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I just got a 7ft tall plumeria from someone... it have 2 Long branch about 7 ft tall from the ground up... should i Cut this plumeria to make more cutting or Leave it and keep it growing?? any suggestion??? |
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Yes, if you want branches lower down.. However, this is not the time to do it. You want to wait until late fall, while the plant is dormant. Don't do it now. The nice thing is, when you make cuttings, you will have more plants! |
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Can I still get Minox film?
UPDATED DECEMBER 26, 2014: Factory fresh empty Minox cassettes have arrived from Germany. We are currently loading them with four different film emulsions; so far, we have enjoyed very good results.
We will be offering black and white film in 100ASA and 400ASA.
We will be offering color film in 100ASA and 400ASA.
Production loading of the initial batch is proceeding slower than predicted. We appreciate your patience; please understand that we will bringing a very high quality product to market and are exhautively testing our results before we begin selling.
To be fair to the people who have been patiently waiting, we will be selling first to those of you who have already signed up for our mailing list. We will begin selling over the counter and actively on the web only once we have satisfied the orders of the mailing list.
We are NOT accepting pre-orders at this time. Everyone will be notified at the same time, and we will sell our intial stock on a first come, first serve basis.
We currently expect to make this initial offering available in January, 2015.
Will be offering a wider range of emulsions in the future.
Please sign onto the below mailing list to be among the first to know.
Also, if you have an interest in helping us with our ongoing market research, here is the link for our MINOX film questionnaire:
Do you process Minox film?
Yes - enthusiastically. Blue Moon Camera and Machine is dedicated to processing and printing Minox subminiature films, both black & white and color, for the very, very long term. Many of our staff carry and actively shoot Minox cameras, so it is certainly in our best interest to keep our work flow flowing. As with all of our lab processes, your work is handled in the same manner as our own.
How much does it cost?
Shooting with your Minox camera should not be a rarified or exotic experience. We keep the subminiature print pricing schedule in line with that of our standard 35mm processing and printing. To wit:
Black & White -- $8.00 to develop the film (by hand) and $0.55 per print
Color -- $5.00 to develop the film (by machine) and $0.55 per print
Unlike most of our services, the proofing of Minox film is limited to two options. Our standard print is the unique and compelling presentation print. Our exclusive proof looks like this:
This print has a perimeter of five inches by five inches and an image size of 2 and 1/4 inches by 3 and 1/4 inches.
Our latest print size is the only machine enlargement available and looks like this:
This print has a perimeter of five inches by seven inches and an image size of 3 1/4 inches by 4 3/4 inches. These cost $1.00 per print if you have us print one of each at the time of development. Reprints of 5x7s follow the pricing of our other formats, starting at $3.50 per print.
While we strongly recommend a nice matte finish, we do offer a high-gloss paper surface, though those seeking the glossy paper should allow a bit more time for the return of their prints.
Black and white film is printed on color paper in a lovely, old-fashioned warm tone style which looks like this:
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Do I have any other enlargement options?
Any Minox print which requires a larger than normal print size, or requires special by-hand treatment, can be handled through our by-hand darkroom services. Please refer to the by-hand section of our price schedule for the appropriate fees, and kindly allow a bit of extra time (generally about two weeks once the film has reached us) for turn around.
What kind of prints are these?
As with most of our printing services, Blue Moon Camera is proud to offer completely optical, non-digital printing from Minox negatives. We feel that working with lenses and chemistry still provides the highest quality prints. Even our machine proofs fall into this category. Forty-five cents will provide you with a lovely print produced by light passing through a lens, massaged to perfection by a dedicated human printer.
That's nice, but can you put my film on CD?
We can. While we believe that our optical prints offer the most appealing product from a Minox negative, we recognize the occasional need for a digital copy. Our Minox scan looks like this:
Photo courtesy of Jay Rochlin. Click for full size.
Please see our Digital Scanning page for scan pricing and other details.
How long does it take?
Our lab always strives to fulfill all orders within one week of receiving your film. If you will kindly allow two weeks for the film to travel door to door, you should be pleasantly surprised. Remember, we may ask for up to a full extra week when fulfilling glossy proofing, custom darkroom orders, or multi-part orders (e.g. printing + scanning of the same roll of film).
How should I ship the film? How much does the return freight cost?
It is imperative that Minox cassettes are handled very delicately, as they are just that: delicate. Please do not expect successful shipping if you drop an exposed cassette in a regular envelope – they likely will be crushed at best, and be lost altogether at worst. The cassette, in it's factory-provided "coffin," should be bubble wrapped and shipped in a rigid container for maximum protection.
Return shipping: For most orders within the continental US, we utilize the USPS's Priority Mail service. This generally costs $7.50 for most orders, and is safe and (more importantly) trackable. This box (roughly 5x7 in size) will easily hold two or three completed rolls of processing, plus a couple of unexposed film cassettes should you need any shipped along. International customers or those with large orders should kindly inquire for an accurate shipping quote.
Am I crazy? Are these cameras any good?
You're not crazy – quite the contrary, your interest in Minox cameras and their usage goes a long way to proving how discriminating a photographic consumer you really are. The Minox cameras themselves, particularly those of the vintage variety, are the high watermark of twentieth century photographic industrial design. Incredibly sharp optics installed into an elegant and reliable camera that is easily carried (or hidden) anywhere make for one of our favorite cameras ever, past or present.
The best photographer in the world is powerless without a camera. The Minox system allows you to make sure that you never venture forth unarmed.

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- Color: Gray Or Blue (Mostly)
- Age: Adult
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I am already spayed, up to date with shots, and good with kids.
Hi everyone, my name is Reese. I put on my white socks every morning like your everyday kitty. I prefer to be the only kitty in the household, but I am great with kids and smaller homes. I may not be the young active little kitten I used to be, but I still love to cuddle like nobody's business, and I am super patient! I have never hissed or tried to bite my foster family even when they took me to the vet or tried to cut my beautiful nails. My favorite hobbies include sleeping with my family, looking out the window, being brushed, and doing laundry. Okay, maybe not the last one.
Approximately 10 years old.
Other Pets at Tenth Life Cat Rescue
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Reese, a St. Louis Domestic Shorthair cat was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Domestic Shorthair for sale in St. Louis, or seeking a Domestic Shorthair cat from a breeder in St. Louis.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in St. Louis already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
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Mophie Juice Pack™ Powerstation – Travel Battery Charger For iPod, iPhone, iPad and other smart phones →
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The powerstation is our most powerful battery yet, boasting 4000 mAh and super highoutput charging with unmatched capacity for its compact size.
I've reviewd the Mophie Juice Pack Reserve External iPhone Charger before, and today I'm reviewing the Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation.
This charger is a little bigger than the Juice Pack and holds a stronger charge.
You can use it to charge anything that charges from a USB cable: iPhones, iPads, Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus, the list goes on, so it's a little more useful than the Juice Pack Reserve.
I've found it was able to charge my iPhone pretty quickly and since it's about the same size as my iPhone, fit in my pocket pretty easily to carry around as a backup.
To top this off, while the Juice Park Reserve charges my iPhone about 40%, the Powerstation can charge it 100% so that is really handy.
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Cameras have been around since the 19th century. Furthermore, video cameras have been used by people around the world since the twentieth century. Even more, these marvelous devices are used for countless different aspects of our lives from taking footage and still pictures at a huge birthday bash to photographing supermodels to embellishing events such as galas, graduations, and important ceremonies.
Now, after that brief introduction, let's look at this technology from a different perspective. In other words, what if cameras and video cameras were developed at a much earlier time in human history? For instance, instead of the 1850s, cameras and even video cameras were invented by some genius in Papua New Guinea in 2 B.C. This would dramatically change the future horizon of every subsequent event for the next 2,015 years!
One way this would change things is that many of the great masterpieces such as paintings and sculptures seen in museums worldwide would not even exist. Furthermore, these artists who made these masterpieces would not even be known to the modern day world.
Another way this paradigm shift of technology would effect the world is that many thousands of years of human history would have been recorded for our very eyes to see! This would be neat; especially for history classes. Imagine seeing authentic footage of the life of many famous figures over the last 2,015 years such as Jesus Christ, King Henry VIII, many of the Roman emperors, all the royalty of England; and so on so forth? People wouldn't be able to doubt their existence or the amazing acts they've accomplished during their lifetime.
Finally, a third way that would occur from this earlier arrival of cameras and video cameras is the fact that these technologies would be way more advanced than they currently are in the year 2013. For example, we would probably be using a video camera that is completely a holographic image and uses holographic film to record images of the physical world. Furthermore, the pixel range would most likely be in the tera-to-peta-range; maybe even in the exa-range! With technologies like that, we would capture the world in ways unheard of at this moment in time!


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12 incredible objects being made with 3D printers today
November 09, 2010
BD+C has reported on how 3D printers are attracting the attention of AEC firms (http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/3d-prototyping-goes-low-cost). Now you can see how other creative types are utilizing this fascinating printing technology. Among the printed items: King Tut's remains, designer shoes, and the world's smallest Rubik's Cube.
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Date: November 6, 2006
On November 4, 2006, at about 09:43 a.m. Lincoln County Sheriff's Deputy Abby Dorsey was dispatched to the Yachats Fire Dept to contact the victim in a possible assault that occurred at a residence on Yachats River Road. Deputy Dorsey contacted the victim, William Johnson, 37, of Yachats at the fire department and learned that Johnson had been in an altercation with Raymond Dean Petrick, 45, also of Yachats. Johnson was transported to the hospital in Newport for a broken lower leg.
Deputy Dorsey located Petrick in a vehicle shortly after the incident near the intersection of Yachats River Road, and NW Spruce Court. Petrick was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Lincoln County Jail where he was lodged for Assault IV, bail $7,500.00.
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I have it: 5 I had it: 2 I want it: 13
Floral Exotique is an enchanting fragrance of tropical white flowers. Top notes: bergamot, lily-of-the-valley and sweet melon. Heart: tuberose, jasmine, sunflower, ylang-ylang and orange blossom. Base: musk, vanilla, cedar and sandalwood.
It is available as 50 ml EDT and 10 ml perfume oil. The nose behind this fragrance is Anne Flipo.
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I bought this blind in a job lot on ebay. It's almost all white floral, with a touch of watery aquatics as well, but it is light and powdery and not as cloying as some almost pure florals can be. It's pretty inoffensive and is certainly easier to take in the drydown than the almost overpowering initial floral scent-bomb. As others have said, it's a smell reminiscent of sunny beach vacations. White florals aren't really my thing but I might wear this occasionally, I would have to be in the right mood. On the other hand, I would not regret swapping it away further down the track. It makes me wish Fragrantica had a category other than love, like or dislike, say "indifferent" or "could easily do without" because that's what this one is for me.
Edit: 2 hours later it became unpleasantly soapy and I had to scrub it off.
Top: Love Boat (tv series), eau de toilette (It doesn't exist, I hope, but this fragrance could be it!)
Heart: Vanderbilt eau Legere (same up here)
Base: Nivea classic blue cream, Krasnaya mockva, Apres l'Ondee.
I mean. Is nice, expecially the top after a while is totally same to Vanderbilt (1982). It smell really Vintage, that was the first word I said when I smelled It on a woman that was wearing it. It's really '80. Smell sun cream of that period. Now I bought via internet, remembering I apreciated once. But last year I've also bought Vanderbilt, now I know they smell almost the same.
It smells like summer on the beach : sea, salt, sand and sunscreen cream. Just close your eyes and dream... I love all the Fille des Iles fragrances : always a nice trip !
Floral Exotique is a true beachy vacation scent. It has a warm, sweet scent but not fruity or young. Takes one quick spritz to last all day. To my nose, it has the smell of a vintage scent -- somewhat like Emeraude or one I can't place from the past. It is very beautiful.
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Our Family Cottage has been tastefully updated as a four season weekend and vacation rental destination. The Lake is known locally as Summit Lake, is approximately 45 acres in size, has less than 25 cottages on it and is a private community. Approximately 45% of the shoreline is and will stay undeveloped via an easement held by the Delaware River Conservancy.
Upon arrival you will find off street parking for up to three cars. Motion detection security lighting illuminates the parking area, steps and deck. The deck wraps around the front of the cottage to provide a covered porch with comfortable seating and a great view of the Lake. Once inside, we provide a Visitors Guide that includes menus from most of the local restaurants and brochures for local activities.
The kitchen is fully equipped and includes a family size electric griddle and waffle iron for breakfast. Depending on the season, dining can be at the kitchen table or outside on the deck. The lower level includes a covered patio with table and a hammock nearby. In the unfinished basement we store 2 mountain bikes, men's and women's golf clubs and 2 sets of aluminum frame snowshoes for guest use. Adult and children's life vests are also available for using the canoe and row boat.
Summertime sunsets are special and can be followed by a lakeside campfire and marshmallow toasting at the outdoor fire pit. Whether its the fire pit in the Summertime or wood stove in the Winter, we provide a supply of firewood.
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1 Why do you stand so far away, LORD, hiding yourself in troubling times? | 1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far off ? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? |
2 Meanwhile, the wicked are proudly in hot pursuit of those who suffer. Let them get caught in the very same schemes they've thought up! | 2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises. |
3 The wicked brag about their body's cravings; the greedy reject the LORD, cursing. | 3 He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD. |
4 At the peak of their wrath, the wicked don't seek God: There's no God— that's what they are always thinking. | 4 In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God. |
5 Their ways are always twisted. Your rules are too lofty for them. They snort at all their foes. | 5 His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies. |
6 They think to themselves, We'll never stumble. We'll never encounter any resistance. | 6 He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble." |
7 Their mouths are filled with curses, dishonesty, violence. Under their tongues lie troublemaking and wrongdoing. | 7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue. |
8 They wait in a place perfect for ambush; from their hiding places they kill innocent people; their eyes spot those who are helpless. | 8 He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims. |
9 They lie in ambush in secret places, like a lion in its lair. They lie in ambush so they can seize those who suffer! They seize the poor, all right, dragging them off in their nets. | 9 He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net. |
10 Their helpless victims are crushed; they collapse, falling prey to the strength of the wicked. | 10 His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength. |
11 The wicked think to themselves: God has forgotten. God has hidden his face. God never sees anything! | 11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees." |
12 Get up, LORD! Get your fist ready, God! Don't forget the ones who suffer! | 12 Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. |
13 Why do the wicked reject God? Why do they think to themselves that you won't find out? | 13 Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"? |
14 But you do see! You do see troublemaking and grief, and you do something about it! The helpless leave it all to you. You are the orphan's helper. | 14 But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. |
15 Break the arms of those who are wicked and evil. Seek out their wickedness until there's no more to find. | 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out. |
16 The LORD rules forever and always! The nations will vanish from his land. | 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land. |
17 LORD, you listen to the desires of those who suffer. You steady their hearts; you listen closely to them, | 17 You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, |
18 to establish justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that people of the land will never again be terrified. | 18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more. |
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I saw this kitchen design showroom and thought of you guys.
I know their formal name is Total Kitchen Outfitters, but the logo is just too coincidental. |
Here is a link that might be useful: TKO
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I think I had read somewhere (in a magazine) that most kitchen designers lurk here and on HGTV.com (they have a kitchen forum there too). |
- Posted by bill_vincent (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Fri, Jul 28, 06 at 20:04
You'd be surprised who comes into these forums. Over at floorstransformed (another forum very much like John Bridge's), you don't need to register to post, so anyone can come in there, and use any name they wish. About a year ago, the webmaster let me know that I'd helped someone whose real name I'd be sure to recognise. You just never know WHO you're talking to!! :-) |
That's true. As far as celebrities and such, I'm sure that they are very active on the internet. Think about it - it's probably one of the only ways they can be a part of the mainstream with some privacy. And I'm sure that most of them are TKO'd, too. |
Oh, I don't know--it references "technical knockout", even before it became our little diagnosis :) I'd say innocent until proven guilty. |
- Posted by hamptonmeadow (My Page) on Sun, Jul 30, 06 at 5:58
Of course, many of you already know I am really Gwyneth Paltrow. ;) |
very funny, hampton !! if we only knew...... |
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Meg R... here! |
OMG Lila, did you actually go to the showroom, or just happen to find it online? I was driving in the neighborhood and saw the TKO sign, and actually thought that it might be related to the Garden Web (not). So I went in and looked around. Nice stuff, and the place wasn't "officially" open yet, so the owner had time to talk and show me around. I told him about the Kitchen Forum. Haven't been back though. It's right in my neighborhood. |
- Posted by lilathabit (My Page) on Sun, Aug 6, 06 at 1:16
Hey mimi, that was my old neighborhood before I moved away to Rockland County, but I still go back all the time to visit family and friends. I wish I could move back. I didn't actually go inside TKO. What did the owner say when you told him about these message boards? |
Sorry I haven't replied before this. I told the owner about the kitchen forum, and he immediately went to his computer and opened up the site, but then said it wasn't what he thought it would be. Who know, maybe he lurks or maybe not. But he had some gorgeous stuff on the floor. Do you really miss the old neighborhood? I've lived here all my life and really like it. Took my daughter a few years after she moved to NJ not to keep running back to Bklyn at the drop of a hat. Hard to miss family and friends. |
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Earlier today, Sean Tomlinson elaborated on what Rob Gronkowski's pops is reporting to be a high-ankle sprain. And it's beginning to look as though Gronk's right ankle will be the most talked about joint of Super Bowl week, because the elite Patriots tight end once again failed to practice on Friday and is officially questionable for Super Bowl Sunday on today's very preliminary injury report.
But the Pats have a tendency to call everyone questionable, which is both genius and annoying. As a result, Gronkowski's status also matches the statuses of the following players, all of whom practiced today:
WR Deion Branch (knee), T Marcus Cannon (ankle), S Patrick Chung (knee), LB Dane Fletcher (thumb), S James Ihedigbo (shoulder), DT Kyle Love (ankle), G Logan Mankins (knee), LB Rob Ninkovich (hip), LB Brandon Spikes (knee), T Sebastian Vollmer (back, foot), WR Wes Welker (knee), LB Tracy White (abdomen)
So New England technically has a higher quantity of injuries, but the Giants might have a higher quality. That's because two starters and two other significant role players continue to sit out practice. Hakeem Nicks (shoulder) and Corey Webster (hamstring) have been held out most of the week, and are both questionable along with Will Blackmon (knee) and Jacquian Williams (foot). There's optimism surrounding all four players, but it's a little concerning that Williams showed up to work today in a boot.
Additionally, the following players are practicing yet listed as probable for the G-men:
C David Baas (abdomen, neck), LB Chase Blackburn (calf), RB Ahmad Bradshaw (foot), S Tyler Sash (concussion), DE Osi Umenyiora (ankle, knee)
That group, along with New England's Dan Connolly (groin) and Matt Slater (shoulder), should all be good to go next week.
So to recap: If you're a Pats fan, your only worry is Gronkowski. And if you're a Giants fan, your biggest worry is Nicks.


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I'll be comparing this eraser to the Boxy and the Pilot Foam erasers: While the description says that this eraser clumps its dust together to make cleanup easy, the Foam does it exceptionally well compared to this. Maybe I wasn't erasing correctly (yes, depending on how you erase, the bits will clump together better or worse), but the clumping wasn't so great. After quite a bit of erasing, I was stuck with fewer bits than the Boxy, which doesn't clump at all, but a lot more than the Foam, which produced one single eraser strip as waste. Also, this eraser doesn't seem to erase as well with a light touch. The Boxy and the Foam all seemed to absorb the graphite, while this simply produced a would-be piece of eraser hanging off a corner. I found myself straining to erase large art projects with just as many eraser bits as the Black Pearl (regular, American eraser). The eraser is squishier than the Foam and the Boxy, so it gets my mind off of my work (so maybe it doubles as a stress reliever?). The cardboard does dig into the eraser, but I don't have any problems with the cardboard digging into the eraser and causing it to fall apart as I've read on some reviews of the Foam (a problem I never really had with my Foam, though). I guess the plus to this eraser is that it comes in more varieties and colors to suit your style. But--the logo on the front faded pretty easily after a bit of brisk use. Bottom line, this eraser is great compared to the regular erasers you find around the US, but if you're going to upgrade your eraser on Jetpens, I would go with the Foam. Not saying this eraser is bad, but the Foam is better at clumping and is easier to handle because of its stiffness. Since they're both the same price for .7oz, why not? But if you want to have a little taste tester with all three, then go ahead. The Matomaru won't disappoint. 1 person found this helpful
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History of Costilla County Weed Program
The Costilla County Board of Commissioners adopted the Costilla County Noxious Weed Management Plan in 2006 for all unincorporated lands within the county. Despite the passage of the plan in 2006 there have been limited coordinated efforts within the county to eradicate and manage noxious weeds until the past few years. Within the last two years Costilla County has made a concentrated effort to launch a sustainable weed management program by licensing a staff member to be a Certified Operator for pesticide application and purchasing equipment necessary to carry-out such activities.
Lucas Casias, Licensed Certified Operator
Lucas Casias obtained his Pesticide Applicator License through the Colorado Department of Agriculture in May of 2012 and Lucas has been designated as the County's Noxious Weed Coordinator
Why does Costilla County need a Noxious Weed Program?
Certain noxious weeds constitute a real threat to the economic and environmental values of the land within Costilla County. Biodiversity, ecosystem stability and farmland productivity are threatened by noxious weeds. Noxious weeds alter soil properties, the composition of plant communities and change the structure of animal communities. Noxious weeds negatively impact livestock forage, crop production and reduce crop yields. This is critical because the county's oldest and strongest industry is agriculture. Because of the abilities of these weeds to spread rapidly by a variety of means and the proclivity in seed production, an explosion in their population is quite possible without attention.
Black henbane is an annual plant that germinates, flowers, seeds, and dies during one growing season or a biennial plant that germinates in one growing season, then flowers, seeds, and dies during a second plant that grows up to 3 feet tall. The entire plant is covered with greasy hairs. Leaves are up to 8 inches long and 6 inches wide, shallow lobed cut into a leaf from the edge toward the center; greater than toothed, but not quite compound, and heavy scented. Flowers are borne on spikes narrow, non-spreading inflorescence form the leaf axils from May until September. They are showy, 5 lobed, up to 2 inches across, and greenish-yellow in color with deep purple veins and throats. The calyx, the outermost flower leaves (sepals) together, often green in color forms a 1-inch, urn-shaped "fruit" that has a thickened lid that pops off at maturity and spills the black seeds.


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New "American Idol" judge Mariah Carey has denied rumors of a feud between her and fellow new judge Nicki Minaj, telling reporters Monday, "How can you feud in two days? I think a feud takes a little longer [to build]."
The two laughed off any rumored of disagreements during a news conference Monday in New York City. People magazine reported that when Minaj was asked how she liked being on the show so far, she said, "It's wonderful, darling."
Carey also revealed that she has never been a big fan of music competition shows.
"Honestly, I've never been a fan of this type of thing. But I realized what this show has done for such talented artists, truly giving them careers," Carey said.
"I really felt like this would be something to help bring out new talent and [for me] to be a part of that," Carey, 42, added, explaining why she signed up to be a judge.
Carey and Minaj, 29, were joined at the news conference by fellow new judge Keith Urban, veteran judge Randy Jackson and "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest.
"We're having fun, dude," Jackson said. "We've been having a good time. There has been a lot of laughs."
Entertainment Weekly said that when Minaj and Urban were asked what made them sign up to be part of the show, they both said they appreciated the "American Idol" brand.
The new judges are slowly but surely getting comfortable in their roles, a source involved in the production told People.
People also reported that Carey has been spot-on with her critiques of contestants, while Minaj has provided comic relief and is keeping everyone laughing. The source also said that during the first day of auditions, one contestant drove Urban under the judges' panel.
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And that's the Week of Love, everyone! Thanks for dealing with us while we hugged and kissed and held hands like a bunch of idiots, talking about our "feelings" and "enjoying" "video" "games."
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'Average' results do little to indicate the performance variability experienced during actual deployment. The degree of variability is especially pertinent as many applications can hang or lag as they wait for I/O requests to complete. This testing methodology illustrates performance variability and includes average measurements during the measurement window.
While under load, all storage solutions deliver variable levels of performance. While this fluctuation is normal, the degree of variability is what separates enterprise storage solutions from typical client-side hardware. Providing ongoing measurements from our workloads with one-second reporting intervals illustrates product differentiation in relation to I/O QoS. Scatter charts give readers a basic understanding of I/O latency distribution without directly observing numerous graphs.
Consistent latency is the goal of every storage solution, and measurements such as Maximum Latency only illuminate the single longest I/O received during testing. This can be misleading as a single 'outlying I/O' can skew the view of an otherwise superb solution. Standard Deviation measurements consider latency distribution, but they do not always effectively illustrate I/O distribution with enough granularity to provide a clear picture of system performance. We use histograms to illuminate the latency of every single I/O issued during our test runs.
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The Hamburg Games Conference is an interdisciplinary conference of the computer game industry. Featuring different topics each year, the conference focuses on various facets of the computer game segment and highlights potential forms of cooperation with other segments of the media and entertainment industry. Well-known speakers will shed light on and examine the future viability of current trends in the computer game industry.
The main focus of this years Hamburg Games Conference are the challenges the games industry faces in connection with cyberrisks and cybercrime. German and international games industry experts will give first-hand accounts which risks to be aware of, how to cover such risks and which measures should be taken once an attack has been successful. The conference will start with a live-hacking event by a professional hacker.
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Not a guidebook as such, but aims to be a listing of all the interesting crags in England & Wales, giving height, climate & bouldering potential. Also includes a list of indoor climbing walls - though pretty outdated now. In particular the bouldering coverage isn't strong. Even so, handy for browsing to seek out new crags.
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The UPCPMT 2013 Answer Key will be released after the conduction of the exam scheduled on 16th June 2013.
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for a friends birthday (she loves to sew as much is i do) i made a pincushion in larger size.
that makes it easier to pin the needles away and i also could use one of my latest mashin embroideries (the three cats).
the cushion is filled with rice and lovely smelling lavender and has a little vintage trimming around.
linen with mashin embroidery
cotton for the backside
vintage trimmings
rice and lavender for the inside
May 4, 2010, 07.35 PMby sallyellis
Ich liebe Katzen, Kissen und Nähen. Wie inspirieren zu konnen, setzen alle drei zusammen! Sally (Brockbears)
I love cats, cushions and sewing. How inspired to be able to put all three together! Sally (Brockbears)
Apr 29, 2010, 12.58 PMby Gabriele Yorlano
Apr 18, 2010, 05.04 PMby gaviotaroquero
What a good idea to have a larger pincushion, the cats are great.
Apr 15, 2010, 11.45 PMby mlssfshn
love the stitched cats
Apr 15, 2010, 05.31 PMby irmchen
Die Katze in der Mitte sieht ein bisschen aus, als hätte sie ein Wollknäuel verschluckt! ;) – Total Klasse! :-)
Apr 15, 2010, 04.42 PMby Natalia *
Super cute cats -so silly looking. I have never tried embroidering and this has just inspired me.
Apr 15, 2010, 05.06 PMby Ralf Schmitz
you will be surprised how much fun it is! and i really think of myself, that i can not draw a straight line…… but as soon as i sit on my mashine and have a stiching frame in my hands, it works. very keen seeing your first steps!
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Well I think Ill have to invest in an embroidery hoop/frame.
Apr 16, 2010, 05.47 AMby Ralf Schmitz
dear natalia! an embrodery hoop is a very good investment (i have 3 sizes and use the two smaller ones for the mashine 15 and 22 cm – very easy to navigate trough any "cat-design" :-) …….my biggest one is 50 cm and i use this mostly for handstiches) they all have been in a pricerange under 15 euro
Apr 15, 2010, 04.22 PMby threadsquare
I absolutely love this! Lucky friend :) Your embroidery is always so raw and whimsical….love it.
Apr 15, 2010, 05.06 PMby Ralf Schmitz
thank you for the compliment :-) i had to look up the word whimsical, as my english is not good enough and learned a new word again :-)))))
Apr 15, 2010, 08.56 PMby threadsquare
What is the word in Deutsche? Is it wunderlich? Google is bringing up all these amazing-sounding words, like schnurrig and seltsam. Ich leibe!
Apr 16, 2010, 05.45 AMby Ralf Schmitz
:-))))) if i would translate it with "wunderlich" it would not really translate as a compliment. as this could be also translated with odd or strange. i translated it with "verschmitzt" or "neckisch". – both are very positiv and nice (you may call me an optimist, but i allways try to read the positiv things :-)
Apr 17, 2010, 03.36 PMby threadsquare
Definitely didn't mean strange :))
Apr 15, 2010, 04.04 PMby eugeniaofthewasps
those cats are adorable!!! Cute job!
Apr 15, 2010, 12.33 PMby Peter Lappin
So cute!
Apr 15, 2010, 10.56 AMby bridlin
Deine Stickerreien sind echt toll! Machst du Dir Vorlagen oder stickst du frei hand?
Apr 15, 2010, 02.11 PMby Ralf Schmitz
danke vielmals für das kompliment! ich arbeite immer frei hand, ausser bei der schrift. da ich selber eine grauenhafte handschrift habe, helfe ich mir da immer mit dem computer, lege dann die ausgedruckte papierseite über die stickerei und nähe einfach durch papier und stoff durch.
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The YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga, in conjunction with First Baptist Church of Cleveland, Cleveland Family YMCA, United Way of Bradley County, Impact Cleveland, Price Memorial AME Zion Church, Blythe Family Support Center and Cleveland Housing Authority, have teamed up to make it possible for the mobile market to come to the Blythe Family Support Center, Zion Enrichment Center and public housing units at Lay and Elrod Street S.E.
Beginning July 11, and continuing for 10 weeks, the Mobile Market will be at the Blythe Family Support Center from 10 a.m. to noon; Zion Enrichment Center of the Price Memorial AME Zion Church from 1 to 3 p.m.; and public housing units at Lay and Elrod streets S.E. from 4 to 6 p.m.
Residents will be able to shop for fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, and other healthy foods such as bread and milk.
"This is a unique partnership and one that will benefit the residents of Bradley County. Having access to fresh foods is vitally important for good health. We are proud to be part of this team effort," said McChesney.
Getting the Mobile Market to Bradley County would not have been possible without the monetary assistance of First Baptist Church and United Way, added McChesney.
"We believe this is an excellent ministry to people in our community, a great way to partner with others in helping people and another way we can accomplish one of the purposes of why we exist as a church," said Jim Gibson, First Baptist Church co-pastor.
In these communities there is a shortage of healthy food. There are not many fresh grocery options nearby and the Mobile Market is striving to address this problem, said Dustin Tommey, Community Development Director Impact Cleveland.
"For the most part, people these days really do want to eat healthier food, but it is often unaffordable because 'fresh, local, and organic' items simplyaren't cheap. Having the YMCA Mobile Market here in Cleveland will allow our residents the opportunity to buy quality food inexpensively and conveniently – right in our own neighborhood," said Tommey.
Area residents can shop at the Mobile Market and pay with cash, credit card, EBT card or the SNAP card. Once the program gets going, area residents can order what they'd like delivered from week to week, said Bill Rush, J.A. Henry Community YMCA executive director.
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga Mobile Market will add Cleveland to its locations. Mobile Market Chattanooga, organized by a partnership between Gaining Ground, the Health Department, YMCA and the Food Bank, began serving residents in Hamilton County in 2012.
The program has grown to 12 sites delivering food year-round. For more information visit the market website at www.chattanoogamobilemarket.org.
"We have seen tremendous growth in this program due to the huge need for fresh foods in these neighborhoods. This partnership has been instrumental in getting healthy food to the tables in Hamilton County neighborhoods," said Rush.
Addresses for the Mobile Market Cleveland sites are as follows:
- Blythe Family Support Center - 1075 Blythe Ave. S.E.
- Zion Enrichment Center (Price Memorial AME Zion Church) - 254 Dooley St. N.E.
- The public housing units at Lay and Elrod St. - 1204 Lay St. S.E.


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Police services at Southam Library soon
From 10 May, Warwickshire Police front office services including the reporting of crimes, incidents, anti-social behaviour and noise nuisance, will be delivered from Warwickshire Direct at Southam Library.
Lost and found property enquiries, applications for pedlars certificates, firearms licences and data protection requests will also be available at the Library, where staff will be able to put you in touch with local officers and access the local Safer Neighbourhood Team.
Police front office services are already delivered from Warwickshire Direct at Warwick's Shire Hall, Globe House in Alcester and Kenilworth Library, giving members of the public access to a wider range of services under one roof.
In recent weeks, police front office services have also started to be delivered through Warwickshire Direct in the north of the county, at the Warwickshire Direct one stop shops in Atherstone and Bedworth and at Coleshill Library.
From 10 May, police front office services will also start to be delivered from Warwickshire Direct and Shipston Library.
The services available at Southam Library will include those currently offered at Southam Police Station. Warwickshire Direct staff have received full training from experienced police staff and will be given ongoing support.
Supt Adrian McGee, Head of Customer Contact at Warwickshire Police said:
"Warwickshire Police has reviewed all policing services and the facilities required to support them. This includes front offices at police stations. When we measured the demand for Southam police front office services we found it only received a daily average of seven to eight visitors during a day.
"These changes enable us to make better use of our resources and thus provide a more effective and efficient service to the public and we welcome this partnership opportunity to offer this kind of service in Southam and feel sure that the local community will benefit.
"Warwickshire Police is committed to dealing with every enquiry by delivering the right service, first time and providing local people better access to facilities when they need them most."
Councillor Colin Hayfield, Portfolio Holder for Customers, Workforce and Partnerships at Warwickshire County Council, said: "This is an opportunity to expand and deliver police front office services at Southam Library through Warwickshire Direct.
"This places Southam Library at the heart of the local community so it becomes a 'front door' for local council and community services. "
At present, Warwickshire Police's Safer Neighbourhood Teams operate out of Southam Police Station and work is ongoing to identify and then relocate to a new Safer Neighbourhood Office within the town. This facility will enable the team to book in and off, pick up equipment and vehicles and then go out into the community where they are needed most.
At this time the police station will remain an operational base until the Safer Neighbourhood Teams moves out when the station will be closed, at a date still to be determined.
The public are reminded that all members of the Warwickshire Police force remain committed to protecting communities from harm and will not be distracted from this need by these changes.
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My little corner of the blogosphere used to be more of a little crumb in the blogosphere. When I first started about a year and a half ago, I was using Google and I didn't even know what WordPress was. I rarely posted, I pretty much sucked, and nobody read it. That was okay though, because I'd only started the blog as a place for me to put down my thoughts. I was just starting to see the good in the world again after struggling with a bad break-up and I needed an outlet to help me stay motivated and to make sense of everything in my head. (Looking back now I actually find it interesting that I started blogging after I'd worked out most of the kinks from the break-up, instead of during.)
I had gotten the idea to blog from a casual friend who'd posted her's on Facebook, and she was the only person I followed (her's was the only blog I knew about!). One day she posted that she was moving her blog to WordPress, and after doing some exploring I discovered I much preferred WordPress' layouts and features and so I made the jump too. It was then that I discovered the tag-surfer… and was therefore connected to many other blogs.
Some people would say "the rest is history" but for me it was small growth. I didn't much care if anyone was reading because I was still naive to the world of blogging and all of its wonders. I had a small circle of blogs I followed and what more was there?
I'm not entirely sure how it happened, but I managed to connect myself to a few blogs which in turn led me to a few more blogs which lead me to a few more, which led me to Twitter which led me to a few more blogs. Somewhere in there I started noticing the same people commenting on my posts, and I was intrigued (ha- intrigued, get it? I'm so funny). I started reading their blogs as well and from there… I made friends.
I know, I know… friends… via blog? Via Twitter? What the heck is this craziness?!! It's insane! And yet, it is what it is. Somehow I've managed to make more friends and stumble upon more great blogs than I can keep up with (I don't know how some of you do it, I really don't), and I am forever amazed at this little "culture".
I communicate with some of you more than I do my IRL friends, and because my blog is my "me" space, my honest space, you guys sometimes (usually) know more about my life than my own family does!
Sure, there are things I've come to dislike about blogging. Since people are actually reading my blog, I've found that I'm slightly more cautious about what topics I write about. I don't write about politics as much, I don't write about my issues with my family (which is something I really want to write about and will likely password protect in the future) for fear they see the link in my internet browser and decide to be nosy. I have a few IRL friends who read my blog and while I've been selective who I've given the link to, I know that other friends are aware I have a blog and could easily find it and therefore I have to be careful who and what I vent about– which I find to be really unfair by the way, seeing as this is my space to be able to vent.
But aside from that, I really love blogging, and I love my blog friends and all the insight and encouragement they've brought to my life… and that my friends is where this post is headed…
As I've watched my blog grow, I've been grateful for the fact its been a slow journey. I'm grateful because I have a really hard time keeping up, and I want to keep up with all of you. When I see the size of some of your blogroll's and hear about the number of posts in your readers, my jaw drops. When I see that some of my favorite bloggers somehow manage to respond to dozens of comments every day, I'm in awe. I hope that I can always be that blogger. The one that responds to all the comments, the one who keeps up with all her friends blogs, and the one that never stops loving this little hobby we all have in common.
I still don't consider myself a writer (and I probably never will), but I love that I am a blogger. I love blogging, I love Quarter For Her Thoughts, I love the people in my little blogosphere. I love the friends I've made, and the stories we've all shared with each other. I love that I can express myself, and that blogging out all of my thoughts helps me to make sense of them. I love the progress I've made in my life simply because I have this incredible outlet and these incredible people who support each other and don't criticize and who are all so different and yet so similar at the same time. I love the respect we hold for one another.
And with that, I want to point out that I've been adding a few more blogs to my blogroll lately. You probably read a lot of them currently (I probably found them through YOU) but if you don't, you should give them a shot, I promise they're worth it. ;)


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Wolves color commentator 'Jim Pete' may be NBA's best for die-hard fans
First of two articles
When Jim Petersen started doing color commentary on Minnesota Timberwolves broadcasts, he seemed like a pleasant presence who was pretty knowledgeable about game. Today, in his 15th year, "Jim Pete" may well be the best local color guy in the NBA for the die-hard hoops fan.
There are two reasons why I offer that praise with confidence.
First, about four years ago, I started covering all 30 NBA teams for SI.com, and spent the last two of those years compiling a "Power Rankings" column in which I needed to come up with original, detailed knowledge about every team on a weekly basis. That required a fairly non-stop diet of viewing local broadcasts of each team via the League Pass subscription service the NBA offers. I have seen Petersen's competition up close and personal. Some, such as the Knicks' erudite color commentator Walt 'Clyde' Frazier, are fabulous in what they do. Others, not so much.
Second, for dogged fans of pro basketball who are both well-versed and yet still thirsty for knowledge about the strategies and inner workings of the game, it is clear that Petersen keeps getting better. Where some other announcers might venture into the realm of "screens," "back cuts," or the "weak side" of the court, Petersen takes it further. He identifies types of screens, explains why the back-cut did or didn't work, and assumes you know weak and strong sides so he can use that time to unpack strategy, or, more than almost any of his peers, to call out his own team when they are playing poorly.
In a cheerleading realm where merely not insulting the intelligence of your viewers is considered noteworthy, Petersen is elevating our knowledge about what we watch. In today's first part of what was an 80-minute phone interview, he explains how and why he developed that style.
MinnPost: How long have you been announcing hoops now?
Jim Petersen: This is my 15th year — I can't believe it.
MP: How'd you get into it?
JP: To make a long story short, basically when I moved back from New York City after living there for a year, I was strong-armed into coaching a seventh-grade B team at Hopkins High School. On that team was the nephew of Bob Stein [the original President and CEO of the Wolves] and after I was asked to do it, Bob Stein called me up and said he appreciated that I was able to help out. And that year was a great experience. [Former Wolves coach] Flip Saunders' son Ryan was in seventh grade. [Former Wolves coach] Randy Wittman's son was in seventh grade. And [former Wolves coach and President] Kevin McHale had a kid in seventh grade.
So when I was coaching, I would see these guys, and reconnect with them. And when the radio color commentator job opened up, Flip Saunders made the suggestion to the Timberwolves that, hey, I was back in town and that I'd be good for the job.
So they called me and said we have this color commentating job and would you be interested? I said, "Sure," and I came down and did a demo and I started with Chad Hartman back in that lockout season; that was my first year.
Working with those kids at Hopkins, I always tell players now, I wish I had coached when I was a player, even an AAU team or something. I learned so much more about the game from coaching it, breaking it down and thinking about, 'How did I do that? When I caught the ball, what kind of footwork did I use? What was I thinking?' Because that is the classic saying, right? To learn something, you've got to teach it. That was a very eye-opening experience for me.
MP: I've heard from other people that you've said being the assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA has made a huge difference in your announcing ability. I don't know if it was that you learned more or that you became more comfortable with the lexicon of brevity, but I think your announcing chops have gone up exponentially in terms of explaining things, at least to me, as someone who already loves the game.
JP: Yeah, it is that I have watched so many hours of videotape now, breaking down the game, trying to figure out what opponents do. I'm kind of a perfectionist when it comes to my scout, and I work for a great coach in Cheryl Reeve who has a great basketball mind. When it comes time for me to present a scout to her, about what a team does and how we're going to defend them, she doesn't leave any stone unturned, and the relevant questions she asks have really helped me from that standpoint.
On the defensive side, she wants to know all the different actions, what they are trying to get out of each play, so I target all the actions for her. On the other side of the ball, she wants to know how they guard pin-downs, how they guard staggers, how they guard post-ups. Do they play behind? Do they double? All that stuff. And you know, I have always known that and known when you can see it, but to really run an inspection of what are they doing: How do they guard pick-and-rolls, how do they guard them on the wing, how do they guard different personnel? How do they guard drag from the middle of the floor? How do they defend back picks — do they switch? And just being able to see all that stuff is so helpful. Because then you can make adjustments.
To me, making adjustments in coaching — recognizing what is going on and then adjusting to it during the game — I think is the hardest thing in coaching. Because there are a lot of guys who can sit there and watch video and tell you what happened after the fact. Or after watching video five games in a row of a team you are going to play, it is easy to say, within the parameters of possibility, what's probably going to happen. But in-game, at floor level, as the stuff is happening, it is a different game, I'm telling you. It is a more difficult thing to do.
Or sitting there at timeouts. When we announcers are sitting there during timeouts, we're saying, 'Well, obviously this guy needs to be in the game or do this on the court.' But to be able to tell guys what to do during the timeout, you have to be thinking about that before the timeout.
You need to be helping the players. Cheryl is really into saying, 'I gotta help them. They are struggling.' Or, 'We've got to help them.' When I hear NBA players complaining about coaches, a lot of times it is about there not being a lot of help for them during in-game situations when they are struggling. And to me, that is one of the things Rick Adelman does well — he is able to help players.
When I played for Nelly, he was an in-game adjustment genius. I learned a bunch from Don Nelson, I learned a bunch from Bill Fitch -- these guys who had been around the game for a long time and saw it in a three-dimensional, whole different kind of way. They were able to make adjustments in-game that worked. And Nelly — I heard Chris Mullen say this when Nelly was inducted into the Hall of Fame, that Don Nelson could win a game by himself with his decision-making. And that was really true. Nelly could make a decision or an adjustment in deciding to go with a particular matchup, change the action you were running and who was in it and give you an advantage in that matchup. That's basketball.
MP: If you had the knowledge of the game you have today and the skill set you had in your prime, how would you be a different basketball player?
JP: I would work on ball-handling a lot more. I would have learned how to dribble as a 6-10 guy. The game was so different back then. When I first came into the league, there were 23 teams and nobody shot threes. You go back and look at Larry Bird's statistics and numbers. In 1981, Larry attempted 74 threes; in 1982, he attempted 52 threes. I would have worked on my perimeter game more. I was really fortunate that I came into the league with Hakeem Olajuwon. There are so many players now going to Hakeem to learn his footwork and get some understanding about how he played the game. I got that in '84. I attended the "Hakeem post camp" in 1984. And I spent a whole year, Dream and I — without him I don't think I would have been able to play as long as I did.
But the way guys play now, I would have worked on my ball-handling more and put the ball more on the deck. Being able to dribble is such a huge thing for bigs now. I wish I would have studied the game plan more strategically. You know, the tools that players have now at their disposal in terms of video breakdown, you can really hone in on what a guy's tendencies are. We could only watch videotape and we couldn't watch and break down systems.
MP: They didn't have a play-organizing video sort like Synergy back then.
JP: No they didn't. And these players now, they have the ability to log on to Synergy themselves and really hone in on what a guy does. I can't tell you what a huge advantage it would be if I knew that on a right-box post-up, the guy is going to turn right shoulder 70 percent of the time. That's a huge thing.
MP: Because of this explosion of information and your coaching experience, you really have stepped it up in terms of the quality of information you provide viewers. I love it, but I watch and study about hoops quite a bit. So my question is, do you ever worry and think about that line between educating fans and overwhelming them?
JP: That's where blog sites have really helped me. In the beginning, I think that you helped me a ton because of the way you wrote at City Pages. In the Tribune, the game story was pretty much just what happened, 'Just the facts, ma'am' type of thing. But when you started to write about strategy and with some complexity, it let me know — it was also more your fan responses to your pieces. The comments you got let me know that it was OK to not dumb it down. People were actually thirsting for more complexity and analysis.
MP: I agree. I was always pleasantly flabbergasted by how detailed and knowledgeable the comments were.
JP: And you and I both have a deep respect for [Wolves statistician and advanced numbers guy] Paul Swanson. I've known Swanny since I first started and he has really impacted me and we started talking about advanced stats. One of the first stats that I remember being impacted by as an announcer — this was probably in 2000, or at least early on in my tenure — was that per-game stats don't mean anything. And one of those stats that didn't matter on a per-game basis was rebounding. Swanny helped talk to me about measuring the percentage of the rebounds the player is getting. I didn't think about that as a player. I just looked at it as rebounding numbers and never thought about if a team played fast or played slow and how that impacts the number of shots that go up and that players on a team that plays fast might get more rebounds but that other players [who don't get as many rebounds because they play slower but get a higher percentage] might be better. And I thought, 'OK, I see that maybe that per-game thing doesn't mean that much and I've got to look at it a little differently.
So then you figure what people might know. For example, now efficiency — which is how many points per 100 possessions — is becoming more in the lexicon. That is more about the line you are talking about. I don't know yet if I can talk about this efficiency and the idea of points per 100 possessions. I can't if they don't mean anything to the average fan out there at home. I am always struggling with that line, and trying to explain it, and in the time frame I get to talk. It is a difficult area; I try to do it, I try to throw it out there.
It helps that there are all these different websites out there. I don't know if Minnesota fans know how lucky they are with the level of basketball coverage that there is. I am a big fan of Punch Drunk Wolves. I am a big fan of Canis Hoopus. I am a big fan of A Wolf Among Wolves. Those guys are all real smart guys who get it. Canis was the first blog site with Tim Allen and Nate. They were the first ones to bring fan-based, high-level basketball understanding to the Internet in a sense. And now Zach Harper and Ben Polk and Steve McPherson are writing articles, and I've been meaning to say something on the air about those guys. Because while you're pretty well known now, I don't know if enough people are reading those other articles that are gems. And the way I know they aren't reading them is that there aren't a lot of fan comments. Which is a shame because I think there is some work being done that is quality analysis.
MP: As writers, it is hard for us to figure out how much context we need to put in the story to get readers acquainted with what we're saying. You are a little bit fortunate in that way because people are watching the game with you so the context is there for everyone to see. But you still are trying to set things up for people. Against Portland the other night, you pointed out that because Meyers Leonard of Portland turned down a good shot at the basket, the team was forced to scramble and consequently turned the ball over soon after. That level of commentating rarely occurs with as much depth and frequency on the local stations of other teams.
JP: Well, I appreciate that, but I think I am in a unique situation in that way, because nobody tells me what to say. I'm probably more critical of my own team than a lot of other broadcasters. I have to walk that line. But the other part of it is, I have to fly with the players, too, and I don't want to completely alienate them. I understand and remember what it was like as a player to be criticized unfairly. I try not to be unfair but I also — I don't want to be friends with them, but I've got to be able to work with them. I have to get information from them and I have to get information from the coaches and I want the coaches to be able to feel they can trust me.
So I have always felt that if I'm critical of our team, it is obvious to everybody what needs to be said. On League Pass, analysts will cover up for stuff and I hear it and say, 'That's bullshit,' you know? And people accuse me of doing that all the time. I laugh at that because I think I am one of the more critical analysts of any team broadcasts that there is. I feel like if I'm honest, to the degree that I can be, then when I say something good about somebody that people will be more likely to believe it because I haven't filled them with a bunch of b.s. It is the Simon Cowell concept that if you are always throwing out pleasantries than they don't mean anything after awhile.
Every year we go to New York and have a broadcasters camp where we would meet with the officials and they would give us points of emphasis. It was nerve-wracking because they gave us a 30-question test and we had 15 or 20 minutes to complete it. But the other part of it was they'd always have some national guy come talk to us. One year it was Doug Collins. I had to go to some of the league people and say, 'You know what would help me more is to have a team-level broadcaster speak. Doug Collins comes in and does the best game every Thursday. He explores the best matchups of the best games and after that game, he gets to eject himself from that environment and go on to the next-best game the next week. I want Doug Collins to tell me what to say — and this is when we were mired in all this garbage that was going on here with the Timberwolves — I want Doug Collins to tell me what to say when we've lost seven in a row. What do you say then? What do you say about your team, about your coaches, about how they are playing, what do you tell the fans? To me, that would be way more helpful and that's why it is harder what we do at the local team level. At the national level, there are so many more resources and you can be way more honest and you don't have to be worried about coaching and player dynamics at all. We've got to walk this fine line as team partners, and I'm doing that every single broadcast.
Wednesday: Petersen analyzes his play-by-play partners and the biggest surprises and disappointments on the Wolves roster thus far this season.
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I spend most of my time at Canis Hoopus, and JimPete's love of CH is very much reciprocated by the folks there.
Great interview
I'll kinda work my way backward on Jim's points - first, I do think that people are reading here, but are often writing or commenting elsewhere. I'm not going to post my thoughts on the four (or more?) amazing Wolves blogs I read regularly. Hell, sometimes I'm the only person commenting here who DOESN'T have their own dedicated Wolves blog! But I like it here because there is little noise due to the comment moderation queue, though that also reduces participation levels for those who have prefer reading/responding online with immediacy. I would personally rather write something and wait for it to be approved than to get peppered with one-line responses, and I don't think I'm alone in that sentiment, so I choose to comment solely here for the most part. It's a system that rewards quality over quantity.
Second, when I hear national folks talking about this team being a League Pass team (even without Rubio), part of that has to do with the quality of the announcing - not only do I love to hear the explanations of what type of picks are being made, but I also appreciate the criticism of Wolves players and coaching when performance warrants it. I don't need to hear how great my team is every other second, but I would like to know what Jim's thoughts are on we are executing well on, and what we are doing poorly - as a fan watching, I have a tendency to get tunnel vision on one or two aspects of our play (such as watching Love/Pek on the offensive glass), which causes me to miss other things (such as how our wings are handling transition D). Jim Pete is always well-prepared to be observant, which derives from that coaching experience. Plus when I hear criticism of certain Wolves (Malcolm Lee is a recent example), I respect the praise for others that much more.
I also think that some advanced stats can be discussed to an extent, but it's important not to *call* them advanced stats - people tend to react with either a dismissive "I actually watch the games" and tune out of the discussion. But some things like rebounding rate can be intuitive if explained properly ("when a rebound occurs, what are the chances a certain player gets it?"), whereas the amalgamation stats like PER and WS are impossible to explain to anyone without statistical inclinations (though I've had good discussions on why people prefer one vs the other - my non-stats solution to this was to sort each and determine the quality of the algorithm by their ranking of players in my head, so I prefer win shares). Some things like eFG% (or TS% - I get them mixed up) can also help explain why a guard can get away with shooting in the low-40s as an overall percentage, but a big man cannot.
In the same vein, I think fans also can easily identify with stats showing how a group of five plays together. I've generally used Popcorn Machine and 82games to find this, though basketball-reference has it as well. (I'm always amazed at how data presentation can impact my perception of stats - if I don't like a stat somewhere, I just try a different hoops website with a fresh context and layout!) I think fans can warm to certain stats when they confirm what they're seeing on the court.
All that said, when it comes to any statistic, sample size is king. I got in a debate once with some guy who tried to use advanced stats to convince me that Jeremy Evans (of the Jazz) should be in some rookie-sophomore game. And if you look at his stats, they're ridiculous, but is there a reason his minutes went from 400 one year to 200 the next? Did he maybe put up big numbers in some blowout games? And if he's so great why did the Jazz go out and acquire Favors and Kanter to play behind Big Al and Paul Millsap? Had to laugh at that one...
Anyway, I could ramble on for days, but want to leave some bits and bytes for everyone else. Thanks for posting - lots of interesting stuff to chew on.
An example of what JP was talking about
Smart, thorough commentary that bows to no trend yet is open to the viewpoint of others.
As to the relative lack of comments here, I sort of made my peace with that when I saw Minnpost's rules on anonymity and pseudonyms (they don't allow it). That necessarily cuts out some folks who actually work for some of these teams or have other positions that would be compromised by revealing who they are--I know because they have come up and told me in private.
To its credit, Minnpost is going to let me govern my own pass-through of comments in the queue as soon as I get trained (people who know me know that is never an easy process on things technological), which will speed the transition from written to published, at least. And to folks who want to swing by and deposit their quality thoughts, I treasure the company.
But I think the greater point, one that I know both Jim Pete and I firmly believe, is that the more we share and are generous with each other over the smart stuff that is out there, without worrying about turf or site hits (important tho I know they are), the better we understand a game we already love--and the more we build a community that we can already be proud of. The folks who stop by not only here, but at Canis and Punch Drunk and A Wolf Among Wolves--and at Twolves Blog and KFAN's Wolves Chat or whatever place(s) hits the sweet spot of your love for the game--can't help but create an environment that improves the market for pro hoops. Open-hearted passion and open-minded intelligence, far from being mutually exclusive, make for a particularly delicious combination in sports fans of any stripe.
Great interview
(Both the idea, and the execution.)
Jim Pete does an unusually-good job of staying objective with his praise and criticism of the Wolves. Another thing he does better than his peers in the business is staying objective with officiating. On League Pass, it's irritating for viewers, and embarrassing for announcers, when the homer takes lead to live complaining about bad calls supposedly deciding games. Sure, it happens from time to time, but Jim does a good job of being level-headed in that area as well, and pointing out when calls go in the Wolves' favor too.
Looking forward to Part II.
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