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That's a bit misleading. The Clippers have been playing below average offenses.
Indiana 19th- went over their average (97.8)
Kings 21st- went over their average (97.9)
Knicks 26th- kept them under their average (92.8)
Chicago 23rd- Kept them below their average (94.5)
Kings 21st- went over their average
Aside from the free falling teams, we haven't kept anyone below their averages.
we're also currently 9th worst defense, not middle of the pack.
http://www.nba.com/statistics/sortable_ ... 1.html#top
Not a bad idea. having the 9th worst defense with the the second best offense isn't a recipe for success.
Isn't Indiana more man-to-man than we are?
we may be beyond Lionel Hollins' help. we need a trade. or bring in some players that can bring defense. doc was already considered a good defensive mind he and even hollins can only do so much
Aminu had 16 points and 21 rebounds with 3 steals......wish we had him instead of dudley
UGLY defense AND shooting by the Clippers tonight. The 3's were not falling, and the defense allowed just way too many baskets in the paint. Blake had good #'s but Milsap certainly outplayed him tonight. With BG's quickness, he should not have allowed Milsap to score so many layups 1-on-1, and his buddy DeAndre Jordan didn't exactly offer much support in terms of rotating to help. DJ had good rebounding #'s, but certainly not a good game overall with too many balls fumbled away, TO's, & missed all of his FT's.
CP was cold early, but did a solid job in the second half leading the offense, but towards the end, he go burned badly helping off of Korver. Jamal Crawford- not a good game overall either with turnovers & too many missed shots. Willie started of cold but he came out in the second half and made some good plays on both ends. Collison played hard and was one of the few Clippers who did a good job overall. Jared Dudley- what can I say- another disappointing performance.
Going forward, the starters must do a better job as a unit in maintaining focus & intensity on both ends of the floor from the get-go. Playing uphill all game long because of a bad first quarter is a very difficult way to win on the road.
Opponent PPG as a measure of defense
I think where out difference arises is that you are using PPG. Realistically, that just isn't an accurate measure of defense or of opponent offensive ability because of pace.
If I'm playing a game where someone get's 10 chances to score and they score 8 times (80%), and then I play a game where they get 15 chances to score and they score 11 times (73%), I defended better the second time despite them scoring more times. They had more chances, but I stopped them 27% of the time as opposed to only 20% of the time the first time.
Similarly, if you score 1.05 pts/possession, in a 90 possession game you will score 95 pts in that game, in a 97 possession game, you will score 102 pts. The opposition didn't play better defense in the first or worse in the second game, the defense was equally as good, one game was just faster than the other.
The effect of pace
It's the myth of the slower paced team being good on defense, and the faster paced team being bad. A basic concept that people shove into the pile of "it's just number crunching" or whatever else people say to ignore some basic analysis.
Minnesota is a perfect example. They are the second fastest team in the league. The play an average of 98.3 possessions / game. The slowest team in the league is Memphis and they play 89.9 possessions / game on average. So there's a difference of 8.4 possessions in the average game. Most people would assume based on opponent PPG (and Memphis' history), Memphis 95.6 pts, Minnesota 101.8 pts that Memhpis defends better. Might not be so true.
Minnesota gives up 1.03 pts/possession, Memphis gives up 1.052 pts/possession. Minnesota defends better, but there are more possessions in their games, so they give up 101.8 pts/game while Memphis only gives up 95.6 pts/game. If Minnesota played the same pace as Memphis, they would actually give up 92.6 pts/game. If Memphis sped up their pace to Minnesota's level, they would give up 103.4 pts/game.
Clippers defense
The league average is 1.045 pts/possession given up. The Clippers are currently 16th in opponent Ortg, so a middle of the pack defense, giving up just a bit more than the average with 1.053 pts/possession.
A teams defensive ranking is based on how you do against the whole league. So you are correct, playing less potent offenses improved the Drtg (well you were referring to PPG, but that is okay). That is what should happen on average. The opposite should also happen, playing the good offenses will make your defense look worse.
Indiana is the league's best defense, very good, but they gave up 106.2 pts/100 to LAC. Bad defense against the average team that only scores 104.5 pts/100, that's almost 2 pts/100 better, but good defense against a Clippers team that scores 110.1 pts/100. That's almost 4 pts/100 less than their average. If they played the Clippers every game this season and over the average of those games, they would be the 22nd ranked defense in the league. Defending a very good offense better than the average team might still mean they are scoring at a rate better than the average team. That's why they are a top offense. If you could hold them to what you hold the average team to consistently, then they are just an average offense.
The Clippers have defensive issues, but the terrible Drtg was also due to playing a lot of good teams early. As the opponents are balancing out, so is the defensive ranking. Similarly for Indiana, their defense has been legendary, but their opponents have not been that great, so as they play more good teams, they will still be great, but their defensive rating will not look as crazy.
Grass isn't really greener. Aminu has given up shooting three's, so people would complain about his lack of floor spacing, especially next to Blake.
There would be complaints about how he's only shooting 48% from the FT line and how he isn't a scoring threat. Aminu averages 5.5 PPG in 21.9 MPG, (9.0 pts/36). He is inefficient as a scorer with .516 TS%, but not bad as an offensive player because he has reduced his turnovers and grabs offensive rebounds well.
I did want him in the summer, but as a backup SF/PF and in place of Barnes. I also wanted him to be drilled like crazy into becoming a spot up corner 3PT shooter because he has the skill set to be a great utility defensive, floor spacing SF/PF. Great rebounder too, but let's not pretend there would be wide-spread contentment with Aminu starting at SF on this team.
Finally got to see some of the highlights, man we looked bad tonight. Just letting Korver shoot 3's left and right. We badly need Barnes back asap.
And we have a game in Memphis tomorrow. Yikes.
Not true at all. Without all the data, not just stats, it proves nothing. The more shots you take at a less efficient clip could just mean it was more about bad shot selection than it was about defense. You take that number and ASSUME it had to do with defense...But how do you know? You don't.
By the same token, shooting 10 times and making 80% of the shots can also mean that the defense is limiting them to less opportunities, making the opposing team use most of the clock, while taking advantage on the other end. That's where stats kinda blind people. Just because this stat says this, it doesn't automatically mean that.
Using PPG avg up against your team kinda tells you where you're at based on their offensive output. That cuts through all the mumbo jumbo, pace, and any other stat that really just says how efficient the other team is on offense without really knowing what factors into that.
/ sorry, I can't address all your post being that you can only quote 300 words.
That's a myth? I thought it was more about being a half court / grind it out/older slower paced team. I never considered the Lakers from seasons past as a defensive Juggernaut. They were just slow and bad on defense. I agree, it comes down to basic analysis along with the eye test to see where slower paced teams fit in.
That's ok with you? lol. A bit condescending but I'll let that pass. Anyway, me pointing out that your statement was a bit misleading is spot on no matter what stat I used. That's my whole point. You looked at the Drtg and came to your conclusion that we got "better" over the last 5 games.
I watched all the games up to now and I knew that was wrong. What did i do? I went old school and actually researched further into that claim based on the "eye test". I crossed reference stats and knew there was a simple, yet, logical explanation. We played teams poor offensive teams in that span. Yet, we couldn't keep most of them at their PPG average.
And yes, the numbers will change based on competition cause even the PPG stat is an evolving stat that changes game to game. and as of today, there are only 8 other teams giving up more points per game than us. So you're telling me that we're in the middle of the pack when we are giving up that much? Only reason why we arne't losing more games is cause our PPG...Yes, PPG is the second best in the league. But hold on...Watching today's game, do you think the hawks played good defense on us? Or do you think we just missed a ton of open looks? they kept us well below our average. I think we lost today not because they defended well, but because no one was hitting open looks. But guess what? ATL's Drtg is going to go up now and we'll be talking about how they're getting better defensively. see what i did there?
20 games in and this was not at all what i expected from this team. things need to be figured out during this road trip and we need to come out with a winning record esp. considering the competition is fairly weak during this trip. the defense needs a definite improvement, its really unacceptable
I watched the 1st 3 quarters of the game and then went to bed. An uphill battle all game that I couldn't see us turning around. So many different things seemed to be not working. We did well to be only 10 behind really. Depressing. I just hope it fires them up to face the Enemy tonight.
Wow that was a terrible game. Outside of the 7-0 scoring run in the 3rd it was horrible. The team looked like it had never played together on offense and defense. Cp3 did a terrible job directing and leading the offense. Our defense also looked all over the place (not in a good way).
I am not really worried after a game like that but more amazed and wondering what happened to our offensive structure?
CP3 should give the ball for Griffin in the low post,in the start of the game 2 good plays made by Blake .Without JJ our main offense should be Blake during last night game our wings are not working our only weapon should be Blake on the post.
I really really hope we win tonight. Of course it is always important to beat the Grizzlies but it seems more so after our last two poor showings. Last night was just plain bad and the Pacers game we had several oppurtunties to beat an elite team that is flying high.
We need to beat the Enemy to restore our confidence and put the last 2 games behind us.
Did anyone notice the jawing between Elton and Blake?
We need a win tonight, CP3 just needs to up the tempo
they lose a lot of play making without gasol
conley is an average PG in the play making regard
Was Elton better than Blake in his prime?
EB was consistently 20/10 Better defender, better shot blocker, better FT shooter. decent mid range shot better post up?
I wish we had EB. In the pre CBA days he would be worth tax
Elton seemingly was really good for a few years, then had a big drop-off. I think that overall Blake will be better for longer and have a better career.
That being said, 05-06 Elton was a beast.
I don't really get what you mean by "limiting them to less opportunities". If you limit them to less opportunities, you also have less opportunities yourself, so you still have to limit them better on each possession to play good defense and to not make your offense have to to be super efficient to win. If you are saying turnovers, well pts/100 possessions takes into account turnovers, you held them to 0 pts in a turnover possession.
In thee same line, you said "we are currently the 9th worst defense". Isn't that "Just because this stat says this, it doesn't automatically mean that." I'd say so.
Do your conclusions and the reasoning really flow? So if the Clippers were playing the slowest pace in the league, let's say 88 possessions per game but giving up 1.10 pts/possession, 96.8 pts/game, and higher opponent FG% and 3PT%, what does that mean about the defense? Better or worse?
Isn't cutting through all the other mumbo jumbo basically "not taking into account what factors into that". Why did they only give up 97 pts, was it because they defended well, or because they played slower. If they play a faster team and give up 101 pts, did they automatically play worse defense? How can we just look at PPG and not look at FG%, 3PT%, TOV, seems like that's the worse way, not the better way to do it, but that's just me.
Some teams grind because the less possessions there are, the more likely it is for them to be closer in the score and to be able to pull out wins. Some teams because of personnel, just different reasons.
Yes, you have to watch and look at all the numbers, not just PPG. Drtg combines all the relative numbers for you so you don't have to watch 30 teams each 1o times to be able to get a feel for who the best defenses are. Drtg correlates with the eye test also, though you still have to look at why a team is good on defense.
Here are the top defenses according to Drtg:
San Antonio
15th - Memphis
PPG says:
12th - OKC
PPG isn't totally off because most teams will land in the average pace range, so the opponent PPG numbers will line up with who is defending best per possession. Since if everyone is playing the same pace, then PPG is pts/possession.
...but, when a team doesn't fall in the average range, then problems arise. For example, OKC is 12th on defense according to opponent PPG, but no opponent playing them doesn't consider them a top 5 defense. On an average possession, OKC is defending you at a high level.
That's where we are differing.
Drtg is perfect because not everyone plays the same opponents, but it will give you ranges and tiers of where teams are on defense. For example, 17th (105.4) and 21st (105.8) are not in different abilities in terms of defense.
Wasn't trying to be condescending, sorry about that.
I guess you are really arguing semantics then. I should have been more clear though, so my bad. What I meant is that the Drtg / defensive rank relative to the league got better, not that the team specifically got better playing defense.
The defense in general looked better because they were playing less potent offenses, yes, but the defense also looked worse than it actually earlier because the Clippers were playing such potent offense.
So in essence it was really just trending to the normal.
Still, even with PPG, Clippers are in the middle of the pack.
The elite defenses are usually:
The good defenses about
The average then widely ranges with below and above average being there from about
The poor defenses are usually about
Those numbers are static, they fluctuate of course.
So again, probably semantics. You had a different understanding of what I meant by "middle of the pack". For example, in Drtg itself, 13-23 ranges from 105.1 - 106.3, so most teams in there are in about the same range of defensive ability.
We are a middle of the pack defensive team and you can't use ppg since we play faster than most teams.
Benching Mullens has actually made our defense a lot better.
That is true, since Mullens hasn't played, the defense has been much better. It was really weird that a seemingly insignificant player could have such a negative impact on the teams defensive output.
That's the problem with statistics, they are useless unless they are put into work and that involves knowing more than just how to pull up stats.
I think a fan with decent knowledge and overall basketball awareness could see just by watching Mullens he negatively affected the game via a 3 headed monster approach:
-His actual defense is atrocious, it's a combination of him not knowing what to do, not trying and pretending to make the effort to defend.
-his rebounding is basically the same thing with very little effort put into boxing out (if any)
Certain sites "saw" that and put out that data way before we signed him.
Wow, I just went back and looked at my posts, and I never even said the defense has been "better", just that it has been on the rise, didn't even check what I had posted. So I take my apology back, lol, I stand by my first post which was implying that the defense was on the rise in comparison to other teams in the league because that's what I said lol
Every team has zone principles (not actual zone) mixed into their defense, Indiana does too, I don't focus enough on them to be able to tell you who plays more of less, they both play man but the systems differ. Most teams will throw in some sort of system to guard pick and rolls and to rotate. Indiana plays a soft ICE with Hibbert because he isn't mobile, but then they hedge with their PF's because they are more capable of hedge and recover.
Clippers hedge with all the bigs. Those are both man to man systems, but there's help principles of where you go if this or that happens. NBA players are too good for a straight up no system man to man defense to be successful, communication and a system are the key to successful NBA defense.
very good debate. Eltons defense is huge.
Huh? On and off stats have shown that he was a historically bad defender. Well before he became a Clipper.
And even though you say that it was Doc who pushed for him. A lot of people see him play and actually think he is a useful player(not me of course, I thought he was a homeless man's version of Bargnani) so that is not really true.
Brand is in my opinion the most underrated PF ever. The problem is he couldn't sustain his elite play for long due to injury and he played on not so great teams.
Yea 06 Brand is better than any version of Blake handily though Blake has a lot of time to improve. The biggest difference in my opinion is the defense. Brand was an elite defender though he got no all defensive teams(the award doesn't have much credibility tbh).
Yes, in his prime, Brand was a much better overall player than Blake.
I've heard some people say that CP3 needs a David West type player to play with again and when EB was in his prime he was the rich man's West. He had a good mid range game and was a better defender and rebounder than West. I know it's pointless now, but could you imagine CP3 and a young EB together? That would have been the second coming of Stockton and Malone. If only EB hadn't injured his achilles.
I think the "huh?" Should be for you. Where did I say this was only apparent on the clippers? Also I never stated anything about Doc pushing for him. I really don't know what you are talking about.
It really seems like some people on the board get so defensive at the thought of currently used advanced or basic stats not giving the whole picture.
I love statistics they are just data compilations I just think there is more involved in the interpretation not just the gathering aspect.
We moved up to 13th in Drtg so we're going in the right direction. We're 6th in the league in opponent 3PT% @ 33.8 even with that bad game in Atlanta.
Let's see where we are after the next 20 games.
And no one suggested that stats gave you the whole picture. Obviously you can't get a clear picture just by looking at the numbers and not watching actual games. I don't think anyone has suggested otherwise.
^No one has, which is why it is so weird that some people keep beating up the argument of "you can know everything by just only looking at the stats" as if anyone is saying or suggesting or even implying that, lol
Just weird.
Wait, what did my post have to do with a problem with statistics?
In terms of Mullens, yea, I agree. I said he was both horrible offensively and defensively in the off-season as I consistently complained about how I hated the signing. Said it again in the pre-season and for just about every minute he played during the regular season, so I was well aware that he was terrible at basketball in general.
..but you know, some people said he could shoot a jumpshot at a terrible percentage (which was somehow valuble) and this one time last season had a good game, so you know, he can create or something like that, lol
What I meant is that I forgot that earlier in the season we were actually playing Mullens and didn't take that into account.
What was interesting was how badly he was impacting the defense. Bad defenders are what they are, but Mullens was negatively impacting the defense at rates that didn't even make sense for a bad defender.
More about the defense, the Clippers have held opponents over the last 5 games to 95.9 Ortg (according to NBA.com).
http://stats.nba.com/leagueTeamGeneral. ... tOrder=ASC
Calculating from basketball-reference says 101.8, they calculate differently.
5 games is 5 games, can't project because of small sample, but if we are talking about improving recently, it supports that.
vs Clippers / season average
New York 88.7 Ortg / 103.4 Ortg (19th)
Sacramento 102.3 Ortg / 103.7 Ortg (16th)
Indiana 111.8 Ortg / 104.5 Ortg (14th)
Atlanta 115.9 Ortg / 104.0 Ortg (15th)
Memphis 90.2 Ortg / 103.1 (21st)
Average 101.8 Ortg / 103.7 Ortg
-Atlanta's offense is probably better than their average because it tanked a bit while Korver was injured[/list]
No defense is great every game, the Indiana and Atlanta game were poor as we all know. Held opponents below their average offensive ability 4 out of last 6 games, nice, nice. Considering that the first 6 games of the season 5/6 teams had a higher Ortg than their season average vs LAC, it is quite good. Orlando is the only one that had lower, but Clips offense was awful in that game. So playing bad defense 5/6 games obviously wasn't going to work.
So despite playing mediocre offenses, Clippers have actually shut a couple of them down in comparison to their average production so far this season. On average, they have defended well, holding the teams to 1.9 pts/100 less than their average. That's a good sign, but we need a larger sample before we can really start to gauge anything.
Uh, if your team defense is on the rise the last previous 5 games, as you say...Would that be considered a upward trend? Say that is the case. So based on the claim, didn't you imply that the defense has gotten "better" over the last 5 games? Maybe I took too much liberty with your chosen phrase but that I thought that is what you implied.
Ugh. Must we continue to keep alive the thread of a game I think we'd ALL like to forget?
Yea, I actually wasn't speaking of the defense playing better outside of what we noticed in terms of the defense improving without Mullens playing, but in that instance, I meant that the defensive ranking was on the rise, that's why I said "up from almost last to an average defense now", I was referring to the defensive ranking of the team relative to the league.
Of course this is a downfall of communication via text.


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Bullpen Report
Meeting the Criteria
Welcome to another installment of The Bullpen Report. As a reminder, closers are rated in five tiers from best to worst. The tiers are a combination of my opinion of a pitcher's ability, the likelihood that he will pick up saves, and his security in the job. For example, a pitcher in the third tier might have better skills than a pitcher in the second tier, but if the third-tier pitcher is new to the job or has blown a couple of saves in the last week this factors into the ranking as well.
Tier 1 – Money in the Bank
I am always reluctant to move non-established closers into the top tier, but Benoit and Henderson have both earned it with their performances. Benoit is in almost no danger of being replaced by Jose Veras or anyone else in the bullpen, and it looks less and less likely that the Tigers would consider a waiver trade. It took a long time, but Henderson picked up right where he left off as closer pre-injury.
Tier 2 – Solid and Reliable
I go back and forth with Balfour nearly every week. His strikeout rates do not inspire confidence, but he gets the saves and the A's have not considered demoting him once, at least not in 2013.
Rodney tends to live in the third tier when he's struggling, but resides here when he is going well. For those that doubted Rodney would survive the season as Rays closer, there is a good chance that they are going to be wrong.
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Mike- what's keeping Mujica from your top tier? I just traded for him thinking he's been money.
Aug 08, 2013 05:38 AM
Johnson has the 2nd most saves (7) in the past 28 days in all of MLB, is tied at 4th (4) with five others in the past 14 days, and tied at 2nd (3) with three others over the past 7 days. He leads the AL in saves this season. He led the AL in saves last season.
Aug 08, 2013 06:59 AM
I don't differentiate the pitchers within each tier.
Aug 08, 2013 14:04 PM
So you don't think baseball players should read Baseball Prospectus?
Aug 08, 2013 23:34 PM
I think baseball players - like any other people - should do whatever they want as long as it doesn't harm others or themselves.
Aug 09, 2013 04:26 AM
Yea but that's not what you said. You said you hoped Jim Johnson had more interesting things to do than read Baseball Prospectus, which is surprise coming from a staff writer. Such a comment insults BP writers and readers, and it promotes the idea of a computer nerd sabermetrician separated from the real baseball world.
Aug 09, 2013 07:29 AM
It seems fairly obvious to me that this wasn't my intent. I think it would seem obvious to any fair minded reader that this wasn't my intent either. And I didn't say "I hope Jim Johnson has more interesting things to do than read Baseball Prospectus"; those were your words, not mine. I can't even say you're reading something into something I said, because you literally took what I said, turned it into something different, and accused me of doing something I didn't do.
Aug 09, 2013 07:56 AM
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A strong start and an equally strong finish allowed the New Washington girls' basketball team to hold off visiting Brownstown Central 56-51 on Tuesday night in the first meeting in recent memory for the two programs.
The win was the seventh straight for the Class A 11th-ranked Mustangs, who improved to 13-2 overall after outlasting the Braves in the waning minutes on key possessions and trips to the free throw line.
"We showed a lot of confidence at the end of the game, and that made the difference," said New Wash junior guard Ashley Johnson, who finished with a team-best 16 points, seven of which came from the foul line in the final two minutes of the game.
After leading by as many as 16 earlier and maintaining a respectable lead throughout the game, the Mustangs' advantage shrunk to three points with one minute to go in regulation after a three-pointer by Brownstown senior Kaylee Bennett, making the score 50-47.
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Brownstown drove the ball inside a couple times to open the second half and converted on a pair of three-point plays during a 12-3 run. The Mustangs scored just five points in the third quarter.
"Our goal as a team is to put four quarters together in a ball game," said Brownstown coach Karla Rieckers. "If we put four quarters of basketball together, I think we're going to give some teams a run for their money, but up to this point we just haven't been able to do that."
Brownstown was led by Booher's 19 points. Caroline Ricks turned in a double-double for the Mustangs with 14 points and 15 rebounds.
Next for New Washington is three straight Southern Athletic Conference games, beginning with a matchup at South Central on Saturday.


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From this website, click on "naturalization records" and search for a surname or an individual in Harrison County or all the counties in the database. If the name is found, a click on that name will take one to a page with more information: name, age, nationality, city of departure, city of arrival, date of arrival, and record creation date.
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In addition to naturalization records, the Indiana Digital Archives' collections include death records, institution records, military records, and miscellaneous historical records. Collections that are due to be added soon include Carroll, DeKalb, Grant, Madison, and Wells County naturalization records, closed nursing schools, and Crawfordsville Land Office records.
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The German Digital Library has been created to allow viewers to access Germany's cultural heritage from sources in almost 2,000 cultural and academic institutions in that country. It is intended to be a "single access point to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects and archival records" for researchers worldwide.
Visit http://www.dw.de/germanys-cultural-heritage-goes-digital/a-16424664 and click on the toolbar at the top, which offers links to Top Stories, Media Center, Program, and Learn German.
The Top Stories links to German history include interesting articles on German burials at Flanders Fields and a prison where RAF members were imprisoned and later found dead.
Anyone with German roots will probably find this website interesting — and informative.
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---- — JOHNSTON — The National Weather Service wants good weather on Sept. 21. They really, really want it.
Sure, you might think. Nice weather makes life easier on everyone (and makes the forecasts simpler in most cases). But Sept. 21 is a special day for the Des Moines office. They're having an open house for the first time in years.
Nice weather should help draw more people, but imagine what happens if part of the office's 51-county area is hit with a severe outbreak while people are walking through the facility. It's a recipe for confusion.
Jeff Johnson, a warning coordination meteorologist out of Des Moines, said more is planned than just a quick tour through the office in Johnston. It hasn't happened in some time.
"It's been since '07, so every five or six years," he said. "We'll have our partners out front as well. We're hoping for a good turnout. We're looking forward to it, think it's going to be a good thing."
Johnson's office is where warnings for most of this area originate. Wapello County is on the southeastern edge of the office's responsibilities; Keokuk, Jefferson and Van Buren counties are part of the Quad Cities office's territory.
Technology has changed not just how forecasters get their information, Johnson said, but how they send it out to the public. Social media efforts for the National Weather Service are growing. So is a move to direct alerts over the nation's cell networks.
Wireless Emergency Alerts started last year, but you probably haven't seen them unless you've updated your phone comparatively recently. Most major carriers signed on with the technology, which sends weather alerts to cell phones based on which towers they are in communication with.
The system was in place for this spring's severe weather season, but Iowa didn't have much of a season this year. The way Johnson figures it, the first big chance for people to receive the alerts will probably be this winter.
"It's invariably going to happen: We're going to have a blizzard warning. The phones are going to go off and everyone will ask, 'What the heck?'"
That sort of thing is why forecasters hope for a good turnout at the open house. It's a golden opportunity to get the message out about how people can stay aware of weather conditions and react if things turn dangerous.
The open house is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21. The Des Moines office is located at 9607 NW Beaver Drive, Johnston. Forecasters can't guarantee good weather that day, but they have their fingers crossed.


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"Modern sporting rifles" are off the shelves at Dick's Sporting Goods stores across the country only a few days after the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT.
The recently opened Dick's Sporting Goods in Wheaton did not carry the rifles even before what happened last week in Connecticut, according to a customer service representative at the store.
Dick's Sporting Goods announced this statement to media Tuesday morning, according to The Huffington Post:
"Out of respect for the victims and their families, during this time of national mourning we have removed all guns from sale and from display in our store nearest to Newtown and suspended the sale of modern sporting rifles in all of our stores chainwide."
CNN reported that the decision comes in the midst of an investigation into whether the suspected gunman in the Newtown shooting, Adam Lanza, tried to buy a gun from a Dick's Sporting Goods store.
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The Southern Virginia Development Boys and Girls Club kicks off its Talent in the Square Saturday with a performance by soloist Hamilton Richardson playing his guitar.
The event was held from noon to 5 p.m. in Constitution Square in South Boston.
Other performers included Dale Woodriff and Sensational Harmonizers, Sarah and Russell Cook, Dynasty Step Show, Essence of Movement, Laura and Michael Jackson, Keion Gurtich, Ashley and Monique Carrington and the Halifax Hillbillies. The event was sponsored by United Way of Halifax County.


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My starting pitching has been decimated. Even though I knew i was going to be without Matt Harvey all year, I was expecting a top 5 pitching staff...
My starting pitching has been decimated. Even though I knew i was going to be without Matt Harvey all year, I was expecting a top 5 pitching staff...
Suck it up cupcake.
brutal is what it is.. they are dropping like flies. I MIGHT get Sale back next month.
maybe. I never expected to be in last place.
Suck it up cupcake.
It is a rough start for sure, but it is a long season. The standings will look a lot different in October.
AD, I just want to say that although my attention wanes here and there, and at times I've been disappointed by the outlook of my team, this league has become crazy fun to play because of the length of it. I really think its interesting the way it mimics real life and appreciate all the hard work you put into it!
"On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage," Baker said. "Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me."
good god. even players I trade for go on the DL. Now Wil Myers.
cursed i say.
BTW, I'm in 12th place. I'm not looking to actually win this year, so I really don't want to trade for guys in their mid 30's. I like my rotation, am rebuilding my pen. I have 3 pitchers out for this year that are #1 guys. I'm willing to trade any 1 of them but I'll need a HAUL. I mean top flight OF help.
You want Matt Harvey. then bring me a boatload of talent in return.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Uses High Tech to Restore Islamic Art for Future Generations
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) is currently holding an exhibit that goes beyond the art â it's a show about conservation technologies that are keeping the museum's Islamic collection pristinely preserved.
"Making the Invisible Visible: Conservation and Islamic Art" explains how art historians get a better sense of a work's history â and how to best take care of it â with advents such as infrared and X-ray light wavelengths.
The show will run at the Met, 1000 Fifth Ave., through August 4, 2013.
Twenty pieces of art in various media and an explanatory video will be presented in the Hagop Kevorkian Fund Special Exhibitions Gallery. The highlighted items include a 17th Century wood box with ivory, a 19th century wool, a silk children's coat and a 16th century watercolor painting.
While our eyes respond only to visible light, important additional knowledge is obtained through the use of other kinds of light on the electromagnetic spectrum, including x-rays, ultraviolet radiation, and infrared radiation. The exhibition highlights how various kinds of light reveal areas of earlier restorations and repairs as well as new information on the materials originally employed.
The exhibition also explains how this information helped Metropolitan Museum scientists and conservators determine appropriate courses of preventive conservation and loss compensation.
Through minimal, non-invasive, and reversible conservation, fragile objects were stabilized and restored to a level sufficient to enhance the public's appreciation of their aesthetic qualities.
In addition, officials said, the greater technical insight allowed conservators to repair a work of art as close to its original look as possible â rather than relying on guesswork.
A brief film within the exhibition highlights recent conservation performed on the celebrated Emperor's Carpet, an exceptional classical Persian carpet of the 16th century that was presented to Hapsburg Emperor Leopold I by Peter the Great of Russia.
Yana van Dyke, associate conservator at the Met working on the show, said recent advents in the conservation field â both from the scientific, material and textile discipline as well as art history â will protect these cultural milestones.
"We have a very strong moral responsibility to preserve fine works of art â to make sure that they have the physical integrity and that they're housed in an environment critical to their long term stability," she said. "We're saving them for the future."
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MESQUITE – The Carl's Jr. employee who was robbed at gunpoint and fired two days later was already due to be dismissed for unrelated reasons, the company says.
Yesterday, officials remained mum as manager Cathy Terry opened up about being robbed and her subsequent termination, rendering much public sympathy. Today, Carl's Jr. has spoken out, saying Terry was going to be fired the day of the robbery.
She worked as a manager at the location at 2104 N. Galloway in Mesquite, which is a franchise owned by Addison-based RWJP Star Enterprises. The company issued a statement today:
"It is unfortunate that Cathy Terry was terminated so soon after the September 17th robbery. In order to protect Ms. Terry's privacy, the company cannot discuss the reasons for her termination, but they are totally unrelated to the robbery. We have offered counseling support to Ms. Terry and the other employee who was as the restaurant at the time of the robbery."
The Mesquite Police Department released surveillance footage showing the suspect pushing Terry through the restaurant at gunpoint, forcing her to open the restaurant's safe.
"Do you want to die for Carl's Jr.?" the man can be heard saying.
An emotional Terry told News 8 last night that she couldn't believe the company would fire her after she was forced into a cooler with another employee and hit in the back of the head.
Neither the franchise owner nor Carl's Jr. is issuing further comment, nor is Mesquite PD, citing the ongoing investigation.
The gunman, described as 6'2'' and about 180 pounds, has not been arrested.
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High-energy light particles from one of the brightest gamma-ray burst observed to date suggest that physicists need to revise their theories explaining the origin of these cosmic blasts.
Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest events known to occur in the universe. Most scientists believe the high-energy bursts happen when gigantic stars explode as supernovas. The explosions send out shock waves that speed up nearby matter, causing a type of radiation called synchrotron radiation.
But observations of the gamma-ray burst GRB 130427A, which lasted 20 hours starting on April 27, 2013, revealed high-energy light particles too powerful to be produced by shock waves speeding up matter, scientists report November 21 in Science Express.
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Rollin' O Fires Up the Grill for KVD
A bright sunrise mirrored the blue sky above Table Rock Lake for Oakley's Big Bass Tour stop in Branson Missouri. But this event was not your average day on the lake. This year, Branson served as the host for the 2010 Kevin Van Dam Classic. Coming off his 3 Tour title and named to his 5th "Angler of the Year" award, Kevin is the Greatest Bass Fishermen in the World and this Rolling O Team found out that he can work the Barbeque too.
Registration for the event started on Thursday in Springfield MO at the Flagship of all Bass Pro Shops where contestants picked up new gear donated by the many sponsors of the Classic. But it was Friday that die-hard fishing fans will remember, as it was KVD himself who served up hundreds of burgers, chicken and hot dogs. Kevin also took the time to sign hundreds of autographs behind the grill and inside the store too.
Oakley's Big Bass Tour offers a rare and unique stage for crowning champions. Anglers are paid $1000 at the end of each hour for the biggest fish and all anglers have a shot at the grand prize, a $43,000 Nitro Z-9 boat. To find out when the tour is coming to a lake near you, check out the official site, Oakley Big Bass.
The energy on the beach was high, as over 350 Angler's entered the Classic and as the weekend winds down, it was Brady Meredith who hooked a 6.98lb fish on Sunday during the 12-1 hour, crowning him Champion of the 2010 KVD Classic.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Twenty-year-old Melissa Dohme is a survivor. Her evolving journey garnered national attention, and a year-and-a-half later, remains an inspiration to many.
In January 2012, she stepped outside her mother's house in Clearwater Florida to meet Robert Burton Jr., her high school sweetheart of two years.
Towering at 6-foot-4 over Dohme's 5-foot frame, Burton quickly overtook her, savagely attacking her from behind.
"I was attacked and stabbed by my ex-boyfriend 32 times in the face, neck, arms, hands and shoulders, and it's a miracle I am still here," said Dohme.
Dohme had a restraining order against him, but agreed to meet Burton because of his incessant attempts to get her attention. They had broken up because he was jealous over her plans to attend college.
One witness made a frantic 911 call. By the time paramedics arrived, Dohme was unresponsive, and blood was everywhere.
"We actually had Melissa die before our eyes a couple of times that night," said her trauma surgeon, Dr. Jeff Johnson.
"With massive blood transfusions and the care of a lot of people, and the help of the team, we were able to resuscitate Melissa," he said.
Dohme spent three weeks in the hospital. She suffered from a fractured skull and nose, and lost teeth. The stab wounds left permanent nerve damage to the side of her face.
She made it a personal mission to thank in person, everyone she credits for saving her life. During her visit she was reunited with EMT firefighter Cameron Hill.
He recalled that in his heart, as she lay along the sidewalk bleeding, he knew she would survive.
Dohmer admitted seeing him again, it "love at first sight."
For over a year, she chronicled her budding relationship online. Pictures on her Facebook and Twitter page included a side-by-side "before and after" picture of her face shortly after the attack, and a picture of how it looks today.
In August, to everyone's surprise, Burton pleaded guilty to attempted murder just as his case was about to head to trial.
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I stalk Wall Street. Stopping short of phone hacking, of course.
Good news. I've upgraded to a new phone since I last wrote about this, and yes, it's still a BlackBerry.
Gone is my broken keyboard though. TheOneThatForcedMeToTextLikeThis. I'm onto better things like the BlackBerry Bold with full physical keyboard and a touchscreen. Laugh all you want, iPhone and Android users, I've still got the better keyboard.
Just over a year ago I published three reasons I wouldn't switch my BlackBerry for an iPhone: the red indicator light, the physical keyboard and BBM.
The first two reasons still remain true for me today. As for BBM, my contact list was dwindling even back in December 2011 when I first wrote about my BlackBerry loyalty. Now it's down to one regular contact. Plus, I can chat with any of my Android and iPhone friends via WhatsApp so BBM has become less important.
But that red indicator light? I love it as much as I ever have. I noted in my last post that iPhones don't have a tiny little light that flashes when there's a new message or alert. That's still the case. And as one recent Blackberry to iPhone convert put it, "That's what I miss most about my BlackBerry. Now I have to turn my phone on to check if I have new messages."
(I should note I've seen indicator lights on Androids including the Samsung Galaxy which has an app that allows you to pick different color indicator lights for different types of alerts. One color for email and another for text, for example. Pretty cool.)
My physical keyboard is still a dealbreaker. I won't give up on it and neither have other loyal BlackBerry fans. I've still never lost a typing race to my iPhone or Android friends, and typo free might I add. I have not met a single person who says they prefer touchscreen keyboards over the physical one I have.
So when BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion, launched its new phones last month it was no surprise that those two key features that keep me in love with my BlackBerry, the indicator light and full keyboard, were still in play.
While my BBM is no longer a reason that keeps me a BlackBerry user I do have a new reason to remain loyal. It was sparked while reading a Forbes post about Instagram not releasing an app for the new BlackBerry. The post is titled "Instagram Delivers A Painful Blow To BlackBerry's Software Hopes."
The author argues that without desirable apps like Instagram BlackBerry becomes a lot less desirable. That may be true among potential BlackBerry converts but I doubt it will be a dealbreaker for existing BlackBerry users.
In essence, my third reason for not switching to a smarter Smartphone (just yet) is that I'm not convinced I need one. If you're still using a Blackberry by choice then you probably don't care very much about Instagram or any other trendy app because you don't care for your phone to act like a toy.
You like your phone for its…well, communication features. BlackBerry's e-mail system, keyboard and indicator light all make the communication process a more efficient one.
A number of comments on the Instagram blogpost show that BlackBerry users don't care all that much for apps like Instagram.
"I could care less. instagram I never used it, as far as I know you post pictures and share them online. I have better things to do then share my pics with strangers, I use my phone to get stuff done not play games,watch movies,or use any other stupid app," comments mario castillo.
"Pity .. but I'm still sticking with my Z10. Who cares what apps will choose not to support the QNX platform? Apps have never been a big thing for me. Could be for most of the world .. but not me," says another.
And let me be clear, I'm not resisting change for the sake of resisting change. I have considered switching to an Android as some have both the physical keyboard and indicator light I'm looking for. However, I haven't found one that fits me. Literally. They are huge compared to my BlackBerry Bold.
That's just another reason I'm holding out for the Q10.
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Halah, that is not true: The Notifications Center is instantly available at a flick of a finger in any app. Notifications are persistent, i.e. they do not disappear until you specifically dismiss them.
i disagree. it is so easy to miss notification on the iPhone. You have to constantly engage the phone to check messages. If you miss the popup notification you wouldn't know anything happen until you unlocked the phone and engaged it.
With a Blackberry, you can leave your phone on silent and see what notification you are getting from across the room because of the LED light. Its even better when you customize the LED color so you know exactly what the notification is and who it's from.
This might apply to some people, but most folks carry the phone on their persons these days.
Again, I think this is a weak argument for staying with BB. I hardly think a one button push to check the front screen of an iPhone is much of an inconvenience.
And just how often do you have your phone across the room from you?
"Oh my god, like, all the time!"
This could easily be fixed. Solution?
Wear pants. Put your phone in your pocket instead of leaving it out where you have to constantly see if you've gotten a text from your "bestie" every 10 minutes.
I never have to unlock the phone to check any my messages. I only have to hit the top button and it brings up every message from all sources that I have tagged from app's of my choosing (gmail, text, yahoo, words with friends, etc).
If you are responding to any of your messages on your blackberry you'll be opening the appropriate screen anyway, so there's no value added by your argument in my humble opinion.
I've used all 3 types of devices and Apple seems to be far and away the best option, with Android a close second, and BB a distant third (and I can imagine that changing with a decent Windows phone if I tried one).
I keep my BB, because the others are mere toys for music, videos and tweetin' .
You are clinging to a dead platform. Z10 is blackberry's last hope and most people are finding it disappointing. I doubt Blackberry will exist past 2014.
"Most people" are loving Z10, just read the reviews. I'd like to see 1 link you can provide, in fact any link where it says "most people" find it disappointing.


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Collegeville Police Department reported the Dec. 18 arrest of two males, suspected in purchasing over $508.14 worth of cigarette cartons and over $1,123.10 in gift cards with allegedly stolen credit cards.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, at approximately 11:15 p.m. Collegeville Police was contacted about a suspicious purchase of several cartons of cigarettes at the Wawa, located at 1860 S. Collegeville Road, using a credit card. A police officer reported to have witnessed the cartons placed in the back of a silver Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
The car was next located at the Market Place Shopping Center in Collegeville. Two Collegeville Police officers waited for the two males to return to their vehicle. At approximately 11:30 p.m., an off-duty Voorhees Police officer, came out and made contact with the two Collegeville Police officers, who reported that he witnessed the two males inside Redner's Market trying to purchase numerous Visa/Mastercard gift cards, using what would later be identified as several different Green Dot credit cards.
The Collegeville Police officers then entered the store and located the males at the front register, while reportedly making the gift card purchases, which included:
- Eight $100 MasterCard Gift Cards
- Two $100 Visa Gift Cards
- Two $30 Paylo Virgin Mobile cellular phone minutes
Collegeville Police contacted the financial institutions as listed on the back of the confiscated cards. The institutions replied that the card numbers were invalid.
According to the affidavit, the two males as Abdoulaye Barry, 24, of the 2200 block of W. Indiana Ave. in Philadelphia; and an 18-year-old male from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Further investigation of the cards at the Limerick Township Police Department revealed that the cards were fraudulent and were recoded with another person's account information.
In addition to the charges of using debit/credit cards with financial information not their own, when the two males were detained and searched, marijuana and $1,007 in cash was also reported to have been located on one of the males.
The two males were taken to Montgomery County Correction Facility.
While each had their own set of charges, some charges were the same, including forgery, criminal conspiracy to access device fraud, identity theft, theft by deception, receiving stolen property, and related charges.
More about 'Green Dot' Cards
According to www.greendot.com, Green Dot cards are reloadable prepaid cards. On the website's front page, there is a warning for Green Dot card users to be wary of scams, and suggests that the prepaid card number or bank account information should never be given out unless, "you are 100-percent sure you know exactly who you are dealing with and it's for a legitimate transaction.


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Today, a Q&A excerpted from The News Tribune reader mailbag:
Keith in Puyallup: How much discussion is there in the news and editorial offices of the TNT about the so-called "left-wing" bias of today's mainstream/cable news media? ... If so, why does the claim of "media bias" persist?
My response: Yes, bias, balance, fairness and representing different points of view are the topics of daily conversation in our newsroom. It comes up as we're deciding what to cover, how to cover it and which reporter to assign. It comes up at least as often in our editorial board conversations and decisions.
I have been part of numerous training sessions on these topics during my career.
However, over the past decade or so, I have found more and more readers looking for what we call "journalism of affirmation," or news that affirms their political beliefs rather than news that strives to cut down the middle. Cable news outlets leaning either to the left or the right provide that. We often hear from people expecting us to provide the same. When we don't, one side accuses us of being too liberal while the other side accuses us of being too conservative.
We do our best every day to avoid bias in our news. That said, we're not perfect, and I appreciate hearing from readers regarding their concerns on specific stories. As you might imagine, it's difficult to respond to generalities.
(I invited Keith to join our 3 p.m. news meeting any weekday to see how we select stories for our front page.)
Nancy in Lake Tapps: I have subscribed to The News Tribune for over 20 years and I am very upset that you think it's somehow OK to squeeze more money out of your loyal readers by charging us for online subscriptions as well.
David Zeeck, TNT publisher: What you pay for a print subscription today pretty much pays for the delivery of the newspaper to your home. Everything else – hiring reporters and photographers, hiring the editors who compile their work into a newspaper or digital product, paying for the news services we use, even the printing of the paper – all is paid for by advertising revenue, most of which still comes from print.
There was a time when we did not charge for Internet access to the newspaper's content. That was when we basically transferred the newspaper content once a day, unchanged, onto the Internet. There were no updates, and nothing that was done specifically for the Web.
Over time, however, more and more people chose to read everything we produce online and pay nothing for it. At the same time, we had to hire people to staff our website on pretty much a 24/7 basis as the expectations for updating the website came to resemble what happens in broadcast news.
Further, in the last couple of years, we've had to purchase and maintain numerous applications so that readers can view our content on tablet computers and smartphones.
Because there is no cost of ink and paper, we can offer a virtually unlimited amount of news online. That's more than a person gets in the print edition of the paper, and partly why it is worth more.
All of that obviously costs a lot of money. If we allowed our reader base to consume all of our news without paying anything, we wouldn't be in business very long.
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---- — BETTENDORF — Kim Kaster has had plenty of time to plot strategy. Now, she is hoping to follow in her sister's footsteps and earn a trip to the state cross country meet.
Kaster, a junior, is Clinton High's best chance to advance when the girls and boys teams travel to Crow Creek Park in Bettendorf for Thursday's state-qualifying meets. She knows moving on won't be an easy task.
"Our district this year is stacked," she said last Thursday after placing 12th on the same course at the Mississippi Athletic Conference meet. "It will be interesting to see how it turns out. I'm excited."
All of the MAC schools will be there, except Muscatine and Davenport Assumption, while Dubuque Senior, a team Clinton has seen this season, joins the nine-team field. Even though Senior is ranked 11th in the Class 4A state poll, the loss of Assumption and Muscatine should help Kaster's chances. The top 10 individuals advance to state, and two runners from each of those schools finished ahead of Kaster in the conference meet.
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The girls field includes the top-ranked runner in Class 4A, MAC champion Mackenzie Yanek of Pleasant Valley. The Spartans (ranked fifth), Senior (11th) and Bettendorf (15th) are the favorites to claim the three team qualifying spots for state.
There also are three ranked teams in the boys field: No 7 Pleasant Valley, No. 10 Senior and No. 15 Burlington. Coming off a last-place finish last week at the MAC meet, Clinton will come in with higher expectations this time.
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A number of students pressed Dold on the environment, and he responded with specific answers. He also answered questions about same sex marriage and the Iranian nuclear threat.
Dold made a case for what he has often termed smart regulation, told the students he was for civil unions between same sex couples but wanted to keep marriage between a man and a woman. He will not take a military option off the table if necessary to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb.
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Tauke would not let his Congressman off the hook. After Dold finished discussing regulation on cement manufacturers, the Lake Forest pupil asked about restrictions on boilers.
"Boiler (regulations) have a huge impact on some many things," Dold said again referring to a competitive balance with China. "We have to take a common sense approach."
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---- — Listen, I'm not qualified to call you bad parents; I made four parenting mistakes of my own before breakfast this morning (No. 4: "Yes, yes I do think smoking cigarettes will make you look cool to the other fourth-graders").
Tell me why, though, an 11-year-old needs a cellphone? Because your kid's phone is making my kid want a phone, and I don't want to give him one.
I realize that waiting until 11 already puts me on the fringe of society. There are hundreds of thousands of 8-year-olds already texting their hearts away. Still, even at my son's advanced age, I don't understand why the cellphone is a necessity.
Who does he really, really have to call at any hour of the day? He can reach his friends using our home phone any time. If he's at school, he's not supposed to be using a cellphone. That accounts for more than 90 percent of his time.
He can't use a phone during practices or scout meetings or swim lessons. If he's at a friend's house, it's almost certain that his friend's family owns a telephone.
We feed him, so he doesn't need to call for pizza. We rarely let him drive alone, so he doesn't have to worry about calling AAA when he breaks down on a deserted road.
The modern cellphone is an amazing technological achievement, but it doesn't seem like my son is really ready for an advanced form of communication.
Heck, we're still not completely comfortable with him answering the home phone. Sometimes when it rings he'll pick it up and just listen. A simple "hello" would be fine, but often if he says anything at all it's "What?" "Huh?" or "Who is this?"
I'm not against communication in general. I told my son he could have a megaphone. Some stationary and a book of stamps. A carrier pigeon, but only if he cleans up after it.
There are all sorts of reasons for him not to have a cellphone. There are expenses. There's that nagging question of radioactivity. There are more expenses. There's the danger of loss, damage or theft.
He breaks and loses things every day. If he can't keep track of his winter coat, how can I expect him to protect the cellphone he stuck in the coat pocket?
He only wants a cellphone because "everyone" else's parents gave them cellphones. If he doesn't have one he'll stand out, like the kid wearing the bell-bottoms or the lederhosen or the K.C. and the Sunshine Band rock concert T-shirt.
It's the same reason he wants an iPad, an Xbox, a robotic death machine, a pair of laser-guided sneakers, a motorcycle that shoots flames. Sadly, children's self-worth seems to be tied to the number and cost of their electronic devices. A cellphone is a status symbol, much like the top hat and the pet rock were to my generation.
This is where other parents can help me. Don't kid yourself. You're not buying that smartphone so he can call in case of emergencies. It's not so you can surreptitiously track his location via the GPS function. It's not because the instant access to Wikipedia will help him in school. You're buying it because he wants it, and he wants it because his friend has it, and so on.
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You can even go one step further, if you're strong enough. Take back the gizmos and gadgets. Take the TV out of their bedroom. Replace the Wii with a Monopoly board. Put a typewriter and a set of Encyclopedia Britannica where the computer used to be. Do they really need electric light? Take away the bulbs and give them a few candles.
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RALEIGH — Joel Dahms, 16, spent months preparing his goat Willie to show at the North Carolina State Fair.
But it took just under two minutes for bidders to push the price tag for the 8-month-old goat to $6,000 during an auction Saturday.
Sold, cried auctioneer E. B. Harris as Dahms stood holding Willie tightly before a crowd of cheering bidders, family, friends and spectators.
Dahms, who lives in Bahama, hadnt expected to win the grand champion title that put Willie in the Junior Livestock Sale of Champions, the annual auction for the top animals raised by young farmers.
It was quite shocking and unbelievable, he said.
Dahms raised Willie on his familys farm, where the barn sits a few hundred yards from the house. He tinkered with Willies food intake until he had just the right formula, groomed his coat to tip-top shape, and took him on regular promenades around the property so the goat would know just what to do when he entered a show ring.
The goats to me have a very distinct personality, he said. Theyre very personable and friendly.
At the auction, 11 young farmers took home nearly $98,000 in prize money for their steer, hogs, lambs, goats and turkeys a reward that many dedicate to their college funds.
A group of young farmers will split another $45,500. They each contributed an animal to large collections that were auctioned as truckload sales.
All of the animals will end up in supermarkets and on dinner tables.
The auction is the culmination of months of hard work. Hunter McMillen, 7, of Grandy, spent two to three hours each day preparing for the fair by washing, walking and brushing his animals. His grand champion market barrow, a type of hog, brought in $11,000.
McMillens favorite part: the purple banner he got to hold in photos that proclaimed him a winner.
The bidders at the auction include representatives from Harris Teeter and the N.C. Farm Bureau, but independent bidders also can participate.
Thomas McInnis, of Iron Horse Auction Company, always comes to the auction as a bidder. This year he contributed to the truckload auction and also put up $4,100 for a reserve grand champion junior market meat goat.
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If nobody comes along to raise the animals and nurture the farm environment, where are we going to get our food? he asked.
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AA Schoharie Recovery open discussion group, noon, Reformed Church, Main Street. For info: AA hot line, (888) 2B-SOBER.
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