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Mashable Social Good Summit Day 2: Empowering Women
This week, Mashable, the UN Foundation and 92Y are hosting a Social Good Summit – a four-day event to facilitate conversation about tech and social change. See three can't-miss announcements from Day 1 here.
Tuesday's Social Good Summit (SGS) revealed one big announcement (Serena Williams: new UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador), and one big theme – empowering women is at the forefront of development.
This is something we've seen across the conferences this week. Tim Wirth, former Senator and President of the UN Foundation, who joined the Social Good Summit as a surprise wrap-up guest, said it's also a pressing issue at the UN General Assembly, which is also meeting this week.
SGS panelist and filmmaker Abigail Disney underlined the importance of focusing the world's attention on women. "If you think about it, in the Millenia, what's the one thing we haven't tried [as a venue for change]?" she said. "Women."
The strategy touted at yesterday's two panels that addressed women and girls was to improve the way the media portrays women.
Geena Davis, actress and founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, explained that their reasoning has its roots in culture. According to Davis, and research from her institute, women characters in film and television, today, have "little aspirations beyond romance." 81% of the characters that hold jobs in G-Rated films released between September 2006 and September 2009 are male. That same study found no women with jobs in law, medicine, science, politics or business.
"Microfinance programs are amazing," she said, "But without the cultural support, it won't gain traction."
Davis also pointed out that the United States has a huge responsibility in correcting the issue. "80% of the media worldwide comes from the U.S." she said. "Why are we sending Beverly Hills Housewives over to the Congo when they're trying to raise up women?"
The second panel, which included Davis, PBS CEO Paula Kerger, filmmaker Abigail Disney, and Games of Change Co-President Asi Burak, explored PBS' efforts to shift the perception of women in media with Women and Girls Lead, a multi-year initiative that re-focuses attention on women and girls' leadership and challenges through fifty documentaries. It kicks off on October 11th with the premiere of Disney's Women, War & Peace, a five-part mini-series that looks at conflict through the eyes of women (which, disclosure, I used to work for.)
Burak explained that Games of Change will use gamification to help promote PBS' television version of Half the Sky, Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's transformational book on the state of women and girls worldwide. Their goal is to use a Facebook game, yet to be released, to engage a different audience.
"We hope this [initiative] will be a catalyst for organizationss and people all over the world to use these films to create conversation and communities," said Kerger. "We want this to be more than just a media event, but a transformational event.
"If Farmville can put dollars into Zynga's pocket, why not use that power for NGOs?" he said.
But despite the power of their message and strategy, and its importance as a piece of the puzzle, I left feeling a tad empty. We talk a lot about empowerment and raising awareness, but how do we translate that discussion to create real impact? Awareness is vital. But it's one piece of the puzzle. A yin to a yang.
At Dowser, we focus on the yang, so I compiled five archived articles that examine an array of strategies to empower women via on-the-ground impact. No one is the answer – I'm not sure there ever will be just one answer – but hopefully, a wider perspective will help illustrate how to translate awareness and engagement to impact.
- Maternova Employs Technology to Create New Solutions To The Age Old Problem of Maternal Mortality "Founded in 2009, the mission-driven for-profit venture aims to use the data-dissemination powers of technology to reach maternity care workers most in need of resources, in order to combat one of the leading causes of death for women globally — maternal mortality."
- Solar Sisters "Solar Sisters is using cosmetics company AVON's model to distribute solar energy in Uganda, Sudan, and Rwanda. To learn more about the "business in a bag" model that's giving rural African women an income and a renewable light source, Dowser spoke to Katherine Lucey, Solar Sister's founder."
- Retelling and Rethinking Masculinity "Men who buy into traditional ideas about manhood are more likely to engage in harmful behaviors. And when men who buy into hazardous gender norms hold positions of power in male-dominated institutions, gender inequality and patriarchy become entrenched through policy — affecting the ability of all people to live to their fullest potential."
- Interview: Jensine Larsen of World Pulse on creating a grassroots global women's newswire "We wanted a platform for women around the world to describe their needs and offer solutions in their own words, and to connect to other women. That was the revolutionary, game-changing aspect of PulseWire."
- Training Women To Be Effective Intrapreneurs "In coverage of social innovation, entrepreneurs get most of the play. But intrapreneurs—employees who innovate within organizations—are key drivers of change, too. With this in mind, New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) launched a program earlier this year to help women become effective changemakers in their workplaces."


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Recent comments
- Jace
- August 07, 2013 - 20:13
M...You must be a right wing troll. Some of the hardest jobs, the ones toughest on the body are minimum wage. Also, there are plenty of educated people, who are "trained and inspired" who cannot find work in the fields they trained in. Get a grip, man.
- acme
- September 10, 2012 - 07:08
here in Australia minimum wage p/h is $15.50. but still people don't wanna work if u offer $15.5 per hour...they say its too low,,,only who are desperate of job they work for 15.5...and on the weekend the employer should pay +75 % on saturday and double on sunday per hour....Canada should have minimum wage atleast $14 p/h...so people can save some money...
- willy
- August 19, 2012 - 00:56
Sean what did you go to M.U.N. for certainly wasn't because of your intelligence because anyone that writes what you wrote is a very ignorant man!! I drive a cab and I laugh at your $20 an hour suka!!
- Conrad
- August 17, 2012 - 15:58
Yeah ok, lets everyone get a university degree, its not like we need non skilled workers and labourers. All that stuff will get done on it own. It well be great, everyone will be paid well and nobody will have to work hard or get dirty anymore. Wonder why we never thought of that before. Guess all them mun grads are about to change the world.
- Anonymous
- August 17, 2012 - 13:01
Minimum wage increases don't drive inflation nor do they drive up the cost of living. Inflation is caused by a FIAT fractional reserve banking system which requires infinite growth but can't achieve it because of limited resources. (e.g oil, copper, airable land, water) droughts across the US have already drove food prices up 4 percent as everything we eat is made from corn or corn byproducts. This is only going to get worse as other crops such as soy and wheat suffer across the continent. Minimum wage isn't the problem. The only thing left to blame is the attitudes of employers such as wal mart or Mc Donalds who only pay the absolute minimum wage they can or only just above itt when really a 2-3 dollar per hour increase is a pittance of a bite from their profit margins. So why don't they do it? Minimum shouldn't be confused with mandatory and we need to start talking about how money works before the system we have now breaks completely.
- I'm in shock
- August 19, 2012 - 18:16
Thanks for posting a sensible, intelligent comment. There might be hope for us yet!
- Sean
- August 17, 2012 - 09:56
As mentioned before, raising the minimum wage would raise the prices of everything else, and the minimum wage will have to be raised again and again to keep up. I didn't go to MUN for four years to get a @20/hour job when someone that wears PJs in the daytime can stay at home out around the bay and work at some corner store and drive a sunfire and wear a baseball cap and bayman chain with their ski-doo jackets and talk about how drunk they are going to get when they finally get their $1000 from having a kid. If you want to make more than $10 an hour, get an education and put on some pants.
- NowIsee
- August 17, 2012 - 09:21
Please, min wage goes up so does everything else. Your logic makes no sense. How much should someone stocking shelves make? $15/hr We'll be paying $6 for a 2Ltr of milk and $1000 for a 1 bed room basement apt. by this logic. If anything, min wage should go down.
- Simple question
- August 17, 2012 - 09:41
So, would you be willing to work for [less than] minimum wage or are you exempt?
- NowIsee
- August 17, 2012 - 09:56
Yes that would be fair of course. Everyone who has gone to MUN and worked for the last 30 years should make less than min wage. Do you have any more simplistic questions you want answered?
- Better question
- August 17, 2012 - 10:00
Are you willing to see your bills rise?
- simple question
- August 17, 2012 - 14:02
So I'll take that as a 'no.' This may come as a shock to you, but people working for minimum wage also have bills, food, and rent to pay, and their taxes paid for you to go to MUN. If everyone had the opportunity to go to university went, who would be left to staff the checkout lines, stock the shelves, serve you your coffee etc? @Sean: did you get your degree in advanced snobbery with a minor in ignorance? People working for minimum wage don't have the luxury of staying home all day or wearing pajamas, let alone drive a Sunfire. I have had the good fortune of being able to go to university (coming from a middle class family and being academically inclined) and have received several degrees. I know who paid for my education and I respect those who, although they didn't have those opportunities, play a vital role in the health of our economy and community.
- August 17, 2012 - 08:35
Gerry, You are a former broadcaster but you are definitely not an economist or a friend to seniors. What do you think happens when you increase minimum wage? People who sell services experience an increase in wage expenses (almost 70% in the last 8 years) which they have to make up in revenue. They increase the price of goods to reflect this. Working people the have the ability to deal with these increases by working longer hours or negotiating more wage. However, our seniors (except our friends in the Federal Civil Service with their gold plated indexed pensions;perhaps you are one?) have no real ability to increase their incomes. They have worked their entire lives only to get driven to poverty by legislated inflation. Best to leave this minimum wage where it is and let employees and employers sort out what people get paid. Jobs that require minimum skill and effort will get paid a minimum amount. Jobs that require more or are in a competitive environment will pay more. Let's try and give our squeezed seniors a break for a change instead of trying to prop up the untrained and uninspired.

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by Sarina
What Should We Do For Date Night?
The typical Friday night question. You and your hubby finally have some time together, but now what? There are SO MANY ideas on The Dating Divas website, but which one should you do?
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The Date Night Ideas Flow Chart!
What are you in the mood for? A date night out on the town or a cozy night at home? Would you want to spend a little cash or are you pinching pennies? Are you feeling silly or romantic? The Date Night Idea Flow Chart allows you to use questions like these to narrow down the BEST date night for you and your spouse for that night! Check it out:
Looks kind of complicated but all you have to do is answer a series of questions with one answer leading you to the next question.
A BIG shout out to Diva Designer Courtney's amazing design work! Creating this masterpiece was no easy task. Not only is this chart functional, but it is visually appealing, too! She did an amazing job with a complicated vision! {Head on over to her site to say THANK YOU before downloading this printable below.} She deserves it!
When answering questions, You can either decide on the answers together as a couple or take turns answer the questions so that it is the ultimate compromise date: a little of each person's preferences for the evening!
Eventually the questions will lead to the date night solution idea that fits ALL your criteria!
THEN, drum roll please . . . . by clicking on the title of the date night it will *magically* take you RIGHT to the post description where you can read more about your date night selection and print out any materials that you might need!
{Special shout out to Diva Candice for making those links so *magical*! Thanks girlie!}
So what are YOU going to do for date night tonight?
Download the PDF right here and find your perfect date night that fits all your moods!
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It didn't MAGICALLY take me anywhere… I have no idea how to find the descriptio. And printables…
I absolutely love this – it's so fun! My husband and I just got married three months ago, and being newlyweds it's sometimes difficult to come up with unique date ideas that don't cost a fortune. I don't know why it's taken me so long to find the Dating Divas!!
P.S. Just sent this flow chart to him at work… we'll see what he comes up with
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Posted on September 7, 2012 | 12 Comments
With training camp now a month away, there's not a whole lot to talk about in regards to the NBA. Case in point? The lead story on RealGM.com is Houston signing an undrafted free agent.
That doesn't mean there isn't anything to talk about, especially in regards to the Raptors.
There are two subjects are sure to cause passionate debate if brought up among Raptor fans. The first is Andrea Bargnani, the second is tanking.
You see, the Raptors are in a position that is either great or horrible, depending on who you talk to. After being lottery bound since Chris Bosh took his talents to South Beach, the Raptors have enough talent this season to, at least, compete for a playoff spot. The problem, of course, is they don't even have an All Star on the roster, so there are some legitimate concerns as to whether making the playoffs would even be beneficial to the team, long term.
For some Raptor fans, the improvement they see in the roster is a step in the right direction. On the surface, that's true. You can't become a good team without improving. In fact, the idea for this post came from a discussion on RaptorBlog when they did an article comparing how the Raptors are being built to the Pacer/Grizzly model.
To me, this is a depressing comparison because neither the Pacers nor Grizzlies are contenders or look like they have much hope of ever becoming one. What they seem to be are the heir-apparents to the Atlanta Hawks, the definition of high level mediocrity, who couldn't make it past the second round of the playoffs.
The founder of the blog, Scott Carefoot, responded with this comment:
I don't think Colangelo has done a great job as GM, but I'm really tired of people who expect him to tank because of the 1 in whatever chance that it might land a Kevin Durant type of player. The problem with fans like you is that you deal in absolutes rather than reality. There's no golden ticket to a championship. When you're in the situation the Raptors are in, you're better off just trying to build the most competitive team you can and hope that you catch lightning in a bottle one season like the Pistons and Mavericks did.
Interestingly, Scott scoffs at the idea of trying for a franchise player in the draft because of the "1 in whatever chance it might land a Kevin Durant type player", but then touts trying to "catch lightening in a bottle one season like the Pistons and Mavericks did" as a better option.
What followed was a large debate that involved some good points and some not so good points. Since there was some confusion during the discussion, let me clarify a few points.
- No one is saying that tanking will guarantee anything. All it does is increase your chances of landing a franchise player in the draft.
- Tanking does not mean purposely losing over multiple seasons. It means losing in order to try to acquire a franchise player. Best case scenario, that just takes one season.
- Tanking does not mean you ONLY build though the draft. Some people seem to be under the misconception that if you want the team to tank, that you're against ever trading to improve the team. Not true.
- Tanking does not mean that anything other than last place and a #1 pick is a failure. The purpose is to draft a franchise player, whether you find him at #1 or #3.
Fans against tanking (or FAT, for short), do bring up some good points. There is a problem, however, with assuming that you can just keep improving a roster until you build it into a contender.
The first problem is that, in the NBA, you need an elite player (at minimum) to really contend for a title. What about Detroit, in 2004? Well, we'll get to that. Suffice is to say, though, that thinking you can do what Detroit did is setting yourself up for failure, especially in an NBA where just having one elite player probably isn't enough, anymore, to even get you to the Conference Finals.
So if we assume that you need at least one elite player to truly contend, then things don't appear hopeful looking at the Raptors' roster. Not only do they not have an elite player, they don't even have an All Star. In fact, outside of Jonas Valanciunas, I don't see anyone on the roster even having the potential to become an All Star (and even his potential is debatable, on that point).
One line of thought is that the Raptors can simply continually upgrade the roster, through trades, free agency and smart drafting, and hope they are able to improve the roster enough to eventually contend. For many Raptor fans, this is the best solution. The team can be competitive AND build a contender at the same time.
There is one problem with this solution, however, and it lies in the "how". While it's all well and good to SAY that the Raptors should just continue to improve the team and build a contender, the issue comes up about HOW exactly you would go about doing that.
I won't debate that the Raptors could, in theory, upgrade their roster through trades, free agents signings and smart drafting. No one denies this, but at some point, if they want to get past the second round of the playoffs, they're going to need to acquire at least one elite player. And this is where the house of cards begins to fall.
There are three ways to acquire an elite player:
- The draft
- A trade
- Free agency
The Draft
Fans of the competitive build (as I will call it) point to players like Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki and even Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili as elite players who were drafted outside of the top 5. They point to these players as proof that you don't have to be bad to draft a great player.
Unfortunately what this argument doesn't take into consideration is that it's very different drafting a team today than it was 10 or 15 years ago.
In the last ten years, three players have been drafted outside of the top 5 that made either the first, second or third All NBA team. Kevin Love, Andrew Bynum and Rajon Rondo.
To put things in perspective, in the previous ten years, there were 21 players drafted outside of the top 5 that went on to appear on an All NBA team. They were:
Paul Pierce, Dirk Nowizki, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, Zach Randolph, Kevin Garnett, Gilbert Arenas, Tracy McGrady, Amare Stoudamire, Ben Wallace, Shawn Marion, Peja Stojakovic, Ron Artest, Sam Cassell, Michael Redd, Jermaine O'Neal, Eddie Jones and Vin Baker.
You could say that there are more from the previous ten years because they had more time to make an All NBA team, and you'd be right. To a degree. You see, the vast majority of those players of those players achieved this feat within 5 years of being drafted. That's enough to account for a slightly higher number, but not seven times as many.
There are some very good reason why it's become harder to draft an elite player outside of the top five. You just have to take a cursory glance to figure out a couple. Of the 21 players, 9 either came from Europe or high school. Two things have changed in the last ten years. The first is that high school players are no longer eligible to be drafted.
Had players like Kobe, Amare, Garnett, McGrady or even Jermaine O'Neal played even one season of college ball, it's likely they would have been picked much higher than they were, probably even in the top five. Back when those players were drafted, teams were less willing to take a chance on a high school player, because there so few examples of successful prep-to-NBA successes. Obviously times have changed.
Like high school players, international players who hadn't played college ball in the US were also considered huge gambles. Few teams had many scouts in Europe, if any, and it was easy for players to slip through the cracks and teams like the Spurs and Mavericks had much better international scouting than any other teams to find gems like Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Dirk Nowitzki. Not long after those players achieved their success, did every other NBA team start focusing on finding the next Dirk or Manu, culminating in Detroit passing up Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade in order to take the unproven Darko Milicic with the second pick in the 2003 draft.
Needless to say, it's become MUCH harder to find great European players outside of the top five. Ten years ago, Jonas Valanciunas probably would have been a late first rounder, especially considering he couldn't come over right away. Last year he's a top five pick.
And unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective), it's also becoming harder to find great college players late in the draft, too. In the last ten years, two second round picks have appeared in an All Star game (Marc Gasol and Mo Williams). In the previous ten years there were seven. And I've already detailed how few players drafted outside the top 5, in the last ten years, made an All NBA team.
If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say advanced stats have helped college scouting so that fewer good players are falling through the cracks. It's become easier, at least theoretically, to gauge the impact a college player will have on the NBA, based on his advanced stats. Whatever the reason, it's hard to argue with the evidence that it's harder to find good players later in the draft than ever before.
Just ask the San Antonio Spurs, who has been one of the most successful teams, in terms of drafting, in the last 20 years. It's been ten years that they've even been able to draft an above average player.
So is it fair to say that, unless you're drafting in the top five, you're chance of finding a great player is slim to none? I'd say so.
So if the Raptors aren't going to be able to draft an elite player, maybe they can trade for one, right?
Let's look at the evidence, here.
In the last 10 years, ten All NBA players have been traded while still All Stars- Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Andrew Bynum, Carmelo Anthony, Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson. Denver won all of one playoff game with Iverson, he was basically shoved out of Philadelphia because he was doing more harm than good there (they got better AFTER he left), and it was the start of his decline into oblivion, so let's remove him from the equation.
Howard, Paul, Anthony, O'Neal and Garnett all had final say over where they were traded (for various reasons), and all went to teams that already had an All NBA player on the roster. With the Raptors lacking even an All Star, and with Toronto not being one of the prime NBA destinations (Los Angeles, Miami, New York, etc), it's unlikely a franchise player would agree to a trade to Toronto.
Williams was traded for a package that included an unprotected high lottery pick (which ended up being #3), something the Raptors won't have to offer if they're fighting for a playoff spot. One of the reasons teams trade elite players is to rebuild, and it's common for them to want a high lottery pick back to speed the rebuilding process. New Jersey also mortgaged the farm in order to trade for Williams. If he had signed elsewhere this past summer, it would have been devastating, especially considering they still owe Utah one more first round pick.
Joe Johnson is 31 and with an unwieldy contract that Atlanta basically gave away in order to get rid of. He was a perennial All-Star, but simply was never good enough to lead the Hawks past the second round of the playoffs, so it's obvious if he's your best player, you're team is probably not going to be a contender. And that's exactly why the Hawks gave him away for what amounted to future cap space.
Both McGrady and Bynum were/are phenomenally gifted players who struggled with motivation and injuries. It never worked out for the Rockets, who didn't get out of the first round with McGrady. We'll see how it works out for Philadelphia.
It's hard to point to many successes that the Raptors could use as a model, when trading for an elite player. What makes things look murkier is that the Raptors simply don't have a whole lot of great assets they could use to trade for an elite player and still remain competitive.
So trading for an elite player could actually make them a worse team. And since most elite players are traded near the end of their contract, the Raptors would have very little time to build around the player before they could leave.
So yes, it's possible for the Raptors to trade for an elite player, but without an All Star or a high lottery pick to give up, while still having enough talent to compete, the chances of getting one is slim.
It seems to me that some people think that the Raptors could simply upgrade their roster like the one red paperclip guy, turning Gary Forbes into Derrick Rose, when it doesn't exactly work that way in the NBA. True franchise players are incredibly valuable. It's not a case of having enough nice assets to trade for one. Teams usually only give up players like that if they feel they are about to lose them for nothing, so you're going to give up the farm for a guy who could leave in a year.
I'm certainly not against making trades to improve the team once you have an elite player (or two), but I think expecting that you'll be able to eventually trade for one is setting yourself for disappointment.
Free Agency
This is the route that Bryan Colangelo seems to love to use. Throughout his term in Toronto, he's shown a love for cap room that has made little sense considering the circumstances and results.
In the last 10 years in the league, there have actually been very few elite players who have left their team to sign with another. In fact there have been four. LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudamire and Steve Nash. That's it. And after what LeBron and Bosh did to Cleveland and Toronto, respectively, I wouldn't expect a lot of teams waiting until their franchise player is a free agent to lock them up.
That's not to say that you can't find some nice players in free agency. Steve Nash should help the Lakers compete for a title, again, Jeremy Lin is an adequate replacement for Kyle Lowry in Houston, and Andrei Kirilenko might be enough to push the T-Wolves into the playoffs for the first time without Kevin Garnett.
They're nice pickups, sure, but none of them is good enough to turn a mediocre team into a contender and, at this point, none are franchise players (hard to call a 39 year old PG a franchise player). Free agency would be a good option for teams who need complimentary pieces, but not for a team, like the Raptors, who need an elite player. The Lakers can do that. Ninety percent of the rest of the league can't.
Championship History
Of course, one counter argument that always seems to come up is that no team has tanked and then went on to win a Championship. It seems like a good argument, but the problem is that it's hard to quantify exactly what tanking is. The season that David Robinson was hurt, you could argue that the Spurs tanked in order to get Tim Duncan. Boston definitely tanked before trading for Kevin Garnett. They failed to land Greg Oden or Kevin Durant, but acquired enough assets (including the 5th pick in the draft) to grab Ray Allen, which was enough to convince Kevin Garnett to agree to a trade to Boston.
This counter argument also doesn't take into consideration that the landscape has changed. Teams used to be able to find franchise players anywhere in the top half of the first round. Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, Kevin Garnett, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Reggie Miller, Clyde Drexler, Chris Mullin, Joe Dumars, Alex English and even Larry Bird. All Hall of Fame (or future Hall of Fame) and all drafted outside of the top 5. Who the hell needed to tank when you could find great players anywhere in the draft?
You also have to realize how few teams have actually won titles. In the last 30 years, only 8 different teams have won Championships. You think the Raptors can build a Championship the same way the Lakers have? The same team that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash have all either requested to be traded to, or signed with. Why would the Lakers need to tank when players are knocking down their door just to play on the team?
Let's look at the teams that have won Championships since Michael Jordan left Chicago for good.
The Spurs won with Tim Duncan and David Robinson, both of whom they drafted number one overall. Whether or not they tanked is not the point. The point is they drafted two Hall of Fame big men with number one picks. If the Raptors are able to do this without trying, then great. I don't think it's something you can plan, though. Still, the Spurs wouldn't be the in the position they are right now if they didn't land Tim Duncan with the top pick in 1997.
Los Angeles won 3 Championships in a row by signing free agent Hall of Fame center, Shaq, and trading a top ten center for a mid-first round pick who turned out to be one of the best players of All TIme. Had he spent even a year in college, he would have probably been a top 5 pick. The Raptors aren't going to be able to sign a franchise player and there are no more high school players in the draft, anymore. This is not a good blueprint for the Raptors.
The Spurs won again with Tim Duncan, again a #1 pick, as well as Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. The Spurs were able to draft both Parker and Ginobili at a time when international scouting was in it's infancy and lots of overseas players would fall through the cracks. That's not the case today, where every team has a big international scouting department.
It's become almost impossible to find an elite player outside of the top 5 (as I showed earlier) that you can't plan for it.
Detroit is probably the biggest fluke and worst blueprint to try and follow for any Championship team. First of all, they won their Championship when contenders were in flux and injured (Duncan was hurt, Shaq and Kobe were imploding). They got a future 4 time Defensive PLayer of the Year as a throw in in a sign and trade for their best player (Grant Hill), one of the best clutch players of his generation after bouncing around the league and never living up to his promise, one of the most talented and enigmatic big men in the league for a pittance, and their wing players, both of whom became All-Stars because both were incredibly undervalued at the time. They had FIVE All Stars and two probable Hall of Fame players. This perfect storm of flux throughout the league when they won and somehow being able to acquire 5 All Stars who were incredibly undervalued will never be done again. It's an impossible blueprint to follow and requires WAY more luck than hoping to land a franchise player with a top 5 pick.
San Antonio won again, with their #1 pick and two international players.
Miami won, having drafted Dwyane Wade with a top 5 pick and after trading for Shaq, who agreed to the trade because he lived in Miami in the offseason, and the team already had Wade. First of all, the Raptors don't have a player of Wade's calibre, and a player like Shaq probably wouldn't agree to a trade to Toronto without a franchise player already on the team.
San Antonio won again.
Boston won, after having drafted Paul Pierce, one of the best players in the league, and then after it became clear they weren't getting anywhere, tanked for a couple of seasons in order to acquire the assets to trade for Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett. Without Paul Pierce already on the team, Garnett doesn't agree to the trade. The chance of finding another franchise player outside of the top five today is almost nil.
The Lakers won back to back titles with Kobe Bryant, who the Lakers obviously got as a high school player at a time when high school players were underscouted and undervalued. And now you can't draft them. They also were able to steal Pau Gasol away from Memphis in what a lot of people felt was one of the most lopsided trade in NBA history, at the time. Not exactly a good blueprint to follow.
Dallas won their title by trading for Dirk Nowitzki right after the draft at a time when international players were not scouted heavily and not thought of very highly. As I previously said, the drafting of Darko since then shows this has changed. Dallas also used Cuban's deep pockets and willingness to spend by acquiring massive contract after massive contract until they had one of the largest payrolls in the league. The year they won the title, they had the third highest payroll in the league and were paying their top 7 players nearly $70 million. I don't see the Raptors being able to duplicate either strategy.
And then last year the Miami Heat won, after attracting LeBron James and Chris Bosh to a team that already had Dwyane Wade on it. Without Wade on the team, it's highly doubtful either LeBron or Bosh would have signed with Miami.
So San Antonio and Miami won by drafting franchise players in the top five. The Lakers won by being the Lakers (attracting Shaq) and taking advantage of the lack of high school scouting. Boston won by drafting Paul Pierce and using his presence to attract better players. Dallas won by taking advantage of the lack of international scouting and by spending more than just about everyone in the league.
I don't see ANY of those teams being a good example for how a team like Toronto can build a contender without actually having that franchise player first. And trying to copy Detroit is like catching lightening in a bottle.
I don't see how trying to draft a franchise player in the draft has LESS of a chance of succeeding than trying to somehow acquire a franchise player through a trade or free agency, or by winning without one. If I'm playing the odds, I go with the draft.
In 17 years, the Toronto Raptors have been able to acquire one player who became an All-Star in Toronto. One. And he was borderline at that. And the Raptors gave up a 5th pick to get him. On the other hand, the Raptors have been able to draft two players who became perennial All-Stars, while in Toronto.
During their 17 years, the Raptors have had six top 5 picks. Valanciunas looks like a great pick, but hasn't played, yet. Of the 5 other ones, 3 were either All-Stars or traded for All Stars, and two became All NBA players.
The problem the Raptors have had is not how they acquired their best players (by losing). It's what they did AFTER they acquired them. It's the drafting outside of the lottery, the trades and the free agency that Toronto has not done well enough to surround Vince Carter and Chris Bosh with the talent to build contenders. Yet, that's exactly the strategy that some people feel the Raptors should do.
And people say I need a reality check. You've got to be kidding.
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Wow – length of this post is Simmonsesque. You are going to great lengths to try and validate your opinion, which is all it is, one fans opinion.
Well not everybody has to agree with you and it seems that most don't. That doesn't make us less knowledgeable, just a different point of view.
It is very possible that Raptors brass agree with you as we have been tanking for the last four years. It has landed us 4 lottery picks, DeRozan, Davis, Valanciunas and Ross. We didn't get lucky with the pingpong balls. Taking Jonas knowing that he might be two years away, trading Barbosa for a dime to the dollar, the tank was in full force last year, just got out-tanked by teams worse than us.
That is our reality today and to quote Garth from Wayne's World, we must "live in the now". And now we are probably too talented and with many worse teams in the league, landing a top five pick in the next year or two seems unlikely.
How do you know no franchise player would not want to come to Toronto. No it is not NY, LA or Miami but it is not as low on the totem pole as you suggest. Or maybe it is but lets poll the players before making that statement. You are making an assumption based on what? Lets leave the trading to Colangelo. The Celtics turned Al Jefferson, some scrubs and draft picks to get KG. Many franchise, including the Raps could do the same. You just assume they can't. My crystal ball is broken.
Well credit BC for trying, he is due for a hit. You omitted one factor and that is cash. And while I do not profess to know what every player is motivated by, it must be considered a factor.
You are depressed with the Pacers comparison? How do you know what Indy's next moves will be. They made the jump last year and you are throwing them off the mountain already? Like I said, my crystal ball is broken. You sure yours is working? Positive?
And according to Bleacher report we got that player to attract FA
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http://www.wearingfilm.com/picketfence/ Tim W.
Ya, I had a little bit to say on the matter. And I realize that it's an opinion. Everything I write here is an opinion. I do feel I make a pretty damn good case, though.
I do strongly disagree that the Raptors have been tanking for four years. You think they were tanking when they traded for Jermaine O'Neal and then traded him for Shawn Marion? Or when they signed Hedo and Jack? Just because they didn't make the playoffs doesn't mean they were tanking.
You could make an argument they tanked the last two years, but even then I'd argue that Colangelo hedged his bets. He didn't add much to help the team (although I think they thought Kleiza would play much better than he did), but he also kept the talent he had, instead of trying to trade it for draft picks. He waited a year and a half to trade Barbosa. He never traded Bargnani, Calderon or DeRozan. Hell, he kept Amir, too. And if he wasn't worried about losing last year, why fire Triano and hire someone who he thought would help the team in the win column?
I think he could, and should, have done more.
I don't think Toronto is really low on the totem pole, but the fact of the matter is that it's not one of the prime destinations. It's a great city, but it's not a warm weather city, and it doesn't have a Championship tradition. And most elite players have a say where they will be traded because, most likely, they have an expiring contract.
And it's not that I think Toronto is a bad place, in the least, but we've seen evidence that players would rather go to New York, Miami or L.A. And even Houston, Dallas and Phoenix are higher on the list because a lot of players simply don't want to play in cold places. Trevor Ariza signed in Houston for less than what Toronto offered him. Marion said he wanted to be in a warmer city. The best free agent the Raptors have ever gotten has been Hedo Turkoglu.
I don't think a poll is really necessary.
As for leaving the trading to Colangelo, why? It's not as if he's done a great job so in the six years so far.
And Boston was able to trade for Garnett, as I mention in the post, because they already had Paul Pierce and were able to trade for Ray Allen. Without those two players, Garnett refuses to the trade (he's plainly admitted that, which is why they went out and traded for Ray Allen first). If the Raptors had even a perennial All Star, I would be more optimistic (which was the case when Bosh was a Raptor), but with the roster they have, there is no All Star.
To do what Boston did, the Raptors would have to trade for not only Garnett, but Ray Allen AND Paul Pierce, too. You think they have the assets to do that?
And as I said, in 17 years, the best player the Raptors have been able to acquire outside of the draft was a borderline All Star (Antonio Davis) and they had to give up the 5th pick to get him (the same thing Boston gave up to get Ray Allen). Unfortunately, with the Raptors being pushed to compete for a playoff spot, they won't have a high lottery pick to trade.
You credit Colangelo? For what, sticking with a strategy that is clearly not working? WHy does Colangelo continue to do everything he can to create cap room when he's never done very well with it? Everyone seems to talk about how valuable these expiring contracts are, like Calderon's upcoming one, but Colangelo is never a seller for expiring contracts. He's always a buyer, because he wants the cap room. I'd have loved to have seen the Raptors take on a bigger contract in order to secure a draft pick, but Colangelo has never done that.
And I'm depressed by the Pacers comparison because I've seen teams like that countless times before, and they almost never make the leap to contender. Let's just say that a mediocre team without an All Star on the roster has far less of a chance of becoming a contender than a bottom five team has of landing a franchise player.
http://www.wearingfilm.com/picketfence/ Tim W.
And according to Bleacher report we got that player to attract FA
You can't argue with BR – in their own words
"The US's 3rd most visited sports media site (according to comScore).
If you were in front of me I'd slap you across the face!
Don't knock BR – I have seen them trade Calderon and DeRozan for Kobe Bryant.
Stephen Waugh
I have to wonder if Scott Carefoot is talking about something like this:
"If you think about it, this is eminently logical. Because on the path from lottery team to championship, you usually spend a year or two being a midling playoff team. But, hey, news flash, if you already are a middling playoff team, blowing things up and tanking does not allow you to skip this step. It's just the equivalent of staying back a year in school. Well, unless you get to tank while coincidentally keeping David Robinson on your roster back before the lottery. But that involves going back in time and breaking your franchise center's foot, neither of which are here in my handbook of sound NBA management principles."
http://www.wearingfilm.com/picketfence/ Tim W.
If that was what he was trying to say, then he doesn't get it. Tanking isn't about skipping being mediocre. It's about getting the foundation to be able to eventually get PAST being mediocre. RIght now the Raptors simply don't have the foundation to be anything but a mediocre team and, since they're not a preferred NBA destination, have no realistic way becoming anything more than that.
The NBA Geek article(s) is completely flawed for several reasons….
Tanking does not, and will never, guarantee that you'll "contend" later. Since the lottery was introduced, it doesn't even guarantee you a very good shot at the overall #1 pick, which is almost always the only one that carries some certainty of increasing your championship chances.
This is an incredibly lazy argument and one that isn't even debated. No one has ever said tanking is a guarantee of anything except a better chance to land a superstar in the draft. I've never understood why ANYONE brings up this "counter-argument".
The argument that "you need a real superstar to win" is a valid one. But the chance of luckboxing your way into a real superstar is just about as good for 50-win team as it is for a 20-win team, either through an opportune trade (See Gasol from MEM to LAL, Garnett from MN to BOS, Rasheed Wallace to DET in 2003, etc) or a draft (see the Sonics landing the #2 pick and luckily dodging Oden's health issues, the Spurs grabbing Parker/Ginobli very late, etc)
I talk about this in my post. The Lakers already had Kobe, Boston already had Paul Pierce and Detroit already had Billups and Ben Wallace. The Piston went from a 50 win Conference Finalist to a 54 win Championship team by trading for Rasheed.
Most of the arguments against tanking, like the ones NBA Geek makes, don't hold up under scrutiny. They're surface arguments that SOUND good until you take a closer look and realize they don't hold water.
No matter what, you can't get past the fact that it a team like Toronto has a far, FAR greater chance of finding a superstar in the draft than through a trade or free agency.
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Excellent post. The thing is though, the Raptors haven't proven they're capable of getting to that present day Indiana, Memphis, Denver, etc. level of "Great teams, don't have a chance at a title without a superstar"
The only thing Raptors management has proven is that they can occasionally get to the 1st round of the playoffs and mid 40s in wins and lose. We actually had 2 superstars and couldn't even break 50 wins.
The Raptors management has flat out stunk, whether someone believes in that Indiana/Memphis model or believes in tanking for a star.
The team has terrible asset management. Good teams use the asset of draft picks into getting the best players, and use capspace to benefit their team. We suck at drafting and waste capspace. That's going to lead to a team stuck in the mud whether they believe being Indiana is a good thing or not
http://www.wearingfilm.com/picketfence/ Tim W.
I wish I could disagree with anything you said. But I can't. Even if you want the Raptors to get to the Memphis/Indiana level, Colangelo has not even shown the ability to do THAT. I just hope MLSE realized the futility of Colangelo's vision and makes a change sooner, rather than later. I'd really like the Raptors to have a shot at drafting Andrew Wiggins.
Tim Gagan
Not sure if a comparison to the Hawks can be made. Which Hawks team are we talking about? This years Hawks are shedding salary to make a run at a top free agent. Ferry wants Paul and Howard. He'll never get them. The Raptors have comparable talent to today's Hawks. The Hawks of the last few years sure were middling in a Joe Johnson induced comatose state. The ceiling for those teams, which I assume you are talking about, was a #4 or #5 seed followed by an early round playoff exit. The Raps don't have the talent to even be in the same sentence as those Hawks teams. Talent produces wins for the most part and the Raps have no one position wise to match the output of Johnson, Horoford, and Smith.
http://www.wearingfilm.com/picketfence/ Tim W.
The comparison is to the recent Hawks with Joe Johnson. A team that had decent talent, and even a perennial All-Star, but was never a contender because they didn't have truly elite talent.
And the point is that the best the Raptors could hope for is that Atlanta Hawks, but even that's highly unlikely.
While I thought Ferry did a poor job in Cleveland, I give him props for realizing they were on the path to nowhere and basically gave away Johnson. I don't think he went far enough, though, afraid to do what really needed to be done.
Very good article…not sure I agree with what you said about the Pacers and Grizz not being or even looking like they will be contenders though. The Pacers will most definitely be contenders for years to come and i think they proved that in the last series against the Heat. They have a very young solid team with role players that are TURNING INTO star/elite players in the league. I think its a smart move for the raps to take a page out of their book. Raps need to focus on the players they have mastering their role on the court…this is just my opinion but i find half the time everybody on the court is trying to show and prove that they should be the leader of the team and try to take over the game. Raps need to play team ball like the Pacers do, like the Grizz do…like the Warriors do.
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LX521 Linkwitz Lab Open Baffle 4-Way Kit, PAIR
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"Magic" LX521 Linkwitz Lab 4-Way Open Baffle Speaker Kit - Drive Units Only
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The LX521 is the latest and greatest DIY speaker design from Siegfried Linkwitz of Linkwitz Lab. Also see the smaller scale LXmini Speaker Kit.
Madisound is offering the drivers, required inductors, and your choice of capacitors at a 10% discount off the regular price. For current Orion users that already have 4 pcs of the L26RO4Y woofer, you have the option of purchasing this kit without those drivers and still receive the discount.
LX521 Flat Pack cabinets and fully assembled and tested LX521 ASP crossovers are also available for this kit.
This Kit Includes:
4x Seas 27TFFNC/G (H1396) 1" Textile Dome Tweeter
2x Seas MU10RB-SL (H1658-04) 4" Curv Cone Upper Midrange
2x Seas U22REX/P-SL (H1659-08) 8" Curv Cone Lower Midrange
4x Seas L26RO4Y (D1004-04) 10" Aluminum Cone Woofer
2x Madisound 4.0mH 19 awg Air Core Inductor
2x ClarityCap ESA 12.0 mfd 250V Polypropylene Capacitor (other options available from drop down menu)
About the LX521 from Siefried Linkwitz:
"For many years now I have refined, lived with and enjoyed the ORION (2002) and PLUTO (2005) loudspeakers.
I have learned that the loudspeaker's radiation pattern and placement in the room are more important than the acoustics of the room.
Ever since I started building loudspeakers with cone-type drivers on open baffles several decades ago, I tried to find the optimum shape for those baffles given the drivers available. For ORION the drivers were selected primarily for their volume displacement and low distortion capabilities when used in a 3-way, active system. The LX521 evolved from experimentation with minimal width baffles, which can provide a more uniform dipolar radiation pattern at higher frequencies, if also suitable drivers are available. Inevitably this leads to a 4-way design, which I mostly tried to avoid in the past.
The shape of the midrange/tweeter baffle was arrived at empirically for the chosen SEAS drivers and after many acoustic free-field measurements. The two SEAS woofer drivers are housed in a V-frame baffle, which exhibits reduced resonance above the operating range of the woofer and some force cancellation.
A bridge over the woofer isolates the midrange/tweeter baffle from woofer cabinet vibrations. Woofer and midrange/tweeter baffles can be angled independently from each other. The bridge could also be built taller and the midrange/tweeter baffle tilted downwards to aim at the listener in front of a mixing desk. The woofer baffle must rest on the floor for ground plane reinforcement of its output.
The LX521 Analog Signal Processor splits the broadband line level input signal into woofer, mid and tweeter frequency bands. It equalizes driver and baffle response for each channel and filters it with LR4 response. The midrange signal is split after the power amplifier by a passive crossover filter into lower mid and upper mid driver inputs.
Frequency response on upper midrange axis and horizontal dipolar response in the frontal hemisphere are designed for neutral timbre of the the stereo phantom scene, when the loudspeakers are placed in the room as suggested. The aural scene is rendered with clarity and detail, both spatially and tonally."
Full documentation on the LX521 can be found on the Linkwitz Lab website.
- Due to the relatively heavy weight of these drivers (and cabinets if selected), the shopping cart may not be able to provide an accurate shipping cost for you at checkout
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Seas 27TFFNC/G (H1396) 1" Textile Dome Tweeter
Seas MU10RB-SL (H1658-04) 4" Curv Cone Upper Midrange (FU10RB H1600-08 shown)
Seas U22REX/P-SL (H1659-08) 8" Curv Cone Lower Midrange
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FirstNews Briefs for August 24, 2009August 24, 2009 8:00 am | News | Comments
Companies in the news: Royal KPN, SkyTerra, Level 3 Communications, Consumer Electronics Association, Elektrobit Corporation, Southwest Airlines, Verizon Wireless, Yulong, U.S. Cellular, Page Plus Cellular, EA Mobile.
Oracle Says DOJ Allows $7.4B Sun DealAugust 21, 2009 8:10 am | by Jordan Robertson, AP Technology Writer | News | Comments
Business software maker Oracle said Thursday it has received the Justice Department's approval to move forward with its $7.4 billion acquisition of former dot-com-era star Sun Microsystems.
China Mobile Profit Up 1.4%August 20, 2009 8:10 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
China Mobile, the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Thursday its first-half profit rose just 1.4 percent from a year earlier as growth slowed due to competition and an economic slump.
ZTE's Net Profit UpAugust 19, 2009 8:10 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments
The economy doesn't appear to be hurting ZTE too much, thanks in part to business in China. The Chinese vendor reports its net profit in the first half of the year was up 40.5 percent over last year.
InterDigital Shares PlungeAugust 17, 2009 8:15 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments
Shares of InterDigital were down more than 26 percent at one point this morning after the market apparently reacted to a Friday ruling that favored Nokia in their patent dispute.
iBasis' Main Shareholders Join in the KPN FightAugust 7, 2009 8:40 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments
Three of iBasis' largest shareholders intend to reject Royal KPN's unsolicited buyout offer of the international voice carrier, the company reported.
Recession Puts These Network Vendors to the TestAugust 1, 2009 8:25 am | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | Comments
Carriers' push to beef up 3G networks and deploy 4G networks has forced them to increase testing. Everything from base stations to femtocells must work seamlessly to ensure the flawless performance expected by customers, and all that means good business for testing companies.
By The Numbers: July - August 2009August 1, 2009 8:00 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | Comments
Accelerometers are expected to appear in one-third of mobile phones shipped next year - Ever wonder how much the U.S. wireless industry is contributing to the the economy? - Worldwide GPS smartphone shipments will grow 34 percent from 57 million units in 2008 to 77 million units in 2009 - Bluetooth-enabled equipment shipments will shrink 4 percent in 2009 - Wireless operators will spend about $3.3 billion building LTE base stations in 2011.
HTC Sees Q2 Profit, Expects Decline Due to Product DelaysJuly 31, 2009 8:15 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments
HTC's second-quarter revenue reached $1.16 billion, up 10 percent from the same quarter a year ago.
Motorola Still StrugglingJuly 30, 2009 8:50 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments
Don't be fooled by Motorola's $26 million second-quarter profit.
Global Handset Shipments Fall But Not As MuchJuly 30, 2009 8:45 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments
A pair of research reports shows second-quarter global handset shipments were still down, but not as much as some previous quarters.
Alcatel-Lucent Makes First Profit Since 2006 MergerJuly 30, 2009 8:30 am | by Greg Keller, AP Business Writer | News | Comments
Alcatel-Lucent surprised its investors by posting its first profit since the company's creation
2Q Losses Continue at SprintJuly 29, 2009 8:40 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments
Sprint Nextel continued to lose customers in the second quarter, tallying 257,000 in postpaid customer losses, but it gained in the prepaid arena.
No iPhone, But VZW 2Q Metrics Remain SteadyJuly 27, 2009 8:35 am | by Maisie Ramsay and Andrew Berg | News | Comments
Verizon Wireless seems to be curiously immune to AT&T's iPhone.
End of the Line for NortelJuly 24, 2009 8:45 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments
Today, Nortel will be sold off bit by bit. The auction will occur not in public but in an executive suite
Ericsson Feels RecessionJuly 24, 2009 8:40 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments
Ericsson shares were down more than 7 percent this morning after the vendor reported adjusted second-quarter network sales
Determining iPhone's True CostJuly 22, 2009 8:05 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | Comments
By all measures, the iPhone has been a boon to AT&T. The device has sold by the millions, accounting for 2.4 million activations in the second quarter alone.
A Challenging Economy Creates OpportunitiesJuly 22, 2009 8:00 pm | by Gene Reznik | News | Comments
Penetration of mobile phones is approaching, and often exceeding, 100 percent of the population.
Apple: What Recession?July 22, 2009 8:35 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments
Apple poured more fuel onto the iPhone fire yesterday, announcing it had sold 5.2 million iPhones in its fiscal third quarter.
Earnings Preview: Qualcomm to Report 3Q ResultsJuly 21, 2009 8:15 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Qualcomm reports earnings for its fiscal third quarter on Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period:
Opinion: New iPhone Could Spell Doom for Sprint, PalmJune 9, 2009 8:45 am | by More FirstNews 06/09/09: | Articles | Comments
Apple has fundamentally changed the smartphone game, and it could have devastating consequences for Sprint and the Palm.
Sprint: Pre Sets Sales RecordJune 9, 2009 8:43 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments
Despite low levels of inventory on hand, Sprint says the Pre delivered a record sales debut.
Analysts Split on RIM's OutlookJune 8, 2009 8:24 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | Comments
Increased competition can hurt a company by putting pricing pressure on products while forcing the company to boost marketing expenditures.
Low Stock Keeps Pre in DemandJune 8, 2009 8:21 am | by Monica Alleven | News | Comments
The Palm Pre's introduction over the weekend was what was expected: a low-key affair, with few devices actually in stock and available
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Polsinelli Podcasts - Be Careful What you Put in Writing - What Companies Need to Know About Document Retention
Jail Time for Revenge Porn Offenses?
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 3-Interview with Marie Patterson, Vice President of Marketing for Hiperos
What you need to know about Canada's new Anti-Spam Law (CASL)
Why Ending FCC Blackout Rules May Be Broadcast TV's Demise
FCC Proposes New Rules On Local Wireless Siting
Data Center Networks – Interview with Jeff Moerdler, Member, Mintz Levin
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Condo Adviser: Condominium Rules and Enforcement
Condo Adviser: What is 'FHA approved,' exactly?
Condo Owners and Dealing with Uncooperative Management Companies
Reserve Funds: Purposes and Common Mistakes
Instapundit: America's IP Laws Need to be "Pruned Back"
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Herons and egrets are birds that have long graceful necks, beautiful long legs and bird song that sounds like a pig being stabbed.
At least one green heron (species Butorides virescens) lives near Aggie Village in the UC Davis Arboretum. It flies very gracefully, but it walks swaying from side to side with its shoulders hunched up, sort of troll-like. This species of bird can often be found hunched over the water remaining completely still only to dart out when it finds its prey of choice. It can be easy to miss, unless you flush it and it flies off making loud and obnoxious squawking noises. Great Blue Herons, American Bitterns, Great Egrets, and Snowy Egrets can all be found gracing the land of the Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area (Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area).
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Green heron spotted in the UC Davis arboretum in March 2011. A green heron perched on a rare species of wire-plant in the UC Davis Arboretum. A green heron forages for prey among the wire and the pvc. Immature Green Heron
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Great Egret in North Davis Pond, photo by LoisRichter
Great Egret in Arboretum tree behind Cole Facility A Great Egret photographed at Lake Solano County Park Great Egret with some Mallard Ducks, east end of Lake Spafford
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2005-06-09 20:50:07 Anyone who likes egrets or herons should not miss the rookeries in the Arboretum. Night herons nest in the trees directly across from Putah Creek Lodge, but the spectacular rookery is just south of the Vet Hospital. Hundreds of snowy egrets and night herons nest in the arboretum trees in the spring. —JudiKay
2005-07-17 22:40:26 That rookery is great. Fully, it includes cattle egrets, black-caped night herons, great egrets and snowy egrets. —MarieBoisvert


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Integrate Thunderbird with Active Directory
Submitted by artaxerxes (Contact Author) (Forums) on Fri, 2006-09-29 17:04. :: Linux
Integrate Thunderbird with Active Directory
Note: this tutorial is based on my post on linux.com, with added information.
To integrate Thunderbird to the AD, you must already have installed and configured Kerberos and Samba so that you can use the net ads to obtain the information you need. There are a lot of documentation out there to get to that point. I will just highlight the main points for the sake of completeness.
We will assume your realm is EXAMPLE.AD and your domain controller, called company_dc is at 172.22.1.34.
The configuration is often held in /etc/krb5.conf and should look like this:
[logging] default = FILE:/var/log/kerberos/krb5libs.log kdc = FILE:/var/log/kerberos/krb5kdc.log admin_server = FILE:/var/log/kerberos/kadmind.log [libdefaults] default_realm = EXAMPLE.AD [realms] EXAMPLE.AD = { kdc = company_dc } [domain_realm] .company_dc = EXAMPLE.AD
On my system, the configuration file is found on /etc/samba/smb.conf and the relevant parts are:
workgroup = YOURWORKGROUP ; it doesn't hurt to leave it in realm = EXAMPLE.AD netbios name = your_computer_name client signing = yes client use spnego = yes security = ADS password server = * encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd username map = /etc/samba/smbusers idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 winbind separator = + winbind use default domain = yes template homedir = /home/%D/%U ldap ssl = no unix charset = LOCALE
At this point, you should be able to type:
net ads info
On my machine, it returned:
LDAP server: 172.22.1.34
Bind DN
You need to figure out what your Bind DN is in order to login to the LDAP of your AD. You can get it with the following command (replace mydomainloginusername with your own):
net ads search '(sAMAccountName=mydomainloginusername)' userPrincipalName -U mydomainloginusername
Enter your domain login password and the result will be your Bind DN.
Configuring Thunderbird
Address Book
We now have all the information we need. In Thunderbird, open the addressbook with Tools -> Address Book and go to File -> New -> LDAP Directory and enter the following:
Name: My Company LDAP
In the "Advanced" tab, I also selected subtree, but your results may vary
Open the preference panel (Edit -> Preferences) and select the tab "Composition". Under the section Address Autocompletion, check Local Address Books and Directory Server and pick from the dropdown the one you just created (called My Company LDAP in the example). Accept the changes, compose an email and start typing the name of a recipient. It should prompt you for your domain login password, and you may elect to have Thunderbird remember it. Voilà, Autocompletion and address book from your AD in Thunderbird!


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No matter what kind of coat your dog has, it's inevitable that you'll find loose fur around your house when your four-legged friend is shedding. To help keep heavy shedding in check, the American Kennel Club offers the following tips to make the cleanup easier.
A good brush
There are many types of brushes and the one you need depends on your dog's coat type. For example, a natural-bristle brush works best for short coats, a comb for long coats, and a pin brush for double coats and heavy shedders. You can ask your groomer or veterinarian for recommendations. Also, keep a brush by the door to give your dog a quick sweep while you're outside together. Regular brushing can help minimize the amount of stray fur you find.
Keep the air moist
Running a humidifier when the weather is dry can help moisturize your dog's skin and prevent loose fur from traveling too far.
Food affects fur
Your dog's diet is important. Feed her a high-quality food to keep her skin and coat in good condition.
Don't go overboard with bathing
Too much bathing can dry out your dog's coat, which may trigger more shedding. Give her fewer baths to avoid this.
Invest in equipment
Keep a variety of lint-rollers available and purchase a pet-quality vacuum to get rid of all the loose fur to make your life easier during shedding.
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Welcome to the Castlecliff Golf Club Inc Website. It is our commitment to all our Members to keep you informed of all upcoming events and the latest news concerning the course, draws and results.
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Custom Screen Sharing and Online Meetings on your ServersProvide remote support, remote access PCs, conduct meetings and demonstrations online. Use your own local fast private servers. With so many features customize the service the way you want. Grow and scale at your pace. Request fully functional trial software with your servers today. Better than any costly appliance you can buy, use any of your existing Linux, Mac, Windows computer or even a Virtual Machine. No Monthly Costs.
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1 License Verification is performed on ShowMyPC Server.
2 Chat and some associated services are hosted free by ShowMyPC for life time of supported products.
* Different Security methods can be added to any package. SSH, Windows Domain Controller based or external verification.
UpgradesSupport and upgrades are provided free for the 1st year after purchase.
After the 1st year, the total cost of any single upgrade is 25% cost of the same product.
Any time if you relocate or rebuild the server the total cost of any single move is up to 20% cost of the same product, only if you need help from us with the new setup.
Customizations are not included and are handled based on specific request.
How will I get the custom application?Once you purchase a plan, we will need the following:
1) The logo, with a 200*50 image size on a white background. This shows up on top of the application.
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There are tons of games for the iPhone that are simply not worth even looking at. Sometimes its hard to distinguish the horrible ones, but today I've made your job easier for you by showing you a good one – Dark Summoner for iPhone.
Dark Summoner is social kinda of game, where you have to play online with other people. Its almost like you're hanging out with a bunch of randoms in one room, except all this takes place over the internet. Needless to say, you need an internet connection to play that game. So if you're sporting an iPod touch, this may not be the best option if you're out and about. Unlike action games, or side-scrollers, all the action in Dark Summoner occurs in terms of information transfer. What I mean by transfer of information is that its almost identical to card games like Pokemon, where you acquire cards and battle them out to see who wins. Same idea with Dark Summoner. You complete missions, earn monsters (which are essentially like Pokemon cards, where each one has a unique characteristics such as attack, defence, etc.), battle them out, and sacrifice weak ones or those you don't like to level up the ones you do like. Monsters have their own rarity rating that ranges from C to A+, and this usually indicates whether or not you should be investing sacrifices to level up that bad boy.
What do you think of Dark Summoner? What would you like to see added? Leave your opinions in the comments below!
If you start a new account in dark summoner, enter my ID code 2130285595 when creating it.
That way we will both get 5 free monsters each as well as some other free stuff