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Evolution of Pro Sports Championships by City, 1903-2015 Test text:

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Detecting Image Similarity in Python: Two Scalable Approaches

Detecting Image Similarity in Python: Two Scalable Approaches

I found myself wanting to learn more about image similarity at a pixel or digital level this weekend, and what constitutes “equality” in pictures. There are many ways one could say if two images are similar; context, colors & brightness within, keywords about the images, etc. But to a computer, how does it “see” the similarity of shapes, perception and variations of red, green, and blue to…

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The US Housing Crunch is Real & it's Only Getting Worse

The US Housing Crunch is Real & it's Only Getting Worse #Econometrics #Income #MiddleClass

Anyone in the market for a new house currently can certainly see it; even renters feel it, and homebuilders know it like the back of their hand. Buying a house relative to income in this country has never been more difficult in the last 40 years and the numbers prove it. As the middle class continues to shrink, the chances of affording a new house on US salaries continue to plummet. While real…

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Real Time #NYC Weather Visualization #blizzard2015 Hi All! In light of the "crazy" weather we've been having lately here in NYC, I decided to help my friends and family get an idea and "see" what I see outside.

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Calculating the P/E Ratio of all 32 NFL Teams

Calculating the P/E Ratio of all 32 NFL Teams #SportsAnalytics #DataScience #Sabermetrics #NFL

If you stumbled across a few billion dollars and wanted to buy an NFL team, where would you start? Would you buy your favorite team just because they’re your favorite, the previous year’s Super Bowl winner, the closest to your house, or maybe the cheapest one? How would you begin to rank the 32 teams across the league? Which metric would you choose? If you were a Data Scientist (or good friends…

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2015 NYC ConEdison Energy Service Company (ESCO) Rates

2015 NYC ConEdison Energy Service Company (ESCO) Rates

For those of you who either live or are thinking of moving to the NYC area, you probably have heard of the ConsolidatedEdison Company of New York, commonly known as ConEd. When signing up for ConEd, you have the ability to choose your Energy Service Company, or ESCO, due to energy crises in the 1970’s and deregulation in the 1990’s. This means choice for everyday consumers, and multiple companies…

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New Year, New Strategy. I'm looking to kick the year off right and get back on my posting track! Happy New Year everyone! It's been quite a while since my last post, and wanted to put the pen to paper to start off the year.

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What's in a Name? Everything in the NFL

What’s in a Name? Everything in the NFL

While watching football this past weekend, I happened to hear two separate players with the same last name, an uncommon name at that, mentioned during the highlight reel. As a Data Scientist, it got me thinking, Is there anything to surnames in the NFL? Are some last names more common than others, relative their national averages?To answer these questions and uncover any hidden truths I had to go…

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What's in a Name? Everything in the NFL

What’s in a Name? Everything in the NFL

Thinking about playing in the NFL? Better think about changing your last name. While watching football this past weekend, I subconsciously heard two separate, independent highlights for players with last name ‘Williams’. I began to think, “is last name correlated with playing in the NFL?”. Or, more scientifically said, “Is there a non-normal distributions of last names in the NFL?”. To prove this…

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My lastest post: External Profile Pages #DataScience #Competitions #Analytics Many people ask me, "what is your {INSERT_TRENDY_SITE_HERE} profile page?", to check out my coding samples, responses, previous work, etc.

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Want to be a Data Scientist? Choose Your Words Carefully

Want to be a #DataScientist? Choose Your Words Carefully. #Analytics #DREAM

Data Science, and subsequently Data Scientists, exploded into the workforce only a few short years ago, yet after numerous articles and media coverage have become one of the most desired fields to enter. This has obviously drew its fair share of 21st century “49ers” in search of gold in the industry, but never has the range for a certain field been so wide (in terms of salary). This is due…

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Infractions Win Championships: The Net Effect of Penalties on Winning in the NFL

Infractions Win Championships: The Net Effect of Penalties on Winning in the #NFL

Defense wins championships.

Win the turnover battle, win games.

More penalties equals more postseasons?

It would see counterintuitive, but with some degree of statistical significance, more penalties can increase the likelihood of reaching the playoffs and even – gasp – winning the Super Bowl. How could such a preposterous theory ever be derived you might ask yourself? The answer is simple and…

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NFL Historical Winning Trends: Do Football Teams Act Like Companies?

The NFL is a business. You hear this during every pregame, post-game and intraweek football show. We are reminded of this fact constantly by the statistical minds at Forbes each year when they compile their annual “The Business of Football” analysis. However, what I wanted to understand is if there is any correlation with winning and time, or more causally put, do teams improve, worsen, or…

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QB Disparity in the NFL & the Probability of Landing an Elite QB, 2004-2013

QB Disparity in the #NFL & the Probability of Landing an Elite QB, 2004-2013 #SportsAnalytics

Analytical food for thought on the disparate QB situation in the NFL over the past 10 years…

Top-10 Uniqueness

36 different QBs have been in the top 10 (as ranked by NFL.com) for the last 10 years, with a total of 100 combined top 10 years collectively. Therefore, there is only a 36% uniqueness by person of QBs of the Top-10 QB spots (of what could have been).

If there have only been 36…

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Unemployment Rates: Can We Please Use a Different Metric? (Part 1)

#Unemployment Rates: Can We Please Use a Different Metric? (Part 1) #Analytics #Econometrics

“Illinois unemployment rate drop mostly good news” – chicagotribune.com (August 15, 2014)

“Alabama unemployment rate jumps to 7 percent in July” – montgomeryadvertiser.com (August 16, 2014)

“Nevada unemployment rate holds steady at 7.7 percent in July” – foxbusiness.com (August 15, 2014)

We’ve all see the headlines, articles, and broadcasts before, and with the advent of social media, blogging,…

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How to Get Rid of Ads on Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, etc. for (semi) Good

How to Get Rid of Ads on Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, etc. for (semi) Good

How did you like that title SEO experts? :-)

Just the other day I found myself bombarded with ads (which is a bit ironic considering my career path), on my favorite social media sites. After a quick Google search “get rid of ads Facebook”, there was no real easy way to do this, or so I thought. Then I found the Chrome extension Minimalist, and it changed my world. Although I’m probably 5 years…

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Stock Picks: Summer 2014

Stock Picks: Summer 2014. Checkout my article on stocks to watch this quarter.

Finally back in the posting saddle after a 5 month hiatus! Now that the masters is done, new job is solidified, it’s time to get back to trading and writing. The old adage, “sell in May and go away” seemed to hold true for the first half of May, yet June has been a great month for all 3 of the major indices, with the NASDAQ Composite up almost 7% since 5/1. The DJIA and S&P500 both also had good…

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