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Baseline to Baseline recaps: Dramatic finishes all over on Monday
Jan 22, 2013, 7:59 AM EDT
Welcome to PBT's roundup of yesterday's NBA games. Or, what you missed while wondering what made Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia think that hat was a good choice at the inauguration…. Bulls 95, Lakers 83: Chicago is what Los Angeles is not — passionate, committed to the system, hustlers on every play and defenders. So,…
Stephen Curry with the amazing pass to Jarrett Jack on the break (VIDEO)
Jan 21, 2013, 8:32 PM EDT
In a day full of highlights, this might have been one of the best. Midway through the fourth quarter of a tight contest between the Clippers and the Warriors, Stephen Curry grabs the rebound and leads the fast break. He doesn't get very far, though, before spotting a streaking Jarrett Jack. Curry stops at halfcourt,…
NBA Power Rankings: Clippers back on top, showdown with Thunder Tuesday
Jan 21, 2013, 3:46 PM EDT
No change in the top four teams, but really it feels like right now there is a top three teams with the Heat capable of being that good but not really choosing to all the time. 1. Clippers (32-9, last week ranked No. 2). Chris Paul sits out three games, Eric Bledsoe steps in and…
Richard Jefferson throws down the reverse dunk against Hornets (VIDEO)
Jan 20, 2013, 9:30 AM EDT
Richard Jefferson has had a hard time getting on the court for the Warriors this season, but with more plays like this one, the team may be inclined to try to find him some additional opportunities. Early in the second quarter of the Warriors win over the Hornets on Saturday, Jefferson received the ball in…
The Extra Pass: Rookie Report
Jan 18, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT
The Extra Pass is a new daily column that's designed to give you a better look at a theme, team, player or scheme. Today, we ask you to put down your TPS report and pick up the Rookie Report: Since we're near the halfway point of the season, it's time to revisit the rookie class…
These guys should be the NBA All-Star Game reserves
Jan 17, 2013, 8:30 PM EDT
The fans have done their job — you all picked the NBA All-Star Game starters. And well done. While I could quibble with a choice I might have made differently, there are no egregious errors (read: Jeremy Lin is not a starter). Now it falls to the coaches to pick the seven reserves for each…
Pau Gasol cleared to play vs. Heat, will come off bench
Jan 17, 2013, 2:34 PM EDT
If you're looking for a weakness for the Miami Heat to attack, it is size and rebounding. They count on their athleticism, pressure defense and LeBron James to overcome that, but they have a weakness. So if you're the Lakers, this is a good time to get Pau Gasol back. Gasol has been cleared to…
Oh no, not again: Curry out indefinitely with sprained ankle
Jan 17, 2013, 10:38 AM EDT
With most players you would just shrug this news off — Stephen Curry rolled his ankle during shootaround, reports CSNBayArea.com. He did it when he landed on the foot of rookie Festus Ezeli. But with Curry, who has had multiple ankle surgeries and missed considerable time last season with ankle issues, it has Warriors saying…
Baseline to Baseline recaps: Turns out, the Heat and Thunder are pretty good
Jan 17, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
Welcome to PBT's roundup of yesterday's NBA games. Or, what you missed while having to deal with all the people knocking on your door asking for their lost cell phones…. Heat 92, Warriors 75: As it has been with the Heat all season long, when they are focused and defend they destroy teams. Especially teams…
The Heat clamp down on defense, demolish the Warriors
Jan 17, 2013, 1:45 AM EDT
On a night where Stephen Curry was forced to sit out due to an injured ankle, the Heat came out aggressive on both sides of the ball and blitzed the Warriors 92-75. The score, though, doesn't really do the domination that occurred in this game justice. The Heat came out early and decided to set…
The Extra Pass: Kevin Durant's shot at history
Jan 16, 2013, 9:45 AM EDT
The Extra Pass is a new daily column that's designed to give you a better look at a theme, team, player or scheme. Today, we look at Kevin Durant's chance to make NBA history. For the last three seasons, Kevin Durant has led the NBA in scoring. That's no easy task, but doing it again…
NBA Power Rankings: Thunder on top, Nuggets climbing ranks
Jan 14, 2013, 4:11 PM EDT
Each of the top five teams in last week's ranking suffered losses, some pretty ugly losses. So, who bounced back and looked best after that? Oklahoma City, so they maintain the top spot. 1. Thunder (28-8, Last week ranked No. 1). Kevin Durant is a better playmaker than last year. Russell Westbrook a better floor…
The Extra Pass: Blake Griffin's Undeserved Reputation
Jan 14, 2013, 9:30 AM EDT
The Extra Pass is a new daily column that's designed to give you a better look at a theme, team, player or scheme. Today, we examine some of the criticism surrounding Blake Griffin. As fans, we take on the role of production line workers when new players enter the league. We inspect them quickly, stamp…
Three Stars of the Night: Front court players in spotlight
Jan 14, 2013, 2:02 AM EDT
There's a simple old coach's axiom in basketball: Tall and good beats small and good. So tonight we look at the tall guys and give them their due with the three stars. There were other candidates big and small who were worthy but just missed the cut: Carmelo Anthony (27 points 7 rebounds), Brandon Jennings…
A list of NBA players who can veto or block trades in 2013
Jan 13, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
Excellent information from Marc Stein of ESPN.com in his weekend column, where he details the circumstances surrounding the ability of various players to either block or veto a trade involving them this season. There are 19 players in total that can throw a wrench in their respective team's trade talks if they so choose, due…
The Extra Pass: The All-Value Team
Jan 11, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
The Extra Pass is a new daily column that's designed to give you a better look at a theme, team, player or scheme. Today, we'll put together a squad featuring some of the league's most valuable contracts. Signing players to any substantial contract during the offseason free agency period is like tap dancing through a…
The Extra Pass: Identifying Offensive Calling Cards
Jan 10, 2013, 9:20 AM EDT
The Extra Pass is a new daily column that's designed to give you a better look at a theme, team, player or scheme. Today, we look at which teams are outperforming all others in specific areas of the game. Play logging has been used by NBA teams for quite some time, but the derived numbers…
Baseline to Baseline recaps: Dallas makes the Clippers work for it
Jan 10, 2013, 8:01 AM EDT
Welcome to PBT's roundup of the games yesterday in NBA action. Or, what you missed while listening to an ice record… Spurs 108, Lakers 105: The Lakers went on a 13-2 run in the fourth quarter to make this game interesting down the stretch, but in the end the result was the fifth straight Los…
Chris Paul says Warriors acted like 'they won the NBA Finals' last time they beat Clippers in L.A.
Jan 6, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
The Warriors have been a nice surprise in the West this season, and with All-Star caliber performances from both Stephen Curry and David Lee for the bulk of the season, they were able to beat an equally surprising Clippers team in each of their first two meetings. The third meeting, however, was all Clippers. A…
Warriors owner says Bogut "getting much closer" to return
Jan 4, 2013, 3:43 PM EDT
Golden State has become one of the great stories of the NBA season — they are 22-10, the current five seed in the West, they are one of the most entertaining teams in the league to watch with a collection of shooters on the floor at all times. And their defense is top 10 in…
Latest All-Star voting returns in, Charles Barkley will not be happy
Jan 3, 2013, 4:01 PM EDT
Apparently, you folks have no concern whatsoever for Charles Barkley's feelings. The day after Barkley said Dwight Howard and Kevin Garnett have not played well enough to be part of the All-Star starters, they are both in. Howard solidly, he's a lock, and Garnett has stretched out his lead over Chris Bosh. Basically, nothing has…
Baseline to Baseline recaps: Nets, Warriors get statement wins
Jan 3, 2013, 8:01 AM EDT
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Three Stars of the night: Getting your team wins against elite
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Blake Griffin has awkward fall after flagrant foul by Ezeli (VIDEO)
Jan 3, 2013, 1:08 AM EDT
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ITEM#: 13389749The Big Boss Rapid Wave Oven is an innovative cooking system that fully roasts, broils, or bakes food up to three times faster than conventional ovens. This energy-efficient cooker harnesses halogen heat, convection, and infrared technologies to leave foods moist on the inside and crisp on the outside--without using cooking fats or oils.
- Roasts turkey, bakes fish, broils steaks, grills meats, toasts breads and steams vegetables without preheating or defrosting
- Prepare meals 3x faster than traditional methods
- Uses less energy than conventional ovens
- Sealed lid keeps moisture in and saves heat and energy
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- Color options: Black
- Display: Dial control
- Wattage: 1300
- Capacity: 12.5 quart
- Model: 8218
- Dimensions: 16.0 inches long x 12.5 inches wide x 13.5 inches high
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Rapid Wave Oven
Very nice option for cooking. It melts away the fat and leaves chicken and poultry skin nice & crispy!Read More
Good purchase
This oven works perfectly for oven fried chicken, seafood, beef, I even tried a 16 pound turkey that turned out great. Excellent for a crisp on the outside and juicy inside. It doesn't heat up the house like a full sized oven which is nice.Read More
This Actually Works Like An Oven!
I was actually looking for a NuWave Oven; but I saw this one on sale. Not only I saved $40.00; but this actually cooks like an oven. I had a NuWave oven; but it cook like a giant microwave. This was actually a great buy. I going to buy a 2nd oven for my mother-in-law.Read More
An OK oven
Funny that the box and all the literature shows a beautifully roasted chicken in the oven, yet the recipe booklet doesn't have a single recipe to a whole chicken. Not sure it's the elevation where I live but cooking time seems about the same as a conventional oven and all the recipes seem to be for smaller portions of cut up meats except for one for a 16 pound turkey breast. It eliminates deep frying yet all the recipes call for rubbing or brushing with oil. The oven doesn't seem to throw much heat so will be handy for cooking during the hot summer months. As far as browning (which it doesn't seem to do that well) and roasting, I think the same results can be obtained using a conventional toaster oven.Read More
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Ok here is what I came up with for Castor/Pollux skill wise.
Passive: Gets a boost of AP when changing between the two.
Q: Castor: Heals target friendly Pollux: Launches a fireball at an enemy (yeah basic I know but come on...minion Yordles!
W: Castor: Target champion gains increased attack and movement speed. Pollux: Slows target enemy placing a dot on them.
E: Castor: A wave of light flows from Castor removing any snares and cc from friendlies Pollux: A wave of dark energy pulses from around him dealing dmg to any enemy around.
R: Switches between Castor and Pollux giving them a shield absorbing any type of dmg for a short time.
I tried to keep the skills similar between the two since they are twins. Just one helpful the other not so much.
While a few of these concepts show some sure promise (beholder and rock rhino in particular), isn't this what the Player Concepts board was created for?
I absolutely LOVE the concept idea of Yordle twins. Would be a very unique and awesome set of champions.
So like Riven, Quinn's kit revolves around the combo from her Q. However, Quinn is more single target intensive. Without any heavy CC she has to rely on pure damage to out trade the enemy, but a well timed dash and knockback can quickly set up an unwary opponent for her teammates. Quinn is all about catching your enemy off guard and then beating them to death with your fists.
Quinn: The Ionian Avenger
Health: 414 (+86)
Health Regen: 10 (+0.8)
Mana: N/A
Range: 125
Attack Damage: 55(+3.25)
Armor: 15 (+3)
Magic Resist: 30 (+1.25)
Movement Speed: 320
(Innate) Overwhelming Force
Dealing damage with Quinn's abilities mark enemies with a debilitating injury for 4 seconds. The third injury received by a single target consumes all three injuries and deals 10/14/18/22/26/30 physical damage before reducing armor by 3/6/9/12/18.
[Q] Banishing Fury
Range: 260
Cooldown: 13
Physical Damage: 35/60/85/110/135 (+70% bonus AD)
Knock Back: 325
Skill Description: Quinn lunges towards the mouse, dealing powerful martial blows with each strike to the nearest enemy within range (prioritizes champions). This ability can be activated a second time within 4 seconds and then a third time within 4 seconds. The third strike is a roundhouse kick that knocks back the enemy if one is struck.
[W] Kinetic Power Palm
Range: 125
Cooldown: 8/7/6/5/4
Physical Damage: 35/70/105/140/175 (+100% bonus AD)
AoE Radius: 200
AoE Damage: 25/30/35/40/45%
Skill Description: Quinn's armor charges a shockwave of energy as she smacks target enemy, dealing damage directly to the target and reduces damage to all nearby enemies.
[E] Punishing Grasp
Range: 450
Cooldown: 10/9/8/7/6
Physical Damage: 50/80/110/140/170 (+80% bonus AD)
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As someone who would also love to work for Riot's design team, I wish you good luck on getting noticed with your awesome drawings =)
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The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a national civil rights organization founded in 1974, today joined other groups filing a "friend of the court" brief in support of the ACLU's legal challenge to the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program (American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency/Central Security Service (E.D. Mich. 2006).
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"Asian Americans have faced injustice when executive power is exercised in secrecy and insulated from the checks and balances of our democracy. The wartime internment of Japanese Americans was followed in the 1950's by the anti-communist witch hunts of the McCarthy era, resulting in the FBI surveillance and harassment of thousands of Chinese Americans suspected of "dual loyalties." More recently, after September 11, the domestic government spying on South Asians and Muslims led to the arrest and indefinite detention of thousands of immigrants with no connections to terrorism. The secret wiretapping program will only lead to a greater distrust of government in the Asian American community, which has already experienced the devastating effects of post-September 11 racial and ethnic profiling."
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Wintersowing cannas???
Does anyone do wintersowing of Canna seeds ???
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cannas are tropical plants. Not a good idea. These plants thrive well in a damp warm environment. As a child growing up in tropical southeast asia, I would find these plants growing along ditches and canals. Their seeds would fall and grow along the sides of these places. I think you just need to give your plants a full year to bloom. In tropical asia these grow faster because they don't need to hibernate. so perhaps here in the north, it just needs a little bit longer to grow.
Hi Caroline: Cannas, although tropical plants which we grow as annuals here are perfect candidates for winter sowing and the earlier the better. I put my containers out yesterday which is a bit late. I usually put them out during January. Ianna is correct about them growing in warm climates, but the seed coats are very hard, and the freezing and thawing cycles we have in our winters softens the seed coat and they sprout in the spring. Winter sowing precludes the need for soaking or nicking the seeds which is needed for indoor or spring growing. They will bloom in the same year, but of course will not survive the winter. I have been doing this for at least six years and once I found out it worked I don't save tubers anymore. Germination here is late April.


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In a column I wrote recently on a discussion of cost savings from procurement at the National Contract Management Association World Congress, I noted that one of the participants commented that many contracting professionals in government simply accept a price appearing for a product or service on the GSA Federal Supply Schedules, assuming, based on their interpretation of the policy of the GSA schedules, that it is the "best price" (or the price given to the "most-favored customer"). Some time ago I blogged about a GAO report about how agencies, in establishing blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) off the GSA schedules, frequently did not negotiate discounts off schedule prices, as stipulated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation for quantity purchases.
Because of the urgency of obtaining procurement savings given the federal deficit, I think it's time for a serious dialogue within government about how the government can obtain better value from the GSA schedules. The current situation is simply not, in my view, acceptable.
The most-favored customer concept is central to the legal justification for GSA schedules in the first place, since the idea is that you don't need to do further competition in making schedule buys since the prices are already "the best." However, there appears to be massive misunderstanding among contracting officials about the sense in which GSA prices are those given to a most-favored customer.
To my knowledge, public GSA documents do not say this -- and in fact, to my knowledge, the approaches taken by different contracting officers in negotiating GSA schedule prices differ somewhat -- but, generally, GSA seeks prices from vendors that are equal to the best price a vendor gives "under similar terms and conditions." However, since the schedules guarantee no sales and constitute no buying commitment, this "best" price is generally the best price for a quantity of one -- essentially, the best retail price around. (The "similar terms and conditions" are when the customer makes no purchasing commitment, and therefore is buying a quantity of one.)
But, of course, anybody knows that if a customer is willing to commit to buying larger quantities of something, they can usually get significant discounts over buying retail. Hence the general impression among many experienced buyers that GSA schedule list prices are generally probably only a fraction lower than what an individual consumer could get by shopping around at retail outlets.
The GSA schedules are a great instrument. General terms and conditions (such as warranties) are pre-negotiated, saving significant contracting administrative costs. The changes made to the schedules in the 1990s, which facilitated the emergence of BPAs using the schedules where customers actually willing to make a buying commitment could negotiate significant discounts off schedule list prices, make the schedules a very attractive part of the government's procurement arsenal.
But the potential of this instrument is currently extremely underexploited. We need to figure out as a community how we can remedy this situation. Let me put out some ideas:
1. It is bizarre that we actually have little idea of how schedule prices actually stack up against the best retail prices available on the Internet. GSA should hire a bunch of high school students to take random samples of their products, Google them, and see how schedule list prices compare with the best prices on the Internet. I hope my impression of GSA schedule pricing is too pessimistic -- I would love to find out I'm wrong. However, without this kind of performance information, we are flying blind.
2. GSA needs visibly and repeatedly to make clear in what sense schedule list prices are "most-favored customer" prices, to counteract misconceptions that this label gives.
3. GSA needs to make the policy of negotiating discounts for quantity buys -- or using other techniques, such as reverse auctions, to obtain discounts off schedule retail prices -- a central part of its training and publicity about the schedules.
1. It is bizarre that we actually have little idea of how schedule prices actually stack up against the best retail prices available on the Internet. GSA should hire a bunch of high school students to take random samples of their products, Google them, and see how schedule list prices compare with the best prices on the Internet. I hope my impression of GSA schedule pricing is too pessimistic -- I would love to find out I'm wrong. However, without this kind of performance information, we are flying blind.
2. GSA needs visibly and repeatedly to make clear in what sense schedule list prices are "most-favored customer" prices, to counteract misconceptions that this label gives.
3. GSA needs to make the policy of negotiating discounts for quantity buys -- or using other techniques, such as reverse auctions, to obtain discounts off schedule retail prices -- a central part of its training and publicity about the schedules.
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GSA is a rip! No wonder we are $16 trillion in debt! I can find far better prices on my own. The average gubmint employee does not care about the prices.
My experience is that the GSA pricing is often higher. I bought paper for Xerox plotter, $79 GSA & $49 online, same vendor. I called them on it and it took 10 days for them to agree to give me the $49 price. I had already bought the paper@49 and received it. Why bother? I have also had this experience with tools such as micrometers and lab supplies. I go online to my lab supply to see what the regular price is before I log in in case it is lower. They will give me whichever price is lower immediately.
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Gov't procurement is best value, which is what GSA Schedule offer federal agencies. Pricing is based on MFC prices supported by invoices, contracts and customer evaluations. In addition, contractors must provide a discount over and above it's MFC pricing. Contractors must invest to get the benefit of having a schedule. GSA schedule holder must accept gov't credit cards and fees, upgrade their website, develop marketing materials, create marketing plan and meet minimum sales or risk cancellation. Price comparison over the Internet would not be a fair comparison. On the whole, I think federal agencies are well served and receive significant value utilizing GSA.
Steve: Many agencies just don't care to negotiate a price! In today's contracting environment, PRICE does not drive the decision! Instead, ease of use, contract officer familiarity, and avoiding protests seem to rule the day. Agencies seem to be willing to pay a significant premium to an 8a or SEWP vendor just to take a load off their procurements shops.
Thanks for starting a great conversation, Steve. The MAS Program remains the Government's largest acquisition program with FY09 sales reaching $46 billion. That's approximately 10% of overall federal spending, so customers do recognize the program's value and benefits. That said, GSA's Federal Acquisition Service is working to make it easier to do business with us. On e-Buy, click on the "gold star" and you can now get a vendor's most recent terms and conditions. In the coming months we'll be rolling out an electronic pricing tool that will make it easier for you to compare prices among vendors. We are completely revamping GSA Advantage!® so customers can leverage the power of Web 2.0 technologies. We're also working closely with the Federal Acquisition Institute to create both beginner and advanced-level MAS trainings so that acquisition professionals can understand how to use all the tools we offer to make it easier to do both simple and complex procurement actions. Through the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative, we've put some contracts and agreements in place that provide real value and savings – tools like the recently established Office Products BPAs and the small package Domestic Delivery Services contract. Those are just a few of the things we're doing to make it easier for you to do business with GSA. What else should we be doing? We'd love to hear your ideas!
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So, our new ranked 3v3 team went 5 and 0: a generally heartening experience. I took a look at our team stats page and imagine my surprise when there was something strange with our rating. You would think that a 5-0 record would mean a constant if irregular amount of increasing rating, but according to our stats page that's not correct.
Now, it's not a big difference--only 6 points--but it got me thinking: what is really going on during those first 5 games of rating calculation? I seem to remember being able to get a team much higher with a 5-0 record earlier on in the season. Clearly there's something different about the algorithm than once your team has a rating.
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Team Name: Orianna Terror Squad
If you look at our team's match history you can see the following rating in the postgame lobby "complete match details" page.
Game 1: Unranked
Game 2: Unranked
Game 3: 1555 +18
Game 4: Unranked
Game 5: 1529 +16
Game 6: 1540 +11
While our team stats page shows a 1300 rating and 1300 max rating.
I want to know what kind of fuzzy math this is.
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I saw this but I didn't screen shot it. Methinks this should be looked into so it doesn't increase or decrease someone's ranking by a lot more next time.
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DOS supported printing, in the sense that you could interface to a printer through LPT1. The way in which Apple and Microsoft worked towards abstracting the process of printing was a quite different thing. This could be a 3rd party library, but the point is that there is some brokering beyond the specific API, software, and specifications released by individual manufacturers.
It appears you are correct, Microsoft's new file 3d printing file format specification [microsoft.com] is explicitly designed to allow for "content protection."
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China's Economic RestructuringThe days of rapid economic growth in China are over. Mounting debt and rising internal distortions mean that rebalancing is inevitable. Beijing has no choice but to take significant steps to restructure its economy. The only question is how to proceed.Michael Pettis debunks the lingering bullish expectations for China's economic rise and details Beijing's options. The urgent task of shifting
The Volatility Machine : Emerging Economics and the Threat of Financial CollapseThis book presents a radically different argument for what has caused and likely will continue to cause the collapse of emerging market economies. Pettis combines the insights of economic history economic theory and finance theory into a comprehensive model for understanding sovereign liability management and the causes of financial crises. He examines recent financial crises in emerging market
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Macroeconomics in Emerging MarketsThe macroeconomic experience of emerging and developing economies has tended to be quite different from that of industrial countries. Compared to industrial countries, emerging and developing economies have tended to be much more unstable, with more severe boom/bust cycles, episodes of high inflation and a variety of financial crises. This textbook describes how the standard macroeconomic models
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Yes, if all the high-risk borrowers and their lenders had been playing by the rules. But they weren't.
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It was a circuitous path that led Todd Ritter to his job teaching drama and technical theatre at Henrico High.
But after 11 years, he still views it as "the best job in the world."
Prior to teaching, during his 15 years in professional theatre, he noticed that student volunteers or interns were often the hardest workers at the theaters where he spent time. "Their wide-eyed appreciation for theatre was always so refreshing," he recalled.
When he moved to Richmond, Ritter was asked to be the guest artist at the Center for the Arts and immensely enjoyed working with the students there. After two years, the previous teacher moved on, and suggested Ritter apply for the job.
Today, he sees artistic endeavor and study as the glue that holds education together.
"Without art education, we lose perspective. Art can be the spark in a child that brings them back to their desks the next day."
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"We as artists cannot help but let the outside world mold what we do as artists," he said. "Therefore, it is essential to study history and other art forms in order to gain perspective."
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"Mr. Ritter!" the student said. "We were talking about the Greeks in history today, and I completely understood what the teacher was talking about because of your lectures last year!"
Another thing he enjoys about the job is working with "my fellow teachers – some of the most dedicated and passionate teachers that I have ever met." Among the role models who have inspired him in college and beyond, he said, is the center's past director, Lee Hanchey.
"If I can do half the things that she accomplished as a teacher, I know I will be a success," he said.
Parents, he said, have also made his job much easier; some are so "fiercely loyal" that they continue to support and help him years after their child has graduated.
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He can't help wishing that more parents understood how crucial it is to be involved all the way through high school.
"As a father of two very young children," he said, "I already understand where they are coming from. By the time your child reaches high school you have served on enough committees, bought enough wrapping paper and baked enough cookies for two lifetimes.
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High school students may be young adults, but they still need guidance and encouragement – as evidenced by the senior whose mind he changed about college.
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"Whenever I think back to that moment," said Ritter, "I know that I made a difference, and I use that feeling to drive me when I get really stressed at work."
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Wondering where to go to play Bingo? Wonder no more.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) recently launched an online directory of permitted bingo games played in Virginia. Listed by locality, more than 400 regular games are available across the state. The directory will be updated monthly and can be found on VDACS' website at http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/gaming/index.shtml.
"Many Virginia charities, including volunteer rescue squads, booster clubs and programs to feed the homeless, use proceeds from charitable gaming as a tool to support their missions, said Michael Menefee, program manager for VDACS' Office of Charitable and Regulatory Programs. > Read more.
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Richmonders Jim Morgan and Dan Stackhouse were married at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Lakeside Mar. 7 month after winning the Say I Do! With OutRVA wedding contest in February. The contest was open to LGBT couples in recognition of Virginia's marriage equality law, which took effect last fall. The wedding included a package valued at $25,000.
Morgan and Stackhouse, who became engaged last fall on the day marriage equality became the law in Virginia, have been together for 16 years. They were selected from among 40 couples who registered for the contest. The winners were announced at the Say I Do! Dessert Soiree at the Renaissance in Richmond in February. > Read more.
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The event was created to honor Michael Healy, a local businessman and community leader who died suddenly in June 2011, and to endow the Mike Healy Scholarship (through the Glen Allen Ruritan Club), which benefits students of Glen Allen High School.
Healy served as the chairman of Glen Allen Day for several years and helped raise thousands of dollars for local charities and organizations. > Read more.
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Two events this weekend benefit man's best friend – a rabies clinic, sponsored by the Glendale Ruritan Club, and an American Red Cross Canine First Aid & CPR workshop at Alpha Dog Club. The fifth annual Shelby Rocks "Cancer is a Drag" Womanless Pageant will benefit the American Cancer Society and a spaghetti luncheon on Sunday will benefit the Eastern Henrico Ruritan Club. Twin Hickory Library will also host a used book sale this weekend with proceeds benefiting The Friends of the Twin Hickory Library. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
A taste of Japan
Ichiban offers rich Asian flavors, but portions lack
In a spot that could be easily overlooked is a surprising, and delicious, Japanese restaurant. In a tiny nook in the shops at the corner of Ridgefield Parkway and Pump Road sits a welcoming, warm and comfortable Asian restaurant called Ichiban, which means "the best."
The restaurant, tucked between a couple others in the Gleneagles Shopping Center, was so quiet and dark that it was difficult to tell if it was open at 6:30 p.m. on a Monday. When I opened the door, I smiled when I looked inside. > Read more.
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Disney's no-frills, live-action 'Cinderella' delights
Cinderella is the latest from Disney's new moviemaking battle plan: producing live-action adaptations of all their older classics. Which is a plan that's had questionable results in the past.
Alice in Wonderland bloated with more Tim Burton goth-pop than the inside of a Hot Topic. Maleficent was a step in the right direction, but the movie couldn't decide if Maleficent should be a hero or a villain (even if she should obviously be a villain) and muddled itself into mediocrity.
Cinderella is much better. Primarily, because it's just Cinderella. No radical rebooting. No Tim Burton dreck. It's the 1950 Disney masterpiece, transposed into live action and left almost entirely untouched. > Read more.
Richmond growing faster than suburbs
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