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Bill Strickland, Knight's agent, said Friday he has had several discussions with Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy and that the Clippers made a preliminary contract offer.
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Several other teams have expressed interest in Knight. Strickland declined to name them, but one might be the Miami Heat, which is in desperate need of a point guard and, like the Clippers, was pursuing Steve Francis, who chose to sign Thursday with the Houston Rockets."The Clippers are at the top of Brevin's list," Strickland said. "I'm very optimistic that something can be worked out, but I've been in this business long enough to know that nothing is final until a contract is signed."
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Outcome of Postnatal Depression Screening Using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
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The objective of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of postnatal depression screening by comparing the mental health outcome (at 6 months postpartum) of mothers under the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) screening programme versus usual clinical practice (usual practice), using randomized controlled trial design. With the use of the EPDS for the screening of postnatal depression, it is expected that more mothers in need of intervention (including mental health intervention, guidance in childcare and parenting, counseling in family relationships, etc) will be picked up and offered appropriate intervention, compared to the usual practice. It is hypothesized that the mental health of the group of women under the EPDS screening programme will be better than those under the usual practice, on subsequent follow-up.
Depression, Postpartum
Procedure: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
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|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
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|Outcome of Postnatal Depression Screening Using Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
- Mother's mental health at 6 months postpartum, as measured on the EPDS and General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), both being self-report questionnaires.
- Mother's parenting stress (measured by the Parenting Stress Index, a self-report questionnaire)
- Marital relationship satisfaction (measured by the Chinese Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, a self-report questionnaire)
- Marital status and employment status (both father and mother, where applicable) at 6 and 18 months postpartum
- Child health measures, including weight at 6 and 18 months, number of hospitalizations and visits to doctors within the first 6 and 18 months as reported by mother
- Mother's mental health outcome (EPDS and GHQ scores) at 18 months postpartum
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2005
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|January 2008
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Chinese mothers of newborn babies <= 2 months who are registered with the 4 Maternal and Child Health Centres under study;
- Normally resident in Hong Kong (Hong Kong ID card holder, or HK Birth Certificate [with status of permanent resident indicated established] holder, or people who have been granted unconditional stay in Hong Kong, or passport holders having valid travel document showing the right to land in Hong Kong, or permission to land, or eligibility of HK permanent ID card verified, or entitlement to the right of abode in HK)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Those who do not use the Chinese language (in both the written and spoken form);
- Those who are under active psychiatric contact;
- Those who delivered in hospitals which are still conducting their own EPDS screening programme.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00251342
|Contact: Cynthia Leung
|Maternal and Child Health Centres, Department of Health
|Hong Kong, China
|Contact: Cynthia Leung firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
|Dominic TS Lee, M.D.
|Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
|Principal Investigator:
|Shirley SL Leung, MPH
|Family Health Service, Department of Health, HKSAR
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|November 9, 2005
|Last Updated:
|April 4, 2007
|Health Authority:
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Keywords provided by Chinese University of Hong Kong:
Postnatal depression
Randomized controlled trial
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
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Depression, Postpartum
Depressive Disorder
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Mental Disorders
Mood Disorders
Pregnancy Complications
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MBM Instructor Participates in Trauma Relief Project in Post-Earthquake Haiti: Lynda Richtsmeier Cyr, Ph.D.05/31/2012
Earlier in her career as a child psychologist, Lynda never imagined that she would participate in international trauma relief. Although she felt compassion for people suffering around the world, she was the mother of young children and had a career as a hospital psychologist that made it difficult to be away from her responsibilities. Hearing the news of the earthquake in Haiti, and the devastation that ensued, was a turning point for Lynda. Coincidentally, she had reached a place in her career where she had space for something new. Her children are older, and being away from home for short periods of time seemed reasonable.
College of Mind-Body Medicine Student Describes Center for Mind-Body Medicine Certification: Introducing Michelle Lamasa-Schrader05/29/2012
[All students in the Saybrook Graduate College of Mind-Body Medicine Complete the CMBM Professional Training Program, the Advanced Training Program, and a supervision sequence guiding them to conduct mind-body skills groups. Each of these elements is included in a required course in the College of Mind-Body Medicine masters' and doctoral degree programs. The students then have an option to complete additional CMBM supervision on their own, and attend the Advanced Training Program a second time, in order to earn Certification from the Center. Michelle Lamasa-Schrader describes her experience with this certification process].
The journey through the Center for Mind-Body Medicine's certification program has been an interesting and enriching experience that I will treasure always. While attending the initial training and advanced trainings through the Center, I was inspired and compelled to move in the direction of certification because the skills had been transforming in my own life. The growth that began to happen personally was amazing to me. I found myself looking and feeling better as a result of simply practicing the mind-body skills. I was better able to handle academic rigor, my family life, and work with greater ease, feeling at peace, and balanced much more frequently.
MBM Student Completes Master's Project on Combination of Equine Therapy with Mindfulness for Cardiac rehabilitation: Heidi Tobin (Fall 2010 Cohort)05/21/2012
For my master's project, I decided to research a medical subject that continues to account for the highest numbers of deaths in the American, adult population: heart disease and damaging cardiac events. I wanted to explore the possibility of offering a mind-body experience that has always been very healing and meaningful for me, to those living with injured hearts: interacting, riding, and partnering with equines (horses). This project proposes that two mind-body modalities—equine-assisted therapy and informal mindfulness practice—can work together to complement conventional medical interventions for those engaged in cardiac rehabilitation to decrease physical, emotional, and spiritual stress on the heart. In addition, I developed a plan of treatment using these modalities for stress-reduction in heart patients. I based this treatment protocol on a review of research on equine-assisted therapy and mindfulness practices, interviews with experts on equine therapy and cardiac rehabilitation, and existing programs of therapeutic riding.
MBM Instructor and Musician Creates Healing Sound Environments for Hospitals: Introducing Susan Mazer, Ph.D.05/20/2012
Susan Mazer is using her artistic talent as a musician and harpist to help transform hospitals into healing environments through the gift of music. Susan and her husband Dallas founded the C.A.R.E. Channel® (Continuous Ambient Relaxation Environment) nearly 20 years ago. Their original music is available through television in 700 hospitals across the United States.
MBM Student Completes Master's Project on Acupuncture and Biofeedback for Diabetes: Jennifer Leonard (Fall 2010 Cohort)05/16/2012
Diabetic patients in the United States are increasing in number every year. One often over looked influence on the diabetic condition is stress, whether it is emotional, mental, or physical. Literature published on the subject has brought to light the usefulness of stress management interventions, proving that they positively influence blood glucose levels. Acupuncture and biofeedback relaxation techniques are among the interventions that have proven efficacious.
College of Mind-Body Medicine Faculty Member Pursues Optimal Performance: Heather Dermyer, Ph.D.05/15/2012
New MBM Instructor teaches mindfulness in psychotherapy and daily life. Meet Donna Rockwell, PsyD05/07/2012
I take great joy in being a clinical psychologist and mindfulness meditation teacher. There are many links between the capacity to "sit with oneself" as a prerequisite to being able to "sit with another," something I consider one of the most important elements in psychotherapy, perhaps, even, its essence. "If the therapist can sit with him or herself, and tolerate arising emotion, then," says the client, "maybe I can, too."
"My Sabbatical Turned into a Life:" Introducing Jerrol Kimmel, Mentor in College of MBM05/03/2012
I used to joke that "my sabbatical turned into a life." In the mid 90's, during a difficult passage in my life, I moved to the east coast on a journey to reclaim myself. I was looking for "my people" and "my work." Someone told me to connect with the Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM). Little did I know that this chance meeting would completely change the direction of my life. The Center gave me a language for what I was already doing and a structure that brought out my greatest gifts as a teacher/healer.


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Saturday, October 03, 2009The Bisons finished 24th in a field of 38 teams and the Lady Bisons were 21st in a field of 35 Saturday at the eighth annual Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic.
Junior Caitlin Anderson was the top finisher for the Lady Bisons, covering the 5-K course at E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky., in a time of 18:50.60.
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Mind-Body Medicine Doctoral Student Grows her Practicum Placement into a new Position Coordinating "Cancer Survivorship Program"
Doctoral students in Saybrook's School of Mind-Body Medicine complete a Practicum placement. For students with clinical aspirations, this is typically a clinical practicum in health or mental health care, for others it can be a research practicum or a practicum in health care administration or consultancy. Francinne Lawrence is a PhD student in health care systems, and her practicum experience has evolved into a career-level position.
Mary Bird Perkins (MBP) Cancer Treatment Center is recognized as a leading cancer treatment facility in Louisiana and is associated with Our Lady of the Lake (OLOL) Hospital and the Louisiana State University Health System. Having had a previous career in hospital chaplaincy and medical social work, Francinne wanted to be a change agent for healthcare systems, instead of working with one patient at a time. She chose to follow Saybrook's healthcare systems track in Mind-Body Medicine..
Francinne learned that a friend, who was Director of Research for Mary Bird Perkins, might be able to open the door for a practicum there. He wasn't aware of any mind-body medicine work occurring at Mary Bird Perkins, but he was willing to put Francinne in contact with key people who might. That started a process of e-mail trails and meetings, beginning with Francinne explaining what offering a Mind-Body Medicine program could contribute to patient services. MBM services were virtually nonexistent at the time, but administrators were interested and even eager to explore ways of bringing these services to their patients.
Working with techniques learned in her initial MBM Skills Training groups, a component in the degree programs of all students in the School of Mind-Body Medicine, Francinne proposed the creation of a modified version of a mind-body skills group for cancer survivors, family members, and caregivers. (Anyone diagnosed with cancer at MBP is recognized as a cancer survivor.) Now known as Mind-Body Together, the new group provides both a support component and the practice of MBM skills. Each week, after a time of sharing and support, the group practices a mind-body medicine technique to help reduce the symptoms of cancer and conventional treatment including insomnia, fatigue, nausea, physical pain, anxiety, and depression.
Quickly, patients began to share their experiences in the group and how it helped them, with their doctors, nurses, and other patients. Mary Bird Perkins' administrators invited Francinne to present to allied health professionals at OLOL and soon the staff at the associated hospital began asking about Mind-Body services for inpatients. A second group was begun for inpatients and their families. One day, at a loss for services to offer a patient with metastatic breast cancer who was in unrelenting pain, a nurse navigator suggested the patient contact Francinne. The physician agreed. Francinne visited the patient and with the hospital chaplain present, she did a brief patient assessment. She then engaged the patient in conversation about mind-body medicine techniques and asked if she would like to try some guided imagery. The patient agreed. After a few minutes of leading the patient in the practice of deep muscle relaxation, the patient fell into a sound sleep. Upon awakening, the patient was amazed at the warm sensation she experienced throughout her body and at the relief from pain.
Patient experience after experience, group session after group session, the popularity and familiarity with the Mind-Body services grew. As a result of the impact the MBM program had on patient services, key administrators dove into an already tight budget and found the funding to create a full-time position for Francinne as Survivorship Coordinator. Her supervisor admitted to her, that there was an all out battle between the cancer treatment center and the associated hospital as to who would "claim" the program. The cancer treatment center won. And so did Francinne who reports that the cancer treatment center is an exciting place to be. "It is amazing to see patients feel empowered about their role in the healing process." "They 'light up' knowing they now have ways to help themselves feel better and facilitate their own journey to wellness." "What began as a practicum of last resort, turned into a dream position that allows me to use both my MBM practice and healthcare systems skills."
Francinne has been hired to coordinate the survivorship program and develop complementary therapy services for oncology patients, their families, and caregivers. She believes without a doubt that this opportunity would not have been made available to her without her engagement in the MBM Ph.D. program and the practicum placement.
This is so inspiring, both to hear the success of one of our students, but also for the medical field.Posted by Juanita (not verified) | 06/06/2014 @ 07:30 AM
This is wonderful news! Congratulations Francinne! You are a role model and leader in the field of integrative healthcare. Your experience is also a testament to the value of your Saybrook Mind-Body Medicine education and to the power of your ability to intention and manifest what you want to create in your life. I see you touching many lives with your gentle and caring spirit, and wise and knowledgeable healing skills!Posted by Lisa Kelly (not verified) | 06/06/2014 @ 01:35 PM


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Clinical and Economic Burden of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Medicaid Population
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Reports suggest that the Medicaid population includes a higher percentage of smokers than the general population. A high prevalence of smokers in a population is likely to lead to a higher burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Few studies have evaluated the economic burden of COPD in a Medicaid population. The objective of this observational, retrospective cohort study is to estimate the economic burden of COPD in subjects with a COPD diagnosis who are enrolled in Medicaid and are receiving maintenance treatment covered by Medicaid.
Specifically, the null hypothesis for the primary outcome measure is that no difference is observed in all-cause costs between subjects with and without COPD. The test hypothesis is that there is a difference in all-cause costs between subjects with and without COPD.
Secondary outcomes to be evaluated include all-cause resource use and COPD-related costs for the COPD cohort.
The study uses a medical and pharmacy administrative claims database called MarketScan Medicaid Database that contains the medical, surgical, and prescription drug experience of nearly 7 million Medicaid recipients. This analysis will use data from 8 states.
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Other: Subjects with COPD
Other: Subjects without COPD
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Retrospective
|Official Title:
|Clinical and Economic Burden of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Medicaid Population
- Incremental costs of COPD [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Mean difference in all-cause costs between subjects with and without COPD. Incremental total costs and components of incremental total costs including pharmacy, medical, and long-term care will be reported
- All-cause resource use [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The mean number of visits of each type of medical resource use including inpatient hospitalizations, emergency department [ED] visits, physician visits, outpatient visits, home healthcare visits/durable medical equipment, and long-term care visits.
- COPD-related costs [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Mean total, pharmacy, medical and long-term care costs associated with COPD in the cohort of subjects with a COPD diagnosis
|Study Start Date:
|November 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Medicaid beneficiaries
Medicaid beneficiaries with at least one medical or pharmacy claim during each year in the identification period (2004-2006)
Other: Subjects with COPD
Medicaid beneficiaries diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and newly initiated on a maintenance medicationOther: Subjects without COPD
Medicaid beneficiaries without a COPD diagnosis but having at least one medical or pharmacy claim during each year of the identification period
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|40 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Medicaid recipients (aged >=40 years) diagnosed with COPD (International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9 CM) codes: 491.xx, 492.x, 496.xx) and newly initiated on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) maintenance medication (maintenance therapies include ipratropium alone/combination ipratropium-albuterol (IPR), tiotropium (TIO), inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), long-acting beta-agonist (LABA), and combination product of inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta-agonist (ICS/LABA)) will be identified and matched in a 1 to 3 ratio to non-COPD Medicaid recipients on age (exact), gender, race, index year, Medicare dual eligibility, pre-index long-term care use. Index date was defined as the date of the first chronologically-occurring COPD maintenance medication during an identification period (01/01/2004 to 12/31/2006) for COPD patients, and as the date of the first medical or prescription claim during the index year of the corresponding matche
Inclusion Criteria:
- at least 40 years of age at index date
- continuously eligible to receive healthcare services through Medicaid in the pre-index and follow-up period
- enrolled in fee-for-service plans
- without a diagnosis code of exclusionary comorbid conditions - cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, respiratory cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumoconiosis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary tuberculosis (including fibrosis due to tuberculosis)
Exclusion Criteria:
- age less than 40 at index dates
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01615783
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|Study First Received:
|June 7, 2012
|Last Updated:
|June 21, 2012
|Health Authority:
|United States: No Health Authority
Keywords provided by GlaxoSmithKline:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Resource utilization
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Chronic Disease
Lung Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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MASSENA Village officials have passed the 2013-14 budget, despite the objections of some residents and village trustees who feel the mayor and trustees should not receive substantial pay raises.
The board voted 3-1 to adopt the budget, with Trustee Francis J. Carvel casting the dissenting vote.
Under the 2013-14 budget, the tax rate would increase by about 4 percent for most village residents. Trustee Timothy J. Ahlfeld was excused from the budget session.
The tax rate for village property owners in the town of Massena would increase from $14.08 per $1,000 of assessed valuation to $14.62, a 6.5 percent increase. That means a Massena property assessed at $100,000 would have a tax bill $54 higher than last year.
For village property owners in the town of Louisville, the rate will increase by 5 cents to $15.36 per $1,000. A Louisville homeowner whose assessment remains level at $100,000 will pay $5 more in taxes than a year ago.
Mr. Carvel said he voted against the budget because he disapproves of the high-percentage salary increases for Mayor James F. Hidy and each of the village trustees. The new budget includes a 50 percent increase in the four trustees salaries, from $4,000 to $6 ,000, and a 41.7 percent increase in the mayors salary, from $12,000 to $17,000.
Mr. Carvels feelings were shared by Trustee Patricia K. Wilson, former village mayor and resident Charles R. Boots and resident Cheryl Holmes.
You think you earned it, but in other circles theyre saying you dont. If you had a vote, I think itd be turned down immediately, Mr. Boots said to Mr. Hidy.
Ms. Wilson made a motion to strike down the salary increases for Mr. Hidy and the trustees, but the vote was tied, with Mr. Hidy and Trustee Albert C. Herb Deshaies voting to keep the pay hikes.
Trustees pointed out the proposed pay raise of $2,000 per trustee is somewhat misleading since trustees took a 20 percent pay cut in 2010 in an effort to reduce spending; however, because other proposals to cut spending were shot down in that budget process, the pay cut had little effect on spending as a whole.
During that year, trustees salaries dropped from $5,000 to $4,000, and then-Mayor Randy G. Deloshs salary dropped from $15,000 to $12,000.
Mr. Deshaies said he felt the increase was fair based on the amount of work trustees put in. We agreed to take this cut and then all of a sudden everyone else gets a raise. If you want to do this for nothing, fine, he said to Ms. Wilson and Mr. Carvel.
Residents were hardly swayed by that point, and directed most of their criticism of the pay hikes toward Mr. Hidy.
I was extremely disturbed when I saw that youre looking to get a 40 percent salary increase, when theres nothing in the north country, Ms. Holmes said. When 28 people just lost their jobs at Massena Central School, and youre asking for a salary increase.
Ms. Holmes said she has to work two jobs to get by, and she feels that residents are being overtaxed, that the region is struggling economically and that because of these fiscal woes, many residents are leaving Massena.
She said she believes that in these difficult financial times, Mr. Hidy doesnt need a $5,000 salary increase.
Its got to stop somewhere, and frankly it disturbs me, she said.
Mr. Hidy said his post is a 24-hour job and listed off the many functions, meetings and responsibilities that he has to handle as mayor.
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Following Wendy's request I will try and elucidate some of the mysteries of proofing.
Bread dough is a complex, and not entirely understood system. My knowledge is also limited and I hope the greater experts on this list will correct my more glaring errors.
This is inevitably something of a simplification of the complicated things that are going on as the dough matures. For a fuller explanation refer to a science based baking textbook such "Principles of Breadmaking: Functionality of Raw Materials and Process Steps" by Piet Sluimer, published by the American Association of Cereal Chemists 2005 ISBN 1-891127-45-4
Proofing is the last stage before baking, when the formed and shaped dough is left to rise before being baked. For some bread it is the only fermentation stage; a lot of industrially made and some craft bread is produced with a "no time dough", where there is no or little bulk fermentation, but instead the gluten is developed using intensive mixing.
Softer doughs need support during proof. This is often in the form of a linen lined basket or banneton. For long breads, like baguettes and batons (in the demo) a folded floured linen canvas couche is used.
To understand what is happening we need to go back right to when the dough was mixed.
When the dough is mixed air is mixed into the dough to form micro-bubbles. These micro-bubbles are key to what happens later. Dough mixed in a vacuum or in a closed mixer with no headspace (such as the Amway system) produces a fine, close and uniform crumb texture.
The density of gas-free dough is around 0.8 L/kg; after mixing about 0.9 L/kg, showing a gas fraction of about 10% of volume. Fermentation increases this to about 1.0-1.5 L/Kg, at the end of the bulk stage, depending on the type of product, and then to around 3.5 L/kg at the end of proof for a typical white loaf, more than tripling in volume. After baking this will increase again to around 5 L/Kg, oven spring increasing the loaf volume by about 50%, and an increase of 5 times over the volume of the just mixed original dough. These volumes are for white bread; bread with bits in them, such as seed breads or whole meal breads will rise less since the bran or other inclusions tend to puncture the gas cells, and in some breads, such as those with a large preferment, there is less fermentable material.
A good clue for the end of the bulk fermentation stage is when, if you slash the dough, you can see small bubbles in the cut surface.
"Knocking back" or degassing decreases volume, but also makes new food available to the yeast, and generally results in a finer crumb structure. In the 1950s or so, a fine even crumb, such as in Pullman bread was thought most desirable, and techniques were optimised to produce such bread. Now a more artisan bread with an irregular and coarser crumb structure is preferred, so different techniques (less degassing, wetter doughs) are used to make what our predecessors would have thought of as badly made bread.
The enzymes in the yeast, or from added enzymes such as diastic malt, or the acid in sourdough start to break the starch down into simple sugars that can be fermented. Over time this degrades the starch, reducing the dough viscosity making the dough seem wetter.
The gluten gells slowly in the presence of water, and this gell forms the scaffolding of the loaf crumb. Kneading, stretch and fold, or intensive mixing, depending on the type of bread, all help the gluten stretch into thin sheets and distribute the gas cells evenly, although the primary force for the gluten development is hydration, and the primary stretch is the expansion of the gas cell walls in the dough.
During fermentation the yeast generates carbon dioxide. This expands the micro-gas bubbles present in the dough from air entrainment during mixing. No new gas bubbles are created, although some may coalesce, and the very small ones disappear. These bubbles are not entirely gas tight – think of them as a leaky bucket. If the production of CO2 from the yeast drops below the rate the gas leaks or dissolves in the surrounding fluid, then the bubble deflates, rather then inflates. If the bread is over-proved the rate of gas production rate drops because the yeast runs out of food. For cells near the outside of the loaf this diffusion of CO2 to the atmosphere is greater than for cells deeper in the loaf. This means that the fragile foam in the centre is surrounded by a layer of tougher, less expanded cells, a bit like a balloon skin. This skin needs to be tough enough to support the fragile inside, but not so tough as to corset the expansion.
Exposure to the air (or contact with the dry canvas banneton/couche) slightly dries this skin, contributing to its toughness. Too dry, and it will be sufficiently tough not to let the inside rise. Too wet, and it won't be tough enough and collapse before maximum volume is obtained. Ideal conditions are between 70% and 85% relative humidity. A draught will also dry the skin (and cool the dough), and the bread should be proved in draft free conditions, which can be a problem where a fan or forced convection is used to maintain conditions. Professional bakers have special proofing cabinets where the temperature and humidity can be controlled. Craft bakers cover the dough with a cloth or plastic sheet which reduces draughts and slows evaporation. Putting the dough in its banneton or couche in a loose fitting plastic bag, such as a bin liner is a good home solution.
The relative temperature of the dough and its surroundings is important. If the dough temperature is higher than the air, evaporation will be quicker. Lower than the air, and the air near the dough is cooled, and so the relative humidity is higher. However over time the dough temperature will become that of the surroundings, which is why in proofers where the air temperature is much higher than the dough the first dough pieces stick, and the last ones skin.
Disrupt this skin on ripe dough, and the gas from the inside will rush out, the dough deflating.
As the bubble expands the cell walls are stretched. Gluten hardens and gets stiffer under strain, so the thinner parts of the wall stiffen, pulling harder on the thicker bits, so the bubble expands evenly, until the walls get too thin and rupture, releasing the gas. However cell rupture is rare in most correctly proved bread. Typically dough will stiffen slightly as it matures as the gluten hardens by being stretched, and the bubble jostle each other, although some dough, such as sourdough will slacken with time considerably as the acid degrades the viscosity of the starch. The dough will also feel wetter as the dough begins to overprove.
At the beginning of the proofing period the dough is comparatively robust, and so long as the gas is not completely knocked out of it, it can be handled and shaped. At the end of the proof period the gas cells have expanded to nearly at their breaking point, but held together by the slightly tougher less expanded cell layers around the outside of the bread. The dough is now a delicate foam balloon, with the gas cells near their bursting point. Rough handling at this stage will deflate it.
In the oven the gas in the cells further expand aided by the trapped water turning to steam. The wetter the dough, the bigger the holes. The bread rises like a soufflé. Like a soufflé, bottom heat and direct contact with a hot surface to give maximum heat transfer helps volume. The heat cooks and hardens the cell walls. If conditions are right, the expansion will occur before the walls cook and solidify, giving the desired oven spring. Correctly proved dough will give the largest volume loaf, even though an overproved loaf will be bigger going into the oven.
If the dough is underproved it will not reach its maximum volume, as the gas cells start smaller, and will cook before they reach their maximum expansion.
If overproved, then the gas cells at already at their maximum stretch, or even have started to deflate, and the dough will rise little in the oven. The dough may be bigger going into the oven, but does not gain the extra volume.
The length of time the dough takes to prove depends on many things, such as the activity of the yeast, the amount of food available to the yeast, the stiffness of the dough – stiffer doughs prove more slowly as the sugars diffuse less, and most of all the temperature.
Yeast is most active at about 30C/90F. Above that temperature activity decreases sharply as the yeast begins to die or go dormant. Below that temperature the yeast roughly declines by 10% of each degree C. Thus at 20C/68F the yeast activity is halved.
(Sourdough yeast and lacto-bacillus activity derived from work by Ganzle)
Proof time is also affected by the amount of yeast in the dough. Although the total volume of gas produced is nearly independent of the amount of yeast, being governed by other factors such as the amount of available food and oxygen, the rate of production is can be varied. Craft bakers compensate for lower temperatures, for example when the bakery is cooler in the winter, by increasing the amount of yeast.
In general, straight yeast dough is proofed after about an hour, sourdough after about 4-5 hours at 30C/85F.
All sorts of other complex reactions are going on in the dough, each of which has differing degrees of temperature sensitivity. For example the breakdown of starch into sugars is less temperature sensitive than yeast, as is the activity of the lacto-bacilli in sourdough. Slowly fermented breads tend to be more flavoursome than quick fermentation. By adjusting proof temperatures, yeast amounts and corresponding proof times the skilled baker can to some extent alter the flavour profile of their bread.
The extreme example is where the bread is retarded, cooled to fridge temperatures (4C/40F), so that practically all yeast activity ceases. The dough can be stored this way for up to 72 hours, for example over a period when the restaurant or bakery is closed. During this time other processes continue, most notably the skinning of the outside of the dough and the breakdown of starch into sugars. Retarded doughs have a characteristic reddish crust, from the extra sugars, with fine blistering, but tend to be more flavoursome. The cold also stiffens the dough, and this can make handling of wet doughs easier.
The dough doesn't cool in an instant. A typical loaf takes about 2-3 hours to cool down, during which time there is still some activity. Thus an overnight proof in the refrigerator is about equivalent to 2 hours at room temperature. It also takes about 2-3 hours to warm back to room temperature, during which time activity will restart.
Whether to bake from cold, or allow the loaf to regain room temperature before baking is still a matter of debate. If allowed to warm there is the danger of over-proving. Personally I prefer to bake from cold. I find the cold dough stiffer, and so much easier to handle, especially for wet slack doughs. The extra temperature change in the oven gives, I think, a greater gas expansion and hence a bigger oven spring. However this larger spring means that unless evenly made and correctly slashed, the bread may bulge unevenly, with the centre expanding more.
"A l'ancienne" is a technique where the dough is mixed cold, and then retarded. The long cold period allows a long period for enzymatic breakdown of the starch into fermentable sugars but because of the cold there is little yeast activity, so that when the dough is later warmed up the yeast has more food available than would otherwise be the case. With slack dough it can give a highly aerated open structure.
Just before the bread goes into the oven, the baker slashes it. The slashes ("gringe", French for grin) act as weak points in the crust, allowing the dough to rise evenly in a controlled fashion. Without the slash the bread is likely to tear or bulge, and the rise will be impeded. It needs to be done just before the bread is put in the oven so that not too much gas leaks out – the heat of the oven will replace the gas that is lost. For this reason the slash should be quite shallow, and cut at an angle of about 45 degrees, almost cutting a flap. For plain breads use a very sharp thin knife, traditionally a razor blade on a stick ("lamé –French for blade). Special disposable ones can be obtained from http://www.scaritech.com/ . For seeded breads a serrated knife can sometimes be easier.
Slash quickly and positively – don't go back and mess with the bread.
By tradition a baguette has seven slashes, nearly parallel to the length of the baguette, that open into a pleasing lattice. Originally the slash pattern allowed a housewife to identify her bread in the communal oven, but now is used decoratively. For example Poilane http://www.poilane.c...1595520020 carves a stylised P into their bread.. Bold simple shapes work best.
It is hard to tell whether raw dough is under, ripe or over-proved, except in extreme cases. If you make lots of the same loaves you can begin to get a feel for when it's ready – from the volume, the look of the crust, and the slight resilience. It should feel taut, a little like a balloon, with a slight resilience and bounce back if lightly pressed. However the changes are very subtle.
One technique is to put some dough into a glass measuring cylinder or jug. When the volume has about tripled from the initial mix, the dough is ready.
It is slightly easier to tell from the cooked loaf. Underproofed bread will have a lighter crust (no so many sugars from the enzymatic action), a less expanded gringe, and a tight crumb. Overproofed dough, by contrast will have a darker, reddish crust, little oven spring, narrow grigne, and an open, but somewhat coarse crumb.
Back to Wendy's original questions:
What's an over proofed dough look like? Before you bake it and after it's baked.
An overproofed sough will be very fragile, and may collapse. Baked, it will have little oven spring, so the grigne (slashes) will not open much. The crust will be redder, and possibly burnt in places from the high sugar levels.
An underproofed dough will not have its full volume, and the crust will be pale. The crumb will be closed and tight.
What's an under proofed dough look like? Before you bake it and after it's baked.
No, they are the same signals. It is easier to over-proof using a proofer. If the humidity is too high it can interfere with the formation of a taut skin, leading to earlier collapse.
Do your signals become blurry when your using a proofer verses at room temp. or retarding?
Are there different "signals" you look for in different types of bread or is it basically the same regardless?
They are basically the same signals. However wholemeal breads, and breads with inclusions in them will not rise as far. Relying on the bread to double in size, although a reasonable rule of thumb is not always accurate, and can often lead to overproving. If you bake frequently you will soon get used to what your particular bread should look and feel like.
And how does your slashing effect your oven spring....relating to over proofed or under proofed bread?
Too many or too deep slashes will deflate the loaf, as will waiting to long between slashing and baking. Slashes also break the taut skin, so allow the loaf to spread.
The effects are much more serious in overproofed bread.
How do you 'read' the texture to decipher where you've gone wrong?
See the picture post...
A quick summary of things that matter in bread making:
Hydration: the ratio of the total amount of water to flour. Dough behaviour changes rapidly over a small change in water content: few percentage change – a tablespoonful of water in a pound of dough can make a dramatic difference. Of course, different flours can adsorb different amounts of water. Wholemeal will adsorb maybe 10%-20% more. Higher gluten flours can tolerate higher hydration levels. However what this means is that for repeatable results you need to be accurate in measurement – use weight not volume, and make sure not too much extra flour is not picked up from your worktop, or water lost in mixing.
Dough temperature: Yeast activity and hence proof times vary greatly with dough temperature. The dough temperature can be affected by how much work the mixer does on the dough, the temperature of the ingredients and the ambient temperature.
Degree of proof: Sourdough is reasonably tolerant to the degree of proof since it's a slow process. Yeast dough, since it is moving faster, much less so, and overproving is the biggest cause of failure.
Things that don't matter so much:
Strength of flour: You can make good bread from almost any flour. Strong flours can adsorb more water and are somewhat more tolerant, but most European bread, such as French Baguettes are best with the local soft flour.
Additives: Additives can help, give a wider tolerance, but are not critical, and in larger doses will both affect taste and disguise the signals you need to look for.
Handling: Providing it is correctly proved, dough is pretty tough stuff. Overproved dough will deflate soon as you look at it. So long as the dough is mixed evenly, you don't need to knead – stretch and fold works fine. Nor do you need bulk fermentation for many breads.
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Analytes Tested: benzene; bromobenzene; bromochlormethane; bromodichloromethane; bromoform; bromomethane; n-butylbenzene; sec-butylbenzene; tert-butylbenzene; carbon tetrachloride; chlorobenzene; chloroethane; chloroform; chloromethane; 2-chlorotoluene; 4-chlorotoluene; dibromochloromethane; dibromomethane; 1,2-dichlorobenzene; 1,3-dichlorobenzene; 1,4-dichlorobenzene; dichlorodifluoromethane; 1,1-dichloroethane; 1,2-dichloroethane; 1,1-dichloroethene; cis-1,2-dichloroethene, trans-1,2-dichloroethene, 1,2-dichloropropane; 1,3-dichloropropane; 2,2-dichloropropane; 1,1-dichloropropene; cis-1,3-dichloropropene; trans-1,3-dichloropropene; ethylbenzene; hexachlorobutadiene; isopropylbenzene; p-isopropyltoluene; methylene chloride; methyl tert-butyl ether; naphthalene; n-propylbenzene; styrene; 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane; 1,1,2,2 tetrachloroethane; tetrachloroethene; toluene; 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene; 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene; 1,1,1-trichloroethane; 1,1,2-trichloroethane; trichloroethene; trichlorofluoromethane; 1,2,3-trichloropropane; 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene; 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene; vinyl chloride; o-xylene; m-xylene; p-xylene.
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
FORT MYERS, Fla. – It is the longest trip on the Atlantic Sun Conference schedule for the Lipscomb Lady Bisons and it is also one of the toughest stops they make during the volleyball season.
In volleyball's version of planes and trains, minus automobiles, the Lady Bisons flew to Fort Myers Thursday morning via Atlanta. They will bus from Fort Myers to Deland, Fla., for a match Saturday and then fly out of Orlando later in the day.
"We have a lot of travel," Lipscomb coach Brandon Rosenthal said. "This is not necessarily an easy trip. It is a quick turnover.
"We had a great week. We were able to rest a little bit. They are ready to go for this trip."
Friday night at 6 the Lady Bisons will play Florida Gulf Coast at Alico Arena. The Lady Bisons, winners of their last three matches, are 12-6 overall, 6-2 in the A-Sun. The Eagles are 9-11, 5-2 in the conference.
The Lady Bisons have an 8-4 series record against FGCU, with a 4-2 mark at Alico Arena. However, the Lady Bisons have lost their last two meetings with FGCU.
The Purple and Gold leads the conference with eight 3-0 match wins, including three against A-Sun opponents. Three of the last four matches for FGCU have extended to five sets. They held on to win all three.
They head into the weekend with middle blocker Molly Spitznagle back on the court, but not yet 100 percent healthy. Spitznagle was sidelined Sept. 21 and has seen limited action in the last two matches.
"In some regards we are just getting back from the injury with Molly," Rosenthal said. "I think we are in a good spot, but we are a good two weeks away from where we were before she got hurt.
"Her injury has posed some challenges, but at the same time we are moving forward. I like that."
In her last outing, a 3-1 win over Kennesaw State, Spitznagle made 10 kills along with a career-high .769 hitting percentage.
"Molly is playing a little bit more," Rosenthal said. "She is practicing a little bit more.
"The tough part right now is you still have to preserve her and not let her go all out. That is all part of the process. It is not anything we are unfamiliar with. But we would like to take the brakes off of her and let her go."
Rosenthal is proud of the way his players have persevered through position changes and starting lineup adjustments in the aftermath of Spitznagle's injury.
"It has been fun, frustrating and challenging all in the same breath," Rosenthal said. "But, it is a good thing.
"Our team has bought in. Our team understands what is at stake. We have the ability to control our destiny a little bit more than some of the other teams. We have to seize that opportunity."
Rosenthal expects his team will face a challenging atmosphere from FGCU fans. They have "Midnight Madness" activities scheduled for the basketball teams shortly after the end of the volleyball match. Fans that attend the basketball practices can reserve a seat by buying a ticket to the volleyball match.
"From what I hear they are expecting over 1,000 people to watch basketball," Rosenthal said. "It should be a fun atmosphere."
The Lady Bisons are ranked first in the nation in assists per set with 14.39 and kills per set with 15.52. The Lady Bisons are 22ndnationally with a .267 hitting percentage.
Individually, setter Caitlin "Dot" Dotson leads the nation in assists per set with 12.67. Middle blocker Jewell Dobson is sixth in NCAA Division I in two categories with 4.75 kills per set and 5.37 points per set.
While not in the national rankings, middle blocker Claire Peterson and right side Brittnay Estes have filled in where needed in Spitznagle's absence.
"Claire and Brittnay have done a fantastic job filling in a little bit of the void," Rosenthal said. "As we move forward both of them are going to be called on to do a little bit more.
"It has been great to see Brittnay for an extended amount of time. When we moved Claire to the middle we saw what we were missing from her on the right side. Claire is the epitome of a great teammate. She steps in wherever she is needed."
FGCU is led by outside hitter Jessica Barnes with 3.38 kills per set. Setter Gig Meyer averages 10.30 assists per set. Whitney Masters leads the team with 278 digs. Karina Mambuca has 62 blocks.
"Gulf Coast is a consistent team," Rosenthal said. "It is a well-coached team. It is one of those teams that everybody shoots for.
"They possess some height. They pose some problems blocking-wise. They distribute the ball well. They have plenty of firepower and not in just one or two positions. If you get in a match where you are chasing them it is going to be tough."
The Lady Bisons head to Deland, Fla., Saturday to face Stetson at 1 p.m. Both games can be viewed free on A-Sun TV.
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Lance Armstrong has missed his December 27 deadline to appeal his lifetime ban for doping and the loss of his cycling titles.
The former US Postal, Astana and RadioShack rider had three weeks from the date of notification – Thursday, 6 December – to lodge an appeal against the decision to strip him of results dating back to 1 August 1998 including the seven Tour de France titles he won between 1999 and 2005.
The lack of action was unsurprising, given that Armstrong announced in August that he was dropping his legal challenge against the allegations made against him by the USADA.
Now that the deadline has passed, the International Olympic Committee is free to take steps to formally strip him of the bronze medal he won in the time trial at Sydney in 2000.
IOC president Jacques Rogges said: "We need to have the situation whereby the UCI notifies officially Mr Armstrong of the fact that he will be disqualified and declared ineligible and that he should hand over his medal.
"Mr Armstrong will have 21 days to launch an appeal. It is only after that period that the IOC can legally take action."
If you see someone riding around Manchester in USPS kit next year it will be me. I have now unilaterally revoked all rights to vintage US Postal team kit. I have been riding in to for up to 12 years and have many items from 2000-04. It is now MY KIT and Mr. Armstrong's meager 3 weeks wearing it will be expunged from the records.
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If you watched National Lampoon's Animal House with a keen eye, you may recall the film's Dean Wormer reading a list of pranks committed by members of the Delta House fraternity. One of those pranks was dumping a truckload of Fizzies® into a swimming pool during a swim meet. (That is pretty clever.)
I vaguely recall getting a packet of Fizzies in my grammar school days and tapping a candy tablet on my tongue before dropping it into a glass of water to get the little fizzle blast. My kids have never tried this trick—or Fizzies—so I'm feeling a bit neglectful.
Luckily, the Fizzies brand is still going strong in 2011. In fact, it's back with all new packaging that includes the original Fizzies logo from 1957, and a starring role in one of Food Network's "Unwrapped" episodes (see video below). As a nudge to try (or re-try) Fizzies, all flavors are 10% off at Candy.com during the month of April.
Chris Briggs, the national accounts manager at Amerilab Technologies, Inc., the manufacturer of Fizzies, gave me some inside scoop on the company's only confectionery brand. (Amerilab is a leading effervescent contract manufacturer.)
Chris says Root Beer is the top-selling Fizzies flavor and it's also one of the original flavors. The flavor lineup today includes Root Beer, Cherry, Orange, Lemonade, and Blue Razz. All five varieties are sugar-free, enriched with Vitamin C, and come 12 tablets to a pack.
In the mid-1970s, while I was busy watching "Bewitched" and "ZOOM," Fizzies was owned by the Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Company, and was sold unsweetened with the instructions calling for the addition of "one tablespoon of sugar and ice."
Nowadays, Fizzies is sweetened with sucralose (a.k.a. Splenda), and each tablet creates a 5-calorie drink. Chris suggests plopping Fizzies into carbonated beverages like Coke and 7UP to create your own version of Cherry Coke, Mountain Dew, or Orange Crush. Even better, he says, adult consumers can pop a Lemonade Fizzies into club soda on the rocks with a splash of Vodka, and finish it off with a twist of lime. Hello summer!
Chris also lobs out the idea of crushing Fizzies tablets and sprinkling the powder on ice cream or cupcakes. "If done correctly, you can get a bit of a zing. An unexpected flavor," he explains. "The challenge is that moisture instantly begins the effervescing process."
So, the trick for using Fizzies as a topping is to sprinkle it on fast and serve even faster. What kid wouldn't love a good fizz with ice cream, cake … or Cheerios?
New Fizzies Tablets for Hot Beverages
This summer, the Fizzies brand will be expanding with two new hot products: Fizzies Hot Apple Cider and Hot Cocoa. Both will be debuting at the Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago.
Hot Apple Cider and Hot Cocoa are seasonal and limited editions to the Fizzies brand. These effervescent tablets (8 tablets to a pack) are designed to dissolve quickly in warmed milk (Hot Cocoa) and hot water (Hot Apple Cider). "The warmer the liquid, the faster the effervescent tablets dissolve," says Chris.
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It's a simple chemical reaction. Just add mentos to the tube and then add some coke. It forms a geyser that goes flying up into the air.
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Last week I wrote how I was worried Terry Collins could go down the same paranoid-path as Willie Randolph, in the event he ended up being hired as manager of the Mets, in New York, with this media, and this climate, surrounding this team.
Today, in a post to his blog for ESPN.com, Buster Olney goes back to his time covering the Triple-A Nashville Banner, and the first time he met Terry Collins, who was managing the Triple-a Bison at the time, and writes:
"I always thought that with one inarticulate or stupid question, I might set him off like a stick of dynamite. In a sport in which maintaining an even keel and in coping with the inherent daily failures – that type of demeanor was, and is, very unusual. So when Collins emerged as a managerial candidate with the Mets, my first instinct – as someone who has seen Collins work and as someone who covered the Mets and Yankees (while Collins was with the Angels) – is that he couldn't possibly fit in New York unless he had changed dramatically through his experience … Lest there be any doubt, Collins is more than smart enough to adapt . He certainly will recognize the pitfalls as he starts out. The question is whether he's changed enough to survive."
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I hope the Mets do creative things this off season to get us all more familiar and comfortable with Collins, to know who he is, what he intends to do, how he views the game, and why he feels we are important in the process – and I don't just mean a quick speech at tomorrow's press conference. I'm talking regular communication, in some way or another, to help rally the troops and get us all excited for spring training.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 15:10 PM
At The End Of The Year
another year is almost over. in a couple of minutes we'll close the doors here and leave for holidays. 2009 has been an extremely successfull year for meinl cymbals. we have achieved a lot worldwide and still, everyone here is full of new ideas and inspiration for the next year. a lot will be going on again and is being planned right now already.
looking back to 2009, one of my personal highlights has been without a doubt our first international drum festival in moscow, russia which took place on june 06. this has been a fantastic experience and to be honest, i for myself have declared that event as the best-day-ever in my 20yrs long lasting meinl career. no kidding. it seemed as if all the years of hard work have climaxed for us in that phenomenal festival.
looking ahead, please mark your calender for june 26th 2010 when our next drum festival will take place here in gutenstetten again. this will be another highlight for us next year. have a sneak preview on meinldrumfestival.com already.
on behalf of the entire meinl company, i thank you all for your support, loyalty and believe in meinl throughout the last year. it means everything to us.
wish you a merry xmas and all the best for 2010. see you next year :-)
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Jammie posted on Dec 23, 2009 - 18:38 PM
merry christmas meinl team : )
Marian posted on Dec 24, 2009 - 9:48 AM
just marked it in my calender!
merry christmas meinl team
Meinl22 posted on Dec 31, 2009 - 8:59 AM
Happy New Year 2010 to all Meinl Cymbals team
Joey posted on Feb 12, 2010 - 9:09 AM
Hey Norbert,
wo bleibt das Drumfestival Lineup??????
Warte schon sehnsüchtigst drauf !!!!!
- norbert posted on Feb 12, 2010 - 9:32 AM
hallo julian,
das line-up ist fast fertig. in spätestens zwei wochen werde ich es bekanntgeben.
- norbert
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San Antonio 93, Clippers 84
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I know David Lee thinks that there are no moral victories in the NBA, but at least what we saw tonight approximated basketball. It wasn't successful basketball, but there was a modicum of coherence, and the Clippers played hard.
We also saw the most complete Clipper possession of the year:
[2nd, 7:15] Ewing brings the ball up. He swings it to Thomas out on the right wing above the arc. Mobley has position on Barry via a very nice there-and-back cut along the baseline. TT drops it into Cat there. Cat turns baseline and sets himself to elevate for the layup, but as he goes up, Duncan has closed. While he's in midair, Cat sees that Bowen has left Maggette to come down low on the play. Cat kicks it out to Maggette, on whom Parker closes quickly. Maggette swings it at the top of the arc to Ewing who, with Horry closing, passes it off right back to Thomas. Thomas fires a 3PA before Barry closes and hits it.
Does having all five guys touch the ball offer any empirical advantage in a possession? Maybe not.[1] And I realize that offenses like Phoenix, Dallas, and Washington do this kind of thing every single night. But I'd forgotten that the Clippers used to do stuff like this more frequently than every twenty games.
The defense leaked like a sieve once Parker found his way inside on penetration, but the Clippers looked pretty good defensively in the halfcourt. Offensively, they were able to establish both Kaman and Brand inside, as well as Brand on the side screen in the first half. Kaman came this close to having a stellar offensive game, if he had just finished a couple more times. The shots were there, and the footwork and the decisions were virtually flawless, save one awkward drive that actually resulted in a make. Corey didn't get to the line, but he played a measured game offensively. All in all, the Clippers probably beat a majority of teams in the league with the way they played tonight.
[1]Can you order something like this from Elias? Leaguewide offensive efficiency in possessions during which all five offensive players touch the ball.