen of death popping up on the console. Absolutely not, and that's a real feather in our cap, is one of the best safety records in the market. I think we've got 200,000 flight hours now with no incidents. So this is a very safe, very fast aircraft and the technology inside there really reduces the pilot workload. Normally you wouldn't want to fly that fast with one person at the helm, but with our jet you can. Fun stuff. Yeah, it's cool. I'm having a blast. Talking jets a little bit later, we're going to be talking sausages. I think we had somebody on from the Vatican in the other queue, so we're all over the bases. Which is really what we love to do. And more and more, Steve, as we go out to these shows, we're getting to talk to the practitioners and we're getting to talk to the people that have their hands on the technology or executing the technology, delivering benefits with the technology, not just talking about speeds and feeds and this and that because let's face it, that gets boring after a while and it doesn't really matter unless it enables guys like you and your team to deliver cool products to the marketplace. So thanks for coming on the queue. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. So we're live at the queue. BM, excuse me, why am I stuck on that? EMC World 2014 will be at BM World later this year. So thanks for tuning in. We've gone wall to wall. This is day two. We've got a lot more guests lined up. So stay with us. We'll be right back with our next guest after this short break.


Ever wondered about the future of gold prices? How will they change in the next decade? As we stand here on the 20th of March 2024, the price of gold is making headlines, having started the year at $2,071.80 and already marking a 5% increase. With the world of finance constantly in flux, the shimmering allure of gold continues to captivate us. But what does the future hold for this precious metal? Will it continue its steady climb or are there surprises ahead? What if I told you that by the end of 2025, gold is forecasted to reach $2,700? And that's just the beginning. By the time we hit 2033, some experts predict gold could be worth an astounding $5,000. Intrigued? Well, you're in the right place. We'll dive into the forecasted prices in just a moment. Let's start with where we are now. As of today, the gold price stands at $2,180.90. Now, you might be wondering how we got here. Well, let's rewind a bit to the start of this year. When we first rang in the new year, the cost of gold was sitting at $2,071.80. That means since the beginning of 2024, we've seen a 5% increase in the price of this precious metal. Quite a notable jump, wouldn't you agree? But hold on. The year isn't finished yet. Let's take a look at where we're headed. By the time we're preparing to say goodbye to 2024 and welcome 2025, the forecasted price of gold is expected to reach $2,336. That's a 13% increase year over year. The numbers speak for themselves, and they're telling a story of growth. The value of gold is rising. It's an interesting trend to observe, especially for those with an eye on the market. But as we all know, predictions are not set in stone. They are educated guesses based on analysis and trends, but the market has a mind of its own. So, it looks like we're on an upward trend, but how far will this go? Let's look at the short-term forecasts. Our journey into the future starts with the end of 2025, where the forecasted price of gold is pegged at $2,700. That's a significant leap from where we stand today in 2024, and it marks the beginning of an upward trend that's hard to ignore. As we venture further into the timeline, we see the price of gold continuing its steady climb. By 2027, we're looking at a price tag of $3,000. That's a $300 increment from the 2025 forecast, and it's a clear indication of the gold market's resilience. Now, let's fast forward to 2028. The forecasted price here is $3,500. Again, we have a $500 increase from the previous forecast, which is quite remarkable. It's like watching a mountain climber steadily and surely making his way to the summit. But what's causing this steady increase? Well, it's a combination of factors. Economic instability, the constant fluctuations in the stock market, and the ever-present demand for gold are all playing their part. But remember, these are forecasts. They are educated predictions based on current trends and market analysis. They're not set in stone. However, these forecasts provide a valuable insight into the potential trajectory of gold prices. They allow us to prepare for the future to make informed decisions and to strategize our investments. And if these short-term forecasts are anything to go by, the future of gold seems to be gleaming with potential. Not too shabby, right? But what about further into the future? Now, let's venture further into the future. As we navigate the timeline of gold prices, we're going to touch on some significant milestones. Buckle up because this journey is going to be quite the ride. Imagine this. We're in the year 2025. The forecasted gold price stands at a staggering $2,700, but we won't stop there. As we continue our voyage through time, we reach 2027. The price of gold now? An impressive $3,000. But hold on, it gets even better. Fast forward just one more year to 2028, and the price jumps to an astounding $3,500. And we're not done yet. As we step into the year 2030, the air is filled with anticipation. The forecasted price of gold has soared to $4,000. Yes, you heard that right. $4,000. That's almost double the price at the start of 2024. But wait, there's more. We've now reached the year 2033. The price of gold has skyrocketed to a jaw-dropping $5,000. That's more than double the starting price of 2024. These forecasts show a substantial increase over the next decade. They indicate a promising future for gold prices, suggesting a significant potential for growth. And while these numbers might seem staggering, they are grounded in thorough analysis and careful forecasting. Of course, it's crucial to remember that these are just forecasts. They're based on current trends and data, and the actual future prices could be higher or lower. But one thing is certain, the trend for gold prices is pointing upwards. So the future of gold prices looks quite promising, doesn't it? Let's quickly recap what we've learned. As of today, the price of gold stands at $2,180.90, marking a 5% increase from the beginning of the year. Looking ahead, the forecast suggests that by the end of this year, we can expect to see a gold price of around $2,336. That's a 13% increase year over year. As we move further into the future, short-term forecasts predict a steady rise, reaching $4,132 by the end of the decade. And if we zoom out even further, long-term forecasts paint an even more exciting picture, with gold potentially hitting the $5,000 mark by the year 2033. Of course, these are just forecasts, and the actual prices can vary based on a myriad of factors. But one thing is clear, the future of gold appears to be shining brightly, and there you have it, a glimpse into the future of gold prices. What do you think? Is gold a good investment for you?


We've got ourselves a bit of a dilemma for today in MLB DFS And that's because I want to use all the good players and to get all the good players in my lineup I've got to pay the piper at some point There are really good pitchers for today because a lot of times it's the top end of the rotation back to the top end of These teams so we got aces. We also the game the course field that sets up pretty well for stacking So I have to decide how do I properly balance that how can I get the stud pitchers that I want well? Also, not reducing myself to you know, just the the scrubs a course field or stacking elsewhere That's a tough tough thing to balance today. We're gonna break down a way I think you can do so without limiting yourself in DFS for today So let's dive on in and get you said for Thursday's slay welcome on into the solo shop That's right here on the fan dual podcast network in number fire calm My name is Jim Sonnis. I am a senior writer and analyst for number fire calm here to break down Thursday's eight game main MLB DFS slate with lots lock set for 6 35 p.m. Eastern for tonight So lock is at 6 35 p.m. Eastern if you are a procrastinator Make sure you get those things in before at that time for today in Kansas City for the Royals and the Tigers Wins are out to center at 11 miles per hour Upgrade batters for the Royals and Tigers a bit there. It is 59 degrees at course field That's not great, but it's also not terrible I would say wins are in from left at 12 miles per hour It's a bit of a downgrade for hitters from typical course field I'll still be stacking there as discussed But I would downgrade it a bit from typical expectations because of the lower temperature and the wing as far as overall temperatures for today The band of temperatures like the the the split between the top and the bottom end Not all that large the coldest temperature for today 58 degrees That is at course field the highest temperature if the roof is open is in Arlington for the Rangers and Angels And it could be 12 degrees of difference between the top and the bottom end So overall we can downplay whether a bit it will still matter for sure And we should still emphasize it but not as big of a thing as it was the first couple of games We'll dive into the pitching preview here in just one second First a quick reminder to make sure you are subscribed to the number fire daily fantasy podcast Because it's not just the solo shot of weekday. We've got pga podcasts. We've got usc We've got nhl still cooking along as well and NASCAR as well So plenty of good stuff here on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed search for that Wherever you get your podcast hit subscribe If like would you here leave us a rating and review as well a sports fans one final reminder that there is no Better time than today to sign up for fan dual fantasy if you've been listening to this podcast considering dfs Do so right now all you got to do is deposit a minimum 10 dollars in your fan dual dfs account And you will be instantly rewarded with two free vouchers. This is a limited time offer So be sure to deposit now and play for free head over to fan dual dot com or download the fan is fan dual fantasy app today eligibility restrictions apply go to fan dual dot com or download the fan dual app for more details Pitching preview for this thursday main slate. Shohei otani is the highest salary pitcher on fan dual Checking in at 10,000 and a dollar's we've got walker buehler at 10 five Joe musgrove is 10 three kyle gibson facing the marlins is 9800 dollars kevin gaussman against the yankees at 96 sandy alcantra facing the phillis 9300 dollars and then charlie morton Rounds at the top group at 9000 dollars. Nobody else in the 8000 range So morton is the final guy before there's a pretty steep drop off Looking at the top end here I don't think we have a choice but to have walker buehler as our top ranked guy for tonight just straight up He is at home. That's great. He's facing the reds. That's even better. Which checks two massive boxes for dfs The pitch count for buehler is first time out with 78. That's not great But it's also not like super concerning. I'm projecting buehler tonight for 90 pitches Which puts me at 6.19 strikeouts for today That is not as high as some other guys on this slate But the win odds here are very high the projected runs loud are very low and those two things do matter as well Buehler in his first start this year. He was fine. He went five innings five strikeouts two walks That was against the rockies. So not in a great offense But they might be better than the reds and that game was in denver as well Whereas this one is in los angeles buehler has a 3.68 skill interactive. Yeah, right over his past 17 starts With fewer forcing fastballs His strikeout rate is 26. He has tremendous bad at ball data. So I don't think buehler is the highest upside guy on this slate There are some other guys here with more strikeout juice and stuff like that But buehler is the whole package. He is good in every area and that's great for cash games. So For tournaments, I'm open to pivoting but for cash games. I do think that walker buehler Is going to be your top guy for today But it's the second slot I'm going to give charlie morden the slight edge over shohei otani both these guys are on the road And that's why they're not in the same tier for me as walker buehler And neither has a perfect matchup I just like morden's bad at ball profile more and that will put him over otani for me in this two spot at $9,000 morden Did keep his sinker usage low in his first start at 7.7 percent I obviously love that because it leads to more strikeouts It's your sinkers it could lead to a dip in his bad at ball numbers though We've seen morden doing this over his past 10 starts now and in those 10 starts He's still letting up just a 28 percent hard hit rate That is the best mark on this slate in each guy's most relevant sample by a wide margin The fly ball rate from morden is still 35 percent. That's a good number, too So the guy is elit in these numbers Despite making changes that could hurt him there and improve his strikeout numbers gotta like that for sure He's facing the Padres here. They have just a 1 to 56 iso against righties based on their current active roster since the start of last year Their 21 strikeout rate is low Which keeps morden from being the no brainer top option for today But the rest of the profile for the Padres offense right now without tates is pretty underwhelming I would not be opposed to morden over buehler in a tournament because he's $9,000 That gives you more flexibility at hitter, which I will definitely take here So if I want to jam in as many cores baths as I can yet Charlie Morton to me is the guy who best enables me to do that without sacrificing upside at pitcher As far as the guy's below $9,000 I don't feel good about anybody honestly and it's not because of the floor. I don't honestly care too much about floor with value guys I want upside and we need strikeouts here to hang with buehler otani morton alcantra guys like that And not a lot of guys down here have that So I personally am not likely going below morden for my line of sorts nights But if you want a value guy, my favorite option would be yoan adan adan is it rookie for the nationals He made one start last year and won this year the one this year did not go Well, he walked four guys and four to third innings less than ideal Which has three strikeouts let up four earned runs He is kind of interesting though. He spent most of last year in high a He had a 12.6 percent swinging strike rate there moved up to double a made three starts there His swinging strike rate in double a was 20.5 percent interesting In his one start in the majors last year adan came up Nine as strikeouts and five into third innings. So he can get strikeouts. He has path a path to a ceiling It's a question of whether the walks will wash them all away Be it due to pitch count or whatever it may be getting chased in the game And adan is built up too. He went 86 pitches in his first start this year Which is one of the higher marks for anybody on this slate in their first start for the season The projection systems don't like him and that's why i'm lower here because I trust those a lot His swinging strike rates in that first start was legitimately bad So i'm not leaping to use adan, but he's facing the pirates They are a low power team Which means if he does walk some guys the odds that the pirates make and pay for those mistakes are lower I'm not super jazzed trying to recommend him here because I do want to recommend guys I feel okay using and I I'm not probably going to get there with adan But if you really really want to spend down adan at 6700 dollars would be my preference for doing so for today So for me, it'll mostly be the high salary guys bueller otani I think martin will likely be the highest Exposure guy for me tonight, but if you do want to spend down. Do you want to go nuts at course field? I do think that you want adan is a guy who could allow you to do so While still having at least some upside in that profile So let's move now to the stacks and talk about that game at course field where I love both sides for today They're gonna be the top stacks for me the top two stacks both in this game The preference is the rockies. So let's start there They're facing justin steele who lets up a lot of balls and play Steele changed his approach in his first start this year where he threw a lot more sliders And fewer curveballs and it did seem to help because steele had five strikeouts to one walk for five minutes That's a pretty decent start But his swinging strike rate there was just 5.2 percent Got a ton of called strikes that really swung things up for him. So i'm not convinced He'll keep that hot start going. That's especially true when he has to go to course field He has a 4.67 skill interactive yaw ray and his 10 starts with the cubs a 21 strikeout rate They 10 walk rate the one key thing for steele that he has down easy had pretty good bad at ball data But balls and play in general regardless of the quality will kill you in a park like this Steele should let up plenty of those based on that low strikeout rate the rockies Not as good as they were a year ago against last lefties. They lost trevor story I know they add chris bryant random gritchick and stuff. So like I downgrade them But with bryan gritchick there, they're still good enough to take advantage here So I do think the rockies to me the top stack of the day But looking at this offense here, uh with the with the rockies. I think the guy I'm most into is connor joe He's a guy who I would say Benefits most from facing a lefty joe has been hitting leadoff against lefties this year And he's got some power 220 iso for him against lefty since the start of last year It's a small sample for jokes. He got hurt But I think he's legit between him got cj crone brandon rogers chris bryant random gritchick You've got enough guys here who can bang even with trevor story being gone So I do like the rockies for today and also if garrett hamson plays I put him on that list as well So the rockies In my mind downgrading them. I do still like them a decent amount against lefties Especially in this matchup. The other side of this game is the cubs They are also acceptable. I would put them I would say like a half tier below the rockies for today. They're facing kyle freeland freeland is I think a good picture, but Is he good enough to overcome course field? sometimes yes, which is a testament to him, but On the baseline It's harder for me to avoid him here because most pitchers are not good enough to avoid at course field We've seen freeland working in a slot or more often recently And that's something he kept up in his first start this year if we look at the 13 start dating back to last year Where freeland has thrown that slot or more His skill interact vl reya is 4.03. That's pretty good with a 24 strikeout rate He's not quite at the spot where you don't want to stack against the guy even at course field But he's getting closer and that's especially true with his bad at ball data So he's got good bad at ball data too The issue here is how righty heavy the cubs are we talked about this yesterday against the righty how they had a lot of righties in there and That's works the other way here for today in this spot They're going to have a ton of righties out there to face freeland and last year righties Had a 487 slugging percentage against freeland the ISO for them was over 200 So if you're facing a more lefty heavy team I might be okay peddling back pulling back the reins here and not going hard at the opposing team But this isn't that spot So I think it's very much in our best interest to stack the cubs here sticking specifically to all their righty bats You're gonna have plenty of guys to choose from here So I would say stick with the righties on the cubs and feel good about that the obvious one here is say a Suzuki I Shouldn't need to talk you into him. So just use him But the guy I am most interested in here relative to the public probably is patrick wisdom He's got 125 plate appearances against lefties since start of last year But his ISO is 266 with a 49% fly ball rate. This guy is obliterating baseballs and he is $3,000 potentially batting third at Coors field Gotta like that for sure So patrick wisdom to me a focal point for this late Frank schwindel Wilson contraris the other guys would be pretty high on here And honestly even like nick madrigal has shown a bit more upside against lefties So Madrigal not my kind of guy for dfs typically I might be a bit more lenient on that today Because he has actually shown a tiny tiny tiny bit of uh extra base upside against lefties. So again, Suzuki wisdom the key the key Focal points here schwindel contraris madrigal also guys on the list for sure I would downgrade and have against lefty versus where you have him versus a righty For this third slot in the stacking section the best option in a vacuum is the Dodgers They've got a good matchup. They're a very good offense But with Coors being so heavily featured and how I want to spend up a pitcher I want to talk about a stack that can provide more value Maybe you can use them in tandem with a Coors stack in order to Get to Bueller get to otani with more than I think you can get there regardless But let's just talk about a team you could use for salary relief and to me That's the royals they're facing casey mice and mice it's still in the process of figuring things out and There's talent there. So you don't want to write things off by any means, but he's still in that process I love the talent. So I was curious about what mice would do at the in his first start this year And he did lean heavily on his forcing fastball It didn't help much though. He had just two strikeouts and five innings He allowed for and runs a lot of hard contact That was against the white socks and they are a much better offense than the royals, but the royals Do at least have some individual players you like, you don't like the hole the hole for the royals is Not great offensively, but individually they're not terrible mice Has led up a 42% fly ball rate since he started to lean more on that forcing fastball with a 38% hard hit rate And a low strikeout rate. That is a great recipe for stacking. So I think on a slate where I'm hunting for value I can be more lenient in stacking a low upside team Because they have individuals who are high upside and that's kind of I think the the space the royals live in for this year is The hole is not good, but there are some guys i'm okay with and I think that on this slate I do like that. Obviously There's bobby wit you can get upside via value there. He's not the hottest star, but he's got power. He's got speed I'm not gonna Worry too much about that part. There's also other birth of modesty at $2,800 Modesty does not have an extra base hit yet, and he's still bad in terms of plate discipline, but 195 iso against righties last year. He had better marks against lefties, but I'm still good with him Even batting lower in the order 195 iso with his speed definitely does work for me So even just against righties, I think that modesty is a guy I feel very good about some bobby wit other birth of modesty a couple of You know lower salary guys Below $2,800 who can help you fit in more core stacks? So you can go with a full royal stack if you want But if you want a high upside one off to save salary Witten modesty be the guys I would turn to there Let's go now to things to watch for tonight. I think the big Pitch count note for tonight is louis severino Severino got a lot of strikeouts in his first start this year. You look good But he went just 65 pitches his swing striker was 7.7 as well I'm projecting severino at 75 pitches for tonight I'd expect the Yankees to play things pretty slow in his build up here given how much time he has missed I'd expect that eventually will be on severino in the decently near future If he keeps getting the strikeouts that he showed in his first start But I want the pitch count to increase first So severino to me despite being a value is not a guy I want to turn to especially against this very potent lineup because I'm worried about pitch count and the matchup doesn't help Either there let's talk about the Dodgers here. I mentioned them before as being a stacking option They're facing louis sessa as a starter, but I'm guessing he will be just an opener where he will Pitching inning or two in the giveaway to reaver san martin as being the the bulk guy for tonight San martin is a lefty 4.68 skill interactive. He already in his three-queer starts Decent with that at ball suppression, but I do think the Dodgers Great out well here. I'd rank them Below the two Coors teams among the higher salary stacks But as you're differentiating as you want to mix up your lineups I think the Dodgers also do work for sure if you go Morton and you've got some some room to spare Totally okay with the Dodgers here Finally, I don't mind some one-offs in the nationals It has to be one-offs because they're like a more extreme version of the royals. We're like, yeah, they got some guys But the whole thing is bad. So I can't stack them probably but I can't get some one-offs here They're facing jt beer baker. He can struggle with his bad at ball profile And we saw that an opening day against the Cardinals So basically what I'm saying is want so toes and play like that's kind of the tlvr here So so toes and play I don't mind josh bell nelson cruise cabera wheeze Those guys could work as well if you need them, but it's mostly just you can use one so toe Maybe you can squeeze out a stack from bell cruise and ruiz, but Probably more so looking for one-offs here for the nationals because the rest of the lineup does matter as well Let's finish up with some home run calls before this late the boring one How could I not go with the chris bryant revenge game? It is chris bryant against his former team at Coors field facing a lefty I mean narratives, baby. We can't fade the narratives So chris bryant the boring Home run call for today the fun one i'm gonna go with andrew ben intendy, which is probably wildly here But ben intendy has been showing some glimpses this year of what made him such an elite prospect I loved tracking andrew ben intendy when he was at like double a and he had like more triples and strikeouts at one point It is double a career. He's not striking out. He's lost in the ball enough and like I kind of think i'm buying back into andrew ben intendy So the boring home run call is chris bryant the fun one andrew ben intendy's 3100 dollars Kind of don't hate it So as as a royal stack if it gives me an excuse to buy into a guy I used to adore from a prospecting perspective I'll do it. So the home run calls for today chris bryant and andrew ben intendy That is all that we have here for today on the solo shop But again, we got a lot of good stuff here on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed nhl USC and nascar still to come throughout their remainder of this week So search for the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed wherever you get your podcast Hit subscribe to get these podcasts as they go up each and every day to give you more time to listen to these podcasts and Get your lineups in before lock because the shelf life is obviously low So you want to get it as soon as possible search for that hit subscribe on apple podcast spotify stitcher wherever it may be If you have questions for me, I am on twitter at jim sonnis j i m s a n and es you can also follow the fan dual podcast network at fan dual podcast Big thank you to everyone for tuning in for today. 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So our first presentation will be by Cif Waffen Schmidt and Elke Hausner, both at the Institute for Quality and Efficiency and Healthcare in Germany. And their talk is entitled search strategy development at a German health technology assessment agency, our experience with our from an end user perspective. Yeah, hi everyone. Elke and I, we are going to talk about search strategy development. First, we're going to give you some background information, then we take a look back. Because we used our from 2008 to 2011. And we are going to talk about our current situation and give an outlook. So, our agency is conducting systematic reviews to inform the German healthcare system on the base of the systematic reviews decisions in the healthcare section in Germany will be done. And Alkandai, we are from the information management department at Igwik. That's a short version of the long version Igwik. And in this department, we have eight information specialists, and we are conducting or developing around about 200 searches per year. And from 2008 onwards, we were looking for support in the development of search strategies. And it was because during the first years of a quick we had a lot of interaction and discussions with the project managers about the searches. And the project managers would say, are there. This is a term, or these terms they are super important and they have to be in the search strategy. And we have the feeling that these terms might not be so important. And they would really increase the garbage of the results of the search. So, but we had no way of, we had no arguments to solving this discussions. So, we started to implement text mining, because we wanted to have because we are from an evidence medicine or work is based on evidence based medicine so we thought we would like to base our approach on evidence based and we our work is based on Jenkins 2004 that is a publication that describes the development of search filters and we did the same. We generated test sets, and we base our search strategies on discussion around the test sets, and it's more. We have more objective approach and then we also have more way on discussing and making decisions about the search strategy. I would like to give you an example. This is a search we did in 2006 about prostate cancer without text mining. You could see you don't really have to understand what the each of the search lines do and what they include just just a look on it. You can see it's very complex and complicated and you don't really know where other different search concepts, what is done. And that is also a thing because, of course when you add search terms because someone says, Oh, I woke up in the night and there's another search show we have to add. What happens is the search gets really big and the search, the project manager tells you, No, yet that's not possible. I can't really have a look at 10,000 hits. So you have to find a way to reduce the hits and by doing that. Before that it was really by chance, what you're doing and you were not really sure if that is really the good way. So we updated the search in 2010 with our new more objective approach and that is what the search looked like at the end after the update. So they are really, you could see less search terms, and it's a more clear search. So that is just an example why and we did that and what we have been doing. Yeah. How did we get there. I take a look back. So we were looking in 2008 for a tool that supports our work. We were looking for a text mining tool. And there were some tools already available. The pub reminder, it's still online. So maybe you've heard about that. We were looking for a tool which has a little bit more functions. And we were having a colleague in our team he was using our for his statistical analysis and he suggested why don't we try out the package team. And we started working with TM. The author is Ingo Finera. And also this tool is still available and it's being updated regularly the last time in November 2020. How we use this tool what we did we use it for. We used it to split the text in separate files. That was one thing we did. We prepared the references for analysis. It was called transformation. And we performed the text analysis itself. Also, we already had the possibility there to compare our references to a population set. So references, we could compare our references to see which one, which terms are overrepresented. And on the next slide, you can see a screenshot from TM in our, and you see this lines of coding. And then on the next slide is basically the output. So we use the frequency table you can see on the opposite side. Starting from that we choose the terms for developing the search strategy. We identified when we use it really some advantages using a package like TM. It was very flexible with almost unlimited functions or tokenize a word stemming on all this and we also saw that there are many options to further develop packages to use the other packages in our and so on, but we did not use it by them because we did not have the knowledge to actually further develop it. We also saw some disadvantages on the other side, it was that there was just no graphic user interface like a shiny app, and we needed training in our environment and in the TM package. And that basically led to some kind of rejection by the information specialist because they did not have this programing skills. And that led, please press the button that led to the situation that we switched to word start another tool in 2011. And that's our current situation. We have been working with word start for the last few years. It's also a very established tool and program. It first released in 1998, it's available in version nine, and the developer is provided research. It's content analysis and text mining software. We basically use word start very similar to TM, but it has this user friendly interface. I show you on the next slide. You can see here you have this different options and you just click click click and then you can work with it much easier than going through this programing lines and try to adjust the code. On the other hand, the output from word start, as you see here is very similar to the one in TM. So it is very, yeah, we almost use it in the same way. So we have the overrepresented free text terms and the keywords we have the TF IDF values set value. So it's very similar to TM. Yeah, so this is the last part of the outlook. So we were looking for an alternative for quite a long time now, because one of the disadvantages of word start is that it's very expensive. And also with each update you have to pay fees again. And the other disadvantage is that word start is not was not really made for what we are using it for. I think most users use it for qualitative evidence to analyze qualitative evidence. So there is no real way to cooperate or to work together with the software or to have different or new functionalities. As I said, it's not free of charge. And because of that there is no cooperation possible with other users. And that is, we found out that is really a limitation for us. And we have no way of have further developments because the software is exactly like it is, and we have no way of changing it. One thing is that in the last years. It is clear that the future lies in a tool that combines several steps together and the words that would not be able to do that. And it has to be integrated into other applications we have. So that is a limitation as well and we are hoping for a tool that have these possibilities. So, our requirements for a new tool would be that it has a graphic user interface so we that we are actually can use it. There are further functionalities and that we can develop the tool. Another thing that was obvious is, and we did not know that 10 years ago, but at the moment it's it's a real big topic is that then should be no barriers for it security. That is a limitation as well. And it should be open source or it should have an easy way to access so we have the possibilities to exchange with our information retrieval community. Yeah, so these are our experiences with our insert strategy development. Thank you.