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Bill Belichick "Prosperity of Inflation" National Address
Brooklyn's Own … wide receiver K.J. Stroud ready to take flight as a New York Jet
"S.A.F.E.T.Y. First" George Wilson talks Foundation work; says new look "Titans defensive will be aggressive"
"Chief" change for Kansas City defensive tackle Shaun Smith, lighter and quicker in 2013
Former 49ers wide receiver Renaldo Nehemiah talks 2013 NFL Playoffs
Dallas Cowboys fire defensive coordinator Rob Ryan
Laz Alonso gets "e-motional" for NBC TV show 'Deception' and his Washington Redskins
Omar Epps in "Deep Concentration" on the Dallas Cowboys plus more
Falcons Jonathan Babineaux "ready to battle" the Eagles #7 for seven
Safety Will Allen "not looking for comfort," Steelers are looking to stack wins over Redskins and Giants
Past and present with Dallas Cowboys two-time Super Bowl Champ Jim Jeffcoat
Texans cover corner Alan Ball preps for Peyton after "taking cover" in Eli's house
Raiders Rookie Rod Streater's NFL Journey: Part II
Spurs Stephen Jackson to Dallas Cowboys: "You on America's Team, there's no way you should go out there and not give 110%"
Richards-Ross, Gatlin "fast times" to be honored at NFL halftimes
Raiders rookie receiver Rod Streater ready to start the "New Era of Excellence"
Veteran Steven Jackson says retooled Rams ready to revitalize the franchise
Post Olympics, Gold medalist Lashawn Merritt to challenge NFL's fastest?
Kansas City Chiefs Jamaal Charles is confident, ready to run and "make history!"
Packers Rookie DJ Smith talks NFL Opening Night at Lambeau
Eagles linebacker Jamar Chaney after week one victory over Rams
Charles Davis previews NFL opening night
Packers 6th round draft selection DJ Smith ready to show and prove
Tony Gonzalez talks "business of football" and Falcons prep for 2011 season
NY Giants cornerback Aaron Ross talks career and "Big Blue" preparation for 2011
Bengals defensive end Michael Johnson talks career and upcoming 2011 season
Free agent Mike Sims-Walker talks potential landing spots in 2011
Raiders Safety Michael Huff speaks on the Silver & Black
Raiders electric kick returner Jacoby Ford recaps rookie year in the Silver & Black
Andrew Brandt forecasts NFL Lock-out scenarios
Black & Gold's cornerback Ike Taylor talks "The Steeler Way"
Dallas Cowboys tight-end Martellus Bennett talks final year of contract
Texans wide receiver Jacoby Jones talks 2010 season and NYC 60m sprint victory
Bengals rookie linebacker Dontay Moch ready to wear #52
Miami Dolphins cornerback Nolan Carroll recaps his 2010 rookie season
Coach Brian Billick talks NFL week two and insights on long term issues for the sport
Sports agent Paul Lawrence talks on client Larry Fitz and Super Bowl XLIII
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Safety Chris Harris "Bears Down" on return to Chicago "Monsters of the Midway"
Hard-nosed sports agent Ralph Cindrich talks negotiations and more
Laker fan Olympic Gold medalist Allyson Felix reacts to new coach Mike D'Antoni
Demar Derozan "likes what he sees" as Raptors ready for 2012-2013 season
Fast Five "must-make-moves" for the Boston Celtics in 2012 – 2013
Top Ten Boston Celtics of all-time
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Suns guard Jared Dudley dishes on rivals, rebuilding and reloading for the 2012 – 2013 NBA season
Spurs Stephen Jackson to Dallas Cowboys: "You on America's Team, there's no way you should go out there and not give 110%"
"Stop, drop and Pop-ovich"; Spurs Stephen Jackson remains "trill with skill" as Jack of All Trades on and off the court
Not ready to hang up the playing shoes for the front office, age 33, Mo Evans says he "still has a lot left to give on the court."
Hoping to be a "force in the middle," new Minnesota center Greg Stiemsma says T-Wolves are playoffs bound
WNBA Connecticut Suns Tina Charles "will not settle" on or off the court
Top Ten Boston Red Sox of All-Time
Josh Tomlin talks Tribe's trials admist frustration, targets late 2013 return
Mets Dillon Gee: "Absolutely … I will be 100 percent ready" for spring training 2013
Boxing / MMA
Rising star Austin Trout leaves "no doubt" upsetting MSG favorite four time champion Miguel Cotto
Looking to "make it pretty," WBA Champ Austin Trout says: "This is the fight to make myself a household name"
Sports Legends
Past and present with Dallas Cowboys two-time Super Bowl Champ Jim Jeffcoat
Olympic Gold Medalist Derrick Adkins relives his 1996 Atlanta Games "home" victory and talks 400m Hurdles U.S. legacy
Renaldo Nehemiah: "The Olympic Games … is War through Athletics."
Hall of Fame Quarterback Warren Moon talks football career and the QB position
Hall of Fame RB Earl Capmbell talks career, Jim Brown, OJ Simpson & Mean Joe Greene
Olympian of the Century Carl Lewis talks LA '84 Games & the business of Track & Field
Evander Holyfield talks the "real deal" on his career and the sport of boxing
Hall of Fame Bengal Anthony Munoz talks with 'Bengalese' about his classic games
Former 110mH World Record Holder Renaldo Nehemiah talks hurdles and history
Doctor K is in the house! Legendary Met , Yankee Dwight Gooden is talkin' baseball
"Mr. Islander" Bob Nystrom celebrates the 30th anniversary of "The Goal"
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Veronica Campbell-Brown "I was born to run Track and Field" World Indoor Championship Round 1 Heat 4
VIDEO: Usain Bolt races El Metrobus (Live from Argentina)
Montell Douglas
Nia Ali
Warren WEIR
Murielle Ahoure
Nehemiah to Merritt: "All eyes on Aries." It's time to build the legacy
Ezinne Okparaebo
On a quest to be the best, Ezinne Okparaebo prepares to "pursue her happiness" to become the fastest
"Formula 400″ for Felix in Rio 2016?
Olympian Carmelita Jeter reaches her "Breaking Point"
"9.79″ ESPN 30 for 30 Film debuts Tuesday 10/9
Eight years removed, and still nine seconds later, resurgent Gatlin guns for 2013
Yohan Blake Press Conference: On Americans, "They hate us because of our exploits."
Richards-Ross, Gatlin "fast times" to be honored at NFL halftimes
Usain Bolt buys Olympic starting blocks before London Games
Omega Timing's Peter Hurzeler talks 2012 Olympic Games timekeeping innovations
Kerron CLEMENT
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Dee Dee TROTTER
Novelene WILLIAMS-MILLS
Georganne MOLINE
T'erera BROWN
Dawn HARPER
Tiny Debo Lister "Usain Bolt sleep with the lights on. America's hunting Jamaicans!"
Haiti's Samyr Laine plans to "Rise to the Occasion" at the London 2012 Olympics
Michael Jackson's "A B C's" & "1,2,3′s" of the U.S. Women's 200-meter sprints
Danielle Carruthers announces Manchester, UK start to her 2012 outdoor season
Great Britain's Tasha Danvers delivers on "Dwain, drugs and dedication."
New USATF Chief Max Siegel: "It's certainly not about me, it's about what we can do to elevate USA Track and Field"
Grenada's Kirani James set to debut at Penn Relays' USA vs. The World
Bershawn Jackson: Britain's Dai Greene "Wrote a check that he can't cash…and I'm coming" … to collect
Miki BARBER
Olympic Gold Medalist Derrick Adkins relives his 1996 Atlanta Games "home" victory and talks 400m Hurdles U.S. legacy
Post Olympics, Gold medalist Lashawn Merritt to challenge NFL's fastest?
Renaldo Nehemiah: "The Olympic Games … is War through Athletics."
Jermaine GONZALES
Aries Merritt "wants-in" the "Sub-13-Club." Ready to do "something deadly!"
Natasha HASTINGS
Ready, set, go Gatlin gun! Sprinter ready for the "ridiculous"
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Tony MCQUAY
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Danielle CARRUTHERS
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World's most sub-10 runner, Jamaica's Asafa Powell asks "What if…."
Lashawn Merritt prepares for 2012 seeking to repeat as 400m Olympic Gold Medalist
World Silver Medalist Danielle Carruthers is "not making cupcakes!" Talks Women's 100-meter Hurdles
David Oliver discusses his 2011 track season compounded by injury
American Record Holder Lashinda Demus discusses winning her first 400mH World Title
Live from Daegu, Sanya Richards-Ross prepares for 400m World Title defense
Sanya Richards-Ross preparing for a "Double Dream" at U.S.A. Championships
Wallace Spearmon speaks on sprint career and the Men's 4x100m relay
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"For Autumn 2014, I worked on the concept of an individual who blossoms within a group; a bit like those art or design students like I was myself in Antwerp, and that I've seen everywhere from New York to Berlin," says Kris Van Assche, creative director of Dior Homme.
The collection is based on items from the memory of a generation, reworked and modernised.
From the urban essentials of the parka with leather inserts to cable knit jumpers, from round-necked knitwear with ribbing to the red duffle coat, from the leather jacket to jeans as well as black leather boots.
The colour palette goes daring with red, and treats camel as a colour. The graphic prints appear to have escaped from the palette of a young artist. The look so described is one of a modern man playing with the rules in order to wear them better.
"This collection is an important phase in my work on the individual and the abundance of choices that must be offered," concluded Kris Van Assche.
The Dior Homme Autumn 2014 collection was presented in New York in April 2014 at an opening in the SoHo store, designed with M/M (Paris).
The creative duo was also involved in designing the collection's catalogue, shot by Karim Sadli. Created to showcase the thoughts of Kris Van Assche, it contains portraits of groups and individuals, dotted with a series of lights created by M/M (Paris) as the imaginary work of young artists.

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BETHEL — Exactly one week ago Greene Central's baseball team sat two games back of North Pitt in the loss column, all alone in second place and content if that's the way things played out.
They did.
Ben Brann homered twice but the Rams couldn't hold a four-run lead as the Panthers rallied for a 6-5 win on Monday to clinch the Eastern Plains 2A Conference's top playoff seed in a game played solely for that purpose.
North Pitt came back from a 5-1 deficit with five runs in the sixth inning and put behind it a late collapse in league play.
"We didn't even think we'd be in this position," said Rams coach Scott Jones, whose team handed the Panthers their first league loss last Tuesday, 8-0. "After we beat them at our place, we were thinking, 'We're right where we want to be.'
"So we're right back there."
North Pitt (19-3) entered the one-game playoff having lost its last two league games after winning its first 10, and on Monday it looked as if league co-champion Greene Central (13-9) was on its way to its second decisive victory over the Panthers in less than a week.
But in the bottom of the sixth, all that changed.
North Pitt benefited from three errors and a wild pitch, and had a couple of put-it-where-they-ain't bloopers that turned things in its favor.
The Panthers chased Austin Mooring, who labored through 89 pitches, and found no-man's land just beyond the infield down the first-base line with two run-scoring singles off reliever Kevin Ormond.
A throwing error by Brann led to a run and Tyler Edwards' roller went under the glove of shortstop Chad Murphy for another. Collin Brinkley plated a run with a sacrifice fly, but made it to second when Chandler Barrow dropped the ball near the fence in center field.
It was an inning to forget for Greene Central, yet Jones was happy to have had the chance to play an extra game for a No. 1 playoff seed for the third time in the last four seasons.
"We're looking forward to the playoff game Friday. You've just got to let this slip on by," he said. "To me, baseball, you've got to have a lot of short-term memory because you're going to have more failures than you're going to have success."
Before North Pitt's big rally the Rams were fully in charge.
Brann homered on the game's sixth pitch, then sent a second 1-0 fastball from Edwards over the fence in the sixth to put Greene Central up 5-1.
Austin Batchelor singled in a run behind Brann's homer in the first. The third baseman did it again in the fifth after Chad Murphy — who scored on Batchelor's first hit — led off the fifth by reaching on an error.
Mooring helped his own cause by plating Batchelor in the fifth.
Greene Central tagged Edwards for 10 hits — Brann and Batchelor each went 3-for-4 — but when he needed to be Edwards was sharp.
He threw 118 pitches and struck out six, and got Mooring to pop up to first to end the game.
The Rams will host the No. 3 seed out of the Northern Carolina 2A Conference when the state playoffs begin on Friday — just like they figured they would this time last week.
North Pitt earns that league's 5-seed.
"Yeah, we wanted to win this game, we wanted to play hard and play loose and give them all we got," Jones said, "but you know what? We're right where we thought we'd be before they lost to Beddingfield, and we're tickled to death with it."
Notes: The game was played at North Pitt because the field at Greenville Conley was deemed unplayable and there were no other neutral sites available. Postponing the game to today was not an option, Jones said. … Greene Central has now dropped two in a row after winning seven straight. … Edwards, Trevor Dunn and Sammy Craft had two hits each for North Pitt — its only hits of the game. … The Rams dropped a 9-8 decision to Farmville Central in a one-game playoff for the league's top playoff seed in 2011 at ECU. They defeated Kinston 7-5 in 2010 at Grainger Stadium under the same circumstances. … Greene Central finished with a share of the conference title in three of the four years of the current Eastern Plains 2A Conference. … Mooring gave up four hits, walked one and struck out two in a no-decision on his birthday.
Ryan Herman can be reached at 252-559-1073 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @KFPSports.
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Mooring, Ormond (6) and M. Head; Edwards and Brinkley. W—Edwards. L—Ormond. HRs—GC: Brann (2), NP: None.


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Saturday, February 21, 2015
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Not a lot on the exercise front, but a decent amount of physical activity. Eating was pretty good. Nothing to report. Upping the number of daily vegetables has changed a major aspect of my life. The grocery store chain I've bee... Read more
Sunday, February 15, 2015
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As those of you who have known me longest know, my blogs become very scarce when there's nothing really new to report. In a lot of ways I feel as though I just really don't have that much to say. I sometimes feel as though my time at SparkPeo... Read more
Saturday, January 24, 2015
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I exercised three times this week, but did much more walking than usual on one of the others. I ate out a fair amount, but am starting to realize a lot of the choices I started making back in the early 10's really have become ingr... Read more
Saturday, January 17, 2015
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Overall good. My typical not-so-good days are when I only get two vegetables a day rather than 3.
My team at work had it's company meeting this week. We ate and ate. That's how we roll. The midweek showed a gain.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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My first year on SparkPeople was great. I started at 225 having already lost 25 pounds. My goal was 195 pounds. I fought for that goal. Three times between 2010 and 2011 I was literally less than a pound from that goal. My go... Read more
Saturday, January 10, 2015
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OK, so this week I ran into two major obstacles:
- a couple of social events that involved eating out at restaurants that I liked.
- I ran out of food in the fridge at the odd amount of time where going shopping wasn't reasonable.... Read more
Thursday, January 08, 2015
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So I've decided to unleash my evil plan in parts. There are going to be several really evil facets to my master plan that will be really evil, really facet-ey and really plan-ey.
The First One: Not Tracking All Of My Food!!!!
Years a... Read more
Saturday, January 03, 2015
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##Third Number Lying#####
Well, the numbers don't lie...except for the 3rd set below. I do my first of year weigh-ins after a night of either a nye party or eating a really heavy meal out. Either way, the information I'm giving you is 75% ho... Read more
Thursday, January 01, 2015
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The 24 hours between 8:00am on December 31 and 8:00am on January 1 are my favorite 24 hours. My last day of the year weigh-in establishes my final weight for the year as a sobering sense of accomplishment, good or bad. The next mor... Read more
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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For those of you who I haven't met yet, my name is Trent. I joined SparkPeople in 2009 (yes those new years '200x' sunglasses worked back then). My goal was 2-fold. I wanted to weigh at or below 195 and have a bodyfat ratio of 15%... Read more
Saturday, September 27, 2014
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Back in mid August, I became a born-again smoothie junkie (2 on most days, 3 on weekends). I bought one of those really small blenders that makes 1-2 portions of any given smoothie recipe. My weight had been consistently 204-207 a... Read more
Saturday, June 21, 2014
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**Warning. This blog contains expressions of frustration. If you are someone who doesn't feel comfortable with this (or needs to squelch such expressions with the usual "don't beat yourself up" or "tomorrow is another day" yada yada), then ple... Read more
Saturday, June 14, 2014
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OK, so I didn't really stick to my fast break goals this week. Tracking is really hard for me. Fact of the matter is I eat a lot and I am not consistent with my eating patterns. I don't have that bowl of cereal with fruit every morning for br... Read more
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
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So last week for the fastbreak portion of my SparkDiet I read the chapter addressing the cornerstone of "Focus". It includes three building blocks:
* Values and Beliefs
* Purpose and Vision
* Goal setting
Each one bui... Read more
Saturday, June 07, 2014
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Andrew Zimmern explores the easternmost part of North America in St. John's, Newfoundland. Go behind the scenes with Andrew to get his take on the food, people and amazing culture of Newfoundland.
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Baseball Splits Doubleheader With No. 15 Erskine
March 31, 2014
MISENHEIMER, N.C. – The Pfeiffer baseball team split a doubleheader today against conference foe Erskine, losing the first game 5-4 in eight innings and winning the second game 12-6 on a sunny afternoon at Joe Ferebee Field. With the split the Falcons advance to 20-14, 9-5 CC and Erskine moves to 21-8, 8-3 CC.
Pfeiffer tallied the first run of the game in the bottom of the first with two outs. After a strikeout and a ground out, Tyler Summers singled up the middle to record the Falcons first hit. Two pitches later, Anthony Allende roped a double down the left field line as Summers used his speed to advance home for the early 1-0 lead.
The Falcons held Erskine's potent offense scoreless for the first three innings before the Flying Fleet scored one run in the top of the fourth inning. The run came off the bat of Wilson who hit a single up the middle to score the unearned run and tie the game at one apiece.
Pfeiffer was quick to retaliate as Matt Wade belted a deep solo shot to left center field with one out as the Falcons regained the 2-1 lead. After a hit-by-pitch and back-to-back singles to load the bases, Kevin Price connected on a single to left field to score one more run to give the Falcons some breathing room as they now led 3-1. The Falcons could not capitalize on another run as they took the two run lead into the top of the fifth.
The Falcons tallied one more run in the bottom of the sixth as Kyle Hackney singled on a sharp ground ball through the right side, bringing in Wade to give the Falcons the 4-1 lead heading into the top of the seventh inning.
Despite the strong pitching thus far by sophomore Ethan Greene, three outs stood between him and the complete game victory. Greene got the first guy to ground out and the second one to pop out to right field. Back-to-back walks brought the tying run to the plate and the coach to visit Greene on the mound. On the very next pitch, Overstreet shattered the complete game hopes as he emptied the bases on a game-tying three run homerun to left center. Hunter Jobe came in to relieve Greene, as he forced Smith to ground out on the first pitch of the at-bat.
Pfeiffer could not find the game winning run in the bottom of the seventh, as the game was extended to extra innings.
Erskine was quick to capitalize on the new ballgame as Yost doubled down the right field line to bring in the game winning run as Pfeiffer was unable to tie the game in the bottom of the frame.
Jobe received the loss, falling to 5-2 as he pitched one and one-third innings giving up one run on two hits.
Summers and Price tallied three hits each as they led the way for the Falcons offensively.
In game two it was Erskine who jumped on board first. Overstreet seemed to carry the momentum from the previous game as he connected for a solo blast to left field, his second on the day.
Trailing 1-0 heading into the bottom of the first, Pfeiffer retaliated in a strong manner. With two outs in the bottom of the frame, Summers singled up the middle and advanced to second as the ball was misplayed by the center fielder. Allende poked a single through the left side of the infield as Summers slid into home to tie the game at one. After Wade walked, Dylan Goodman hit a double down the left field line to bring home Allende and quickly take the 2-1 lead after the first inning.
Erskine regained the lead in the top of the fourth as Maivelett hit a sacrifice fly to left field with bases loaded to tie the game at two. With runners on first and second, Lollis walked on a wild pitch that brought Corn in from second to regain the lead 3-2.
Pfeiffer acted quickly once again as Goodman walked to bring Dalton Lindley to the plate. After a pitching change, Lindley blasted the first pitch over the trees in left center to regain the lead at 4-3. Pfeiffer threatened for another run with runners on first and second with two outs. Summers singled through the left side as Hackney was thrown out at home for the third out.
Overstreet proved to be a tough out as he tied the game on a solo shot to center field, his third homer of the day.
The Falcons were provided with breathing room in the bottom of the fifth inning. With runners on first and second with one out, Lindley provided the spark that the Falcons needed. Schuler delivered the pitch home and never turned to look at where the ball ended up as Lindley belted a three-run homerun over the wall to left center, his second homerun in two innings. The Falcons now held the 7-4 advantage.
Erskine cut into the deficit in the seventh inning as Smith connected on a solo homerun off Keith Little.
Pfeiffer put the game away for good in the bottom of the eighth inning scoring five runs on five hits. Jon Gray led off the inning with a solo homerun to center field for his third on the season. With bases loaded and one out, Goodman hit a sharp ground ball through the left side as Summers and John Elwood came across the plate to extend the lead to five runs. The scoring frenzy was not over yet as Hackney doubled down the left field line to clear the bases, extending the Pfeiffer lead to 12-5 heading into the top of the ninth inning.
Erskine tallied one final run on a sacrifice fly to right field, as they could not muster enough power in the top of the ninth inning.
Tyler Lequire earned the win as he improved to 3-1 on the season. Lequire pitched six innings, giving up four runs on seven hits.
Lindley recorded two hits in the game, both of which were homeruns as he tallied five runs-batted-in on the game. Goodman went 3-for-4 on the game, bringing home three runs of his own. Summers finished the day going 6-for-9 as he went 3-for-5 in game two.
Pfeiffer returns to action Tuesday, April 1 when they travel to take on Brevard in a doubleheader starting at 3:00 p.m.


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HE might start.. one day definitely not rooting for him to start in the first half of this season though..
So I think I'm rooting for Darius to get the starting job at SF. I love Aminu, but i think he is misused. Like Eman said in another thread he is definitely a PF; he is a very underated rebounder and a great defender and he gets tons of hustle and clean-up points around the basket.
Aminu could be more aggressive playing in the paint - when he's at midrange or 3 point territory he doesn't have the ball-handling skills to be able escape or create space, and more frequently just waits to make a pass or takes a shot that is slightly out of his range. I think his skills would be better catered-to by him learning some post moves and more of the pick and roll game instead of dribble moves and perimeter shooting.
I think Darius could make the best use of and convert on more of those wide open looks that come from being the 4th or 5th option in a starting unit with Gordon and Davis in it. I think that would work out great for the bench also, because it allows Anderson to play SF offensively (with Aminu at PF) but on defense he can cover PFs and Aminu the SFs. The bench in this case would be Rivers/Mason/Anderson/Aminu/Smith.
To me that bench lineup has a nice balance of shooting, rebounding, and defense. On nights when we're playing a team without a center who's too strong for Davis at this stage (teams like Heat,Thunder,Celtics, Bulls, Mavs, etc.) we could go small and start Vasquez/Gordon/Aminu/Anderson/Davis, with Aminu covering the best wingman because he is our best perimeter defender.
So do y'all see Darius as a possible starter at the SF? See any potential problems with starting Darius or with the resulting bench lineup? prefer a random unmentioned third party as the starter?
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HE might start.. one day definitely not rooting for him to start in the first half of this season though..
If he can hit the 3 like he is doing now, I can almost guarantee you he starts at some point this season - or at least gets starter minutes. He needs to improve defensively, but he'll be fine. Just a natural rookie curve, but he is a very heady player, so I expect the adjustment to be shorter than it is for 90% of this rookie class.
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The way Aminu played yesterday, he'll be tough to unseat.
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aminu needs to be the starter, he has all the tools, size, strength, athleticism, defense, agility, he only needs to improve his shot like he is doing now, yesterday he had a sweet step back jumper from deep, once he finally hits his stride he will be absolutely deadly
I think a lot of people underestimate Miller's athleticism. It's not quite on par with amino, but it isn't a significant drop off. I feel like Miller already knows who he is as a player. He came into the league after 4 years in a system that produced major NBA talent in the last half decade. He has played with talent that will be, or already are, stars. He isn't some one and done kid either, his maturity is insane. I can certainly see him giving aminu a run for his money. I feel like Miller will be more ready than Aminu by December, I still believe Chief has the higher ceiling though.
Emeka Okafor - Joe Smith - Carmelo Anthony - Manu Ginobili - Jason Williams
Al Jefferson - James Posey - Aaron McKie - Shaun Livingston
I feel like Miller fits into our starting lineup better than Aminu seeing how we've got 3 pt specialists in Mason and Anderson coming off our bench already and no real 3 pt threat in the starting group. However, its easy to see that Aminu's ceiling is much higher than Millers so I don't want to give up on him.
Only real thing we can infer from Miller playing well so far is that X has to step up otherwise he will get left behind. No room at 2 with Gordon and Mason. Hopefully no room at 3 with Aminu and Miller both looking alright. His player option may be an easy decision...
What would be so wrong in accepting Aminu, Vasquez and Xaviers options?
We have the cap space this season.
Monty and Dell have said it takes 3-4 years to see a Rookies worth.
If either players doesn't improve beyond this season then don't accept their QO.
BTW don't the Hornets have to decide on these players by the end of October?
I think he can be a start, but I would stick with Aminu for now
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This fits HunnyB/FlyGirl so well- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyzTiSEfM00
I'm careful not to label a player a "great defender" until i see him perform under real game situations...right now lots of simple offensive situations are being defended...same holds true for rebounding...caliber of the competition must also be considered.....I'll hold judgement till later.
1-What does not move is dead.What has speed,and mobilty has more possibilities,more life...quickness creates luck.
2- Your Defense is only as good as your HELP/ROTATING defenders.
3-Games are won while the ball is in the air.
4- You design your roster to win a 7 game series not a one game confrontation.
2) You'd lock yourself into overpaying for players with much lower market value. Look at Jason Smith, his option didn't get picked up and Marco's did, but Smith is the player that ended up sticking around. And I'm not saying I expect Henry to stick, I don't, but if any of these players don't get their options picked up it doesn't necessarily mean that they are gone next year, it may just mean that Demps thinks he can sign them cheaper/longer.
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In my company we monitor 50 links over the internet, some of then use dynamic IP Address, so its changes from time to time.
I use dydns for have url to ping, but zenoss after you create the object, it always pings the IP Address not the URL.
Every time Zenoss alerts the link is down, we have to access Zenoss -> Access the Device and click in Reset/Change Ip Address.
Someone know a way that zenoss execute this option before saying the link is down? or execute the option every time he Pings?
A good solution for this is the following:
Add all of the devices with this problem to a group called Dynamics
In the /Status/Ping event class, create and event transform which acts on devices in the group Dynamics. This transform should take the manageIp and do a lookup. If the value doesn't match, the transform can then set the event to state 2, suppressed, and create a new event in /Change/Set as severity info.
The event should have an identifiable name and message.
Finally in the alerting rules create an event command. It's essentially an alerting rule that runs a command. Setup the rule to act on events in /Change/Set, whose parent device is in the group Dynamics and whose message 'contains' part of a qualifying message (e.g. 'dynamic ip changed'). The command for the event is run as the user zenoss and can use a combination of dmd and tales expressions to set the new ip pulled from the event.
Essentially this does 4 things:
1) supresses down events that are due to a lookup differnce
2) It organizes and ensures the actions don't occur on non qualifying devices accidently
3) makes an easy to follow history of ip changes
4) updates the ip
--Shane (Hackman238)
Could you give me a example do the alerting rule, (the Fourth Fase)?
Once, i found on the internet the command below to change de IP address, bur if i write on the message it didnt work out, i triyed to put a ping in the message, mas it didnt work out either.
I'm also with the same difficulty.
Please post the transform you tried and I'll tweak it for you.
Hello, Shane.
I created a group with dynamic IP´s, and in alerts and rules I put there a
rule, look below.
ZenUsers> admin> Alerting Rules> Dynamic
Delay (Secs) = 10
Enable= True
Action= E-mail
Addres (option)= My e-mail
Plain Text= False
Repeat Time= 20
Send Clear Messages= True
Event Class (is) /Status/Ping
Severy (=) Critical
Device Groups (is) /Dynamic
In message I put this.:
Device: %(device)s
Component: %(component)s
Severity: %(severityString)s
Time: %(firstTime)s
Event Detail
Acknowledge
Delete
Device Events
ping -c2 ${device/id}
When I receive the e-mail, the message come with the commands, but the server
don´t work, the commands in message are like a commentary.
Look the message below.:
Device: "name"
Severity: Critical
Time: 2012/06/08 14:07:11.000
ip 126.96.36.199 is down
Event Detail
Device Events
ping -c2 ${device/id}
Before I found the command that renew the IP Address.:
But, I don´t know where I put this command, Can you help me with this?
You're going to want to create a transform on the event class /Status/Ping which checks if the device is int he group 'Dynamic'. If it is in Dynamic, then import dmd.
code Import dmd and other commonly needed parts {
import Globals
from Products.ZenUtils.ZenScriptBase import ZenScriptBase
from transaction import commit
dmd = ZenScriptBase(connect=True).dmd
Finally you can set d = dmd.Devices.findDevice(device.id) and d.setManageIp(yourIp)
Good luck!
Hello, Shane!
I connect in server by SSH, and there I open the diretory below.:
/opt/zenoss/env python
I put there, the command below.:
import Globals
from Products.ZenUtils.ZenScriptBase import ZenScriptBase
from transaction import commit
dmd = ZenScriptBase(connect=True).dmd
d = dmd.Devices.findDevice('host.dyndomain.com')
After of runned the command, my IP Address changed, but I don´k know where I put this command,
to do this when my IP Address change.
Can you help me?
In the Moment i was trying to change the ZenPing.py, its that right?
No I woudln't edit the zenping daemon. Use a transform on /Status/Ping. In a case where the ip changes on a dynamic device the transform will need to qualify if the device is in the Dynamic group. If it is, resolve the new ip address then set the new manage IP and drop the down event.
Shane thanks a lot of all the help so far, just see if i'm doing right
In the version 3.1.0
Click in Events -> Event Manager -> Commands
Create a new command
set to Enabled and in the command box i put the following
#!/opt/zenoss/env python
import Globals
from Products.ZenUtils.ZenScriptBase import ZenScriptBase
from transaction import commit
dmd = ZenScriptBase(connect=True).dmd
d = dmd.Devices.findDevice('device.domain.com')
in the WHERE field i filter the Group that i create, the /status/ping/ and severity >= error
After the alert of link down, nothing happend.
I went into the Event Console, and the are the link down event and a error the the script above execute in the host localhost
by the way, the localhost is not inside the group a created.
any help?
Instead of an eventCommand I would use a trasform. On the Events page click Event Classes. Navigate to /Status/Ping and then click the lower left gear icon -> transform.
transform code {
if device:
import Globals
from Products.ZenUtils.ZenScriptBase import ZenScriptBase
from transaction import commit
dmd = ZenScriptBase(connect=True).dmd
d = dmd.Devices.findDevice(str(device.id))
newIp = socket.gethostbyname(device.id)
if newIp != d.manageIp and evt.severity == 5:
evt._action = 'drop'
What the code does is act on all Ping down events. It gets d as the device object then looks up the devices current hostname via dns. If the lookup doesnt match the d.manageIp it changes the Ip and drops the down event.
--Shane (Hackman238)
Thank you very much for your help...
I'm now understanding the concept of the Transform, and was able to create many scripts, the only problem that when i write a script for anything.
For Example:
I write a script to reset the IP address, when i add the event of ping down manually, the transform works, but the event never occur anymore by zenoss itself. Even if the problema is with SNMP, it didnt occur anymore.
Its the write way a transform should work?
Again, really thanks so far.
After some tests, i discover new information
if i use a command like this:
if evt.severity == 5:
import Globals
from Products.ZenUtils.ZenScriptBase import ZenScriptBase
from transaction import commit
evt.summary = 'Problema de Comunicacao com o dispositivo: Acao -> Alterado o IP do Dispositivo'
it works, but then i try to reset the IP the problem happens
|dmd = ZenScriptBase(connect=True).dmd
|d = dmd.Devices.findDevice(evt.device)
the problem is with the two first lines, but again if i create a event manually, its works with no problem.
thanks for any help
Shane Scott, good morning!
Can you help us? I'm also with the same difficulty. I tried many commands but any works automatic.
The comands works when i create a event manually.
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Only this time the giant wasn't Goliath, it was 6-foot-8-inch La Conner post Jonah Cook. And David was the 1B Cedar Park Christian–Mountlake Terrace Lions boys basketball team.
La Conner -- the No. 4 team in the Associated Press 2B poll -- built an early lead and held off a relentless Cedar Park Christian-Mountlake Terrace attack to defeat the Lions 51-41 in a Northwest 1A/2B/1B game Friday night at La Conner High School.
"We were within striking distance against the (No. 4) team in the state that's a classification higher than us," CPC-Terrace coach Pat Russell said. "I thought we competed really well."
After scoring nine points in the first quarter, the Lions held Cook scoreless in the second quarter, and only allowed him to score four points the rest of the way. But he still managed to be a force in the post, grabbing 11 rebounds and blocking five shots.
Unsurprisingly, La Conner was trying to work its offense through Cook, since CPC didn't have a player over 6-foot-2 on its roster.
"The game plan was to get the ball inside, inside, inside," said Braves' head coach Scott Novak. "... When we got the ball to Jonah we scored. We've got a 6-8 guy and we want to utilize him."
With CPC forward Daniel Schettler pestering Cook on defense, La Conner tried to capitalize on what appeared to be a mismatch, with 6-2 point guard Micah Patterson guarding the Braves' other big post– senior Tyler Howlett. But Russell said that was part of the Lions' plan, having one of their smartest defenders helping out down low.
"Micah had to put up with the other big guy as a point guard," Russell said. "But that works because we can get the ball to him quick. He's great at helping out. Just a smart, smart player."
Patterson had his hands full on offense as well, guiding the Lions' up-tempo attack. The Cedar Park Christian – Mountlake Terrace offense was incredibly consistent in the first three quarters – scoring 12 points in each and maintaining about a five-point deficit – before going cold in the fourth.
"We missed a lot of shots," Russell said. "They're a really good team. That's the bottom line."
The Lions had opportunities in the final quarter, forcing numerous La Conner turnovers. But CPC – MLT couldn't capitalize with points on the offensive end.
The Braves coach wasn't incredibly pleased with his teams' ball handling in the final quarter. Novak said that the Braves have a team goal of committing less than 10 turnovers a game.
In Friday's contest they turned the ball over 24 times.
"Give Cedar Park Christian credit," Novak said. "They came out fast. We let them hang around and that gave them confidence."
The Lions went on a 7-2 run to start the third quarter and tie the score at 31. They took the lead the next time down the court on a deep two-point shot from Wilson Reidt that gave CPC – MLT its first lead since the first quarter.
But in the fourth quarter the Lions' offense struggled. Cedar Park Christian didn't score until an Eric Matson free throw with 2:37 left in the game, and didn't get a field goal until Ben Reidy put a shot in from the post with under two minutes to go.
"We were forcing shots that maybe we don't normally force," Russell said.
In the fourth quarter, La Conner's Spencer Novak hit his fourth 3-pointer of the game to increase the Braves' lead to 11 points. Russell said that was tough to overcome.
"That three that Spencer hit was huge," Russell said. "He's a senior. He's done it before. That was just a huge shot."
Novak finished with a game-high 14 points for La Conner. Howlett scored 13 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.
Scott Novak said that his team spent a good portion of the week dealing with the flu, and while he saw a lot for La Conner to work on in its next practice, he was still relieved to come away with the win.
"I'll take an ugly win over a loss any day," Novak said.
Reidt – who found himself in foul trouble early in the third quarter – and Patterson each finished with 11 points apiece to lead the Lions. Each player also grabbed six rebounds.
It was the first loss for either team this season. La Conner (6-0 league, 15-0 overall) remains undefeated while Cedar Park Christian – Mountlake Terrace (2-1, 15-1) suffered its first loss of the year.
"I knew this would be a competitive game," Novak said. "They've got four or five guys that can handle the ball and shoot."
At La Conner H.S.
Cedar Park Christian-MLT 12 12 12 5 -- 41
La Conner 17 12 12 10 -- 51
Cedar Park Christian-Mountlake Terrace–Eric Matson 3, Christian Guddall 0, Wilson Reidt 11, Daniel Schettler 3, Ben Reidy 4, Austin Schley 2, Andrew Paulson 0, Micah Patterson 11, Terry Eun 7, Zach Wallace 0. La Conner–Colby James 0, Skylar Krueger 0, Spencer Novak 14, Sean Hulbert 7, Hudson Zavala 2, Jamall James 2, Anthony Williams 0, Tyler Howlett 13, Cameron Sherman 0, Jonah Cook 13. 3-point goals–Reidt 1, Schettler 1, Patterson 1, Eun 1, Novak 4. Records–Cedar Park Christian-Mountlake Terrace 2-1 league, 15-1 overall. La Conner 6-0, 15-0.
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The Office of Management and Budget's vision for federal information technology begins today with the launch of Apps.gov.
The cloud computing storefront is part of a decade long plan to reduce costs, lower the environmental impact and improve how Americans receive government services.
"We have been building data center after data center and acquiring application after application and frankly what that has done is it has driven up costs and investments in technology across the board and it has led to the doubling of energy consumption from 2000 to 2006," says Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, today at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.
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The Campaign Finance Institute today is releasing its analysis of President Barack Obama's and Gov. Mitt Romney's fundraising through the two candidates' post-election reports filed December 2012. The analysis strengthens the impression of an election in which the Obama campaign used fundraising as tool for money and mobilization, while for the Romney campaign it was just about money.
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President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign began in August to show some of the benefits that come from his long-term strategy of cultivating and mobilizing a massive base of small donors. According to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on September 20, the Obama campaign received almost as much from unitemized donors who gave $200 or less during the month of August ($25.1 million) as Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign raised directly from all donors ($26.9 million. The rest of the Romney campaign's receipts in August came in $39.2 million transferred from his joint fundraising committee and a $20 million loan.)
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President Obama and Mitt Romney each raised more money in June than in previous months of 2012, according to detailed reports the campaigns filed with the Federal Election Commission on July 20. Both campaigns also increased the amount they raised from small donors. Romney's success with small donors was new. Obama's still greater success was a continuation of past patterns.
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Mitt Romney's fundraisers had a good fundraising month in May but (contrary to some early press accounts) Barack Obama's did even better. Romney's $23.4 million in receipts doubled his campaign's $11.7 million of the previous month. But Obama's $39.8 million was 70% higher than Romney's
Spokespersons for the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have been talking in public about how well their candidates have been doing raising money for the general election campaign. Privately, however, they must know that the fundraising numbers for April showed each of the candidates to have vulnerabilities the campaigns will want to address quickly. In some respects, they have already begun to do so.
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With the presidential nomination contests now all but formally settled, the two presumptive nominees each had their best fundraising months of the 2012 election season. The Obama campaign's $32.3 million in primary election receipts was by far the President's best financial haul since 2008. The month's receipts included $7.7 million through his joint fundraising committee with the Democratic National Committee.
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Nine government watchdog organizations today asked Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich, as well as President Barack Obama, to reveal more details about fundraisers for their presidential campaigns who "bundle" contributions in amounts greatly exceeding what they're permitted to contribute on their own.
President Obama and Mitt Romney continued to lead the presidential campaign fundraising field in January 2012, despite a slowdown their fundraising pace. Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul for the first time raised almost as much as Romney, although Romney remained ahead of them in cash on hand.
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President Obama campaign committee today released its monthly report to the Federal Election Commission. While there has not yet been time to analyze the report in depth, one important point can be noted from the summary page. The campaign is reporting receipts of $11.9 million during the month of January. This is about one-third the $36 million the campaign reported in January 2008.
President Barack Obama's small donor fundraising in 2011 outpaced all of his Republican opponents combined ($56.7 million to $38.1 million). In fact, Obama's haul from small donors (ones whose contributions aggregated to $200 or less) was more than the $56.3 million that Mitt Romney, the leading GOP fundraiser, received from all donors combined
The important role played so far by Super PACs during the Republican presidential nomination contests has been well documented and widely analyzed. This release will focus on the two leading fundraisers of 2011 – President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney. The financial fortunes of the other candidates and their related Super PACs are detailed in the tables available below.
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The Republican presidential field has separated into two tiers – perhaps two and a half. Mitt Romney and Rick Perry sit clearly on top, with about $15 million each in cash on hand to take on the early primaries and caucuses. Ron Paul is in a middle range, with $8.3 million in receipts between July 1 and Sept. 30, 2011 and $3.7 million in hand. Then there is a big gap to all of the others.
On September 30, the presidential candidates of 2012 will close their financial books for the third quarter of 2011. Their official reports are not due to be filed at the Federal Election Commission until October 15, but we can be sure there will be a great deal of press coverage of whatever information the candidates choose to make available on September 30.
On Friday July 15, presidential hopefuls filed what for many was their first official campaign finance reports as candidates for the 2012 campaign season. While major story lines were reported quickly in news accounts, the Campaign Finance Institute has delayed reporting until we were able to put the filings through CFI's standardized procedures. This lets us compare the candidates of 2012 not only with each other, but with their predecessors in 2008.
Many presidential campaigns will be giving out summaries of their fundraising receipts after the 2nd quarter closes today, even though the official disclosure reports will not be available until July 15th. Since each campaign will put the best light on its own results, we thought it useful to offer some historical information to let readers judge on their own.
An Integrated Interpretation Of National Political Party Finances, 1999-2008. This is draft of a chapter prepared for The State of the Parties, a book edited by John Green, director The Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron. The book, to be published by Rowman and Littlefield, grows out of an October 2009 conference at the Bliss Institute.
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So begins a twenty-page Campaign Finance Institute working paper by CFI's Executive Director, Michael J. Malbin, who is also a professor of political science at the University at Albany, SUNY. The paper is slated to be published later this year in a book to be edited by Costas Panagopoulos, director of Fordham University's Center for Electoral Politics and Democracy.
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MarkWhittington writes "With the National Research Council report that concluded that President Obama's plan for a mission to an asteroid has no support, either inside NASA or anywhere else, the space agency faces a decision point in 2013. The NRC suggested that the administration, Congress, NASA, and other stakeholders in space exploration come to a consensus behind a new goal. But the space agency's problems run deep, caused by a lack of direction, a lack of leadership, and a lack of funding."