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Archive for February, 2011
Social media, like other information outlets, can undoubtedly influence public opinion. What ethical considerations do you think governments and corporations should have when attempting to influence others? Does creating fake online personas go too far? Does it matter if the government or a corporate does it? Does it matter if the target is US citizens or "foreign foes"?
The governments and corporations need to consider the effects when attempting to influence others. The effects could benefit the governments and corporations, but they might make people have no trust on the social media. Since the governments and corporations create fake online personas, people will follow their steps to do so. As a result, it may destroy some website such as facebook and twist because people will not trust the information. Therefore, i think it is better to have some limitation for it.
Creating fake online personas does not go too far because many people have been do it in the real life. People just need to watch out what they doing on the internet. It definitely does matter if the government or a corporate does it since there will be a big effect for our society. It doesn't matter if the target is US citizens or "foreign foes" because there is no lines between countries on the internet.
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I think social media should be a very important role in emergency response.
1. Fast news: people could be noticed about the emergencies through social media as quickly as live shows
2. More efficiency: people could know the emergencies by TV, radio, internet which let more people know the emergencies
3. Fast solution: As long as more people know the emergencies, the fast way to solve the problems caused by the emergencies. For example, social media can ask people to donate money or food.
Disadvantages are probably no tools to know the emergencies, such as computer and mobile cell phone. Also, sometime there is no signal to connect to the internet or make phone calls. The worst situation could be resulted in scare for most people located in the affected area.
If i am in a natural disaster or some other type of emergency situation, i will turn to social media by using my iphone to make calls and connect to internet.
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I absolutely agree with Craig Donato's post that it is very important to build customer relationship in social commerce business. People usually ask their friends for the opinions about products. At least 80% of people normally follow other people's opinions to decide whether buy the products or not.
I shop a lot both online and in store. Therefore, i always go to some websites where contain lots of good feedback, such as amazon.com , slickdeals.com , newegg.com . There are tons of excellent feedback for most products. Those feedback are not only to save my time to find great products, but they also save my money by providing cheaper price. In addition, i always tell my friends about the good deals in store and online and they really appreciate it.
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Do you agree or disagree that "Facebook should be banned in the workplace"? Would you work for a company that banned the use of Facebook?
I disagree to ban Facebook in the workplace. Facebook is great tool to relax employees during work. Also, people use Facebook all the time to communicate with their friends. I think it is ridicules to prevent the communication. If the company ban Facebook, it probably also bans the personal email and even cell phone. I mean we are human that people are likely to have fun. In addition, I always believe that it's better to rule it than to ban it. There is no way to totally ban something because people are smart to find other ways to do so. Therefore, I would not work for a company who banned the use of Facebook.
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Hi, my name is YONG HUANG. I am from JIANGXI, CHINA. I came to the United States in March, 2002 when I was 15 years old. I am currently a senior of Temple University. I was used to major in Actuarial Science but changed to Accounting because I was tired to do the Math all the time. I also minor in MIS by my MIS 2101's professor Carey O'Donnell's advise. I hope I will learn something which helps me to find a better job in accounting career.
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Pounders Roundup is an annual beach cleanup and bodyboard meet held at Laie Beach Park (Pounders) in Laie, Hawaii. Its purpose is to promote the ocean as a positive outlet for the youth and adult members of the Ko'olauloa communities on the east side of the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
In conjunction with Ko'olauloa Bodyboarders Association (KBA), Pounders Roundup 2014 is brought to you by Hukilau Cafe, Made in Laie, Kahuku Bodyboarders (KBB), AaronEskaran.com, Torin, Turtle Bay Foundation, The NO.6, Ballistic, Science, Spy Optic, Hinano, Soren x Hawaii, The Art of Carlos Mozo, & Toshio Clothing. Prizes from Custom X, illest Brand, & Toobs Bodyboards.
Beach Cleanup @Laie Beach Park - Saturday, May 10th from 9AM to 11AM.
Cost: Free
Get there early and help clean up the beloved Laie Beach Park (Pounders). Also, it's a good chance to pay your entry fee to guarantee a slot in the bodyboard meet. Once the job is completed, Hukilau Cafe is serving more hot dogs and drinks than your heart can handle. There will be a few product give-aways. Afterwards, let's go surf!
Bodyboard Meet @Laie Beach Park - Saturday, May 17th or Saturday, May 24th or Saturday, May 31st from 8AM to 4PM. To be held on the best day for surf & weather.
Cost: $30 includes shirt, raffle ticket, and entry into one division. $40 Beach entry on first come, first serve basis.
Come out, make friends & compete against some of Oahu's best in one of five divisions:
Youth (11-14 years)
Juniors (15-18 years)
Open (19 years & older)
Dropknee (all ages)
Female (all ages)
Limited slots available for each division. The winner of each division will receive a brand new bodyboard and top four in each division will receive prizes from clothes, fins, leashes, DVDs, gift certificates, etc. Whether or not you enter the Pounders Roundup, invite your family and friends to come out and watch the contestants go at it and enjoy a day at the beach.
Entry forms available at Hukilau Cafe in Laie and by clicking the link below:

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Ronald Lewis Kercher Ii Sentenced in U.S. District Cour
Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Billings, on July 1, 2009, before Senior U.S. District Judge Jack D. Shanstrom, RONALD LEWIS KERCHER II, a resident of Billings, appeared for sentencing. KERCHER was sentenced to a term of:
- Prison: 15 months
- Special Assessment: $100
- Supervised Release: 7 years
KERCHER was sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to failure to register as a sexual offender.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
On November 30, 1998, in Jefferson County, KERCHER was convicted of felony sexual intercourse without consent, the victim being a 13-year-old female. KERCHER was sentenced to 5 years in prison with the provisions that he was required to register as a sex offender and could not associate with children under 18 years of age without a responsible adult present. KERCHER was designated as Tier 2 offender by the same court.
On March 3, 2003, KERCHER was registered as a sex offender after his release from prison.
KERCHER ultimately failed to register in Yellowstone County. On February 21, 2008, a felony bench warrant of arrest for failure to register as a sex offender was issued.
On March 12, 2008, the U.S. Marshals Service Montana Violent Offender Task Force (MVOTF) located and arrested KERCHER based on the warrant.
On April 24, 2008, Yellowstone County District Court convicted KERCHER with the crime of failure to register as a sex offender and released KERCHER on the condition he make himself available on his sentencing date. KERCHER failed to appear for his sentencing date of August 29, 2008, and the court issued a bench warrant of arrest on September 4, 2008.
On September 9, 2008, task force members went to KERCHER'S last listed address in Billings and learned that he had been evicted and moved out sometime in early August, with no forwarding address information.
On October 8, 2008, KERCHER was arrested by the Woodstock Police Department in Woodstock, Georgia, for driving while his license was suspended or revoked. A routine criminal history check revealed the active arrest warrant from Yellowstone County and indicated that KERCHER was a convicted sex offender. KERCHER was extradited back to Montana.
A review of the Montana Sexual and Violent Offender Registry and the Yellowstone County's Sheriff's Office's records confirmed that KERCHER had not registered as required. The Georgia Sex Offender Registry also confirmed that KERCHER never registered as required after moving to Georgia in approximately August of 2008.
Because there is no parole in the federal system, the "truth in sentencing" guidelines mandate that KERCHER will likely serve all of the time imposed by the court. In the federal system, KERCHER does have the opportunity to earn a sentence reduction for "good behavior." However, this reduction will not exceed 15% of the overall sentence.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Marcia K. Hurd prosecuted the case for the United States.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service.


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Declarative programmation will bloom with ASP.NET 2.0 auto-compilation
You may already know that, but ASP.NET 2.0 introduces a new Code directory (or Application_Code, the name is not final yet) that enables you to just deploy the source files of your libraries, and they will get compiled on-the-fly. What you may not know is that you can extend this by creating your own build providers.When I first learned about the extensibility of the auto-compilation, I immediately thought about how an Object/Relational mapping tool could take advantage of it and generate the DAL transparently on-the-fly from the XML mapping file. It would make it marvelously transparent and easy to use, update and manage. An additional bonus is that any change to the xml file would immediately result in Visual Studio Intellisense picking up the change and displaying the new types. Just perfect.It seems like I'm not the only one who thought about that: here's an article from Fritz Onion that explains exactly how to do this now, with the public beta of ASP.NET 2.0. Check it out, it works now.The possibilities are endless. For example, a business rule engine could use it, or a form generator.Play with it, invent great new applications, and if you find anything limiting you in doing so, just tell us about it. Now is the right time. -
Optimize your images
It is vitally important that we optimize all the images we ship as resources in the framework: these images will potentially be downloaded several times on each of the pages our users build using the controls that use them.
Even a few bytes can make a significant difference and alter the perception of the performance of ASP.NET applications. We also have a chance to contribute in making the web as a whole a faster, or a slower place.
It is the same for all web developers: the size of your images contribute to the user experience of your web site and to the perception of its performance. Reducing their sizes can help you make better use of your bandwidth and that of your users.
This walkthrough uses Photoshop, but you should find similar optimization settings on your own favorite image processing software.
To save an optimized version of your image, you'll need to select File/Save for web.
You've got a few options there that you can manipulate. Try all settings until you've reached what you think is the most compact size for your image that does not degrade its appearance.
I recommend that you zoom so that you can see the pixels. It's easier to see degradations this way. But always zoom back to 100% before you decide to keep your settings to check the final appearance at the real size. The zoom setting is in the bottom left corner of the window.
You can also use the tabs on top of the window to see the original uncompressed image and the compressed version side-by-side (2-up tab). On the bottom of the compressed image's view, you can see the final size of your image, as well as an estimation of the time it will take to download on a crappy modem. You can change how crappy the modem is by using the little right-pointing arrow in a circle on the top-right corner of the previews.
If you want to have access to the compression parameters, you'll have to click on the compressed view so that it has a thick blue border.
Here are the settings you can use:
- Preset: ignore that.
- Image type: use GIF if your image is small and looks fine with less than 256 colors. Large photographic images should use JPEG. For JPEG, the parameters will be different (basically, it's just a question of compression level and is easier to optimize than GIF: just pick the compression that does not degrade your image). PNG is not supported by all browsers.
- Lossy: ignore that.
- Palette type: you can try different settings. I always use Adaptative because it tries to use a color palette that fits the original colors of the image and not some predefined palette. It helps to prevent dithering.
- Colors: this is the most important setting. On small images, the palette itself can take an important proportion of the final image size. Changing it can in some cases reduce the size of an image from 800 bytes to around 50. Try the lowest setting that does not degrade the image too much.
- Dithering pattern: if you use 0 dithering, you don't need to set that. If you don't, just try them and select the one that works for you.
- Dither: I always use zero here. Dithering is introducing noise in the image in the same way that colors or gray levels are produced in a newspaper. It looks ok when seen from afar, but is really ugly up close. It looks better to increase the palette size a little than to introduce dithering. I also suspect that dithered images are harder to compress and result into larger files. Not sure about it, though.
- Transparency: in many web images, we need transparency, so check this if it is the case. To select which color will be considered transparent, select the eyedropper tool on the left side of the window and select the right color directly in the image. It will select the same color in the palette. Click on the checkerboard-like small icon below the palette (Maps selected color to transparent) and the color will disappear from the preview to show the background checkerboard. You can repeat for several colors if you want.
- Matte: Choose None. This is the color Photoshop will consider is the background color the transparency should be calculated against: for the image transparency to look better, it anti-aliases border pixels so that the edge looks smoother. We can't use that in our own images because we can't know the background color in advance. So we have to choose none here even though it degrades the quality a little on the borders. If you're a web developer and you use a fixed style sheet, you may know in advance the background color the image will be displayed over. Use this color here.
- Transparency dither: choose "no transparency dither"
- Interlaced: don't check that. It was only useful for large images at the time when modems were 9800bps.
- Web snap: this is to try to coerce the palette into being closer to the so-called web palette. This web palette is supposed to be a palette that all devices should be able to display correctly. I usually don't use that feature. Your call here.
Finally, you can click on the "preview in default browser" icon to view the final results.
Press Save to save the final image.
Of course, you may find that your own settings will work better in your particular case. Experiment and keep what works best for you, as always.
Die, NumLock, Die!
Why do we still have this stupid NumLock key on modern keyboards? Who still uses it with all of the unlocked keys duplicated about half a centimeter to the left? Hello? Keyboard designers? Please get rid of it now. Everybody hates seeing the cursor go crazy when all they wanted to do was to type a number.Now, the people who design keyboards at Microsoft have recently come up with a new way to torture us: the F Lock key. They've decided that we needed new fixed function keys for common tasks such as save or print. This is all very well and I'm sure that having access to these functions with just one keystroke and without having to know complex ctrl key combinations is very useful to disabled persons. But why did they have to put these on our function keys?? Just add new keys, but don't replace useful keys that we're used to. Of course, the new key meanings are on by default and you need to hit F Lock to restore the old F keys. And naturally, every time you reboot, you have to hit it again.Die, F Lock, die!Actually, why not make these lock keys real switches if you really want to keep them? After all, they're a matter of personal preference that you just want to set once and forget about. So they could be real switches that you can't accidentally hit. That would be so much better, and it would get rid of the stupid problem that wireless keyboards have which is that they can't display the status of these keys for power consumption reasons.Well, in fact, they could also be software settings in the keyboard drivers for all I know.Finally, what's with the PrtScn key? Whenever I want to do a screen copy, I have to figure out some strange combination of F Lock, Ctrl, Alt and Shift to get the right result. And what does SysRq mean? Does any application still react to ScrLk?Last minute: To get your F keys back, try this: http://www.mvps.org/jtsang/flock.html -
The case of the missing data source
If you've used the beta version of ASP.NET 2.0 a little, the Menu and TreeView controls in particular, you may have noticed that the datasources they consume are different from those that GridView or FormView use. But of course, Menu and TreeView have to use hierarchical data sources, whereas other controls use tabular data sources.Tabular data sources that you get out of the box are mainly SqlDataSource and ObjectDataSource. Of course, you can also build your own data source (more on this in later posts). The nice thing is that with ObjectDataSource, you can potentially get data from any data store.Now, for hierarchical data sources, you've got XmlDataSource and you've got SiteMapDataSource, and... and that's it. So if you want to populate a Menu or TreeView from a database, you'll pretty much have to do it from code.Enter CompositeHierarchicalDataSource... This control I've developed on my free time (which is mainly composed of an aggregation of my serious work's compilation time) composes several tabular data sources into one hierarchical data source using relations.Here's a simple page that displays a menu that takes its data from a composition of one ObjectDataSource and two AccessDataSources:
<%@ Page Language="C#" debug="true" %>
<%@ Register Namespace=MyControls.DataSources.CompositeHierarchicalDataSource TagPrefix=my %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<my:CompositeHierarchicalDataSource runat=server ID=Composite1 RootViewName="Categories:DefaultView">
<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="Categories" Runat="server" TypeName="Categories"
SelectMethod="GetCategories" />
<asp:AccessDataSource ID="SubCategories" Runat="server" DataFile="~/data/things.mdb"
SelectCommand="SELECT [Id], [CategoryId], [Name] FROM [SubCategories]"/>
<asp:AccessDataSource ID="Things" Runat="server" DataFile="~/data/things.mdb"
SelectCommand="SELECT [Id], [SubCategoryId], [Name], [Description], [Url] FROM [Things]"/>
<my:Relation ParentDataSourceId="Categories" ParentView="DefaultView" ParentColumns="value"
ChildDataSourceId="SubCategories" ChildView="DefaultView" ChildColumns="CategoryId"/>
<my:Relation ParentDataSourceId="SubCategories" ParentView="DefaultView" ParentColumns="Id"
ChildDataSourceId="Things" ChildView="DefaultView" ChildColumns="SubCategoryId"/>
<asp:Menu Runat=Server ID=myMenu DataSourceID=Composite1>
<asp:MenuItemBinding DataMember="Categories:DefaultView" TextField="text" ValueField="value" />
<asp:MenuItemBinding DataMember="SubCategories:DefaultView" TextField="Name" ValueField="Id" />
<asp:MenuItemBinding DataMember="Things:DefaultView" TextField="Name" ValueField="Id"
ToolTipField="Description" NavigateUrlField="Url" />
</html>The nice thing is that you can in principle use any tabular data source to build your hierarchical data source. In principle only: this is still a proof of concept and is currently limited to SqlDataSources, ObjectDataSources whose views return DataViews, and datasources whose views implement ITabularDataSourceView. Another problem it currently has is that it loads all of the data at one time. It would be nice to have lazy loading for populate on demand TreeView scenarios.It's shared source, so you're free to use and modify the code as you wish. Enjoy!In future posts, I'll explain how it works in details, which should make a nice tutorial on how to develop your own hierarchical data source (hint of other missing data sources: LdapDataSource, FileSystemDataSource).TheGotDotNetCodePlex workspace for this data source can be found here: -
Number geeks!
Robin Debreuil has a great post about how the world would be a better place if we had four fingers like the Simpsons (or virtually any cartoon characters). He doesn't say anything about the yellow color or the rubbery hair, but it would sure look cool too.His article is amazingly well documented and thought through. You can see that this guy has been thinking about building a new numbering system for years. Very impressive. And very geeky too, in a hilarious kind of way.Unfortunately, his proposition for easier arithmetics has even less of a chance to be widely adopted as, say, the US has to adopt the hugely superior metric system or Swatch has to impose its "internet time".So it is a total waste of energy, totally useless, impressively time-consuming and funny at the same time.And thus highly recommended reading.A few things worth noting and objections, though:- I would actually have loved a numeric system where 4233 sounds like "butthole sniff sniff". How boring would the solar system be if we didn't have Uranus?- A complete tutorial with exercises and a diploma at the end would be great (there are exercises at the end of the paper, but that's not enough: I want to learn)- As has been noted in the comments, the balanced ternary system is surprisingly good too. Any chance of mixing the two for a balanced ternary bioctal system? And for a better name than that?- I'll be saying bioctal too from now on instead of hexadecimal- You're completely mad to spend so much time on trying to improve everyone's life whereas you should be working on your SWF/C# project- If we forget about one of our fingers, how easier is it to count on them? Anything you can't do with the decimal system?- Bioctal sounds like a french anti-acne medication, which is ok as geeks keep their acne quite late.


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In the Education Department, your campus classroom experiences are hands-on, plus you'll engage in field experiences from the very beginning of your classes here, working as tutors, mentors, and classroom assistants. By the time you are officially student teaching in your senior year, your relationship with the faculty is more "a collegial relationship," says Department Chair Dr. Sheryl Feinstein. Program graduates have nearly 100 percent employment as classroom teachers.
Discover more about the learning environment in the education department.
Majors in the Education Department
The Education Department at Augustana College combines Western educational thought with the wisdom of the indigenous Native American culture of the region. Our Philosophy of Education is based on the Circle of Courage, which is reflected in each of our majors. Link to one of our majors to get a quick snapshot:
- K-8 Elementary Education (ELED)
- K-12 Secondary Education (SEED) and All-Grades Education (EK12)
- K-12 Special Education (SPED)
- Sign Language Interpreting Program (INTR)
- Communication Disorders (CMDS): Speech/Language Pathology & Audiology
- Master of Arts in Education (online program)
Endorsements and minors:
- Kindergarten Endorsement
- Middle School Endorsement
- K-12 ENL Minor (English as a New Language)
- Special Education Minor
- Sign Language Studies Minor
- Reading Minor
Grant Opportunities:
- TEACH Grant
- Colorado Campus Service Learning Grant for Student Teachers
- LEND Grant for Special Education Teachers in the MA Program
For more information, call 605.274.5211 or e-mail Dr. Sheryl Feinstein, Department Chairperson & Director of the MA in Education Program.


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Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault confirmed that Mikael Samuelsson will not travel to San Jose for Games 3 and 4 on Wednesday. According to reports out of Vancouver, Samuelsson will likely miss the remainder of the playoffs and could be headed for season ending surgery. Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province relayed the news via Twitter. Sportsnet's Mark Spector also confirmed that Sameulsson will not travel, but offered no mention of possible surgery.
Sameulsson was injured in Game 5 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals when he fell awkwardly after getting tied up with Nashville's Nick Spaling. The team had tagged Samuelsson with a 'lower-body injury', with today's reports offering a little bit of clarity in labeling it a leg injury.
Phew, we were worried that he may have suffered some damage to his Sami Salos.
Tim Wharnsby of CBCSports confirms that Jeff Tambellini will return to the Canucks lineup for Game 2. Samuelsson had one goal and two assists in 11 playoff games with Vancouver. The 34-year old has 53 career post-season points in 92 games.


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During the October 11, 2010 regular meeting Council requested Resolution 10-80 and 10-81 postponed for further clarification regarding the proposed changes and updates to the Administrative Guidelines the Public Arts Committee would like implemented.
The Public Arts Committee with the assistance of staff have diligently researched and compared other similar programs in Alaska and neighboring states in the Lower 48. The research indicated the current guidelines and policies were woefully lacking and seriously out of date. This was pointed out to the Committee members with the advent of the Fire Wise Mural and the Jean Keene Memorial that there should be standard policies in place for the City of Homer to accept donations of works of art and established guidelines to make that transition go as smooth as possible.
Following is a narrative regarding the purpose of the change and/or addition of sections to the Administrative Guidelines.
Lines 6 - 10 no change - original paragraph establishing the committee
lines 12-33 new – describes the purpose the of the committee
gives direction to the committee for establishing goals
and projects
lines 35- 49 new – detail information on the make-up of the committee
allowing for members that are not city residents. this
follows a format that is used in the other boards, commissions
lines 50-64 new – more detail description on the term of a committee
member following the format as previously established
lines 66-100 new – this section details the committee overall responsibilities and
duties these duties regarding establishing policies is incorporated
in the existing guidelines.
lines 101-113 new – identifies the officers and terms
lines 114-120 revised – addresses changes to the regular meeting schedule, times and
length being conscious of the effect of staff overtime in regards to budget
constraints. the time change is necessary for retention of existing members who have additional constraints on their personal time during standard business hours. it is also to be a tool to encourage more participation from the public who otherwise are unable to attend a mid-day meeting.
lines 121-130 new - establishes the standards for scheduling meetings, that a quorum is required to have a meeting, where the meetings are to be held and that all meetings are to be recorded. this is a standard for all city meetings, but is not addressed in the existing guidelines.
lines 131-182 new – establishes procedures and operations. following the current edition of robert's rules of order, alaska statutes and borough code; number of members that constitute a quorum; number of votes to pass a motion; deadline for adding items to the agenda; reporting to council; agenda format; and requiring notes to be taken by a designated committee member for inclusion in the next meeting packet. these guidelines are similar to established procedures for other commissions and boards.
lines 183-230 revised/updated – 1% for the arts program. incorporates the alaska statute that enacts this program; identifies the definitions for different mediums used in creating works of art and what projects would include the 1% for art program; and additional responsibilities under the program.
lines 231 – 232 new – section title name change
lines 233-242 revised – line 240 pac change to public arts committee – reads well with the spelled out instead of using moniker.
lines 243-303 revised – minimal changes to wording only.
lines 304-351 revised – minimal changes to wording only.
line 353-388 new – adding accession policy – this section is adding to give direction on establishing a process to review artwork for acceptance/inclusion into the municipal art collection. the committee realizes that display space is at a premium with the municipal facilities and that not every piece of art is suitable for public display. this section establishes direction on what can be accepted by the city.
lines 389-490 new – adding gift policy – this section deals with establishing the criteria for the committee to review proposed gifts of artwork. it outlines the policy or procedures for proposing a donation and the process and making a presentation to the committee.
lines 491-538 revised – updating the registry documentation adding pertinent information necessary to document the work of art; identifies who receives notice of apparent vandalism.
lines 539-581 revised/updated – section on de-accessioning artwork updates policy on when an item in the collection can be de-accessioned and when this should be considered; and possible alternatives other than destruction or return to artist.
lines 582-628 revised/updated – section addressing the responsibility of the committee to promote placing art in public and private businesses and creating overall awareness and appreciation for art and holding art related events, including brochures, advertisements, booths, etc.
lines 629-656 new – establishing art fund and policy for receiving monetary donations and use of those funds.


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January 4, 2005
Oh Mercy was hailed as a comeback, not just because it had songs noticeably more meaningful than anything Bob Dylan had recently released, but because Daniel Lanois' production gave it cohesion. There was cohesion on Empire Burlesque, of course, but that cohesion was a little too slick, a little too commercial, whereas this record was filled with atmospheric, hazy production -- a sound as arty as most assumed the songs to be. And Dylan followed suit, giving Lanois significant songs -- palpably social works, love songs, and poems -- that seemed to connect with his past. And, at the time, this production made it seem like the equivalent of his '60s records, meaning that its artiness was cutting edge, not portentous. Over the years, Oh Mercy hasn't aged particularly well, seeming as self-conscious as such other gauzy Lanois productions as So and The Joshua Tree, even though it makes more sense than the ersatz pizzazz of Burlesque. Still, the songs make Oh Mercy noteworthy; they find Dylan quietly raging against the materialism of President Reagan and accepting maturity, albeit with a slight reluctance. So, Oh Mercy is finally more interesting for what it tries to achieve than for what it actually does achieve. At its best, this is a collection of small, shining moments, with the best songs shining brighter than their production or the album's overall effect. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
- Genre: Rock
- Subgenre: Hard Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Rock & Roll/Roots, Pop/Rock
- Category Album Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Rock & Roll
- Artist: Bob Dylan
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2.StopWhere Teardrops Fall 2.32
3.StopEverything Is Broken 3.15
4.StopRing Them Bells 3
5.StopMan in the Long Black Coat 4.34
6.StopMost of the Time 5.03
7.StopWhat Good Am I? 4.44
8.StopDisease of Conceit 3.43
9.StopWhat Was It You Wanted 5.02
10.StopShooting Star 3.12
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- Online Item #: 11906779
- Store Item Number (DPCI): 244-11-8561
- Made in the USA or Imported


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Where The Defense Went Wrong
On the surface, Michigan's defense shouldn't have experienced the falloff it has this season. While Michigan's young, they're actually a bit older than they were last year. Mitch McGary has not been available, but there has been a groundswell of semi-indignation at Jordan Morgan's omission from the Big Ten's All Defense team.
But backslid they have. Last year's Michigan team finished the year 48th. This year's #48 defense is giving up 97.2 points per hundred possessions, adjusted for schedule. Michigan is well short of this number, at 100.6.
You'll note that this isn't actually that much. Michigan's about 6.6% worse on their possessions this year. The average NCAA defense is in fact 4% worse than last year, what with the rule tightening and virtual elimination of charges. A big chunk of the backslide is everyone's backslide. The rest, well…
The McGary Factor
watching the tourney run prompted this section, yes [Eric Upchurch]
Michigan entered last year's NCAA tournament 11th in the Kenpom rankings. Unfortunately, Kenpom doesn't keep individual running O/D rankings, but Michigan's surge to 48th on D and fourth overall coincided with Mitch McGary beasting up in the tourney. Michigan held a selection of very good teams to under a point per possession. They faced the #32, 21, 34, 12, 29, and 4 offenses in the tourney and held them to 0.97 points a trip.
McGary rebounded everything and stole everything. Michigan kept in contact before their late surge against Kansas thanks to his 14 rebounds. He picked up three steals, as well. McGary had five(!) steals against Florida and 12 rebounds against Syracuse. Jon Gasaway was tossing out stats I can't quite remember but were pretty much "Mitch McGary's DREB rate in the tourney is ALL THE REBOUNDS."
But that was five games. Before that McGary had been limited for much of the year. His impact on the stats is far smaller than his impact in our minds. If you're looking for a reason Michigan's not going to run to the national championship game again, he applies. In a discussion of why Michigan's statistical profile on D is grim he's not a primary driver.
Transition Woes
Transition defense is a primary driver, probably the primary driver.
You've probably eyeballed this whilst exclaiming AAAAARRGGGHHH during the year, and your intuition is borne out by the stats. Michigan's actually been fine at preventing transition possessions—defined as shots in the first ten seconds of the shot clock—but they've been a lot worse at preventing dunk-and-open-three city.
Year | Transition % | eFG |
2013 | 21% | 54% |
2014 | 22% | 62% |
This is partially because shots have migrated from two-point jumpers to shots at the rim and threes. They've also been considerably worse at preventing teams from both high-profit areas. While some of this is the new rules emphasis, transition is the part of the game where that has the least impact. Hoop-math doesn't have overall trends, unfortunately. Nor does it fold in free throws. Oh well.
With what we have to work with we can figure that a just over a fifth of Michigan's defense has gone from 1.08 PPP to 1.24 PPP. That is most of the statistical decline right there.
Morgan committing a block under 2014 rule-type substances. [Eric Upchurch] |
The Insane Near-Abolition Of The Charge
There was a ton of speculation as to whether the new rules would help or hurt Michigan. Survey says: probably both. The good: offense takes off, foul trouble becomes more prevalent without touching Michigan, and Michigan's excellent free throw shooting is more prominent. The bad: Michigan's primary way to defend the rim has become more fraught with peril than ever.
FTAs have gone up nationwide, of course, and Michigan remains one of the country's least foul-prone outfits. They've dropped from first to third in that department. While that doesn't seem like a significant move, remember that thing I said in This Week's Obsession about how things tend to get stretched out at the ends of these Gaussian-ish distributions. Michigan's FTA/FGA allowed last year was preposterous 22.7, 13 points lower than the national average. This year FTAs are about 13% more common nationwide. Michigan is seeing opponents shoot 23% more FTAs.
If Michigan was in the middle of the pack that effect would feature a 40 spot dip in FTA/FGA; since Michigan was the nation's best by some distance a year ago it looks like they're basically the same. They are not.
Most of this is Jordan Morgan clutching his head and shooting imaginary eye lasers at the refs. His fouls per 40 minutes have leapt from 3.5 to 5.3, and one dollar says almost all of that is the charge random number generator being recalibrated away from defenders. The other difference that doesn't seem to be this year's whistle emphasis is increased playing time for the relatively foul-prone Spike Albrecht, who also gets whistled for a lot of ARE YOU SERIOUSLY HIGH RIGHT NOW SERIOUSLY blocking calls.
Free Throw Defense
Michigan was pretty good at it last year (68.5, 118th) and is miserable at it this year (72.9, 321st). Just one of those things. Every time I mention this someone asks about whether the distribution of shots between posts and guards is impacting this, and every time I say "maybe, but if so that is probably just luck as well."
We're Done
This post was going to be longer. But:
- Michigan is a better defensive rebounding team this year, both in conference and overall.
- Michigan's TO force rate has dropped, but again so has the rest of D-I's. They were 240th last year. This year they are 243rd.
- Michigan's eFG allowed on half-court possessions has gone from 46.3% to… 45.9%. IE, it has improved in a tougher environment to play D.
They're not fouling more, they're not allowing more shots per possession, they're not allowing teams to shoot better in their half court sets. 100% of the defensive regression from last year to this year is on crappier transition D and charges being broken.
Is This Good Or Bad?
Well, it indicates what kind of team you'd like to see Michigan deal with in the tournament: slow ones. Failing that, it seems good that there's such an obvious problem that Michigan can try to mitigate by dumping a ton of practice time into.
On the other hand, we just saw Indiana chew Michigan up in transition, and they're not an efficient team in that department. They are a frequent team, with 28% of their shots coming quickly. But a big chunk of that is Indiana taking debatable shots quickly because they know their half court offense is going to suck. That's an obvious reaction, one Michigan should have seen coming. And yet there were multiple Indiana transition baskets of of Michigan makes. Almost 40% of Indiana's attempts were in transition*. This is not a waning issue.
Michigan has been able to slow down transition-oriented teams this season. Iowa and Michigan State are 6th and 13th at putting up early shots, respectively, and Michigan is 3-1 against those teams with three respectable defensive showings. (The two MSU games look bad because Izzo spent two solid minutes at the end of each game in a foul/matador cycle, but prior to that both games featured MSU at right around one PPP.) In the fourth, Iowa ran out to a big lead with a bunch of threes from Roy Devyn Marble, some of them in painfully wide open transition. 30% of Iowa's shots were fast, they went in at a 75% eFG clip, and Michigan got blown off the court.
I'd rather have one issue that Michigan can mitigate by sending waves of guys back than a big dip in half-court D, so I tentatively suggest this is a hopeful sign.
*[And of course Indiana was crazy efficient in half-court situations in that game. The overall trend is decent—or at least the same—half-court defense, though. Consider it stipulated that if Michigan plays half court D as badly as they did against Indiana, they're dead meat.]
Unverified Voracity Replaces Suit Guy
SOUNDS ENCOURAGING. Oy.
Michigan OL coach Darrell Funk says young linemen must move forward, 'we don't have any choice'
I already bombarded you with grim news about the OL yesterday, so I'll forgo that today.
Ten second impact: minimal. Patrick Vint went back to a few games of a hyperspeed nature to find out how many penalties would have been issued if you couldn't snap the ball until 29 seconds were left on the shot clock. Answer: a few. Auburn would have gotten hit four times in the Alabama game, presumably just by a second or two. It's really hard to get a play off within ten seconds of the previous one's end.
It still seems virtually guaranteed that the rule won't pass; even if it does it's not a huge shift in the game.
Stats by conference. They now exist on Kenpom and validate the steep drop in shot-making you have probably perceived in Big Ten games this year. The league is 30th of 32 leagues in eFG%. They're also 28th in FT rate. Even last year's Best League Ever was 28th and 25th in those metrics, but in 2012 the B10 was 8th in eFG.
The moral here is probably that these margins are very thin. The difference between the top power conference in eFG, the Big East, and the bottom, the SEC, is about two percentage points. IE, you'd see one extra make in 50 Big East shots.
One other notable thing: home dominance has plummeted this year. Home teams are at a 55% clip compared to 64% last year and 62% the year before. That's a big ol' swing.
The other side of the pit. Bill Connelly's OL stats applied to the defensive line reveal that Michigan was slightly below average at rushing the passer, good at preventing runs of more than five yards, and bad at holding up in short yardage and getting TFLs.
IE: their defensive line was bad. That's not a huge surprise given the obvious things like playing former WDEs at nose tackle and the still-inexplicable absence of Quinton Washington.
It's not good. Gasaway's Tuesday Truths have one over-arching truth for Michigan fans:
W-L Pace PPP Opp. PPP EM 1. Iowa 8-4 68.5 1.13 1.00 +0.13 2. Michigan St. 10-3 63.7 1.10 0.98 +0.12 3. Wisconsin 8-5 62.9 1.12 1.03 +0.09 4. Michigan 10-3 61.8 1.15 1.07 +0.08 5. Ohio St. 7-6 63.7 1.02 0.97 +0.05 6. Minnesota 6-7 62.9 1.06 1.07 -0.01 7. Purdue 5-7 64.7 0.99 1.03 -0.04 8. Indiana 4-8 64.9 0.97 1.02 -0.05 9. Nebraska 6-6 63.9 0.96 1.02 -0.06 10. Penn St. 4-9 66.2 0.99 1.08 -0.09 11. Illinois 3-10 63.8 0.94 1.04 -0.10 12. Northwestern 5-8 60.9 0.88 1.02 -0.14 AVG. 64.1 1.03
That is: they are the worst defense in the league save for Penn State.
Oh no. Please don't. No one else can possibly wear a suit. Iowa's athletic director preserves the Big Ten's most precious tradition: making grandiose promises to quit if players get a larger slice of the revenue pile.
Barta suggests a pay-to-play system would force schools to put a monetary value on the different levels of competition in all collegiate sports.
"And I'll probably choose to do something else for a living if we ever had to go that route because it's so complex," Barta says. "Do you pay the Division III football player as an employee? Do you pay the tennis student athlete as an employee?"
I should probably be his replacement because I can figure out those two answers immediately: no, and no. Neither is involved in economic activity for their school since their programs are not making money and are therefore charity cases instead of employees.
[HT: Get the Picture.]
Defensive rotation. With Michael Downing and Andrew Sinelli both suspended for Friday's game after hits to the head against the Gophers, Michigan really needs some help. They will get it in the form of Kevin Lohan, who returns from injury after missing 19 games. Mike Chiasson will also draw in to a struggling blue line. Also returning is Alex Guptill and his wildly varying levels of involvement.
Etc.: Women's gymnastics beats Nebraska to take the Big Ten lead. Softball kicks off their season with a 4-1 trip. Dee Hart booted from Alabama for a pot possession charge. Lists of top recruiting classes over long periods of time always point out Michigan as a good recruiting school that sucks despite the recruiting; there really needs to be a recruiting + attrition study.
Unverified Bearacity
MORE LIKE AMBEARCROMBIE AND BEARFITCH, AMIRITE. Offensive linemen Kyle Kalis and Erik Magnuson as models of a certain variety:
Slight difference? Naw. Yes I am going to take this opportunity to note that Kalis seems closer to the field than Magnuson solely based on resemblance to Soda Popinski.
You are victorious. Savor your victory. Spencer will eat cheese, and refugees will be settled, and if any of them look like they might have a double-digit block percentage we're sitting pretty well.
Behold the eye lasers of Brady Hoke.
They are looking. Michigan's got a couple scholarships open and Hoke got locked into a luncheon where fans pepper him with questions so the first one everyone goes with is about the backup QB—could be worse, could be the starter. Answer:
"Yeah, we are (still looking)," coach Brady Hoke said Monday before the West Michigan Sports Commission Annual Luncheon at the J.W. Marriott in Grand Rapids. "But, it's one of those things where there's a lot of I's to dot and T's to cross to make sure it's the right fit."
Michigan's got a month and a half before their summer semester starts, and hopefully they'll be able to reel in someone by then.
The double troll. Hoke got a two-for-one in at the same event:
"The Notre Dame game, that rivalry, which they're chickening out of," Hoke said Monday ….
The remark drew thunderous applause from the crowd.
"They're still gonna play Michigan State, they're gonna play Purdue, but they don't want to play Michigan," Hoke continued. "I don't know how they made that decision."
Tell it like it is, man. Kicker JJ McGrath approves.
U MAD? Also on twitter (shut up Bry):
Our man Coach Mattison getting ready to chill in the community with his gold framed shades. #michigandifference twitter.com/JeffHecklinski…
— Jeff Hecklinski (@JeffHecklinski) May 11, 2013
#inthecommunity #intheweightroom #inurbasesteelingurdudes
Um, okay then. I guess if Michigan's going to have a nonconference game at a neutral site New York isn't the worst place:
"The reception we've had in New York every year we've played there has been tremendous," Beilein said. "I think it's the plan to get there often. How often, I don't know.
"Is it every year? Every other year? I don't know. Right now, it'll be two years in a row and there's a tournament down the line we're obligated to as well. We're going to get there often."
I would prefer games on campus in all situations, but it's less of a big deal when you have Arizona and Iowa State coming in. Michigan is generally going to be the defacto home team against anyone they play there.
Regional: acquired. Also: Super Regional. Michigan got knocked out of the Big Ten softball tournament in the semis, a disappointing result for team with a 91% win rate in conference play. Despite that, Michigan did get a seed, specifically the eighth and last. That means that not only does Michigan host an NCAA regional this weekend, but if they advance they will host the super-regional.
Central Michigan vs Cal kicks things off at 4:30 PM Friday; Michigan hosts Valpo at 7PM. Unlike the Big Ten tourney, NCAA regionals are double-elimination. Valpo is 34-25 and was 11-9 in the Horizon League; they should be a pushover. Cal had a good overall record but was 10-14 in the Pac-12; Michigan mowed CMU down 11-0 in a mercy-rule game about three weeks ago.
Moar replays, fewer charges. The NCAA basketball rules committee didn't do much. They allowed some late-game replays—just what the game needs, more stoppages—and changed the charge rule so that a defender need to be set before an offensive player "starts his upward motion" to pass or shoot to not get called for a block.
I am not a fan. The game's problems stem from a refusal to call obvious fouls, as anyone who's flipped on the NBA playoffs after immersing themselves in this year's Big Ten schedule has been shocked to find out. All that hand-checking? Yeah, gone.
Tightening up the charge rule in that manner just seems unfair to the defender, who can get there in plenty of time and still get nailed because he didn't anticipate that by the time he was getting plowed in the chest the offensive player would put his arms up.
I am vaguely hopeful the proverbial crackdown will be more effective. From Andy Glockner:
The other changes, which really are just a re-emphasis of existing rules on the book, will require officials to consistently and, perhaps exhaustively, crack down on handchecking, armbars, and other techniques used both on a primary ballhandler and on cutters moving through the lane. If the officials do call this regularly, we'll end up with a lot of fouls and free throws early in the season, and then hopefully teams will adjust and we'll see better, more free-flowing offense later in the campaign. The off-ball contact in the lane is an especially big problem in the college game, and it will again challenge coaches who teach this as part of their defensive approach to find another way to successfully guard.
If that actually gets called like the NBA, the game is going to get a lot cleaner once we get past the section of time when all games are horrible foul-fests. That would be great for Michigan, which is historically a low-foul team that uses a crapton of cuts.
I AGREE WITH NICK SABAN. I've been agreeing with Dave Brandon lately about things like "how many conference games should we have?" and "should we schedule Virginia Tech," so I may as well just agree with everyone about everything. Here we go:
"I'm for five conferences – everybody playing everybody in those five conferences," theAlabama coach said Thursday night before speaking at a Crimson Caravan stop. "That's what I'm for, so it might be 70 teams, and everybody's got to play 'em. …"
Saban reiterated his desire for the SEC to expand from eight conference games to nine per year for each team.
I… I'm with Napoleon.
Hockey commits. Michigan picked up a commit from OJHL goalie Hayden Lavigne for either next year or the year after. So while the door for Rutledge is hypothetically still open, he's just picked up two competitors for the rest of his career. I don't think he's coming back. Lavigne started 18 games last year, posting a .922 and being named "second team All-Prospect" in his league. He was a third round pick in the most recent USHL draft even though his OJHL team expects him back this year.
The addition of Lavigne signals a sea change in the way Michigan is acquiring goalies. Used to be they'd plug and play a top prospect every 3-4 years. Now they're adding a third contender to the mix, and instead of first-round draft picks they're random guys. This can work. It's clearly not the best way to go about things, but Jeff Jakatis and various Miami goalies have proven that goalies are weird and can come from anywhere.
Michigan also picked up a commit from a USHL defenseman named Cutler Martin. He's a '94 (ie, he'll be 20 when he comes in next year) and has very little internet profile out there. Seems like he'll be a third pairing guy to fill out roster depth.
At what point does something become and out-and-out lie? Here's NBC Irish blogger Keith Arnold claiming "Michigan asked to stop ND series first" because Bill Martin wanted to put in one of the occasional two-year hiatuses that the series has seen since its resurrection. Is this merely dishonest or a flat out lie? I think it's actually the latter, since of course "stopping" the ND series is something you do when you, say, cancel all future games. Michigan never had any intention of doing that.
Etc.: More than you needed to know about the all-time-wins chase from the perspective of a Texas fan. Women's tennis hits the sweet 16, their fourth straight. Men go down to a first-round upset. Soccer brings in the #6 class in the country(!). More things you wouldn't buy on eBay. It's Mott Takeover week at WTKA.
Basketbullets: Penn State Part 3
3/14/2013 – Michigan 83, Penn State 66 – 26-6, entry to second round of BTT
Dustin Johnston/UMHoops
Bleary-eyed and maybe a little puffy after having a good cry about the last two minutes of the Indiana game, Michigan staggered into the United Center wondering why everything was so bright and loud and wondering if a hot dog would make them feel better or worse. A few minutes later, they were down 14-3 and every Michigan fan had a personal reckoning with their panic tolerance.
Did you run around screaming "everything is over?" Did you stuff 35 multivitamins down your esophagus in a cry for help? No, don't tell us. Down 11 a few minutes into a tournament game against Penn State a man finds himself in a place he never thought he'd be. What happens down there is something we should hit with a shovel and bury deep. If you were more animal than man at 2:45 PM yesterday, well… so be it. Character is about recovering from your impulse.
The team did this. Michigan spent the first couple of breaks smacking themselves and screaming "SNAP OUT OF IT," and thanks to the utterly unflappable Trey Burke and Mitch McGary—a man who seems to be productively deficient in human emotions like doubt or restraint—they did. In these moments I like to go check out the Kenpom prediction (which is almost always the Vegas line, give or take a point) and think about how points are worth the same whether you score them early or late. It was 16 in this one; Michigan beat it by a point.
It's strange how frustrating it is to pull away late or recover like Michigan did against Purdue. Or, rather, it's not strange at all. You have to try as hard as you can to say the order in which the points came is not a reason to run around, ripping chunks of hair from your head and shouting "my basketball team ate this."
No rest for the weary; on to demon Wisconsin. Death to backboards, half court, and everywhere in-between.
Zone? Hi. If you follow me on twitter you may have noticed me, um, ranting about Michigan's refusal to even try out a zone defense despite a team that shoots 30% from three gutting the interior of Michigan's defense to the tune of 11/17 shooting from two by Sasa "Pretty Much Shaq" Borovnjak and DJ Newbill in the first half. In the second half we then suffered through five to eight minutes of Penn State keeping pace with Michigan's blistering offensive pace.
For the game, Penn State put up 1.1 PPP. Defense remains a huge issue. At least there's some sort of upper bound on how bad it can be, right? That's the ticket.
Grrr aarrgh. Jordan Morgan came out with the weight of a barely-missed Big Ten championship not so much weighing on his shoulders as burying him neck-deep in misery. Trey Burke's abnormally low assist output—three—was almost entirely on Morgan's four missed bunnies. Morgan was also out of sync defensively as Michigan's pick and roll D was gutted by Sasa "Basically Pau Gasol" Borovnjak. Morgan was the guy who Borovnjak drove from almost the three-point line on.
Enter Mitch McGary, in full on Big Puppy mode. He ripped down boards, he went 5/6 from the floor, he had a steal, block, two assists, and escaped the wrath of the scorer on a turnover that was obviously his fault but seemed to escape the box score entirely. After one hardman board, he let out a simian bellow—an entirely justified one.
When Morgan struggled at the start of the first half, he got a quick hook and his minutes were given to Jon Horford. A strange phenomenon ensued: Gus Johnson started talking about how incredibly impressive Horford had been in the first half, an opinion with no basis in reality. Horford then demonstrated that Gus Johnson is aging backwards through time or something. Horford chucked in 11 points in 10 minutes, blocked a couple shots, grabbed various rebounds, and went 3/3 from the line(!).
John Beilein won't say if he'll leave struggling Jordan Morgan in Michigan's starting lineup
Yow. That says volumes. Also this:
"It's up in the air if I decide it's up in the air," Beilein said. "Right now it's too soon to make that (decision).
"I'll watch some film, we'll talk, we'll look at matchups and decide what we're going to do."
I'd guess Morgan still starts, but Beilein will have a quick trigger a la the second half. Michigan won't be able to crawl out of 14-3 holes with as much ease the rest of the year.
blouses (Dustin Johnston/UMHoops)
Not just a shooter. Stauskas had 15 points on nine shot equivalents plus two assists and zero TOs. Sometimes I think Michigan would be better off moving some of Hardaway's usage to Stauskas. He's got a better handle and seems to create shots a bit better. This may not be the best time to argue that when Hardaway had five assists.
Stauskas also did a much better job on Jermaine Marshall this time around. He torched Michigan behind the line in the last game; in this one he scored 8 points on 14 shot attempts—basically the only PSU player to have a bad day.
Trey statistical weirdness day. Burke assists: 3. Burke blocked shots: 3. Boggle.
Hardaway check. After the Wisconsin game on February 9th, Tim Hardaway was shooting 54% from three in 11 Big Ten games. Since he is 9 of 45, 20%. Michigan's offense has survived admirably in that absence; it would be nice if he was to start hitting some dang shots. I am not sure what to say about this other than "make your threes," but I can say it very loudly if that is required.
A thing that leaps off Hardaway's season box score at Kenpom: his FTAs have evaporated. Up until the Minnesota game Hardaway had gone to the line in every game and had at least six FTAs in 8 games. Since he has been shut out entirely 7 times. Three games in which he was not were against the hackmasters in Happy Valley; other than those games the only times he's been to the line: 3/5 against OSU, 4/5 against Illinois, 1/1 against Purdue, 0/2 against Indiana.
I will repeat my grand desire to see Hardaway commit between one to three charges every game.
GRIII check. If Morgan wasn't struggling so badly I bet we would have seen some dual post action; as it was I was surprised that Bielfeldt didn't get some run early when Penn State was grabbing a bunch of offensive rebounds and Ross Travis found himself having a nice day offensively. Travis shoots 39% from the floor. He was 5/9 in this one.
I'm not sure where Big Ten Geeks grabbed this stat, but I retweeted it since it was in line with my eye test:
McGary has grabbed 11 of the 14 chances he's had for a rebound. GR3 is 2 of 10.
McGary went through a stretch in which he couldn't grab a rebound to save his life, like the rest of the team. Robinson has been pretty weak on the boards since the start of Big Ten play. Against the top four teams in the league, Robinson's rebounding has looked like this:
- @ OSU: 38 minutes, 0 OREB, 1 DREB
- @ Indiana, 40 minutes, 2 OREB, 2 DREB
- OSU: 41 minutes, 33 minutes, 3 OREB, 1 DREB
- @ Wisconsin: 1 OREB, 2 DREB
- @ MSU: 21 minutes, 2 OREB, 0 DREB
- MSU: 31 minutes, 2 OREB, 1 DREB
- Indiana: 37 minutes, 1 OREB, 4 DREB
In one(!) of those seven games GRIII has acquired more than two defensive rebounds despite playing huge minutes at the four in all of them. He's done a bit better against the rest of the league; when the going gets tough he's been found wanting. Ace looked at in detail and found that Robinson was frequently a culprit. I'm getting progressively more frustrated with him as Michigan's defensive rebounding continues its glide path down to last year's numbers. In this one Michigan won the board war but still allowed Penn State to grab 34% of their misses, with Ross Travis grabbing 4 OREBs. Borovnjak was 0 (OREB) and 2 (DREB) going up against the fives.
The bad thing about the way that went down. Michigan is facing down four games in four days if they are fortunate enough to get that far. Because of the slow start starters not named Morgan played 34, 35, 35, and 33 minutes. I generally downplay the idea that a few minutes extra is going to kill an 18-20 year old who spends his entire existence in a gym, but once the games come rapid-fire—and you're going up against teams who had today off—that's a situation in which wilting legs seems like a real issue.
I guess the good bit is Michigan is playing Wisconsin's tortoiseball today. If there's a team less well-positioned to take advantage of their opponent's heavy legs, I don't want to perceive their existence. I don't want to perceive Wisconsin's, man.
Dead Last In Something
2/17/2012 – Michigan 79, Penn State 71 – 22-4, 9-4 Big Ten
Y U NO PLAY DEFENSE (Bryan Fuller)
A home game against Penn State is supposed to be a laugher, and on one side of the ball it was. Michigan put up 1.2 points a possession even without the participation of their centers—literally. McGary, Horford, and Morgan combined for zero points in 43 minutes. No one really noticed because Glenn Robinson III spent most of the day playing NBA Jam and Nik Stauskas was so much more than a shooter that it took five or six drives before something akin to "Not Just A Shooter" got exhumed by the announcers. Michigan did what it does, on one side of the ball.
On the other side of the ball, raise your hand if DJ Newbill's umpteenth only vaguely resisted drive to the basket in the first half caused you to exclaim a variant on "you have got to be kidding me." That's everyone.
Now raise your hand if that exclamation included a swear word you invented on the spot. That's probably just me, but it got bad. Michigan turned to Matt Vogrich in the second half. Since Stauskas was going off this was presumably a move to shore up the defense; Vogrich promptly lost his guy and gave up open corner threes on consecutive possessions. The first one was a reaction to a bad McGary gamble, sure. The second… dot dot dot. At many points Penn State should have been down 15, and the scoreboard said they were down by 3 or 5.
This felt bizarrely familiar to me, and I figured out why: I've watched a lot of NC State this year. This game was disturbingly reminiscent of watching the Wolfpack play. This is not good. You get a window into the psyche of another fanbase when you adopt them as Michigan-by-proxy, and I think NC State fans are pretty pissed off that their combination of players is barely over .500 in a weak ACC. I kind of hate them myself because they combine some breathtaking talent with total indifference on defense. They can beat Duke; they can give up 86 points to Wake Forest and Virginia Tech.
Finding a shadow of that team in this Michigan outfit that was until recently cruising towards a one-seed is not fun. This is analysis! This is Thunderdome!
Oh, but that shadow is there. Click the conference-only checkbox on Kenpom and you get a shocking splash of red:
Michigan is easier to shoot against than anyone in Big Ten play. Easier than Nebraska. Easier than Iowa. Easier than Penn State. Easier than Illinois despite Illinois playing with big men that may in fact be ghosts. Easier than the crippled husk of Northwestern.
Northwestern is the Rasputin of the Big Ten: shot, stabbed, poisoned, shot again, trampled by horses, chucked in the river. Finally dead and bloated, they are aimlessly floating towards the next life. It's harder to shoot against them than Michigan.
It gets worse when you consider the low number of transition opportunities Michigan provides since they're so responsible with the ball on offense. It has nothing to do with possibly-meaningless three-point shooting, at which Michigan is perfectly average at defending. It is entirely because they are also dead last at keeping twos out of their basket. It's repeatable stuff that the stats are probably not fully encapsulating. It is Not Good. (This is analysis this is Thunderdome.)
Earlier in the year a few people sounded the alarm about Michigan as a national contender, citing its defense. I said "but look at the outlying offense and wait for the defense to maybe move up a bit, Michigan is for real." That's a tough case to make right now. The offense has given up its massive lead and slid back to third; the defense has gone the wrong direction.
When DJ Newbill has a band in ten years they will be called The Unresisted Forays Into The Crisler Lane, man. Sound the alarm. It's time for a hard look at drastic actions, whatever those might be. Waving your hands in the general direction of a shooter is a start.
From Bryan Fuller:
Threes. They feel not random. The numbers say they are. Opponents' three point shooting since the start of Michigan's brutal stretch:
- Indiana: 7/18, 39%. Season average: 42%.
- OSU: 7/16, 44%. Season: 37%.
- Wisconsin: 10/24, 42%. Season: 34%.
- MSU, 7/20, 35%: Season: 35%.
- Penn State: 6/18: 33%. Season: 30%.
It has felt like Michigan is giving up open look after open look and is getting scorched from deep. The result of this feeling: approximately three extra makes across five games, so far within the province of random noise that Autechre is jealous.
Way back in the ur-blogging days when Big Ten Wonk was an anonymous man with a large vocabulary and not John Gasaway we had a conversation about whether or not the fact that Michigan's opponents were raining in threes at a hellacious clip during a particular Amaker campaign was luck or not. I said yes, he said yes but only partially, and I eventually came around to his point of view. Any short-term blazing above 40% will regress.
Lately, Kenpom has been on a crusade to declare three-point shooting defense to be totally random. I entered this section planning to write that I felt streaks like Michigan's recent one were earned, and now I don't know what to think.
Two thoughts:
- Michigan is average at defending three pointers (7th in the league, 99th nationally) but gives up a lot (10th in the league, 293rd nationally)
- Their eFG% on threes is 50.4, which is in fact worse than their horrible 2-point defense, so the combination of these two things does make their eFG D worse.
Inside the line or out, pick your poison.
Another thing that doesn't seem right. Newbill ended up 3/10 from two. The guy who hurt Michigan was Sasa Borovnjak at 7 of 9, mostly on uncontested rolls to the basket. Michigan's rotations were late and sometimes the pick and roll guy was making the dump inside, which is a big no-no. When Michigan hedges, they play it such that if the guy getting the ball screen can toss it to the big, they're done. Too much of that in this one.
Trey. Dang man, 29 points on 16 shots—and four extra possessions with free throws, something we actually have to adjust for after this one—five assists, and zero turnovers. A couple of shots bugged me, as they were taken with no hope of an offensive rebound, but the efficiency speaks for itself.
Stauskas. Not Just A Shooter was in full effect as Stauskas picked up 12 points inside the line on perfect shooting—3/3 from the floor and 6/6 at the line, though IIRC one of those trips to the line was a non-shooting foul at the end of the first half. He also added four assists. The only thing he didn't do well was shoot the J, going 2/6.
I did have further frustrations with him on defense, and it seems like Beilein did too since we got to see Vogrich unearthed. That was the equivalent of a frustration foul.
GRIII: hello again. A series of highlight-reel dunks against a porous defense and Robinson is back. His success in this one only highlighted the reasons he'd disappeared in the previous few games: he's a top-quality finisher who rarely takes a bounce to get a shot. If put in a situation where he has to make his own shot, he defers. Once or twice a game he will go at the basket himself. That's all.
That's fine, but after the tough stretch it seems like far too much of Michigan's shot creation is on Burke's shoulders. Stauskas does a good amount for a third option; Hardaway not so much and then Michigan gets almost none from the 4 and 5 aside from putbacks.
Not so good: Hardaway, centers. Hardaway didn't shoot well. Okay, it happens.
The centers were a little bit more alarming. The shooting is one thing. They went 0/5 in 43 minutes. The rebounding is another: just 3 and 3 as Penn State outrebounded M 31% to 22%. Defensive rebounding is the only thing that Penn State actually does well (5th in conference; they have no other above-average factors) so I guess that's expected. But combine those numbers with Penn State's frequent dump-ins to Borovnjak—which are usually the hedger's fault for providing a passing lane or not getting back once the ball screen recipient tosses it to another perimeter player—and it was rough day.
I'm torn on Morgan. On the one hand, I'm hoping that Morgan's ankle is still bothering him extensively and he shouldn't be playing because then the fact that he seems like he's not offering any help to the beleaguered defense has an explanation. On the other, I'd really like him to be full strength posthaste. At least Michigan doesn't have a midweek game coming up. Hopefully he'll be ready by Illinois.
End of half heroball update. Burke was forced into the backcourt by his man, then trapped as he crossed the line, causing him to dump the ball with time running out and getting Michigan another terrible shot. Because Burke wasn't taking it, it did not go in.
What is the point of those end of half timeouts? All of them seem to consist of "Trey, go do something" and 28 seconds of staring at each other. I would prefer something with a second option like "Nik, go do something" or "Tim, go do something."
This week's refereeing outrage! Er, it actually went in Michigan's favor as Newbill picked up a critical third first-half foul on something that was not even close to a charge.
How do you fix charges? I don't know. Newbill's first charge was legit, as he plunged his shoulder into Stauskas and knocked him back with an arm, but this caused Pat Chambers to have a conniption fit because Stauskas didn't collapse into a Duke-like pile of flop and shame. His second was not, but did feature a guy getting bowled over. I think I'd change the rule so that feet had nothing to do with it except when it comes to getting outside the circle. It's a charge if the guy nails you directly in the chest, and a block if it's to the side. Expand the no-charge circle a bit and make the reform that Jay Bilas is always on about where if you move under a guy who's already in the air it's a block. And explicitly make simulating a charge a foul.
Anyway: Michigan got to the line a whopping 35 times after games of 2 and 6 FTAs. This is because Penn State is not at all subtle in their hackathon, for which I commend them. Unmissable foul perpetrators of Happy Valley, the honesty in your illegality is award-worthy.
Here is an award.
Uniforms. I liked them.
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Adult Swim does not like OSU. This is not the first shot they've taken in Columbus's direction in the past year:
See also here and here, though that second was more optimistic on OSU's 2012 postseason destination—projected to be the "Goat Trauma Awareness Bowl"—than reality.
Now you can experience the Hoke yourself. Here's 54 minutes of Hoke talking to the Ohio High School Football Coaches' Association:
Haven't had the opportunity to check it out yet but it was recommended to me by one of the guys in the room as a great example of why Michigan's having the success they are on the recruiting trail. If it's anything like the Glazier clinic I was at, I agree.
Senior night festivities. If you missed them:
Defending Aaron Craft's defense. I'm a big stats guy and everything but man, Aaron Craft is coming in for a beating after picking up the Big Ten's defensive player of the year award and when people try to justify this they are reaching for any blunt object in the vicinity. Here's Big Ten Geeks:
Aaron Craft is a very good defensive player. Let's get that out of the way. Whatever you think of the next few paragraphs, remember that we all agree that Craft's defense would improve just about any collegiate basketball team.
But the sophomore guard just earned some hardware that bestowed loftier praise than just being "very good." Indeed, it is the opinion of Big Ten coaches that Craft is the conference's best defensive player. At the risk of dismissing the opinions of 12 men who know a lot about basketball, I think they got this one wrong.
Measuring defense is not easy. Dean Oliver came up with the Stops metric which has some appeal in that it shows correlation with defensive efficiency year-over-year. The more Stops a team keeps, the better the defense holds up. If a bunch of Stops are lost to graduation or early-entry, the defense slides. That doesn't make it the be-all, but it's something.
And according to Stops, Aaron Craft isn't in the conversation of the Big Ten's best defensive player.
Stops == defensive rebounds plus blocked shots plus steals. Stops is a very, very rough metric, like all defensive stats. Defensive stats are useless on an individual level.
So you can argue with Craft, but most arguments boil down to "he's short." I don't think that should disqualify him. Ohio State finished #1 in overall defense at Kenpom and was top 30 in forcing turnovers. Craft's steal percentage was 15th nationally. It's not like giving him the award is crazy out there, especially since they weren't going to give both the POY and DPOY to the same guy.
The real complaint here is about the guy who won the conference without any all-conference players, with one top 100 recruit, and after being picked to finish outside the top three at the start of the year. That would be John Beilein, who is not your B10 coach of the year.
Braylon kerfuffle. Braylon being Braylon (tweets have been mildly de-tweeted for readability):
"I don't understand how my brother has the 8th (fastest) time in the country in the 60m, ran for 1800 yards last year and 20 and U of M won't call," Edwards tweeted around 8 p.m.
"Love my school and I played for coach (Hoke) but call my brother before its too late and you guys miss out like Lloyd would have if not for Soup."
At least… uh… Braylon Edwards always doesn't get how media works instead of only not getting it because he doesn't like the head coach? That's the ticket.
Obviously this would have been better suggested directly to Hoke, or not at all. For one, it is March. I know we have a slightly accelerated timetable these days, but it's March. Braylon didn't get his offer until midway through his high school season, IIRC. For two, it's still March. Camp, play your senior season, see what happens, don't throw a hissy because you expect better.
I'm guessing the Edwards clan is going to have to stew most of the year, if not all of it. Michigan's not going to have a lot of wildcard spots; those that exist look like they'll be ticketed for big time players.. They've already recruited Wyatt Shallman as a tailback, and are hot after Ty Isaac and DeVeon Smith. They've taken two third-down scatback types (Justice Hayes and Dennis Norfleet) the past two years. There is not a spot on the roster for a 5'8" tailback that does not knock out a four star player at a position of greater need.
If it was looking grim before, now Hoke has to consider the possibility that Braylon is going to go Craig James on him if he does end up offering Berkeley. Not a good move.
Building relationships, one coach at a time. Sounds like Trotwood's coach is a little peeved at OSU:
Trotwood-Madison High School football coach Maurice Douglass didn't exactly say Ohio State fumbled the ball, but he didn't have to.
"One man's lump of coal is another man's diamond," Douglass said. "And Michigan got a diamond." …
"They sent him a letter last Thursday telling him to hold on, that they were still evaluating linebackers," Douglass said.
May this work out like Anthony Gonzalez did. Except backwards, obviously. Also, that last bit should assuage any concerns McCray would flip when the Great Meyer comes down from the mountain with a temporary, conditional, non-committable offer-ish non-offer (unless you want to take it). He was asked to cool his heels and flipped the bird instead.
As a result, it is time to RELEASE THE MCCRAYKEN
Someone photoshop some wings on to that thing.
Asshats. Roy Roundtree commits a meaningless secondary violation by mentioning the twitter handle of the McCrayken; Chatsports points this out because they are clickwhores who don't care if they're damaging people or programs. If you ever see James T Yoder in a public place please let him know that he's a bad person.
Etc.: ESPN the Magazine chronicles Rumeal Robinson's descent into madness. Does pointing at stuff make you seem smarter? Obviously. Going in depth on Michigan's offensive line present and future. Five Key Plays from PSU.


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Periaswamy amid tears stated, "I feel so happy to be home again with family. I have been through hell and no Indian should suffer my fate. I was a slave at the hands of my employer who used to beat me up. My future is uncertain. I will decide what to do after a few days. Please don't trust agents who promise jobs in Saudi."
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Any advice on how to narrow down kitchen cabinet brands? Does the answer in part depend on style? We know we want white cabinets but aren't sure if we want frameless or framed or inset or overaly. We might be leanng toward inset with the hinge hidden. We've looked in a few stores and met with a contractor and seem to like Plain & Fancy. The KD affiliated with teh contractor sells Rutt Regency and from what she said it sounded like a very good brand. Ultra-craft and Woodmode were mentioned and we have been talking to a local cabinet maker. However, she seems to make all of her cabinets with the hinge on the outside (though I think she said she could make it on the inside but we don't want to be guinea pigs.) We haven't yet arranged to have anyone come in and measure to get price comparisons. It will be a large kitchen and we have no idea how much cabinets will cost. If I were to guess it could be a 18'x15' kitchen, walls on three sides (with a passthrough) Maybe it is bigger. It has a giant SubZero and double wall ovens. (We're buying a new home). We need to move those to a different wall so that we can put the cook top along the wall instead of leaving it on the island which would be hazardous to our kids. We don't have a lot of time to visit places - basically just Saturdays and we take our toddlers with us. Thank you so much! |
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- Posted by nycbluedevil (My Page) on Mon, Jun 10, 13 at 7:59
I have Rutt Classic--inset with exposed hinges. They are gorgeous and the detail is wonderful. Rutt Regency is a lower-priced line made by Rutt, comparable to Signature, which is another line I was looking at. Rutt Regency is comparable to Plain and Fancy too. Wood Mode is on a par with Rutt Classic I believe. Wood Mode's lower-priced line is Brookhaven. I can't imagine doing inset with concealed hinges. Why bother with inset, then? Just do frameless or full overlay. Part of the whole point of inset, at least for me, was the look of exposed hinges with the inset. Now that I have them, I am so happy to have gotten rid of that inside hinge I had in my old frameless cabinets. And, concealed hinges in inset cabinets take up even more space. Big, big mistake, in my view. |
- Posted by herbflavor (My Page) on Mon, Jun 10, 13 at 9:08
buying a new home??...usually they give an allowance or have an arrangment where you work with a chosen design center...or is it a new but previously occupied,so not really new? If brand new, the process should be streamlined for you I'd think. Large kitchen full of inset?? too much cost IMO, but a 2-finishes kitchen-Yes-how about a 2nd finish on the island? Full overlay on framless or you can do framed with small reveal and get some detail on the door as in bead or molding -is it a traditional look you seek?....bluedevil aptly pinpointed the hinge and space issues with inset....For many, the cost of a large kitchen full of painted inset would be prohibitive. |
Thank you NYC Blue Devil! I didn't realize Plain and Fancy was a step below WoodMode. I will ask the Rutt KD, what was sacrified for the Regency vs. the Classic. I thought the point of inset was that it was all flush (and that it was a hard thing to do vs. overlay). We do like overlay too. I like a little more detail on the exposed sides and was told that couldn't be done with frameless, though I couldn't understand why (unless they just meant that the gap between the side board and cabinets would be in the front.) It seemed like overlay went better with a more modern design (which some seem to call contemporary). We didn't want to be too modern. Herb, sorry for the confusion. Here is some more info. It is new to us, but previously occupied. The house is about 15 years old. We currently live in a 2 bd room townhouse with a kitchen without an island. We'd have more than enough cabinet space in the new place and aren't worried about the space taken up by the hinge on the inside. We like a cleaner look. I googled avg kitchen reno costs for our area and it said ~$110K. So, yes, we are talking a lot of money. Maybe we'll save a little by reusing the double ovens and SubZero. One of my key concerns is that I don't want to go through a big reno only to have made a bad decision on the cabinets. We want something fitting of the colonial style house/neighborhood but also want to be smart with our dollars. Any other thoughts? Thank you |
- Posted by NickandMilo (My Page) on Mon, Jun 17, 13 at 10:03
Choosing a cabinet line comes down to several factors: budget, style, materials, and features If this is for a high end house, where the budget isn't as much of an issue, then you will want to go with custom cabinets to match the look and feel of the house. Stock cabinets can give you a similar look, but you won't have all of the custom features that a high end house will require. If you are trying to minimize your budget, buying kitchen cabinets online will save you the most amount of money, but there will be more work on your end. In terms of style, your options will depend upon what door style and what finish you are looking for. Most stock or ready-to-assemble cabinet lines will offer the same quality, but will have a limited number of door styles and finishes since they are pre-made. Odds are you can find exactly what you are looking for in stock cabinets, but if you have a non-traditional or specific shade of white that you are looking for, you will have to go with semi-custom or custom cabinets. There are KD or stock cabinet lines that offer inset doors. For materials, you will absolutely want to stay away from particle board and fiberboard construction. Most stock cabinet lines will have a plywood box with solid wood face frames and doors (usually maple). If you are looking for a specific type of wood, you will most likely have to go with custom. Most stock and ready to assemble cabinet lines will have limited features and accessories, but if you have a good contractor or are handy and you are doing the work yourself, you can always buy after market items to put into the cabinets. |
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