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The first "Golden Era" of NBA basketball began in 1984-85 when Michael Jordan arrived, peaked during the 1987-88 season, the best in NBA history, and ended after MJ's first retirement in 1993. That eight-season stretch was loaded with iconic star players, epic performances – both individually and among teams – and attendance, league revenues and franchise values rocketed upward annually.
Going back to the Heat's NBA Finals upset victory to cap off the exciting 2005-06 season, I thought we were on the verge of another "Golden Era", again chock-full with iconic stars (Kobe, LeBron, Wade, Melo, Dwight, Duncan, Dirk, Yao, KG, Nash and so on), epic performances (remember LeBron versus Pierce in the 2008 playoffs? Or Kobe's 81-point game? Or Suns/Spurs triple overtime in the first round a few years back?) and once again, deeply talented teams like this season's Celtics, Lakers, Cavaliers and Magic.
Having just wrapped up another decade of NBA basketball, I was hoping we'd be extending this second "Golden Era" of pro basketball into the twenty-teens. Instead, I fear that we're heading for a lockout and a dysfunctional, unbalanced league unless some major changes are made soon.
NBA TV ratings, viewership and interest may be up (it's my understanding that there are more NBA blogs by far than blogs dedicated to the NFL and MLB), but I've been to home games for six different NBA franchises this season – the Nuggets, Clippers, Lakers, Bucks, Bulls and Wizards – and trust me when I tell you: trouble is afoot and it's not just because of the global economic crisis we're still experiencing. Something is wrong when fans and season ticket holders like me are shelling out well over $100 per ticket and yet owners are losing tens of millions of dollars at the same time…even the owners' notoriously famous "fuzzy math" when it comes to pro sports accounting can't cook up the type of losses and franchise devaluation owners are seeing right now. But I don't need the owners to tell me things have gone awry. All I have to do is look at the rows upon rows of empty seats in NBA arenas to know that the storm clouds are collecting.
With a new collective bargaining agreement on the near horizon, the timing couldn't be better to address the issues crippling NBA owners while screwing the fans. For the readers of my Nuggets blog Denver Stiffs, some of this will be repetitive (I authored a "Collective Bargaining Wish List" column back in August 2009 when NBA owners announced they would not renew the current CBA for the 2011-12 season…gee, I wonder why?), but I'll be highlighting a number of new issues that must be addressed and changed if the league and sport we dearly love is to continue prospering into the future.
So without further adieu, here are 10 things the NBA needs to change over the next 10 years, and hopefully sooner than later…
No. 1: Abolish the guaranteed contract
Nothing hurts the NBA more than the guaranteed contract (just ask Knicks fans). And in the NBA, it's double trouble for owners. It would be bad enough to just have to pay out the contracts for underperforming players, but in the NBA it also counts against the salary cap. I'm for an NFL-type system that serves up a little more security for the players in the form of partial guarantees or signing bonuses. For example, according to ESPN's Marc Stein only $1.9 million of Drew Gooden's $4.5 million salary this season was guaranteed, and the Mavericks had until January 6th to decide whether or not Gooden would remain with the team for the season. Gooden has played well, and thus has earned the remainder of that contract. Why can't more salaries be structured this way?
For longer-term deals, the guaranteed money should come in the form of signing bonuses or maybe the first three years (maximum) could be guaranteed. This would give guys like Eddy Curry, Tim Thomas, Larry Hughes, Marco Jaric and the many other wastes of big contracts in the NBA incentive to actually, you know, work on their games and their bodies for fear of never seeing that money again. Moreover, the Tracy McGradys and Shaquille O'Neals of the NBA world would stop jerking around with their surgery schedules and get themselves taken care of in the offseason rather than during the season.
Owners shouldn't be punished for bringing in free agents in an attempt to win championships and reward their fans' loyalty. And under the current system, that's exactly what guaranteed contracts do.
No. 2: Cease all back-to-back games
I've been particularly sensitive to back-to-backs this season because my beloved Nuggets were rewarded with a Western Conference high 22 of them (compared to the Lakers having 19). Additionally, I've sat through a number of snoozers at Pepsi Center (including a 26-point victory over the Lakers) because Nugget opponents were playing the second of a back-to-back. Through games as of last weekend, NBA teams playing the second of a back-to-back had collectively lost 147 times compared to just 73 wins. And in those losses, the average point differential was 12.7. In other words, these games are usually blowouts and a waste of fan money. As you can see, it's not just NBA teams who suffer from too many back-to-backs; the fans suffer, too.
Not only are back-to-backs tough on players and fans, but they're not spread evenly among all 30 teams. I recognize that arenas have scheduling conflicts and eradicating all back-to-backs may not be a reality. But I'm sure with the sophisticated tools available to schedule makers these days, the NBA could at the very least limit the number of back-to-backs to 10 per team and only two per month, with a variance of no more than one more or one less back-to-back per team (Houston head coach Rick Adelman recently lashed out at the NBA schedule makers for giving his Rockets three consecutive pairs of back-to-back games in December). All we as fans ask for his an earnest effort on the floor and a semi-fair fight, and eliminating back-to-backs would greatly help in this area.
No. 3: Shorten the regular season by 10 games
The NBA has to come up with a way to make regular season games more meaningful, and cutting the season by 10 games would be a good place to start (I'd also slash the preseason by at least five games). The devil's advocate argument here is that NBA teams will lose money with 10 less games, but with the exception of a few teams – like the Lakers – that argument doesn't hold water. In fact, a number of NBA teams (like the Timberwolves this season) lose money by simply opening their arena doors because the money paid to the concessioners, janitors, security guards, cheerleaders, support staff, utilities, etc. isn't covered by what they bring in revenue-wise on a dead night. Furthermore, attendance would be better if there were less games for fans to attend, making for more raucous arenas, which is always a good thing.
To pull this off, the NBA would need to preserve the two-home, two-away games within divisions and the one-home, one-away game with teams from the opposite conference. From there, the schedule could be sorted out in a weighted fashion based on previous season records to ensure some competitive balance.
No. 4: Simplify trades
Under the current collective bargaining rules, to make an NBA trade teams must swap salaries that are within 125% of each other plus $100,000. Including the various trade exceptions and other loopholes available to GMs, completing NBA trades have become absurdly complicated and takes too long to complete. Kind of like passing health care legislation.
Salaries having to match up within a certain dollar threshold isn't a bad idea, but the difference needs to be greater than 125% plus $100,000. Simply put, GMs need more flexibility to get deals done. I propose allowing traded salaries to be within 200% of each other and scrap the trade exception stuff altogether. Again, the fans would win here because trades are a fun part of following the NBA.
No. 5: Abolish the minimum age rule and expand the NBDL
These two go hand-in-hand, because you can't have one without the other. First off, the one-and-done rule doesn't work. Frankly, it should be called the one-semester-and-done-rule. This NBA provision that a player can't join the league until the equivalent of one college year has passed or he has turned 19 only encourages NCAA basketball programs to be more sleazy and corrupt than they already were. The kids get no value out of school whatsoever (how many classes do you think O.J. Mayo attended at USC for the one semester he was actually on campus?) and the NBA still inherits raw talent that's not properly developed. It's lose-lose on both sides.
What the NBA should do is fold the WNBA (sorry, ladies), and instead of subsidizing that money pit, subsidize a true farm system with each NBA team having its own minor league club located in the nearest large city until those teams pay for themselves. And if they really want the NBDL to thrive, impose the one-and-done rule on themselves – i.e. no one can join the NBA until they're 19 or have played one year in the NBDL. Imagine LeBron James playing for a full season for the Columbus Cavaliers before joining the Cleveland version of the franchise? Or Tyreke Evans playing for the Reno Bighorns last season instead of the Memphis Tigers? You couldn't sell tickets fast enough and the Versus network would have paid a hell of a lot more for those NBDL TV rights they just acquired.
This would have a number of benefits for the NBA: teams could develop their own talent with their own coaches in their own system (rather than share NBDL teams as we see now, leading to NBA GMs squabbling about playing time for their prospects), second-tier – and maybe some first-tier – cities could prove to NBA Commissioner David Stern whether or not they're ready for their own franchise, almost NBA-quality basketball would be affordable and available to hundreds of thousands of more fans, and valuable roster spots in the NBA would be given the veterans who can still play rather than raw rookies who need to develop in the NBDL. By 2020, I want to see NBDL sub-franchises in San Diego, Las Vegas, Seattle (better than nothing), Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbus, Cincinnati, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Pittsburgh and the many other decent sized markets missing NBA teams right now.
And to not totally jerk with the NCAA, a la MLB any kid who decides to go to college must stay in college for three seasons, making NCAA basketball a much better product…and less corrupt.
No. 6: Reformat the playoffs to be a 16-team, pan-conference tournament
With the Eastern Conference – sans a few top teams – being a long running joke for the last 15 years, fans and pundits alike have been screaming for a 16-team playoff tournament based on the top 16 records, rather than split the playoffs into two conferences. I'm all for this. And for those concerned about the 2-2-1-1-1 format being problematic due to geography, this will only come into play in the rare scenarios when a far west team is matched up against a far east team. Had the playoffs been formatted this way last season, here's what the first round would have looked like: 1. Cavaliers vs. 16. Bulls, 2. Lakers vs. 15. 76ers, 3. Celtics vs. 14. Heat, 4. Magic vs. 13. Suns, 5. Nuggets vs. 12. Hawks, 6. Spurs vs. 11. Jazz, 7. Blazers vs. 10. Hornets, 8. Rockets vs. 9. Mavericks. We'd all have been better off not having to watch the 39-win Detroit Pistons participate in the 2009 postseason only to get swept. I know I'd like those hours back.
No. 7: Institute a "No Ticket Left Behind" campaign
With the technology available to us, there should never be an empty seat at an NBA game. Not one. I recently asked a high-level NBA executive why unused seats aren't sold at a substantial discount at the very last minute before games, and he told me that their franchise's "research" had shown that season ticket holders don't like it when someone sits next to them for half the price. As a season ticket holder who never participated in this survey, I don't buy this for a second and just think that NBA ticket sales offices/marketing people are lazy.
First, on the rare occasion when I can't give away my seats and have to sell them, I never get face value and am lucky to get half my money back (because those rare occasions mean it's a game against a bad team). Second, as a fan I want to sit in a stadium filled-to-the-brim with fans. It makes the experience better for everyone and improves the home team's chances of winning, too. And third, I buy season tickets because I want a guaranteed good seat for big games, games I'm available to attend and playoff games, and I'm willing to pay more for that guarantee.
Here's how this campaign would work. If a ticket holder knows he/she can't attend and is unable to give the tickets to someone else, they should be able to contact the team through an online service and get at least half their money back in the form of applied funds for playoff tickets or next season tickets. The unused tickets then go into a pool and are priced at a steep discount for fans to purchase at the last minute online or directly at the stadium. Any upper level tickets not used/sold by the ticket holder should be sold for one dollar just to get asses in the seats. A campaign like this would not only fill arenas (that NBA teams have to pay labor and utility costs regardless of attendance numbers anyway), but would encourage younger and middle-to-lower class Americans to come to games, fostering more fan enthusiasm for the NBA. So to my aforementioned NBA executive if he's reading this: how would this be a bad thing?
No. 8: Salaries must be slashed
As mentioned to kick off this column, there's something wrong when I'm paying almost $150 per ticket and yet my team's owner is rumored to be losing in the tens of millions of dollars annually to keep our franchise together. What's wrong with this picture? Simply put, the players make too much money. I'm not sure how to rectify this as there will always be an owner(s) willing to overpay to improve his team. But the owners can't have it both ways: overpaying for players and burdening their fans with ridiculously overpriced tickets. The NBA has already implemented salary restrictions, which is downright un-American but somewhat preserves the league's competitive balance making it a better business for all involved. But something more must be done. Maybe my "No Ticket Left Behind" campaign would bring in enough ancillary revenue from parking, vending and merchandise to get the rest of our season tickets down a bit. I'd have to see the hard math before knowing for sure.
Suckers like me will always pay for season tickets, even if it breaks the bank unfortunately. But sanity is desperately needed to get ticket prices down and it starts with player salaries needing to be slashed.
No. 9: Determine the luxury tax based on market size and/or team revenue
The luxury tax is meant to be a mechanism to allow owners who want to spend to spend (almost) at will, but anything over a certain salary cap threshold gets pooled into a fund shared by owners not willing or able to spend, thus bringing some revenue balance to all 30 NBA teams. The principle of the tax is fine but the threshold is often too low, sending too many teams into paying the tax penalty.
As the fan of a small market team I'm admittedly biased here, but it's not fair for owners like the Nuggets Stan Kroenke to be asked to lose triple what the Lakers lose to put a similar product on the floor (the theory being that small market teams lose money as-is, and then lose even more by paying into the tax to keep top dollar players on the roster). If a small market owner is willing to shell out as many salary dollars as a big market owner, why is he getting penalized so much for it?
If the NBA is truly interested in competitive balance, they'd set the tax threshold per team according to that team's market size and individual BRI (basketball related income). This would incentivize teams like the Milwaukee Bucks to keep their rosters in-tact rather than being a halfway house for players on their way to a bigger market/richer owner. Since comparing Milwaukee to Los Angeles isn't apples to apples, why are their franchises compared that way when it comes to the luxury tax?
No. 10: Overhaul the referee system
Like many of my SB Nation colleagues, I wrote at length about the NBA's referee problem when the Tim Donaghy allegations came to light (which, remarkably, has all but disappeared from the sports news cycle). But it's worth reiterating my proposals here: we need transparent statistics on every referee, need taller/younger referees who were former basketball players, hire more referees so that individual refs don't interact frequently with specific players and coaches to foster biases towards them and disallow refs from communicating directly with players during games except for team captains.
So there you have it. 10 ways to improve the best game in the world on the professional level. If these proposals could be enacted upon soon, the second "Golden Era" may last longer than the first.
Oh, and while we're at it, I'd like to add an 11th recommendation to be implemented immediately. Can we please have a moratorium on all broadcasters, writers and, yes, bloggers from saying things like "score the basketball" and "rebound the basketball"? After all, what else would you be scoring and rebounding with?


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Producer Paul Elliott said in a previous statement, "Despite fantastic reviews, ticket sales have been slower than we had hoped for and it would be irresponsible to continue running into the notoriously difficult January period."
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Crystal Palace welcome WBA to Selhurst Park this weekend is the proverbial six-pointer.
The Baggies are one spot above the Eagles on goal difference, and both sides are a single point above the relegation zone.
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Like most travelers Stella and I have spent a lot of time visiting houses of worship wherever we found ourselves. The grand facades and gilded interior space of a European cathedral are temping targets for the touring voyeur. What many of us miss though are the real treasures of these places. Lately I've become more interested in the micro rather than the macro. When visiting I've learned to certainly appreciate the grandeur but not be distracted from the simple beauty light may play. Light defines our experience of these spaces. A ray of sunlight from a stained glass window either on a 10th century stone floor in France, or simply on a beige rug in a Santa Ana chapel can bring the same sense of spiritual beauty to me.


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Just curious if anyone has an idea of what the average enrollment size is for a climbing gym.
The short answer is.... it depends! There are gyms with 3000+ members, and gyms with 30 members. Seriously. Every climbing gym is a totally unique market. Some gyms make 80% of their money on day passes and birthday parties and have very few members. And others make 90% of the revenue on memberships. I'd say the average sits around 300 or so, but that average is really meaningless. If you are thinking about a gym in the Palm Springs area... there are some challenges. Gyms draw their clientele from a 20 minute radius of middle and upper middle class folks between the ages of 20-45, and that area has a BIG sprawl without a high concentration of the target demographic. (BTW - I develop the main software running almost all major climbing gyms in North America... www.rockgympro.com . Thus I'm not just blowing smoke. I spend my life talking to gym owners).
Thanks, just curious what kind of numbers these gyms make.
You mean revenue? So gyms gross less than $100k per year and others more than $3,000,000 per year. It all depends. But one things holds true: the gyms that do the best are run by individuals who excel at business and customer service skills. Running an profitable climbing gym is hard, far harder and far costlier than most people realize. Climbers who have access to a profitable and well-run gym should consider themselves lucky.
Here is a similiar question, what is a normal rate that you guys pay for gym membership? I look at 120 for a 3 month enrollment. Or 17 dollars a day at our brand new gym in town, 650 for a year. sbrockgym.com/rates Just curious if these are normal prices/low prices/high prices.
Absolutely normal prices for a nice gym. Those are on the lower side for exceptional gyms.
Thats awesome. The new one in Santa Barbara is supposed to be better than Vertical Heaven in Ventura. I have not yet climbed at either but from what I have heard they are pretty awesome.
12$ boulder day pass 15$all inclusive day pass $66/month $59/month student $45 EFT $545/yr $480/yr student
I for one would love a Coachella valley gym but I agree with the comments above about the lack of a dense population. It's been a thought in the back of my mind but I'd be doing it for the wrong reasons. Maybe up near the 10 and Monteray near those new business parks? Location would be tough call in the desert. Brian
I wonder how many members the Earth Treks gym in Rockville, MD has. They charge an outlandish $20 a day or $100 a month (plus initiation fee) to climb there. I guess the residents of MD are really desperate to climb.
Joining with a partner cost my partner and I about 450$ each a year, great gym with over 120feet of vert climbing
$380/year ($589 when not on promotion) for a rope+bouldering gym with minimal workout machines/weights. I'm not sure of the enrollment for this gym, there are a few locations and it's the only total climbing gym in town. $380/year ($380/year when not on promotion) for a bouldering coop with barebones workout machines/weights/ropes. There are something like 100 active yearlong memberships to the coop


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NEW ORLEANS - Musician Aaron Cummings will never forget the day his drum was damaged in the aftermath of a shooting at a Mother's Day second line near his Seventh Ward home.
Shots rang out as Cummings and a friend were walking to play an impromptu song at the second line. Twenty people were injured. Cummings' instrument was damaged as he and others ran from the scene.
Now Cummings hopes the tragedy will inspire positive change.
"Maybe that will open everybody's eyes," said Cummings. "I pray that it does."
After the shooting, Mayor Mitch Landrieu promised to reclaim the corner of Frenchmen and N. Villere. The first step? Answering neighbors cries to demolish a blighted home nearby.
City crews plan to tear it down by hand over the course of this week.
"I think if they tear that down it would immediately cease a lot of unnecessary activity that they have around here," said Cummings. "That's maybe just the beginning, or a good start."
Records show this property has been on the city's radar for years.
One neighbor, who declined to go on camera, said he had called the city repeatedly about the house. He believes it shouldn't have taken a mass shooting for the city to finally take action.
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The Liverpool-Roma match is of particular interest as both teams are owned by Boston-based investors. Liverpool is owned by Red Sox owner John Henry and Roma is owned by a group of investors that included Red Sox investor Thomas DiBenedetto and Celtics owner James Pallotta.
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- sleeps 12
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Great weekend
Review submitted: January 23, 2014 Date of arrival: January 10, 2014
We spend a beautiful weekend at this house. Its much bigger and nicer than looks at the pictures)))) very well maintained and clean.
There are huge five bedrooms with extra bedding at the loft. Nice and clean bathrooms, kitchen has all you may need for cooking. We were ten adults and three kids and it was more than enough room for everyone. Dining room has beautiful huge antic table, so 12 people can sit and eat very comfortable.
Highly recommended for big groups and also skiers. This house is located very close to Hunter, Catamount and Windham ski resorts.
Very responsible owner, answered all our questions in a minute.
We loved this house!!! Will definitely come back again and again.
P.S for those who like to stay warm and cozy - there is an underfloor heating everywhere even in basement
Recommended for: adventure seekers, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, romantic getaway
Owners response: We are so happy you enjoyed your stay at the house. Please do look us up next time you are coming up to ski! Thanks for posting the review. Debbie
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A Yearly Tradition
Review submitted: January 19, 2012 Date of arrival: January 6, 2012
For the past three years, I have gone with a group of 12-15 friends to this house to escape NYC for a weekend and enjoy some skiing. The sizable house has several bedrooms and two full baths, and easily accommodates us. The biggest draw is the large living room with cathedral ceilings and fire place, and the adjoining dining room that has a table big enough to host family-style meals. The house is a short drive from both Hunter and Windham mountains, so we easily get in a full day of skiing before coming back to the house to make dinner in the well-equipped kitchen. If you are a large group that wants private sleeping quarters, but a common area big enough for everyone to hang out, this house is a great option. The owner, Debbie, is very responsive and easy to work with.
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway
Owners response: We welcome repeat renters and hope that all continue to come to the catskills! DB
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Great stay at this house
Review submitted: November 19, 2011 Date of arrival: November 11, 2011
This was a great place to stay for the weekend. Had a group of fathers and sons coming from upstate NY, Maine, Boston & Philly - so this place was centrally located from each direction. The house was plenty big enough, and had enough beds for all of us. The kitchen was large and well equipped. The dinning room had a large table that could comfortably seat 12. We had alot of fun in the gameroom downstairs with ping pong and billiards. We would definitely stay here again!
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers
Owners response: Once again, this is a great house for families to share and we are happy that it was enjoyed.
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My Weekend in The Mountains
Review submitted: November 7, 2011 Date of arrival: November 4, 2011
We arrived to the house Friday evening even thought it was dark out, It was everything i had hoped for. The house had so much charm, The dinnng area was so big, the kitchen had everything you would need to make a great family meal. The livigroom was very large and cozy, Pleanty of bedrooms, The largest room upstairs was beautiful and the bathroom took my breath away. The kids room was awsome plenty of games to keep the little one busy,The gameroom was great for the older kids and young at hart. I had a great work out with ping pong.There truly was not a part that I didn't Love. This would be a perfect hoilday getaway. Thanksgiving would be awsome there. I can't wait to go again. If you like the mountains. This house is the perfect country home to stay in.
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers, sight seeing, romantic getaway
Owners response: All I can say is that I am very happy to share our home in the mountains!!
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Don't Bother!
Review submitted: October 19, 2011 Date of arrival: October 7, 2011
The owner was responsive and easy to work with, however, I think that is where the nice things I have to say ends. We have rented many homes, but this by far, was in the worst shape we have ever seen. When we first arrived there were gas cans strung out all over the side of the driveway and tons of other things that just shouldn't be there if your getting paid to have guests at your home. There were someone's socks in the driveway! The siding on the house is not finished. The grass was easily a foot high. This was not a weeks worth of growth b/c she told me she was at the house the weekend prior to our rental. How do you not cut the grass? This was just thoughtless. The finishing touches are just not there with this house. The front door needs a good paint job as well as some wood replacement around the doorjam. It is rotting. Let's go inside…because it all needs a paint job. It just feels icky when you walk in b/c the doors and doorways are filthy. A Mr. Clean wipe won't work on this filth. It needs paint! . You can see exposed beams (not ornamental)! Oh! And the finished basement is a garage with a painted floor! If you look closely at the picture of the hockey table (which didn't work) you can see the garage door opener. This is far from a finished basement! So dirty! The direct TV didn't work on this TV...no signal. Good thing we brought our Wii. The only other TV that worked was the living room. No other TV had a signal. There were only 3 bathrooms that we could find. One of which is more like a closet with a toilet which had no grout in the tile!! We were not expecting perfection, but as you can see all the little things really do add up to basically a house that is just not ready for rental. If you can house 16 people then you should probably have more than 2 garbage cans. Only one was for trash…the other had to be used for recycling, but it was full of yard debris. The side yard was also filled with old propane tanks and tree stumps. I can't write anymore. I am just so disgusted and majorly disappointed in this rental. We were celebrating my mother's birthday. Good thing we had good drinks. We needed it to see past all of the dirt and lack of care in this house! I hope I can save you from making the same mistake we did. 2 words – Don't bother!! I have pictures to show all of this but you can't upload pics with your review. I would be happy to share to prove what mess it really was!!
Owners response: I was very shocked and saddened by this review. I never heard from these renters and if I had known they were so unhappy I would have tried to compensate them. To say nothing and then post this review was quite thoughtless. I have been renting this home for three years and have never had a negative response. I would like to address the fact that prior to this reservation period Hurricane Irene devasted this area. Our home was not flooded but friends lost their homes. As soon as we found out what had happened upstate (particularly in Prattsville, one of our neighboring towns) we opened our homes to one particular extended family and the many volunteers that had come up to help them in their devastation for five weeks. Everyone pitched in, we did what we could on weekends since we do not live there full time. When they had moved out there were things that were left on the property (gas cans, propane tanks etc) that were supposed to be picked up by volunteers and this was not done before the renters arrived. I had the house cleaned (by a cleaning crew that usually takes care of the house for us) when the displaced family moved out. The house had been scheduled for painting this fall, but once the storm came those plans were put aside. We have since had the painting and moulding work done. It is a very large house and we have to do these jobs in increments, it is too large to do at one time. As far as the tv's-these are three new flat screened and the house has a satillite dish (they didn't know how to work the remotes)! Again, they never called to express any feedback. This is a wonderful home and many great memories have been had here. We are happy to share this home and this part of the mountains with guests and do hope that this one group does not discourage future renters. This is our third year and we have many repeat renters that have come back.
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Maureen McGovern, Andrea McArdle, Donna McKechnie and Faith Prince will join forces in 2014 for an evening at the Strathmore Music Center in Maryland.
Entitled 4 Girls 4, the concert is scheduled for May 2, 2014, at 8 PM. According to Strathmore press notes, "four dynamic, award winning musical stars from Broadway, film, TV and recordings [will] come together for one night on the same stage."
The 2013-14 season will also feature concerts with Sutton Foster (Oct. 12 at the Music Center), Nellie McKay (Jan. 9, 2014, at the Mansion) and Natascia Diaz (Jan. 25 at the Mansion) as well as a reading of Martin Sherman's play Rose starring Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis (March 13 at the Music Center).
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Details of a proposed assault weapons ban were unveiled on Capitol Hill Thursday, but it faces fierce opposition.
Vice President Joe Biden said a few hours later that a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines might actually save more lives.
Supporters of the proposed gun control measures will rally Downtown on Saturday. For the first time in a generation, they think they're on the verge of a victory. About 30 activists met on the West Side planning a local rally for those who can't make it to Washington for Saturday's Million Moms for Gun Control event.
Pam Bosley's 18-year old son, Terrell, was murdered with a .45 caliber handgun seven years ago as he walked out of a South Side church. She said watching other parents grieve in Newtown, CT, renewed her resolve to support what she calls sensible gun controls.
"Assault weapons, we don't need 'em. We don't need 'em at all. So, more guns is not the answer," Bosley says. "We gotta unify. And we gotta get these guns off the streets and save our children."
Bosley and other gun control activists here applauded the assault weapons ban proposed by senators, including Diane Feinstein and Dick Durbin, at a Capitol Hill news conference. Displaying some high-powered weapons they would ban--they said they were seized by police in Philadelphia and Washington--supporters also called for a ban on ammo magazines holding more than 10 rounds.
"Hundred round clips aren't used for hunting. They aren't used for self-defense. They're used to maximize the amount of damage one can do in a short amount of time," New York Senator Charles Schumer says.
Vowing to block the proposals, the National Rifle Association. said: "The American people know gun bans do not work and we are confident Congress will reject Senator Feinstein's wrong-headed approach."
America needs fewer gun laws, according to the Heartland Institute's Steve Stanek.
"In the 1950s, there were no background checks, no waiting periods. There was no age limit to buy firearms. There was no licensing of firearm dealers. There was no Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. And we had lower rates of violent crime than we do now," Stanek says.
Vice President Biden said banning high-capacity ammunition magazines is a bigger priority for him than banning assault weapons. Several mass murderers were finally overpowered when they stopped to reload. Biden said a 10-round limit might have saved lives in Newtown.
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After creating deployment for 2013 and updating LMTOOLS on the lic. server, I requested my new lic. file. New lic file works for 2013 but now 2009 does not.
After searching and reading posts I'm thinking I may be able to get this to work IF I request new licence files for both versions on the same day and then combine them.
Can someone verify this?
We are under subscription. And I'm aware 2013 allows 2012, 2011, and 2010. So I just missed it by a year.
We also have no long term plans to maintain 2009. We just need them to both get a license while we work in the customization from 2009 to 2013.
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Hello Dale,
Yes, for AutoCAD Electrical 2013 subscription license, it covers current version (2013) and plus three old version (2012, 2011,2010). All these version products could use one 2013 sub license.
If you still want to use AutoCAD Electrical 2009, you could use antoehr license server service or apply a new license for 2013 and 2009 on same date, then combine them.


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The Los Angeles Kings have moved up four sport to take Derek Forbort with the 15th overall selection. Forbort was a key defender with the USA Under 18 team with two assists and a +9 rating in seven games as the Americans won gold.
Western College Hockey has been on top of the traveling team players all season and had this to say about Forbort
Forbort's style of play is a little hard to describe because he can do a little bit of everything. He's got great size and can play a tough defensive game, but also has the offensive abilities to put up his fair share of points. He's not the type of defensemen that is going to make end-to-end rushes deep into the offensive zone, or quarterback a powerplay, but could be a nice #2 defenseman on a top powerplay unit. What really separates Forbort is his tremendous athleticism, lateral movement, and ability to read plays.
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The work is being done by the Boone County Highway Department. Foreman John Wilson said the nearest address to the bridge is 1755 CR 75 N. The road should be closed for not more than two days, he said.


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This is my grandfathers life story as he wrote it in 1990 , it isn't very long, and he glossed over a lot of events being a non assuming sort of bloke he took a lot of what he did for granted.
He was a great one for telling yarns, many of them could have been included, these are mainly the ones he hadn't told before.
I started transcribing this as the only copies we had were paper based and they were getting tattered and were fading. It is as he wrote it, complete with capitalisations, I can hear his voice while I read.
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|A must have for developers that need to deal with DSLs (domain specific languages), create data readers, code generators, source-to-source translators, source analyzers, etc. Using a practical approach the book provides an excellent compilation of patterns that show up again and again in language processing applications.
ReviewI was terribly interested in getting my hands on this book since I'm taking a formal course on Compilers and Interpreters at university and I really wanted to know: What's the difference between what we (as computer scientists) are taught in a compilers' course and the more practical approach presented in the book?
As it turns out there's a big difference. If you want to be the ultimate guru of compilers (eg. contributing an even more efficient compiling technique for language X or creating a language that forces us all to reconsider what we know about compilers) you need both, the theory the practice (because without the theory you wouldn't know how to improve or make obsolete an existing technique, and without the practice you wouldn't be able to put that knowledge to work inside a language compiler). Now if you just want to be able to deal with your DSL (domain specific language), create data readers, code generators, source-to-source translators, source analyzers, etc. you'll love the hands on information presented in this book.
Let's be honest, how many of us developers are required or willing to create a language from scratch together with its compiler or interpreter versus the ones that just need to parse an XML file, process a DSL or create a configuration file reader? I would say that there are much more developers in the later group. But fortunately we all (or almost all) share one thing in common: we know software patterns! This is how the author structured the book, offering patterns (ala Gamma et al) that you can use when creating your language processors (an excellent approach in my opinion since each pattern focuses on different stages of language processing which helps the developer modularize the solution and understand how the different parts of the "machine" work without loosing sight of the big picture).
So, in case you're wondering "what is this guy talking about?". A compiler is a program that transforms code created in one language into another (eg. C source code into executable code). Normally the transformation goes from a higher level language to a lower level language (eg. to machine code)(if it's the other way round we have a "decompiler"). When the transformation happens between languanges on the same level we're dealing with a language translator or converter (normally called "source-to-source translator")(eg. Sharpen, an open source framework created by the db4o team that converts Java code to C#). A compiler is likely to perform several operations such as lexical analysis, preprocessing, parsing, semantic analysis, code generation, and code optimization (which are directly or indirectly covered in the patterns offered in the book). The ultimate tool for developers interested in building compilers is a compiler-compiler or parser generator which, as you might have already guessed, provides a high level description language to help you build your own compiler (this usually involves the creation of a lexer and a parser).
However, I feel I should mention that there's a whole lot of complexity in handling and maintaining all the intermediate information when you're creating your own compiler for your own language which is covered only indirectly in this book. There's also no detailed explanation of the final steps of a compiler implementation such as machine code generation and optimization, register allocation, etc. Overall this is an excellent book for day-to-day language applications (involving parsing, translations, etc).
Now I find pretty important to mention who the author is. Terence Parr created the ANTLR parser generator (antlr.org) and the StringTemplate engine (stringtemplate.org). He's a professor of computer science that's no theorist (this guys has real practical experience!). He has so much experience that he started to see these patterns when developing language processors coming again and again. The end result is this book that presents a compilation of those patterns.
The structure of the book is pretty straight forward. Four general parts:
- Getting Started with Parsing: where you'll learn about the general architecture of language applications and review the patterns that involve parsing.
- Analyzing Languages: where you'll see how to use the parsing techniques described in the previous section to build trees that hold language constructs in memory, how to walk those trees to track and identify various symbols (such as variables and functions) and how to determine the type of the expressions. Overall you'll learn how to check whether an input stream makes sense.
- Building Interpreters: four interpreter patterns are presented that vary in terms of implementation difficulty and run-time efficiency. In the two previous parts the focus was on patterns that verify the syntax of an input sentence and make sure that it follows a set of semantic rules. In this part the focus is on patterns for processing the input sequences (not just validating them).
- Translating and Generating Languages: here you'll learn how to translate one language to another and how to generate text using the StringTemplate engine.
The patterns are laid in the order you'd follow to implement a language (section 1.2, "A Tour of Patterns" describes how all the patterns fit together). There are 31 patterns in the book, each with four parts: purpose, discussion, implementation and related patterns. The implementation section provides illustrative code in Java (but it's not meant to serve as a library). You don't need a background in language theory or compilers to understand the book but you have to have a solid programming background and be confortable with the concept of recursion in algorithms.
Overall, if you're a developer that has to deal with any of the use cases described in this review this book *must* be in your bookshelf (but if you're really into compilers you should also have Aho's Dragon book next to it =)
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Thursday morning, Essex County Animal Shelter employees found that two cages were empty. Pitbulls that had been scheduled to be put down had been stolen.
A judge had ruled the were dogs dangerous in September after they viciously attacked their neighbor's 15 alpacas. Only 2 survived.
The pitbulls were scheduled to be put down Friday. Tappahannock Police are investigating if someone broke in or "if other circumstances assisted the dogs removal," said Tappahannock Police Chief James Ashworth.
Along with the empty cages, a window was found open.
Police searched the pitbulls owner's home but found nothing. Alfonso Norman is the dogs' owner. He had appealed the court's decision but withdrew that appeal three days ago.
"I feel like that county has let us down," said Abby Gauvin.
She and her husband own Upright Alpaca Farm. Their animals were killed by Norman's dog.
"It shouldn't be so easy for someone to go into pound, take out vicious dogs in the middle of the night and there's no sign of them anywhere," she said.
Cages at the Essex County Animal Shelter are left unlocked because the employees say, they never needed to be.
However, police say they're confident the pitbulls aren't a threat.
"I am sure whoever took the pitbulls probably put them in a secure area," said Chief Ashworth.
Tappahannock Police say they're not ruling anything or anybody out at this time. They have two officers on this case but say they'll enlist additional resources to find the pitbulls.
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The Danville Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign kicked off earlier this month with a goal of $115,000 to be raised through bell ringing, mail appeals and online donations.
Last year, the Danville corps at 855 E. Fairchild St. collected $111,000 during the campaign, exceeding its $110,000 goal.
Caseworker Karen Kirby said Thursday that $10,000 had been collected so far. The funds collected during the campaign cover the local Salvation Army's day-to-day operations for a year.
The money supports social services, programming, bills, employees' pay, food pantry, Christmas baskets and clothing vouchers and helps citizens pay for utilities, rent or shelter and medicine.
The Red Kettle drive makes up about one-third of the annual Salvation Army budget, with mail appeals, grant money, United Way money and other donations making up the other two-thirds of the budget.
For the last several years, the Danville corps, which is a United Way of Danville Area agency, has had the good fortune of receiving a gold Krugerrand in one of its kettles. Not every Salvation Army receives the valuable South African coin during the campaign.
Local Salvation Army workers don't know the identity of the person or people who drop the gold coin worth about $1,700 in the kettle each year because it's always wrapped in cash.
Need for volunteers
The Salvation Army's dedicated bell ringers are a critical part of the red kettle drive. This year, the Danville corps has 14 paid bell ringers, but Sharon Sawka, director of social services, wishes the ministry could attract more volunteer bell ringers.
"For whatever reason, we haven't gotten the volunteers this year," she said. "The more volunteers we have, the better because then we won't have to take money away from something else to pay for bell ringers."
Sawka said families, friends and coworkers are encouraged to team up to ring bells at a location. In the past, some have made it a group effort or even a friendly competition.
Volunteers are asked to ring bells for at least two hours.
"We have groups from different churches who have volunteered," Sawka said. "We have one church that will ring bells at each of our sites for two hours."
Bell ringers are stationed at 14 stores in the area, including two CVS locations; two Walgreens locations; Big R in Danville and Tilton; three County Market locations at Village Mall, Towne Centre and Tilton; Big Lots; Wal-Mart; Price Less Foods; IGA in Catlin; and Lowe's.
Other ways to help
If volunteering to ring bells outside isn't possible, there are other ways to help the local Salvation Army.
Individuals, families or businesses can ring a virtual bell by setting up a mini kettle campaign online of their own through their Facebook or e-mail account.
A personal, team or company kettle can be set up online at http://www.
onlineredkettle.com, with proceeds going directly to the Danville location.
Online donations also can be earmarked for the Danville corps at http://www.salvationarmyusa.org.
Anyone interested in being a volunteer bell ringer should call the Danville
Salvation Army at 442-5911.
Individuals can set up a virtual kettle on their Facebook or e-mail accounts, with proceeds going directly to the Danville corps, by going to http://www.onlineredkettle.com.
Online donations also can be made earmarked specifically for the Danville corps at http://www.salvationarmyusa.org.


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Hospice of Southern West Virginia will host its 13th annual Palliative Care Conference June 13-14 at the Tamarack Conference Center in Beckley, the organization recently announced.
The two-day conference will host national and local presenters in the fields of medicine, social work, pharmacy and administration, according to the news release.
"We offer continuing education credits for a variety of fields. It is truly unique for our area, and our state," said Josh Jones, public relations director for Hospice of Southern WV.
Hospice is applying for continuing education units from the West Virginia Board of Registered Nurses, West Virginia Board of Respiratory Care, the West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners, the West Virginia Board of Examiners in Counseling and the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy.
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Five-year-old twins, Tommy and Teddy Fattal, finished their popcorn while waiting for the movie to begin in the Goshen Theater Friday.
"It was the goodest popcorn I've ever had," Tommy said, smiling.
The brothers sat with their parents, George and Dawn Fattal, to see the free showing of the movie, "Babe," for the February First Fridays in downtown Goshen.
They decided to make it family fun night, and the price was just right.
"I've been here since 1986 and never been in the theater," George Fattal said. "This is a bit nostalgic for me. It's very impressive in here."
Dawn Fattal said her husband had read about the First Fridays February event with the theme, "Goshen is for Lovers," in the paper.
"This is something the whole family can enjoy," she said. "We're all set and we even got a good parking spot."
Mr. Fattal has seen the movie, "a long time ago," he said.
"I've never seen it," Mrs. Fattal said, smiling. "This is just great. First Fridays are a great idea."
The theater filled up with the sounds of families enjoying each other's company while munching on popcorn.
Randy and Laura Horst waited to see the movie, again.
"We've seen this movie before. We love the movie," Laura Horst said. "That's why we're here."
She quoted a favorite line from the movie, "Pork is a nice sweet meat."
First Fridays Coordinator Katrina Maust greeted people waiting in line to get snacks before the movie.
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Several of the businesses in downtown Goshen have specials for shoppers continuing today.
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Mayor Cruse should step down from office. He is an elected official and became extremely ugly and unprofessional on the phone with me. I had called last week to ask for an extension and Madonna said she would do it until Friday, which was 31 Aug 2012. Madonna did tell me that she would do it this once and she would notify Debbie. Well Thursday close of business rolls around and my water was turned off. When I called to ask Madonna why the water was cut off, all she said was Debbie this and Debbie that. I was also informed that I would have to pay someone 2 hours of overtime to get my water turned back on. So, explain to me how it takes the water guy 2 hours to come to my house and turn a screw back on. I said Madonna I spoke with you not Debbie. All she could do was stutter and make excuses, she even accused me of yelling at her.Madonna then put me on hold and Mayor Cruse got on the phone and immediately was rude with me. He said who is this, I said this is Mr. Gain. I said that I called last week and made arrangements with Madonna not to turn the water off and that I would be in first thing Friday morning 31 Aug to pay the bill. He said I should have paid my bill and I had to pay 40 dollars if I wanted it turned back on. The city also turned it off at a time when it would be impossible to get anybody during normal hours to turn it back on.What is bad is that we have a very young baby in the house and two teenagers that need to shower before going to school tomorrow. I said to myself, no wonder this world is going to hell in a hand basket. Our own elected officials are no longer looking out for its citizens. There is nothing but corruption and lying, stealing and cheating going on. What really irks me is that I am a veteran who served in The US Army for 26 years before being medically retired. I tried to explain to the mayor that I only got paid once a month and all I had was my disability retirement. Did he care? No, he made a sny remark that he too was looking for retirement. I have a better idea Mayor Cruse, how about stepping down and let somebody who cares about this city take over. I tried to reason with him and all he did was lie and shift the blame away from his workers and try to extort money from me. I say this "Mayor Cruse you are not the man for the job". Dog catcher or sewage treatment worker seems to be a better fit. You won't have to interact with the public too much in those jobs because your not a people person.
The mayor is arrogant and does not care about his people or his city. Anybody reading this needs to remember this when voting.
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Roger Truitt, God rest his soul, was voted out of office, in reality, because he was a republican. We have what we deserve. We ousted a man that cared deeply about the people he represented, always conducted himself in a courteous and professional manner, and was fiscally responsible when it came to the business of the city, because of a "label". Talk about hypocrisy and prejudice.
Please don't run down the dog catcher or the sewage treatment worker by implying the Cruse is qualified to do their job.
Let's just get him voted back in as sheriff and see how well that goes! To "Protect and to Serve" will take on a whole new meaning!
Terry Cruse as the mayor of Hodgenville is a joke. He has been fired from numerous jobs and has a criminal history. He should have never been elected. He runs the mayors office as if it is a kingdom and he is the king. He uses an unprofessional tone when talking with people. His recent behavior regarding turning off the water to two households that had their deposit paid for by human rights advocate Ruth Blair is another example of him overstepping his authority. In addition, he wrote a very unprofessional letter to the paper trying to malign the Blair family. I think his true colors are showing and it is time for a big change in Hodgenville!
THE only reason he got the job is because noone ran against him..he has always been rude,crude and obnoxius as well as conceited.he tries to run hodgensville as if he was a ruler instead of a mayor.the people of the county and city are seeing this and there will be a day of reckoning come next election


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As stated in a recent blog post Google Fiber will be successful dependent on its ability to procure adequate programming to compete against incumbents Time Warner Cable and AT&T U-Verse. The newcomer took a step in that direction by adding both STARZ and Showtime to its programming mix for potential Kansas City customers. In addition, the company signaled sixty-two neighborhoods have registered the minimum number of potentials to begin building fiber to those areas.
Channel Additions
Google's current channel line-up includes a 185 channel package including premiums like Showtime multiplex, The Movie Channel, and Flix; STARZ multiplex, Encore, IndiePlex, RetroPlex, MoviePlex; and Hispanic Univision tlnovelas, Bandamax, and Telehit. Their non-premium offerings are a mix of popular channels absent some of the more highly rated standards.
It is a milestone for Google Fiber, yet a small one, in reaching the goal of successfully competing with entrenched Pay TV operators enjoying existing contracts with the major networks like HBO, Discovery Networks, Disney-ESPN, and others. Without comparative market programming, the Gigabit broadband offering will be a standalone service, while competitors offer bundled broadband, and digital TV in their mix. Again, to state the obvious, Google must be able to compete on a level playing field for any kind of success.
Google Fiber Project broadband speeds are a market differentiator, but completing the whole package on an apples-to-apples basis is essential. That entails looking closely at its local competitor offerings, including Pay TV, and Mobile services, creating a bundled package that both competes and differentiates from the incumbents.
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As a newcomer Google Fiber initiated a pre-register program of each neighborhood in Kansas City. Those areas were expected to register enough potential customers to qualify for the fiber build-out which has yet to begin. Expectedly sixty-two neighborhoods have qualified to become part of the Google experience signing the minimum needed to get the project rolling. These are important but small milestones in the long-term success needed for the initiative. Going forward we will continue to watch will market trends with close anticipation.
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The Panthers would have the first overall draft pick if the season ended today and it's widely believed that Carolina will have great interest in spending its first-round pick on Stanford QB Andrew Luck if he declares for the draft after his junior year. One source called it a "no-brainer" that the Panthers will take Luck if he's available. The player who was considered the club's quarterback of the future just a few months ago — rookie Jimmy Clausen — is well-aware of the scenario that could unfold.
Clausen has said his goal is to win some games down the stretch, which might move the team lower in the draft order. It will be a difficult task for Clausen and the Panthers, who have managed to win only once all season — and that with Matt Moore under center. Even if Carolina doesn't select first overall, it won't get too far away from the No. 1 slot and still could be in line to land the first quarterback off the board since at least one of other teams — Detroit — contending for the top pick will not be considering a signalcaller that early in the draft.
Clausen, a second-round pick, hasn't had the benefit of a soft landing in the NFL. He was thrust into a starting role for the rebuilding team earlier than the Panthers had hoped after the opening-day starter, Moore, was benched by Fox during a Week Two game. Clausen himself was benched before Moore suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in Week Nine, and Clausen has also missed a game because of a concussion since then.
Clausen has yet to start more than three games in a row, and while he's shown small signs of improvement as he gets more experience, it may not be enough to convince Carolina not to go in a different direction at quarterback. Observers say Clausen comes off as tough-minded and doesn't appear to be fazed by the buzz concerning the team's plans for the draft. He's confident, but his future with the Panthers is up in the air.