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I am a proud Marine of 21 1/2 years of service. This morning I felt compelled to share my story. As I am writing this story my son is in recruit training. I can't explain the pride I feel as each day passes in his journey to earn the title "MARINE". When my son made this decision, I wanted him to understand that it was not going to be easy. I explained to him that there will be some bad days and then there are the worse days but if you endure you will earn the title and become a part of a band of brothers and sisters that will forever be your family. I was in recruit training in 1983, if someone had told me that in 2011 my son would be traveling the same path I did I would have never believed it. I also trained in the 1st Bn.
I am proud and humbled and I will be honored when my son is marching on that parade deck in April. Taking his place on the wall with those whom have come before him since 1775. Graduation day will be an emotional day for me, but also the happiest day of my life. For those Marines who have had the same honor that I will experience, I say thank you and I know you understand.
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Your post made me very emotional. My son left for boot camp on 2/6/11. We are all so very proud of our children and the path that they have choosen. Prayers are being sent your way. Semper Fi!
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Thank you Ms. Duncan. Just know that when your Son, like my Son completes the the process, They will become part of this Marine Corp family that will forever stand with them. Welcome to the family
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At first, I thought the Pistons were increasing B0T's playing time simply to showcase his for a potential trade. But, recently, Villanueva is playing some of his best basketball since joining the team. Is this just the benefit of having a true PG? Will Charlie V revert back to his true BoT ways next game? Who knows? Either way, if he keeps playing at his current level, Charlie V may actually become a fan favorite. I can't believe I just typed that last sentence.
Yes. Broken clocks are right twice a day. Now, if/when he gives that kind of effort every 3 out of every 5 games..............
A little premature for a thread like this don't you think guys??? Charlie has had a grand total of TWO (!) "decent" games in a row where he's actually gone out and earned his 'per game amount' of the 8 million dollars that the Pistons are paying him this year. Now if you go all the way back to oh, say ...THREE games ago, you'll notice that Charlie put up a very turd-like 2 pts & 2 reb while shooting 1 for 8 and playing some of the worst defense that you'll ever see played in an NBA game. = Bucket of Turd
Plenty of guys on the team have off nights. For a 3-point shooter off the bench, natural variance will lead to a lot of nights that are 0fer or 1fer. Fortunately, we now have 43 games worth of data to go by and we don't have to rely on anecdotal evidence of what happened here or there. On the season, he's sporting a PER of 16.7. That is his second best of his career and it is the 3rd best on the team after Drummond and Monroe (and after Calderon if you choose to use his). His WS/min is at a career high and is 2nd best on the team after Drummond (and after Daye, who's gone, and after Calderon, who just got here). He's leading the team in +/-. He's 3rd on the team in block rate. Best on the team in turnover rate. 2nd on the team in offensive rating and 3rd best in defensive rating. 2nd on the team in eFG% at .529 4th on the team in rebound %, a fraction behind our starting PF. Comfortably in 3rd on defensive rebound % (he's a better rebounder than Maxiell, he's just outside the arc on the offensive end). #1 on the team in 3point % (now that Tay and Daye are gone, not counting Calderon for anything on here yet). On the defensive rebounding end, he's within 1 rebound of Monroe per 36 minutes. Never would have thought that. He's had 37 out of 42 games with either 0 or 1 turnover. With a PER over 16 and a PER against below that, I would have to imagine that the average NBA salary would be very close to $10M/year. If you take everybody's WS/48 and compare to their salaries, here are the best to worst on the team: 1) Drum (rookie contract) 2) Singler (rookie contract) 3) Monroe (rookie contract) 4) Bynum 5) Calderon 6) Knight (rookie contract) 7) Villanueva 8) Maxiell 9) Jerebko 10) Stuckey 11) Maggette There are 261 NBA players with over 600 minutes of court time this year (8.7 guys per team). Here is how our players rank in that list in terms of PER: #14: Drummond #31: Calderon (using his full season stats) #33: Monroe #82: Bynum #85: Villanueva #170: Stuckey #174: Knight #202: Maxiell #226: Singler Starter range is #1 through #150 (30 teams x 5 starters each). Having 3 guys inside the top 33 is really great since the average team would have 1.1 players in that range. The 61 to 90 range should be about the 3rd best player on each team. We have Bynum and Villanueva in that grouping. Then the rest fall in about where you'd expect, in between the 5th best player on a team and the 7th. Pretty obvious to me that Stuckey, Knight, Maxiell, and Singler would each have a 50/50 chance of starting around the league (i.e. on good teams they might not, and on bad teams they might). Not saying Villanueva should start since PER doesn't take everything into account, but it wouldn't be hard to justify either based on his production. Long winded way of saying that his on court performance should be enough at this point to quit making fun of him. He shoots a lot of threes because they are worth more and they go in the basket.
I personally don't have a problem with any of the guys on the current roster. I don't question their effort levels. Some are obviously more talented than others, but we don't have the personnel problems that many other teams have with bad characters, selfish players, etc. Charlie is just doing what he has done throughout his career. He is getting minutes now and he's been playing with combinations of players where outside shooting was desperately needed to open things up. I don't really care if we resign him or not, as long as the contract is reasonable. If it's not him, then hopefully we get another stretch PF, because I think it is a really valuable position to have, even if only off the bench.
He gets you (per 36) 11.3 pts, 5.1 reb, 1.5 ast, 0.9 stl, 0.6 blk, shoots okay (44.2, 38.2, 78.8). For $1 million in his rookie year, I'll take it.
We as fans seem to believe that certain guys just need to fill out. I'll retort by asking his: what is the motivation for him to do so, seven years into his career? The man is paid. He's 'gotten by' on the same exact stagnant skillset for years. Every day is a party.
That would be a good retort if I said that was all he needed to do. But that isn't what I said. I don't think his skillset is stagnant, he's a SG who plays PF due to his height. A little more muscle just means when he tries to bang down low, he could actually do it. We have one of the least "cut" teams in the NBA.
I'm skeptical about Charlie's motivation to do anything. I know he's had a few good games, but it's really not enough to make me forget about the planking, saunaing, no-defense-playing, tweeting, Chaz I've seen for the last few years. It's not so much about whether or not he is cut, it's about his motivation to work hard to improve as a player. The Charlie that has Pistons fans impressed right now isn't any different than the Charlie that couldn't earn a starting spot for the Bucks... except, of course that he's older and richer.
My statement was simply about his cut. Ceteris paribus, if he had an additional 5 lbs of muscle, I think it could have a significant impact on his game.


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A Skills Development Plan ensures you get the talent you need. How often have you heard "Our production people need to work smarter and harder" or "Managers need to empower their people." What do these observations mean in terms of human performance? What must operators actually do differently in order to work "smarter and harder"? What must managers do better and differently in the future if people are to be "empowered"?
In the previous blog, we discussed the first pillar of a Workplace Skills Development Plan, which is the strategy and the importance of aligning learning & performance initiatives with the business needs of the organization. The goal is to drive results by matching business needs with job performance needs and effective learning solutions. To re-cap here are the steps of a Workplace Skills Development Plan:
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- Business and learning impact assessments
The second pillar is the end-user assessment and establishing individual performance objectives. Individual performance objectives are the on-the-job behavioural changes that employees need to exhibit in order for corporate objectives to be met. Individual performance objectives answer the question:
What do workers need to do better or more efficiently in order to resolve an existing problem or to exploit a potential opportunity?
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TASUS is a manufacturer of labels and dimensional graphics in Hamilton with 90 employees. At TASUS, supervisory skills are a corporate priority. The performance change desired is to improve employee development, as well as acquire better supervisory skills to manage difficult situations in the workplace.
Although performance assessments are typically identified at the senior decision-making levels, it is useful to be more inclusive when seeking to improve on-the job behavioural changes.
"Looking at the supervisory competencies at TASUS, we asked the supervisors to self-assess their skills but also consulted their peers and managers for feedback and recommendations" mentioned Karen Dunn, TASUS HR Manager, "it became the foundation for our in-house 38 weeks Supervisory Learning Plan, which combined on-line learning, practical role-playing simulation and on-the-job coaching activities."
Conestoga College, based in Kitchener, Ontario, is working with manufacturers to conduct technical skills assessments for production workers. "The first step is to look at the job and the required competencies. We used tools to assess the technical and mechanical skills such as the CMN Portal to identify the skills gaps of operators & mechanics" said Mike Diamond, Manager - Engineering, Technology and Trades Training, and added "the end-user assessment combined with interviews with HR and/or production managers is essential before going forward with a training solution".
Once the individual performance objectives have been established, the next step in the alignment process is to identify the learning solutions: what are the skills, knowledge or attitudes that employees must improve in order to achieve the required individual performance objectives? Knowledge and skills can include hard skills (using equipment/technology applications, project management, etc.) or soft skills (diversity training, communications skills, coaching skills, etc.).
The next blog will be on the Learning Solution & how to facilitate and deliver a training program using today's technologies. This could take a formal approach, where employees receive training through a structured process (online learning or traditional group-based, including blended solutions) or informal approach where employees are involved in coaching, peer collaboration and on the job training activities.


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I'm not a vegetarian, but it would be very easy to be one here in Mexico. Like I mentioned in this maize post, the diet of pre-Hispanic Mexican civilizations didn't contain a lot of meat. Their main ingredients were maize, squash, chiles, amaranth, and wild greens among many others. One of the of most important ingredients was beans. When mixed with the other ingredients already mentioned they created a healthy and balanced diet that allowed civilizations to thrive for thousands of years.
Beans are one of those super foods that, when you include it in your diet, really makes a difference in your health. Here are some of the benefits of eating beans:
Each half-cup serving of beans provides:
- 6 to seven grams of protein
- only 100 to 120 calories
- an average of 25 grams of carbohydrates per serving. The carbohydrates in cooked beans are mainly starch, a complex carbohydrate, and less than 1% of simple sugars, mostly Sucrose
- about 25-30% of the Daily Value of dietary fiber. About 75% of the fiber is insoluble which may reduce the risk of colon cancer. The remaining 25% of the fiber is soluble fiber which may reduce blood cholesterol.
- less than 0.5 grams of mostly polyunsaturated fat and no cholesterol. Pinto bean lipid is 84% polyunsaturated fatty acids. Most of this fatty acid is linoleic acid.
- provides 36% of the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) of 400 micrograms of folacin and 11% of the RDI for thiamin.
- contains large amounts of iron, phosphorous, magnesium, manganese, potassium, copper, calcium, and zinc.
Other benefits of eating beans are:
- They provide a complimentary protein profile when beans and grains are served together in dishes like beans and rice, or tortillas and refried beans, .
- They produce a moderate increase in blood glucose and insulin levels which may be helpful in the metabolic control of diabetes.
- The slower release of glucose and the increased satiety from beans may also to enhance the effectiveness of weight-reducing diets.
Are you a convert yet? No? What if I told you they're delicious too and so versatile you can use them with almost every other food group. But I don't want to just tell you. I want to show you. Remember these gorgeous scarlet runner beans?
I had some leftovers from the risotto with mushrooms and squash blossom I used them for and decided to use them to stuff some zucchinis for a vegetarian dish that turned out so delicious we didn't even miss the meat.
- Bean Stuffed Zucchinis
- The ingredients:
- •6 zucchinis, I used eight ball zucchini squash, the round zucchini that is very common in Mexico
- •2 cups cooked scarlet runner beans with broth
- •2 TBSP olive oil
- •1/4 white onion, chopped
- •1 garlic clove, minced
- •4 roma tomatoes
- •1 smoked chipotle pepper
- •spices: dried rosemary, basil
- •salt and pepper to taste
- •Melting cheese, I recommend Chiuahua cheese, but you can use mozzarella.
- The how-to:
- Trim the zucchini tops and trim just enough from the bottom so they can stand upright. Cut them in half sideways.
- Scoop out some of the zucchini flesh leaving about ⅛" thick shell. Reserve the flesh.
- Pre-heat oven to 350°C (175°F).
- In a saucepan saute onion and garlic. Add the zucchini flesh you saved and cook for about 4 minutes.
- Add salt and pepper to taste and spices.
- Drain beans saving the broth for the sauce.
- Stir in the beans and turn heat off.
- Arrange zucchini shells in a baking dish or pan.
- Drizzle some olive oil, salt and pepper on the zucchinis. Stuff with the bean and zucchini mix.
- Blend tomatoes and chipotle pepper with the bean broth and pour over the zucchini. Place some cheese on top of each zucchini.
- Cover with foil and bake for about 30 minutes or until the zucchini shells are cooked.
¡Buen provecho!
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Que maravilla de receta!! Ben, siempre es un deleite pasar por tu blog.. besos!
Soy fan de los porotos son una delicia y tu plato es maravilloso y servido elegantemente es para repetirlo …ayer comí unos porotos rojos con un caldo bien oscuro un deleite,abrazos y gracias por su comentario .,en Mexico tienen el tasajo para preparar el valdiviano…saludos .
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I may have been vegetarian too had I grown up there – these are so gorgeous to look at!
I am a big bean fan and I'd love to try that dish during the summer, when zucchini are in season here. With such food, it is quite easy to become a vegetarian (although I don't ever plan of being full-time one – part-time only)… ;-P
i knew they had iron, but not copper.
copper is good for your hair.
i heard it helps prevent premature graying, but how much, not sure -
I already dont eat meat…but even if I did, those gorgeous purple beans could totally convince me that it's superfluous. Love those stuffed zucchinis!
It looks healthy and delicious and even though I'm not a vegetarian, I would love to see this plat for my today's lunch.
Very informative…and oh what I would give for some of those scarlet runners. Just beautiful. My vegetarian husband would love, love, love this recipe, and for that matter, so would I! Thanks, Ben.
This is such a creative presentation. Would love to eat this.
I didn't grow up eating beans because my father hated them! Since my childhood, I have been making up for lost time. Love this recipe. I have searched high and low for globe-zucchini to non effect but there are ways of doing this with the slender ones. I want this in my life.


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