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- Australia v West Indies, 3rd ODI, Canberra
Australia seal series after Watson century
Scorecard and ball by ball details
A Shane Watson century, an Australian victory. In the minds of the coach Mickey Arthur and the captain Michael Clarke, such a scenario should occur far more often, and Watson could scarcely have made a better start to life as a non-bowling batsman with a fluent innings to set the platform for a total that proved beyond West Indies in the third ODI at a resplendent Manuka Oval.
The 39-run victory sealed the series for the hosts, but they were as satisfied by the fact that minus the distraction of allround duties, Watson was able to sail to three figures on an amiable pitch. His free-scoring was followed up by a contrasting innings from Phillip Hughes, scratchy early but sublime later, while George Bailey clattered 44 from a mere 22 balls before leaving the field with a tight hamstring in the evening.
Kieron Pollard had leapt outrageously to catch Glenn Maxwell, and the visiting batsmen were set a similarly high mark to win. Their pursuit threatened to amount to something when Darren and Dwayne Bravo joined forces in an attractive stand, but Mitchell Starc broke their union just when Clarke's brow was beginning to furrow, having brought himself on to bowl after leaving out the specialist spin of Xavier Doherty.
Chris Gayle batted down the order due to a side strain suffered in the field, and was to be the first of four victims for James Faulkner, who reprised his strong showing against the tourists on this ground for the Prime Minister's XI to round up the remainder of the innings.
Seeking a record chase for their region, Devon Thomas and Kieran Powell were conservative to begin with but played some handsome strokes to reach 50 inside nine overs, Starc not gaining much swing and becoming a far more hittable bowler as a result. However Thomas' stay was ended when he miscued Clint McKay.
Powell threatened a more lasting stay before he too failed to find the middle of the bat, top edging a sweep at Glenn Maxwell that was held in agile fashion by Matthew Wade, running around from behind the stumps. The Bravo brothers were soon looking comfortable however, and Clarke looked short of options on a slow surface as Maxwell's overs dried up and the visitors engineered a realistic Twenty20 scenario.
Starc's strike was critical, coaxing Dwayne Bravo to play down the wrong line the ball after a wide, and following a drinks break Faulkner disturbed the stumps of Gayle and Darren Bravo with deliveries moving first from the off, then from the leg. Faulkner's send-off for Gayle drew a word from the umpires, and there was to be little need for histrionics as the innings petered out.
Manuka's turf had provided Watson with a chance to play himself into form at the top of the Australian batting order ahead of the Test tour of India, and he was soon in firm touch, punching down the ground and through cover with comfort and also cutting profitably. While the pitch and the opposition were not of the kinds to be faced on the subcontinent, Watson's clarity suggested he may not be seeking a return to the international bowling crease any time soon.
Aaron Finch was similarly crisp, flicking neatly to the midwicket fence more than once, and the runs arrived at pace without either batsman taking many risks. Having made a halting start to his ODI career, Finch looked capable of a major score, but soon after Watson passed 50 he gave his innings away with a dainty dab from Sammy into the gloves of Thomas standing up to the stumps.
The wicket brought a downturn in the run-rate - despite a duo of Darren Sammy no-balls, the first of which was called rather harshly by the umpire Asad Rauf - as Hughes battled to settle in. A little circumspect as he neared his century, Watson reached it confidently then accelerated, swinging lustily for a pair of sixes before he was pouched at deep backward square leg.
Hughes' innings grew steadily in fluency and speed, mirroring Bailey's Perth effort in terms of the skill of building a score from a shaky base. Clarke fell cheaply, but it was a surprise when Hughes edged Sunil Narine behind short of a century, the catch completed by Thomas via thigh as well as glove after the wicketkeeper had earlier been struck a painful blow on the thumb.
Bailey's late hitting ensured the total would go comfortably past 300, and ultimately the West Indies would leave Manuka with only Pollard's catch to console them.
Daniel Brettig is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here


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Arbor Day will be celebrated April 19, and more than 72 Fourth Graders in Mancos will roll up their sleeves and plant a tree. The kids will become members of Fourth Grade Foresters. The project's goal is to help revitalize a remarkable idea - observation of Arbor Day in America's schools. Fourth-graders at Mancos Elementary School will receive trees to take home and plant.
Lea Cody, District Manager of the Mancos Conservation District, who sponsored the trees said, "We have been sponsoring this project for several years now. We believe it is very important to keep conservation in the forefront for all children. Planting a tree each year on Arbor Day is simple and yet reminds us all how important trees are to our environment and conservation in general."
"This project is made possible because community business people like the Mancos Conservation District covered the cost of each of the individually packaged evergreen trees, so that there is no cost to the students, the teachers, the school or the taxpayer," Debra Ersch, co-founder of the Fourth Grade Forester Project said. "It's a wonderful way to show support for the community, education and the environment."
Fourth Grade Foresters USA was created to provide a simple and inexpensive way for any individual, business or organization to send the fourth-grade students at an elementary school home with a tree of their own to plant and care for. Each fourth-grader receives an individually packaged 12-inch - 18-inch evergreen tree seedling packaged by workers with disabilities.
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Friday, January 4, 2013
On the edges of testimony
Elder Burton was an awesome teacher, and I would have loved to have been in one of his chemistry classes (despite my ineptitude for the sciences), just to hear him teach.
Here's what he said about testimony: when our testimony is new and small, it is like a small circle. There is little we know, but there is also only a small border between what we know and what we don't know. As our testimony grows, the border with the unknown also expands, so that we become more aware of what we do not know. Theoretically what we don't know actually shrinks a bit as our testimony grows, but our awareness of what we don't know increases.
And that intrigue has a dual impact on me. On the one hand, I peer into the darkness, willing to walk by faith a step at a time to learn more. On the other hand, I'm reminded of that old story told in standards lessons about the drivers applying for a job who are asked how close they can drive to the side of the cliff: the job goes to the one who stays as far away from the edge as possible.
To torture yet another metaphor, is it better to patrol the borders or to retreat to the safety of the center? I think the answer is yes to both. My own fear is that if I sit only in the center, then over time, my testimony in the center is likely to be stronger, but my overall testimony is likely to shrink somewhat. If, however, I spend all my time on the border, I am likely to succumb to fatigue, and I will also likely end up weaker than when I started.
So in my own life, I find myself moving from the center to the border and back again. I do not shy away from questions that are difficult for me. But I also do not demand instant answers to every question. And I find regular opportunities to retreat to the center for spiritual R&R. My retreats to the center often involve reminding myself of what I already know and believe: I visit the temple; I partake of the sacrament; I read favorite scripture stories. My excursions to the border may involve more challenging reading – for me often involving church history, but not always. Sometimes I return to nagging and unanswered questions of doctrine or scriptural interpretation.
I have used this pattern for the three decades since my mission and found it works for me. I've had enough successful trips to the edge in which I've been able to defend and even expand the border of my testimony. It is sometimes in the discussions that result from those trips – either with trusted friends or family members, or just in my own private pondering – that I find the light that allows me to take a further step.
I have also learned that my border is not the same as someone else's. I may have more or less tolerance for a trip to the edge than someone else on a given day. And I've learned I cannot drag someone along with me. (Well, I suppose I could, but it wouldn't do them or me any good.) I have grown weary, for instance, of the devil's advocate approach to High Priest Group lessons in which someone perches on the edge trying to goad the rest of the group to come along for the fun of the ride. (And I've consciously tried to avoid taking that approach while teaching for some time.)
But in the spirit of mourning with those that mourn and comforting those who stand in need of comfort, I've found that I am surprisingly (to me) resilient even when a companion needs to question his own border crossing, even if I haven't resolved the matter for myself. For whatever reason, the Lord has granted me the grace to recognize that even if his question is not important to me or not on my radar, it is important to my companion. There was a time when such a situation might have threatened my testimony's center, but it no longer does.
How do you navigate the edges of your testimony?
BTW, you can find my New Year's post on testimony at Real Intent here.
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I taught a lesson last night to a new convert family, and maybe I taught the same principle as you did in this posting. I believe that the fundamentals are more important than the details -- I really do. And those fundamentals are first, that "Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself to all nations" and that he has stretched forth his arm again to restore the priesthood to the earth in these latter days; and second, faith, hope, and charity.ReplyDelete
My lesson was on the plan of salvation, but I really don't like reducing the gospel to a mechanistic "plan" -- we have been given very small glimpses into the life after death, and even smaller glimpses (essentially none!) into the life before birth, but we have no details and there is no need for us to argue among ourselves about small details -- faith, hope, and charity in this life are what is important, and everything else will fall into place.
I think you are wise to avoid a mechanistic 'plan' discussion -- the Plan is one of Happiness because of the atonement of Jesus Christ. It's taken me a long time to come to understand the need to focus on the plan rather than the roadmap.ReplyDelete
I have to think more about your comment that faith, hope and charity are what's important and that everything else will fall into place. The idea intrigues me, but I'm also sensitive to the need for ordinances (that show us the power of God) and covenants (that bind us to Him), for instance.
I really like this post and identify with it quite a bit. In studying the gospel unanswered and nagging questions inevitably come up. Early on I would get frustrated when the answer was not immediately forthcoming. I learned that if I would return to the center of my testimony, continue studying, and wait on the Lord that the answer would eventually come. Usually quite some time later and when I wasn't looking for it. I realized that many times I just didn't have the life experience at the time of asking the question that the answer would have been meaningful.ReplyDelete
BKM, I've had exactly the experience you describe about getting answers to some questions much later when I wasn't really looking for it.ReplyDelete
The Buddha said when the student is ready, the teacher appears. I think that's true for gospel answers, too.
Ordinances and covenants are part of faith and hope -- I don't participate in ordinances or make covenants for social reasons or to check the boxes on my ticket -- and one's ordinances and covenants will have ZERO value if he or she has no faith, hope, or charity. I participate in ordinances and make covenants because of my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and my trust in him.ReplyDelete
A person who focuses on ordinances and covenants might be like the person who gains the whole world but in the end loses his own soul. They aren't ends in their own right. But faith, hope, and charity both means and ends.
ji, I see your point. There are few things by themselves that are an end unto themselves in the gospel.ReplyDelete
Of course the Lord taught the first two great commandments are to love God and love one another -- also embodied in faith, hope and charity. Presumably when we make covenants and signify them by ordinances, we do so out of our love for God, and our subjection to Him and His will for us. I agree -- if we simply do them to tick a box then we have fallen short of the point.
Indeed the Lord revealed the point of ordinances is so that the power of God can be made known unto men.
I strongly identify with how you describe this--going back and forth between the borders and the center of testimony. We revisit the center for stability, and we go to the borders for growth.ReplyDelete
I find that navigating the edges is best with scripture study, then experimenting upon the word.
Michela, I really like the idea of thinking about the trips to the edge as part of experimenting on the word. I'd not thought of it that way, but it's a good fit with my experience. The edge is the place where I am, like in the hymn Lead Kindly Light, taking a step into the darkness and trusting that the Lord will guide me.ReplyDelete


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We are a small, fun, casual produce wholesale business and I want to give out t-shirts as gifts to my loyal customers and employees and hope to make them smile. My brother, and business partner of 30 years, was an avid baseball fan and he passed away this summer. I want something to give out in his memory.
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• Event will take place on August 3-4 at Irwindale Speedway, CA
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ESPN X Games 2013 Los Angeles is not just about skateboard, moto and BMX tricks. For the four-wheel motor-head, the debut of Ken Block's Gymkhana Grid and Global RallyCross will surely generate interest. Instead of housing this year's rally action on the streets of Los Angeles, Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale, CA will host the tire shredding action starting this week on Saturday August 3rd through August 4th at the complex's twin ring tracks.
Ken Block's Gymkhana Grid will challenge the advanced driving techniques of top drivers within a course that consists of cones, tire barrels and plenty of other obstacles. Attendees can expect to witness drifts, spinouts and tire smoke as drivers attempt to complete the course in record times. This event will occur on Saturday, August 3rd at 7:30pm PST.
The sixth meeting of the 2013 Global RallyCross Championship schedule is also coming to Irwindale. It features a grid of rally cars capable of producing 600 horsepower that accelerate from 0-60 mph in 1.9 sec. The course will be half-dirt and half-paved, and include 70-foot jumps. Expect loud backfires, exciting smash-up action and precision driving . This event will occur on Sunday, August 4th at 2pm PST.
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USTR Nominee Froman Called 'One Of The Most Egregious Examples Of The Way The Revolving Door Works Between Gov't And Business'
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[Michael Froman's] one of the most egregious examples — up there with Bob Rubin, literally — we've yet seen of the way the revolving door works between business and government generally, and between Citigroup and Treasury in particular.That's troubling, to say the least. Salmon points to a Matt Taibbi piece for Rolling Stone that highlights some very questionable activity on the part of Froman, including keeping his job at Citibank while helping to select the economic team for Obama's first term... the very folks who would be in charge of regulating Citibank.
Leading the search for the president's new economic team was his close friend and Harvard Law classmate Michael Froman, a high-ranking executive at Citigroup. During the campaign, Froman had emerged as one of Obama's biggest fundraisers, bundling $200,000 in contributions and introducing the candidate to a host of heavy hitters — chief among them his mentor Bob Rubin, the former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs who served as Treasury secretary under Bill Clinton. Froman had served as chief of staff to Rubin at Treasury, and had followed his boss when Rubin left the Clinton administration to serve as a senior counselor to Citigroup (a massive new financial conglomerate created by deregulatory moves pushed through by Rubin himself).That piece also talks about Froman's role in getting Timothy Geithner his job at Treasury, right after Geithner helped craft the bailout of Citibank that basically put all the risk on the Fed and didn't require any Citi concessions or exec changes, despite their own culpability in making a ton of bad investments.
Incredibly, Froman did not resign from the bank when he went to work for Obama: He remained in the employ of Citigroup for two more months, even as he helped appoint the very people who would shape the future of his own firm....
Geithner, in other words, is hired to head the U.S. Treasury by an executive from Citigroup — Michael Froman — before the ink is even dry on a massive government giveaway to Citigroup that Geithner himself was instrumental in delivering. In the annals of brazen political swindles, this one has to go in the all-time Fuck-the-Optics Hall of Fame.I was hopeful that perhaps we'd get a USTR who was in favor of openness and transparency, but it looks like Froman may be the quintessential example of a backroom dealer, who already has a reputation for pushing through bad trade agreements.
Wall Street loved the Citi bailout and the Geithner nomination so much that the Dow immediately posted its biggest two-day jump since 1987, rising 11.8 percent. Citi shares jumped 58 percent in a single day, and JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley soared more than 20 percent, as Wall Street embraced the news that the government's bailout generosity would not die with George W. Bush and Hank Paulson.


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Not many people can say they moved to New Mexico cross country in a Ford Model T, but 92-year-old Roswell resident Mauro Gibson can claim he went through such a bone-rattling experience.
"My dad brought me to Clovis in a Model T in 1928," said Gibson, a World War II Navy veteran. "My grandfather lived there and was a doctor."
Gibson said that when he was 3 years old, his father grew tired of living in Lynn, Massachusetts, so they hit the road.
For the past 17 years, Gibson has worked about six hours a day at Lewis Truck & 4X4 on West Second Street just west of the Relief Route.
Gibson works for free, except for his boss, Mark Lewis, taking him out for lunch and giving him a reserved parking spot on the east side of the shop that says "Gibson Parking Only," where Gibson parks his late-model Ford F-150.
Lewis also pays for Gibson's phone bill.
Gibson has been a friend of the the Lewis family for decades. The business was passed down to Lewis by his father, Don.
"He's like a member of the family. He goes on family vacations with us," Lewis said. "He helps me everyday."
Gibson dresses in coveralls everyday, and on his 90th birthday, the entire Lewis family dressed in coveralls to recognize their beloved friend.
Gibson doesn't do much mechanical work at the shop. Instead, he is a general helper and drives customers home.
"He welds everyday and will do anything asked," Lewis said. "He does his best."
According to Lewis, Gibson is a bit of a marvel of medical science.
"He doesn't take a ton of pills everyday," Lewis said.
Gibson broke his neck a few years back in a roll-over accident that wasn't his fault.
Amazingly, Gibson's neck healed in four months, Lewis said.
When Gibson broke his hip, once again he was back in action in only four months.
"He heals like a 40-year-old," Lewis said. "If you tell him to do 10 exercises, he will do 20."
Gibson does have a caretaker, who Lewis quipped also is his girlfriend.
Gibson loves to hunt, but says his "old shoulder" can't handle a shotgun anymore. He still shoots with a rifle.
Gibson's wife died in 2002 and his son died in 2011. He has two daughters, one in California and another in Texas.
After living in Clovis, Gibson moved to Texas when he was 13 and then in 1940 moved to Fort Sumner.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-46, which you could say was the second half of World War II.
He did hospital duty as a medical corps pharmacist in Mare Island, California.
From sunny California, he was shipped overseas to Australia.
"We were sent up the coast to Melbourne and Brisbane and then Windy Island," Gibson said.
His ship, the USS Half Moon, received more and more casualties as war in the Pacific accelerated.
The Half Moon was a "tender vessel," which in maritime parlance means a ship that is used to support the operation of other vessels.
The Half Moon had a "fantail," which was an extension of the main deck where sea planes and smaller vessels could be lifted onto the ship.
Gibson said he and his crew mates made several rescues.
"People here today wouldn't be here if not for us," he said.
One day they were attacked by a Japanese Zero, the same carrier fighters that attacked Pearl Harbor.
"A Japanese Zero (Mitsubishi A6M) tried to shoot us and a P-38 shot him out of the sky," Gibson said. "The pilot parachuted out but refused to take a lifeline. It wasn't until we shot him in the butt that he decided to take a lifeline. We took him out of the water and interrogated him."
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II-era American fighter aircraft. The P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament.
"We always had P-38s covering us," Gibson said.
When Gibson got out of the Navy, he moved back to Fort Sumner and was encouraged by relatives to stay in the medical field. However, Gibson said he wanted to work with his hands.
In 1949, he moved to Roswell to work as a civilian iron worker at Walker Air Force Base.
After that, he supervised a fleet of vehicles at the Glover Packing Co. on Garden Avenue.
"They had a pretty good fleet of cars and trucks that hauled equipment," Gibson said.
He worked there from 1962 to 1981, and was the "last one out the door" when the company closed due to bankruptcy.
A soft-spoken man, Gibson summarized his life in one short sentence: "I've learned about life in 92 years."
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The Vatican published a working document June 26 for the extraordinary Synod of Bishops to take place October 2014.
The 75-page document, called "The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in Context of Evangelization" after the theme of the synod, is largely based on comments and answers in response to questionnaires sent out last November by national bishops' conferences around the world.
The document addresses what are currently some of the most controversial moral issues the Church faces regarding the family, including artificial contraception, divorce and remarriage, same-sex marriage, premarital sex and in vitro fertilization.
The "instrumentum laboris" is "supposed to 'provide an initial reference point' for discussion at the synod," Catholic News Service reports.
According to CNS, "Bishops' conferences responding to the questionnaire, attributed an increasing disregard of such teachings to a variety of influences, including 'hedonistic culture; relativism; materialism; individualism; (and) the growing secularism.'"
The bishops recognize the challenges of ministering to growing numbers of people in such "irregular" situations, including divorced Catholics who have remarried civilly without obtaining an annulment of their first marriage, leaving them ineligible to receive Communion.
Their predicament, which Pope Francis has said exemplifies a special need for mercy in the church today, has been a topic of unusually open debate at the highest levels of the church over the last year.
Many in such situations feel "frustrated and marginalized," the document states, noting proposals for rendering the annulment process simpler and quicker -- and warnings that such streamlining might obscure church doctrine on the indissolubility of marriage.
The document also notes proposals that the Catholic Church consider adopting Orthodox practice, which allows for second and even third marriages under certain circumstances.
On the other hand, some bishops and others "want to see more attention given to separated and divorced persons who have not remarried but have remained faithful to their nuptial vows," and who often "have the added suffering of not being given proper care by the church and thus overlooked."
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One of the highlights for me this week at BlackBerry® World™ 2011 was having the opportunity to showcase some of the amazing work from developers starting to leverage the BBM social platform. Social networking application foursquare is one such example, and was demoed during the Tuesday General Session keynote by Senior Director of Developer Relations (and fellow Inside BlackBerry blogger) Mike Kirkup.
The above video is really three videos in one! First, I speak with Mike about the overall opportunity available to developers that integrate BBM social platform APIs into their application. Then, foursquare developers Pete and Jeff provide a great demonstration of foursquare for BlackBerry integrated with BBM. I then pass the mic to Mike for a brief sit down with Pete about developing for BlackBerry and how the coming BBM social platform integration enhances the foursquare super app experience.
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Can Fatal Accidents Be Reduced?
Is flight training hopelessly and irretrievably broken? And if it is, is there anything we can do about it? Those two questions were at the top of the agenda at last week's first Symposium of Aviation and Flight Educators.
Permit me a paragraph on the organization of this event. It was simply superb. Organizers Doug Stewart, Bob Wright and Rich Stowell assembled a well-conceived, fast-moving program that consisted of six panels on various subjects. Within those panels, each person was given about 10 minutes to cover a specific topic. As a result, the information was crisp and on-target and the day never dragged. I scribbled madly, filling a notebook with facts and ideas. Anyone putting together such a thing on any topic would do well to emulate SAFE's efforts.
The underlying assumption here is that flight instructors�or educators, if you prefer�can improve the industry's vitality by helping reduce the fatal accident rate. Using the best data available, it stands at 1.2/100,000 hours, more than 240 times the rate of the scheduled airlines. After day one, I compared notes with Bob Miller, who runs a busy flight school in Buffalo, New York. I confessed that I don't buy the notion that improving the fatal accident rate, while laudable, will have any effect on pilot starts. I just don't see the direct connection. But Miller, who's a lot smarter than me and is actually in the day-to-day world of flight training, does see the connection. It's the cocktail party reaction. When he mentions what he does for a living, Miller hears, "Oh, aren't those little airplanes dangerous?" What I hear � or what I think I hear � is, "Oh, I always wanted to try that." So right out of the gate, at least two guys don't agree on the fundamental supposition.
But we do agree that reducing the fatal accident rate through improved training is commendable. But how? At the end of this blog, I'm listing most of the nearly 30 recommendations SAFE came up with. As was intended, many of these are education-centric, since the underlying assumption is that the way to reduce fatals is to force a cultural change first among instructors who can then pass this knowledge and skill into the piloting ranks.
It has become an article of faith in this country that government regulation of any kind is bad and that the private sector or the regulated participants are best suited to clean up their own houses. Even the FAA is onboard. At the SAFE symposium, agency representatives, including Randy Babbitt, made it abundantly clear that they want to tackle this GA fatals problem without additional regulation. That's good as far as it goes. So I asked how are we going to make any of these recommendations stick? GA pilots have clearly demonstrated that they won't flock toward recurrent training voluntarily, although some do. I didn't get a compelling answer to this question.
The required FAR 61.56 flight review laughably passes as recurrent training, but instructors have their own version of this folly. It's called the Flight Instructor Refresher Clinic or FIRC. The biggest challenge in these things is staying awake for 16 hours. They are dumbed down to the point of uselessness. The upshot is, due to our demonization of things "required," we have created two problems: a flight instructor revalidation process that's market-driven and guarantees mediocrity and the opportunity for those rusty instructors to get at pilots who need recurrent training only once every 24 months. (OK, so not all the instructors are rusty, but you get the idea.)
What I'd do is this: I'd tweak FAR 61.197 to allow flight instructors to renew through a FSDO, just as they can now, or take the checkride again, as they also can now. But at every other renewal, they would have to complete a Flight Instructor Refresher Clinic meeting the requirements of AC 60-XX. This is a new as-yet-be-written advisory circular specifying what a FIRC has to do. Some of SAFE's recommendations included using AC's as tools and the FAA is happy with this.
Groups like SAFE, if they're serious about a culture change, could then put some teeth and challenge into this AC, relying on nothing more than a minor wording change to FAR 61.197 to make it stick. There are a lot ways to do this and the FAA seems to be saying it will give the industry a free hand to make it happen. There's a temptation to dumb it down to keep CFI's from dropping out; to make it easy and jolly them along. That should be avoided, because some of them should drop out if they're not serious about recurrency.
If I were writing that AC, the FIRC would be a challenging, task/scenario based curriculum, not hours based. It would also have a flight component, which none of the FIRCs now do, because it's not practical. So I'd write into the AC a specific set of mandatory and optional flight tasks totaling perhaps three or four hours of flying, with an endorsement required from an instructor. You'd do that training independent of the FIRC itself before showing up. For the in-classroom portion, I'd hand everyone an iPad upon arrival and hit them with a bunch of short quizzes to see what they know, with the grading in real time right up on a big flat screen, sort of like those online games some airliners have now. It could just as easily be done via webinar. Follow that with immediate instruction to address shortcomings.
If you're ill-prepared or hopelessly rusty, it will show and nobody likes to look dumb. At the end, I'd require a written that you'd have to pass or face a pink slip. You'd have some skin in the game and you'd be challenged to brush up before arriving. One other tweak: I'd change the FAR 61.56 flight review requirement to 12 months from 24 months. This idea would ignite huge opposition, but you can't change culture unless you can get at the people who need changing. If you're okay with the current fatal accident rate�and, bluntly, I suspect some people are--then don't change a thing.
My test case for this is drunk driving. Since the 1990s, the incidence of drunk driving accidents has declined sharply due to the kind of culture change we're talking about here. That involved education, public service spots and community outreach�the soft stuff. That's good. But we also started arresting and fining people for driving drunk�that's the regulatory part�and more drivers slowly decided that drinking and driving is socially unacceptable. They didn't reach that conclusion out of altruism. We didn't "incentivize" or "motivate" such people, we arrested and fined them.
We don't need to fine pilots, but those who need recurrent training won't always seek it out. In fact, the ones who do seek it aren't the problem. I suppose another alternative is to offer insurance price breaks or penalties for those who don't seek recurrent training. I'm open to suggestions.
In another blog, I'll look at accidents and judgment, which is at the core of this problem.
Selected SAFE Recommendations
- Establish, through Advisory Circular, a best practices framework for CFIs
- Establish certificate-specific flight reviews and training under FAR 61.56
- Allow for student pilot certificate discontinuance for students who don't complete training within a specified time
- Gather additional detailed accident data from insurance companies
- Establish a GA ambassador program to communicate the value of GA to students and would-be students
- Improve customers' and student pilots' "inside-the-door" experience at flight schools
- Improve student pilot retention by teaching CFIs customer-service skills
- Use instructor and flight school organizations to develop mentor programs for student pilots
- Develop doctrine to build a safety culture with students from day one
- Fully integrate safety culture doctrine across the board for all kinds of training and operations
- Make risk management a specific instructional area
- Simplify and overhaul the FAA's FITS (FAA/Industry Training Standards) program
- Review and standardize the current CFI renewal process
- Create a knowledge standard for both oral and practical tests
- Form a standing industry committee to address weaknesses in Practical Test Standards
- Reevaluate the use of ATDs, FTDs as training tools and clarify the potential
- Establish better guidelines for flight reviews
- Taylor curriculum to specific student goals
- Emphasize load factor and angle of attack when teaching stall/spin awareness and throughout all training
- Establish continuing education programs for CFIs to create a persistent safety culture
- Better quality control for CFI course and DPE oversight of revalidations


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Well he is really perverted but he is quite oblivious to the feelings of the girls around him. Though in the recent novel he finds out about their feelings and confesses to one of the girl, which I wouldnt spoil. So it wont be like IS where the MC never finds out.
Yes I will check them out soon. Thanks for the advice
Please do. I think the anime will cover upto volume 2 or 3. I will try to finish them before the anime comes out.
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It would be easier to explain couple of terminology first.
Sacred Gear: A power or weapon God bestowned to Humans. Only Humans or people with Human heritage can have it. People who were called Heroes or with high strength are usually Sacred Gear Possers. There are many Sacred Gears and they all have different ability.
Longinus: The Sacred Gears that can kill even God is called Longinus. There are said to be 13 Longinus in total. Longinus also have two ability while ordinary Sacred Gear only has one ability.
Balance Breaker: If the person holding the Sacred Gear masters their Sacred Gear, they can reach the Balance Breaker. Balance Breaker are improved version of their usual Sacred Gear. It is similar to Bankai from Bleach.
So Isei's Sacred Gear is the "Boosted Gear" and is one of the Longinus. It has a form of a Gauntlet which covers Isei's left arm. It has a dragon resided in it called Draig. It has the ability to double the users power every 10 seconds. The second ability is to give or send the power they charged to people or objects.
The Balance Breaker has a form of a Armour which covers Isei's body. Since the Sacred Gear has a Dragon in it, the Armour looks like a Red Dragon. It could reach its maximum power instantly. Since the usual ability was to double its power every 10 second, during the Balance Breaker form it could even reach up to more than 1000 times its power instantly.
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Koneko, Rias, and Himejima does not have a Sacred Gear. Like I stated before only Human's can have a Sacred Gear. Koneko was a Nekomata, which is a Japanese Youkai before she was turned into a devil. She can use a thing called "Sennjutsu", which she shows from volume 5. Therefore she wont be using at in the anime. Rias is a pureblood devil, and has a special power called "Power of destruction", which is very powerful and so far only she and her brother has. Himejima was a half-human/half-fallen-angel before she was turned into a devil. If she was lucky she could have a Sacred Gear because she is half-human, but unluckily she doesn't. But since she was a half-fallen angel she could use "light" energy which could makes her a big threat to other devils.
Now Kiba has a Sacred Gear. It is called "Sword Rebirth" which lets him create "Demonic Swords". He could make much sword as possible and give them attributes like fire and ice etc.
The Balance-Breaker is called "Sword of Betrayer". It lets him create not only "Demonic Swords" but also "Holy-Swords". Since the sword has opposite attributes it was thought to be impossible but he could merge the two to create "Holy-Demonic Sword".
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Thanks n0m@n for all the info. Can you tell me information of the girls on the covers of vol 6,7 & 9. Like who are they, what race are they and what are their role on the story? What kind of character issei belongs to, the one where most of the time depend on others and is useless or the one that take the initiative and can hold on his own? Thanks in advance. My wishes for this series would be that issei form a romantic relationship with multiple girls forming a harem and the other would be that
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First of all, about the characters on the cover you said,
Spoiler for Character:
Also about the plots.
Spoiler for Volume 1:
Spoiler for Volume 2:
Spoiler for Volume 3:
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I would explain about Volume 5 onwards, but there are some terminology you need to know before reading it. But to let you know this story just doesn't concentrate on devils and such. The novels throws in Norse mythology, Japanese youkai, Greek Mythology and such, so it has lot of story in it. Eg fighting certain God and stuff.
Evil Pieces:
They are chess pieces that are given to Top-Tier devils. They obtain 15 pieces which consists of 1 Queen, 2 Rooks, 2 Knights, 2 Bishops, and 8 Tanks. The holder of these chess pieces are known as "Kings". These pieces could be used to resurrect people and change them into a devil and a servant of the "King". Usually one piece is used for 1 person, but there are people with very high inner power that it takes more than one piece to change them into a devil. Each pieces boosts up certain parameter of the ones used on. Rook boosts up strength. Bishop boosts up Magic Powers. Knight boosts up Speed. Queen boosts up all of 3 Strength, Speed, Magic. Pawn however gets an ability called "Promotion" which allows them to promote into 4 classes mentioned (Queen,Bishop,Tank,Knight). Queen is said to be strong as 9 pieces of Pawns. Rook is said to be strong as 5 pieces of Pawn. Bishop and Knight is said to be strong as 3 pieces of Pawn.
The Occult Club is made up of Rias and her servants:
Rossweise(Rook) Joins in end of Volume 7, the girl in cover of Volume 9
Zenovia(Knight) Joins in end of Volume 3, the girl in cover of Volume 6
Gyaspa(Bishop)-Already a member before the story but makes appearance in Volume 4
Asia(Bishop)-Joins in end of Volume 1
Isei(Pawns)-Used up 8 pieces of Pawn Pieces
Also in the devils world, there is a game called "Rating Game", where the "Kings and their servants" battles with the other "King and their servants". There are different types of battling style, but the most common and used one is the all out battle where they are put in a battle stage where it continues until they take down the opponents king or make them surrender. The novel introduces the "Rating Game" in Volume 2.
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One day before the American Legion season was scheduled to start, New England Frozen Lemonade/Shields Post 43 manager Dave McGuirl still hadn't had his whole team together for a practice. So when the Pilgrim baseball team finished out its season with a playoff loss on June 8, many of the Pats kept their spikes on and stayed on the field for a NEFL practice. They didn't seem to mind.
It wasn't ideal, but it was the best opportunity to get some reps for returning players whose seasons hadn't gone so late.
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With a big group of returning players, the summer will be like a reunion. Throw in a big influx of talent, and it could shape up as a very good summer, too.
"We've got a good team," said manager Dave McGuirl. "My expectation is to contend for a state championship. We've got the talent and we've got great chemistry. There are a lot of quality kids on this team and they've been playing together for a long time."
NEFL, the 2010 state champion, is coming off its first season as the combined NEFL/Shields program. The team had good results last year, advancing deep into the playoffs before a loss to Cumberland Post 14 in the double-elimination portion of the state tournament.
NEFL could be in line for even better results this year. Veterans Dylan Cummiskey, Don McGuirl and Nick Savage exhausted their eligibility last year, but nearly everybody else is back.
The list of returning players includes five post-grads – 2011 Pilgrim grads Zach Blanchard, Teddy Dwyer and Kyle Fitzsimmons, 2011 Toll Gate grad Mike Giard and former Cranston East standout Rob Reardon.
Dwyer and Blanchard are serving as captains and manning the left side of the infield. Dwyer, a third baseman, played at Roger Williams this spring. Blanchard, a former All-State shortstop at Pilgrim, plays for Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
"They're my captains and they're both great kids," McGuirl said. "They really set the tone for us."
NEFL also has a host of high school players back in the fold, including Pilgrim's Branden Hoxsie, Nick McGuirl and Colin Douglas, Toll Gate's Colin Stamps and Vets' T.J. Boyajian.
For many of the returning players, there isn't just one summer of experience to lean on when it comes to team chemistry.
"Most of these kids came up through Warwick National together," Dave McGuirl said. "I coached a lot of them, pretty much since Little League all stars. They really know each other well and they get along great. They're great kids."
But for NEFL, the 2012 season won't be all about the returning players.
They'll have some help.
Last year's pitching staff wasn't overly deep, but this year's group will get a major boost from three pitchers who were impressive all spring. Recent Vets grads Shane Johnson and Kevin Hickey were dominant at times during the high school season. The same could be said for Pilgrim's Ryan Morris, who emerged as one of the top sophomore pitchers in the state.
Those three will join Hoxsie and Fitzsimmons to give NEFL a very strong rotation.
"It's a pretty talented group," McGuirl said. "Johnson can be dominant when he's on, and Morris has a lot of college coaches looking at him. Hickey and Hoxsie just know how to pitch and they get the job done no matter what. And Fitzsimmons tried out for RIC and was the last cut. So he's going to be good too."
There's depth on the pitching staff, too. Douglas is a lefty who should be strong out of the bullpen. Newcomers Andrew Bracken, a sophomore at St. Raphael who lives in Warwick, and Pilgrim's Cole Furney will also get some innings.
Several newcomers will provide a boost to the lineup as well. Shawn Clayton had a strong season with Pilgrim and will split time behind the plate with another newcomer, Lee Verrier. Pilgrim's Mike Mallozzi will join the outfield mix.
Dwyer returns at third base, Blanchard is at shortstop and Nick McGuirl is at second. There's currently a platoon at first base, with Clayton, Douglas, Giard and Johnson all seeing time.
In the outfield, Reardon was slated for the left field job, but he injured his arm in one of NEFL's first games this year and his status for the rest of the summer is up in the air. Hoxsie and Mallozzi are playing there in his absence.
Stamps will patrol center field and Boyajian will be in right.
McGuirl will also have help from veteran coaches Bob Evans and Bill Webb.
It all adds up to a good-looking club, and NEFL is already off to a strong start. As one of the busier teams in the league thus far, NEFL had played seven games as of Tuesday and had gone 6-1.
Boyajian, Dwyer, Giard and Nick McGuirl have been hot so far, with Boyajian hitting .500, Giard batting .462, Dwyer at .429 and McGuirl hitting .400.
On the mound, Johnson dazzled on Saturday in Newport, striking out 11 in a one-hitter against R&R Construction. Hickey is off to a strong start as well, with a 2-0 record and a 1.50 ERA.
"I like the team a lot," McGuirl said. "We've got a lot more pitching depth and I think we'll hit the ball well. It's just a great group. Never mind wins and losses. I love coaching them."
NEFL returns to action Friday at Vets against Collette Vacations Post 79. On Saturday, NEFL will host a doubleheader with Providence Post 56 beginning at 10 a.m.


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13 December 2013
Key Largo, FL - Opening day of the 2013 Audi Melges 20 World Championship, hosted by the Ocean Reef Club in full coordination with the International Audi Melges 20 Class Association, Coconut Grove Sailing Club and Melges USA ushered in three great races leaving Travis Weisleder, tactician Scott Nixon and bowman John Bowden aboard Lucky Dog/Gill Race Team in first overall. Weisleder played a fine game of consistency, ultimately giving him a healthy advantage over the 52-strong World Championship fleet.
"We had a great day. We've spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to make the boat go fast. We found some clear lanes that helped us keep the boat moving forward. That was really what kept us going. We had awesome starts. Our practice paid off." commented Weisleder post racing.
Under sunny skies, warm temps and choppy seas, PRO Bruce Golison fired off three heats resulting in three different race winners. John Taylor's Ninkasi blasted out of the gate turning the top mark first to win Race One. Jason Michas at the helm of Midnight Blue came on strong early then extended to win Race Two. Tony Tabb's YOLO had a spectacular day to win Race Three. Each of the race winners took home bottles of champagne for their efforts, but it was Weisleder's impressive consistency that awarded him the big daily prize - a Pusser's Rum Survival Kit, courtesy of World Championship sponsor Pusser's Rum.
In the Corinthian Division, Marcus Eagan on Cajun Underwriting with his father Marc and brother Andrew occupies the top spot, followed by John Brown's Blind Squirrel in second. Frank McLaughlin's CAN-254 rounds out the top three amatuer teams.
2013 Audi Melges 20 World Championship racing continues on Thursday, December 12 at 11.00.
As with many other Audi Melges 20 events around the world, racing updates will be posted online at the Official Audi Melges 20 Facebook Page. Tune in for the latest racing information, results, video interviews, and photos. Race reports, press releases and photos will be available online each day post racing at melges20.com.
TOP TEN RESULTS (After three races)
1.) Travis Weisleder/Scott Nixon, Lucky Dog/Gill Race Team; 2-9-4 = 15
2.) Tony Tabb/Mike Buckley, YOLO; 5-17-1 = 23
3.) Jason Michas/Mark Mendelblatt, Midnight Blue; 4-1-20 = 25
4.) Bob Hughes/Morgan Reeser, Heartbreaker; 16-6-10 = 32
5.) Richard Davies/Charlie McKee, Section 16; 20-15-2 = 37
6.) Alessandro Rombelli/Paul Goodison, STIG; 29-4-6 = 39
7.) Jim Richardson/Terry Hutchinson, Barking Mad; 15-5-19 = 39
8.) Cesar Gomes Neto/Andre Fonseca, Portobello; 14-21-7
9.) Michael Kiss/Chris Rast, Bacio; 11-14-17 = 42
10.) John Taylor/Bill Hardesty, Ninkasi; 1-11-31 = 43
TOP THREE CORINTHIAN RESULTS (After three races)
1.) Marcus Eagan, Cajun Underwriting
2.) John Brown, Blind Squirrel
3.) Frank McLaughlin, CAN-254
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Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band to be House Band for Conan
Vivino Takes Over As Band Leader on New TBS Late-Night Show Conan Beginning Nov. 8
Conan O'Brien will have more familiar faces with him on TBS when Conan debuts Monday, Nov. 8, at 11 p.m. (ET/PT). The newly minted band will be led by Jimmy Vivino, former associate music director, arranger, guitarist and vocalist for The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
In addition to Vivino, The Basic Cable Band will consist of Scott Healy (keyboards); Mike Merritt (bass); Mark Pender (trumpet); Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg (trombone); Jerry Vivino (saxophone, woodwinds and vocals); and James Wormworth (drums).
Conan will originate from Stage 15 at Warner Bros. Studios and will be produced by Conaco LLC. Jeff Ross is the executive producer.
About TBS
TBS, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is television's top-rated comedy network and is available in 100.1 million households. It serves as home to such original comedy series as Are We There Yet? and Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet the Browns; the upcoming original comedy Glory Daze; the late-night series Conan, starring Conan O'Brien, and Lopez Tonight, starring George Lopez; hot contemporary comedies like Family Guy and The Office; special events, including star-studded comedy festivals in Chicago; blockbuster movies; hosted movie showcases; and championship sports.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.


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Almost every year, a new "wonder grass" is vigorously marketed to beef cattle producers. Most often, these highly touted forages will do what they are advertised to do, but do you really need them?
To help answer this question, the first piece of information you need is what precipitation zone you are in. It is highly unlikely you need to do a lot of research into how much the latest hybrid bermudagrass will make for you if you are a dry-land producer in southeast New Mexico.
Contact someone in your area, such as the county Extension agent or NRCS range conservationist, to advise you on what forages are adapted to your precipitation zone. They also will narrow down whether you should consider both cool-season and warm-season forages. If your warm season is too short, you might be limited to cool-season forages for best results.
Another factor that might help you decide if the wonder grass is worth trying is the type of cattle enterprise you are managing. If you are in the southern Great Plains, manage a cow-calf program and market your calves at weaning in the fall, you might want to reconsider costly cool-season annuals. While these forages can make great production, they also cost more to establish.
If you are just wintering dry cows, you can probably do it cheaper on dormant warm-season grasses. However, if you are going to background your calves as stockers on grass, then the cost of establishing these forages often can be offset by the value in gain or positioning yourself at a better marketing time.
Another consideration is whether you are committed to managing the grass at the level required to achieve the higher yield or better average daily gain. I have seen several instances where a producer planted a wonder grass and was very happy with the stand it made. However, when he looked back at the production he made that year, whether it was tons of hay or number of cattle he was able to carry, he was disappointed with the results.
The reason was, he did not commit to fertilizing at more than the marginal level, or he did not harvest the hay at the right physiological stage, or he didn't rotate cattle adequately to maintain the forage in a vegetative stage that would provide the reported average daily gains.
Remember, even though they are wonder grasses, they need a little help to make them perform. Look into the management applied to achieve the reported results, and then ascertain whether you are willing to follow the protocol or not. If you are not, then there are "less-than-wonder grasses" and are capable of producing less-than-astounding yields under marginal management.
Another question to ask is: Are you interested in improving wildlife habitat while producing beef cattle? If your answer is yes, you might want to reconsider planting bermudagrass, bahiagrass and dallisgrass. Or, at least determine where these forages might fit in your program while sacrificing some opportunity for habitat improvement.
Matt Mattox is a forage specialist at the Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Okla. For more information, go to www.noble.org or call (580) 224-6500.


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You guys may have heard about this before, but incase you haven't:
Isaac Yue (Red Bean) and Kaminoan have started a new LEGO website dedicated to Minifig Customization. The site has its own forum, but what really makes it special are all of the extra features. The site has sticker templates, exhibition of some of the best minifig customizations around, a look at LEGO and Non LEGO (MegaBloks, BestLock, Oxford) fig accessories, and much more.
Two CC members are active over there: Ramus and Recluce Mage - and they are eager and happy to answer any of your customization questions.


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Consumer electronics heavyweight Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced on Friday that its iPhone 5 will launch in China in December, opening up the blockbuster smartphone to the country's faster-growing economy.
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The development comes as the U.S. economy is being slowed down by the fiscal cliff and Apple is increasingly relying on Asia and China specifically for a chunk of its sales.
In the wake of receiving regulatory approval from the Chinese government, Apple said its iPhone 5 is scheduled to launch in China on December 14, joining 47 other countries where the smartphone is currently on sale.
Like in the U.S., Apple has come under competitive pressure in China from the likes of Samsung smartphones that are powered by Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android. Apple said the cheapest version of the iPhone 5 carries a suggested retail price of $199.
At the same time, the world's most valuable company said the Wi-Fi versions of its iPad mini and the fourth generation of the tablet will go on sale in China on December 7. The devices are already available in 42 countries.
Shares of Apple had little response to the news, dipping 0.41% to $587.11 Friday morning. The stock has run into serious resistance since topping out at an all-time high of $705 in September, tumbling to as low as $505 before rebounding some.


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2008 NBA Draft Profile: Michael BeasleyPosted by rtmsf on May 31st, 2008
Over the next couple of weeks, we're going to be rolling out our profiles of several of the top expected prospects in the 2008 NBA Draft. Figuring that we're not the only ones who've thought of this, we decided to enlist some help by asking several of the best school-specific bloggers in the land to give us the up-close-and-personal profile of the players they've spent all year watching. For example, we probably watched Michael Beasley play 10 times this year, but we were limited by his games that were on national television and other competing games at the same time. These bloggers know these players – their strengths, their weaknesses, whether they become Black Mamba or channel C-Webb in the clutch, and what kind of team they would best fit with at the next level.
With that said, our first submission is from the most excellent Kansas State blog, Bring on the Cats. TB over there does a great job keeping up with all things Wildcat (even finding time to throw in timely 90s references to pop culture – mmm… mmm… mmm… mmm…). Here is his post on Michael Beasley.
Although there probably isn't much you can say about Michael Beasley that hasn't already been said, I'll go ahead and try.
For all of you who are fans of either the Chicago Bulls or Miami Heat, I don't think you can go wrong with drafting B-Easy. I know we as K-State fans consider ourselves fortunate to have seen him play this year. He counts size, agility, rebounding, ball-handling, shooting, and defense among his attributes, and last I checked that's a pretty solid skill set.
On offense, Beasley is a threat from anywhere on the court, either facing or posting up. He shot nearly 40 percent from three-point range on 95 attempts in 33 games. That included a four-for-four effort in the biggest game of the year, a home win over KU. B-Easy has a lethal turnaround jumper that is just about indefensible unless he has an athletic version of Manute Bol in his face. When he wants to bang in the paint, his solid 240-pound frame gets him position and his soft hands ensure favorable bounces on the rim.
While he is a prolific scorer, as his 26.2 points per game as a true freshman in the Big 12 conference suggests, rebounding is undoubtedly Beasley's ace card. He led the nation in boards this year with 12.4 per game. Part of that is due to his strength and athleticism, but part of it is just a knack for being in the right place. He has a sense of where a shot is going to miss, and he gets to that spot.
Defensively, B-Easy is a bit overlooked. His numbers weren't stellar, but he did average more than 1.0 blocks and steals per game. I don't project him as much of a shot-blocker at the next level, but his nose for the ball and humongous hands at the end of long arms make him a threat to tip a lot of passes.
Of course I'm biased, but Beasley doesn't have a lot of weaknesses. Probably his biggest weakness, in my perception, is something that is overall a strength. He hates to lose, and sometimes he demonstrates his distaste for losing through frustration with his teammates' mistakes. Sometimes he probably just needs to let the coaches take care of the mistakes of others, but to me it demonstrates a desire to win. Also, on occasion he has a tendency to get frustrated when things aren't going his way (bad calls, shots not falling, etc.) and he might jog back on defense. This was not a common occurrence.
Finally, a quick word about a common misperception somebody has perpetuated about Beasley. I'm speaking, of course, about his alleged attitude issues. To put is simply, I don't see it. I'm sure it all stemmed from this Washington Post article. First of all, what happened in that article is high school stuff. In his one year at K-State, he was universally considered an incredibly pleasant individual. Secondly, his antics are hardly the stuff of a hardened criminal. Frankly, his high school principal should have gotten the stick out of his arse and stowed the signed bumper for future sale on eBay.
I watched Derrick Rose in person at the NCAA championship game. He is a a very good player and will probably have a good NBA career. But I think Beasley is going to be great, and hope to hear him called as the No. 1 pick. No matter who he goes to, I will be the proud owner of that team's No. 30 jersey.
Coming Next: the always-controversial OJ Mayo