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5/1/15 - While the NBA playoffs are already well underway this year, it's never too early to start thinking ahead to the 2015-2016 season. In fact, the Oklahoma City Thunder, who did not make this year's playoffs, just got word that they will have a new coach for next year. It was recently confirmed that college coach Billy Donovan is finally leaving his post at the University of Florida after leading the Gators to unprecedented success. Although some Thunder fans fear Donovan doesn't have the experience necessary to thrive at the professional level, Kevin Durant dismisses these concerns and says he's excited for the team's new coach to come on board. Donovan will replace Scott Brooks, the coach who took the Thunder to five postseasons in seven years.
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4/23/15 - The playoffs started last week and the games have been nothing short of exciting. There are many other things to look forward to with the upcoming games. For example, the Atlanta Hawks starting center, Al Hortford is returning to the court after dislocating his right pinky finger in the series opener. According to Hortford, his pinky is still sore, but he is planning on returning to the starting lineup. Just like in years past, Lebron James' social media outlets are in ghost mode during the playoffs. He doesn't want any distractions during this very important time of the season. There is so much exciting basketball coming up in the next few weeks, so don't miss your opportunity to watch it live. You won't regret it!
4/14/15 - The NBA playoffs are less than a week away and all of the teams that have made it to post season play are gearing up their teams for some tough competition. The Atlanta Hawks are in the number one spot for the Eastern Conference, but are starting the playoffs with a huge set back that was announced early this week. Thabo Sefolosa, one of the Hawks starting small forwards, released a statement that he wouldn't be joining his team in the playoffs due to a broken ankle. The interesting part about this incident is it was blamed on the New York Police Department. The Hawks will suffer from the loss of this player, but will make adjustments to bring home victories. Don't miss your chance to immerse yourself in the last games of the season and the exciting upcoming NBA playoff games.
4/8/15 - Paul George made a stirring debut for the Indiana Pacers this season, his first game back after a gruesome leg injury suffered during play for Team USA in international competition. He led his squad to a critical victory over Miami, locking the two teams into a dead heat, both a single game behind the Celtics for the East's final playoff position. The Hornets aren't going away, either, just 1.5 games out with five left to play. In the West, the Thunder have lost three straight and are threatening to slip out of the postseason as Anthony Davis tries to lift his Pelicans back into the eighth spot just before the finish line. The NBA regular season is coming down to the wire once again! Don't miss the chance to see your favorite team in-person before time runs out!
4/7/15 - With just a few games left, the Eastern Conference playoff race is changing on a nearly nightly basis, with four teams – Boston, who currently hold it; Indiana; Miami; and Charlotte – within a game and a half of each other. The West also has some intrigue for their final seed as well, with Oklahoma City just a half game up on New Orleans.
3/31/15 - An exciting weekend of NBA action shook up the playoff picture, and with fewer than 10 games left to play in the regular season, every possession becomes crucial for many teams still jockeying for position in the standings. A three-game winning streak has helped the Brooklyn Nets sneak into the East's final playoff spot for the time being, but three teams remain within percentage points in that race. The Golden State Warriors, meanwhile, have locked up the top seed in the Western Conference, taking their last nine games in a row to become the first team to 60 wins this year. With fewer than two games separating the next top four teams in the West, the question remains: who will secure home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs?
3/26/15 - It's the stretch run in the NBA, and playoff races in both conferences are making for another exciting finish to the regular season. In the East, four teams are separated by less than three games in the battle for the two final playoff spots. Miami and Boston are currently in the mix, but Charlotte and Indiana are too close for comfort with a dozen games remaining. In the West, Russell Westbrook is carrying Oklahoma City into the postseason by sheer will, continuing to fend off New Orleans and Phoenix for the eighth spot. Meanwhile, the Clippers, Blazers, Spurs, and Mavericks all continue to jockey for home court advantage in the first round. The postseason officially begins in three weeks, but playoff intensity is already in full-swing!
3/20/15 - It's been another busy week in the NBA, both on and off the court. Minnesota was recently granted special permission to sign Sean Kilpatrick to a 10-day contract due to having four injured players. The league has also issued a fine to Wizards center Marcin Gorat for his second anti-flopping violation this season. The Cleveland Cavaliers were happy to welcome back Kevin Love Wednesday night after a two game rest as they took on the Brooklyn Nets. Love helped his team to a 117-92 win with 11 rebounds. Forward Serge Ibaka of the Oklahoma City Thunder underwent a knee scope surgery on Tuesday and will likely have to sit out at least four weeks. Upcoming for the league is a big game between the Eastern conference's no. 3 and 4 teams. Chicago will take on Toronto at home this Friday.
3/11/15 - The NBA season is fully underway and each team is playing to their best basketball possible to continue to boost their ranking. Sunday, March 8 held some exciting games that came down to the wire. The Oklahoma City Thunder barely breezed by the Toronto Raptors due to Russell Westbrook's triple-double. The Oklahoma City Thunder point guard has had five triple-doubles in the last six games, playing unbelievably. The Thunder made some slight adjustments in the second half to pull off the 108-104 win against the Raptors. Another game that was close in score the entire time was the Utah Jazz against the Brooklyn Nets. Brooklyn trailed shortly behind almost the entire game and wasn't able to hold on, letting the Jazz leave the Nets stadium with a big W.
3/4/15 - Cleveland has come a long way since their season started. At first, it was as if the team wasn't on the same page, which really showed in terms of offensive production. The Cleveland Cavilers have certainly turned everything around, though, and they are now first in the Central Division. Their latest win took place at the Quicken Loans Arena against the Boston Celtics. It was an exciting game full of dynamic plays, but Cleveland came away with the win. The final score was 110-79, and Lebron James had one of his better games this season. Another recent game in the NBA that provided some excitement was between the Houston Rockets and the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks ended up winning 104-96, and a huge contributor to this score was Jeff Teague. This dynamic point guard ended the game with 25 points.
2/25/15 - Even though they started off a little shaky, the Cleveland Cavaliers are one of the best teams in NBA's Eastern Conference. Thus far, they have a record of 35-22, and seem like they can't lose. Lebron James and his team are working together, and this cohesive effort is really something to behold. Their last win was against the Knicks, which ended with a final score of 101-83. In their win, Kevin Love couldn't be stopped when it came to rebounds. He scored 16 points and had 16 rebounds. His efforts helped his team get second-chance points, which has been a theme for the Cavs as of late. Next up for them is a game against Detroit, which kicks off tonight. It should be a high-scoring game.
2/18/15 - The NBA has been putting on some great match ups as of late. One of the more exciting games last week was when the Cleveland Cavaliers took on the Chicago Bulls. This was a great match up, but at the end of the day, the Bulls proved to be the better team on the night. They won 113-98, and a huge reason for their stellar play was because of Derrick Rose. He went on to score 30 points and had 7 assists. It was a well-rounded effort from him on the night, and it's this type of performance that shows how good he can be when he's pushed to compete. Lebron James also had a stellar night, scoring 31 points. Even though the Cavs lost, they are proving to be one of the best teams in the league right now.
2/13/15 - It's Valentines' Day weekend and the All-Star game is upon us. As teams around the league prepare for a weekend of rest and relaxation, fans worldwide are eager to watch LeBron, Steph Curry, KD, Timmy, and all the other stars in action on Sunday night. Let's take a moment to give props to one Derrick Rose, an omission from this year's All-Star squad who is playing like he has something to prove. With his 30 points and 7 assists last night, Rose helped the Bulls to a statement win over the previously scorching hot LeBron-led Cavs in the only NBA game of the evening. Make sure to come out this weekend to catch the East-West game, the dunk contest, the 3 point challenge, and all the festivities of All Star weekend.
2/3/15 - The NBA has featured a lot of thrilling games for the fans as of late. One of the most notable games was when the Golden State Warriors took on the Dallas Mavericks yesterday. Both teams looked great throughout the game, but the Warriors ended up pulling away with the win. The final score was 128-114, and a huge reason why the Warriors looked so great was because of Stephen Curry. He ended the game with an astonishing 51 points, and made an incredible 10 3-pointers. He simply couldn't miss, and this performance just shows why he's one of the most valuable players in the league right now. It was a night to remember for him, and fans got to witness greatness. The Warriors' next game takes place this Friday against the 41-9 Atlanta Hawks. It should be an exciting night.
1/29/15 - As we approach the midpoint in this 2014-15 NBA season, let's take a moment to give props to the cream of the crop in league. The Eastern Conference leading Atlanta Hawks and the Western Conference leading Golden State Warriors have surprised the NBA with their consistent ability to win games. In Atlanta, second year coach and Gregg Popovich protégé Mike Budzenholder has established a kind of Spurs East, where teamwork and attention to detail on both sides of the ball have spurred the Hawks to a 16 game winning streak. On the other side of the country, we have the NBA-leading 36-7 Warriors. Led by rookie coach and fellow Popovich disciple Steve Kerr, the Warriors are looking to rebound from a tough overtime road loss to Chicago. With dead-eye shooters Steph Curry and Klay Thompson leading the charge, the Warriors look to resume their winning ways as we head toward the All-Star break.
1/21/15 - This year, the NBA has showcased a lot of good teams who have the ability to win it all. Playing well as of late has been the Dallas Mavericks. Their last outing was against the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. They ended up winning 103-95. A huge reason for their success on the offensive front was because of Monta Ellis. He went on to score 25 points and had 7 assist. He found his teammates open time and time again, and he's proving to be a reliable facilitator for the Mavericks. Currently, they sport a 29-13 record, and are second in the Southwest Division. Their next outing is against the Minnesota Timberwolves. They are favored coming into tomorrow's game, but they still need to look sharp early.
1/13/15 - The NBA is nearing the halfway mark of the season, and there's speculation that the Detroit Pistons could make the playoffs. They're just 2 games out of the eight seed in the East. They've taken 9 of the last 11 games, and they would be a surprise to the mix if they get in. Another important development is that the Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Garnett is suspended for one game because he head butted the Houston Rockets' Dwight Howard. Howard was fined for his part in the altercation. The Chicago Bulls are playing extremely well this season sitting in first place in the Central Division, but after a disappointing loss one of their key players got very vocal. Tom Thibodeau is frustrated with the Bulls' defense and says that his team needs to work even harder.
1/6/15 - A lot of exciting games have been happening in the NBA. One of the more memorable games was between the Houston Rockets and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Coming into this game, Lebron James and his team were hoping to rebound off some tough losses, but it was not meant to be. They ended up losing to the Rockets with a final score of 105-93. In the Rockets much-needed win, James Harden scored 21 points, and had 7 rebounds with 9 assists. He did it all on the offensive front, and was exceptionally good at finding his teammates down the court. The Cavaliers will need to adjust something if they want to turn their already tough season around. Kyle Irving scored 38 points in the loss, so maybe the Cavaliers need to revolve the offense around him more.
12/31/14 - Things are shaping up in the NBA, and there were a lot of great match ups last week. A top performer was the Dallas Mavericks. Taking on the Washington Wizards, they knew they had to start out strong. They did just that, and ended up winning 93-70. In their win, Monta Ellis went on to score 20 points, going 8-15 from the field. He was on fire for most of the game. Another team that performed well was the Atlanta Hawks, who beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-100. Paul Millsap was the leading scorer for the Hawks, who ended up scoring 26 points and had 9 rebounds. His efforts on the boards certainly helped them come up with second chance points. If they can continue this momentum, they are a team to watch out for late in the season.
12/22/14 - The NBA featured some exciting games this Monday, December 22, 2014. One of the better games featured the Charlotte Hornets vs. the Denver Nuggets. The Hornets ended up winning 110-82. Al Jefferson carried the Hornets to a win, and he ended up scoring 22 points and had 7 rebounds. He simply couldn't be stopped. The Hornets will hope he has the same type of outing in their next game to help them build some momentum. Another thrilling game was between the Spurs and the Clippers. The spurs ended up taking the win with a final score of 125-118. Tim Duncan, one of the best centers in the game right now, led his team to victory. He ended up scoring 21 points and had an impressive 12 rebounds.
12/18/14 - Seven weeks into the season the NBA is just getting starting on what appears to be one of the most exciting seasons ever. The Golden State Warriors continue to dominate and improved their record this week to 22-3. On December 18, they overcome a 17 point first half deficit and beat the Thunder 114-109. Oklahoma's reigning NBA MVP Kevin Durant had to sit out the second half due to a sprained ankle. Another league highlight was Rodney Stuckey's 20 points and 10 rebounds as he led his Pacer's to a 110-91 victory over the Lakers. Upcoming games to watch include Eastern Conference leader Toronto taking on Detroit on December 19. Don't miss out on any action and buy your tickets today to see the best basketball on the planet.
12/12/14 - The Golden State Warriors continue to set the pace for the NBA, led by the hot-shooting backcourt of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Winners of a dozen straight, the Warriors will look to continue rolling as they face a tough run through the Western Conference, including games versus Houston, Dallas, Memphis, and Oklahoma City, who recently regained stars Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. In the east, the Toronto Raptors continue their breakout season, even in the absence of leading scorer DeMar Derozan, who is still sitting out with a groin injury. Despite a pair of recent setbacks versus LeBron James and the Cavaliers, Toronto still holds the lead in the Eastern Conference, and can try to rack up a few more wins as they look forward to games versus the Knicks, Magic, Nets, and Pistons in the next week. Razorgator is your source for great seats at the games!
12/3/14 - The San Antonio Spurs continue their climb up the NBA charts, and even with Tony Parker out with a broken rib, the Spurs have been putting out an effort that resembles their championship performance. Their concrete defense and solid performance from all players, especially standouts such as Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard, means the spurs are on their way to another stellar season. Not far behind as possible playoff contenders are the Memphis Grizzlies, who have won nine of their last ten games. The combination of Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, Tony Allen and Courtney Lee make Memphis a credible threat against the Spurs having a repeat title season. The Golden State Warriors round out the current top three teams, and with their 98-97 victory over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night, they have proven they've got the talent to topple the Spurs. Razorgator has tickets to these and other great basketball teams still available, so grab yours now!
11/26/14 - The dust is still settling a month into the basketball season, and while no set NBA title contenders have emerged, there are some noteworthy names and faces. Reigning champions San Antonio Spurs, with veteran player Tim Duncan, are looking for their first back-to-back title—they've had four chances, and are hoping the fifth time is the charm. The New Orleans Pelicans are currently in 5th place in the Southwest Division, but they've got Anthony Davis. Davis, an early MVP favorite, seems poised to enter the ranks of some other Hall of Fame centers—which includes famous players like Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Patrick Ewing. Last but not least, the Memphis Grizzlies are the team on everyone's radar. Their recent 107-91 besting of the LA Clippers proved that the Grizz and center Marc Gasol aren't messing around: they're here to stay, and they're here to win.
11/19/14 - Even just a month into the season, NBA tickets have already been in high demand on the secondary market, even in places that weren't expected. Coming off a surprise playoff appearance last year, the Washington Wizards are in first place in the Southeast Division and have an average price of $114.42 on the secondary market, according to Razorgator. An upcoming game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday currently has an average price of $200.13 with a get-in price of $48.
11/18/14 - We're only in week 3 for the NBA, but some standout teams have already come forward. The Portland Trail Blazers, The Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Houston Rockets are all riding high this week following some close victories. The Rockets have a tough road ahead when they face the Memphis Grizzlies this week, as both teams stand 9-1. LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love are foremost on the Cavaliers' roster, with James averaging 27 points per game. The Cavs will be taking on the Denver Nuggets on Monday and the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. After a 91-94 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, the Spurs are looking for a victory over the Philadelphia 76s on Monday night before they confront Cleveland on Wednesday. Tickets are still available for that matchup, starting at $59.
11/14/14 - With the unveiling of its new Christmas jerseys earlier today, the NBA continues to produce innovative performance gear for its players. Alongside its state-of-the-art jerseys, NBA tickets have reached all-time price highs on the secondary market in select cities, according to Razorgator, including Cleveland following LeBron James' return and Los Angeles when the Lakers are in town. Several marquee matchups will take place over the weekend, with the Pacers and Bulls squaring off in Chicago tomorrow night and Rockets and Thunder meeting in Oklahoma City.
11/12/14 - Kobe Bryant set one of those records that only come with longevity on Tuesday, as the 19-year veteran became the all-time NBA leader in missed field goals. The record-breaking miss came in the fourth quarter of the Lakers' 107-102 loss in Memphis to the Grizzlies. Next up, the Lakers return home to host the defending champion San Antonio Spurs on November 14, and tickets are available starting at $52. Toronto is the early leader in the Eastern Division at 7-1 with Chicago, Miami, Washington and Brooklyn close behind. In the Western Division, Memphis reigns supreme at 7-1 with Houston, Golden State, Portland and Dallas rounding out the top five. Big matchups this week include Miami at Brooklyn (tickets from $18), Cleveland at Boston (tickets from $61) and Brooklyn at Portland (tickets from $23).
11/11/14 - The NBA season is now in its third week of the season as teams around the league look to make early statements to formidable foes and separate themselves from the pack. There are many intriguing storylines this season with the return of Lebron James as a Cleveland Cavaliers, the Spurs will look to repeat as Champions for the first time in the Popovich/Duncan era, the Clippers look to become a serious contender, the OKC Thunder will look to finally get over the hump and win a NBA title, the Golden State Warriors feel it's their time. According to Razorgator, the Cavaliers are still the most interesting as they have the highest price for NBA tickets in the league.
11/7/14 - It's early in the 2014-15 NBA season, but three teams in the Western Conference are off to a red hot start: Houston Rockets (6-0), Memphis Grizzlies (5-0) and Golden State Warriors (4-0). The Rockets are the first team to win each of its first 6 games by 10 or more points since 1985. In the East, Washington, Chicago and Toronto have the top three sports. Even with LeBron back in Cleveland, the rejuvenated Cavs have started very slow, winning only one of its first four games. Kobe and the injury-laden Lakers remain winless out West. Saturday night features the NBA game of the weekend, when Golden State plays at Houston.
10/16/14 - Which NBA teams have the highest demand for tickets in 2014? The top 5 based on average NBA ticket prices, include: Dallas Mavericks ($556), Cleveland Cavaliers ($438), Minnesota Timberwolves ($318), New York Knicks ($262) and Chicago Bulls ($256). Only three teams have average prices below $100: Detroit, Memphis and Indiana. For comparison, the NBA tickets league average is $185. Of the 32 teams, 12 are at or above the average.
10/6/14 - New Orleans and Miami tipped off the 2014 NBA preseason on Saturday night in Louisville. Jimmer Fredette, who had 17 points/3 assists, led the Pelicans to a 98-86 win over the Heat. Cavs and Raptors won Sunday's games. LeBron James played 19 minutes and scored 12 points for Cleveland; new teammate Kevin Love added 8 points/11 rebounds. Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and LA Lakers play tonight. Find NBA preseason tickets today for as little as $4.
8/13/14 - It's time to snap out of your offseason slumber, because the NBA is back! Well, almost. The 2014-2015 NBA schedule has been released, which means now is the time to start planning your "sick" days. The schedule was revealed on Wednesday, and what came as a surprise to fans nationwide was the unfamiliar lack of LeBron James on opening night. For the first time in seven years, the superstar will not play a game to open up the season, instead, the defending champion San Antonio Spurs are pitted against the Dallas Mavericks on Oct. 28. Later that night, the Rockets-Lakers showdown will figure the most anticipated debut of the year: Kobe Bryant's return from a season-ending leg fracture. NBA fans will have to wait two days until LeBron makes his debut: the Cavaliers will faceoff against the the Knicks on Oct. 30. James will revisit his old team when Cleveland faces Miami in a hypeworthy Christmas spectacular. Get a jump on NBA tickets and secure yours today before the best deals are snatched up!
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4/15/14- There is just one more day until the 2013-2014 NBA regular season is officially in the books and playoffs start! All 16 teams that will compete in the postseason are already locked in, but must wait until the season closes to find out their seeding. The Memphis Grizzlies took down the Phoenix Suns on Monday, dashing their hopes at making it into the playoffs, while the Heat fell to Wizards and sacrificed the top-seed to Indiana. The Pacers are now set against the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of Eastern Conference play, and the Spurs are pitted against the Grizzlies for the Western Conference. On the other side of the league, the Milwaukee Bucks clinched the worst record in the NBA as of Monday night when they fell to the Raptors—get ready for that number one draft pick, Bucks fans! Score some highly sought-after NBA playoffs tickets and see the best matchups of the year take place!
4/8/14 - We're in the home stretch of the regular season, with just a little over one week left of NBA games before playoffs (final day 4/16). We've known for a while who the top dogs are: the Miami Heat are in sole possession of the No.1 seed in the East, on the back of the Pacers' continued struggles, while the West is owned by the San Antonio Spurs, who just succeeded in a franchise-record 19-game winning streak. The OKC Thunder (Kevin Durant broke Michael Jordan's 25 ppg streak Sunday night) is one game ahead of the Clippers for the No. 2 seed. After Monday's break (congratulations UConn), those on the brink for a postseason run are Atlanta, Cleveland and the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference; Dallas, Phoenix and Memphis are duking it out in the West. Barring an utter disaster, Houston, Portland and Golden State have yet to clinch, but are liable playoff contenders. The final sprint towards postseason has taken off, get your NBA ticket for this last week and witness some intense pre-playoff action!
3/31/14 - History is being made on both ends of streaks in the NBA. The Spurs keep rolling with a franchise tying 17-game winning streak and the 76ers finally snapped a 26-game losing streak with a win over the Pistons. Of any year the 76ers decided to rebuild this would be it. With one of the most talented draft classes coming out of college, a lottery pick this year could prove to be extremely valuable for teams moving forward. Likely first rounders who everyone is watching entering the NBA draft include Andrew Wiggins, Aaron Gordon, Marcus Smart, Jabari Parker, Joel Embiid, Julius Randle, and Dante Exum. As the regular season comes closer to a close, the durability of teams start to show: the Golden State Warriors have both crucial big men in Andrew Bogut (pelvis) and David Lee (hamstring) benched due to injuries. This comes at a critical point, as they have not yet secured a playoff spot. There is less than a month left of regular season play, get your NBA tickets now!
3/25/14 - With less than a month left of regular season, the NBA playoff race is coming to a head. The Miami Heat are sending their fans into a tizzy, having lost seven of the last 11 games and not playing like a top team in the East at all. LeBron James and Chris Bosh have expressed they're tired of all the "excuses" and are looking for a sharp turnaround to enter the postseason on a high note. The Pacers, too, are just 5-5 in their last 10 games, and their offensive cracks are as gaping as ever. These two teams will meet on Wednesday for the first time since splitting a pair of games back in December: tickets start at $67 in Indianapolis. In the West, the road to the playoffs is another story. The one through nine seeds essentially represent the best teams league-wide (aside from the East's two frontrunners) and competition is fiercer than before this March. If the playoffs commenced today, the Suns would be out—but the Mavericks and Grizzlies may just as well fall through by the regular season's end. Things are heating up in the final few weeks of play, get in on the action and score you NBA tickets with Razorgator today!
3/17/14 - With a month of the regular season left, NBA crunch time has officially commenced. Will your team crumble or thrive under the pressure? We've seen some long win-streaks: the San Antonio Spurs have won 10 consecutive games (five on the road), and the Clippers are one ahead with 11 straight. The Grizzlies, Nets and Bulls are making convincing playoff pushes, while the Trail Blazers, Pacers and Suns are suffering some skids. Kevin Durant is now 14 games away of tying Michael Jordan's 40-game streak of at least 25 points. The Cavaliers will take on both Durant and LeBron James this weekend, so fans can get a taste of the MVP race in back-to-back games in Cleveland (Miami Heat 3/18, OKC Thunder 3/20). If your team is left out of the playoff running, don't fret: March is certainly heating up, with the
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3/4/14 - The Indiana Pacers may be holding the Heat off the top in the Eastern Conference, but LeBron James put up historic numbers against the Bobcats in his career-high 61-point game on Monday, giving the franchise its latest scoring record. James, and his less frightening clear facemask, is looking resolute in his quest for a three-peat. After Monday's performance, as amazing as Kevin Durant's January was, it's clear that James won't go down so easy in the fight for MVP. Behind the one and two teams in the East is a trench war between the Raptors, Bulls and Wizards, while the race in the Western Conference is tighter: Nos. 1-2 OKC and San Antonio are separated by two games up top, followed by a close Portland, LA, and Houston.
2/28/14 - The NBA All-Star break and festivities are over and the hot topic has been player movement. Trades, waivers and buyouts for some high profile players went down as Danny Granger was traded by Indiana to Philadelphia and then negotiated his buyout and landed in LA with the Clippers, along with Big Baby Davis who bolted from Orlando. The other big name was veteran forward Caron Butler who bought out of Milwaukee and is reportedly headed for Oklahoma City, spurning the opportunity to return to Miami and the Heat who drafted him in 2002. In the East, Indiana is barely holding off Miami for top-seed and both are comfortable in knowing they will finish 1-2. After that only a few games separate #3 from #8 with Detroit on the outside looking in. In the West, OKC continues to hold the top spot but it's tight all the way down to #5 seed Houston and then #6-8 will be a battle between Dallas, Golden State, Phoenix and Memphis. Hot games in early March include: Golden State at Indiana on March 4th in a battle of young upstarts, a Finals rematch of Miami at San Antonio on March 6th, Indiana at Houston on March 7th and Houston at Miami on March 16th. The MVP race has heated up as Kevin Durant had been the favorite, especially with an impressive January, but LeBron James has let it be known that the race isn't over and the MVP trophy will have to be wrestled away from him after a very impressive last few weeks! Even a broken nose and the baddest face-mask ever worn in the NBA can't stop him.
2/19/14 - What an All-Star weekend! After losing to the West in the last three games, the East finally rallied to defeat their counterparts, coming back from an 18-point deficit for a 163-155 finish in front of a star-studded crowd. Some notable players from the weekend were Blake Griffin and Kevin Durant (38 points apiece), Damian Lillard, Chris Bosch, John Wall (and his dunks), and Marco Belinelli, but let's see how the pros fare as the NBA gets back to business. Coming out of the All-Star break, OKC is the undisputed #1 team, since the Pacers lost their footing before the weekend: allowing their three-game winning streak to be snapped by the Cavaliers.
The most popular games for the second half of the season (pre All-Star break) were the Bulls-Knicks (get-in for $85 on 4/13), Heat-Thunder (get-in for $142 on 2/20) and Knicks-Heat (get-in for $89 on 4/6). Keep an eye on the Knicks as they try to secure the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference, currently 2.5 games behind the Charlotte Bobcats. With poor playoff showings in previous years, will the Clippers be able to keep up with OKC or San Antonio if they make it this time around? Who will be moved before tomorrow's Trade Deadline? Will the Pacers dethrone the Heat? Get your NBA tickets today and find out! Heading into 2014 NBA All-Star break, two small market teams—Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder—lead the Eastern Conference and Western Conference respectively. In what could be a preview of this year's NBA Finals matchup, Oklahoma City travels to Indiana on 4/13; cheap tickets start at $24. Although the Pacers average only 99 points per game (20th), its defense leads the NBA in opponent's points per game and field goal percentage. OKC has more balance, however, ranking in the top 5 for most key offensive and defensive stats. Kevin Durant of the Thunder, who lead's the league in points per game (31.2), remains many experts MVP pick.
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Oh nice a 2.1 set. Does that mean you can now test new Nettops/HTPCs with this sound system?
Though, a 5.1 surround set would have been better to test with.
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It is not often that we look at audio products at Phoronix. Usually we are looking at sound cards with their Linux driver, like the Creative X-Fi Linux fiasco and the ALSA drivers for high-end sound cards. Occasionally we will look at gaming headphones and we have even looked at multi-million dollar home theaters, but in this review, we are checking out a simple 2.1 speaker system. The folks over at Xoxide recently sent out the Altec Lansing VS2421 speaker system, which we are testing out this morning.
Oh nice a 2.1 set. Does that mean you can now test new Nettops/HTPCs with this sound system?
Though, a 5.1 surround set would have been better to test with.
I don't know why I even bothered to read this review, but while I was at it, this catched my eye:
I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be a microphone input.On the control unit for the Altec Lansing VS2421 is a microphone output, headphone output, and an auxiliary input.
I've had this set at work for a while. It's fairly good for the price.
The one thing I hate about it is it picks up GSM buzz worse than just about any set I've ever come across. It's almost as though it's built to do it. The only way I've found to alleviate the buzz somewhat is to enclose the controller in an anti-static bag.
Who even uses 2.1 anymore? For $20, one can get a perfectly good USB 5.1 sound adapter. And since when do you call it a "subwoofer" when it only goes down to 35 Hz?
The bass control is on the subwoofer? How completely inconvenient.
I tweak on my bass control often for videos and music.
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Universal healthcare and universal education are two indispensable tools for achieving inter-generational income mobility, but the United States has neither. Therefore, USA has almost no inter-generational income mobility. Q.E.D.
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Universal healthcare and universal education are two indispensable tools for achieving inter-generational income mobility, but the United States has neither. Therefore, USA has almost no inter-generational income mobility. Q.E.D.
Thank you for suffixing your post with wider picture. It is a good practice to state out what argument you are in fact having. Nevertheless there is one important unanswered question in your post: Would you consider the income inequality still a problem if you were to live in a true "land of opportunity"? If your answer is no, why are you arguing against the "land of opportunity" line in the first place?
Arguing for "land of opportunity" and believing fitness is 100% inheritable, is arguing for caste society. Here's the argument:
Let's presume that is just society wealth is distributed based on fitness. (You can presume fitness to be anything.) If fitness is 100% inherited, then meritocracy is caste society. In this case social mobility is movement towards a just equilibrium. In this model, the greater social mobility is end result of initially more unjust society.
Its a bullshit argument. Cowen is saying low social mobility is good. Do Americans in generally accept this? If so perhaps they deserve better leadership.
America has developing country levels of inequality and low levels of social mobility because the middle classes cannot move upwards even if they are ambitious. Their European counterparts are able to shift upwards because they have access to health and education from an early age through to graduate level and have support that helps to overcome financial barriers. Moreover, social safety nets enable entrepreneurial europeans to take risks and set up innovative SMEs that their American cousins cannot.
If Cowen's argument was correct, it would follow that Americans are less ambitious than people in countries with even lower social mobility say some African or Latin American basket cases. And I doubt that is true.
The US economy is starting to more closely resemble that of Russia than other wealthy nations. So much for the American Dream.
You're assuming income inequality is mostly a matter of earned income, such that poor people's education and professional ambition means that they can't climb the ladder and get more income that way. But a very large part of income is passive; just ask Mitt Romney. Or, for that matter the guy who said this:
"Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with the 130 IQ. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing." (Warren Buffett)
Poor Americans have a greater chance to rise by way of frugal living and investing the difference than almost anywhere else, due to really cheap food and the ability to buy partial ownership of the means of production-- stocks, mainly-- for next to nothing in transaction costs. It's tougher once they have kids, but the ones who haven't yet still have a real shot; it would go a long way to turning this around if we made real financial education a priority. It's hard to be fired from the job of "owner."
WOW - I just remembered why I subscribed to the Economist.
I've never much prioritized income mobility/inequality as measures worth following.
As RR and others have pointed, it's tough using macro-statistics to paint an accurate picture. For example, say a janitor earns the same salary for 20 years that places him at the top of the bottom income quintile, and then the class of workers above him, say blue-collar auto-workers, all lose their jobs with a resulting plunge in their incomes. Guess what? That janitor might move into a higher income quintile, but I don't think anybody here would say that would be something to cheer about given what transpired in order to bring it about.
That's an extreme example to demonstrate one of many possible scenarios where increased income mobility could reflect something bad (income insecurity for an entire class of people).
My personal *favorite* measure is the absolute well-being of the bottom income quintile. I don't care if the top income quintile earns 5 times or 5,000 times more than the bottom income quintile, so long as the standard of living of the bottom income quintile of America increases primarily through private earned income gains as opposed to government subsidies.
Of course, by that measure, America is still struggling, given that incomes for the bottom 20% (by income) of workers are struggling and are heavily reliant on government aid like the earned income tax credit and food stamps.
My point is not to argue that America's economy has no problems - it's just to say that I prefer to use a metric that doesn't reward job insecurity as much as it does income improvement.
Martin, I think that's a pretty good center-left approach. I think we only get into trouble when we try to keep the middle quintile prosperous and happy.
Ultimately, what matters is that mobility in the US is less than it was. The European situation merely adds insult to injury.
Sometimes Cowen is an almost abject apologist for the degeneration of capitalism we've seen over the last 30 years.
Comparing income mobility in Scandinavian countries with the entire U.S. is kind of ridiculous. The demographics, culture, mores, etc. are so different. It would be better match to these countries with specific U.S. states (with a high percentage of population of Nordic ancestry).
You want to compare tiny Scandinavian, or even Germanic, countries with a huge diverse country of 320 million? Naturally, the results would be skewed
to show higher income mobility in Europe.
Back when the US had higher income mobility than the Scandinavian countries, it was already far larger and more diverse than they.
U.S. was always larger and more diverse, but it is a much different society, economy, and job market, today.
We have gone from production capitalism to finance capitalism (outsourced many jobs and imported cheap labor). We have smaller increases in GDP growth and higher unemployment rates. Everybody cannot be a lawyer, banker, stock broker, or government bureaucrat. The U.S. imports/exports many of their high tech jobs. Job opportunities are much less than in the past.
The U.S. has dealt with huge cultural/sociological changes. The rise of the welfare state, massive influx of non-European immigrants, decline in the public schools, drug culture, breakdown of the family, political corruption, poorly run government bureaucracy, permanent under-classes, etc.
How can you compare income mobility without reference to economic, governmental, cultural, and sociological differences? Leftist researchers love to compare apples, oranges, and bananas, to support their agendas.
Timing within the family wealth cycle could also be a factor--at least in America. The logic I was taught says that rags to riches is seldom achieved in one lifetime. Typically it starts with a frugal, low-skilled generation that grinds out enough to send a kid or two to college. That first-to-college generation then typically follows the same path of frugal toil but for greater pay (to wit the children of Jewish clothing makers who founded many of the modern investment banks in the mid-20th century). The next generation is the one that enjoys the privileges and advantages of wealth--and probably there is about an equal chance that they keep getting richer, keep their relative status, or squander their inheritance.
While this cycle is constantly playing itself out family-by-family, one might postulate that there are more of those cycles starting during periods of high immigration. It would be interesting to study the growth of the country and of the various 'classes' on a lag from the immigration booms.
RR (I can't tell from the phone if this is coming as a reply) but I don't doubt Thatcher said that and it might have been true of Labor in 1979. But in 2012 United States, the near-consensus that GDP growth is the key economic goal goes clear from just left of your buddy Santorum to almost Bernie Sanders with most Democrats, including the President and most Republicans, including Newt Gingrich. What you have in common with Thatcher, Douthat, McArdle and our own W.W. is that you're fantasizing Fabians and then talking with the dream.
Your arguments are right, I just don't think you're arguing with anyone.
Is M.S. a ghost?
I'd include Obama, Bill Clinton, and many Democrats in the rational club. Not in the club are Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, our own M.S., and a sizable chunk of the American population (at least 20%). As Thatcher noted, they don't intend to make the poor poorer but that's the inevitable result of policies that prioritize income equality over general prosperity.
I'm actually not sure where M.S. falls on this spectrum. Maybe on the Sander side. But I guess my point would be, if you don't mean Barack Obama or Bill Clinton or many Democrats then who are you referring to as "progressives?"
I've never actually seen him.
"who are you referring to as "progressives?""
Mostly just MS.
What, you can't see ghosts?
Still chuckling over your Foghorn Leghorn comment - thanks.
Because the income range of European countries is more compressed than it is in the US, it's easier to move between income groups. IOW, it's easier to move from $30K to $40K than it is to move between $30K and $50K. Does that tell us anything useful?
What would happen if we compared the US to the EU? Or individual US states to individual European countries?
Finally, while I think Cowen's particular explanation is wrong, I would not dismiss the cultural argument entirely. As I often quote from Milton Friedman, when told that there's no poverty in Scandinavia, he responded that there's no poverty in America either, among Scandinavian-Americans. Most of the health, education, and income outcome disparities with other countries disappear when you account for culture.
I think you're wrong.
Most European countries are not more compressed then US. Germany certainly isn't; it's lower bound for income is actually a lot lower.
You made a good point. I like the Freedman quote because it is so true.
We have had a huge influx of non-European immigrants. There are some groups, who value hard work, but don't value the education needed to get the positions for income mobility.
Among those of us from working class families, who had grandparents from Europe, I know very few who did not move up the U.S. economic ladder. Among those from rural Scandinavian or German backgrounds, there are very few poor, except those with mental illness, or alcohol/drug addiction, in my generation.
@ M.S.: "Among the unexamined assumptions here is the notion that 'smarts' are innate, while 'ambition' is environmentally determined."
Tyler Cowen doesn't make this simplistic mistake of assuming either smarts or ambition are not a mix of genetics and environment. He is hypothesizing how different contextual (environmental) factors in Europe might have an impact on ambition and thus income mobility.
@ M.S. "schools...schools...schools."
Tyler Cowen doesn't claim variable school quality isn't a factor; he is hypothesizing about another factor that could also be at work. Repeating the importance of school quality doesn't speak to his hypothesis.
I read Cowen's piece with amusement: is he really saying that Americans are simply different from Europeans? I read it several times and decided he meant this more as a bomb than as an idea he would defend. I hope so because "he's different" is the argument used to define racism and every other kind of hatred. It's a version of "you know, they aren't like us". It's even used for the same kind of effect: there is no reason to work for more opportunity - not equal outcomes but more opportunity - because well, you know, they're different.
Oh please. You're seriously saying that Max Weber was racist? The left's willful ignorance of cultural differences prevents progress.
Cowen is saying Europeans behave differently because of their culture, i.e. environment.
That is not racist.
Well, to some liberal-progressives, who think concerns over the breadth of people relying on food stamps are racist, and who think voter-ID laws are racist, and see racism behind every tree, yeah, I guess they might think Cowen is racist.
Cowen is making the generally accepted argument that many European societies have different trade-offs of quality-of-life vs work than the US. The opportunities available to be contentedly "medium chill" (as it's called in the US) really are greater in Europe and people respond to these options. I take it from MS's body of work that he would favor the US being more of a place where people can be less ambitious about work, enjoy public goods (like well-funded education and healthcare), travel more, etc. I generally favor this, too.
I don't know if Tyler Cowen is right that this explains European income mobility (though he has more to say about the comparison itself later in his post). I do know that MS did a poor job of characterizing Cowen's argument as Cowen actually made it (as opposed to other arguments/ideas to which MS seems to be responding).
cs r, that was racist. "Liberal-progressives" is code for Democrat which is code for black.
People say "black" people don't succeed because of their "culture". People say Jews can't be trusted because of their culture - and there are scads of websites filled with lies and bits taken out of context to "prove" the Talmud justifies lying and stealing. Islamists say the West is a corrupting influence because our culture is evil.
The lack of reading comprehension among commenters is expected. First, did I say Cowan is racist? No. I said my opinion, after reading his actual piece more than once, is that he meant to be provocative.
As for Max Weber, he was German. Which if I'm not mistaken is European. He must therefore be lazy because his father was rich and connected and that culture would mean he wouldn't bother to do anything. That's applying the same idiotic non-arguments.
@ Jomiku: "The lack of reading comprehension among commenters is expected. First, did I say Cowan is racist? No."
Did I say you said Tyler Cowen is a racist?
When insulting others "reading comprehension," make sure you've comprehended what you've read.
The Great Stagnation of Tyler Cowen's mind.
I'm not sure I follow the arguements of the last paragraph. Why did the article change tones from evaluating income mobility in advanced economies to issues pertaining to moral problems?
I disagree with Cowen's hypothesis but I do not see this as a moral issue. M.S. hypothesizes that decreased income mobility may be due to the public education system in America. Why must this be a moral issue. I agree that public school in America are in massive need of reform. The worst schools in America are in poor and often urban areas. I do not think this need be a moral issue.
One could theoretically attribute many of the ills to poor public school system. Including inter-generational income mobility, under-skilled labor force (including the hieghten levels of unemployment), as well as the high levels of incarceration among yound urban dewellers.
I'm not sure I follow the arguements of the last paragraph. Why did the article change tones from evaluating income mobility in advanced economies to issues pertaining to moral problems?
I disagree with Cowen's hypothesis but I do not see this as a moral issue. M.S. hypothesizes that decreased income mobility may be due to the public education system in America. Why must this be a moral issue. I agree that public school in America are in massive need of reform. The worst schools in America are in poor and often urban areas. I do not think this need be a moral issue.
One could theoretically attribute many of the ills to poor public school system. Including inter-generational income mobility, under-skilled labor force (including the hieghten levels of unemployment), as well as the high levels of incarceration among yound urban dewellers.
What your final paragraph describes is an argument which moves, on one side, from "It's immoral that incomes are unequal" to "Income inequality is due to immoral differences in educational opportunity" -- that is, it becomes more specific about what the problem is. On the other side, it moves from "Incomes are unequal due to moral failings (lack of ambition) of the poor" to Mr Cowen's "Income inequality is due to inate differences in intelligence/ambition, so there is no moral question involved" -- in short, the poor are poor because they are stupid, since if they were smart they would be ambitious and thus not remain poor. We can make our own moral judgements on the virtues of those two sets of arguments.
However there is a flaw in your final sentence. It isn't (if Mr Cowen is correct) that the problem is poor people are not succeeding, try as they might. It is that effort alone will not overcome an inate handicap of lack of sufficient intelligence. The latter may not be the way the universe ought to have been designed, but it is not a moral failing on the part of those who live in it -- although you could argue that it represents a moral failing on the part of the designer of the universe....
Conservatives don't think inequality is a moral problem because there's nothing immoral about inequality. This is the fundamental difference between liberal and conservative economic ideology. Conservatives want everyone to be richer. Liberals want everyone to be more equal. As Margaret Thatcher said, Labour doesn't mind that the poorer are poorer so long as the richer are less rich.
You also use income equality and income mobility interchangeable which it clearly is not.
Douthat: Are Inequality and Immobility Inseparable?
McArdle: Income Mobility Means Some People Have to Lose Everything
McArdle points to a statistical reality. Not everyone can move into the top quintile. In fact, only exactly 20% can occupy the top quintile. Mobility tells us nothing about inequality or absolute wealth.
Douthat links to a comparison of mobility between the US and Denmark. Most Americans enjoy income mobility comparable to Denmark except the bottom quintile. For all the talk of the 1% and the loss of middle class jobs, there's a lot of movement between the two groups. The big disparity in mobility is between the richest 80% and the poorest 20%. Maybe someone should start an "Occupy Main Street" movement with the slogan "We are the 20%." But of course that won't happen because there are no NYU drama students in the bottom 20%.
RR, your post is 100% true according to conservative fantasy. There are a lot of dynamism progressives and more than a few conservatives who have used inequality as a means to an end.
As an ideological agnostic (or at least a partisan one) I think there's nothing wrong with Tyler Cowen speculating along these lines, but it is worth applying some analytical hoofawra to the question of whether we are forsaking a lot of productivity which I'd take as the better question relative to income mobility. I'm pretty convinced that class assignment is sclerotic and that an equality agenda is also sclerotic. The question is whether Europe is being more socialist or we're becoming more feudal. Whether or not income mobility is worth doing something about at the policy level depends on the answer to that question.
"Mobility tells us nothing about inequality or absolute wealth."
True, but it does tell us something about the level of meritocracy.
BTW, both Douthat and McArdle are concerned about income mobility. They're criticizing progressives for losing sight of that and concentrating on income inequality instead.
I am sorry, but that is a straw man on the level: Conservatives don't think inequality is a problem, they WANT the poor to starve to death. Or do you claim that the poor in countries in the Netherlands and Sweden actually are poorer than the poor in the States?
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Not everyone can move into the top quintile.
Ya know, Newt might agree with you.
He's paying over 25% of his income in taxes, versus Romney who's only paying 15% of his income in taxes.
Both articles have flaws.
McArdle doesn't recognize the fact that there's more than one way to "move" between quintiles. Firstly, quintiles can be moved around quite a bit over time, so, say, a 60k-a-year technologist might have been in the top 20% in the 80es, but since his salary was stagnant over time, he moved down into the 20% to 40% bracket. Secondly, there's a lot of movement simply because through our lives we change our quintiles quite a bit: my good guess is that the mushy middle between 40% and 80% can be the salary progression over my career. Does it matter if my daughter was born when I had a lot smaller salary than I do now because I was in an entry-level position? How to define "household income at birth" in this case? I mean, most people have babies relatively early in their careers, but some have them a lot later. How to compare?
This brings us to the point in the article which tries to compare mobility between US and Denmark: it's next to impossible by looking at the numbers alone. In US, the regional disparities are much bigger. The middle bracket can easily correspond to 80%+ bracket in some low-cost state like, say, Kentucky, or it can correspond to really below-average pay in something similar to New York. Not only this, but a 40k salary can correspond to a retiree, an army personnel well into the career, a supervisor at fast food place without much education or an entry level lawyer or accountant. All these are very different households. Denmark is a lot more homogenious.
A good index of upward mobility might be the percentiles of income achieved by unskilled adult immigrants and skilled immigrants - define the latter as those with college degrees for convenience. The bigger the spread, the more the mobility.
Another measure of opportunity might be the gap between the incomes of the 90th and 10th percentiles (or 25th and 75th) of adult unskilled immigrants - I would expect a big gap in the USA, and a smaller one in Europe - but who knows.
I stress adult immigrants in both measures so as to eliminate the confounding effects of school quality.
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very interesting benchmark. But Apple's os sure is optimized for Apple's hardware. what about other hardware, better supported by Linux? could be a good comparison :-)
very interesting benchmark. But Apple's os sure is optimized for Apple's hardware. what about other hardware, better supported by Linux? could be a good comparison :-)
Try using tuned. It's a power management daemon that has a number of presets (like power savings mode, performance mode, and etc), the ability to specify custom configurations as well as the pretty new powertop2tuned utility which you use by specifying a configuration name of your choosing, do whatever you do on the pc for a few minutes, and then it outputs the configuration to the tuned directory. Then you can tell tuned to run at boot with that special configuration through the tuned utility. I think the old kde powermizer used it as its back end, the but I'm not positive.
VERY good point indeed.
I will try to very specifically buy Linux supported hardware when I next shop for a computer or components. Overall I've had a lot of success with the hardware I've always just had, which is a credit to Linux, but it would make sense to target the proper supported hardware for the best experience. Screw Crapple and M$.
If you buy an Intel setup and with NVIDIA GPU you're good to go and at the moment
this is the best combo anyway if you want a high-end PC.
Try running OSX on a regular PC as Hackintosh and compare power consumption it probably won't be very impressive either.
How about testing power consumption in a hardware tested for linux instead? How about: Running in a ZaReason laptop, Ubuntu vs MacOSX? See the problem?
Its OBVIOUS Apple would support and fine tune the hardware they have chosen. This is valid even for windows, where there have been at least some more testing by the manufacturer.
The open community has to work up hill, even reverse engineer stuff to get things barely working, and its a great triumph when they finally master the device or when the manufacturer released the specs and developers spent time fine tuning their software with it.
Or do you think there is any magic in NDA ridden Android world? No, it's simply better manufacturer support.
It's true that Apple controls their hardware but they can't forsee precisely what hardware they'll use in the future so massive optimization for specific hardware isn't something they do. They want OS X to be optimized for whatever hardware they use in the future for any version of OS X. The huge discrepancy in numbers is NOT accounted for (entirely or even mostly) by Apple fine tuning OS X for optimizations specific to today or yesterday's hardware.
I would like to see a better linux vs other OSes on power consumption article using fixed hardware that runs a single GPU that has drivers for these various OSes that are pretty much on parity. E.g. compare power consumption on a system running a single dedicated AMD GPU using the latest Catalyst on linux, Windows and OS X. But DON'T use the lousy open source drivers on linux!


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H.R.3 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
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Dear MichaelIDSP,
I saw your comment regarding the proposed No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: "Ridiculous!! When will the GOP stop trying to pry into women's personal matters?" I thought I'd give you my view as well.
Please not, that I do NOT intend to aggressively refute your view, but rather provide my dissenting opinion as it currently stands. Please not that I will be HAPPY to hear YOUR SIDE of the argument since I am a fledgling when it comes to the pro-life/pro-choice debate.
My view:
An abortion is a personal matter. That I agree with, but an abortion becomes public when that woman uses, intentionally or inadvertently, tax payer dollars. If a tax payer disagrees with abortions he should not have to pay taxes, which might pay for the very thing he abhors: a doctor performing an abortion on a woman, who was not raped or who will not die if she keeps the baby.
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The government passes a law that allows Pro-Choice citizens to allow their tax payer dollars to fund abortions, and allows Pro-life citizens to stop their tax dollars from funding abortions.
This bill DOES NOT limit abortion funding at the local or state level, it only limits the federal funds to be used. This is the same as the government stating they will not prefer 1 religion over another. It takes the FED out of the equation. I'm sure specific insurance plans will spring up to cover this need though, so abortion can be covered, as long as no federal funds are used to pay for it. This is cutting spending without directing prejudice against the oepration itself. If we can't cut mandatory spending, then let's cut discretionary spending as much as possible and give the burden/responsibility/power to the states to provide for the citizens.
Except the bill also imposed penalties against individual companies and small businesses and redefines the definition of rape to a degree.
Federal funds aren't being used for abortions and haven't been in over 30 years. This bill is pointless.
The GOP is not "prying into women's personal matters", MichaelIDSP. Since when is the life of a helpless baby a woman's personal matter? As soon as that baby is conceived, another human being is present in the equation. Taking that human being and labeling him as a personal matter of someone else is just like what went on with slavery. People were labeled the property, or personal matters, of other people. Some may deny the fact that a fetus is actually a person, but on what grounds? The fetus possesses its own DNA. DNA has been used for years to distinguish one person from another. Why should a fetus be any different just because he isn't breathing air yet like you and I?
Wow. So many terrible analogies and logical fallacies in this comment that I can't decide where to begin.
"Since when is the life of a helpless baby a woman's personal matter?"
Since the woman's body is the one bearing the physical burden of carrying it.
"Taking that human being and labeling him as a personal matter of someone else is just like what went on with slavery."
I have no words for how ridiculous this statement is so I'll just skip ahead to this: How is forcing a woman to give birth against her will because of the fetus in her body any better? You're essentially making her property of the government.
"Some may deny the fact that a fetus is actually a person, but on what grounds? The fetus possesses its own DNA."
A snail possesses DNA. A snail is most definitely not a person.
Thanks for playing, try again.
The fact that a woman's body is the one bearing the physical responsibility of carrying it does not change the fact that the baby is still its own person. Just because that person must rely on another person to keep it alive for nine months does not change that fact. Every fetus has a right to live.
As for your rediculous reference to snail DNA, let's try to at least be practical about this. A baby is of the human species. Its DNA is distinctly human and distinguishes it from other HUMANS. Snail DNA is distinctly snail in species and can be used to determine one SNAIL from another. Your example was nothing but a feeble attempt to undermine the integrity of the perfectly legitimate DNA argument.
Since when is it the right of the woman to decide to kill her child? Would you support a mother's right to kill her 1 year old child because it was a burden" to take care of the child? Unless you are morally corrupt, I am assuming you would not support that but that scenario is the same thing as supporting abortion. Abortion kills a child, not a blob of cells. The proper role of government is to protect the lives of its citizens, no matter their stage in development. "Forcing" a woman to have a child would actually be what government is supposed to do. Because the woman is pregnant with a CHILD, that child has the same rights as every other citizen including the right to LIFE. When the sperm and egg unite, what they create doesn't act like another egg or sperm, it begins to grow rapidly. It has its own DNA and becomes a new person, a new life. The moment of conception is the true beginning of life. Read any biology book. So, thanks for playing, but try again.
kylher12 you hit the nail right on the head. No woman has the right to kill her child, regardless of stage of development. I can only guess most of these women are not mothers, and did not see their children's heartbeat on monitors, or go through infertility treatments as I did. My children were who they are now when they were conceived. I am also a rape victim. There is plenty of research that shows aborting the child does no good for the rape victim and can actually make her rape experience even worse, causing guilt and anxiety. Life begins at conception. And even if some people think that is questionable – is it really fair to chance it? Oh, since we don't really know if it is life or just some cells let's kill it. It is so disgusting. I hope this bill passes for all the children who can be saved by it.
If you care so much about these childen, you should have adopted instead.
How many children have you adopted?
I hope if this bill passes, all the mothers who were required to endure a disease state, will send their kids' medical, school, and daily monetary bills to your house.
For every $1 we spend on contraceptives and education, we save $4 per annum. Not to mention the millions of children who won't be living at the poverty level.
And as a rape victim, did you conceive a child? I did? You have no idea what it is like to be told you are pregnant as a result of a sexual assault. To insinuate that FORCING a rape victim to carry an unintended pregnancy would be good for her… Take your ass back to church and ask your God to forgive for that one. You disgust me.
Hey punk ass jerk. Why is it that the wackos that claim to be fighting for life and GOD are always the first ones to attack? Killing doctors, persecuting women and condemning everyone to hell. Your actions are why so many people are leaving the church, not to mention all the sexual abuse our children have had to go through. History will show your primitive ideology as exactly that, primitive.
I suggest you read this highly informative and thought-provoking article:
It may not cause you to change your mind about the beginning of life, but it certainly does present some interesting viewpoints from other cultures, as well as the differing opinions of scientists today. A fascinating and valuable read, if nothing else.
(article cached on Google at: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:T2PuOK3bETQJ:8e.devbio.com/article.php%3Fid%3D162+science+life+begins+stage&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com)
"Forcing" ANYONE to do ANYTHING is NOT what the Gov is supposed to do. This bill lets courts decide for others if a rape is forcible or that a 10-y/o coerced into sex w/ a 24-y/o & prego is fit to carry a child to term, give birth & raise it on her own if she wasn't harmed & he wasn't family. Unless there's an amendment to punish the offendor & make him personally pay for damages, med bills, education & child support for the rest of his life, this bill is ludicrous. If an offendor violates someone & leaves his seed in her womb, he should pay for the abortion personally as well. It's never OK to punish victims for the acts of offendors. They get out of prison & free. Living w/ the memo of a horrible act, having to revisit the event in court to seek basic human rights & raising an unintended child is a life-long sentence. Until there's an amendment to prosecute offendors & provide emotional, phys, educational, & financial support to help victims raise these children, I vote no.
As a rape survivor who conceived a child as a result, I can state that you are offensive. Try walking in my shoes and then open your mouth. People like you disgust me.
If a woman dosn't want a "physical burden" of carrying a baby, then she shouldn't have sex, especially unprotected. I don't agree with everything either of you is saying. A snail may not be a human, but it is a living being which makes your point rediculous. If someone attack you and your pregnant and the baby dies, I will bet my salary for the rest of my life, you will try to get that person on murder charges. A fetus has a heartbeat early on, which makes them a living being.
Thank you for playing.
What if she was forced to have sex?
I am not negating the fact that abortion should be legal for certain instances, I am just saying tax payers shouldn't be responsible for it. If the rapist is caught, he should be held liable for the costs, if not, then it is up to the woman and her family. I wouldn't expect you to pay for the damages to my property if there was hit and run and the perp was never caught.
"If the rapist is caught, he should be held liable for the costs, if not, then it is up to the woman and her family."
Big if, there. And you're seriously suggesting that an emotionally (and likely physically) traumatized woman be forced to pay for a relatively expensive procedure that she may not be able to afford outside of her health insurance, which is what this bill would require. A procedure, may I remind you, that she would not have to undergo, had a male not decided that her body was his to do with as he desired, regardless of her choices.
Also, you wouldn't expect the federal government to pay for damages to your property, but you might expect your home insurance to pay for it. In this analogy, your home insurance wouldn't pay for it. They wouldn't have any incentives to do so, as the federal government wouldn't reimburse them for it.
All I am suggesting, and forgive me if this sounds cruel, is I nor anyone else not involved, is resposible for taking care of that woman. Our tax dollars aren't meant for that. I am not against helping on ones own free will, which I have and will do again. Many people, man or woman, have to suffer the effects of some else's wrong doing and a lot of the time they don't have insurance that will take care of it. Why should this example be any different by law? It shouldn't. It is a nasty thing for someone to do to a woman but why make anyone else financially responsible?
I think an excellent law would be to have the offendor pay all costs associated with concieving, birthing & raising the child or for pain & suffering & the abortion if the victim chooses. Unfortunately, not all of them are caught or properly brought to justice & too many people are narrow-minded enough to think that it's always the victim's fault & women should not have a choice over what to do with thier own bodies. What bothers me most about this bill is that it seeks to block funding within the private sector as well, which is the patient's own money & no one else's business. That is sticking Government into places the Right criticizes the Left for trying to do with Healthcare. We can't have it both ways. Also, where are all those jobs we were promised would be top priority during the elections? Rape victims got kids to feed, ya know.
Really? Seriously? Forcing someone to live by your morality isn't going to work either. You can't force people to not have sex. Millions of married couples (who have sex!!!) use contraceptives because they're smart enough to realize they're not ready to be parents. Sometimes that fails. If that fails, then perhaps people like you should be in the adoption line instead of the picket line.
And a fetus has a heartbeat at 5-6 weeks, but so does someone on life support, yet pulling the plug on them doesn't get your knickers in a twist.
"Forcing someone to live by your morality isn't going to work either" Under that arguement, since I believe murder is immoral, it should be perfectly legal! Also, isn't the constitution itself a document that imposes it's morality on others by preventing them to use the government how they please or giving the government the power to stop horrible acts that are viewed as immoral by many?
Also, the Republicans first started because they wanted to 'impose their morality on others' in regards to slavery. Was that wrong too for them to impose their morals on others?


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UK General Election 2015
Dear Friends,
Not long to go to polling day on Thursday 7 May. I have a long held wish that I very much want to share with you. I dearly hope that this is your wish too:
Let us make this day the day that we chose the common good
By the "common good" I'm referring to a broad evolution beyond values and actions that serve narrow self-interest, and towards those guided by inclusiveness -- supporting well-being, happiness, economic prospeity and success, security, human rights and stewardship of resources for the benefit of all, rather than just for some, as it currently is.
The principle of the common good reminds us that we are all responsible for each other – we are our brothers' and sisters' keepers – and must work for social conditions which ensure that every person and every group in society is able to meet their needs and realise their potential. It follows that every group in society must take into account the rights and aspirations of other groups, and the well-being of the whole human family.
The rise of the common good reflects a sense of global citizenship and an obligation to be a good ancestor to future generations who inhabit this planet. Moreover, the practice of the common good is beginning to emerge as a transformative, inspirational and aspirational alternative way to approach our polarised socio-political/economic, spiritual and cultural existence. It is at the heart of a profound generational shift that has the potential to strengthen civil society and place human dignity at the heart of economic and political decision-making.
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In the country I wish to see, we value ourselves, and we value each other. In this new country, it is an honour to serve, where the highest good is the common good
The future is full of risk and perils for our planet and all peoples. If we are to survive we must surely build cultures of peace, justice, kindness, and trust, and we must walk together to face the future. The journey, for sure, will be much more secure and fruitful if we begin to walk the walk together for the common good.
Imagine a political system that puts the public first. Imagine the economy and markets serving people rather than the other way round. Imagine us placing values of respect, fairness, interdependence, and mutuality at the heart of our economy. Imagine an economy that gives everyone their fair share, at least an appropriate living wage, and no zero-hour contracts. Imagine where jobs are accessible and fulfilling, producing useful things rather than games of speculation. Imagine where wages support lives rather than an ever expanding chasm between the top 1% and the rest. Imagine a society capable of supporting everyone's needs, and which says no to greed. Imagine unrestricted access to an excellent education and healthcare. Imagine hunger being eliminated, no more food banks and soup kitchens. Imagine each person having a place he/she can call home. Imagine all senior citizens living a dignified and secure life. Imagine all the youth leading their lives with ever-present hope for a better world. Imagine a planet protected from the threat of climate change now and for the generations to come. That's the country I wish to see and I believe we have the means to do it, if we all vote in the interest of the common good.
Imagine voting with our conscience for the common good on Thursday 7 May 2015 and to consider that voting for reasons greater than our own self-interest would be in our mutual self-interest, well-being and security.
Read more on why we should take action in the interest of the common good on Thursday 7 May 2015:
UK General Election 2015: Breakthrough for the common good – Dare to imagine that
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St Margaret's Church,
Lee, London
Lent Lecture Series
Wednesday 25 February 2015
'Values to Build a Better World'
Prof. Kamran Mofid*
Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative (GCGI)
'We have to build a better man before we can build a better society.'-Paul Tillich
'Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value.' - Albert Einstein
Values: To guard the hope, faith, love, courage, integrity, honesty, peace, justice, ecology, responsible leadership and humanity for the common good that can lead us forward, because they are the foundation for our greatest thoughts, actions, and the hope for our individual/collective sustainability and can never be cast asunder.
St. Margaret's Church
Rev Canon Dr Race, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is wonderful to be here at this most beautiful and historical church. We gather here at the kind invitation of my dear friend, Alan Race, Rector, and a GCGI Senior Ambassador and Advisor, grateful for his warm words of introduction, hospitality, support and encouragement.
Before anything else, I wish to give all present in this hall a gift from my heart, in the form of a great Celtic blessing:
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Youth Mental Health Matters:
There are 1.2 Billion Youth Aged 15-24 Years in the World
"Youth and Mental Health": The shocking statistic is that 1 in 5 young people suffer from mental illness. Many more suffer from mild depression and loneliness. This is a plea to all youth workers, social/health-care workers, academics, teachers, the youth themselves, parents, schools, colleges, universities, civil societies dealing with youth, politicians, media, business community, religious and spiritual leaders, all the people of good will: Make 2015 a year where you purposefully ensure that a permanent, safe, creative space is made available for all young people to speak their heart, anxiety, worries, hopes and dreams. Let us all become a vehicle of hope and ensure young people are transformed into responsible global citizens, having overcome any disadvantages that they might have faced in the past. This is a true Common Good Vision.
A Plea to address Global Youth Depression
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'In a direct and unapologetically "political" intervention timed for the beginning of the General Election campaign, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, warn party leaders are selling a "lie" that economic growth is the answer to Britain's social problems.
'Britain, they argue has been "dominated" by "rampant consumerism and individualism" since the Thatcher era, while the Christian values of solidarity and selflessness have been supplanted by a new secular creed of "every person for themselves"...
It saddens me to note that for what they have said, the Archbishops have been subjected to the usual attacks: they are a bunch of Marxist, leftist, speaking above their stations. They should stick to spirituality and love! Encouraging their parisioners to accept life's hardship, as for sure they will have a better life in Paradise later on! Letting the 1% off the hook!
Read more: Thank you Archbishops for speaking truth to power
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland 21 - 24 January 2015
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Prof. Klaus Schwab,
Founder and Executive Chairman,
World Economic Forum,
Geneva, Switzerland
Dear Prof. Schwab,
I notice that you hope the 2015 WEF meeting will be a "starting point for a renaissance of global trust". This is a noble aim, very important and timely. Thus, as the Founder of Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative (GCGI) I wish to endorse and support you in this aim.
Today in many parts of the world, the so-called market, and the values of consumerism, underpinned by the "Black Friday" values, have become increasingly dominant and are now seriously threatening our global future, both in terms of our care of the planet and in increasing societal rivarly and conflict.
In the process we have lost trust in everything. This is why I believe your aim is so important. In the global society in which we now all live, it is essential for our common survival and wellbeing that we build cultures of trust, being prepared to take risks for the common good.
"Values represent our guiding principles: our broadest motivations, influencing the attitudes we hold and how we act."
'Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value'- Albert Einstein
As it has been observed throughout history, in action and thought, people are affected by a wide range of influences. Past experience, cultural and social norms are some of the most important ones. Connected to all of these, to some extent, are our values, which represent a strong guiding force, shaping our attitudes and behaviour over the course of our lives. Our values have been shown to influence our political persuasions; our willingness to participate in political action; our career choices; our ecological footprints; how much money we spend, and on what; and our feelings of personal wellbeing, contentment and happiness; as well as our relationship with others, with nature and the Mother Earth, to mention but a few.
Let us pause for a moment and focus on some fundamental and enduring questions of human meaning and value. Questions such as:
1. What does it mean to be human?
2. What does it mean to live a life of meaning and purpose?
3. What does it mean to understand and appreciate the natural world?
4. What does it mean to forge a more just society for the common good?
By their very nature, these questions lend themselves to thought and discussion around ethics, morals and values.
At the GCGI we are delighted and honoured that since 2002 we have been at the forefront of activities to highlight, address and analyse these and other relevant questions.
We recognised that building a better and more harmonious world will demand challenging and novel ways of thinking, perspectives that encompass the broad swath of human experience and wisdom, from the natural sciences and all the social sciences, to the philosophical and spiritual values of the world's major religions and of indigenous peoples as well. The task before us is a daunting one, and wisdom in how to proceed will come from a multiple of sources, and must embrace the panorama of cultural and disciplinary perspectives. We appreciate that we should not carry on constructing a global society that is materially rich but spiritually poor. We did know that we must be led by values, and must uphold them at all times.
Thus, in 2002, we began to construct globalisation for the common good, as a path to build a more just and sustainable world.
At a recent seminar I was asked by one of the participants if I could explain, in simple, jargon-free language, what I meant by "an economy that serves the common good", and also what I meant by "sustainability, social justice and ecology".
I was excited by these questions, as they are very close to my heart. Although, I have written extensively on these issues*, here, now was my chance to engage, face-to-face, with some interested and well-informed people, who wanted some clear explanations. Thus, I began to explain and the dialogue started:
First, I said, in order to see what an economy for the common good might look like, it would be helpful to consider what globalisation for the common good might look like. This is important, as an economy for the common good needs a fertile ground in which to develop. Thus, I began telling them about the Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative (GCGI), where we connect our intellect with our humanity on our path towards the common good.
I explained that to understand and face the challenges of the contemporary world requires us to view the big picture. Whatever we are considering, whether it is war and peace, economics and environment, justice and injustice, love and hatred, cooperation and competition, common good and selfishness, science and technology, progress and poverty, profit and loss, food and population, energy and water, disease and health, education and family, we need to keep the big picture in mind to understand and solve the many pressing problems, large and small, regional or global.
This big picture is also the context in which we can most productively explore the perennial questions of life – its purpose and meaning, the relevance of values, justice and our relationship to the ecosystem which supports all life.
Read more: What might an Economy for the Common Good look like?


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