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Study Unlocks Secret Behind Success of Disease-Causing Microbes
Media Contact: Jennifer Martin, (202) 720-8188
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2010 – Researchers from Virginia Tech have identified the mechanism several important microbial pathogens use to infect plants and cause devastating diseases. The study, published in the July 23, 2010, issue of Cell, also provides insights into how some microbes cause diseases in humans and animals.
The identified mechanism is used by fungi and oomycetes (microbes related to algae), including the kind of fungi that are causing wheat rust epidemics in Africa and Asia, and by oomycete pathogens that caused the Irish potato famine of the 19th century and continue to cause crop losses for producers today.
"Our findings suggest broad, new strategies for combating the most damaging diseases of the world's major crop foods, including wheat, rice, maize and potatoes, as well as several nasty human diseases," said Brett Tyler of Virginia Tech's Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and leader of the study.
The study, which was funded by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the National Science Foundation, shows that once a fungus or an oomycete comes into contact with a host, it may initiate an infection by secreting special proteins, called effectors, that have the ability to enter and reprogram the host's cells. Each of these effectors consists of a long chain of amino acids designed to disable a host cell's immune system. But a small stretch of the amino acid chain, which contains four particular amino acids, binds to a specific type of lipid; this lipid is a fat-like molecule that is part of the membrane surrounding the host cell.
When the identified four amino acids in the effector's protein chain binds to the lipid on the host cell's membrane, it acts like a key that opens a locked door, unlocking the membrane to the invading effector. Once unlocked, the cell extends itself to engulf and absorb the effector.
Previously, scientists were only aware of how effectors of bacteria were able to enter plant cells, which they did through a needle-like structure produced by the bacteria that punctured the host cell's membrane . The Tyler Team made two surprising discoveries: 1) the existence of the binding lipid (called PI3P) on host cell surfaces and 2) the ability of the microbial effectors to use the binding lipid to invade host cells. Also surprising were:
- The novelty and simplicity of the mechanism used by fungi and oomycetes to insert their effectors into host cells.
- The discovery that fungi and oomycetes use the same binding mechanism to introduce effectors into plant cells, even though these two classes of microbes are evolutionarily distinct from one another.
- The presence of an abundance of the binding lipids on the surfaces of plant cells as well as animal cells, including some human cells. This discovery suggests that fungal and oomycete effectors might also enter animal and human cells through the same newly-discovered method they use in plants. Thus this phenomenon may, in fact, be an attack mechanism common to fungal and oomycete diseases of plants, animals and humans.
This research demonstrated the possibility that fungal and oomycete effectors could be blocked from entering the host cells by preventing them from attaching to binding lipids. Further research will be needed to exploit this information to develop therapies for fighting diseases caused by fungi and oomycetes.
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RNC'S STEELE REJECTS REPUBLICAN LINE ON AFGHANISTAN.... Republican Party officials have fought the Obama administration vehemently on every area of domestic and foreign policy with one exception -- the war in Afghanistan. From congressional Republicans to Fox News to Kristol and the Cheneys, Obama is wrong about literally everything, except his Afghanistan policy.
So it was startling, to say the least, to see this new video that's making the rounds this morning, in which Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele stakes out a position on the war that puts him entirely at odds with the entirety of his political party.
Steele spoke a fundraiser yesterday in Noank, Connecticut, and was heard criticizing the president's war policy with inexplicable remarks.
The audio is a little tough to hear at times, but by my ear, Steele is heard saying, "Keep in mind, again, federal candidates, this was a war of Obama's choosing. This was not something that the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in. It was one of those areas of the total board of foreign policy ... that we would be in the background sort of shaping the changes that were necessary in Afghanistan as opposed to directly engaging troops.
"But it was the president who was trying to be cute by half by flipping a script demonizing Iraq, while saying the battle really should in Afghanistan. Well, if he's such a student of history, has he not understood that, you know, that's the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan? All right? Because everyone who has tried over a thousand years of history has failed, and there are reasons for that. There are other ways to engage in Afghanistan without committing U.S. troops."
What in the world is Steele talking about?
At first blush, it's tempting to think this puts Steele to the left of even many congressional Democrats, but after listening the clip a few times, it seems Steele is combining a liberal line on the war with fundamental ignorance about recent developments.
The war in Afghanistan is "of Obama's choosing"? If memory serves, the war began in 2001, before Obama was even in the Senate, better yet the White House. The war "not something that the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in"? We chose to "actively prosecute" this war from Day One.
Michael Steele has made some bizarre and humiliating remarks since taking charge at the RNC, but I can't make heads or tails of this one.
It does, however, offer yet another opportunity to ask Republican leaders what they think of their party chairman's odd public comments. This one should generate some interesting responses.
Update: My friend Bill Simmon reminds me that Steele's thinking seems to be in line with Vizzini in "The Princess Bride."
I was thoroughly flummoxed by this. I truly can't tell whether he's a liar or an idiot. Probably a healthy dose of both, I suppose.
He's a perfect spokesperson for the Republican Party. He has no idea what he's talking about.
it's just bad news after more bad news.
and then there's a michael steele story, and - for just a moment - i'm cheerful again.
I can't believe I am saying this but Michael Steele is absolutely right. Bush had no interest in Afganistan. Obama used it as a political football to bolster his military chops. He then was forced to live up to his rhetoric when every conceivable good policy alternative required us to get out. He decided to go all in for a limited time. I am liberal and I absolutely believe that Afganistan is Obama's war, not Bush's.
As we keep telling Steve, this crap doesn't make any sense and isn't supposed to - there's no point in looking for sense. Steel is trying out Republican spin for if the WIA goes badly, so they can pick on Obama about that. Yet more reason that Republicans don't give a damn about the USA, and will take political advantage of anything they can.
Scott F: Regardless, Obama inherited Afghanistan. It's just cynicism to say it was to bolster military chops. He had plenty of advisers to say it was really a problematical theater to pull out it, debatable as that may be. It is not clear we could just pull out and things would be well enough, considering the interaction with Western Pakistan etc.
that's the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan?
Well, Steele would have been correct to say that it was a war we were not actively interested in prosecuting after March of 2003, when our ADHD ex-prez bugged out of Afghanistan to chase off after Saddam. He is quite right, however, that it's suicidal to attempt a land war in Afghanistan, and morally problematic, to put it mildly, to use drone strikes for targeted assassinations. Let's file this one under "even a stopped clock is right twice a day" and hope it gives Obama the bipartisan cover he needs to cut his losses and get out. If I were religious, I'd say that maybe God has a purpose even for the likes of Steele.
Steele is crazy but he is on to something here. I always felt Bush,Cheney,Rumsfield were the biggest pussies ever and knew the Afganistan history Steele referencies and wanted nothing to do with it and the real problem. So drop a few bombs and move on to Iraq
No, Steve, Shrub "actively pursued the war in Afghanistan from Day One" until Tora Bora. Our war was not against the Taliban, per se. Our war was against Al-Quada and bin Laden. We only fought, with the help of the Northern Alliance, the Taliban because they were harboring Osama and his A-Q cohorts.
It was the fault of Shrub, Cheney, Rumdumb and Bootlicker Franks that bin Laden was allowed to escape. Then, they pulled our forces to a minimum and concentrated on Iraq. In the vacuum left in Afghanistan, the Taliban surged. Therefore, in refocusing our efforts to take out Al-Quada, we have run afoul of a nationalistic civil war conducted by the Taliban. This has completely muddied our purpose in Afghanistan and our record of becoming involved in civil wars abroad is very spotty. We can ill afford to lose our national treasure in the young men and women of our military, especially, when the mission has become so unclear.
Every single person in a leadership position of the Republican party is a fuckin' idiot.
Boehner, Cantor, Steele --- okay, maybe Mitch McConnell isn't an idiot, perhaps he's just an asshole --- Palin, Bachmann, Beck, Limbaugh, the list is endless.
I realize that it's indelicate to rebrand them the Fuckin' Idiot Party, as I've been advocating on this site for the past couple of months, but why not be honest for once?
I would love it if the DNC would run ads everywhere this fall which basically say:
"This election season, you have a choice. You can vote for [Democrat], who will work with President Obama to lead our country out of the mistakes of the past to a brighter, stronger future, or you can vote for [Republican], who, like most leaders in the Republican party, is a fuckin' idiot.
Please, on November 2, don't be an idiot. Vote for [Democrat]."
Yeah, it would create one huge shitstorm about 'comity' and 'decorum' and all of that stuff Republicans and the media pretend to care about. It might also spark a discussion about whether or not most Republicans are fuckin' idiots, which I think would be quite a worthwhile discussion to have.
Inadvertently, Steele may be on to something. There has never been any option of "winning" in Afghanistan.
But I disagree that this is "Obama's war." Ridiculously, the "mission" morphed from "get Bin Laden" to "bringing democracy," at the point of a gun. As if.
I guess we can assume then that Steele is all on board with the 2011 withdrawal date?
That does indeed put him at odds with senate Republicans. An online questionnaire by the NRSC seems to indicate they think we should stay there forever.
I agree with Scott F. Steele's statements are correct. Even a broken clock is right occassionally.
Neil B. Politics is inherently cynical. I am a big supporter of the President, hell I even went out of state to campaign for him, but even I knew as a supporter that he preferred position would have been to have nothing to do with Afgan. He was running against Hillary and McCain, he couldn't take that position without looking weak. His point was an intellectual one, directed at the futility of Iraq more than the benefits of engaging in Afganistan. Of course there are big risks to leaving, but there are larger risks to staying. My guess is that he knows that and that is why he imposed the July 2011 timeline. Love him or hate him, he always tries to have it both ways. That's a feature not a bug with Obama.
Steele just makes my thinky-parts hurt. Premises, inferences, conclusions... ahhh, wtf.
Sometimes I wonder if Steele is a performance artist of the highest caliber - the kind that would make Andy Kaufman weep with envy were he still alive today.
Sometimes I wonder if Steele hates his job and just gets kicks out of seeing what outrageous things he can get away with saying as the head of the RNC.
But most days I suspect that Michael Steele is just a grade-A certifiable loon. Today is one of those days.
@nonplussed: "I agree with Scott F. Steele's statements are correct. Even a broken clock is right occassionally."
I think that Steele is the digital version of a broken clock.
Just flashing 88:88:88 24/7
"But it was the president who was trying to be cute by half by flipping a script demonizing Iraq, while saying the battle really should in Afghanistan."
If by demonizing Iraq he meant the war in Iraq, he's right, maybe not the cute part, but yeah.
I've been seeing this alot lately. Take a poorly worded statement, ignore what the guy really meant and that he was basically right, and go OMG! What an Idiot!
Isn't Steele widely considered to be a clown, even *within* the GOP?
What is happening in Afghanistan now is a direct result of Bush/Cheney pulling out for the sake of invading a country not involved in 9-11. We abandoned Afghanistan after the Russians were defeated and abandoned them again when the oilfields of Iraq just became too tempting to resist. The claim that this is America's longest war at 10 years and counting is ludicrous seeing as how after March of 2003 we had no army to speak of in the country. This was Pat Tillman's major beef in that he joined up to fight those who aided al Queda but instead was sent to Iraq to go after the guy who supposedly "tried to kill my Daddy".
Don't insult Princess Bride like that
I think Steele is better represented by this "legos" version of the battle of wits. Seems more appropriate. The land war bit is nearly at the end of course.
Steele continued, "Also, we have always been at war with Eurasia. War is Peace."
Scott F: As a supporter of Obama, he really had very little choice in Afghanistan because, after all, the initial reason to fight in Afghanistan was because it was the base of al-Qaeda. By the time Obama inherited this mess, there were choices--but a quick withdrawal would have been worse militarily and politically than to stay longer with more forces in the hope that sufficient Afghan troops and police could be trained to prohibit Osama and his entourage to once more use Afghanistan as a base. I'm not optimistic, but perhaps the year ahead might allow us to leave over time.
Steele is 100% correct. Conservatives have never bought into this long distance protracted war nonsense. Sun Tzu states clearly it will bankrupt the treasury. Whatever you call Cheney and Bush, they weren't conservatives. They were big gov rinos and they are as lethal to the nation as liberals.
Steele is correct historically about the invasions of Afghanistan. The Obama invasion came complete with a troop removal for political purposes. So our GI's are at risk for Obama's political gain. This was Obama's strategy and the morale in the troops clearly is low and clearly noted by McCrystal. While Obama golfs, our men are at risk.
The message of Vietnam, where I fought as a front line combat Marine, is that political wars are a disaster and a double economic disaster. Only liberals and big gov rinos support this kind of insanity. Every time you commit to a long distance war you send the economy into a recession. And there is no target in Afghanistan worth the loss of a single life.
I guarantee you one thing, Krystol never went to war and yet somehow he thinks himself an expert on the subject.
Republicans need to shape up and purge the party of some bad ideas. The first really bad idea is that Republicans have to embrace war as some kind of identifier that we will fight at any cost and not give up. Go back and study Vietnam. Liberals got us into it and rinos kept us in it. With rinos like old Glue Horse McCain, there is no cognizable limit as to how long American troops are to remain in a combat zone. McCain suggested 100 years in Iraq. He was a POW, not a war hero. I am a Marine, we were instructed to fight to the death. But you can bet the first thing out of McCain's mouth were "my grandaddy is Naval admiral and my daddy a rear-admiral so I am a valuable POW." The second big military mouth in the Gov is John Yellow Stain Kerry, the owner of three scratchless purple hearts. The very thought of this is repulsive.
War is serious business. You commit to war when you have to fight, not for purely political gain.
Ron Paul is a Conservative Republican and he is exactly right about war. Conservatives are repulsed by war and the many costs of war. For Republicans to hang onto the contention that Iraq and Afghanistan serve the interests of our country are incorrect. These costly wars are an economic disaster and a political disaster.
Afghanistan is Obama's war. Republicans should not be supporting this. The history of war is as follows:
WWI Wilson WWII FDR Korea Truman Vietnam JFK LBJ Nixon Gulf War Bush I Gulf War II Bush II, Obama Afghanistan Obama Bush I and Bush II are big gov rinos. There is not a conservative on the war lists. Bush I put us in recession by expanding gov which Reagan had reduced.
Bush II triggered a recession off of Iraq and expanded gov by over 50% in size! He signed SARBOX the most anti-business legislation every thrown at business and was responsible for an offshore exodus of our multinational business. Bush II signed homeland security into being, an unfunded medicare drug entitlement. He destroyed the airlines and then nationalized Freddie and Fannie. Does any of this sound like a Republican?
Bush and Jimmy Carter are by far and away the worst presidents in history but Obama may eclipse them both.
But one thing is certain. If the Rinos keep showing up for reelection you may as well vote in liberals because there is no difference. I am not opposed to war on immoral grounds. I am opposed to these present wars on the grounds of total economic stupidity.
Ronald Reagan ended the cold war which is what a Conservative would do, then with that huge peacetime dividend, Bush I and Bush II send us to war again for no earthly reason.
Michael Steele is exactly right on this one. Republicans need to purge themselves of Bush rinoisms, and the apparent Cheney love of long distance protracted war. Think about it. Of all the people I have mentioned in my post, I am the only one that was in front line combat, day in and day out. Bush's got to fly just like McCain but they were all lousy pilots gearing up for political window dressing.
I like Ron Paul's articulation about the present wars and I think his Conservative message is more the view of Conservatives and Krystol's view is that of the deadly rino company line.
Other than the Obama Administration and the Fox News crowd there is no political support for a protracted war in Afghanistan. Michael Steele said the truth, and not all conservatives are in lockstep with this one. Its time to come home period.
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According to HUD guidelines for the HOPWA program, grantees "must provide safe and sanitary housing that is in compliance with all applicable state and local housing codes, licensing requirements," and other regulations pertaining to building standards. Abrams continually cited the property for code violations, and when she got no response from Sunshine, she wrote letters to each board member. Lula Myers finally agreed to meet with Abrams at the property in June 1998. When Myers arrived she was issued a notice to appear in court and was criminally charged for 13 violations. Myers, who did not respond to inquiries for an interview for this article, pleaded no contest in August and was fined $1850.
Abrams was also in touch with Kathryn Malie, who was then interim director of Fort Lauderdale's housing and community development office. Abrams says the city didn't seem to care that grant dollars were apparently being squandered. "I tried the city for months from the fall of '97," she says, noting that when she threatened to charge Sunshine officials criminally, the city's response was, "Go ahead."
Malie counters that she was trying to work with Sunshine to get the property turned around. She says she met with residents, Sunshine board members, and Legal Aid representatives on several occasions. The code team, she believes, was only interested in putting people in jail. "Instead of trying to help people, they just kept trying to arrest them," she claims.
Even if Malie was making a good-faith effort to work with the folks at Sunshine, she wouldn't have been able to finish the job. At about the same time Myers was charged with code violations, Faye Outlaw was hired as director of Fort Lauderdale's housing and community development office. Two months later Sunshine's HOPWA funds for rental assistance were terminated. Soon thereafter the tenants at 637 SW 15th Avenue were relocated to other homes in Broward County, and the Sunshine facility was boarded shut. An FBI investigation of Sunshine was under way, and city officials were taking no chance. Malie was cut out of the loop on all HOPWA matters, and she believes the city attempted to save its neck by making her the scapegoat.
Sunshine had other problems to worry about. Two houses the organization had purchased with $156,000 in HOPWA funds weren't faring much better than the apartment complex. At the moment both are vacant, according to Sunshine officials, and it's unclear how long they've been empty. Nobody responded at either house when a reporter knocked on the front doors of the Pompano Beach and Hollywood residences.
So the looming question -- especially for those AIDS victims in need of housing -- is this: What will happen to the three HOPWA-financed buildings?
Last February the Sun-Sentinel reported that the City of Fort Lauderdale had "seized control" of the SW 15th Avenue property, but that's not exactly the case. Although Sunshine still owns all three properties, ownership is contingent on the HUD guideline that the sites be used for AIDS housing for at least ten years. Because the properties appear to have been abandoned, the city is trying to foreclose on all three and has asked HUD to exempt the SW 15th Avenue property from the ten-year rule. This would allow the city to turn the property over to the Fort Lauderdale Housing Authority, which could use it to help homeless folks in general.
At least one AIDS charity, Shadowood II, has expressed interest in taking over the Sunshine facility. Richard Colbert, executive director of the nonprofit group, which provides transitional and permanent housing for people living with HIV, believes that the facility should serve AIDS patients only. He notes that Shadowood provides shelter for about 60 people and -- like most AIDS-housing charities -- has a long waiting list.
"We have had more people this year than we have ever had -- ever, ever, ever," Colbert says. "There's an increase in HIV homeless people. Why there is so much of it, I have no idea."
Colbert inspected the 32-unit facility last month. He says most of the apartments need new air conditioning units and the building needs to be repainted, but it's salvageable -- if he can get financial help from the city. "It's in better shape than most of the buildings in the neighborhood," he says.
Residents of the Riverside Park neighborhood beg to differ. They want the building destroyed. For more than five years, they've struggled to transform the drug-ravaged area into a marginally middle-class enclave. Tom Andrew, vice president of the Riverside Park homeowners association, says that even before Sunshine took over the SW 15th Avenue property, it was a black mark on the community. He notes that the apartments, which have just one exit, are fire hazards and would not meet current safety codes for apartment buildings. "It's our contention that the design is dehumanizing," he says. "They're chicken coops."
The homeowners association has made its opinion clear in several letters to city commissioners, but the prospect of destroying a building that has swallowed up about $750,000 in federal funds since 1995 is not something city officials would have an easy time explaining to HUD. It is possible, under HUD guidelines, that Fort Lauderdale would be forced to give the grant money back to the feds if the facility is demolished.


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With sorrow and quirky satire intertwined for two hours, Glasgow's Royal Concert hall clung on to his every word, as he delved from heartbreak to holograms, true love to "a guy that just wants to go out and touch some boobs". Ryan Adams had the venue laughing so hard that they cried, and at least had something to blame the tears on, which were induced by his melancholy tales.
Easing into the hush of the venue under dim light, the extremely successful singer-songwriter bled into the expectant silence with Oh My Sweet Carolina, from early album Heartbreaker. Featuring Emmylou Harris on the record, but performed alone, the silence only solidified the loneliness of the track, with the audience upright in their seats, the fear that even blinking may cause enough noise to disturb the set.
Ashes & Fire from his most recent album of the same name, provided a lift, gaining volume with bluesy acoustic guitar. Using dynamic fully in his work, If I Am A Stranger, retreated back into timid volume, but with enough gain on the chorus to allow a few stifled coughs that fans had clearly been holding in, for fear of disrupting the intense the show.
The audience finally settled into My Winding Wheel, accompanying the alt country star on the vocal, a polite backing band in the impressive venue that housed Adams, a solitary figure seated in the centre of the stage. Moving over to a piano in the corner, the start of his underlying comedy sketch began as he mocked his own misery and despair before The Rescue Blues. With his free running vocal filling the grand hall, it was the breaks and trials of high-pitching that gave character and emotion to the performance.
Fidgeting his way around the stage, he adopted a new standing position for a few tracks, which he titled himself as, "Miserable bastard position two". As he played through different scenarios on stage, getting more further removed from his serious side, his light-hearted and slightly off-the-wall comedy had everyone laughing along, allowing Adams to spring favourite tracks upon the crowd when they least expected it, his long recording career housing a magnitude of favourites.
The harmonica introduction of Firecracker was one of these moments, probably his jolliest offering of the night, even engaging the audience in a subtle head bob. It turned out this lift in the set was merely a leap into a deeper plunge of depression, for Sweet Lil' Gal. With minimal backing from the piano, Adam's vocal told the story, characteristic cracks amplified in the hush, which seemed all the more quieter now that it was sandwiched between the unhinged laughter of the sold-out crowd.
Awkwardly moving back to his standing position, the somewhat dyspraxic star, with a flourish of OCD thrown in for the mix, has a certain jubilance in his work. Perhaps due to the wit that it is often packaged up in, English Girls Approximately had the crowd fully involved on backing vocal duty once again. Come Pick Me Up, with enough ad-libbing to mock one of his tour mates at the side of the stage, had enough of a split personality to end the show on the most euphoric of depressions.
With a standing ovation from all three tiers, leading to a cover of Ratt's Round And Round, tonight Ryan Adams delivered pretty much the happiest sort of misery there is.
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Flow Line: Branch 1.1.1 Review
Connect the dots to create cool branch designs with Flow Line Branch game for Android.
If you're looking for a fun, engaging game to while away the hours, look no further than this neat, connect-the-dots app. Flow Line Branch presents a really challenging spin on the Flow format that's gaining steam in mobile gaming. It's not only fun, but your mind will definitely get a workout solving these tough puzzles.
Unlike other flow games, Flow Line Branch requires you to connect multiple lines to the same multicolored circles. Since you don't have nearly as much room as you'll need to do it easily, you'll need plenty or trial and error to figure things out. The quicker you solve puzzles, the more coins you earn. Coins are great for buying hints, but you need hundreds just to buy one hint. Since the game is challenging, it would be nice if hints were cheaper. It would also be nice if the field of play was a little bigger. As it is now, one accidental slip can ruin your entire puzzle and force you to start from scratch. Considering how complex the puzzles are, this can be downright infuriating. The frequent ads can be annoying, too.
Except for those weird design choices, this game can be a lot of fun. However, if physics puzzles aren't really your thing, you might find it a little challenging. If you're looking for a tough game that trains your brain, Flow Line Branch is right up your alley. Just don't be surprised if it frustrates you more than you expected it to.


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Designed to demonstrate how material presented in GEOG B1 can be applied in a working environment. The assignments are designed to help students understand and apply the concepts learned in the lecture to real world problems. Exercises include using an atlas, coordinate systems, earth-sun relationships, weather and climate analysis, and topographic map interpretation. Prerequisite: GEOG B1 (may be taken concurrently). Recommended: Reading Level 5 or 6. Hours: 54 lab Offered: F, S. CCS: Liberal Arts & Sciences. Transferable: UC, CSU and private colleges.
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Coke gets smart and vitaminwater
Sep 1, 2007
The fizz is going out of soda profits, but Coca-Cola has a plan B. There's news today that the soft drink maker will shell out $4.2 billion for bottled water giant Glaceau, best known for its smartwater and vitaminwater brands.
Only your wallet is broken, not the record
Sep 1, 2007
The Energy Department has updated its inflation calculations and what was reported earlier as a record high for gas prices is no longer so. Kai Ryssdal found out the new target price.
Burberry's upsizing its American outfit
Sep 1, 2007
The British fashion house famous for its black, white and red check is ready to launch a rapid expansion in the States. American shoppers can look forward to 10 new Burberry retail stores this year, Stephen Beard reports.
No place like Home Depot shareholder meetings
Sep 1, 2007
Home Depot holds its annual shareholder meeting in Atlanta this morning. Last year's was one of the most, well, we'll call it "interesting" of all time. Can the new CEO whip the meeting and the company back into shape? Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
Your friendly local avatar
Sep 22, 2011
Just when you thought one of the greatest benefits of shopping online was never having to say "I'm just browsing thanks," more companies are discovering that virtual salespeople can boost Internet sales. Mike Rhee has the story.
P&G concentrates on shrinking bottles
Sep 22, 2011
Procter & Gamble says it's doubling the strength of its detergents so it can reduce packaging and water use. But Pat Loeb reports that success will depend on whether consumers can change their behavior.
As gas prices rise, we keep filling up
Sep 1, 2007
It's been 26 years since gas prices, if put in today's dollars, were as high as they are today. And yet we're using it like it still cost $1.35 a gallon. Oil-price expert Tom Kloza talks with Kai Ryssdal about what's going on.
Gas and food prices keep climbing
Sep 1, 2007
The Energy Department says gas inventories are low and, despite high prices, demand just keeps rising. And food prices are going up as well. Pat Loeb reports.
Food prices spike on demand, energy costs
Sep 1, 2007
A new federal report says the sticker shock at many American supermarkets is directly related to the rising cost of energy and a bigger appetite across the globe. Janet Babin reports.
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Sep 1, 2007
Retail sales numbers out today were some of the worst ever recorded. Major retailers reported a 2.3 percent decline over last year. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports on gas prices and the rest of the usual suspects.


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Pedometers 101
by Dana Angelo White in Fitness, April 21, 2012
Counting individual steps may seem like a silly way to get some exercise but every little bit helps. Using a pedometer can be a fabulous motivational tool to get you to move more; use our tips and get stepping!
What is a Pedometer?
A pedometer is a pocket-sized device that senses movement and registers each step you take. Some units require a belt loop attachment while others can be carried in your pocket or worn around your neck. Some models may also have settings to estimate calories burned while walking, but these are often inaccurate unless there is an option to adjust for additional details like weight, age and gender.
Pedometers range in price from $6.00 to more than $30.00 – the higher pricing is typically associated with extra features like distance tracking and calorie counting. Smartphone lovers will be pleased to know that there are quite a few pedometer apps – many of which are free or less than $3.00. Using the GPS already loaded in a Smartphone, many offer accurate distance tracking for less than a hand-held pedometer. Arawella Pedometer and Pedometer Pro GPS as well as Palm Shadow Footsteps Pedometer all carry high ratings.
Many fitness-centric wrist watches also come with built-in pedometers and heart rate monitors (more about heart rate monitors in an upcoming post).
Getting Started
Since everyone walks a little differently, it's a good idea to calibrate your pedometer so you can estimate how much distance you've covered. First, start by taking a small number of steps (10 for example) to make sure you and the pedometer are on the same page. Then move on to figuring out how many steps it takes you to travel a greater distance.
Map out a route in your neighborhood or visit a local track so you know that the distance you're covering is equal to one mile. Reset the pedometer, walk the mile, and see how many steps it counts – now you'll know how many steps equal one mile for you no matter where you are.
Healthy Lifestyle Tips
• 10,000 steps a day is a good goal to work towards – this is the amount found to help reduce your risk of chronic disease.
• 12,000 to 15,000 steps a day is associated with successful weight loss.
• Make it a healthy competition – challenge a friend or a co-worker to see who takes more steps.
• Keep a daily log and see how many miles you cover in a week, then try to top it the next week.
• Periodically increase your speed or add some hills to your routine to give your cardiovascular system a workout.
Tell Us: Do you use a pedometer?
Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC, is a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer and owner of Dana White Nutrition, Inc., which specializes in culinary and sports nutrition. See Dana's full bio »
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@JessicaLynn - The Epic of Gilgamesh is an interesting example. A lot of people think that part of the Bible may have been influenced by the Epic of Gilgamesh, specifically the story of Noah and the flood and Adam and Eve.
Anyway, the only epic poem I've ever read was the Beowulf epic poem. I read it in English class, of course. I was lucky in that my teacher let us read a modern translation. So it was written in modern English that was easy for us to understand.
I suppose it could be argued that you should read these poems in their original language. However, what's the point of reading it if you can't understand it? I'd rather people read it in modern English than not at all!


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SJO to EZEDec 11, 20141Hi, I will be flying from SJO to MIA, and from MIA to Buenos Aires with American. I have a 2 hour stop in MIA, Is that enough time to go through inmigration, claim and drop bags and get the next plane?TOPThu, Dec 11
Traveling to Peru from SpainDec 10, 20143I'm traveling from Spain to Peru and my connection flight is in Miami. Would I be able to exit the international terminal while im waiting for my connecting flight and then come back in through security with my boarding pass to peru?ConnectionWed, Dec 10Yes, you can. After you pass through US Immigration and Customs in Miami you will be outside security. You will be free to go where you want as long as you get back to the airport in time for your flight to Peru.ZAPWed, Dec 10
Miami to Freeport FPODec 7, 20141We are flying from Bangor (BGR)to Miami via Phl. Will we have to go through customs before we depart to Freeport or will we do it over there ? Flying with US. Airways and American Airlines, will our bags be booked right through?KellySun, Dec 7
MIA ConnectionDec 6, 20142My flight lands in MIA from PLS(Turks and Caicos) at 5:20PM. We depart at 7:30 on a US Airways operated flight out of terminal E. We are flying on Sunday November 30th, one of the busiest travel days of the year coming at the end of Thanksgiving Weekend. I also heard that this was one of the busiest times to go through immigration. is that correct? Will 2 hours 10 minutes suffice? Will we be in any kind of a rush, and will we have time to grab a bite to eat? Any info would be helpful.ANDYThu, Nov 27Hi, I am wondering how you made out with this? I have similar flight tomorrow..... thankskseacarThu, Dec 4
MEX TO TXL trough MIANov 24, 20141I am arriving Miami in AA1498 flight from Mexico City at 12 pm. and the connection is with AirBerlin 7211 to TXL at 04:05 pm. I think is enough time but I don't know if I need to pick up my luggage from AA and then again check it with AirBerlin. It is a reward ticket I got at once with AA. How is the way from American Airlines Arrivals to AirBerlin departures??? Thanks in advance.lanzateSun, Nov 23
Grenada to London via MiamiNov 24, 20143Hi, I am travelling from Grenada to London via Miami on 6th Dec Both flights are American Airlines and layover is 5 hours 40 mins. Do I need to checkout and re-checkin my baggage? Do I need transit visa ? Any information will be helpful. ThanksPrachiWed, Nov 19Unless you are a citizen of a visa waiver country you need a transit visa. You will not have to claim your bags because you are on an international to international itineraryZapWed, Nov 19Thanks. Can I get transit visa on arrival at Miami airport? I am in Indian citizenPrachiWed, Nov 19
International connections at MiamiNov 10, 20143Hello, I am flying from Manchester to Heathrow to Miami and finally onto The Bahamas. My main question is will I have to collect my luggage at Miami before customs or if I ask for it to be checked all the way to the Bahamas will it just go straight there? Thank you for your help.ReubsMon, Nov 10If you are flying American on both of your flights, AA has a process at MIA where bags of passengers on International to International connections do not have to be collected. Check with the agent in your origin for more details.ZAPMon, Nov 10Thank you for your reply. Oops I forgot to say that my first two flights are with British Airways and the flight to the Bahamas is with American Airlines. Do you think I might have to collect my bag then? Thanks again.ReubsMon, Nov 10
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12hr layoverOct 26, 20142i am a Phillipine citizen with a visit visa to Bahamas with 12hr layover at MIA; can i leave the airport and stay in a hotel ? Must i clear custom or immigration just to go to hotel for the 12hr layover?jessSat, Oct 251. For terminal layout, international arrivals procedure & transfers, open www.ifly.com/mia; then click on 'Terminal Map' under QUICK LINKS & scroll down to the detailed text. 2. The Philippines are not part of the Visa-Waiver countries - therefore, I suggest you open: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit/visa-waiver-program.htmlsuoct14Sun, Oct 26You will need a US Transit Visa. Once you clear US Customs you will be outside security and free to go where you want as long as you board your scheduled flight to the Bahamas. You will have to go through Customs and Immigration upon arrival in the US, whether you are going to a hotel or not.ZAPSun, Oct 26
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There are subtle differences between amount of, quantity of and number of. Amount OfThe term amount of is used for things you cannot measure (See non-countable nouns). It usually precedes a singular word.Examples: I undertook an inordinate amount of work. (work – singular and cannot be measured or counted) She had a certain amount of respect for the sales team, but she always dissented when they spoke at meetings. (respect – singular and cannot be measured or counted) It is not difficult to see where that amount of hate derives. (hate – singular and cannot be measured or counted) The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public. (Oscar Wilde) (women – plural and can be counted. The number of women... ) Quantity OfThe term quantity of is used for things that you can measure. (See countable nouns). It is usually applied to inanimate objects. Some grammar references may advocate that it can only precede a singular word; however, this view is now considered outdated.Examples: I took control of a large quantity of money. (money – singular and can be measured or counted) The ship was only carrying a large quantity of mangoes. (mangoes – plural and can be measured or counted) (Number of could also be used in this example. Number of is preferable as it is unlikely to be considered incorrect by some readers.) Number OfThe term number of precedes a plural, countable noun. It can be applied to both animate and inanimate objects.Examples: The disease affected a large number of camels in the town. (camels – plural, animate and can be counted) The ship was only carrying a large number of mangoes. (mangoes – plural, inanimate and can be counted) (Quantity of could also be used in this example.)
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Amount of should be used with a singular word, and number of should be used with a plural word. Similarly, less should be used before a singular word, and fewer should be used with a plural word. See the lesson Less and fewer.
Some people may have different ideas on what is measurable. For example: Do I need that amount of sleep? Is sleep measurable? If you judge that sleep can be measured in hours, then quantity of sleep could be an acceptable alternative. In general, tangible objects (i.e., things you can touch) attract quantity of and intangible objects attract amount of. |


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Prevent Identity Theft
At home and beyond, take these steps to prevent fraud and identity theft.
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It can happen to anyone – even the CEO of an investment firm. That's what Craig Serio of Pompano Beach, Fla. discovered when he received a call from his credit card company's fraud department.
Someone claiming to be him had canceled his credit card and ordered a new one sent to a different address. It only took two days for the company to discover the problem, but during that time "someone" had already racked up more than $9,000 in purchases. "I don't know how my identity was stolen," Serio says. "But I know how it was used against me."
Identity fraud costs Americans $54 billion in 2009 alone. Here's how to head off this pressing problem in four areas where you may be most vulnerable.
Your Finances
Think prevention to keep fraud from hitting home.
The most common types of identity theft are credit card fraud and criminal use of government records. The best defense? Take preventive action. Greg Widmer, senior research analyst with Liberty Mutual, advises shredding documents with identifying information – Social Security numbers, account numbers and birth dates.
Make photocopies of your credit cards, IDs, passport and licenses (front and back). Keep the copies in a home safe or safety deposit box, and update your records to keep them current. Never carry your Social Security card in your wallet.
If your wallet is stolen, report the theft to the police, then follow these steps for damage control:
• Cancel all your credit cards immediately. Ask for new cards with new numbers.
• Call one of the three national credit reporting agencies: Equifax (888-766-0008), Experian (888-397-3742) or TransUnion (800-680-7289). Ask to attach a fraud alert to your accounts.
• Check your photocopies for all other IDs and call the issuing agencies to report the theft.
Your Mail
Keep thieves off your paper trail of personal information.
Mail theft can provide identity thieves access to your bank and credit card statements, pre-approved credit card offers, new checks and tax information.
Postal inspectors urge you to safeguard your identity by following this "must do" tip list:
• Deposit outgoing mail at a Post Office or a blue U.S. Postal Service collection box, or give it directly to your letter carrier.
• Shred or tear up unwanted documents that contain personal information.
• Review your consumer credit reports annually.
• Never give personal information on the phone or Internet unless you initiated the contact.
• Use a secure locking mailbox or a Post Office box for your incoming mail.
• Never leave mail (or other personal information) in your car.
• Keep track of the dates when statements and bills typically arrive, or go paperless.
• During tax season, be especially watchful for official documents. If they're late, investigate.
Your Computer
Ward off digital pickpockets with these cyberspace tips.
Identity theft increased 12 percent last year, affecting an estimated 11 million adults in the United States. Computers played a large part due to phishing scams and theft from company-owned data banks. To protect yourself, heed this important advice:
• Beware of email solicitations requesting personal information, such as your Social Security number, bank or credit card numbers or personal identification numbers.
• Never click on a link or open a file attached to an unsolicited email, especially messages that purport to be from financial institutions, credit card companies or government agencies such as the IRS.
• Use antivirus software on your computer, and set the program to automatically update virus definitions daily.
• Never use public computers (like those in libraries) to access your bank accounts or check your personal email, especially if you need to type in a username and password.
Your Workplace
Protect Your Identity on the job using hardworking hints.
Employment-related fraud has worsened with the downturn in the economy. As more people become desperate to find work, they may turn to the theft of personal information for the credentials they need to find a job. Even colleagues at work may yield to temptation.
Protect your Social Security number in every way possible. Be sure your employer does not display or print your Social Security number where others can see it. When you're seeking employment, avoid revealing your SSN until absolutely necessary, and don't post personal information online. In addition, heed these tips:
• Never leave your purse or wallet on your desk or in an unsecured drawer or locker.
• Don't leave sensitive documents such as bank statements or pay stubs where coworkers or visitors could see, copy or steal them.
• If you work for a publicly traded company, find out if your personal information is included in the company's SEC filing. If so, what steps have been taken to secure the information?
For extra protection, explore the benefits of Liberty Mutual's Identity Fraud Expense Coverage. You'll be covered for up to $15,000 of expenses incurred as a direct result of identity fraud and receive personal assistance through the Fraud Crisis Resolution Center.


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Ensuring patients have access to innovative new medicines require collaboration within the biopharmaceutical industry and across the health care ecosystem. With the rapid pace of research and development, pooling resources and brainpower helps identify and utilize the most pertinent information. As a result, cooperation is occurring not only within the private sector, but also with non-profit organizations, academia and the government to more quickly bring treatments to patients in need.
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The current intellectual property (IP) environment in Canada has caused increased friction with its closest allies, particularly in the area of IP rights protections for biopharmaceutical products. By revoking 19 patents since 2005 through questionable decisions, Canadian courts have set a disturbing precedent that risks future investments in cutting-edge R&D projects in innovative industries, and the high-paying jobs that accompany them.
Our members are diligently working to bring new medicines to patients. To date, these treatments have helped make some of the most devastating diseases, including HIV, manageable conditions. To do the same for cancer, collaboration across the health care ecosystem is necessary.
Parkinson's disease (PD) affects up to 1.5 million Americans and without any change, that number is expected to more than double by 2040.
On June 1, patients around the world participated in a very special celebration, National Cancer Survivors Day. This is a day everyone in remission hopes for, and one those currently in treatment are working so hard to achieve.
In the United States alone, it is estimated there are 14 million people who have faced the challenges of a cancer diagnosis and are winning.
The process of translating biomedical discoveries into novel therapies continues to increase in complexity as science and technology rapidly evolve. To ensure timely patient access to safe and effective innovative medical products, it is critical that the science of drug review and evaluation keeps up with rapid advances in drug discovery and development, so that experts across the ecosystem are able to understand, adopt and apply new scientific tools, standards, and approaches in evidence-based decision making processes.
Ensuring that patients have access to the medicines they need is at the heart of what biopharmaceutical research companies do every day. The Affordable Care Act put in place a new way for Americans to access health insurance coverage and even provides assistance in the form of tax credits and cost-sharing reductions for those who need it most.
Yesterday, ASCO held a panel entitled, "Can We Find Common Ground? Stakeholder Perspectives on Value in Cancer." At the tail end, a woman stepped to the mike to make an observation to the panelists. Describing herself as a patient and an advocate, she declared that she heard little in the presentations about patient-reported outcomes, particularly in reference to ASCO's value initiative that is in the works.
In case you missed it, The Hill featured an op-ed by PhRMA President and CEO John J. Castellani, "Health insurance model must evolve," to coincide with the start of the American Society of Clinical Oncology' (ASCO) 50th anniversary conference.
The cost of innovative new medicines to treat devastating diseases such as cancer and Hepatitis C has been a hot discussion topic this week. A critical part of this discussion – the value of these treatments – however, has been overlooked.
Collaboration among all stakeholders needed to improve drug development and optimize expanded access
Each patient facing a life-threatening disease lives with the hope that tomorrow will bring a new medicine to extend and improve his or her life. As a scientist, a new father, and as someone who lost a parent to stage IV lung cancer far too early in life, it is gut-wrenching to admit that modern drug development continues to be a highly challenging and far too often unsuccessful endeavor.
Businesses know the impact of poor health and see first hand how some communities are affected more than others. Truly improving health takes time, effort and investment from all of us. With one out of two Americans having at least one chronic condition, the costs of chronic disease are staggering and affect every community, every business, and every person.
It is penny wise and pound foolish to focus solely on the price of a new medicine while completely ignoring the value it provides to patients and the health care system broadly. Curing Hepatitis C not only dramatically improves patients' lives, but has the potential to save the U.S.
Recently, there has been a significant amount of conversation around the cost and value of innovative medicines, especially those intended for patients who suffer from chronic, debilitating diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis C and cancer. Providing benefit not only for patients, but the overall U.S. health care system, it's important that we keep in mind short- and long-term human, economic and societal implications as we work together to address these costly illnesses head on.
Across our health care system, it's critical that patients always remain at the center of our shared efforts to improve, extend and save lives. For PhRMA and the industry writ-large, this is a bedrock mindset and ongoing access to innovative medicines represents health care's best shot at preventing and managing costly chronic diseases. This week, we focused on the importance of patient access – along with safety – both in the United States and around the globe.


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New character (goes into effect after the next update): Simon von Ritter
Birth year: 1870
Born in New York City to a German father and American mother, he left for Germany with his father when he was just 5 years after the death of his mother. He served in the German army for five years but was denied the opportunity to become an officer, despite his Junker heritage, because of his American birth. He returned to the land of his birth in 1893, against his father's wishes, and enlisted in the US Army. His talents were undeniable, and found himself promoted to Captain by the turn of the century.
Above all else, Simon is interested in US intervention in the Russo-German army. He is willing to do whatever it takes, including forming his own regiment to return to his homeland. He loves the United States, but is politically an independent. At least at the present time...


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my husband uses this one for 3 years know, he has dry curly hair and he loves it. its very mild to the skin. for my hair its not good ;-). great.
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Let us welcome the newest member of the Hunger Games cast, Jeffrey Wright. He will play Beetee in the upcoming Hunger Games movie sequel – Catching Fire.
Hunger Games Cast – Jeffrey Wright as Beetee
Beetee is a Hunger Games character hailing from District 3. He was a previous victor who used his expertise in electronics and wiring to win in the arena. He was able to make an electronic trap that killed off other tributes and ensured his victory.
Jeffrey Wright is probably one of the better actors with talent and ability to play various roles. He was born on December 7, 1965 and was raised in Washington, DC. He stands 5'11" and his movie credits include:
- Casino Royale
- Source Code
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Quantum of Solace
What do you think of Jeffrey Wright playing the role of Beetee in Catching Fire? I believe he is a nice choice as a Hunger Games cast. I've seen him act in various movies and I'm definitely impressed by his acting. Good thing he'll get exposure with this big-time movie.
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If you read the first few pages of this book after seeing all the glowing reviews on Amazon, you may wonder what we are so excited about. However, you will be rewarded if you persevere. In an ice-cold literary voice, Perec systematically describes the inhabitants and contents of a Paris apartment building. His style is at first totally uninvolving, yet somehow, amazingly, his monotonous descriptions come together like the tiles of a mosaic (or, to use Perec's image, the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle) to create a living, exciting picture. Even if you know nothing about the philosophical and aesthetic theories that gave this book its structure, you will find it enthralling.
Perec would properly be regarded as an experimentalist and this novel, like his others, was written under self-imposed constraints.
The novel takes as its plan a block of flats in a Parisian suburb, a 10 x 10 grid, over which the narrator must proceed by way of the moves of the Knight in chess, never landing on the same flat twice(this, like other formalities, were allowed to be bent but let's not get too complicated...) with a whole system for information, knowledge and learning to be allocated to each chapter.
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Read in translation the writing is formal yet intimate and seems to proceed at its own leisurely pace as it moves through the block of flats, through life. Numerous 'Tales' are recounted as the novel progresses, each rich in feeling and poignancy though sometimes disturbing, the key of which, indeed the key to the novel, is 'The Tale of the Man who painted... read more
Although this is certainly an experimental novel, it is absolutely readable and fun. The layout is supposed to be taken from chess, with a knight jumping up on some squares which represent the appartments on the building map. Frankly, although ingenious, the scheme is not all that important to me. What truly fascinated me were the stories themselves, the full development of characters, situations, histories and sceneries. In every chapter, Perec gives us an introduction about how the appartment / room looks like. The descriptions may be long sometimes, but they are essential to the whole point of the book: to bring to life real people living in comprehensible, complete surroundings, and to make these easy to visualize. Some of the descriptions, in particular Mme. Moreau's dining room, are simply beautiful and innovative.
The book was completed in 1978 and the action of the stories ranges from mid-XIX Century until June 23, 1975. The final chapter, which gives us a... read more
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Detroit Pistons vs Minnesota Timberwolves Tuesday February 16 7:30 pm Local TV: FS Detroit Nat'l TV: Radio: 97.1 The Ticket
The return of Bill Laimbeer to the palace and ...the only persons available to hug him are the broadcasting/announcing teams and Mike Abdenour.. I am sure Joe will be too busy in the backroom negotiating a deal.....we hope
I'm coming to the conclusion that I am really hating the CV signing. Has he completely forgotten how to play the game?
Great game. 6 minutes of lockdown defense to start the 3rd sealed the deal. Pistons only allowed 2 points during the 1st half of the 3rd to go up 15 or so. And then something amazing happened. The bench came in and extended the lead and we finished the quarter 33-13. JMax and Bynum were really good. CV had a so-so game. He did run up the court really fast for easy dunks. His defense was horrible. The JMax-CV pairing at the 4-5 is really not working. I'd rather have Weezy come in off the bench at 4 and Daye at the 3. So, CV can't earn a spot in the starting lineup, and we have better alternatives at the 3 and 4 positions. Having CV play center is a bad joke. If he doesn't step up to the plate, we essentially have 7M towel boy. I think we need to get rid of CV; maybe in a package deal to send off Rip. Rip didn't shoot too good in the 1st half but he did play a decent game and actually did share the ball well on the way to 7 assists. Big Ben was Big Ben. I don't what we'll do without him when he retires. JJ had a career high 21 points. He had 13 in the 1st quarter alone. All hustle and good plays. Prince showed up to play. He even had two blocks. Gordon was quiet all night. Daye came in for GT and showed some good offensive skills. We really need to use that kid more. He seems to make very smart decisions on offense. The greatest part about this game was we built a big lead in the 3rd and were able to hang on to it. Minny never was able to cut the lead, even in GT. To summarize, Rip, Tay and Max all played well tonight. A nice thing to have two days before the trade deadline.
A tale of two halves for the game tonight as the Pistons blow it open in the third qtr and win convincingly 108-85. For awhile it appeared that the Pistons were once again playing like one of the 5 worst teams in the league as the Twolves matched them bucket for bucket in the first half and even led by 4 with less than a minute in the half before the Pistons tied it to end the half at 52-52. At one point midway through the second, their bench had outscored the Pistons bench 16-0 and the Wolves held a 9-2 advantage at the FT line at half time Not sure what was said at halftime, but the Pistons jumped off to an 18-2 run to open the third and cruise the rest of the way out punching the wolves 33-13 in the third. Once again JJ had a hot start hitting 8 of his first 9 shots to finish with 21 pts in 21 minutes. Will Bynum came off the bench to dish out 14 assists, most of those in 4th qtr GT. All twelve of the Pistons scored as the team had 37 assists, which may have been their season high. They only hit 4 three balls and 12 FT, but according Blaha they also had 12 dunks...I think all 4 of big Ben's buckets were dunks. Forgotten man Austin Daye scored 9 pts in 7 mins of GT... The Piston bench which at one point was down 16-0 came back to outscore the Twolves bench 46-45. The Twolve bench outscored their starters 45-40 with Kevin Love leading the way with 22 pts.
Good call on the Tay, Rip (all around team game) and Max having good games just in time for the trade deadline. Okay - here's a wild theory. The 1 position on the team we need to upgrade for the future is center - that's pretty obvious, right? With Jerebko and Daye, and a ton of guards who can play, we're pretty strong at the other positions. Hell, Max's play in recent games makes me believe in him again as a 20 minute big man off the bench. If and when we trade Tay and Rip or even Maxiell, we've got to make sure we get a big man back. Maybe we shouldn't trade those guys until we've got a really good big man coming back in the deal. That could mean we don't make a trade right now, but perhaps we make a trade this summer before the draft to move into position to get the guy we really want. Or maybe we wait until next season's trade deadline to maximize Tay's value.
Good win. We need a lot more and fast. Orlando tomorrow night - no problem as we won this one going away and should be fresh enough. Where to start? Got to be the 3rd quarter, where the other team did not score its 3rd bucket until way into the quarter. The Pistons took a tie game during that stretch and ran away with it. We had the usual starters, Stuckey, Rip, Tay, JJ, and Ben Wallace. This group both defended well and scored readily by sharing the ball. Rip ended up with a decent game although he did not score much as he shared the ball well. Heck, Rip even was involved in some fast breaks where we scored and he did not finish the break with a midranger. I guess fast breaks and dunks are next. JJ led the way. You could say he has been shaming the team into running the floor. JJ scored 21 in 21 minutes tonight, 9-13 shooting. That includes a triple, lots of scores on fast breaks, but more impressively, it included a lot of cases where JJ drove the ball to the hoop thru traffic and managed to score. He made it look easy too. CV got a couple of fast break scores too, which made his otherwise horrid shooting look better for this game. CV did not play the greatest defense in the world, but it was not all that bad either. His height and reach bothers other players. And he got a rebound here and there. Not a bad game in all for him. I do like that he stopped hoisting that thing after the first several misses. If you ain't got it, you ain't got it. Maxiell and Ben Wallace just played good D for the most part. Maxiell did add some putbacks and Ben Wallace did sneak to the basket here and there for a score if they took their eyes off him. These two simply rotated one for the other, never being on the floor together. Next subject, small ball. Nope, even though we ended up winning, Kuester still has as his top priority to fit a bunch of minutes in for our guards, regardless of anything else. For this game, hey, the whole fourth pretty much was GT, so Kuester let Daye play. You know, the guy who hit all those shots off the dribble. The guy with combination of height and good shooting that is really hard to stop. Small ball was negative for this game. Checking the boxscore, you see Tay was plus 34. Daye was plus 2, so that is plus 36 in all while not playing small ball. Small ball? minus 13. Minus 13 in just 10 minutes. Over a point lost a minute, vs gaining about exactly a point per minute with regular basketball, actually using a small forward. If Kuester is actually serious about winning, he will make some hard choices about how the guards get minutes. Meanwhile, small forward should be played by either Tay, Daye, or JJ (or Summers.) Keep the guards at the guard position. Playing 3 guards has not won us a game yet this season, and it simply won't ever. Bynum ended up with 14 assists. A lot of those came in GT, about half actually. Still impressive. They stated what is obvious, that Bynum is not all the way back from those ankle sprains and is still having trouble playing D. Just hope the ankles improve quickly cause we are going to need him near 100% to win going forward. 37 assists for the game against 13 turns. Pretty darn good. Again, can't say enough about how Rip seemed to change his game tonight, and it caught on with the rest of the team. Wilcox got in for GT, made a dunk, one of a whole lot for us, on a fast break. He also hit a jumper. Kwame got to play too, scored an easy one, but missed the and one. At least it was close. Atkins was the other guy not dressed. Note, Bynum may not be playing very good D right now, but its about four times better than Atkins plays. Ain't that bad. Stuckey had a nice balance of assists and scores tonight. And was part of some nice D played. Gordon played ok. A scoring threat, which is what he is suppose to be. The team, for the most part, has its health back. Everyone find some wook to knock on, hang on, and hope for a major win streak. (While hoping, you might also hope Kuester ends the pointless small ball.)
Only played 21 minutes... came out with 6 minutes in the 3rd and Kuester never put him back in. I thought Jerebko, Big Ben and Stuckey were the guys who played the best games. They kept us in it in the first half and they were the key contributors in the opening half of the third quarter to build the lead. Bynum stat-padded about as well as one could. I don't remember a single one of his assists coming before garbage time.
Seven of Bynum's assists came before the 4th quarter, mostly in the first half. And even though most of the 4th was garbage time, you really can't say Minnesota was completely out of it until around the 6 minute mark. Twenty point leads can and do get lost in not much more than half a quarter. So even some of what many call "garbage time" assists were needed in this game to make sure we kept that lead safe.
Stuckey had a horrible game. It is becoming all too obvious that his pattern or style of play-making is not going anywhere. Of course, it usually is not a good time to display them, on a comparative level, after an All-Star game...especially after clips showing Isaiah. Q seems to becoming sensitized. Yep, 21 minutes is enough. Which leads him further into the Twilight Zone. You have Bynum as the always spark off the bench (where he is best suited) and Stuckey introducing his talent via paranormal leadership levels (which might have future possibilities for some on this board). I think Q is fooling us all. It will never be Twilight Zone for this guy. It is all Rain Man. In those camera moments, as he stares down at the floor, I have seen his lips move and a counting expression coming forth. Yes, I was actually able to interpret some of them. The last from his partial covering mouth was, "742 grains in that last board." Can't fool me.
For a young, rebuilding team, which has struggled to score for most of the season, how is it Austin Daye is not getting regular minutes? He seems to be one of the most consistent guys on the team at just coming in off the bench and being able to knock down shots. Seems like he could really be helping us through those offensive droughts.


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Mike Mulford – Delano, Minn.
Mike Mulford, 66, of Delano, Minn., formerly of Creston, died Jan. 4, 2013, at his home in Delano, Minn. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston. The Rev. Dan Moore will officiate. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery in Creston. Open visitation will be 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday with family present 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the family in Mike's name.
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