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6 Oct 2011
The potential arrival of a supermarket chain in a trendy north London
enclave has divided the local community amid claims of class "snobbery".
A section of Stoke Newington locals are venting their fury over proposals
for a Sainsbury's store near the historic Abney Park Cemetery, which they
claim will destroy the vibrancy of the area, and turn it into a "clone
But their stance has been criticised as "middle-class nimbyism", with
other residents praising the proposals and saying it will provide much
needed employment opportunities to some of Hackney's poorest inhabitants
during the current period of economic instability.
The plans, from developer Newmark Properties, comprise 44 new homes, an
underground 100-vehicle car park, as well as 200 new jobs.
The vocal anti-Sainsbury's campaign - which included a 300-strong
demonstration by people dressed as zombies - comes three years after
"Stokey" locals tried unsuccessfully to stop a Nandos outlet from opening
on the site of the old Vortex jazz club on Church Street.
But Atique Choudry, owner of nearby renowned Thai restaurant Yum Yums,
said the dispute was essentially a "class divide", and people should not
be "picky and choosy" about new business and employment opportunities in
such difficult economic times.
He said: "There is a massive class divide in Stoke Newington - Sainsbury's
is no good, but Waitrose we don't mind. How does that work?
"In Stoke Newington not everybody is middle class and has money. What
about the poorer people? Aren't they entitled to go shopping too?
"High streets survive because of footfall. Do the voices complaining about
Sainsbury's represent the majority? These are the questions we must ask
The anti campaign claim Stoke Newington's charm and individualism is under
threat from the expansion of monolithic and faceless chains which are
damaging the local, diverse economy.
Music journalist Andrew Harrison, 44, who is leading the campaign against
Sainsbury's, said: "A large supermarket will badly distort the local
economy - we don't want to have businesses wiped out because Stoke
Newington is an area with a lot of character and people live here because
it is not like anywhere else.
"It is not in any way about smashing capitalism or destroying supermarkets
- if anything it is pro-businesses and pro-choice.
"We have a paradise of shops in the area, selling everything and anything
you could want. We don't want to see Stoke Newington going the way of
other places in London, with pound shops, phone shops and betting shops.
It would be disastrous."
Opposition Liberal Democrat councillors and local Labour MP Diane Abbott
have also expressed concerns about the scheme.
But businesswoman Remi Makinde, 46, who runs the local Hackney Hive
community website, said the opposition was inspired by "snobbery",
"tribalism" and "self-entitlement".
She said: "If there is one thing trendy, white, urban middle classes in
London like, it's a good fight on their own turf when they feel threatened
by big corporations or local government.
"The objections have everything to do with the value of the homes and the
cultural, social, and economic hegemony that Stoke Newington's
middle-class have created - they will wage battle on anyone or group, they
feel threatens their insular urban 'village' life and their over
exaggerated romanticism of Stoke Newington.
"We really don't need a supermarket in Stoke Newington as there a lots
just down the road - but other residents of the borough have a right to a
Sainsbury's or another supermarket that chooses to come there, and it
should not be up to a few people who want to keep their local patch the
way they want it."
A spokesman for Newmark said no planning application had yet been made,
and they were still consulting with local businesses and residents about
the plans.


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My iron finally gave up the ghost, I bet I have had it for 20 years.....I need to buy a new one.....Any and all sugestions would be appreciated....I also dont want to break the bank if you know what I mean.....Sue |
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I'm a big fan of inexpensive, no-steam, no-teflon coating irons. If I want steam, I use a spray bottle exactly where I want it. I've tried expensive irons and don't think they do any better. As long as it has an automatic shut off, I'm happy. Hope that helps, |
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I, too buy inexpensive irons - always! I do buy steam however, just don't always use it. I also like the auto shut off -- as long as it isn't a quick one! I bought an iron w/a 15 minute shut off that I hated! (The box didn't list the time of the shut off) When I get going on a marathon of chain sewing, I don't want to have to turn the iron back on & wait for it to heat up. Side note: comparing my (cheap) irons w/my best friends' expensive ones --- we all generally replace them about the same time. Hmm... :) |
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Me too Jayne!!!! I use my iron a LOT and when I first started really quilting I bought an expensive iron. It was great, but only lasted 6 months. Bought a cheaper one at Walmart and it has lasted for 2 years so far. I like steam and the auto shut off. I also use a lot of starch so I keep a wet old sock on my ironing board and clean the bottom after I use it. My mother just bought a Rowenta iron at Big Lots for $20. Rosa |
I have had cheap irons forever. Last year I bought a Rowenta and loved it, problem was it didn't have an auto shut off, of course I forgot to shut it off and it burned out in the middle of the night filling my house with smoke (NOT GOOD!!!) I just bought a new one Friday, another Rowenta. I got it on sale at Bontons and they had a deal where if you brought in your old iron they gave you $10 off. I took in the old Rowenta (I can't believe I still held on to it) I also don't like the no stick stuff on my irons. Vicky |
I had a Black and Decker digital that I bought on clearance at WalMart when they did a store renovation and were clearing out of box and old stock. I paid $5 for it and had for 2 yrs. It had all of the features I loved and was heavy....can't stand light weight irons. I sew at the DR table and the dog...all 70 lbs of him....likes to lay under the table. One night he caught the paw on the cord and pulled it of the ironing board (sm. tabletop) and now it doesn`t work. I am currently using an old black iron, fibre cord, no steam holes and heavy for it`s size. My sister bought an old Rowenta for me on Sewits4sale so I will get it from her soon. |
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24th February 2008, 04:31 PM #1
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Asus ATK (hotkey) downloads
Does anyone knows what these all are for (can be found as downloads for my laptop)?
Description ASUS ATKOSD2 UTILITY
ASUS ATKOSD2 UTILITY for Vista
Description ATKDrv UTILITY
ATKDrv UTILITY for Vista
Description ATK_MEDIA Utility
ATK_MEDIA Utility for Vista
Description ATK_Hotkey UTILITY
ATK_Hotkey UTILITY for Vista
Description ATK Generic Function UTILITY
ATK Generic Function UTILITY for Vista
I.e what is the difference of those and why there is just not one simple file to download to get hotkeys to work?
25th February 2008, 12:25 AM #2
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Re: Asus ATK (hotkey) downloads
ASUS ATKOSD2: It changes the images you see when you use the function key shortcuts and other hotkeys. The images have a small 3D effect such as water ripples.
ATKDrv Utility: This is required because it is actually the ACPI driver. This is what tells your OS about the power state of your system and allows for power settings to be changed by the OS. It is also responsible for pulling battery information from the BIOS.
ATK_Media: When the play, pause, etc. keys are pressed, this will cause Windows Media Center to open. When the system is powered down and the power key on the front of the laptop is pressed, the system will start up and will open Windows Media Center right after you log on.
ATK_Hotkey Utility: This is required to make use of all the function key shortcuts.
ATK Generic Function Utility: This is required as it allows for communication between the ACPI and all the shortcut keys.
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Thanks for your perfect answers :-)
22nd March 2008, 01:07 AM #4
Re: Asus ATK (hotkey) downloads
is ATXdrv also responsible to control which type of shut down (soft shut down-g2 state, or mechanical shut down g3 state)?
and to find out which ATK version I have
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ATK_Media: When the play, pause, etc. keys are pressed, this will cause Windows Media Center to open. When the system is powered down and the power key on the front of the laptop is pressed, the system will start up and will open Windows Media Center right after you log on.
I didnt understand ? What does it do ?
So are all these application really necessary to run everything correctly ?
EduardoLast edited by dudu2003br; 10th January 2009 at 02:29 AM.
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Re: Asus ATK (hotkey) downloads
How about the ATK0100...what does that do?
9th June 2009, 01:05 AM #7
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ATK0100 is a ACPI utility which has do to with the motherboard and power management.
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Thanks. How do you know if your computer needs it?
9th June 2009, 02:23 AM #9
Re: Asus ATK (hotkey) downloads
btw, am running N81Vp in Win7, used whatever latest drivers that they have at the Asus downloads.
I put the system to sleep;
if I immediately wake it up, it functions properly.
if it's for an extended period of time, after it wakes up, it'll suddenly reboot.
If you guys have Win7 installed, please give it a go and see if I'm the only one experiencing this.
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till "killing" him rocks
This should be number notice I didn't say he but ganondorf wants to kill every body and rule the earth while bowser just wants peach and ganondorf has been revised som many times
aside from the joker, this should be #1
3The Joker - Batman: Arkham City
The Joker is a villian who has been around since the 1940s. He is one of the most iconic and consistently popular characters in popular culture ever. Mark Hamill has provided the character with the best voice possible for nearly 20 years.
The greatest villain of all time
The thing that makes Joker so difficult to defeat, and so awesome, is his unpredictability. He causes destruction for the sake of destruction. Will he target one guy? Will he target a whole city? You'll never know. If that doesn't make a villain, what does?
4GlaDOS - Portal
Bowser, Ganondorf, etc. are fine, but they're boring. They're just generic "I'm the bad guy who wants to take over the world" villains. GlaDOS is so much more. Out of these villains, she's the most interesting because despite her being a robot, she's the most human. She has motivations for her actions, but they're different than "I want to take over the world". Her character is complex, sometimes she hates the player, other times she is amused by the player, other times you can even catch a bit of sympathy. Her character has a level of depth unmatched by the generic "TAKE OVER THE WORLD! " villains that plague video games today.
Now, this artificial intelligence discovered to like killing people. And so she does with her test subjects. You, the protagonist, have the bad luck to be one of them.
How are you holding up, because I'm a potato! -GlaDOS Evil, yet humorous villain, gave me a good time, knowing the villain wasn't PURE evil. I think she's biased against escapees to the moon. Dunno.
5Eggman - The Sonic Franchise
He is the E.G.G.M.A.N. before saying that he is now turned into a joke remember the Scrap Brain Zone in 1991. He has the potential to take over the world.
6Andrew Ryan - Bioshock
The best kind of villain is one who Is evIl but Is humanIzed and that you can sympathize with and nobody fits that description better than Andrew Ryan.
He is an amazing character who is so twisted that he almost convinces you he's right. He's a dominating and charismatic personality, indeed.
7Sephiroth - Final Fantasy VII
Nobody is more badass than Sephiroth. Everything he does and says is awesome. He has the coolest sword ever too. Anyone who doesn't think he should be #1 either hasn't played FF7 or is an idiot.
Are you kidding me? This guy has gitta b the most badas villain calling has ever seen. Check other polls. Full find him to b the toughest villain to find his way into games
8Dr. Wily - Mega Man
Beware of Goo from Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends!
9Ridley - Metroid Franchise
10Albert Wesker - The Resident Evil Franchise
How can you not vote for him? Bad ass. Enough said.
He's also a pain in the ass to beat if you don't have
A infinite rocket launcher. I looked at my stats and he got
The most kills off of me. He killed me exactly 52 times. So yeah,
Get infinite rocket launcher.
He's also a pain in the ass to beat if you don't have
A infinite rocket launcher. I looked at my stats and he got
The most kills off of me. He killed me exactly 52 times. So yeah,
Get infinite rocket launcher.
Not only is Wesker an original villain but also the coolest due to the fact he's in control of the virus in a way and the sunglasses add on to it
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11Super Dimento - Super Paper Mario
12Vladmir Makarov - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 & 3
You guys are all crazy, Makarov killed more people in one airport massacre then the rest of the villains on this list combined in their lifetime.
Makarov is one hell of a bad guy. He slaughtered dozens of people in an airport, killed 30,000 men with a nuke and killed Soap Mctavish.
A cold blooded killer who isn't above big airport massacres. "Remember, no Russian".
[Newest]He has made a massacre come on!
13Handsome Jack - Borderlands
Complete bastard, just someone you love to hate.
14Flood - Halo
Awesome villans and they're zombies how awesome is that. In Halo 4 the flood are terrifiying. I'm just glad they made them look and sound scary instead of just making them spartans with energy swords like in Reach.
relentless KILL ALL LIVING BEINGS attitude
Very deadly. Way harder to kill than bowser.
15Kefka Palazzo - Final Fantasy VI
Actually did what every other villain tried to do
He destroys part of the Earth AND became a god. Much better than others FF villains, especially Exdeath.
16Bowser Jr. - The Mario Franchise
Why is Bowser Jr here? He's just a whiny brat with an utterly annoying voice.
Bowser Junior is way better than his dad. his dad should be second. Bowser Junior ahould be number one. Bowser Junior is the one laughing in your face for the entire adventure ever since Super Mario Sunshine, not Bowser! Bowser is just there to steal away the final boss basttle!
17Fawful - Mario and Luigi Series
HE's GOT CHORTLES AND FURY!
He wants to take over the world. Big deal. If only that were all to this villain. This is THE funniest character in history. Period. Just listen to these lines.
"Snack on my wrath, fink-rats! "
"You inhaled like the hungry syrup pig at the all you can eat pancake buffet."
"All who resist will be beaten like naughty little eggs."
"The mustard of your DOOM! "
"I have chortles! "
He's much more than just memorable lines, too. He's a genius, and, like Gruntilda, a green cackling b*tch of a chatterbox. He gave Cackletta the power to live on. Inside Bowser... With boobs...
He found the Dark Star and almost destroyed the mushroom kingdom with it. HE NEEDS TO COME BACK! Come on, he's survived exploding. TWICE!
"Snack on my wrath, fink-rats! "
"You inhaled like the hungry syrup pig at the all you can eat pancake buffet."
"All who resist will be beaten like naughty little eggs."
"The mustard of your DOOM! "
"I have chortles! "
He's much more than just memorable lines, too. He's a genius, and, like Gruntilda, a green cackling b*tch of a chatterbox. He gave Cackletta the power to live on. Inside Bowser... With boobs...
He found the Dark Star and almost destroyed the mushroom kingdom with it. HE NEEDS TO COME BACK! Come on, he's survived exploding. TWICE!
18Porky - Earthbound
I hate this guy so much, he manipulated ness, killed Lucas's mom and brother and caused wreak havoc on the whole WORLD
He was Pretty twisted for a kid with no super natral powers, but he ended up cuasing much havic.
He is a great villain... BUT I STILL DESPISE HIM TO NO END!
19Dr. Nefarious - Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Dr. Nefarious is probably the only villain who is so bad that he will make you roll on the floor laughing your head off. And that's a good thing.
One of the funniest villians ever! He is
My favourite character from Ratchet and Clank series
My favourite character from Ratchet and Clank series
20Ganon - The Legend of Zelda Franchise
He's on the list twice? Wow. He's that good?
21Vaas Montenegro - Far Cry 3
This guy is so awesome! He should be at top 10
Vaas was the best villain in any game... the first time I played FarCry 3 the begging was a twist. I thought it was real but it was Vaas showing me a video. If Vaas was real, I think he would be about the same as Hitler in evil.
An absolutely insane character, no doubt the greatest villain from any videogame.
22King Dedede - The Kirby Franchise
Dedede is my favourite video game character ever, and sorry, he's not a villain, he's just a mischievous king. My favourite video game villain is Ganondorf
He can just flick Bowser on SSBB, He may be cute, but an epic villain, even though he's an anti hero.
23Raul Menendez - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
24Psycho Mantis - Metal Gear Solid
25Petey Pirahna - The Mario Franchise
26Dormin - Shadow of the Colossus
27Cyberdemon - Doom
28Nemesis - Resident Evil 3
This guy is the ultamate villan
29Mike Tyson - Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
30Big Daddy - Bioshock
31Lavos - Chrono Trigger
32Team Galactic - Pokemon
33Marx Soul - Kirby Super Star Ultra
One of the hardest bosses on a nintend game. His face alone can scare small children
34Mecha Hitler - Wolfenstein 3D
35Dracula - Castlevania Franchise
36Tokai - Red Steel
37Liquid Snake - Metal Gear Solid
Dude seriously! Your evil twin-clone-brother who is the antithesis of your very existence, and then there was the showdown at the end of metal gear solid 4
I love Metal Gear Solid because of the great game play and storylines and every boss in the series is memorable
Why is he this low?
38Jacqueline Natla - Tomb Raider
39Gruntilda - Banjo-Kazooie Franchise
40Sovereign - Mass Effect
This dude/machine set out to destroy all organic life. Big deal, makarov shot up an airport, sovereign ass raped entire fleets and planets
41Rudolf Ulbricht Von Sturmgeist - Medal of Honor: Frontline
42Giygas - Earthbound
Giygas is practically the epitome of evil. He is everything that evil stands for and was able to destroy an entire planet with a single thought. He deserves to at least be in the top 5.
It's SO disturbing. On it's final stage you can fetuses in the background, so really you are fighting it during an abortion. Urgh...
43Goro - Mortal Kombat
This four armed beast proved to be more frustrating to fight than any other boss character in any fight game.
44Frank Tenpenny - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
45Shang Tsung - Mortal Kombat Franchise
46Mileena - Mortal Kombat Franchise
Mileena is bad ass. She is unique fighter. Mileena should be in the top 10. She is the most evil female character in mortal kombat history.
I love mileena she is my number 1 favorite villain of all time she is the best female character in Mk and I hope they bring her back for Mk x take that green scorpion
47General Shepherd - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
No one can trust him even his own men
48Majora - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
49Ghirahim - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
This guy is just the perfect zelda villian.
50Hades - Kid Icarus Uprising
51Alberto Clemente - Mafia II
One of two ruthless, double crossing mobsters. The other is Carlo Falcone.
52Nikita Dragovich - Call of Duty Black Ops
53Magus - Chrono Trigger
54Ares - God of War Franchise
55Cyrus - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
Not like the rest of the criminal team leaders. This guy actually want to bring about the apocalypse and re-establish space-time and make a world with no emotions under his own rule.
56Admiral Razorbeard - Rayman 2: The Great Escape
57Kerrigan - Starcraft
58Tabuu - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
59Ender Dragon - Minecraft
60Sigma - Mega Man X
Everything this guy did is just unacceptable. In my opinion he deserves to be #1.
61Mephiles the Dark - Sonic the Hedgehog
The reason I like Mephiles is that he was an amazing villain in a game full of bland characters.
Why the hell is he so low?! He is the best villain ever (in my opinion)!
He is a demon and he killed sonic.
62Kurt Dierker - The Saboteur
63Carlo Falcone - Mafia II
Carlo Falcone is a ruthless double crossing mobster. Of course he's more villainous than some mutant turtle crybaby.
64Mileena - Mortal Kombat Series
65Loghain - Dragon Age: Origins
66Sander Cohen - BioShock
67Miraak - The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn
68The Covenant - Halo Franchise
69Zant - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The definition of madness.
70Maero - Saints Row 2
71Dahaka - Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
72Big Smoke - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
73Zoran Lazarevic - Uncharted 2
One of the most difficult bosses I've ever fighted!
74Magolor - Kirby's Return to Dream Land
He acts all nice to Kirby at the beginning, but once you APPEARENTLY beat the game, he betrays you and starts the most epic boss battle EVER!
He's a villain damn it and I haven't finished the game yet
75Count Bleck - Super Paper Mario
We know the story between him and Tippi. Blumiere and Timpani, who were Bleck and Tippi respectively, are lovers. But they separated because of altering dimensions. We thought Count Bleck is the antagonist of Super Paper, but this villain had a change of heart when he realizes Dimentio wants the Chaos Heart for Himself. Count Bleck, one of my favorite villains of the Mario franchise, should be high.
76Creeper - Minecraft
77Dark Link - Legend of Zelda Series
78Demise - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
79Galacta Knight - Kirby Series
80Bokoblin - Legend of Zelda Series
81Deku Baba - Legend of Zelda Series
Why is the deku Baba here? In fact, why is the deku Baba above mephelis?
The deku Baba is just an enemy that easily be killed in 2 or 3 sword hits.
The deku Baba is just an enemy that easily be killed in 2 or 3 sword hits.
82Antasma - Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
83Yuga - The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
84Xehanort - Kingdom Hearts
85Alex Mercer - Prototype Series
86Yellow 13 - Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
87The Illusive Man - Mass Effect 2 & 3
The Illusive Man starts as an extremist with good intentions (sorta). But over the course of Mass Effect 3, he slowly descends into madness as he becomes indoctrinated. By the end, he's crazy but still thinks he's doing what's right, but you can convince him of the truth long enough to shoot himself. He's a great villain of the "evil boss" variety (you never actually fight him).
88Vergil - Devil May Cry
89Cheese - Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL
90Yami - Okami
91The Professor - Conker: Live and Reloaded
92Megatron - Transformers Series
93Dr. Zomboss - Plants vs. Zombies 2
I just love his theme and the fact he is both a doctor and a zombie.
94Pagan Min - Far Cry 4
95Hoyt Volker - Far Cry 3
96Jeremy Irons - Call of Duty Advanced Warfare
97Rorke - Call of Duty Ghosts
98Abigail - Murdered: Soul Suspect
99Cole MacGrath - Infamous
100Satan - Puyo Puyo Franchise
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Wolves makeover: My take on Taylor/Saunders 2.0
By now you have probably heard the news: Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor has declined to extend the contract of now-former President of Basketball Operations David Kahn, and replaced him with Flip Saunders, who was the team's general manager for six months and its head coach for nearly a decade from 1995 to2005.
It's the end of the week, and I just got back from the press conference at Target Center announcing the appointment of Saunders, so I'm just going to bang out what I feel to be the most prominent new information for your digestion over the weekend.
My greatest concern — that hiring Saunders would cut into the authority or comfort level of existing head coach Rick Adelman — was alleviated somewhat in the media scrums with first Saunders and then Taylor after the formal press conference.
Taylor went on at some length explaining that Adelman was thoroughly vetted about a possible Saunders hire before the actual offer was made. The owner was concerned that Adelman might be leery of him hiring a longtime former coach of the franchise, and said he "made it clear" that "Rick is my coach and Flip is not my coach."
But according to Taylor, Adelman welcomed the addition, saying it would be a good thing to have another keen basketball mind to bounce things off of from a coach's perspective. Taylor quoted Adelman as saying, "I have enough confidence in myself" not to be at all threatened by Saunders coming on board. And he said he knows now that Adelman is "behind it 100 percent."
For his part, Saunders said he talked to Adelman directly by phone for about 90 minutes, mostly about the team's offense. Both during the formal press conference and during the media scrum, he repeatedly mentioned finding players who are the best fit for Adelman's system.
As with Taylor's interpretation of Adelman's reaction, Saunders said there is a real benefit and synergy from having two successful coaches putting their heads together on strategy.
So far, so good — at least we are assured that this was not imposed upon Adelman and that the coach himself seems well disposed toward the shift from Kahn to Saunders. Those are potential bedrock obstacles that apparently don't and won't exist.
At the risk of sounding too cynical, however, I wouldn't predict totally smooth sailing in the Adelman-Saunders relationship.
Still cause for reservations, if not skepticism
First of all, Saunders rightly has a high opinion of his ability to evaluate and improve this team, and he is speaking like a man ready and willing to make bold changes. "We've got a lot of work to do" was his mantra, and one of the times he invoked it was to draw a contrast to the catechism of non-playoff teams who extol their youthful talent and salary cap space and deliver feel-good platitudes.
After hearing him reference Adelman's system a half-dozen times, I asked him how he perceived that system and how that squares with his own philosophy. He spoke of sharing the ball and the power of jump shots, especially from three-point range. He specifically cited how Denver, a team that led the NBA in shots in the paint, had just been ousted by Golden State, who specialize in gunning from long-range.
That doesn't sound like an endorsement for retaining center Nikola Pekovic or forward Andrei Kirilenko. Neither Saunders nor Taylor would bite when I asked about salary cap parameters and how they related to retaining Pek and possibly AK — they kept their comments general, along the lines of wanting to "retain the players currently under contract."
In the media scrum, Saunders did mention that as an ESPN analyst, he named Pek as one of two candidates for Most Improved Players for the season just completed. But when it came to players who fit Adelman's system, the Timberwolf he cited was Chase Budinger.
The real news made in today's press conference — that Taylor is not going to sell the team after all, and is in fact willing to buy out his current minority owners — also puts a small cloud on Adelman's authority going forward. Even as he offers to swallow up his partners, Taylor announced that Saunders will own a small piece of the team in addition to Flip's five-year contract.
Now, maybe this is just a titular percentage, along the lines of the minuscule partnership stake that hip-hop mogul Jay-Z had with the Brooklyn Nets. But the fact remains that both Taylor and Saunders have a more vested interest in the long term of this franchise than they had a month ago, which may not be a good thing for Adelman, who wants to win now.
There is much more to be discussed, but I'm going to wrap it up before everyone leaves for the weekend. Let me close with some sincere and positive points.
First, whatever his flaws, Saunders is an extremely smart basketball mind who taught me a tremendous amount about how to watch and appreciate the game during his stint as the Wolves coach. I happen to think Adelman needs to see his vision predominate, and worry that Saunders is good enough to have legitimate cause to interfere.
But that doesn't lessen my respect for what Flip brings to the table, which is light years beyond the scouting capabilities of Kahn.
And finally, Saunders was extremely complimentary about Kevin Love and about Ricky Rubio, understanding that they are indeed the cornerstones of this franchise. If losing Kahn enhances the loyalty Love feels toward the franchise, and if Saunders and Adelman can agree about how to surround him and Rubio with the right mix of players, it will be a fascinating next couple of years in Minnesota.
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Agreed. I hope that since Flip has said that he wants to find the right players for Adelman's system, that Adelman's statements at the end of the regular season about wanting Pek back would be taken into consideration?
I don't remember seeing Adelman say anything about AK, though I would think a healthy Kevin Love along with a returning Budinger would allow a role for AK to play even if he's not much of a three-point threat, especially since nobody else on the roster offers what AK does as a defensive presence?
AK will probably stay
Unless AK can get a longer term deal at nearly as much money, he isn't likely to turn down his $10m option for next season. The question is whether the type of ball movement and baseline cutting that works so well with what both Pek and AK do will be fully embraced by Flip, or whether he wants more run and gun chucking.
I'm a bit more bullish
I'm especially excited regarding the long-terms implications of this deal. It's no secret that Kahn is not exactly a guy who connects with his players. But as the old saying goes, "you don't change horsemen mid-apocalypse" (at least I think that's how it goes). I think Glen showed some serious dedication to this franchise (and his own vision) by sticking with Kahn, despite the legions of Bill Simmons' worshippers who mindlessly repeat his Kahn-mockery (if I hear one more person lament how we "traded" Ty Lawson or Chandler Parsons, I'm going to scream). Every Wolves publication in town has ripped Kahn over the years, and I'm sure Glen had plenty of chances to pull the plug and start over, but I bet he's happy to have Saunders as a real, vested security blanket.
And I'll bring a bit more of my outsider-optimism - is having two great coaches on the same team really a recipe for disaster? I just can't see those two not being able to work this out - I mean, the Wolves did pretty well when we had two great coaches in McHale and Saunders, right? I don't know Adelman or Saunders personally but I can't see either of them being so stubborn as to end up hurting this franchise.
I will note that it's strange that Saunders emphasized jump shooting so much, considering who we have as our starting PG - Saunders has always had guys at that spot who can knock down a jumper (like Brandon and Cassell), rather than a guy who was a primary playmaker. Maybe that was just a necessity of the system of running KG as primary ballhandler in the pinch-post.
Also, I think I saw on Twitter that someone asked Saunders a question about analytics - anyone know what the response was? I guess I always assumed that the Wolves have people who know how to make good use of modern hoops analytics software, but I don't know for sure...
Bullish is okay
You have always liked Kahn a bit more than me, although I share your distaste for the way he was mocked, sometimes unfairly.
You'll be pleased to hear that Saunders was talking about surrounding Rubio with shooters and doesn't seem like he is worried about him dramatically improving his own shot.
As for analytics, if Flip embraces them he is a relatively recent convert (but by those standards, so am I), but the organization itself has an analytics department (although as devoted to marketing as it is to x's and o's) and sent a raft of folks to Sloan at MIT this year. I think the franchise will be okay on that score.
Jason Kidd
I've finally realized who Rubio reminds me of.
And Kidd has developed a reliable three point shot late in his career -- Rubio may do so earlier.
agree with Anton
I agree that it is silly to worry about having two coaches around...All teams have 6 to 10 assistant coaches anyway, and that is not a problem. They all have roles to play. Adelman will coach the floor, Flip will work the political/contract stuff with free-agents and GM's around the league.
I thought DKahn was bullied in the media, but I'm sure his personality got in the way of deal-making. Flip is 50x as likeable and that matters when working the phones and essentially selling the team to players/agents.
A few things
1) I'm wary of any positioning of Adelman as unwilling to let others have some control in decision-making. He let Kahn sign Roy and Shved last year, he probably was overruled on getting rid of Williams last summer, and my guess is that he needed help orchestrating the Suns/Hornets 3-way to dump Wes' contract. He has no history of quitting, which makes me still think the only reasons he'll walk away will be due to his wife's health or at the end of his contract. He may not carry final control over everything, but he's a huge part of this.
2) While Flip didn't explicitly focus on Pek and AK, I get the sense his focus lies more with the role players surrounding them than those specific guys. He can see what both guys bring in this system and in general. Obviously, Gelabale is gone because he can't shoot. Stiemsma might be gone because another role player might offer more than him in this system. With the need for shooting, DC might be more expendable unless he can extend his range to the corner 3. The non-Rubio guards are the ones who should fall under more scrutiny; I could see them getting rid of 2 of the Barea/Ridnour/Shved trio, with Ridnour and Shved possibly more likely to move because neither can make 3s above 35% (which JJ can). Maybe this also means that Williams is more likely to stay because he has more range than DC (his eFG% was slightly higher than DCs because he made some 3s). Or maybe they end up with another 4/5 who can make 3s.
3) The biggest concern should be with whether Flip's job performance can be evaluated as objectively as Kahn's and what, if any, effect his partial stake will have on his job security. I think he can do the job with the right support staff in place, but if he can't, this all becomes more problematic than Kahn was. McHale's final years with Hoiberg/Stack/Babcock were good, but he was fortunate that Michael Heisley overruled Memphis' front office and accepted the Mayo/Love trade and that Miami tanked hard for Derrick Rose and allowed the Wolves to turn a potentially useless 2nd rounder into the top pick in that round and Pek. The process is worrisome, but it's still a step up from the previous situation.
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Importance Hospitalized older adults often lack decisional capacity, but outside of the intensive care unit and end-of-life care settings, little is known about the frequency of decision making by family members or other surrogates or its implications for hospital care.
Objective To describe the scope of surrogate decision making, the hospital course, and outcomes for older adults.
Design, Setting, and Participants Prospective, observational study conducted in medicine and medical intensive care unit services of 2 hospitals in 1 Midwestern city in 1083 hospitalized older adults identified by their physicians as requiring major medical decisions.
Main Outcomes and Measures Clinical characteristics, hospital outcomes, nature of major medical decisions, and surrogate involvement.
Results According to physician reports, at 48 hours of hospitalization, 47.4% (95% CI, 44.4%-50.4%) of older adults required at least some surrogate involvement, including 23.0% (20.6%-25.6%) with all decisions made by a surrogate. Among patients who required a surrogate for at least 1 decision within 48 hours, 57.2% required decisions about life-sustaining care (mostly addressing code status), 48.6% about procedures and operations, and 46.9% about discharge planning. Patients who needed a surrogate experienced a more complex hospital course with greater use of ventilators (2.5% of patients who made decisions and 13.2% of patients who required any surrogate decisions; P < .001), artificial nutrition (1.7% of patients and 14.4% of surrogates; P < .001), and length of stay (median, 6 days for patients and 7 days for surrogates; P < .001). They were more likely to be discharged to an extended-care facility (21.2% with patient decisions and 40.9% with surrogate decisions; P < .001) and had higher hospital mortality (0.0% patients and 5.9% surrogates; P < .001). Most surrogates were daughters (58.9%), sons (25.0%), or spouses (20.6%). Overall, only 7.4% had a living will and 25.0% had a health care representative document in the medical record.
Conclusions and Relevance Surrogate decision making occurs for nearly half of hospitalized older adults and includes both complete decision making by the surrogate and joint decision making by the patient and surrogate. Surrogates commonly face a broad range of decisions in the intensive care unit and the hospital ward setting. Hospital functions should be redesigned to account for the large and growing role of surrogates, supporting them as they make health care decisions.
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When Jeshuat Israel wanted to make alterations to Touro 100 years ago, the New Yorkers stepped in, preventing the congregants from altering the building. "This is part of the warp and woof of who they are," Zola said of Shearith Israel's congregation.
In 1946, Shearith Israel trustees, along with Jeshuat Israel, signed a contract with the U.S. government, designating Touro a National Historic Site.
Jeshuat Israel does not contest Shearith Israel's historic role at Touro. But its lawyers argue that during the past half-century, Shearith Israel has played a minor role in the synagogue.
The Newport congregation says it has spent $3 million renovating and restoring Touro. It also cites burdensome maintenance and running costs of a recently opened $14 million visitor center, whose construction was bankrolled by Ambassador John Loeb Jr. (Loeb declined to be interviewed about the legal battle.)
Meanwhile, the spark that brought both sides into court may have been extinguished. The Museum of Fine Arts' offer to purchase the rimonim was good only until the end of 2012. A museum spokesman told the Forward on January 28 that the offer has been rescinded, in part because of the dueling lawsuits.
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At the beginning of January, Judge William E. Smith gave both sides 90 days to try to find a resolution. Whatever the outcome, most observers are confident that because of its architectural, cultural and historical significance, Touro is in no immediate danger. In addition to its many admirers, the synagogue building is supported by the Touro Synagogue Foundation, whose mission is to preserve it as a historic site.
But the survival of the congregation remains in doubt.
George Goodwin, editor of the Journal Rhode Island Jewish Historical Notes, said many of Jeshuat Israel's members are either elderly or "spend much of the year in Florida or elsewhere."
If the congregation were to disappear, as its predecessor did almost 200 years ago, it would be a travesty, Goodwin said.
"Touro is so special because it's both a museum and a living congregation," Goodwin said. "So if it were to fail, it would be a horrible indictment of the organized Jewish community in Rhode Island, in New England and in America."
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David Roberts has a long essay over at Grist complaining about "scolds" (The New York Times's Andrew Revkin, in particular) who criticize others for making too much of the link between climate change and extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy.
Roberts's commentary jumps off from a self-reflective post by Revkin about whether he is guilty of what one of his longtime sources, retired climate scientist Thomas Crowley, has called "reverse tribalism." Roberts calls it "hippie punching" and as he explained, "it goes like this":
An extreme weather event takes place; climate activists (and the occasional journalist) make a connection to climate change; and then, a pack of climate wonks and journalists descends, scolding activists for exaggerating, going overboard, exceeding the bounds of evidence, and "giving the other side ammunition." (That last bit is crucial. The idea that the scolds are saving the activists from themselves is what gives the scolding a patina of public purpose. Otherwise it's just self-righteous hectoring.)
It's a thoughtful piece, but Roberts mischaracterizes what the scolds (and I count myself among them) are saying. A day before Revkin posted his piece about reverse tribalism, he'd written another one that warned against drawing too many conclusions about climate change from Hurricane Sandy. He also sent out a tweet saying, "Northeast storminess is not place to look for signals of greenhouse-driven global warming," which prompted the following snarky reply from Roberts:
@revkin People are discussing climate change all over the place! You really need to work harder to tamp this down.
— David Roberts (@drgrist) October 29, 2012
Revkin cited Roberts's comment in his post and conceded, "I have sometimes perhaps been too eager to challenge definitive statements related to human-driven global warming for fear they will provide ammunition to those working to foment doubt and maintain stasis on our energy menu." It should be clear, however, that in making those challenges, he and other scolds are not trying to "tamp down" discussions about climate change. They're trying to steer them toward facts, and away from exaggerations, and this doesn't mean, as Roberts put it, that everything has to be couched in "caveat-filled, probabilistic language." But it does mean being accurate and precise (talking about specific knowns and unknowns rather than generalizing) and focusing on the big picture (the climatological context of a storm) rather than attribution (whether or not the event was "caused" by global warming).
For example, rather than writing that, "Sandy shows how climate change is increasing extreme weather around the world," it's better to write something like, "It's unclear how climate change is affecting hurricanes, but global warming is undoubtedly causing sea level to rise, which exacerbates the storm surge from any cyclone that comes along."
It seems like this is the kind of simple, contextualized explanation that Roberts wants, too. Like the scolds, he wants reporters to avoid the troubled waters of attribution stories and warns that asking if climate change caused an individual weather event is a "confusing question." He also warns that when "climate hawks" answer that question with a simple, "yes," they "cement that confusion."
Unlike scolds, however, Roberts is willing to shrug off the simple, "yes," and doesn't think others should bother to explain the problems with it either. The reason is that be believes the debate about attribution science is really just a "semantic dispute over the meaning of 'cause.'" To some extent, he's right. Kevin Trenberth, a climatologist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, is fond of saying that, "All weather events are affected by climate change because the environment in which they occur is warmer and moister than it used to be."
That's true, but it's not a very helpful statement. As Roberts himself explained in a post in June about attributing wildfires to climate change, events have proximate (first-order) and distal (second-order, third-order, etc.) causes. The proximate cause of a fire is a spark. The proximate cause of Hurricane Sandy was an unusual confluence of different weather systems. In both cases, climate change was a distal cause, but as Roberts noted in his post, the real question is, how distal? That's what scientists are arguing about. Yet Roberts dismisses the importance of the question as soon as he acknowledges it. He argues that saying "climate change caused" a given weather event isn't "necessarily false or exaggerated," even if climate change is only a minor factor—it's just "confusing."
The scolds don't see it that way. They think it's worth explaining why climate is a fairly distal factor in storms like Sandy. But that doesn't mean, as Roberts alleges, that scolds are calling for lots of talk about "stochastic modeling, forensic attribution, and degrees of probability," or that they they're opposed to providing "a visceral, more-than-intellectual sense of what climate change means."


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First let me say that I love Barnaby and Hooker. I bought both Metro Girl and Motor Mouth in book form and on CDs so that I could listen to it in the car on long trips. When I saw another book with these two, I pre-ordered it. The package arrived last night and I couldn't wait to read it. Then I opened the package...graphic novel. Yuck!
After sulking for a couple of hours, I did sit down and read it. The story is simple (Rosa is missing) and so is the language. "My name is Alex Barnaby. I once stole an eighteen-wheeler and drove it to Miami."
My main gripe about the book is it's not finished. This is only chapter 1 thru 4. I also don't like the font that is used in the ballons that go along with the artwork. It's small and thin. I had to take my glasses off to actually be able to focus on the print.
On the upside...the artwork is beautiful. The artist put more time and effort into the book than the authors did and gets the lowest credit... read more
It's amazing to me that anyone still buys an Evanovich book. How many worthless books does an author have to produce before devoted fans stop buying?? I stopped after Plum Spooky. Before that, I knew when the release date was for each book, and bought the very day it came out. I loved all the numbered Plum books, the off numbered ones, and even her previously published romantic novels. Imagine my surprise, when #14 was written in what seemed to be a completely different style! It was beyond boring, the humor fell flat on it's face. I wondered if this was really Janet Evanovich writing this?? Well, everyone has an off day. So, when Plum Spooky came out, I bought it sight unseen, sure that the Janet I knew would be back in her true form. I couldn't believe that Plum Stupid, uh, I mean Plum Spooky, was as bad as it was. Very much, in fact, like #14. When #15 came out, I wasn't dumb enough to buy it sight unseen. When I looked it over, I quickly realized it was as bad as the last two. I... read more
I cannot believe what a money grubbing piece of nonsense this disgrace of so called book is. Shame on Janet Evanovich, her daughter and the publisher. This is no 'novel', graphic or otherwise. It's a pathetic comic with a hardcover that takes less than 20 minutes to read. The artwork is beautiful. The story is beyond lame.
DO NOT waste your money. One entire page had all of about 7 lines of dialogue, another 3 lines. This wouldn't even qualify as a short story if sold by the word. The page count was heavily padded by the artwork, which is just not a substitute for plot or content. Honestly, it reads like a first year writing class assignment and dressed up with great artwork and that does not a graphic novel make.
I am so over Janet Evanovich and her ridiculous money making schemes. And shame on Amazon for promoting this rip-off.
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