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2013 Sub-3:10
station - Great job on the race. 3 minute PR is huge! I've run over 1700 miles this year and only now am I back into the kind of shape I need to be to be approaching my PRs. That being said, I don't have a single PR to show for it this year, so I'm hoping this weekend I can follow your example.
dankelley - Glad to hear you think you are recovered. I'm planning on running a HM 2 weeks post-marathon and would really like to at least somewhat close to PR condition. I think big miles and consistent running do help you recover quicker, though.
Patrick - I've enjoyed my long runs, too. Strangely, I've missed waking up at 5 AM and going 18-22 miles these past two weekends. It's definitely given me confidence ahead of this weekend's race, too...
SteveinMinn - Weather certainly has been perfect for running. I've got my fingers crossed it stays cool and dry for Sunday! Hopefully I won't be too far behind your friend Joe (although a sub-3 is certainly out of my league).
Excited that race week is finally upon me. I'm not very good at tapering. I'm not a huge believer in a taper than has you basically not run hard for the last 21 days. I did my toughest weeks 4-8 weeks out (65-70 miles w/ a failed half marathon PR attempt thrown in). 3 weeks out, I ran 63. This past week, I finished with 59:
M - 8 Miles in 1:00:00
T - 1.5 Miles in 12:00
W (AM) - 5 Miles in 36:52
W (PM) - 9 Miles in 1:05:00 - Ran workout w/ XC team - 3x1 mile at 6:39, 6:37, 6:35
T - 5.5 Miles in 42:00
F - 11 Miles in 1:25:03
S - 11.1 Miles in 1:28:00
S - 8 Miles in 55:04
Planning on doing 6-8 milers at the start of the week, 4-6 miler towards the end of the week. 4 miles on Saturday. Race on Sunday. Time to try to figure out what I'm going to wear, hope for good weather, and get a pretty solid race playlist together!
station...nice job on the HM - 3+ minute PR - way to go!
Th: 10 w/ 7@MP. My achilles was sore, but manageable, but I just gave up after 7 miles. I was exhausted...
Fr: off
Sa: off
Su: 7.5 very easy - felt great
Well, I am really going to be tapered for this race! I'm taking a bit of a different approach - trying to get in several strength workouts over the last 12 days before the race. I hadn't done any weights over the last few months, and I believe that is a contributing factor to my injuries. At any rate, my instincts are telling me it's what i need to do. Just a few more easy runs to go.
Unplanned day off today as I skipped my easy run. My legs/feet felt pretty beat up yesterday after key runs 3 out of the past 4 days, including the 18/14 run. Great decision as I feel refreshed right now!
Like I said before, lots of fast runners on this forum! I usually read posts for a week and try to post once or twice a week. Last week was week 7 of my Pfitz 18/55 and here's how it went.
M: Off
T: 10mi @ 7:18 ave. 5 miles @ 6:37. First track work out in over a year!!!
W: 6mi @ 8:30
Th: 13mi @ 8:35
F: 3mi @ 8:52
Sa: 9mi @ 8:08
Su: 20mi at 8:02 (very evenly paced)
Total: 62 miles
My plan all along since following the plan was running 6 days a week and adding 10 more miles to what the weekly mileage is. Turning out so good. I'm pretty much gonna end up with my own 18/65 plan. Maybe I should trademark that My goal every week is to hit the speed works out and the long run (and the medium long run). Everything else are bonuses. Hopefully it works out for me. Need to pop my marathon cherry with a bang
Lawrence - Good week, and that 18/14 does indeed sound like a real confidence booster. Personally, I've always liked this confidence boost you get from running quite fast LRs, and that's why in the past I have probably even got a bit overboard with trying to marathon pace most parts of almost every LR. Great for confidence, but sure affects the rest of your training, so I think I'm better off with the Pfitz plans. Good job with hitting the intervals too!
station42 - Congratulation on your PR, and not feeling exhausted is a really positive sign in my books! I echo the sentiments on starting out at 3:05 in your marathon, and see where you are at some point a bit later in the race.
dankelley - Wow, that's a great week having just returned from one marathon! Glad you're enjoying Switzerland!
thomas - Seems like good post-marathon progress. Hopefully you're niggles will disappear soon. A HM sounds like a good plan, and I'm sure you can do 1:25, but maybe a bit more of a taper (recovery runs instead of so many hard workouts, if not total days off) will help you achieve this? 1:25 is still pretty hard on a full training schedule.
Steve - So glad things are going well for you, and that's a really good LR!
Lawrence - I have sometimes done LRs or MPRs without supplementary energy, but not to an extent that would allow me to see any results of it I guess. The one thing I will say about it is that 2 weeks ago, when I still hadn't moved into my own place and was staying at a hostel, I did an MPR shorter and not as fast as the one I did this Sunday, but still had an increadibly hard time. The reason? I didn't have any of my energy supplements with me at the hostel, so had to do it without them, whereas this Sunday I had both sports drink and a gel. However, my pre-training energy intake wasn't ideal in the previous case either, so maybe it would have gone better if I had managed to get a proper breakfast.
Patrick - Great week again! With you're amount of training I am sure you're gonna crush Chicago. Good luck with the tapering!
Bump - Nice week!Your times on the intervals were remarkably consistent, did you look at your watch while running, or did you run just by feel?
Brent - Huge mileage for so close to the race, but I guess you're used to it. Hope all goes well!
Portlander - Being really tapered has worked out fine for me in the past, hope it works for you too. Interesting approach with the strength training, keep us posted!
arkmann - Solid week! Having made the mistake of increasing training load too much too soon in the past, I would just advice you to maybe increase it with only 6 miles per week (Daniels' recommendation for 6 sessions a week), and keep one mileage for two weeks before you increase it more to avoid injuries. At least I would do the slightly lower increase, you can maybe play around with keeping mileage or not.
Big weekend coming up. Brent, Portlander and SoarFeet (wherever you are), good luck and hope everything goes your way.
brent_hanson 15 – 3:26:41 – Twin Cities Marathon – Oct 6
portlander – Portland Marathon – Oct 6
SoarFeet – Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon – Oct 6
dankelley – 3:00:17 – Chicago Marathon – Oct 13
Patrick25905 – 3:11:35 – Chicago Marathon – Oct 13
RFW11 – 3:17:21 – Peak to Creek Marathon – Oct 26
mkerikss – 3:06:36 – Lausanne Marathon – Oct 27
station42 – 3:19:26 – Frankfurt Marathon – Oct 27
Lawrence1971 – 3:14:39 – New York City Marathon – Nov 3
racer.a – 3:10:05 – New York City Marathon – Nov 3
SteveInMinn – 3:15:26 – New York City Marathon – Nov 3
thomas2507 – 3:08:29 – Philadelphia Marathon – Nov 17
Arunnerd – 3:17:02 – White River Marathon – Nov 23
bump14 – White River Marathon – Nov 23
NACN!! – 3:06:01 – Memphis Marathon – Dec 7
arkmann – California International Marathon – Dec 8
I haven't done a marathon in eight years... just wondering from anyone else if this is normal during tapering. For the past two days, I've been suffering from massive headaches. As in, I spent 15 minutes laying on the tile floor in my bathroom wondering if I was going to throw up.
I'm not doing anything different diet-wise during my taper. I have about 1 pop and 1 coffee per day (which is about exactly what I have almost every day). My diet is literally the exact same as it has been for the past few months with the exception that I've been drinking maybe an extra 20 ounces of sports drink and probably an extra 20 ounces of water per day.
In the past when tapering, I've had strange little aches and pains pop up. I'm seeing that, too, to a letter degree. These headaches have got me struggling, though. Just wondering if this is normal with any of you guys and if you know of anything I can do to get rid of this... I'm hoping I don't have three more days of a dull, constant headaches.
brent_hanson15 - in my 3 years of training I have never had any headaches during taper. I also didn't hear in any of the threads I participated anybody had any symptoms like yours. I would definitely check with an MD, because it really doesn't sound right. Niggles and some pains, tired legs, that's all OK from time to time - but not that serious as in your case, it seems.
Good luck.
Brent, Portlander, Soarfeet: Good luck to you all. I'm certain the most watched channel on your tv is The Weather Channel.
Portlander: I hope your body is healed and that the strength training helped.
Brent: I always have little aches and pains but never a bad headache. I agree with calbears and patrick about getting it checked out.
mkerikss: On the intervals, I definitely have to keep an eye on the watch. I'm not that good at pacing although after a couple of intervals, I seem to "dial in" much better.
We are getting to the point in the year when this place gets exciting. I love it!
Brent, Portlander,and Soarfeet-- I will be sending good thoughts on Sunday! I am looking forward to catching up on all the progress everyone is making, and reading some race reports soon. From my quick skim read (its very early...) lots of fast times, and high miles, good stuff.
Brent- sorry no advice here about the headaces except get it checked out, hope your feeling better today!
Keep up the great running all,
Hey guys. Quick question/advice seeking. I just got back from 14 miles. It was supposed to be 20 but lightning cut the run short. I'm pissed. Tomorrow was going to be my normal 6.75 easy recovery. Would you try to get in another MLR? I'm not going 14 then 20 back to back. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
brent_hanson: With headaches that bad, I'd get checked out by a doctor. I've never had headaches as a result of training, FWIW. Good luck getting healthy.
portlander, soarfeet: Good luck tomorrow!
bump: I'd try to do a second run. Depending on how much the 14 took out of me, I'd probably look to do something like 14-16. You'll get a nice endurance stimulus from doing another MLR on slightly tired legs.
bump — What dankelley said. Today's 14.0 followed by another MLR tomorrow wouldn't be bad at all. If you find yourself in a nice, easy groove I would feel free to extend tomorrow's run, but only if it happens to be easy.
brent_hanson 15 - good luck tomorrow! hopefully the headaches have dissipated
portlander - good luck tomorrow as well! i'm a big fan of adding some weight training after the recovery runs. Nothing heavy, but just higher rep/lighter weight stuff. Salazar had Mo Farah incorporate this into his training for the 2012 Olympics and Farah says it made a huge difference for him fwiw.
bump14 - I agree with dankelley, maybe another MLR or something like a progressive 12, finishing with a few MP miles to make it a full 26 for the weekend
arkmann - seems like a smart way to add volume to the 18/55 plan without risking injury. i've been tinkering with the pfitz plans as well. IIRC, your 16 w/ 12 @ MP is soon, that should give you the first sense of GMP
Patrick25905 - try to enjoy your final taper this week Your volume has been awesome, can't wait to see what you do. Thanks for the feedback on the 3 hour runs, I plan to maybe do three before Philly and hope that staves off late race hammy cramping.
SteveinMinn - looks like that BQ should be no problem!
dankelley - thanks for the feedback on the HM and longer runs, i will definitely do less than I was thinking before the HM as I'd like it to be a real fitness indicator and function as my key predictor for GMP. I started reading Daniels after Pfitz but couldn't get through it so probably missed a lot of helpful info nuggets Going to take it v easy on the 3 hr runs and not push my usual GMP+30 pace. Save travels back!
Felt like adding some volume this week, week four after the marathon-
M- GA - 8 @ 8:05 w/ 10x100 + weights/core
Tu - MLR - 12 @ 7:41
W - 4 @ 8:40 + weights/core
Th - LT - 9 w/ 5 @ 6:29
Fri - 5 @ 8:40 w/ 6x100 + weights/core
Sat - 22.72 @ 7:55 (3 hour run)
60.72 for the week
First time ever for me over 55 mpw, I want to be with the cool kids. Felt good just going w/ the 10% weekly increase rule. Slowed down my MLR and LR pace to account for the higher volume. Had some hamstring twing in the last 3 of my LR today but nothing too bad and probably something we all feel after mile 20. Will probably end up peaking around 70-75 mpw before Philly taper. May not make too much of a difference at that race but should set me up well to either start 18/70 or 18/85 over the winter for Spring Marathon. 9 w/ 5 @ 6:29 was my first quality since the marathon, I'd say right now it will be my stretch HMP (for a 1:25 HM) at my HM in 2 weeks if everything goes well. Will probably sit on 6:35 pace through 10 and then empty the tank, hopefully end up in 1:25-1:26 range. My weekly LR plan now going forward is 3 hours today, 3 hours next week leading into a week of recovery before racing, HM race, 3 hour run, 18 w/ 14 at whatever the HM projects as my GMP, 12 easy and then the Philly Marathon. I plan to reduce my usual taper from 3 weeks to 2 weeks, Fitzgerald mentioned in his book to base the taper on your weekly peak mileage rather than the race you are training for which I guess makes sense. Says if your mpw peak is 41-80, taper for two weeks. 3 weeks if 80+ and 1 week if 40 or less. Shouldn't make a huge difference I guess but will give me a chance to get my 75ish mpw peak week in the week starting 9 days after racing the HM so I should be fully recovered for it.
Hope everyone had great weeks!
Hey all! Looking forward to hear from brent_hanson, portlander and soarfeet, hope everything goes well today, and I hope you got rid of the headaches brent_hanson.
thomas - That's great for you, breaking the 60 mile barrier! Looking at the weekly roster, I see you have some time to make real fitness improvements from your last marathon, so I think you can really benefit from this mileage increase already in Philadelphia, and as you say, it will have you gearing to go with one of the larger volume programs in time for next season. Out of curiosity, which Fitzgerald book are you referring to? The new rules for marathon and HM nutrition?
Lawrence - Congrats on your PR! That is a good HM time. Looking forward to hear more!
As of today, I have 3 weeks left until Lausanne Marathon on the 27th. This was my peak week, and overall I felt really good throughout it. My week, Pfitz 12/55 #7:
Mo -
Tue - 6.3 @ 8:09 w/ 6x100m
Wed - MLR 11.8 @ 7:35
Thu - 5.0 @ 8:14
Fri - LT 11.8 @ 7:16 w/ 6.7 @ 6:43
Sat -
Sun - LR 19.9 @ 7:34
Total: 54.7 mi
As you may remember, I didn't have enough weeks from Helsinki to Lausanne to accomodate all 12 weeks. Up until thispont, choosing weeks has been relatively easy, but for next week I'm a bit uncertain. I won't do week #8 or #10 completely according to the book (if I do them at all), because they include tune-up races that I won't run anyway, but I'm not sure if I should do #9, which is similar to this week, but with 52 miles instead of 55, or a modified #8 (49-53 miles) or a modified #10 (43-45 miles). Whichever I choose, after next week I have two tapering weeks, which are (according to the schedule) 32 mi and 22 mi (excluding the marathon), and I might take it even easier, at least the final week.
Do you think doing 52 miles will be too much this close to the race, or should I go for it. FWIW, I feel really great, but I'm only worried about not being fully tapered come race-day, even if I have felt good in training, thus impairing my chances to get a result that matches my fitness level. Perhaps a modified week #9, with everything else the same, but reducing the LR from 20 mi to 18 mi, resulting in a compromise week of 50 miles. What do you think?
Hope you're having good running weeks!
lawrence: Congrats, that's an amazing time!
It looks like those of us into online stalking^Wsupport can track brent_hanson at TCM here:
If I'm doing timezones correctly, they start in about 45 minutes.
I'm heading out for my race. Will report back later today. Thanks for all the good thoughts...my legs are not feeling 100%. I'm going to go out with the 3:10 group and give it everything I've got. The result could be anywhere from 3:05 to 4:00+!
I'm heading out for my race. Will report back later today. Thanks for all the good thoughts...my legs are not feeling 100%. I'm going to go out with the 3:10 group and give it everything I've got. The result could be anywhere from 3:05 to 4:00+!
Good luck! What's your bib number?
TCM tracking had brent through 5K at 7:19 pace, but hasn't updated for a good 15 mins past when he should have gone through 10K. Not sure if the tracking is busted or something went wrong.
dankelley — I think something's wrong with the 10k timing. Bib #1 crossed the half and his 10k time doesn't show either.
Brent crossed the half at 1:32:38. 7:05 pace.
Thanks for the link Sending fast thought
He is laying the hammer down. Maintain, my man, maintain.
Hi All,
Exciting waiting for the results today. I had a nice week. Started off a bit fatigued from some hard running back to back. But a strategically placed unscheduled rest day Tuesday helped big time. And it didn't hurt either that I capped it off with a big half PR yesterday.
Mon - 14 MLR @ 8:15
Tues - URD!
Wed - 11 MLR @ 8:11
Thurs - 5 Recovery + 6 X 100M strides @ 8:42
Fri - 5 Recovery @ 8:54
Sat - HALF @ 1:25:21, 6:30.6/mile pace! 57 second PR!
Sun - 5 Recovery untimed
So yesterday's temps were in the low 60s and a bit muggy, so I wasn't sure if a PR was in the cards. The race was close to the water (south shore of Long Island) so there was a little cool breeze which helps and mostly flat. Thru around 5 miles I was sweating pretty good and figured I'd be happy with a strong 1:27-1:28 and no PR. However, I kept banging out 6:35s one after another and felt smooth and relaxed. At mile 9 I figured I had a PR shot and must've picked it up at that point and through 12 I knew I had it. I have to say I surprised myself a bit when I got to the last mile and knew I'd be somewhere in the mid 1:25s. I was thrilled. These 65+ mile weeks must be paying off. I was 6th overall out of about 550 and 2nd in my age group out of 49. Starting to think about pacing for the marathon in 4 weeks and am thinking I may need to get a little more aggressive with my goal, considering I averaged 6:30 for 13.1.
Can't wait to see the marathon results today. Hope they rock it and set the bar for us!
Looks like Brent is slowing a bit. Through 21 @7:18 pace. I know nothing of the course so maybe he just came through a tougher part. Hopefully he has enough to hang on.
Lawrence: Sweet time in the half! That has got to make you feel extremely confident.
Yep, got him back now. Go go Brent!
7:36 pace through 24, looks like he's falling off the pace
edit: You can see his splits here:
He must have hit the wall or got hurt, as his pace from 21m -> 24m was 9:38. Hopefully he's able to finish strong - he's still in line for a big PR if he can bring it home.
Brent finished in 3:24:36 - PR!
Lawrence: Great PR - congratulations ! I feel the same like you with the goal for the marathon, thinking about it (see below)
Also waiting for the results. Congratulations to Brent for a PR, too.
After the HM last Sunday I only ran easily this week with a bit less miles than in the plan (58 instead of 68). Today´s 20 miler was still much harder than all the long runs before, probably I´m not fully recovered from the HM or it´s just the cumulated fatigue. I never before trained as hard as I´m doing now with this Pfitz plan...
Thanks to all of you for your pace advice for my marathon in three weeks. 3:05 seems to be a big challenge, I would be happy with a 3:09:26 because it´s exactly 10 min faster than my second marathon and from my first to the second I also exactly improved by 10 min from a 03:29:26 h. Think I´ll try it somewhere in between 3:05 - 3:09.
Biggest goal for the next weeks is not to get sick or injured, this evening I have a bit a higher temperature (the long run today was all in rain and with a strong wind).
Lawrence — Brilliant HM! Congratulations to you. I'm looking forward to hearing how you adjust your target MP now.
portlander — Can't wait to hear...
Just getting home (five blocks from TCM's Mile 24) and getting up to speed ...
Brent ... congratulations man on the PR! I hear you would've gotten in about the time the rain started. Whew!
Lawrence -- same to you! Huge accomplishment.
Excited to check back on the others!
FYI, local friend with whom I ran Boston last year snagged a 2:58 and change today. He was out to break 3:00. Absolutely thrilled for him. Another running buddy cramped up at mile 14, on what was his second marathon, so feeling his pain. He finished in 4:08 but was hoping for 3:30.
A 50-year-old guy with whom I work who runs a marathon every five years ran a 4:27 today ... even though his "long run" was six miles! Whoa!
Congratulations Brent! Great to hear that you PR'd. I can't find results online for Portland yet, and I missed a split on my watch. I went through the half in 1:32:45 and finished somewhere around 3:20. My right knee was bothering me from about mile 15 on to the point where it changed my stride. Hamstrings cramped at the top of the hill at 17 and it was a death march from there.
To be honest, the injuries were not the biggest problem today. I simply felt under prepared for the distance after 16 miles.
I need some time to reflect on the race...my previous PR was 3:35, so I improved on that. But the time isn't going to be consistent with my shorter races or training paces which is pretty disappointing.
thomas: You clearly didn't get all the way through daniels, as one of his things is to not have the LR be > 25-30% of your week's mileage Seriously though, nice job on getting over 60mpw for the first time! You must be fully recovered from Lehigh, eh? You've clearly got plenty of speed to get closer to 3 flat, so my guess is that shifting your workouts towards more distance and less speed will pay predictable dividends for you. As for the taper: I don't think you can use the regular guidelines for Philly, as you won't be at the end of a regular training cycle. Go with how you feel.
mkerikss: I find it hard to follow your "pick some weeks of 12/55" plan! Are you talking about going 52 - 32 - 22 (6 days pre-race)? If so, and you feel good, I wouldn't worry about that 52 being too many miles. I also wouldn't sweat not doing any tune up races - you ran Helsinki not that long ago, so it's not like you needs lots of sharpening. That said, if you get tired, I'd err on the side of more tapering.
steve: The sub3 guy is Joe, right? Congratulate him for me the next time you see him. TCM doesn't look to be an easy course to get a first sub3 on, considering the elevation profile.
brent_hanson: Great job getting through it. It's harder to run the race that doesn't go exactly as you want it to than the one where everything falls into place! Looking forward to the RR.
portlander: Yikes, a changed stride at mile 15 sounds difficult to work through. Congrats on the giant PR - shaving ~15m off is no small feat. As for feeling underprepared, here's something to consider: I've been hanging out both here and in the sub3 thread for the last couple of months. One remarkable thing is that many of the folks in sub-3:10 have HM PRs that are right in the range of the people running sub3s: 1:24-1:26. The difference is that the folks here tend to be on lower mileage plans like 18/55, and the sub3 crowd seems to consistently be up north of 65-70 mpw.
Shambling into Chicago:
- Mon: SRD
- Tue: 6.31 @ 8:07
- Wed: 6.88 @ 8:21
- Thu: 5.05 @ 7:43
- Fri: URD
- Sat: URD
- Sun: 11.07 @ 8:30
- Total: 29.3 miles
Either I'm not fully recovered from Lehigh Valley, or doing that 17 miler off the red-eye was a really bad idea, or work was just too much in Switzerland. I wanted to hit 42-45 miles this week, but was exhausted by Friday, so skipped running that morning. I had the flight back that afternoon/night, and my right knee was feeling wonky, so I skipped Saturday as well. Felt somewhat better today, but I forced myself to go nice and slow.
At this point, I still have no idea what to attempt in Chicago next weekend. My options are:
- Attempt to sub3: seems unlikely, unless I suddenly start feeling awesome
- Get a 2015 BQ: I realized today that this Chicago will count as a qualifying race for Boston 2015. So if I could run something like 3:05, I could be as aggressive as I wanted at Boston 2014.
- Fun run: start at 8 minute pace, let the entire A corral pass me in the first 2 miles, play it by ear.
- Pace DW: She's going to do something like 10:30 pace, and keeps refusing my offers to pace her ("really, I don't want to talk to you while I'm running"). Probably not an option.
If the race was happening tomorrow, I'd be trying to decide between the 2nd and 3rd options. I suppose I'll see how I feel over the coming week.


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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Victor Cruz's star continues to shine brighter than the Empire State Building at night.
In the aftermath of the Super Bowl, Cruz has appeared on Jimmy Fallon's late night show and he will be doing a promo for Nike and will even present a Grammy with teammate Mario Manningham. Pretty soon, the New York Giants will have to pay their wide receiver like a star as well.
After completing a magical season that saw him shatter the franchise record for most receiving yards in a season, Cruz, 25, has outplayed the contract he signed as an undrafted free agent from UMass trying to make the team back in 2010 and even prior to the 2011 season. He is scheduled to earn $490,000 this coming season -- the final year of his contract.
The humble receiver from Paterson, N.J., wasn't too comfortable answering questions about his contract situation but does acknowledge that he eventually hopes to be compensated for leading the team in receiving with 82 receptions for 1,536 yards and nine touchdowns.
"Honestly, with what I did this year, statistically and the records and everything like that, obviously I feel like just looking at the top players in the league and looking at what I did this year, I feel like naturally there should be an increase in pay," Cruz said while signing autographs at Steiner Sports.
Cruz finished behind only Detroit's Calvin Johnson and New England's Wes Welker in receiving yards this season and had five touchdowns of 65 yards or longer, second most in a season in NFL history.
"My agents and guys like that will work out all that stuff," he said. "I will take care of the football aspect and those guys will take care of the contract."
General manager Jerry Reese said the team is still in the early stages of evaluating players and management has not discussed anything "with respect to salaries."
He did say that players wanting a raise after winning the Super Bowl is a "good problem" to have since it comes with a Lombardi trophy.
"You win the Super Bowl and if everybody thinks they're the reason we won -- that's a good problem to have," Reese said. "That means you won it. It's just part of the offseason. There are always contract issues in the offseason. That's what the offseason is. You have to deal with contracts and things with your roster -- who's going to stay, who's going to go."
Reese said the Giants are always trying to keep an eye on not just this coming season but how moves will impact the team down the road.
The Giants will have some decisions to make with their receivers. Mario Manningham, who had the huge 38-yard catch in the fourth quarter that helped set up the game-winning touchdown against the Patriots, is a free agent. Hakeem Nicks also is entering the second to last season of his contract.
"It's important," Nicks said of keeping the receivers together.
The Giants will want to lock up their biggest playmaker this past season. Cruz, 25, may have saved the Giants season with a 99-yard touchdown against the Jets that helped start the six-game winning streak that ended with the Super Bowl victory. He also had a 74-yard touchdown in the final game of the regular season to help the Giants clinch the NFC East and a berth into the playoffs. In the NFC Championship, he had 10 catches for 142 yards and he scored a touchdown in the first half of the Super Bowl win against New England.
He started to face more added defensive pressure as the season progressed. Cruz saw double teams in the slot against the Patriots and knows he will see a lot more next season.
"We understand that teams are going to know about me now and not really be naïve to, 'oh, he is just good this game or that game,'" Cruz said. "Just a matter of understanding where the double teams are coming from and understanding how they are trying to play me."
Cruz hopes to do plenty more salsa touchdown celebrations next season. His end zone dance became a huge hit to the point where Madonna even did a Cruz salsa impression during her news conference to talk about her Super Bowl halftime show.
Cruz will again cross over into the music entertainment industry when he and Manningham present at the Grammys.
"That's pretty sick," he said of the honor. "I think myself and Mario are doing it for best duo."
Cruz, though, says he won't let all the success and exploding fame change who he is and spoil him.
"I don't know what makes me so cool that they want me to do all this stuff," he said. "It's just a lot of fun. Anytime you win a Super Bowl, there's a lot of stuff that comes with it. After that, it is just being the same old you, taking the same old garbage out of my mother's house, doing the same old things."
"It is safe to say that I will not be spoiled by success," he added. "Especially when I have the type of mother that I have that won't allow that."
Ohm Youngmisuk covers the Giants for ESPNNewYork.com.

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Delight.Your Happy Word is "Delight"
You are happy because you are engaged in and curious about the world. The smallest things life your spirits.
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The in-form American duo won their third match of the week together
after Mickelson had struck a brilliant approach to within a foot of the
cup at the par-four 12th to put the US 6-3 ahead of holders Europe.
Their margin of victory matched the 7&6 wins earned by Hale Irwin
and Tom Kite over Ken Brown and Des Smythat the 1979 Ryder Cup, and by
Paul Azinger and Mark O'Meara over Nick Faldo and David Gilford in 1991.
"We've had so much fun," a smiling Mickelson, playing in a record ninth
Ryder Cup for the US this week, told reporters. "The crowd has provided
so much energy, and it's brought our best golf out."
Mickelson and Bradley's sizzling form helped spark a fast start by the
US who were 5-3 ahead after the first day at Medinah Country Club and
went on to grab early leads in all four matches on Saturday.
Though Europe began to mount a fightback in glorious morning sunshine,
the US led in one match out on the course, trailed in the second and
were all square in the third.
Jim Furyk and Brandt Snedeker were two up on Northern Irishmen Rory
McIlroy and Graeme McDowell after 11 holes while Zach Johnson and Ryder
Cup rookie Jason Dufner were all square with Belgian Nicolas
Colsaertsand Spaniard Sergio Garcia after 11.
In the top match, Englishmen Justin Rose and Ian Poulter were two up on
Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson with five holes to play in a tight,
fluctuating battle.
Cup veteran Mickelson and rookie Bradley had triumphed twice together on
the first day amid a flurry of fist pumps and high-fives and they
continued that sizzling form with five birdies on the front nine.
Bradley, winner of last year's PGA Championship, sank a curling
12-footer to birdie the par-four ninth before furiously pumping his
right fist as the crowd erupted in deafening cheers.
The US duo went six up at the 10th before sealing victory with a par at the 12th where the out-of-form Englishmen bogeyed.
Europe, under the captaincy of Jose Maria Olazabal, field one of their
strongest ever line-ups but face a challenging task to retain the trophy
with the US having lost only three times on home soil since the matches
began in 1927.
"We do have to change the momentum," Spaniard Olazabal said after his
team were outplayed by the Americans on the opening day. "We need to
have a great day tomorrow, both morning and afternoon sessions."
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grep in shell script fails on redhat 3.0
The issue seems to be for a particular environment,
as other linux boxes that I tested this script on worked just fine.
this is the line in question:
abc_string=`grep "abc_value ${string} " ${0}`
$0 returns the script name as the file to search i.e: ./filename
which returns "no such file or directory"
the version of the grep is the same for all machines. I know this
has to be some o/s level issue, but I don't see it in the env.
o/s levels are 188.8.131.52.EL works / 220.127.116.11.EL fails
Any thoughts ?
The files name wouldn't contain a space by any chance?
Thanks for the thought, but no .... no space.
keep in mind it works fine on other linux systems.
I thought it might be a literal translation in other words,
it was looking for a file name './<somefile>' but no such luck. I am wondering if the grep command used in a script like this opens it's own thread "exec" , and that thread env is dong starting in $HOME or some such , thus the failure.
looks like it may be time to try strace or truss.
All I can say is that something like
and the {0} gave me the error-message you encounter ;)
Just an FYI,
the problem was in the environment files that the
script was sourcing when running.
someone had placed a cd "change directory"
so that when I sourced the environment for the shell
script, it set PWD to $HOME instead of where the script was located.
only took about 5 hours to figure it out. Oh well, sometimes you have to do the grunt work.
thanks for your replies, they were sanity checks.
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Ambulance department revises budgetJun 21, 2013 By Eric Blom, Staff Writer
The director of Fremont County's ambulance department has proposed a smaller, revised budget for fiscal year 2014 that she says will resolve lingering financial issues.
The new plan asks for $3.3 million, down from the $4.1 million requested in May.
The figure is still more than 50 percent higher than the $2.1 million the department budgeted for 2013.
"I would not need a general fund transfer this year, and that still allows us about a $125,000 carry over to next year," director Lauri Wempen said in a Fremont County Commission meeting June 11, referring to issues with the earlier proposal. "That still addresses the federal mandates that are coming down about benefits, it addresses our staffing needs and it incorporates the part timers."
In May, Wempen said the federal Affordable Care Act would force her to offer health care benefits to nearly all of her part-time employees, in addition to the full-time workers. She also had been having trouble staffing all the shifts she needed to fill.
Her solution was to bring part-time employees to full time. The change drained the
department's $1.3 million cash reserve and required an $833,000 infusion from the county's general fund. The emergency medical service has remained self-sufficient by charging for services.
Wempen said she examined many scheduling options and found one that reduced overtime. Her first proposed budget for fiscal 2014 asked for overtime to increase to almost $700,000 from $109,000 the year before. The new plan for the upcoming year requests about $300,000 in over-time pay.
The commissioners said they liked the new proposal better than the previous one, but they still had questions.
"I do appreciate the reduction of the request this year," chairman Doug Thompson said.
Vice chairman Travis Becker said he was concerned about the sustainability of using up the department's cash reserve.
"Next year you could be looking at a general fund hit of a million dollars," he said.
Wempen agreed and said the department needs to find a new revenue source.
"We can look at a health care district, we can look at getting cities and towns to contribute, we can look at raising our rates, we can look at a partial sales tax as well," she said.
Becker was not convinced.
"It's busted the entire ambulance fund in just over a year," he said. "I think there's ways that can be looked at again. The volunteers really need to be looked at."
Commissioners had questioned before whether the ambulance department could find more people to volunteer to cover shifts rather than pay people to work more.
The commission will continue budget discussions throughout June and publish an overall budget proposal by the end of the month. Commissioners will have a public hearing on the budget July 8.


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flashing her fantastic legs as she performed on This Morning with her band.
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the third series of the period drama is over.
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That figure would net the Israeli $78,000 per match for the rest of the 2012-2013 campaign if the last-placed Sky Blues don't make the finals.
The 57-year-old, who took Partizan Belgrade to its fifth successive Serbian championship before quitting in May, is not coy about his financial expectations. Grant's agent, Pinhas Zhavi, last week outlined to the A-League club his terms.
'Sydney is on the radar for sure but only because no club in the Premier League has offered Avram a gig," a source close to Grant said.
'He was actually hoping to land the Chelsea job again before Rafa Benitez stepped in to replace Roberto Di Matteo.
'The interest in Sydney is being driven more by Avram's agent and that may be why he is asking for a larger sum and a short-term appointment only.
'Avram is not completely opposed to the idea but it does seem a little unlikely unless the money is too good to refuse.
'That was the figure he received for five months in charge at Partizan, so he won't settle for less in Sydney."
Since leaving Partizan the ex-Israel, Chelsea, Portsmouth and West Ham United coach has worked as a consultant for cashed-up Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala FC, the home of star Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o.
'There have been some initial discussions but Avram is quite tied to his home in Tel Aviv," the source continued. 'His son has just been conscripted to the Israeli army reserve and has been posted to the border of the Gaza Strip.
'With the unrest in Palestine, that's obviously of concern to him. His actress wife Tzofit is also a TV personality in Israel and would not want to relocate."
Grant led Chelsea, which he took over from sacked Jose Mourinho, to the 2008 UEFA Champions League final, which it lost on penalties to Manchester United.
He was subsequently dismissed by Roman Abramovich, with whom he remained on good terms, and became the club's director of football. Grant moved Portsmouth as the club slipped into administration, despite reaching the FA Cup final in 2010.
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SUNSHINE and the sizzling sounds of Samba helped make this year's Walk for Wards at Wilton House another record breaker.
More than 1,600 people lined up for the 10k or 3k sponsored walks through the Wilton Estate, raising £80,000 for Salisbury District Hospital along the way.
Walkers chose either to support wards or departments that are close to their heart or raise funds for the work of the Stars Appeal across the hospital.
Poignant signs on their backs highlighted the many emotional reasons why people took part.
From families helped by the Benson bereavement suite in the maternity unit to those with loved ones being treated on the Pembroke cancer ward, stroke ward, Sarum children's ward or cardiac care, many had deeply personal reasons for walking.
Cheryl Paddock from Winterbourne Earls, whose daughters Abigail 15, Jessica 14, and Summer, four, all have cystic fibrosis, was among those taking part with her team, called the Salty Angels.
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identified the second mutation in CEP135, confirming the role during embryonic brain development and in the pathophysiology of human primary microcephaly
Authors suggest that the decrease in CEP135(mini) from centrosomes promotes centriole assembly. The repression of centriole duplication by a splice isoform of a protein that normally promotes it serves as a novel mechanism to limit centriole duplication.
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For all of the offseason departures and changes within Arizona's basketball program, one move that did not happen may be the most important of all as the Wildcats opened the 2012-13 season this week.
James Whitford, the top assistant for head coach Sean Miller, seriously flirted with the Miami (Ohio) head coaching job and met with former athletic director Brad Bates around the time of last season's Final Four. A one-time assistant for 11 years at the program, Whitford was the No. 1 candidate and nearly accepted the job.
Although Miller said it would've been bittersweet to lose him, Whitford had the full support of his fellow coaches. But something just wasn't right.
"It was a hard decision not to go, but it was an easy decision to come back," Whitford told GOAZCATS.com. "My family, first and foremost, loves Tucson. My wife loves it here, my kids are real happy here. It was a place that we didn't want to leave."
On the court, there was a sense of "unfinished business." As someone who has yet to reach a Final Four, Whitford saw the potential of the No. 3-ranked 2012 recruiting class in the country, coupled with the senior leadership of Solomon Hill and Kevin Parrom.
Xavier transfer Mark Lyons, who Whitford once coached before the staff left for Tucson, was not yet in the fold, but his addition has only added to the expectations.
"I really feel like our culture and our talent level and our program is at an exciting place," Whitford said. "To come back here and compete for another Pac-12 championship and try to go to a Final Four was an easy decision, and that's why I did it."
But it also goes beyond basketball. The relationships with Miller and the players are special to him.
Whitford has been on Miller's staff, along with fellow assistant coach Emanuel Richardson, for the past seven seasons. But the friendship with Miller started 20 years ago at Wisconsin, and it blossomed when Whitford joined Miller at Miami (Ohio) as an administrative assistant in 1994.
"He's helped me advance my career in many ways," said Whitford, a one-time student manager for three years in Madison, Wisc., where Miller was a volunteer assistant for the 1992-93 season. "Bigger and more important than all that, he's just a true friend. When I was involved with the Miami of Ohio job, I sensed that he really would've loved for me to stay here - he told me that. But, I also really sensed that above and beyond it all, he had my best interest totally at heart, even if he felt like that might be a detriment for his program.
"He still cared for me, first and foremost. You learn the most about people in adverse times. I didn't need to know any more about him because I know a lot about him enough, but it was just more proof for the kind of person he is and why I'm really thankful to be working for him."
Miller has said as much about Whitford's efforts, too.
When Whitford was still considering the job in late March, Miller went through the list of standout recruits his top assistant has put in a Wildcats uniform. Miller called Whitford the "point-man" in landing Hill, 2011 conference player of the year Derrick Williams, and 75 percent of this year's highly touted class in Brandon Ashley, Grant Jerrett and Gabe York.
Whitford's father, William, a law professor at Wisconsin, said his son has always been able to relate to people as a popular child growing up in Madison. And it is no different in the recruiting world, where relationships between prospects and the coaches can be the difference in landing a commit and falling short.
"Everybody likes James," William Whitford said. "I've always thought he's had a great capacity to understand where a wide variety of other people come from. To me, this is the most essential skill of teaching: Being able to listen and try to understand who you're communicating with.
"I do feel that in his coaching … he really likes the teaching aspect, whether he's teaching basketball skills or life skills. And I think he's able to relate to a lot of players. I think you kind of saw that capacity when he was a child, and it related to being a popular kid."
Ray McCallum, the head coach at Detroit, was on the same Wisconsin staff with Whitford and Miller. Years later, he had the unique experience of watching his son, Ray McCallum, get courted by Arizona in 2010.
The lead recruiter: James Whitford.
McCallum eventually joined his father in Detroit, but dad said "little Ray" was not a lock just because it involved family.
"Boy, they had a great shot at him, and I felt really good about James and Sean at Arizona because we were all on staff together," McCallum said.
Whitford first got acquainted with McCallum on the basketball court - but in a pickup game setting - at The Shell on the Wisconsin campus.
Known for his "feisty, very competitive, hard-nosed" style, Whitford then talked with McCallum about joining the staff as a manager. A recommendation from his high school principal helped seal the deal, McCallum said, and Whitford's drive was apparent from the beginning.
"This young man said, 'Hey, this is what I want to do, this is what I'm committed to do,'" McCallum recalled. "You talk about setting the tone; first guy there, last guy to leave. No job too big, no job too small. He would just take on anything.
"He helped us build a program. He was a big part of laying the foundation at Wisconsin from his position. We think the world of James."
Over the years, McCallum said, Whitford developed a "great eye" for talent. Just take his son, for example. Ray Jr. developed into an All-Horizon League first-team selection as a sophomore last season, landing on preseason watch lists for both the Naismith and Wooden awards, as well, and finishing in the top 20 for the Bob Cousy Award.
When it comes to landing recruits, however, that is where the Arizona assistant has separated himself.
Look no further than that personable charm his father saw while growing up.
"He's genuine, and that comes through," McCallum said. "What I've seen from James, what he's done from California recruiting to the East Coast to knowing everybody in the Midwest - I mean, he's tied coast to coast.
"He's just one of those guys, he's a relationship guy. He's just committed to the kids in the program and their families, and that comes through."
But Whitford said things are not quite the same anymore on the recruiting trail, with the temptation of the NBA and leaving school after one season on the minds of many of the nation's top recruits.
Even an off-the-grid talent such as Williams left after two successful seasons, Whitford noted, while former longtime NBA veteran and ex-Wildcat Sean Elliott stayed for four seasons.
The times have changed and the coaches have to adjust, Whitford said.
"[Williams and Elliott] were probably similar levels of player in college," Whitford said. "You have to think at a different level recruiting-wise now. You have to have much more depth in your recruiting and you have to have more alternative plans because different things can happen. So it's definitely created a lot more alternatives in the way you think about recruiting."
Eventually, Whitford said, he will put another effort into landing a head coaching job, and McCallum is confident that "he's on his way."
"What he's done in his background, he's done nothing but win and be apart of winning foundations," McCallum added. "He's probably getting this notoriety now, but coaches in the business have known for the last five or six years where he's worked himself into. He's just not going to leave for any job. He can go and take a top program over."
The timing must also be appropriate. Whitford has watched other assistants around the country land jobs, only to see the fit not quite line up.
In late March, Miller said everything from Whitford's ability to coach defense to his understanding of how to run a program would make him a good head coach.
"I can't imagine anyone being more prepared with more experience, better person, more ready to be a head coach than James Whitford," Miller said.
Whenever that next challenge comes, Whitford said, he will be ready for it.
For now, though, Whitford is "operating from a position of strength" and focusing on turning another dream into reality.
"I would say I'm blessed to have one of the best assistant coaching jobs in the country," Whitford said. "I'm excited about our team - not only this year, but I feel like we hopefully have it in a place where we can be successful for this year and the years to come. The thought of getting Arizona back to a Final Four and competing for a national championship, that's a dream come true for me."
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This past weekend, my family welcomed a new era of family theatre reporting: My daughter, almost eight, is officially too old for "Baby Shows" and my son, age three, is ready to sit in a chair for more than 47 seconds. I have a feeling that my kids will be taking turns helping Mommy with her writing job, but this past weekend we found something that was good for for all of us: The Vital Theatre Company's production of Uncle Pirate.
Based on the book by Douglas Reese, Uncle Pirate tells the story of Wilson, an average kid having a slightly rougher-than-average fourth grade experience. His constant cowardice makes him an easy target for bullies, his ineffectual teacher is no match for the constant environment of anarchy in the classroom, and Wilson's kooky, glasses-wearing parents are blind to their son's pain.
But then Wilson finds out that his uncle is a pirate. A REAL pirate! A pirate in need of.....a job! And Wilson's teacher just had a nervous breakdown and ran out of the school, leaving the position empty! And Uncle Pirate has a talking penguin for a sidekick who really, really, really wants to learn to read, so Uncle Pirate and his penguin Jack are going to school with Wilson!
Thanks to a little help from his imagination, Wilson learns to summon his courage and stand up to the bullies. Along the way he sees his fears for what they are: Silly stuff he made up in his own head. With positive messages about using your inner resources to conquer adversity while encouraging literacy and math skills, it's a story no parent could object to and kids five and up can understand.
I'm not sure how much of the plot my little guy actually comprehended, but he did have a great time thanks to a colorful puppet-parrot, catchy musical numbers with kid-appealing choreography and the usual high-energy performance I see from the cast of every Vital show. I enjoyed the show too, but mostly I got a kick out of a few classic "three year old goes to the theatre" moments:
When we first sat down, my son asked me if we needed glasses for the show. Glasses? At first I explained that Mommy was wearing her contacts, until I realized that he meant 3-D glasses. It occurred to me that my son didn't necessarily understand the difference between live theatre and a movie! So I had to explain (a mere thirteen or fourteen times) the difference between watching a story on a screen and watching real actors.
The set features a revolving piece that is a school on one side and Wilson's house on the other. When we first see it, it's a school but when it flipped into a house in the second scene, my son shouted out, "Hey! I thought that was a SCHOOL! Silly me," while slapping the side of his own head with an air of self-deprecation.
I must admit a swell of pride, however, when my three year old seemed to display an appreciation for the well-written lyric. "If ever I was bitter it, was because I was illiterate" sings penguin Jack. This cracked my son up. "Iwittewate! That Penguin is Iwwitewate!" (Say it out loud and remember, he's three).
My daughter found the show funny and engaging, but I think she enjoyed watching her brother even more. I was just happy to have found some live theatre that both my kids could enjoy. I'm sure that in the future we'll be doing more of a "divide and conquer" as my big girl and little guy help me take in New York's family theatre scene, but last Saturday we found something that was perfect for the three of us to enjoy together. And my husband got the afternoon off. Because I am the best wife.
- A quirky, humorous musical with a positive message based on the book UNCLE PIRATE by Douglas Reese.
- Runs under an hour and is best for kids ages two through nine.
- Playing at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on Broadway and 76th with Saturday and Sunday performances at 11 and 1 now through November 13th.
- For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.VitalTheatre.org
- I am the BEST wife.
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Growing distrust between elements within various pilot groups and airline management over the use of confidential safety information is threatening the integrity and effectiveness of the FAA's Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), according to the Regional Airline Association. In fact, the issue dominated the discourse during a December meeting of some 20 regional airline safety directors at RAA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Instituted to encourage employees to voluntarily report safety problems and incidents, ASAP has recently come under fire by employees who charge that management has used the privileged information as the basis for disciplinary action.
Although the Air Line Pilots Association officially endorses the program, the ALPA-represented pilots of Cincinnati-based Comair and Delta Air Lines have allowed their ASAPs to expire, as have the pilots at American, represented by the Allied Pilots Association, and US Airways, represented by the US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA).
Although RAA vice president of technical affairs Dave Lotterer said that the issue "really involves the majors more than us," he and RAA president Roger Cohen admitted that members have raised concern that employees at other regionals might want to follow the example of their pilot counterparts at Comair.
While the airlines insist that they haven't used the information inappropriately, ASAP's immunity language doesn't allow a pilot to keep violating the same rule indefinitely, as long as he or she reports it. "If you have one pilot who's consistently violating a particular rule and causing damage or whatever, at some point you have to take responsibility and take punitive action," said Lotterer. "These are not get-out-of-jail-free cards."
Former acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell has accused the pilot groups in question of using the threat of dropping ASAP as a negotiating tool during contract talks. "Using safety as a chip at the bargaining table is unconscionable," he said in a prepared statement. "These voluntary reporting programs are crucial to safety, and it's disappointing to see them cast aside at a time when they're needed most."
The local Comair unit flatly denies that it dropped ASAP for any reason other than management's improper use of privileged information for disciplinary measures, however. "We're not in Section 6 negotiations right now, so this is separate and apart from any contract stuff," Comair master executive council vice chairman Fred Herman told AIN.
Herman explained that the conflict at Comair boiled down to a disagreement over whether or not the company had used so-called sole-source reports to conduct parallel investigations. By definition, a sole-source report contains only information discovered through voluntary reporting by the pilot in question. "If [an incident] was accepted into the ASAP [by an event review committee], then it would fall under the agreements and it was supposed to be excluded from disciplinary measures," said Herman. "But over the last year or year-and-a-half there were quite a few incidents where there were sole-source reports where information had somehow leaked out and it was used in an investigation."
There does appear some reason for optimism, however, if Lotterer proves correct in his assessment that most pilots favor the program, and that the problem lies not with a lack of willingness to participate on the part of the rank-and-file, but a failure by the local MECs and management to put to rest their mutual distrust.
At Comair, at least, union leadership appears more inclined to work toward a solution with the airline's new president, John Bendoraitis, than with the previous leadership. "We are in talks with management right now about getting it back on the property, and if we can agree to language that is acceptable to both sides that buttons it up a little tighter than it was previously, then we'll probably see it back here in the short term," said Herman.


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Well, I think they'll be expecting it now, Gil.I ask Arenas about his recent fifty point guarantee against Portland. "I knew after I said that that they'd double (team) me," he says "so I came out not too aggressive and got my teammates involved. It was part of my plan. But when we go up to their place, they won't be expecting it, and they won't double me. That's when I'm really planning on dropping 50."
Btw, nice plan. You only lost by 21.
Yeah, too bad LeBron has a habit of stepping to the line and choking away a pair of free throws with a playoff game on the line, right, Gil?"The guy LeBron needs is Sam Cassell," says Arenas, "He needs someone who wants to take the big shots at the end of the game." I interject that LeBron would never stand for that -- it would kill his ego. "LeBron would much rather have Cassell take the final shot," says Arenas. "People don't realize that LeBron doesn't want it."
To be fair, though, I don't see him guaranteeing he'll drop 50 on Cleveland, but on Portland (again).
If this is all true, I have no respect left for Arenas. The guy has lost his damn mind. He suddenly thinks he's Michael Jordan or something.
Newsflash Gil: Until you lead your team to a championship (or at least, much playoff success), you ain't a damn thing.
He's actually got a CHANCE to do it against LeBron, considering how bad LJ is on the defensive end.
a mod should please change the title-- he's saying he'll score 50 not against LeBron but against Portland next time they travel TO Washington.
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why should he shut up, it's self promotion and he's probablly better at it than deion at this point
No, it is false advertising.
He is slowly becoming the Chad Johnson of the NBA and no that is not a good thing.
I know that Arenas has some rivalry with Kobe....but even he doesn't go as far to say that he will drop 50 points on a team. Its like the guy has such little respect for other teams that he's willing to guarantee it.
Kobe maybe a jerk at times....but Arenas just seems plain arrogant.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
yeah beacause chad is such a bad person
Plus the guy is entertaining - like 0731 said he's the Chad Johnson of the NBA (and what is wrong with that?)
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I read an article last month where Arenas compared people to dogs. You see if you have a bunch of dogs in a room and you blow a whistle, you have some dogs that go right up to the whistle and see what you are blowing. Those are the best dogs. Then there are those other dogs that don't move and don't show any curiosity and you don't want that. These sort of dogs don't come check out the whistle. Those kind of dogs are worthless.
I just think that people are complex, and grouping humanity into two groups in that way just kinda annoyed me. Just because you are an athlete doesn't mean you have to the mentality of a 10 year old.
Just my two cents.....
Dallas Clark>Tony Gonzalez
Never said that but he is a loud mouth.
Nothing is wrong with this sort of thing in moderation but after a while it gets old.
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It would be very unwise to "pullsbj the plug" on electric-car subsidies at this time.
Without the subsidies, the auto industry would be forced by unavoidable regulation to sell electric vehicles at huge financial losses. One of the few bright spots in the current American economy, a thriving auto industry, would be thrown into turmoil.
That regulation presents a huge challenge to automakers: between now and 2025 the average fuel economy of a new car or light truck must increase from less than 30 miles per gallon to more than 50 miles per gallon while the share of "zero emission vehicles" — mostly electrics — in California and nine other states must rise from less than 1 percent to 15 percent of new vehicle fleets.
These regulations were adopted with laudable goals: reducing oil dependence, and thereby enhancing the security of the U.S. economy; and reducing smog and greenhouse gases.
One can argue that these policies are overly stringent or unrealistic but they are not scheduled for reconsideration by the federal government until 2017.
Recognizing the formidable challenge imposed on industry, the federal government and the states enacted generous subsidies for the nascent electric vehicle industry — the battery suppliers, vehicle manufacturers, recharging companies and consumers.
That is why, given the long lead times necessary to launch a new electric vehicle industry, this is the wrong time to do a policy U-turn although the temptation is understandable.
Critics argue correctly that President Obama's national goal of one million plug-in vehicles by 2015 was overly optimistic and will not be accomplished. However, the rate of sales of plug-in vehicles from 2010-2013 is accelerating rapidly.
From 2010 to 2013 the growth rate of plug-in vehicles has already surpassed the growth in sales of conventional hybrids, including the Toyota Prius, when they were first introduced from 2000 to 2003.
In the next few years, much can be learned from the experience of Oslo, Norway, where plug-in vehicles are already becoming the preferred choice of many consumers.
It is true that the first generation of plug-in vehicles, including the Chevrolet Volt, the Nissan Leaf and the Tesla sports car, do not meet the transport needs of most American motorists at an affordable price.
However, based on hard work that began four years ago, the second generation of plug-in vehicles is about to hit vehicle showrooms.
The industry has entered a healthy phase of competition where each auto maker is striving to offer the plug-in vehicle with the best combination of driving range, recharging time, performance, and price.
The subsidies that now exist can be seen as support for a large demonstration project for a promising new technology that could prove to be a breakthrough for the entire transport sector of the U.S. economy.
In the long run, the electric vehicle must win its place in the marketplace without any government subsidy. Indeed, electric vehicles should ultimately be taxed to help pay for road maintenance and repairs, just as owners of gasoline-powered vehicles now pay a tax on gasoline and diesel fuel.
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All of golf will be focused on three days of excitement as the most difficult and lonely of sports becomes a team game where those fortunate enough to be there will be encouraged to support their team and politely throw banter at the opposition. And so it goes that following the Ryder Cup we are all enthused to have an extra round or two of golf in the hope that we can have a round to be proud of, whether we play for fun or to chip away at a low handicap.
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