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Jim Duquette, a former general manager of the Mets and the Baltimore Orioles, said that when substantial replay was proposed at a league meeting 15 years ago, more than three-quarters of the teams opposed it. In 2004, Duquette said, he tried to get the idea on the agenda of a baseball rules committee, which refused to discuss it.
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Managers would get one replay challenge in the first six innings of a game and two from the seventh inning on. (An unused challenge from the first six innings would not carry over to the later innings.) If a manager correctly challenged a call — that is, if the umpires watching on video in New York overturned the umpires on the field — he would retain that challenge to use again.
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In the National Football League, officials watch video replays themselves, on the sidelines, and then uphold or reverse the challenged call. In the National Basketball Association, referees study television monitors alongside the court and then issue their verdict. However, the National Hockey League, for the last decade, has relied on officials in a Toronto headquarters to issue rulings on disputed goals rather than rely on referees at the game.
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Baseball, under its expanded replay plan, would essentially be mimicking the N.H.L.'s format.
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Still, the existing procedure for home run replays — the umpires leave the field, watch a video review and make their own determination — would stay the same, Schuerholz said. After the newly reviewable calls, the manager could leave the dugout to inform the plate umpire of his challenge, presumably before the next pitch was thrown. The umpires would then use a secure phone line in a nearby area and call the umpires at the headquarters, where a technician would cue up the play in question.
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Schuerholz said baseball expected challenged calls to be resolved in about 1 minute 15 seconds, which seems optimistic. But he added that managers would no longer be allowed to argue reviewable calls, which he said made up 89 percent of all incorrect calls. Baseball does not want team officials reviewing their own video to determine if a challenge should be made, although policing that would not seem to be an easy thing to do.
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As they explored ways to install replay, La Russa said, he and Torre encountered some resistance from managers, who are busy enough during games. But they decided that the decision to ask for a challenge should be part of managerial strategy.
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Still to be determined is the cost to owners of implementing the system, which could involve installing more cameras at ballparks. But if all parties approve the plan, as expected, managers will have training sessions with La Russa and Torre at baseball’s winter meetings in December.
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Schuerholz said he expected the plan to be adjusted and strengthened after seeing how it played out on the field next season.
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Bob Costas, a longtime baseball broadcaster and author, said he wondered about potential complications — if, for instance, calls at different ballparks are disputed at the same time, that might create delays for the crew making the rulings in New York. But Costas said he agreed with the premise.
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The expansion of replay would be another legacy item for Bud Selig, 79, who has been baseball’s commissioner since 1992.
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His tenure has included a strike that canceled the 1994 World Series and a struggle with performance-enhancing drugs that recently resulted in more than a dozen player suspensions. But Selig has also brought about interleague play, an expanded playoff format, revenue sharing, increased globalization and, now, a replay plan that could change how we watch the game.
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A gallery of South African Art. Underground parking for up to 2000 vehicles. Conference Call rooms. Video conferencing with links to main centres throughout South Africa and the world. Banqueting for 400 people. A dedicated reception desk. All contained in a serene environment surrounded by beautiful gardens and courtyards.
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Truro City are still looking to add to their squad, according to the club's chairman and manager.
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The White Tigers came from a goal down to beat Banbury United 2-1 after strikes from Les Afful and Matt Wright.
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"We've got a really good squad, and good depth, but we may add a couple of players in the next two or three weeks to make sure we can really bang it in," said chairman Peter Masters.
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"We could pick up injuries and we're going to leave nothing to chance."
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City are now a point off second-placed Weymouth in the Southern Premier League and host top-of-the-table Poole Town next week.
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"You've got to keep pushing and I'll keep pushing this squad to their limits," manager Steve Tully told BBC Radio Cornwall.
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"There are 11 games to go now in the league and if you can bring someone in to add that little bit of extra quality we need it and I'll keep looking."
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Tirto has improved its transparency process for funding and research methodology, by following actions: added a page related to fact checking methodology at https://tirto.id/insider/metodologiriset, put specific email address for readers to give feedback through factcheck@tirto.id and gave information on the funders of Tirto in its about us page. Based on my assessment, the correction policy should be more adjusted. In general, assessor is recommending Tirto to be part of International Fact Checking Network.
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Assessor know the owner and CEO of Tirto, Mr. Atmaji Sapto Anggoro but this does not affect impartiality of this assessment. Correspondences during assessment process were with Mr. Arlian Buana Crissandi.
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Tirto is not an exclusively set up fact checking organization but has a distinct fact-checking section on the website (https://tirto.id/q/periksa-data-gqo) Though this does not directly reflect on its organizational structure –some of the writers of that specific section are part of the research department.
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There is a general “contact us” section on the web but not one specific channel for complaints and comments. Tirto explained that most of the comments they received are through social media platforms (e.g. facebook messenger, twitter and Instagram) and office email. Internally Tirto has developed an “editor correction-request form.
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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, deeply linked in their own minds and in the public’s for more than a decade, have even more in common now. Until 2016, Nadal was the only one of the two tennis superstars who had dealt with significant injuries, who understood how it felt to watch major events unfold from a distance as his rivals held up championship trophies. But Federer is now, for better or worse, part of that club after missing much of last season because of knee surgery, and he is looking to Nadal for inspiration as they return to Grand Slam tennis at the Australian Open after encouraging early-season results.
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Federer, 35, remains the senior statesman and leading ambassador of the men’s game, as the big crowds in Perth during his recent Hopman Cup practice sessions and matches made clear. But it is Nadal, five years younger, who has the experience in the comeback department.
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Nadal is also the one making clearer plans for when he does finally retire. He opened his own tennis academy on his home island of Majorca in October, and Federer took a break from rehabilitating in Switzerland to be present for the ribbon-cutting.
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Federer has no plans to open a Federer academy in Switzerland or elsewhere, although he has had offers. That is in part because he has no desire to compete with the Swiss tennis federation and the player development programmes that helped him nurture his talents.
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Federer expects that when he does retire, he will be working with his foundation, which is focused on supporting educational opportunities in southern Africa and Switzerland. He also foresees playing a role in the Laver Cup, a team competition between Europe and the rest of the world that he helped create and that will be held for the first time in September.
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But the rest of the life-after-tennis plan remains unclear, even after his six-month break from the game.
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For the moment, he and Nadal are talking about playing for at least two to three more years. This seems wise, in terms of their ticking biological clocks and also in avoiding having to field constant retirement questions.
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“The thing is, Roger and Rafa can still win big titles – it’s the matter of doing it over the whole year that’s the challenge,” said Paul Annacone, who formerly coached Pete Sampras as well as Federer. “But I don’t see a reason why people should even wonder. Rafa can win the French Open playing average tennis for him, and Roger can win Wimbledon playing good. And there’s no reason why they can’t do that this year or for a couple more years if they stay healthy.
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Based on recent results, the answer is probably not. Each produced sparkling tennis at times in 2016, Federer at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon, Nadal during the clay-court season before withdrawing from the French Open with a left wrist injury. But the reality is that Federer has not won a major singles title since Wimbledon in 2012 and Nadal has not been past the quarter-finals in any major since winning his ninth French Open in 2014.
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Meanwhile, the younger generation, led for now by Dominic Thiem and Nick Kyrgios, has gathered strength and confidence, and Federer’s and Nadal’s long-term rivals Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have continued to rule. In Brisbane last week, Nadal was beaten in the quarter-finals in three sets by Milos Raonic.
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In Perth, Federer won two of his three singles matches but lost in three tiebreaker sets to 19-year-old Alexander Zverev of Germany.
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Federer has long been open to adaptation, changing coaches, advisers and rackets. Nadal has been much more resistant, but, overdue or not, he has taken a chance this year by adding Carlos Moya to his coaching team after Moya decided to split with Raonic.
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Moya, who is expected to join Nadal for the Australian Open, was the first player from Majorca to win the French Open and reach number one and has been hitting with and advising Nadal on an informal basis since Nadal was a boy. But Moya could still be an important new voice on match days and is quite capable of making technical or tactical tweaks. Even if he offers much the same advice that Nadal’s coach and uncle, Toni Nadal, has been offering for years, it could resonate differently.
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However it turns out, Nadal’s willingness to adjust his brains trust is something else that he and Federer now share.
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SEATTLE (CBS.MW) - Shares of Nordstrom Inc. moved up slightly after the department store reported January sales that were far from stellar, but in line with expectations.
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Shares closed out the session at $19.49, up 17 cents.
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Nordstrom JWN, -2.14% which has struggled in recent quarters, said receipts in January rose 6.4 percent to $317 million. Same-store sales, however, are considered the true industry benchmark, and they were minus 1.3 percent.
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Not surprisingly, sales statistics fared better after adjusting for the estimated impact of the differences in specific days of the week from year to year. For example, more weekends will weigh in favor of better results.
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The fine-tuning - something Nordstrom is very big on including in its monthly sales reports - pushed total January sales up 6.9 percent and boosted same-store sales to negative .7 percent.
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The sponsor of legislation that includes a provision allowing MODOT workers and contractors to display red and blue lights in work zones wants to override Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s (D) veto in September.
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State Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City) tells Missourinet it’s a safety issue.
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“Red and blue lights on the side of a highway that are stationary mean move over, so that way the MODOT workers, the construction workers, their lives are very important and I believe we need to do whatever we can to save the lives of all of these workers that are working on the side of our highways,” Davis says.
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MODOT says eight people were killed in work zone crashes on state system routes in 2015. 17 MODOT employees have been killed in the line of duty, since 2000.
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Governor Nixon did sign legislation this summer allowing transportation vehicles to display amber and white lights. In his veto letter, Nixon wrote that adequate protection is afforded by the displaying of amber and white lights, and that the lighting options outlined in Davis’ bill are not necessary.
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Davis says he disagrees with Governor Nixon’s comments about platooning.
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The Veto Session begins September 14 at the Statehouse in Jefferson City. An override would require a two-thirds majority vote in both Chambers.
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Davis says he’s told House Speaker Todd Richardson (R-Poplar Bluff) that he intends to seek an override vote.
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Often pollsters with different backgrounds look at the same data and come to different conclusions.
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But that was not what happened when representatives from the Battleground Poll briefed reporters Thursday morning at a Monitor sponsored breakfast. Pollsters from both parties saw trouble ahead for Republicans in the 2006 elections.
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What makes the Battleground Poll different from many others is its bipartisan nature. The poll, sponsored by George Washington University, is conducted jointly by the Tarrance Group, a Republican firm, and by Lake Research Partners, a company that serves Democratic clients.
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When Tarrance Group vice president Brian Nienaber was asked about Republican prospects for retaining control of Congress, he said, "The trend here is negative ... if this continues and election day was tomorrow, I think control of both houses of Congress would be in jeopardy, not only the House but the Senate."
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"It is a better day to be a Democrat than a Republican," said Celinda Lake, president of Lake Research Partners. "The most important number to watch is Bush's job approval number," she said. "In this poll he had popped up a little bit. He had gotten to 45 percent. In the most recent public polls in the last couple of days he is back down to 40 percent, 39 percent ... if his job approval is 38 or 39 percent ... it looks like we are guaranteed to take back the House. If his job approval is 44-45 percent, [a Democratic victory] becomes in jeopardy."
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The latest version of the 15-year-old Battleground Poll was conducted September 24-27 among 1,000 registered voters and has a margin of error of 3.1 percent. Given the survey's timing, it does not capture voter reaction to the House page scandal. But the scandal's effects will not be good for Republicans, both pollsters agreed.
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"The three issues on which Republicans polled a clear advantage are terrorism, safeguarding America from terrorism, keeping taxes low, and protecting moral values. I think moral values is not going to be part of our tool kit anymore," Nienaber said wryly.
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"I think the turnout game is a big piece of this," Lake said. She was referring to the expectation that Christian conservatives, who are a key part of the Republican party's base, may not vote in the midterm election given their disappointment with Republican Congressional leaders.
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Lake also noted that time Republicans spend dealing with the scandal, "is two weeks when the president can't get his message through except on the Woodward book and it is two weeks when the Republicans can't get their message through. It feeds the desire for change in Washington and checks and balances."
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Avaya has revealed a further integration with Google Cloud Contact Centre artificial intelligence (AI) to provide better contact centre experiences for customers.
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Through embedding Google’s machine learning with Avaya conversation services, it will enable easy integration of AI capabilities and provide a consistent and intelligent experience for Avaya IX Contact Centre customers.
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The two companies are innovating in a number of areas including virtual agents, which are ‘human-like’ automated bots that provide a seamless interaction with customers, the vendors are doing this through integrating Google Cloud APIs with key elements of Avaya’s contact centre infrastructure.
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The Avaya platform can capture the intent, actions and disposition of each interaction in real-time, and then use AI to help determine the best action in the future.
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With Agent Assist, it offers up a contextually relevant knowledge base to agents on real-time conversation analysis across both voice and text.
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Another area the two vendors are also working towards is Conversation Topic Modelling, which uses an unsupervised learning tool that focuses on certain customer topics and abstracting relevant topic information.
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Google Topic Modelling combined with Avaya AI enables agents to leverage real-time visibility of topics with each conversation.
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“We continue to expand our AI-enabled solutions as well as our cloud offerings for customers ranging from small-medium business to the largest global enterprises, and further collaboration with Google is providing additional capabilities to augment the innovation,” Avaya senior vice president of solutions and technology Chris McGugan said.
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Avaya said the new AI capabilities have led to further development and investment in areas such self-service; agent assistance and productivity; smart matching; smart interactions; empowered agents and simplified operations.
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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) launched the iPhone 5 about seven weeks ago and the sleek smartphone still isn’t easy to find on store shelves.
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The company sold more than 5 million new iPhones during the handset’s first weekend of availability and heavy demand has kept the phone in short supply. Shipping times quoted on Apple’s website for new orders remain at 3-4 weeks leading into the holiday shopping season, which could impact Apple’s December quarter. Why is it still so hard to buy an iPhone 5?
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While we knew the iPhone 5 wasn’t easy for Apple’s manufacturing partner to build in the early days, Foxconn boss Terry Gou says his company is still having problems building enough iPhones to satisfy heavy global demand.
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“It’s not easy to make the iPhones. We are falling short of meeting the huge demand,” Gou told Reuters on Wednesday. Rumors surfaced earlier that Apple had expanded iPhone 5 manufacturing to Foxconn subsidiary Foxconn International Holdings in order to increase supply, but Gou would not confirm the reports.
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Obadiah Toppin could be a secret weapon for the Dayton Flyers this season.
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Unless the redshirt freshman’s videos keep going viral on social media.
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A 30-second clip posted this week had already been viewed over 200,000 times as of Wednesday morning, and it gives some clues about what Toppin could bring to the floor for UD this season.
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Of course translating his skills to a game is different, but the Ossining, N.Y., native shows off a nice array of things from which to build.
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Let’s see, tip dunk, fadeaway jumper, NBA 3-point range, windmill dunk, tough layup against contact?
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