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Heber City • State bragging rights, scholarship money and a chance to compete for a national title will all be on the line when the Utah High Schools Rodeo Association (UHSRA) holds its state finals Wednesday through Saturday.
State champs go on to represent Utah at the National Finals in Rock Springs, Wyo.
Utah high school rodeo finalsAt Wasatch County Event Complex in Heber City
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After a grueling year of 34 high school rodeo competitions, this four-day event held at the Wasatch County Event Complex will decide the top four national qualifiers in each event— cow cutting to bull riding.
Unlike previous years, the state finals on Saturday will pit the top 15 in each event — giving five more competitors a shot than normal.
"The thing that's amazing is they'll be pulling for each other," UHSRA President Shane Haviland said. "It's an amazing show of sportsmanship and I don't know of anything that's much more family-oriented than high-school rodeo."
The Wasatch County Event Complex is at 415 South Southfield Road (1200 West).
Tickets for the event range from $8 per day for an adult day pass or $35 for the entire week. Tickets for ages 6-10 go from $5 per or $20 for the entire competition. Children 5 and under are free.
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Expanding Prosthodontic Services to the Older Patient in Dental Practices
Walter S. Warpeha, Jr., D.D.S., M.S.D., FACP:
Numerous articles report on the unmet dental needs of the older patient, yet few have suggested strategies to overcome barriers to care for this unique demographic. At a time when prosthodontic services, including dental implants, offer improved outcomes, the elderly remain the least served of all patient groups. Obstacles to treatment include ageism, medical and dental complexity, financial limitations, and patients' resistance to treatment. Expanding prosthodontic care of the elderly requires a departure from traditional patient management techniques.
The attempt to reverse ageism in your practice must go beyond simple awareness. Those offices that can relate to, treat with respect, and fulfill the health aspirations of the older patient create the atmosphere where care is more readily accepted. A successful team approach to patient management depends upon the ability to listen and respond to the elderly denture patient with information on denture maintenance and implant enhancements. An essential piece is encouraging regular recall for all denture wearers by every staff member.
A well documented problem area in dental practice is the timely replacement of worn out or inadequate dentures. By using a simple assessment tool called the Satisfaction/Condition Score along with motivational interviewing, we have found increased treatment acceptance among our existing patients.
Use of these suggestions in a general dentistry practice is more likely to encourage the older patient to better accept enhanced prosthodontic services.
"Last scene of all… sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything." Quoted from William Shakespeare's
As You Like It
While the average lifespan has nearly doubled since Shakespeare's time, societal attitudes toward the aging and the aged have changed little. Many dentists have questioned why in the wake of great medical advances the loss of teeth and the accompanying disability continue to be an acceptable part of aging.
We know that ageism — treating a group differently solely because of their age — exists in health care. Yet it is just one of the many obstacles in treating the older adult dental patient. As people age, their dental and medical complexity increases, while their functional status and finances may be fixed or in decline. This is happening at a time when seniors' desire for an acceptable appearance, full function, comfort, and socialization over an ever-increasing life span remains at a level higher than previous generations.
A well-known problem is that many full or partially edentulous patients are wearing old, worn out, or otherwise inadequate dentures. Dental communication coach Dr. Paul Homoly explains that, in part, the older patient has a "perpetual lack of readiness" for treatment.
When dentists use traditional methods of explaining the need for denture replacement, it lacks effectiveness for a several reasons. First, since tissue change under dentures is a slow process, the adaptable patient does not realize the extent of deterioration that is occurring. In addition, studies show that patient satisfaction correlates poorly with oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Therefore, inadequate dentures may be limiting food choices and enjoyment, or even causing discomfort, yet the patient does not perceive a reduced quality of life.
Hence, advising these patients that their dentures require replacement is met with skepticism.
Another common, but particularly unproductive, strategy is to wait for these patients to ask for treatment. People who may have lived through the tough times of the Great Depression or World War II are generally not complainers. These patients may also display a personal ageism, with reduced expectations of denture fit and function, often coping with substandard performance and ongoing damage.
If a dental practice wants to expand prosthodontic services to the older patient, more than simply acknowledging the problem is needed.
Proactive strategies must be put into place that include appreciation of the uniqueness of this group, recognizing the care they take in making decisions, and understanding the things they value.
I made some changes in my practice a number of years ago and found a significant increase in major prosthodontic services (rebase, replacement, or implant enhancement) for established patients — some who had been in our practice for 30 years or more. When I began to listen more carefully, enjoy their personalities, and appreciate their life stories, it allowed me to empathize more readily with their health or dental problems. That understanding helped revamp the way we present treatment recommendations to this practice demographic.
I can recommend five strategies that may be a distinct departure from common practices for most dentists. I can attest to their effectiveness particularly for those patients who resist a change in their present condition.
Keys to Expanding Prosthodontic Services
1. Correct even unconscious ageism in your practice.
Whether from staff, your website, or even the doctor's preference in continuing education, older patients are not going to commit to treatment if they do not feel valued.
A good start is to encourage your staff to show an active interest in the lives of these seniors. Be friendly and welcoming. Does your online presence portray vital seniors with excellent oral health? Also, the dentist needs to stress to his or her team that every patient is to be given the opportunity for optimal dental health and that he or she does not believe that oral disability is an inevitable consequence of aging.
Lastly, if your capabilities in prosthodontics are weak, excellent course offerings presented locally by the University of Minnesota Continuing Education or, nationally, those sponsored by the American College of Prosthodontists, can improve upon the basic skills you learned in dental school. This sends the message to your staff that the doctor believes in quality prosthodontic outcomes for his or her patients.
2. Establish a firm policy of regular recalls for all dentate, edentulous, and implant patients.
Once a denture is made, the health of the oral tissues depends upon good maintenance. Detecting a deteriorating fit and making a timely correction minimize damage to supporting tissues. Along with routine teeth or implant prophylaxis, dentures need to be adjusted periodically so a proper relationship between the jaws is maintained. Thereby the face is supported, and a look of premature aging is prevented. The opportunity for early detection of oral cancers allows conservative treatment and avoids devastating therapies or fatal outcomes.
Make it a priority that all staff be able to verbalize the importance of regular recall and periodic maintenance.
3. Making the case for retreatment or enhancement.
I have mentioned that the soft and hard tissues of the mouth change slowly under a full or partial denture so that many patients adapt to a deteriorating function and appearance. All patients need to hear at the time of new construction (repeated in a treatment conclusion letter), and at recalls or repairs, that maintenance is required and periodic retreatment is inevitable. As the oral condition changes or as adaptation lessens, there is opportunity for offering implant enhancement. Although denture quality is not directly correlated to OHRQoL
implant support dependably increases patient perception of wellbeing and satisfaction.
In fact, in a ten-year multi-center study, all aspects of denture function showed improvement by the addition of implant support.
Other than denture enhancement, techniques like the shortened dental arch
using dental implants to reduce tooth mobility
or using implants with natural teeth to support a partial denture,
all are minimalistic procedures providing particularly cost effective treatments for the older patient.
4. Motivational Interviewing and the S/C Score.
The older prosthodontic patients may think they don't have a problem, may exhibit lowered expectations, and may not easily be motivated for any change. These are people who have spent a lifetime developing sales resistance. For all of the above reasons, the typical "case presentation" seldom produces a commitment to treat.
I explained in a previous article** how an undisciplined communication by the health provider could hinder health decision-making.
The approach of giving direct advice commonly fails because the older patient reacts negatively to being told what he or she "should do". As a result, the then battered health care professional retreats to the mistaken belief that the patient does not want better health.
A technique called motivational interviewing can lead even a resistant patient to a more healthful outcome.
The approach is based on empathetic listening followed by reflective response from the provider — devoid of any judgment or blame. Rather than telling these patients what is best for them, I want to put them into a situation where the information they provide me and the information I return enables them to rationally analyze their own health choices.
I have developed and tested my personal adaptation of motivational interviewing specifically targeting the prosthodontic patient for several years. It is a simplified screening method I call the Satisfaction / Condition Score (S/C Score).
This screening is not meant to be a comprehensive tool such as the Prosthodontic Diagnostic Index produced by the American College of Prosthodontists.
Yet it is a useful adjunct to involve the patient in treatment decision-making. Avoiding conflict and lowering the stress level of decision-making allows the patient to make better choices and be more satisfied with the result.
During a recall appointment, my hygienist assists in a cooperative assessment of the adequacy of the patient's prosthesis. She begins by saying, "Our job is to maximize your oral health by caring for the fit, function, and appearance of your dental appliance(s). Can we have a discussion on how well your denture(s) meet your needs?" Rather than direct questioning, the patient is guided by lead-in reflections to talk about their denture experience, while we carefully note patient-reported limitations or difficulties with their dentures. Supportive responses are returned, such as, "Let me make sure I understand what you are saying", or "It sounds like you think …"
To conclude the satisfaction part of the score, the hygienist asks these patients to rate their happiness with each denture they wear on a scale of 1-5. A score of 1 would indicate a denture that is unwearable. A score of 5 would indicate a denture that is fully satisfactory.
Then the dentures are removed, cleaned in the ultrasonic bath, rinsed, closely inspected, and cleaned manually when necessary. With denture in hand, they are examined together with the patient. The hygienist points out wear, fractured or missing teeth, discoloration, or deterioration of the base. Similar to the satisfaction score, a condition score is recorded for each denture, where one point is deducted for each major deficit. A patient with an upper and a lower denture would have four numbers recorded — i.e., a satisfaction and condition score for each denture.
When the dentist comes in to complete the intraoral exam, the condition score can be discounted if the denture displays a defect in the occlusion, instability due to inadequate base extension, or signs of tissue trauma. In general, scores less than 3 indicate that the denture either has deteriorated substantially or satisfaction is lessening. After the dentist reviews the scores with a patient, moving that individual toward a change could include asking, "What would make your satisfaction score higher?" Their response may be an opening to offer options focused on areas where the patient places importance.
The S/C score is done at every recall, and the score is documented on a sticker kept with the hygiene notes (Figure 1.). Patients can see the change in the number as their dentures age. Successive motivational interviewing sessions (similar to our scoring sessions) have been used in health care to increase the effectiveness in changing a wide range of behaviors.
I have witnessed a steady decrease in the age of dentures that my patients have been willing to refit (high S, low C score) or replace (low S score, low C score), as well as a substantial interest in retrofitting certain dentures (low S score, high C score) with dental implants. Recognize that a poor satisfaction score on one denture may implicate the opposing denture when worn teeth or improper occlusal
plane decreases overall performance.
5. Association with a Prosthodontist.
Finally, as general practitioners do more prosthodontic dentistry, there is an increased chance that the dentist will uncover challenging cases. A relationship with a prosthodontist can be beneficial for selecting an appropriate treatment plan, or as a resource when difficulties are encountered during treatment.
Every dental practice has patients that could benefit from refitting, from new construction, or from implant prosthodontics. These predominantly older patients have obstacles not found in other demographic groups. Yet few practitioners have a proactive stance to address those things that leave these individuals underserved.
Five strategies are offered to reduce barriers in general practices and overcome obstacles in treating the fully or partially edentulous elderly. The dental staff needs to see the dentist's conscious commitment to the oral health of patients of any age. They should be willing and able to communicate the importance of regular recalls for all patients, the health benefits of replacing worn or defective dentures, and enhancements possible with implant prosthodontics.
Motivational interviewing skills, along with a unique satisfaction/condition scoring method, are designed to include the patient in decision making and encourage the older patients to seek treatment.
Finally, an association with a prosthodontist can be a valuable asset in expanding prosthodontic services among your existing dental patients.
1. Homely P. Personal Communication, March, 2010.
2. Stober T, Danner D, Lehmann F, Séché AC, Rammelsberg P, Hassel AJ. Association between patient satisfaction with complete dentures and oral health-related quality of life: two-year longitudinal assessment. Clin Oral Investig. 2010;Nov 3. [Epub prior to print]
3. Allen PF, McMillan AS. A longitudinal study of quality of life outcomes in older adults requesting implant prostheses and complete removable dentures. Clin Oral Implants Res. 2003 Apr;14(2):173-9.
4 . Moreira AN et al. Knowledge and attitudes of dentists regarding ageing and the elderly. Gerodontology, 09/13/2011.
5. Gray SA, Inglehart MR, Sarment D. Dentures and quality of life – a longitudinal analysis. J Dent Res 2002, 81(Spec Issue A):#267:60.
6. Naito M, Yuasa H, Nomura Y, Nakayama T, Hamajima N, Hanada N. Oral health status and health-related quality of life: a systematic review. J Oral Sci. 2006 Mar;48(1):1-.
7. Doundoulakis JH, Eckert SE, Lindquist CC, Jeffcoat MK. The implant-supported overdenture as an alternative to the complete mandibular denture. J Am Dent Assoc 2003 134(11);1,455-1,458.
8. Witter, DJ, VanPalstein Helderman WH. The shortened dental arch concept and its implications for oral health care. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology August 1999 27(4);249-258.
9. Walton TR. Changes in the outcome of metalceramic tooth-supported single crowns and FDPs following the introduction of osseointegrated implant dentistry into a prosthodontic practice. Int J Prosthodont. 2009 May-Jun;22(3):260-7.
10. Ohkubo C, Kurihara D, Shimpo H, Suzuki Y, Kokubo Y, Hosoi T. Effect of implant support on distal extension removable partial dentures: in vitro assessment. J Oral Rehab 34(1);Jan 2007:52-56.
11. Warpeha W, Jr. Pitfalls in full mouth implant dentistry. Part Two: Effectively communicating costs and outcomes as a patient advocate in prosthodontic treatment planning. Northwest Dent. 2011 Mar-Apr;90(2):27,9,37-40.
12. Miller WR, Rose GS. Toward a theory of motivational interviewing. Am Psychol. 2009 September;64(6):527–537.
13. McGarry TJ, Nimmo A, Skiba JF, Ahlstrom RH, Smith CR, Koumjian JH. Classification system for complete edentulism. J Prosthodontics 1999;8:27-39.
14. Schwartz, B. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. Ecco, 2004.
15. Scales R, Miller J, Burden R. Why wrestle when you can dance? Optimizing outcomes with motivational interviewing. J Am Pharm Assoc 2003 Sept-Oct;43(5 Suppl 1):S46-7.
*Dr. Warpeha is a board certified prosthodontist in private practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a panel member of the Cleft Palate Clinics at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry and Children's Hospital/Minneapolis, and is a prosthodontic consultant to the Minnesota State Board of Dentistry. Email address is
**"Pitfalls in Full Mouth Implant Dentistry", Parts One and Two, January-February, 2011, pages 27-32; March-April, 2011, pages 37-40.
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A southwest flair gets you going in the morning with this easy to prepare and tasty breakfast omelet. Add fruit and toast or muffins and it will last all morning long.
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I got a letter from my baby today :) Well….two letters. It's one month as of today =) lol I can't believe it's only been one month…it has felt like it's been a lot longer than one month but at the same time one month went by so fast! She is amazing ♥
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Thanks to your love a certain fragrance,
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South Africa's Transnet Port Terminals Expands NICE's IP Video Surveillance Environment in National Security Upgrade Initiative
RA'ANANA, Israel, February 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE), the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions to drive performance, today announced that Transnet Port...
RA'ANANA, Israel, February 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE), the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions to drive performance, today announced that Transnet Port Terminals, the largest cargo terminal operator in South Africa , is expanding NICE's IP video surveillance environment at Durban Car Terminal and Ngqura, for a total of five port terminals. The new project is part of a national security upgrade initiative designed to improve security at South Africa's commercial ports and ensure compliance with the government's Key Points and Strategic Installations regulations for the security of national critical infrastructure sites. This win further demonstrates NICE's strategic focus on securing critical transportation infrastructure sites in regions throughout the world. The recent deployment at Florida's Port Canaveral, the second busiest cruise port in the world, is another example.
Transnet Port Terminals, South Africa's largest cargo terminal operator, operates 16 terminals at seven of the country's busiest commercial ports. The NICE solution will enable Transnet Port Terminals to monitor and record images from approximately 800 IP video surveillance cameras stationed at five of their busiest port terminals. Furthermore, by adopting NICE's IP-based video surveillance solution, Transnet will comply with the government's National Key Points and Strategic Installations regulations, aimed at ensuring efficient and effective control over, and optimum security of, critical infrastructure sites deemed of national and strategic importance by the government's Department of Safety and Security.
"We are proud to announce the NICE Systems solution as the new IP video surveillance standard for Transnet Port Terminals," stated Mervin Chetty , GM Strategy, Security and SHEQ at Transnet Port Terminals. "With our commercial ports open 24/7, 365 days a year, the high-availability solution that NICE provides ensures that our port control rooms have the highest performance components required to centrally manage, view and store video from all of the cameras positioned at our major ports."
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1. The first step in making a concrete countertop is to build a form for the concrete. The bottom of the form will be the top of the countertop. Using melamine particleboard for the form keeps the concrete from adhering to it as it dries.
Our counter top was 5' x 2' x 2-1/2" thick. To ensure a straight edge, use a table saw to cut the melamine according to the cut list above.
2. Fabricate the form with 2" screws, pre-drilling with a countersink bit to ensure the particleboard will not split or create a mushroom inside the form. Use silicone in every joint inside the form. The thickness and consistency of the silicone will shape the final edge on the countertop, so make sure it is consistent. Tip: Use black silicone to make it easier to see how even it is during application.
3. The lath will reinforce the middle structure of the countertop, and the rebar will provide perimeter strength. Cut the lath with your grinder so it will fit inside the form with 2 inches of empty space around the outside. Place the lath pieces in the form.
4. Next bend the 3/8" rebar to fit on top of the outside edge of the lath. Cut the excess with a grinder; make sure you to earplugs and safety glasses. Place rebar inside the form. Tie the rebar together using rebar ties and the lineman piers, cross looping the ties around the rebar and lath and twisting the wire tightly until it is secure.
5. The rebar must float when the concrete is poured into the form; here's how to do that. Add 1" blocks under the lath. These will suspend the lath while you screw it into place.
6. Next screw some 1-1/4" screws into the sides of the form 3/8" down from top edge. Tie off the rebar structure to the screws, then take out the 1" blocks. Now the rebar is suspended.
7. Mix the concrete and accelerator in a cement mixer according to the manufacturer's instructions. Start with the dry mix, then add water little by little until the cement has a cookie-dough consistency to it.
8. Pour the concrete into the form. Wearing rubber gloves, knead the concrete into the corners. Making sure the mixture is in all parts of the form.
9. After the form is properly filled, let is sit for 15 minutes. Then remove the screws from the sides and snip the wire off to the concrete with some metal snips. Use a piece of straight metal to screed the excess concrete off the form.
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The biggest landmark near the town is an enormous bean elevator that can be seen from miles around.
Dove Creek is also home to Adobe Milling, the producers of Anasazi Beans. Though Anasazi Beans are closely related to pintos, they are a different kind of bean and are supposed to be extra tasty. I'll cook some this week and let you know.
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Northwestern head football coach Pat Fitzgerald speaks during a news conference at the Big Ten conference football media day Wednesday, July 24, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Pat Fitzgerald is a clever tactician when it comes to using media sessions to appeal to the nation's general recruiting base. Big Ten Media Day on Thursday was no different, with the Northwestern coach liberally discussing his recruiting strategies and in turn letting the masses know the benefits of playing for the Wildcats.
That didn't make what he said any less-eye opening.
In continuing the discussion about giving athletes an additional stipend or financial compensation, Fitzgerald said he already uses the cost-of-living stipend as a recruiting tool.
Collegiate athletes are provided with money to cover living expenses, but that amount is adjusted based on the location of the university.
''The stipend at our place is a heck of a lot more than it is at other schools because of the cost-of-living adjustment,'' Fitzgerald said. ''And I'm not going to lie to you — I use that like you have no idea in recruiting.''
As it pertained to increasing the stipend, an idea that gained momentum after Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany made comments in favor of doing so, Fitzgerald felt that conversation couldn't exclusively include football and basketball coaches.
''I'm looking, probably like every coach, to do whatever is right best for our student-athletes, whatever gives them the opportunity to have the best experience possible while they're going through the full-time job by being a student-athlete,'' Fitzgerald said. ''Does that mean a stipend? I don't have the answers.
''The bigger issues and the discussions that need to happen have to go with the non-revenue sports and how is their equality, how is there the same opportunity? If you're only going to do it for the revenue sports, I'm not sure how that makes sense.''


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Result of General Election has proved to be a disaster for BJP and more particularly for Mr. L K Advani whose aspiration for becoming PM of the country could not be fulfilled. Undoubtedly it is Mr. Advani whose effort took BJP to such a height and it is also a true that due to his effort only Mr. Vajpayee could become PM for three terms. What I have found is that there is not much fall from the past record of BJP. But there is still sharp fall from the projected or expected level of BJP and even its rivals. Expected gain over past results did not come about despite hectic tour made by Narendra Modi and Mr. L K Advani.. BJP lost some seat even in Gujarat, Rajasthan. Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi which is more painful and very much disheartening for BJP. It is also a fact that its grip in many states have gone up. New states like Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and Karnataka have now been added to BJPs stronghold areas. Performance of BJP in UP is also not bad compared to past record. No individ ...moreAnswered by Danendra Jain, 17 May '09 06:34 am
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Nintendo's next-generation Wii console is expected to be one of the biggest unveils at E3 this year, but data from Nielsen suggests gamers aren't especially eager for the new system. The organization's poll data shows that while 27 percent of those polled are interested in a new Nintendo, 25 percent and 24 percent would also be interested in new systems from Microsoft and Sony.
"Gamers interested in next-generation consoles" isn't the sort of headline that wins Pulitzer prizes, but Nielsen doesn't stop there. The organization's data suggest that the Wii's user base continues to resist attempts to analyze it strictly in terms of traditional console demographics, writing: "The sheer size and diversity of this audience speaks to the opportunity and challenge for Nintendo in converting Wii gamers to a new platform."
The vague references to 'opportunity and challenges' is analystspeak for "We aren't sure what to expect." Nielsen can get way with saying so because no one else knows either, present company included. The Wii, which turns five in November, was supposed to prove that Nintendo didn't understand the grown-up needs of the audience whose childhood it had so thoroughly dominated.
Nielsen's upgrade interest rates among gamers who own more than one console. While it demonstrates a greater amount of interest for Sony and Microsoft's offerings respectfully, the gap isn't large enough to predict huge changes in console uptake trends.
With the Wii, Nintendo bet that gamers would love swinging a short stick around so much, they'd overlook the console's near-complete dearth of seventh-generation features. It won, big time. Part of the console's success, as Nielsen alludes, is precisely that it tapped demographics that its competitors didn't capture. Whatever Nintendo unveils at E3 this week, you can expect it'll be weighed against the question of whether or not the Wii 2 is good enough to persuade that non-standard demographic to upgrade.
We suspect the next-gen console will incrementally upgrade the Wii's current processing and graphics power. This translates into HD video support, some form of internal storage, and possibly an integrated wireless modem. Backwards compatibility shouldn't be an issue--manufacturing technology has advanced to the point that Nintendo could squeeze significantly more performance out of the Wii's existing Broadway CPU and Hollywood GPU by increasing their clockspeeds and expanding the original designs.
Whether the upgrade is judged incremental or significant will likely have less to do with the system's bullet point specifications and more to do with its control mechanisms. Here, Nintendo is playing from a strong position. The Wii has been out long enough that the company can expect solid upgrade numbers even if the Wii 2 offers incremental upgrades to HD video and internal storage. Anything past that--including new control interfaces--is strictly icing on the cake.
Probably won't be upgrading here unless they come out with something spectacular.
Too many great games scheduled to come out at the moment so I wouldn't consider upgrading at the moment either; especially since a lot of these games are for PC as well.
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I'd be in the market for one of those new consoles; Seeing as how I haven't own a Wii previously...
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College: Is it Worth it?
This past month, many news reports have focused on higher education's cost. With college tuition rising and students graduating into a precarious labor market, conversations are taking place around the dinner table about whether college is a wise investment towards economic success. The Wall Street Journal ran a series, "Generation Jobless," exploring the difficulties this generation faces in finding employment. A recent article, titled "What Hedge Funds Can Teach College Students?" noted that a college degree in 2011 is a bad investment.
By that arithmetic, technical colleges come out on top, Mr. Ades said. "We're in a skills based economy and what we need is more computer programmers, more [nurses]," he said. "It's less glamorous but it's what we need."
Law school, on the other hand, can end up a sucker's bet in periods of high unemployment, experts in student loan-backed bonds say.
While college students often enroll in professional programs to wait out economic soft patches, the U.S. has far more law schools than other professional schools, resulting in an excess supply of lawyers, argue investors and analysts.
In recessions, law school graduates have a harder time finding work than other graduates from professional programs and are more likely to default on their student loans.
Law school is considered a bad decision by some. In a piece by Sara Morrison, profiling a freelancer applying to law school, the lead character plans to forgo her current jobs for the a professional degree, hoping for higher returns. According to the data above, it might not be a good investment.
Selecting an employable college major is important to find a good starting salary. Petroleum engineering is found to have the largest earnings.
In another article, USA Today notes student loans topped $100 billion this year, second behind credit card debt. Overall, loan debt exceeds $1 trillion:
Students are borrowing twice what they did a decade ago after adjusting for inflation, the College Board reports. Total outstanding debt has doubled in the past five years — a sharp contrast to consumers reducing what's owed on home loans and credit cards.
Taxpayers and other lenders have little risk of losing money on the loans, unlike mortgages made during the real estate bubble. Congress has given the lenders, the government included, broad collection powers, far greater than those of mortgage or credit card lenders. The debt can't be shed in bankruptcy.
This has contributed to a widening gap in wealth between older and younger generations. The AP reports the burgeoning inequality that exists across generational lines, and questions an American tenet that each generation does better than previous one.
The 47-to-1 gap in net worth between old and young is believed by demographers to be the highest ever, even predating government records.
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First Rosie ... now TMZ has learned roughly 30 people got the chop at the Oprah Winfrey Network today ... including 2 high level execs.
Sources connected to OWN tell us ... people from at least 3 departments were let go ... including the creative services dept., integrated marketing and promo scheduling.
We're told one of the casualties was the head of the Creative Services Department. Another was the Senior Vice President of Production.
One source tells us the group included people with years of experience in the industry as well as newcomers.
The timing is interesting ... considering O just cancelled Rosie O'Donnell's show. OWN has been struggling with low ratings since its launch.
One source tells us, "It's like a ghost town over there."
We're told, "They did the firings respectfully ... brought everyone into an office individually and explained the situation face to face."
Calls to OWN have not been returned.
In the middle of a recession with unemployment at it's highest level, no one is going to PAY for cable to watch Oprah or anyone. That is the worst business decision ever and proves Oprah is not living in reality whatsoever. She wanted to OWN her own network but her ego was so large she didn't consider that people weren't going to pay extra money to watch/listen to her. I saw the Houston's interview on YouTube for free and clips from free t.v. programs. Oprah just doesn't get it and needed to be knocked down a few levels to realize that she's OLD news. She has her name and her money. Time for her to use those to help others rather than herself.
I do not feel for these people. Oprah should not have expected her following to pay premium cable prices to watch her network. If she was one tier lower on the cable scale, her mass following would have went with her. I would have, but the economy prevented me from spending anymore on my cable bill. One would think she got a little too greedy. She already is a billionaire, there must be some resentment among her followers as to "why make her richer"? OWN should have went for the masses at a lower cable rate. Gayle was right to have jumped the ship when she did.
Have you ever noticed the way she talks, kind of authtoritive with a hint of Maya Anjaloo (what a weird voice), and a british accent, snooty is the only way to put it! She actually has lowered herself to interviewing the likes of Lady GagGag and tries to portray her as some kind of serious entertainer. Ughhh, she needs to quit with the holier than thou gig!!! Spare us...As far as her network go for no brainer television like Bravo or E TV...its the only way it will work!! Run some 2 and half men/The Office reruns...anything but DR. Feel....
Sometimes things have a way of coming back and biting you in the ass. She should have just retired and if she wanted to be in the limelight go and help others, not for the glory, but for being a good person.
Why is this news Happens every day in the Corporate world. Oprah isn't seeing any fruits to her labour . And those guys are highly paid to do a job and make O successful and its not happening. She needs to get someone else in there and see what they can do.
Yeah well Rosies not exactly someone who you take advice from; she's a hypocrite like limbaugh do one thing say another
Didn't she put on that REALLY TRANSPARENT act of pretending she had a crush on tom cruise??? that was painful and only to finally admit she's really into chicks later?
Yeah she's someone i wouldn't exactly trust to be honest or take any kind of advice from.
Sadly whatever u thought of her at least she was more original than that goof troop of dr phil, oz and the rest of the hee-haw gallery of hosts she was trying to foist on us as experts of health,etc
The only thing that is ever on OWN is Oprah Oprah Oprah! I think someone might be a little Narcissistic. Who wants to watch that? Not me!
Oprah please! You were supposed to be retiring, but your ego was so big you had to have your OWN network that the 99% of the population that supported you in the past, have to pay for! YOU should be paying us to watch you and buy us all the cable we need to view you. you've got the money, but all you do is get tv stations, radio shows on sirius for you and your "friends" (all the rich beyotches like suze orman, gail, rosey, etc.). Who has a magazine where THEY are always on the cover Only narcissists, period. Even martha stewart, another selfish woman who thank goodness is off the air, doesn't put herself on the cover each month. Karma is right. She got obummer elected, and he ruined this country, now oprah is going to be ruined on her network!
Oprah's demographic can't afford cable....she should know that. Donahue knew when it was his time...she needs to do the same, bow out gracefully....and do charity work...in the US, not in Africa.
Her show was over on regular TV when she announced the Potus for the next President of the United States. Who in the hell does she think she is. Viewers fell off daily,now she has nothing. No one will pay to see re-runs of her old shows.
The 30 people who got fired were most likely staffers who produced Rosie's show daily. It wouldn't make sense to keep someone on the payroll when you're not producing fresh content. Oprah's network isn't in as bad of shape as one would lead to believe. If any network survived by surprise, my answer would be the CW!
Opra got Busted!! When her plane landed where she passed thru customs. When they lifted up her skirt, They found 50lbs of crack!!!
I miss Discovery Health, I hope they bring it back.
This is Oprah's fail primarily so firing people won't help. She made it all about herself from day one, thinking people would want to hear her toot her own horn for hours on end. Her show was successful because she built it on exploiting people for ratings. Then people just became accustomed to watching it. She hyped her last year ad nauseum acting like she was going to retire so people felt tricked to see her back blabbing about herself 24/7 on her own network.
She forgot her core audience was primarily ****** housewives who don't approve of people like Rosie O'Donnell and Nate Berkus. Gayle's show flopped as well. She doesn't know the first thing about running a network and grossly overestimated her popularity. She was a better actress than talk show host. Now all she does is kiss ass while pretending she's a force for good. If that was true she would have left BK alone. She has now come full circle and is going back to her old tricks out of desperation. Nobody gives a F about that asshat Ryan O'Neal either. Another stupid move. Their show defined her network because it was one of the few original ones on it.
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Have you got your obese kid enrolled in a gym, yoga centre or a fat prevention programme? Even if this may not give best results on reducing body fat, be sure that this would lower your kid's blood pressure.
One of the serious health consequences of obesity is elevated blood pressure (BP) in children.
Earlier researches have found that high BP in children usually follows them into adulthood, carrying with it a wide range of possible negative consequences.
Now, a meta-analysis of published studies of the effect of child obesity intervention programmes on BP has found that whether such efforts prevented obesity or not, many of them reduced BP in children.
It also found that such programmes promoted both healthy eating and physical activity among kids.
"Of the 28 obesity interventions with complete data that we analysed, 13 (46 percent) had a favourable effect on both adiposity and BP and 11 interventions (39 percent) had a significant effect on the reduction of BP, even if they did not affect adiposity," informed lead author Youfa Wang from University at Buffalo.
It is important to identify obesity intervention programmes that can help children develop healthy lifestyles and keep BP at an optimal level because this helps them avoid many long-term health consequences, he added.
The researchers examined more than 130 studies published between 1985 and 2013 that were conducted in high-income counties worldwide.
Wang and his research team now aim to assess the additional benefits of obesity prevention programmes for children and to develop the most effective programmes possible.
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I made the same alterations recently discovered -ie my adjustments. I am so happy to know what my usual adjustments are. This is silly, but I used to get jealous when I read someone else refer to her usual FBA or her usual swayback adjustment. I just could not figure out what the heck was making my clothes fit so weird. And I had these fitting issues in RTW as well as commercial sewing patterns.
But now I know!
I cut the shoulders narrow to match my shoulder length which is 4.5" or so.
The from the armpits down, I'm OK - it's my shoulders that need fitting. I also noticed that the adjustment amount was a lot less on this Vogue (Sanda Betzina) pattern than Kwik Sew.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
#219 Rodneygate – the saga continues
Poor old Rodney Hide. The man in yellow has had a rough few months. First he lodged an unsuccessful complaint with the Serious Fraud Office against Winston Peters over an illegal donation. It was later revealed that Hide's own ACT Party had failed to disclose a $20,000 a year office space donated by property investor Sir Robert Jones.
He then fell victim to some rather nasty billboard tagging which I alerted him and his party to, and which they promised to fix swiftly. They did not. The billboard was finally removed yesterday, ten days after they had said they'd fix it.
They needn't have bothered.
As you can see in the above two photos (taken this afternoon), that same billboard and it's backing billboard on Dominion Road's underpass were re-tagged, but this time the words MEIN FUHRER were replaced with NAZI HYPOCRITE.
I pointed out in my initial post that Hide's past (and possible future) hardly screams of anti-Semitism. Firstly, he was the most outspoken of all New Zealand politicians when Helen Clark suspended diplomatic relations with Israel over an incident back in 2004. Secondly, Hide is prominently quoted on Canadian based academic John P Palmer's EclectEcon blog, which bears a 'Friend of Israel' banner. And finally, if the National Party wins the election on Saturday, Hide's coalition partner will be John Key; the son of an Austrian Jewish woman.
Those billboard tamperers' Hitler remarks would therefore presumably bear no relation to the Nazi dictator's anti Jewish sentiments.
And last but not least, the NZ Herald revealed this afternoon that Rodney Hide's canary yellow jacket may have broken the laws of New Zealand's Electoral Finance Act. According to the Act, any "published election advertisements" must carry the authorisation of the party's financial agent. Hide's $1300 jacket, which bears the ACT logo and "the guts to do what's right" slogan, does not.
If Hide is found to have breached the Act, he faces a $10,000 fine, while the ACT Party's financial agent faces a $40,000 fine.
Lucky he has wealthy friends like Bob Jones.
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Isaac, it's like you expect billboard vandals to be making some kind of stealthy-but-informed political comment. Painting "Nazi" over someone's face isn't a serious claim about that person's politics, and it merits no investigation. This is a non-story.
- November 5, 2008 at 9:06 AM
- Isaac Likes said...
I would assume that if someone goes so far as to continuously tag a billboard with swastika and NAZI words, there must be at least some political sentiment behind it.
And seeing as Adolf Hitler's most famous crime was against Jews, I found it particularly interesting that Rodney Hide has been publicly supportive of Israel.
Therefore, while there is obviously definite political meaning behind the tagging, it doesn't reflect Hide's views on Jews.
How's that for a rhyme.
- November 5, 2008 at 9:16 AM
I agree with Anonymous. This seems like a complete waste of time and your attention to it only serves to give Rodney Hide more 'airtime', as it were, and unless you are in fact a Hide supporter, it would probably be in your best interests to let it go. I think the taggers are not necessarily accusing Hide of anti-Semitism but rather his extreme right-wing views. I would have been more impressed if you'd seen the defamation and laughed about it and let it go, rather than informing the ACT Party. One of the only good things about elections is the witty things people come up with to graffiti on political posters. Leave them to it, I say.
- November 5, 2008 at 11:17 AM
I think it's a waste of time, too. It might have been interesting to do a 'Best Election Vandal Slogans '08' story, but to keep bringing this up seems a bit lethargic. Better still, why don't you use your contacts and experience to do a story on the election that's more relevant to your readers, like who's personal image is better, or what each of them is doing about the creative industries?
- November 5, 2008 at 12:02 PM
"I think the taggers are not necessarily accusing Hide of anti-Semitism but rather his extreme right-wing views"
If this is the case, then why not just write 'Fascist' or something to get their point across? Instead of the Nazi Swastika. the intrications of which are synonymous with racism and evil? The reversed swastika is arguably the most widely recognised symbol for racism in the Western World.
I sure as hell don't look at a swastika and go, oh yes, those Nazi's gee they were so Right Wing weren't they?
"Painting "Nazi" over someone's face isn't a serious claim about that person's politics"
Quite right. But it's interesting that he's been targeted as the 'nazi' isn't it? What's Rodney Hide done to earn that reputation?
And going by you're resoning, why couldn't these uninformed taggers just drawn a stupid moustache on his face, or like what most taggers do, some big phallus sticking out of somewhere?
Swastika's carry a lot of weight in their implications.
- November 5, 2008 at 1:02 PM
also. Isaac has the legitimacy of any post on here covered by the name of the website, issaclikes. He can put anything on here from any angle he likes, because it's what Isaac Likes to talk about. Clearly he likes talking about Rodney Hide. and the anti semitism angle is something of a personal interest to him based on his own religious beliefs.
The theme song for this blog should be 'my perogative' by Bobby Brown (not the Britney Spears version, that sucks).
He shoul get Murray Bevan to clear the rights of that song with the copyright holder so that it automatically plays in the background when you're viewing this page. haha
- November 5, 2008 at 1:20 PM
I LOVE that song! I haven't heard the Britney version, but i bet it's awesome.
Who remembers Redhead Kingpin? He had a mad dance style.
Britney's going to make a huge comeback soon. You heard it here first.
And I'm sure that Isaac can also clear his own song rights. He doesn't need me to hold his hand.
- November 10, 2008 at 11:39 AM
- Hi Ho Silver said...
The design story here is surely that people freely use symbols without the consideration of their true meaning. They in turn create more (looser) meanings. Then we propagate more meanings stemming from those distorted meanings!
Then suddenly someone is lumped with, as anonymous says, the weight of the symbols implications. But which ones? If we did have a racist extremist among us (forming the next government no less), it would be a shame if the meaning of a genuine protest was lost because of a distortion in semiotics.
I say stick with the phallus. You can't bungle it – either in rendering it or in interpreting it.
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10 Ways to Keep Your Fitness Plan on Track during the Holidays
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During this time of year, it is extremely challenging to maintain the healthy habits you have worked so hard for, so we have compiled a few tips to help you through this season. We find every excuse not to eat right or not to stay on track with our fitness goals. Between the holidays of Thanksgiving and the New Year (for some it starts from Halloween), we celebrate more than we should. The end result is weight gain, less workouts, and a lethargic feeling. We know it is possible to balance healthy lifestyle and still enjoy all the traditions, food, and fun times. With balance and moderation, you can stay on track! Happy Holidays to You and Yours… and Let's Stay Fit!
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- Limit alcohol consumption. Alcohol contains just as many calories per gram as fat. Moderation…. If going to a lot of parties, limit yourself to 1 drink or drink club soda or fruit juice…. Stay away from egg nog (350 calories per cup)!!
- Exercise wherever you can. This season gets busy, so you can do squats, pushups, sit ups, etc. anywhere. Enroll in a group exercise class or do exercises at work or while shopping. Any extra activity will help you stay on track!
- Try your best not to miss your scheduled workouts. Exercise extra on your days off by completing a mile run or doing a spin class. If you miss a class, always make it up somehow by doing an at home workout.
- Don't Skip Meals. It's tempting to skip meals to make up for whatever food you'll eat later, but if you're starving, you'll lean more towards eating unhealthy food choices or whatever is available. Eat small meals all day to avoid going overboard at the table.
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- Choose One Treat. Once at the party, choose one thing to indulge in and make it good. Pick something you only get during the holidays and eat your 1 serving.
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Just a quick one for you to decided on.
I am wanting a canon 70-200mm and have had a look at the F4 IS and the F2.8 Non IS.
Which one would you all recommend. My budget wont stretch to the F2.8 IS so thats out of the questions.
I will be using the lens for mountain biking events and as a second shooter at weddings so need it to be good in low light.
The body it will be on is a Canon 7D just for reference
The f4 with IS will give you more advantage in low light than the extra stop of the 2.8
Unless you need the shallower depth of field of the 2.8 for any particular reason, I would say the f4 is definitely the one to go for. (Plus it's a lot lighter to carry around!)
I had the same dilemma when I was buying and went for the f4LIS and I have not regretted it(not that I shoot weddings).
Several websites show that all four versions of that lens (f2.8, f4 with and without IS) are pretty much identical when it comes to IQ and I decided I do not need the shallow depth of field that f2.8 gives; and as roger says the IS will be more useful than the wider aperture. I have read several photographers say that they have the f2.8 for weddings the bought the f4LIS for leisure because of the size and weight.
I have the f2.8 IS and things worth considering are:-
f2.8 - the great advantage is not mainly to do with shallow depth of field which I rarely use but it is to do with speed of focussing. Also if you later buy the 1.4x or 2x extender the auto-focusing may not be possible for the f4 version.
You wont need to use the IS for high speed action shots where you will presumably set a very fast shutter speed anyway but very useful for more general photography.
The f4 lens is significantly lighter which may or may not be important to you. My f2.8 IS weight 1.5 kG and, as I have a bad back, I frequently leave it at home now because of the weight. However, I would not give it up as when I really need it, birds in flight, motor sport etc. it is a superb lens.
The f4 IS version is probably the best lens I have ever owned for portraits. It is as good as or even better than the 24-105. The only thing I think I have used that is better is an RB67 which I had access to many years ago.
On the 7D with the 1.4 converter I find it a little disappointing though I do stretch things to the limit and perhaps need to use a tripod more often!!
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Quote: Hi, the f2.8 non IS is a great lens, but along with the 300 non IS f2.8L, Canon no longer supply parts, if they develop a fault you have a problem.
This may help with your choice.
Quote: Hi, the f2.8 non IS is a great lens, but along with the 300 non IS f2.8L, Canon no longer supply parts, if they develop a fault you have a problem.
This may help with your choice.
Where do you get this from
This lens is still on the available on the canon US and UK sites and available new
This is not usual for a currently stocked lens to have a lack of serviceability
I have the 2.8 IS version. Heavy yes but carried in an appropriate backpack I don't notice the weight even on full day hikes. IQ is first class and despite the additional cost I went for the 2.8 for the brighter viewfinder the extra stop gives, additional depth of field which I use and primarily for extending the range with a 1.4x converter without losing too much dof and maintaining autofocus.
For wedding photography the extra dof reduction is useful and gives that bit more control. For Motorsport where panning negates IS usefulness the extra stop may allow you to select a shutter speed at a lower ISO to create the image you are after. From those Pro Photographers I know who work in sport primarily they have gone for the wider and more expensive telephoto lenses so that may give an indication they value the f2.8 more for their work but then again they earn their living from it.
If possible you could always hire the lenses to try for a day to see which suits your needs most and which one you feel then you can live with.
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Are you excited for 2014 NBA draft lottery? It will be held this Tuesday, May 20. The Utah Jazz have a 10.4% chance to get the number one pick. The official Jazz web page shows the odds for the Jazz of getting each possible pick (1-7) in their situation. Before this year's lottery goes down, let's explore how the Jazz have fared in their relatively few past experiences with the NBA draft lottery.
Though the lottery was implemented for the 1985 draft, the Jazz didn't participate in one until the 20th edition in 2004 after just missing the playoffs with a 42-40 record. Prior to 2004, 27 different NBA teams had been in the lottery. 2004 marked the first appearance for the Jazz Portland Trail Blazers, and Charlotte Bobcats, though the Bobcats were in the lottery as a new expansion team.
The Jazz went into the lottery with the worst odds of winning or moving up, and as expected, stayed at number 14. With that pick, the last of the lottery, the Jazz selected Kris Humphries out of the University of Minnesota. Humphries would spend two relatively unproductive seasons with the Jazz before being traded to the Toronto Raptors. Some notable players selected after Humphries include Al Jefferson , who would eventually end up in Utah via trade, at number 15, Jameer Nelson at number 20, and Kevin Martin at number 26.
Even though Humphries is still in the league, which is more than can be said of most of the players selected after him, it seems like Big Al would have been a better selection with the Jazz looking at big men. Of course hindsight is 20/20, and Big Al was coming out of high school. Evaluating and selecting high school prospects was even more of a crapshoot than doing so with college prospects.
In 2004, the Jazz barely landed in the lottery. In 2005, following an injury-plagued, disastrous 2004-05 campaign, they finished with the fourth-worst record in the league at 26-56. The Jazz entered the lottery in the same position as this year, with a worst-case scenario of getting the 7th pick in the draft. The lottery didn't go quite that bad, but the Jazz did drop two spots down to number 6. Fortunately, Kevin O'Connor was able to work a deal with Portland, sending the 6th and 27th picks in the 2005 draft (used by Portland to select Martell Webster and Linas Kleiza) and a 2006 pick (used to select Joel Freeland) in exchange for the number 3 pick. The Jazz used the pick to select Deron Williams out of Illinois.
Deron played 5 1/2 seasons with the Jazz before being traded to the Brooklyn (then-New Jersey) Nets. During the D-Will era, the Jazz made four consecutive playoff appearances from 2006-07 to 2009-10, including a run to the Western Conference finals in 2007. During those four seasons, Deron led the team in win shares. Nobody can question how much he helped the Jazz. Sadly, what some Jazz fans remember the most is when Jerry Sloan resigned following a halftime shouting match with Williams on February 9, 2011.
Notable players taken after D-Will were Chris Paul at number 4, Danny Granger at number 17, David Lee at number 30, and Monta Ellis at number 40. The biggest debate surrounding the pick will always be whether or not the Jazz should have taken Chris Paul. It's a fair question to ask, but I maintain that Deron fit the Jazz system better than Chris Paul at the time.
Even though the Jazz made the playoffs in 2010, they still owned a lottery pick thanks to a deal made way back in February 2004. The Jazz acquired the Knicks' pick (which had previously been traded to the Phoenix Suns) in what essentially amounted to a salary dump for the Suns. After years of the Knicks retaining the pick due to its protections, it finally became unprotected for 2010. The Knicks managed to finish 29-53, tied with LA Clippers for the eighth-worst record in the league. A tie-breaker slotted the Jazz at number 9 in the lottery odds, right behind the Clippers. A couple of teams bucked the odds and moved up in this lottery, but the Jazz stayed put at number 9 and selected Gordon Hayward out of Butler.
Hayward has proven to be a good player in his four seasons with the Jazz, but his future with the team is uncertain as he will soon be a restricted free agent. Notable players selected after Hayward include Paul George at number 10, Eric Bledsoe at number 18, and Lance Stephenson at number 40. It seems that Paul George would have been the better choice. There's no way to know if he would have developed as well and quickly here as with the Pacers, but he's certainly playing at a level that Hayward may never reach.
2010-11 was one of the more interesting Jazz seasons I can recall. The Jazz started off hot, but following the resignation of Coach Sloan and the trade of Deron Williams, things got ugly in a hurry and the Jazz finished out of the playoffs at 39-43 and in the 12th slot in the lottery odds. The Jazz also owned the Nets' first round pick which was obtained in the Williams trade. The Nets were slotted at 6 in the lottery odds, but moved up to number 3. The Jazz stayed put with their own pick at number 12. The Jazz used the pick from the Nets to select Enes Kanter at number 3 while taking Alec Burks with their own pick at number 12. It's taken a few seasons for the two of them to get significant playing time and show what they're capable of, but they definitely have bright futures. The Jazz have the chance to negotiate extensions with them during the offseason to keep them around a while longer. Notable players selected after number 3 but before number 12 include Jonas Valanciunas at number 5, Kemba Walker at number 9, and Klay Thompson at number 11. Notable players taken after Burks include Kawhi Leonard at number 15 and Chandler Parsons at number 38.
The Jazz had the worst odds of winning the lottery in 2013 after just missing the playoffs. They landed at number 14 as expected. Dennis Lindsey had a busy draft day and worked out a deal with Minnesota. The Timberwolves drafted Trey Burke for the Jazz at number 9, and the Jazz drafted Shabazz Muhammad at number 14 and Gorgui Dieng at number 21 (with the Warriors' pick obtained from the Nets) for the Timberwolves. Notable players taken after number 14 include the intriguing Giannis Antetokounmpo at number 15 and the aforementioned Dieng at number 21. I'm thrilled that the Jazz were able to get Burke. He had a solid rookie season. I think he will be, at worst, a very good point guard, and at best, a star.
What's in store for the Jazz at the 2014 lottery? Well, Bryan Miller, son of Gail and the late Larry H. Miller will represent the Jazz on stage. This is the first time a member of the Miller family will have done so. Also, the Jazz are looking to channel the collective luck of their fanbase on social media via the #JazzLottoLuck hashtag. So post a picture of your lucky charm, and while you're at it, you can enter a contest to predict where the Jazz will pick. If you're right, you'll get a Jazz draft decal, which features a pretty cool logo in my opinion. I can't wait for Tuesday!
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