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Friday, February 1, 2013

Streaking Thunder head to Denver | Reduction

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Streaking Thunder head to Denver

Denver Nuggets advance to the Western Conference Finals... by dherrera_96
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Excerpt:

The Oklahoma City Thunder have won six in a row, but will face a stern test on Sunday night when they visit the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. Oklahoma City has the NBA's best winning percentage at.800. The Thunder have the second-most road wins in the NBA and this is the second contest of a six-game road trip. The excursion got off to a great start with a 117-114 overtime victory over the Dallas Mavericks, the Thunder's fourth consecutive road win. Kevin Durant went off for a career-high 52 points in an incredible effort. He only shot 13-for-31 from the field, but went 5-for-9 from long distance. Perhaps the most impressive stat from Durant's amazing night was that he went 21-for-21 from the free-throw line, which was the second-best foul-shooting night in NBA history behind Dominique Wilkins' 23-for-23 night in 1992.

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Kevin Durant

Overall Sentiment: 0.284161

Relevance: 0.659796

Sentiment	Quote
-0.0357379	"I just kept fighting and kept believing in myself," Durant said. ...
0.146662	"I just kept fighting and kept believing in myself," Durant said. "My teammates gave me confidence. It's more about the win for me. I was excited at the way we played. We just kept fighting and we got a good win on the road."
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Russell Westbrook

Overall Sentiment: -0.0541954

Relevance: 0.310205

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Ty Lawson

Overall Sentiment: -0.785456

Relevance: 0.279657

Sentiment	Quote
-0.496506	"We're definitely disappointed," Lawson said ...
-0.0118404	"We're definitely disappointed," Lawson said after Friday night's demoralizing loss. "It was pretty quiet in here. We have a film session to figure out the things we're doing wrong. Hopefully we have a good showing against OKC on Sunday."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.5083464 Mean: -0.2541732 Standard Deviation: 0

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Kevin Martin

Overall Sentiment: -0.0298234

Relevance: 0.26372

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Dominique Wilkins

Overall Sentiment: 0.0548549

Relevance: 0.245833

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Serge Ibaka

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.222804

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Danilo Gallinari

Overall Sentiment: -0.0533859

Relevance: 0.21611

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Corey Brewer

Overall Sentiment: 0.080126

Relevance: 0.211819

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George Karl

Overall Sentiment: -0.353699

Relevance: 0.196575

Sentiment	Quote
0.365363	"The personality of the game is very similar to Minnesota, Orlando, Cleveland, and Golden State," Nuggets coach George Karl said, ...
-0.0760785	"The personality of the game is very similar to Minnesota, Orlando, Cleveland, and Golden State," Nuggets coach George Karl said, rattling off the team's disappointing losses this season. "All those games had similar personalities of not having enough effort, not having enough serious basketball."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.2892845 Mean: 0.14464225 Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

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Andre Miller

Overall Sentiment: 0.0439737

Relevance: 0.188772

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Kenneth Faried

Overall Sentiment: -0.0717969

Relevance: 0.169693

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The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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Organization: Denver Nuggets

Overall Sentiment: -0.112646

Relevance: 0.93253

Organization: Oklahoma City Thunder

Overall Sentiment: -0.0772001

Relevance: 0.72871

Organization: NBA

Overall Sentiment: 0.105637

Relevance: 0.407272

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Organization: Washington Wizards

Overall Sentiment: -0.490466

Relevance: 0.336002

Organization: Nuggets

Overall Sentiment: 0.169582

Relevance: 0.300765

City: Oklahoma City

Overall Sentiment: 0.277304

Relevance: 0.404676

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Victoria's Secret apologizes for Native American-inspired look at fashion show | Synopsis

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Victoria's Secret apologizes for Native American-inspired look at fashion show

Urban Culture by Rennett Stowe
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Excerpt:

Victoria's Secret has apologized over a Native American-inspired look worn at its annual fashion show, and says it will pull the ensemble from the event's upcoming TV broadcast. Model Karlie Kloss walked the runway during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show last week in an ensemble that included a feathered headdress, turquoise jewelry and a fringed belt. Native Appropriations, a blog focused on "documenting images of Indigenous peoples, languages and cultures in every day life," wrote: "Besides the daily harm of these ongoing microaggressions for Native folks, the sexualization of Native women continues to be an ignored and continuing epidemic." "This isn't 'fun,' this isn't a 'fantasy' character. This is about our cultures, our bodies, and our lives," the post continued. "Native people demand and deserve far more respect than this." Victoria's Secret apologized in a statement released Saturday via its Facebook page.

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Karlie Kloss

Overall Sentiment: -0.0681321

Relevance: 0.903929

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Technology: Facebook

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.431298

Company: CBS

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.419394

Company: Twitter

Overall Sentiment: -0.138483

Relevance: 0.408258

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Iran President's Press Adviser Returns to Prison | Redux

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Iran President's Press Adviser Returns to Prison

Rahbar Ali Khamenei, painted portrait _DDC7706 by Abode of Chaos
License (according to Flickr): Attribution License

Excerpt:

Monday' report by IRNA says Ali Akbar Javanfekr went back to Tehran's Evin Prison to continue serving his six-month sentence for "publishing material contrary to Islamic norms" and disparaging Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The charges are thought connected to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's political battles with Khamenei. Ahmadinejad checked out Javanfker in hospital on Sunday in a gesture of support for the adviser. The adviser was in stable condition. An Iranian court pronounced guilty Javanfekr in 2011 and banned him from journalism activities for 3 years.

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Overall Sentiment: -0.163686

Relevance: 0.84639

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Ali Akbar Javanfekr

Overall Sentiment: -0.322563

Relevance: 0.669072

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Overall Sentiment: 0.0325366

Relevance: 0.483162

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Kurt Cobain's pre-fame story told in new book by Sub Pop co-founder Bruce Pavitt | Redux

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Kurt Cobain's pre-fame story told in new book by Sub Pop co-founder Bruce Pavitt

Subpop | um ano by calixto
License (according to Flickr): Attribution-ShareAlike License

Excerpt:

Before Kurt Cobain was on top of the grunge music world, he was a budding artist trying to win over music critics and introduce his sound to fans. The new book "Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989," written by Sub Pop Records co-founder Bruce Pavitt, brings to life a slice of Cobain's pre-fame world - before drummer Dave Grohl came on board and prior to the release of Nirvana's debut album, "Bleach," which surfaced on the Seattle-based independent record label later that year. After signing Nirvana to Sub Pop, Pavitt took the band on its first European tour in 1989, with opening gigs for label mates Mudhoney and Tad. Pavitt says that it was on that tour - when Nirvana played the U.K.'s LameFest at the Astoria Theater in London - that the band won over critics overseas.

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Bruce Pavitt

Overall Sentiment: -0.0419396

Relevance: 0.921076

Sentiment	Quote
0.0786399	"Six months after that show, Iggy Pop was showing up at their New York Pyramid show...and DGC Records swept in and signed the band," Pavitt told ...
0.0539696	"Six months after that show, Iggy Pop was showing up at their New York Pyramid show...and DGC Records swept in and signed the band," Pavitt told CBSNews.com. "It was really a turning point in their career. I really think the eight days were kind of a microcosm of the band's career. There was definitely a lot of drama there at the beginning and a lot of obstacles, but at the end of the story, they completely pulled through and won people over."
-0.312104	"About a year or so ago I went back into my box of grunge memorabilia to see what was in there," Pavitt said ...
-0.158533	"About a year or so ago I went back into my box of grunge memorabilia to see what was in there," Pavitt said about finding pictures of the original Nirvana lineup. "There was one photo in particular that I remembered that was Kurt standing in front of the cross...in Rome. I wanted to revisit that picture, and in the process, I started going through the other photos and I realized that collectively that they told a story. It was a positive story."
0.123537	"It was only the second time I had been to Europe, and frankly, I was in a pretty excited state. It's hard not to travel through cities like Rome and Paris and not be thrilled," Pavitt recalled. ...
0.16987	"It was only the second time I had been to Europe, and frankly, I was in a pretty excited state. It's hard not to travel through cities like Rome and Paris and not be thrilled," Pavitt recalled. "I also felt intuitively that that this tour, this event leading up to London, was going to have some historical significance. I knew how powerful the crowds in the U.S. had been reacting to the band."
0	"At one point, we pulled him out of the van and said, 'Hey, we're going to spend 24 hours sightseeing, chilling out, getting some food.' I got to see a deeper part of Kurt's personality," said Pavitt.
0.0786294	"At one point, we pulled him out of the van and said, 'Hey, we're going to spend 24 hours sightseeing, chilling out, getting some food.' I got to see a deeper part of Kurt's personality," said Pavitt. "I was extremely impressed with his knowledge of music. He was a big champion of fringe artists like Daniel Johnston...he proved himself to be a deep student of indie rock."
0	"When Jon [Jonathan Poneman, Sub Pop Records co-founder] and I first heard the band we were really taken in by Kurt's voice," Pavitt remembered. ...
-0.135249	"When Jon [Jonathan Poneman, Sub Pop Records co-founder] and I first heard the band we were really taken in by Kurt's voice," Pavitt remembered. "His material and the stage performance of the band hadn't quite matured at that point, but it was obvious that he had an incredible voice and as the band stepped into doing more touring, it was obvious that they were growing significantly, not only as performers but Kurt as a songwriter."
0.128529	"Going back to that more innocent period of Kurt's life kind of reawakened in me just that whole beauty of the indie culture versus the post-"Nevermind" corporate rock culture," Pavitt said ...
0.0959791	"Going back to that more innocent period of Kurt's life kind of reawakened in me just that whole beauty of the indie culture versus the post-"Nevermind" corporate rock culture," Pavitt said about writing the book. "I think there's a lot to be learned from that period. Nobody was in it for the money because there was no money. I thought that putting that story out there could hopefully be inspiring for people."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 12 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.123268 Mean: 0.010272333333333 Standard Deviation: 0

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Kurt Cobain

Overall Sentiment: -0.114957

Relevance: 0.373785

Kurt

Overall Sentiment: 0.312016

Relevance: 0.277541

Dave Grohl

Overall Sentiment: 0.112872

Relevance: 0.139217

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Krist Novoselic

Overall Sentiment: 0.189573

Relevance: 0.112898

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Jon [Jonathan Poneman

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.107953

Chad Channing

Overall Sentiment: 0.112872

Relevance: 0.103429

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Daniel Johnston...he

Overall Sentiment: 0.0615616

Relevance: 0.096671

Key:

Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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MusicGroup: Nirvana

Overall Sentiment: -0.185145

Relevance: 0.366292

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Body of California woman found at Lake Tahoe | Essentials

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Body of California woman found at Lake Tahoe

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STATELINE, Nev. – The search for a missing 19-year-old California woman who disappeared on New Year's Eve at Lake Tahoe ended Friday when her body was found behind a snow bank about a mile from the site of a music festival she attended that night, authorities said. Alyssa Byrne of Petaluma may have tried to walk three miles in freezing weather to the hotel where she was staying, and became disoriented or lost, Douglas County Undersheriff Paul Howell said. Her body was found along a road. The cause of death has not yet been determined, but neither foul play nor suicide is suspected, he said. Howell noted other concertgoers decided to walk back to a hotel in Stateline, a tourist destination on Lake Tahoe's south shore, because there were long lines for shuttle buses.

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Alyssa Byrne

Overall Sentiment: -0.017468

Relevance: 0.896989

Undersheriff Paul Howell

Overall Sentiment: -0.367976

Relevance: 0.521045

Sentiment	Quote
-0.273579	"If exposed to the elements you could succumb to that," Howell told ...
0.0164321	"If exposed to the elements you could succumb to that," Howell told The Associated Press. "We won't speculate on that (hypothermia) as the cause of death, but we're hoping to get an answer from the autopsy."
0	"We know she left the event, but we don't know where she was last seen," Howell said. ...
-0.199951	"We know she left the event, but we don't know where she was last seen," Howell said. "We'll talk to people who thought they saw her, and try to determine what led to her death."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 4 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.4570979 Mean: -0.114274475 Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

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Alyssa

Overall Sentiment: -0.171197

Relevance: 0.247927

Manager Nancy Kerry

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.163916

Chad Donnelly

Overall Sentiment: 0.226613

Relevance: 0.163433

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Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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City: STATELINE

Overall Sentiment: 0.0853969

Relevance: 0.460448

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GeographicFeature: Lake Tahoe

Overall Sentiment: 0.0270555

Relevance: 0.412574

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Union's basher takes online beating after punching Fox News contributor | Synopsis

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Union's basher takes online beating after punching Fox News contributor

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Soft Serve' by F. D. Richards
License (according to Flickr): Attribution-ShareAlike License

Excerpt:

"Tony," a Michigan union worker whose mood is quicker than his hands, has a significant online image problem. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 876 member was caught on video clip Tuesday punching Fox News contributor Steven Crowder during a pro-union protest on Tuesday in Michigan's capital on the day the state Legislature approved "right to work" legislation that unions oppose. However posters who swamped the neighborhood 's Facebook page with remarks just weren't precisely hailing the hardhat for striking a blow for solidarity. Instead, they heaped scorn on the man for representing his cause terribly -- and while using a jacket with his first name embroidered on the breast. "No class at all," one post read. "Their families should be embarrassed by the behavior of these animals.". Another post defined "violence and intimidation" as the quality of unions, while others attended to Tony directly.

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Steven Crowder

Overall Sentiment: -0.0363748

Relevance: 0.860698

Sentiment	Quote
-0.0277085	“He was saying he was going to kick my a-- and that him and his buddies wanted to meet me at the bar later,” Crowder told ...
-0.0810612	“He was saying he was going to kick my a-- and that him and his buddies wanted to meet me at the bar later,” Crowder told FoxNews.com. “He was repeatedly threatening me.”
0.0815158	“He can come forward and confess and we’ll press charges, or we can host a legal, sanctioned mixed martial arts bout with the proceeds going to the union of his choice,” Crowder said. ...
0.0671423	“He can come forward and confess and we’ll press charges, or we can host a legal, sanctioned mixed martial arts bout with the proceeds going to the union of his choice,” Crowder said. “That’s his way of avoiding going to jail right now.”
0.665832	“I’m not saying that’s unfounded,” he said. ...
-0.0134635	“I’m not saying that’s unfounded,” he said. “But I never assaulted anyone … I expected them to be hostile and violent, just as the [Wall Street] occupiers were. They don’t believe in dialogue or discourse. But I did not expect a mob to destroy a tent with a complete lack of empathy.”
0.283036	“I don’t know, I’m sure there’s something funny about it,” he said. ...
0.283036	“I don’t know, I’m sure there’s something funny about it,” he said. “I’ll see if I can get some material in there.”
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 8 Aggregate Sentiment: 1.2583289 Mean: 0.1572911125 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Tony

Overall Sentiment: -0.271479

Relevance: 0.372276

Vincent Vernuccio

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.208203

Sentiment	Quote
0.0693185	“On the side of proponents of right to work, they simply believe workers should have the freedom to choose,” Vernuccio told ...
0.0633838	“On the side of proponents of right to work, they simply believe workers should have the freedom to choose,” Vernuccio told FoxNews.com. “And when you talk about freedom in this country, emotions do get very high.”
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1327023 Mean: 0.06635115 Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Natalia Angulo

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.206842

John Cour

Overall Sentiment: -0.133802

Relevance: 0.206662

Sentiment	Quote
-0.0461676	“Look at the unedited version [of the videotape] and you’ll see what happened,” Cour told ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.0461676 Mean: -0.0461676 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Scott Clark

Overall Sentiment: -0.0240585

Relevance: 0.197193

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Gov. Rick Snyder

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.193494

Shanon Banner

Overall Sentiment: -0.0145894

Relevance: 0.192197

Sentiment	Quote
-0.0164327	“We can’t take action without [Crowder] coming forward,” Banner said. ...
0.308724	“We can’t take action without [Crowder] coming forward,” Banner said. “If he did that, we would be sure to conduct a thorough investigation.”
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.2922913 Mean: 0.14614565 Standard Deviation: 0

Key:

Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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Organization: Michigan State Police

Overall Sentiment: 0.0757776

Relevance: 0.341616

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