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-Thanks to Amy of Who Said Nothing in Life is Free for the roundup!
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After you pay for your certificate via credit card or paypal, you will receive it in your email to print out. Happy Dining – you are eating more for less!!
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If there is a Holiday Hair near you, then you can go HERE to print a coupon for $5 off Shampoo, Cut & Style. This coupon does expire 8/20, but Holiday Hair is pretty inexpensive so this is a great coupon. You can also go HERE to find a location.
– Thanks Debbie at Happy Clippings!
The Quiznos coupon is still available, so if you haven't grabbed yours yet, you can still go HERE to print your coupon for a great lunch deal. Get ANY small sub, chips and regular fountain drink for only $2.99! The coupon does not expire until 7/27.
My buddy Christie told me about a nice new offer from Vista Print for a FREE customized tote bag HERE. They have 36 different designs to choose from, including Weddings, Babies and other themes. She gave me a great idea, and I personalized one and plan to put a variety of baby items in it and give to a family friend who is expecting. I have been picking up quite a few items for her over the past few weeks and this would be the perfect personal way to package them.
Once you design your canvas tote HERE, you can skip all other offers and you'll just pay shipping, which came out to be just over $4 for me. I chose the least expensive, but if you need it faster, other choices are available.
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Mailbag: Late Game Threes, Basketball And Football Recruiting Reassurances, The Poisoned Chalice Of Access
Go for three against MSU?
Frustrated after the end of the MSU basketball game. Simple question...if you have the ball down 2 points, with the chance to take the last shot, wouldn't you give yourself a better chance to win the game by running the clock down and taking the best three point shot you can get within the last five seconds?
Simplistically, Let's say it has a 35% chance to go in, and that your win % if it goes in is 100%. The other option is go to go for a two point shot with time left on the clock. What are your odds of winning with that strategy? Much worse, right? I'm no math major, but to me the odds go like this:
- generously, a 50% chance of making the shot, which then...
- gives your opponent a possession to win. Call it 50/50 that they take advantage.
- even if they don't, all you get is overtime, which lets call another 50/50 shot.
Maybe you can run the numbers, but it seems like your win % is something like 12.5%. You need three toss ups to go your way.
I'll hang up and listen...
Philip Maguran
It's a bit more complicated than that.
- Michigan isn't just worried about what will happen if they score. They're also worried about what will happen if they don't. Michigan had 20 seconds left when Bielfeldt tipped the ball in. If that had gone the the other way they had an opportunity to force a turnover or get another bite at the apple in the event MSU did not knock down both free throws. Even an 80% shooter like Denzel Valentine gives you a shot at the game about a third of the time.
- Michigan's tying basket was a off an offensive rebound. Off a two, yes, but even if it was a three the ensuing putback is still worth two.
- Your chance at a putback is greater if you aren't shooting a jumper. In the NBA, shots within 6 feet get rebounded at a 37% rate; threes at just a 26% rate. (Threes are still better than long twos at 21%.) Albrecht's shot was a weird floater, one that saw Branden Dawson checking Bielfeldt at the FT line in an attempt to prevent a three—the nature of that shot greatly aided the subsequent putback.
- Your chances of an OREB are zero if you wait for a three at the buzzer.
- Last second threes are generally bad shots because the opponent is maniacally focused on the three-point line. Albrecht's three to bring Michigan within striking distance was a good example of the phenomenon. To get any sort of look he had to take the shot a few feet behind the arc. See also:
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Given all that the decision is far less clear. I'd be totally on-board with an open look that came out of the context of the offense. I would prefer it to any non-gimme two. But waiting for a do-or-die three is not good eats.
I don't have a problem with the way regulation ended. In that situation the imperative is to have a good offensive possession, hopefully quickly, and Albrecht's quick take got a decent shot that put Michigan in position for an OREB without bleeding much time.
[After the JUMP: talking people off various recruiting related ledges]
Introducing Opponent-Adjusted Game Scores
Predictably, these metrics still have Wisconsin as the best team in the Big Ten, by far (source).
Fair warning: there's going to be a lot of math in this post, so if you aren't statistically-inclined, you might just want to skip this one. If you are, well, I hope you find this interesting.
After taking a look at consistency in last week's Big Ten Hoops column, I wondered if there was a better way to quantify performance: that is, a better way to adjust a team's performance based on their level of opponent. The idea is that a team's performance – say, a game efficiency margin of +0.05 – should be more impressive against Wisconsin than against Rutgers; traditionally, that same performance would be +0.05 PPP against either team. I came up with an intuitive way to reflect a team's performance based on their level of opponent.
Simply put, an individual team's game score is the sum of these offensive and defensive equations:
Offense: ((Team's offensive efficiency vs. Opponent X) – (Opponent X's average defensive efficiency)) / (the standard deviation of offensive performance in Big Ten play)
Defense: ((Opponent X's average offensive efficiency) – (Team's defensive efficiency vs. Opponent X)) / (the standard deviation of defensive performance in Big Ten play)
It's an intuitive metric: an adjusted offensive margin of 1 would be one standard deviation above the expected offensive performance given the quality of the opponent's defense. By keeping offensive and defensive efficiencies separate, it's a better way to determine the relative performances of teams on each side of the floor.
[Hit THE JUMP for the rest of the post.]
Hello: Grant Perry
Grant Perry (foreground) warming up with Alex Malzone (#12)
After Deontay Burnett's coach jumped the gun Sunday in announcing a commitment to Michigan, one that fell through for reasons unclear, the Wolverines wasted little time in landing another wide receiver. Birmingham (MI) Brother Rice's Grant Perry announced his commitment this afternoon, becoming the tenth member of the 2015 class.
Proud to announce that I have officially committed to play football at the University of Michigan! #GoBlue #Team136 pic.twitter.com/n1tLTowH3I
— Grant Perry (@TheGrantPerry) February 3, 2015
Perry, who'd previously been committed to Northwestern, is the second receiver commit (joining Brian Cole) and the second Brother Rice commit (joining Alex Malzone) in the class.
|247 Comp
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Perry is a three-star across the board, with Scout easily the most bullish on his abilities. All four sites agree that he's in the 6'0", 180-pound range.
By virtue of playing on a very successful Brother Rice squad and catching passes from Alex Malzone, there's plenty of scouting out there on Perry, including on this site. I watched Perry record seven receptions for 103 yards in an early-season victory over Warren De La Salle last fall:
Brother Rice WR Grant Perry (2015 target): Perry had an outstanding game, hauling in seven of his nine targets; one of those incompletions was uncatchable, while the second would've required a difficult one-handed catch. He and Malzone are clearly very comfortable playing with each other—they connected on several timing routes and when Malzone was in trouble, Perry was often the receiver working his way back to the ball to bail him out.
Perry runs precise routes and plucks the ball out of the air; he showed off soft hands. While he's not a gamebreaking athlete, he gets separation on defensive backs with sharp cuts and does a nice job getting upfield after the catch; he doesn't look like a major threat to juke a safety, but he finds a way to get solid yardage after the catch.
In a normal-sized class, I'd say Perry merits a Michigan offer, and even with the small class I wouldn't be surprised if he picks one up late in the cycle. The Wolverines could hold out hope that Perry, who holds a handful of MAC offers at this juncture, decides that he'd rather be a preferred walk-on at U-M, though with the way he's playing it wouldn't surprise at all if bigger offers took that off the table.
Scout's free evaluation lists size as his only weakness while praising his route-running, hands, and work after the catch:
Technician with quick feet who runs excellent routes, always seems to get open and has excellent hands. Rarely drops a pass and catches balls away from his body. Not a tall kid, but has added good weight and strength. Really improved after the catch as a senior. Fundamentally sound all-around, a competitive playmaker and a kid who will catch a lot of balls and move the chains in college. - Allen Trieu
Trieu listed Perry as one of the seniors on the rise in the Midwest after a strong start to the season. Just days ago, Scout's national analysts listed Perry as one of ten prospects expected to make an immediate impact in 2015. While that was when he was expected to end up on a Northwestern team in need of help at receiver, it still speaks to his polish as a high school receiver.
ESPN is skeptical of Perry as a big-play threat but really like his precision on routes ($):
Possesses a strong, smooth stride and plays with good lower body drive in traffic. Quick off the line and able to put immediate pressure on DBs with very good lateral quickness and change-of-direction. Is smart -- he finds soft spots and knows when to throttle down. Gets inside leverage and is efficient in scramble situations. A very nuanced route runner that is quick in and out of break.
They also praised his catching ability and projected him as a potential go-to guy—albeit a tweener Power 5 conference prospect—operating out of the slot.
After saying Perry finished just behind Good Counsel's Devin Judd for best receiver at Michigan's summer technique camp, The Wolverine's Tim Sullivan scouted him multiple times over the course of his senior season, including a game against Detroit Country Day in which Perry caught eight passes for 133 yards and returned a punt 61 yards for a score ($):
What Perry continues to show this season is an explosive burst after the catch, allowing him to get downfield in a hurry and pick up yardage. For a 6-0, 185-pounder, that quickness and ability to gain yards with the ball in his hands will be important. ...
His punt return touchdown showed off his awareness of the blocking developing around him, as well as the speed up the sideline, to make big plays happen. It's been apparent that he can get open and catch the ball when it comes to him, and he's expanding his repertoire.
Perry seems destined for the slot, depending on how Harbaugh utilizes receivers in his offense, though his route-running and reliable hands could earn him a spot on the outside. I was thoroughly impressed by him back in September; he operated very intelligently within the Brother Rice offense, getting open frequently either on his initial route or improvising after a play broke down. He's also got a chance to contribute on punt returns, as he makes up for a lack of game-breaking athleticism by reliably catching the ball and working his way upfield.
Perry held offers from Northwestern, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Nevada, and Northern Illinois.
You're probably familiar with Brother Rice, which won three straight MHSAA Class 2 state titles from 2011-2013 under legendary coach Al Fracassa and produced 2015 early enrollee Alex Malzone and preferred walk-on Jack Dunaway. Their most successful recruit of the Rivals era isn't the highest-ranked—two-star Eastern Michigan DE T.J. Lang moved to offensive line and now is a starter on an excellent group for the Green Bay Packers.
Per 247, Perry caught 105 passes for 1727 yards (16.4 YPC) and 20 touchdowns in his senior season. Not bad.
None of the sites list a 40 time. He's got good initial burst off the line, and while he doesn't have blazing speed, he's pretty solid in the open field.
Senior highlights:
Single-game highlights from his game against De La Salle:
Junior highlights and single-game reels can be found on his Hudl page.
While Perry possesses the skills required to see the field early, Michigan is deep enough at receiver that he should be afforded a redshirt year. After that, he should work into the rotation in the slot, and I like his chances of being a significant contributor down the road, especially if Malzone eventually takes over at quarterback. While his size and lack of outstanding athleticism may keep him from being a superstar, he's got the ability to be a very reliable possession receiver who can break the occasional big play and also potentially make a mark as a punt returner.
Perry is the tenth commit in the class, and he may not be the last at receiver: Ole Miss commit Van Jefferson, who visited last weekend, is a candidate to flip on Signing Day. The most pressing needs heading into NSD are at running back, tight end, defensive end, linebacker, and cornerback. Michigan has five open spots to work with, and could potentially have one or two more with projected attrition.
For a much more detailed picture on the class outlook, check out the Signing Day Primer.
Jimmystats: The Best Recruits Play
Taco-ranked starters are far more likely than Glasgows [Fuller]
Every year, as college football recruiting becomes the only football thing left to pay attention to until spring, we are suddenly struck by an army of pundits so arrogantly attached to their "recruiting stars don't matter" narratives that they don't bother to care that math is against them.
Michigan typically gets taken to the woodshed in these articles for recurrently not matching recruiting expectations with on-field results. This discrepancy does exist beyond the normal J.T. Turners that everybody gets, and for various interrelated reasons: attrition spikes, spottily shoddy coaching, program instability, recruiting shortfalls. Anecdotally, there are examples I can point to, especially in the early aughts, when an otherwise two-star athlete was bumped to a three-star because Michigan offered. That explains less about how Wisconsin and Michigan State thrive on 2- and 3-stars, and more about how Michigan has recruited very few guys under a consensus 3-star.
However every time we find a new way to compare recruiting data to performance data, we consistently discover that recruiting stars handed out by the services correlate to better players. No, a 5-star isn't an instant superstar, but the 25-30 five-stars each season are consistently found to be about twice as likely to meet some performance metric (NFL draft, All-conference, team success, etc.) as the pool of 200-odd four-stars, who are consistently more likely to meet performance thresholds of the 400-odd three-stars, etc.
Today I present a new metric for proving it: starts.
|Example of raw data, via UM Bentley Library.
ALL the Starts
My project over Christmas was to take the data from Bentley's team pages (example at right), scrub the hell out of it, and produce a database of who started what years, at what positions, at what age, with what recruiting hype, etc.
A few weeks back I released the initial results of my starts data. We noticed there were a lot of problems in that. I went back and did a lot of fixing, mostly just finding more weird errors in the Bentley pages I'd culled the data from, sometimes emailing the guys themselves to ask things like "Was there a game in 2001 that either you or B.J. didn't start?"
I think I've got it cleaned up now; at least the total number of starts for each season matches 22 players per game.
Recruiting By Starts
Starting in 1996 we start getting relatively uniform star rankings for recruits, though I had to translate Lemming rankings and such into stars (he had position rankings and national lists that line up with what we call recruits today). So I took the average of available star ratings of all players to appear on Michigan's Bentley rosters from the Class of 1996 through the Class of 2010, and put 'em against the number of starts generated. Guess what: recruiting actually matters.
|Recruit Level
|2- or 2.5-stars
Even with Michigan's notorious luck, the 5-stars were expected to give you about two seasons of starts, compared to the 8 or 9 games you'll get out of a 2- or 3-star. That is significant, and offers a bit more evidence toward the general statement about recruiting stars: the higher the star rating, the more likely he is to be a good college football player, though at best you're at 50-50.
As for walk-ons, I've linked to the list of the 217 guys in that time period who made the Bentley rosters and weren't special teamers, in case you doubt me. The Order of St. Kovacs have accomplished great things for Michigan, but turning up one of those guys anywhere other than fullback has been rare indeed.
Best Classes
I'm going to try to use the starts data above to get predictive. The scatter plot of the 1996-2010 group was pretty linear so I'm just going to plug in a linear equation:
Expected Starts on Avg M Team = Stars x 5.30 - 6.35
And that gives us a reasonable expectation of Michigan starts to expect from a class based on their rankings:
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For the Class of 2011-2014 projections, I just guessed by hand, so those projections are going to be increasingly inaccurate once I'm predicting 2017 starters and whatnot.
The chart above has two stories to tell: 1) The strength of a recruiting class is strongly correlated to the value that class will produce in starters, and 2) the damage done by attrition to the 2005 and 2010 classes created ripple effects for several classes afterwards.
An Average Michigan Team:
By some quick averages I was able to get an average makeup of a starting 22. I took the average number of starts by experience (i.e. year in the program) for the classes of 1995-2010, adjusted those numbers for a 13-game schedule, then divided by 13 games to get an idea of what the starters ought to be against years of interest.
|5th Years
|Senior / RS Jr
|Junior / RS So
|Soph / RS Fr
|True Frosh
|AVG starter age
By this the last two teams look extraordinarily young—about as young as the 2008 team or younger. The 2012 team by contrast seems like a wasted opportunity. FWIW I counted Devin, not Denard, as the quarterback, or it would have been even older. That fits the narrative: 2012 was a wasted opportunity, as a line with three 5th year seniors (two of whom were long-term productive starters) plus Lewan and Schofield was coached into one of the worst offensive lines in memory.
Goal-by-Goal Analysis: Michigan State
1st period
UM 0 MSU 1 EV 03:09 Haag from Cox
Brennan Serville shoots and misses, and the puck hits the boards and caroms around and out of the zone. Joe Louis Arena's boards are known for being springy, and this is a good example of that as I don't think the puck would come as far out of the zone in a different rink as it did.
Michigan is set up for an offensive chance, so they're naturally behind when the puck enters the neutral zone. Michael Downing is back to defend and needs to work toward the middle of the ice to break up the impending 2-on-1.
I was critical of Downing diving on Twitter, but now that I've had the benefit of watching the play over and over again in slow motion I have to take that back. His job on a 2-on-1 is to take away the pass so that Nagelvoort can take the shooter, which is what he's clearly attempting in the screen cap below. His dive fails because Cox delivers a perfect saucer pass over Downing's stick. I used to try saucer passes in Ea Sports' NHL series and was never able to execute one as well as this.
Nagelvoort has to adjust in this frame. His job has changed from taking the presumed shooter (Cox) to pushing laterally and covering the actual shooter (Haag).
Haag tries to hit the near-side corner. The puck hits Nagelvoort in the shoulder and is deflected up and into the corner of the net. Michigan's goalies have terribly unlucky shoulders.
[After THE JUMP: Are teams allowed to go more than 20 minutes without scoring? I investigate]
Basketbullets: Michigan State Part I
[Marc Gregor]
Same business. I already wrote the column about John Beilein as MacGuyver, and this was more of that, except moreso. After ten minutes of post-game frustration, I have the same emotional reaction to beating Nebraska handily at home as losing in OT on the road to MSU down LeVert and Walton (and DJ Wilson and Mark Donnal and those five guys in the NBA): wow.
Once we have experience/players they'll get back to it. It's unfortunate they ended up on the wrong side of a couple of games that look like they'll prevent them from getting to the tournament. Let's see what the guys can do for the rest of the year and then go into next year with confidence. And so forth and so on.
MAAR/RAHK. In a meme:
MAAR had an efficient 18 points on 14 shots and a few rebounds. He didn't exactly fill up the box score—just one assist and one TO and a bunch of zeroes places other than points—but Michigan needs points more than anything else.
MAAR's ability to get to the basket and hit contested layups is a foundation for expanding his game. Once teams start to focus on him that will hopefully lead to more good looks for other people.
Autobench. In fact Michigan lost this game because MAAR picked up two first half fouls, leading to an extended period with Andrew Dakich on the court. Dakich played 16 minutes, attempted one shot, got one rebound, and turned the ball over once. Replace a few of those minutes with MAAR minutes and that's probably worth another few points—in his absence defaulted to posting Max Bielfeldt.
MAAR then finished with two fouls, frustratingly. I complain about this every time it happens but I'll keep complaining about it. Every year Beilein has one of the least foul-prone teams in the country, and every year he yanks an important player from the lineup for ten minutes because a guy who averages 2 fouls per 40 picks them up early. When that guy is a scholarship player who has some ability it's one thing. When it's a walk-on who was a few bounces of the ball away from a 16-minute trillion it's another.
I'm enjoying the scotch-tape-and-soda thing as far as it goes, but it is still frustrating to feel that you could have won this game if you'd just had faith a guy averaging 3.5 fouls per 4 could handle a few first-half minutes with two.
This is like timeout strategy with NFL coaches: even the best people are seemingly insane about it.
Assist drought. Michigan struggled through this game with a measly 8 assists (30% of their baskets). MSU was at 70%. That's the offense's struggle in a nutshell. There's a lot of one on one basketball and not much ability to find an open guy. Irvin actually led the team with three. That was the second straight game he'd managed that. Believe it or not, that's the first time in his career he's had back-to-back games of three+ assists.
Michigan has very little ability to penetrate without two of their big three, and unless MAAR develops into more of a point guard instead of a shooting guard that's going to persist. The offense's smoothness will require assists in the 15-18 range instead of the 8 number they've put up in many of their Big Ten games.
Irvin. A frustrating year from him, one in which he's suffered greatly from Michigan's general lack of shot generation. He's improved in that department, but he's gone from "zero" to "not much"; many of the shots he gets for himself are heavily contested bad ideas. As a result his efficiency went off a cliff. His assist rate remains well under 10 despite the recent surge-type event and he's not a plus rebounder on either end.
Early in the season I was hoping Irvin could become a "threes and" guy, whether that was threes and D or rebounding or shot generation. He hasn't really. It's not so much about the shooting. He's been hurt by Walton's evident lack of burst all season, and would no doubt be just as deadly as he was last year if he was getting the same shot quality. It's about how he tends to drift out of games when he's not scoring.
[Eric Upchurch]
Center spot. Bielfeldt hit some shots but not efficiently; he rebounded but was generally overwhelmed by MSU. He did screen much better than we've seen the freshmen do this year—too often they are imprecise and the screen just wastes time instead of creates room.
Michigan needed Doyle to have one of those games in which he seems like a future star; instead they got some iffy defense (he was too aggressive in the short corner in the 2-3) and one shot attempt in 15 minutes. He is a freshman post and so will be up and down for the next two years; really would have been nice to get a Syracuse-like performance from him.
We saw some brief passages with Bielfeldt at the 4 next to Doyle and I wonder if that'll be more common going forward when Donnal gets back. Against low-usage Big Ten 4s, Bielfeldt brings more rebounding, and if MAAR can pick up spot PG minutes that might be a way to prevent the dual-walkon backcourt we saw at the tail end of the first half.
Fifth year though, right? Michigan does not have any recruits in the 2015 class as of now; unless they do there seems to be no reason to not bring Bielfeldt back if he's willing. I know he was thinking about heading elsewhere for his final year so that he could get some playing time… but he is getting some now and I don't see why that would not be the case next year as well.


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Paul Pogba's magnificent strike for Juventus against Udinese puts him at the forefront of our European Team of the Week.
The Frenchman scored two goals, one of which was a 30-yard scorcher that could put him in contention for the Puskas Award, such was its quality.
Fellow two-goal heroes David Silva, Angel Di Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo and Giampaolo Pazzini also make the cut in our free-scoring side.
The Premier League is represented by in-form Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, and Swansea defender Ben Davies.
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KENSINGTON — Shirley B. Thivierge, 86, died Jan. 1, 2013 in Brunswick, Maine after a period of declining health. She was born Sept. 8, 1926 in Amesbury, Mass., daughter of the late Harry H. and Alice S. (Sibley) Bates.
Shirley grew up in Amesbury and was a graduate of Amesbury High School, Class of 1943. She worked in banking for most of her working life, initially at Powow River National Bank in Amesbury and later at First & Ocean National Bank in Newburyport, Mass. Shirley also worked as a secretary for Hatter's Union in Amesbury for several years.
She was very active in numerous organizations. As a proud descendant of Richard Warren on the Mayflower, Shirley became a member of the NH Mayflower Society, she was a member of DAR, the Exeter Women's Club, Exeter Hospital Volunteers, a devoted member of Christ Episcopal Church in Exeter, the Christ Church Altar Guild, and was a lay reader at the church.
Shirley was the widow of Raymond J. Thivierge, who died July 28, 1997.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Ralph L and Donna M. Thivierge of Topsham, Maine; two granddaughters, T. Catherine Mignone of Kensington, and Kirstin L. Kibbe of Somersworth; a great grandson, Keagan Mignone of Kensington; a sister, Jeane Meserve of South Hampton; a niece, Sheryl Hunt of Seabrook; and a nephew, Kevin Meserve of West Newbury, Mass.
SERVICES: There are no calling hours. A private graveside service will be held at the Union Cemetery in Amesbury.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 10 a.m. at Christ Episcopal Church in Exeter.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Midcoast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick, ME. 04011 or the NH Mayflower Society, 31 Logging Hill Road, Bow, N.H. 03304.
To sign an online guest book, please visit www.brewittfuneralhome.com
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> on 2008-11-10 14:56 Yasunori Goto wrote:[color=green]
> > Did you test this patch? Was it OK?[/color]
> I did it on IA64 just now. Updating top cpuset's mems is fine.
> But I forgot to update the mems_allowed of every task in top cpuset group.
> It is difficult to fix it, because I don't know whether updating a memory-bound
> task's mem_allowed is good or not.
There's a fix pending in the mmotm tree that calls
cpuset_update_task_memory_state() in the slow path of the page allocator,
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LONG BEACH - The time may be right to talk about climate change.
At least that was the opinion of organizers at a two-day forum hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
"Surveys show that a huge majority of the American people now believe in global warming," said Tom Bowman, a self-described "science translator" who runs Bowman Global Change, a Signal Hill company that helps organizations create green business plans.
He added that with the economy improving, at least incrementally, the population may be willing to talk about and tackle the large issue.
"I think the economy is improving enough, there's been enough wacky weather, we've had two record heat years, in 2002 we had the wildfires, and there have been intense winter storms at odd times," Bowman said.
Global warming, sea levels rising, droughts, and whether we are facing an El Niño, La Niña or neither weather system this winter were all topics on the table at the two-day forum that concludes today.
The forum, called "Preparing Southern California for Extreme Weather-Related Events: A Pathway to Action," brought together scientists and policymakers to talk about what climate change will look like and what can be done to prepare.
Among those in attendance, there was the feeling that a time of reckoning is upon us.
And, in the words of Jeanine Jones of the California Department of Water Resources, there are no simple solutions. The question that hovers is whether this is an issue with which the public is willing to engage.
Bowman said that when discussing climate change, it is important to move beyond "polarizing rhetoric" and simplify the discussion.
That is more easily said than done. To many people, "climate change equals government," Bowman said.
Where one falls along the spectrum in the belief that government intervention is good or bad can color perception, he said. As a result, "something as simple as scientific results is imbued with (a bias)," Bowman said.
Coincidentally, the conference took on additional import and resonance as it came on the heels of Superstorm Sandy, although event attendees were much more concerned with West Coast issues like drought and flooding.
Jerry Schubel, president and CEO of the Aquarium of the Pacific, said the seminar had been planned over the past nine months, long before Sandy made headlines.
However, as Schubel noted, "I think (Sandy) underscores how vulnerable we are along the coast."
Dramatic climactic and natural events may be unavoidable, he said.
"We're asking the question, how can we decrease our vulnerability and increase our resiliency," Schubel said. "If we learned anything from Sandy, that's what we should have learned."
Experts, scientists and policymakers in a variety of broad areas related to climate change and what it will mean to Southern California discussed everything from wildfires to flooding and how they are all connected.


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PARKERSBURG - It's been little more than a year since the city unveiled its Smart Car for the parking department.
And so far officials are pleased with its performance.
"It has been a big help," Parking supervisor Dan Huffman said.
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Parkersburg city parking supervisor Dan Huffman stands with the city's Smart Car.
Smart Cars are small vehicles produced by a division of Daimler, the company which produces Mercedes-Benz. The city acquired a Smart car because of its agility in tight places.
So far, no problems, Mayor Bob Newell said.
"It has worked out very, very well," said Mayor Bob Newell.
The car was received by the city in September 2011. It was purchased for $14,000 from the parking enterprise fund to replace the 20-year-old Cushman.
The Cushman got 17 miles per gallon. It also lacked air conditioning, was difficult to handle in winter weather and could not accommodate two people.
The Smart Car gets more than 30 miles per gallon. In little more than a year the Smart Car has about 5,000 miles on it, Huffman said.
Huffman said the lone drawback is the department has only one car.
"When I have to go out to check on a meter or a complaint or maintenance I have to either wait for the car or walk."
He is recommending another in the future.
"We have two ticket writers. In the rain they could both drive."
Newell said the car is useful to the department and he wouldn't be opposed to purchasing another. But it's unlikely there will be a fleet of city Smart Cars. Newell said the cars have limited use.
"Other than the parking department there is very limited use for them."
Newell said the car might be of some use for code enforcement.
"For bad weather we need to maintain a certain amount of four-wheel drive vehicles," Newell said.


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Daily affirmation to Keep Obama Senator (KOS) and NOT elect him in '08 until he attains more presidentially pertinent experience; even if it takes a decade or more!!!
During your morning ritual everyday, don't forget your daily KOS along with a multivitamin.
by Ken Michael Zappala July 10, 2008
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
A "progressive" political blog that is perhaps the best example of liberal mob-mentality that can be found on the internet.
"Dude, I posted on dailykos and they banned me. I don't get it. What's a Switters, anyway?"
by FieldingBandolier February 26, 2007
The current most prolific political blog on the internet with some 1.5 million visitors each week. The owner of the liberal blog is Marko Moulitsas, one of the few veterans in the blog world.
Check out DailyKos latest piece on Roberts!
by ladder August 16, 2005
A popular site for political commentary, blogging, and threads. The Daily KOS is wildly liberal, and often substitutes factual information with opinions.
Dude, the Daily KOS said Bush is going to announce himself as dictator and serve for life!
Stop it man, you're hurting my brain and lowering both of our IQs!
Stop it man, you're hurting my brain and lowering both of our IQs!
by CampbellCrazie July 25, 2008
The biggest Democratic political blog, managed by Markos Moulitsas Zuniga (who goes by his old army nickname, 'kos'). It's a community which includes many thousands of diarists and commenters. With the rise of political blogs, Daily Kos has become increasingly influential over the last several years.
'Kos' rhymes with 'dose'.
'Kos' rhymes with 'dose'.
Looking back, the people at Daily Kos look pretty smart for opposing the Iraq War from the beginning.
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The nation's largest pediatrician group now confirms what teenagers have been saying for years -- school starts too early.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that middle and high schools start classes at 8:30 a.m. or later.
The group says it would be an effective way to fight chronic sleep loss and what it calls the "epidemic" of insufficient, and erratic sleep patterns among the nation's teens.
Pediatricians say teens need eight and a half to nine and a half hours of sleep each night.
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Gen-Probe plans to acquire Tepnel Life Sciences for approximately £92.8 million, or $132.89 million. Such a merger would give Gen-Probe entrance into the transplant diagnostic market and expand its molecular diagnostics interests.
Gen-Probe is offering to pay 27.1 pence per share. Directors and institutional investors holding approximately 40% of Tepnel's outstanding shares have pledged to vote in favor of the transaction. On a non-GAAP basis, Gen-Probe expects the proposed acquisition to be neutral to its 2009 EPS and accretive to its 2010 EPS.
"We believe our acquisition of Tepnel will provide immediate access to attractive growth opportunities in transplant diagnostics, genetic testing, and pharmaceutical services as well as accelerate our ongoing strategic efforts to strengthen our marketing, sales, distribution, and manufacturing capabilities in the rapidly growing European molecular diagnostics market," comments Hank Nordhoff, Gen-Probe's chairman and CEO.
Tepnel's human leukocyte antigens (HLA) testing products are used to match donors and recipients in anticipation of transplant surgeries as well as in the ongoing management of transplant recipients. The company also sells xMAP® multiplex assays in the field of transplant diagnostics under a development and supply agreement with Luminex. The worldwide market for HLA tests is estimated at $260 million in 2008 and is forecast to grow at a low-double-digit rate, according to Gen-Probe.
The firm also believes that Tepnel's genetic disease testing business is complementary to its molecular diagnostics activities. Tepnel's genetic tests include diagnostics for cystic fibrosis, Down's syndrome, and familial hypercholesterolemia. Gen-Probe also anticipates leveraging Tepnel's pharmaceutical services business to expand into companion diagnostics.
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Lady Gaga tweets fans before undergoing hip surgery
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- February 21, 2013
LADY Gaga has tweeted fans to say that she is going in for surgery on her injured hip.
The Born This Way singer was forced to cancel a number of concerts including in Chicago, Detroit and Canadian due to the injury.
"Going in for surgery now," Gaga tweeted. "Thank you so much for sending me love and support. I will be dreaming of you."
The singer has torn soft tissue called the labrum in her right hip, a common injury for athletes and dancers.
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Isis's Wall
Has anybody seen Horus? I get nervous when he wanders off.
Still looking. Thoth, have you seen him?
No, but I asked Ra for a few more hours of daylight.
Oh, thanks! He'll turn up eventually.
Not if I have anything to say about it.
Hey, didn't I block you?
<3 <3 <3!!!! Where've you been?
Sorry, I've been dead. Check in when I can. Love ya babe!
I think we need to talk.
You know exactly what about.
Didn't we already talk about this?
…oh. I guess we did. Getting forgetful in my old age, LOL.
Are you threatening Dad with that snake again?
Great day here! How's everybody doing?
I don't want to talk about it.
You never want to talk about anything. You just cry all the time.
It's my job to cry, remember?
I'm still dead.
likes this comment.
Busy working for your father. I shouldn't even be on here.
Working hard, or hardly working?
ROFL! Busted.
Why do you even ask, Mom? You already know everything. How's a guy supposed to get any privacy around here?
O RLY? Bring it, Red.
I blocked you twice! What is going on?
Hello, Isis. I read about some of your work and I'd love to learn magic from you.
I have very high standards, you know. I've been known to send my seven scorpions after those who disappoint me.
She's not kidding.
No, she's not. Those scorpions killed my son.
Are you still mad about that? I resurrected him.
Um, let me think about it and get back to you.
Hey, nice cornucopia! Funny…it's just like mine.
Nice ship's wheel. Did you buy it where I bought mine?
Nice hat. Sure you didn't just swipe mine?
My Egyptian clothes weren't warm enough for Rome. So sue me.
That can be arranged.
Oh, Great Mother, help!
What's wrong?
Octavian's trying to take Egypt! We sent a bunch of ships to Actium and he just wrecked them all. He's headed for Alexandria right now.
And this is my problem how? Tell that Roman boyfriend of yours—what's his name?—to handle it.
…Marc Antony, my HUSBAND? He's out drinking on the beach.
Great choice in men there, Cleo.
At least my husband's not dead.
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Okay, maybe I can help you out. Get a snake and put it in a basket.
changes her relationship status to It's Complicated.
What happened?
Seth killed Osiris! And we were going to have a baby.
That's terrible! What are you going to do?
I have an idea. Call your mother and tell her to meet me in the marsh.
Step ahead of you, sis. Bring lots of spellbooks. I got the bandages.
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shared a photo.
Boy, they grow up so fast.
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Do you HAVE to show all my baby pictures to the world? :-(
My mom does it too….
and Rome are now friends.
and Phrygia are now friends.
and Pompeii are now friends.
and Macedonia are now friends.
and Greece are now friends.
and Asia Minor are now friends.
and Cyrenaica are now friends.
and Germania are now friends.
and Britannia are now friends.
Hey, when are you coming home?


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Katy Perry and underage crooners: The lovefest continues.
Perry had some onstage "fun fun fun fun" with teen sensation Rebecca Black this weekend in Los Angeles. The "infamous" Black (Perry's words, not ours!) made a surprise appearance alongside the "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" songstress for a rousing rendition of Black's meme-tastic hit "Friday" on Aug. 5 – a Friday, conveniently. After the song, Perry gave Black a hug and a big-sisterly pat on the head, and the two proclaimed their mutual affection for one another.
After Black's exit – to the delight of her fans – Perry shouted, "Dammit! I love the Internet."
Teenage dream team? We'll take it. Watch the video below:
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Perry and Black also collaborated earlier this year for Perry's high school-themed "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" video, in which Black played the beautiful, popular friend of Perry's adorably geeky alter ego Kathy Beth Terry. Additionally, Perry has demonstrated a very public fondness for baby-faced teen star Justin Bieber, who she she's jokingly called her "adopted son."
MusicMix readers, weigh in: Is Katy Perry's love of teenagers adorable or annoying? And will Rebecca Black's career continue to blossom under the mentorship of Katy Perry?
Read more on EW.com:
Teen Choice Awards: 'Harry Potter' tops 'Twilight' in contest that makes non-teens feel old and cranky
Rebecca Black's new single and video 'My Moment' has arrived – watch it here!
Katy Perry, Adele, Kanye West lead 2011 MTV Video Music Awards nominations


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Molded Automotive Carpet has the problem that all carpets have. It gets dirty and then you have to clean it. You have to sweep it, spot it, deodorize it, remove stains from it and overall give it more attention than you would a dog.
In fact an entire section of this website is dedicated to cleaning molded automotive carpet and floor mats . By now, I may have you confused. When I say "molded auto carpet" I don't mean automotive carpet with green or yellow mold growing on it! I mean carpeting that has been precisely shaped in a manufacturing process to precisely fit your car or trucks floor and replace the old gungy carpet you've been living with since the last century.
So why use a molded vinyl floor covering instead of molded carpeting? Well, let's pretend, OK? Let's pretend you are a construction worker and you jump in your pickup after a hard day on site. Your boots are caked with 6 inches of a mud mixed with all kinds construction chemicals like liquid nails and putty and insulation and … well you get the picture! You unsuspectingly put your feet on that nice, plush, carpeted car floor mat before you remember the last time you did that it took 3 hours to clean the stupid mat and the truck carpet.
Let pretend again. You just picked the kids up at the park. It rained the day before. Your minivan or car carpets are now soggy, muddy, greasy, gummy shadows of what they were 10 seconds before the kids got in the vehicle. And you know the kids aren't gonna clean up after themselves. So whatta ya gonna do? This is when you start thinking and say to yourself that a molded vinyl floor covering would be a great idea. You just use a sponge and a bucket of soapy water to get rid of all kinds of problems from the work site or the kids. It's like having linoleum floors in your kitchen, instead of carpeting! I mean, who puts carpeting in their kitchen?
Both Molded Vinyl Floor Coverings and Molded Car Carpeting are a great way to protect car and truck floors. They are most commonly found in pickups and the majority of the custom patterns made by Auto Custom Carpets Inc are for pickups, although ACC also has a lot of patterns for older cars like El Caminos. ACC manufactures a 1/8" thick, pebble grained, perfectly shaped and molded to match your vehicles floor, vinyl floor covering. It comes in blue, black, grey, beige and two flavors of camoflauge to suit even the most discriminating soccer mom or construction workers taste. ACC even includes a heavy 40 oz. mildew resistant jute padding to help deaden road noise and all the horrible sounds the kids make in the back seat. Uh, just kidding, nothing deadens those kid noises except cartoons on the flat panel or food! And ... if you really don't like the flashy vinyl stuff you can still stick with the molded automotive carpet product from ACC or you can try the Nifty ProLine replacement molded automotive carpet kit which is a low pile molded nylon carpet kit designed to fit over factory vinyl floors. Get really good Customer Reviews here for the Nifty ProLine. It usually helps me in my decision making process to see what others like or dislike about the product I'm interested in - I hope it helps you too. And, if you find sites with great reviews please share the info with me and other readers of this site by filling out a contact sheet with the appropriate info.


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Top Definition
Verb: Exclamation of angst, dismay, and/or frustration. Does NOT involve actual poultry.
"Mom! James just flushed your keys down the toliet!"
"Oh, SUCK A DUCK!"
"Oh, SUCK A DUCK!"
by Loralee's Looney Tunes October 10, 2007
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
A foolish person who needs to accept his/her comeuppance for their wack behavior.
Yo, B, you need to chill wit' that, you actin' like a sucka duck and need to accept yo' comeuppance!
by Kwirk April 23, 2004
something that is just plain stupid
The fact that OS X has copy and paste, but not cut, really sucks a duck
by Bungalow Bill October 06, 2001
An old Peruvian tradition where one performs self fellatio in a public place, with hopes of making eye contact with a stranger.
Alex suckaducked himself during the 7th inning stretch at dodgers stadium, EXPLOSION!
by Mike A W August 01, 2014
One who is meant to "count the shells".
"Count the shells, suckaduck"
by Makkz kwiN May 13, 2003
you say it to someone to tell them to go suck a ducks ass
why dont you go suck a duck
by aceb32 April 11, 2010
When a male is very attached to his girlfriend and puts her above all other activities/people in his life. (friends,basketball,chilling, etc...) There is nothing wrong with being a suckaduck yourself but most non suckaduck friends will become very envious and jealous of your girlfriend.
Most groups of friends have suckaducks.
Most groups of friends have suckaducks.
"Man Dirk dont ever hang with us no more...he a suckaduck."
"Has he been on the phone for 4 hours? yeah he a suckaduck ass nigga"
"Who you talking to? My girlfriend. Man you a suckaduck."
"Has he been on the phone for 4 hours? yeah he a suckaduck ass nigga"
"Who you talking to? My girlfriend. Man you a suckaduck."
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Poll: Warning Signs for Sen. Lugar
A poll of Indiana's hard-fought Republican Senate primary suggests danger signs for incumbent Sen. Richard Lugar, who's been in Congress since 1977.
The Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll shows Mr. Lugar with a 42%-35% lead over state treasurer Richard Mourdock, while among Republican voters, the two candidates are split at 38% each. Indiana has an open primary system, meaning non-Republicans can vote in the May 8 GOP primary.
While Mr. Lugar is leading, the 42% figure is relatively low for a longtime incumbent, and the high proportion of undecided voters—23%—may be bad news for Mr. Lugar, given how well-known he is.
"After millions of dollars in TV and radio ads, mostly attacking Richard Mourdock personally, Sen. Lugar continues to be under the important threshold of 50% for incumbents, which means people aren't buying what his campaign is selling," said Mourdock spokesman Christopher Conner.
Still, there could be room for Mr. Lugar to make gains. In the survey, 40% of GOP voters had no opinion of Mr. Mourdock.
"As the poll says – most people don't know who Richard Mourdock is," said Lugar spokesman Andy Fisher. "As we find in our daily calls to Hoosier primary voters – which we have made more than a million — once they know Richard Mourdock, they won't choose Richard Mourdock."
Mr. Lugar has long been a popular figure in his home state, but he's become the target of the same energized conservative groups that are aiming to knock off Republicans across the country they consider insufficiently conservative, such as Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch.
Mr. Lugar has been buffeted during the primary by questions about his residency; he sold his Indianapolis house shortly after winning his Senate seat in 1976. The Club for Growth, a well-financed small-government group, has run television ads accusing Mr. Lugar of, among other things, supporting gasoline tax increases in the past (they were generally parts of larger bills).
The Democratic candidate for Senate, Rep. Joe Donnelly, is considered the underdog in Republican-leaning Indiana, but polls suggests he'd do better against Mr. Mourdock than against Mr. Lugar. The Howey/DePauw poll shows Mr. Mourdock and Mr. Donnelly each getting 35% in a head-to-head race, while Mr. Lugar leads Mr. Donnelly 50%-29%.


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I don't want to be a doomsayer, but things are looking pretty bad for the Texas Coast. By late Friday and early Saturday, it is looking increasingly likely that areas between Houston and Corpus Christie will be impacted by a very powerful hurricane.
The reasons:
1. Ike is travelling over water that is very warm. Ike's projected track will continue to take it over water that is 87 degrees. As you may or may not know, warm water is one of the main ingredients to get a hurricane to strengthen. The graphic below shows areas of enhanced oceanic heat content in the Gulf.
These little pockets of super heated water are called warm eddies and are part of the Gulf Loop Current. The Gulf Loop Current and these warm eddies that break off of the current, were responsible for Rita and Katrina's rapid explosion into category 5 hurricanes. Will this happen with Ike ? Too early to tell, but it certainly seems possible that Ike will go to category 4 status, and possibly even to a category 5 in the Central Gulf.
2. The upper atmosphere is very favorable for intensification and maintanance. High pressure at the upper levels of the atmosphere allows the hurricane to breath. What does it look like when a hurricane is breathing properly ? See below:
Notice how big the storm is getting, and how the outflow is not being restricted. The only slight exception is on the far western side, where it looks a touch ragged compared to other quadrants of the storm. Still, this is a very impressive looking hurricane and has that classic "buzz saw" look to it.
3. Wind shear will remain light. Strong upper level winds will tear a hurricanes structure apart and will weaken it. Most of the Gulf of Mexico is under the influence of upper level high pressue. This will keep upper level winds light, and conducive to strengthening and maintanence.
The track of Ike is still somewhat problematic. However, our computer models are coming into better agreement. The preferred track by the models takes it more northerly than what has been projected.
Computer Model Forecast Tracks:
This seems more likely and that is what the official track calls for ( see below):
If you have any loved ones or interests along the Texas Coast, this hurricane will likely have a huge impact on them. Hurricane Carla struck the same area in 1961. It was a category 4 storm, with winds of 145 mph with gusts over 170 mph. It produced a large storm surge and killed 31 people in Texas. Dan Rather was the first reporter ever to report on a hurricanes landfall, and the storm he reported on was Carla. Let's hope this is not a repeat of Carla, but it sure looks ominous for the Texas Coast.
Chief Meteorologist Brian Bledsoe


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Greg's Voice Part of Epcot's Spaceship Earth
Greg is the voice of the audio-animatronic radio newscaster
who announces Amelia Earhart's crossing of the Atlantic.
Relaunch of
Spaceship Earth
, presented by
, mid-
February 2008
Dame Judi Dench
is the new
for the attraction.
22 second clip with the audio-animatronic character & Greg's voice:
Greg's audio animatronic character,
is circled in the image below:
Greg's voice at about 6:15 into clip below...
... and at around 5:40 into this clip:
Video Clips © Disney
Spaceship Earth at Epcot - Official Disney Site
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Wednesday night the Raptors embark on their third attempt to make it deep into the Eastern conference playoffs under the management of Bryan Colangelo. However a new era north of the border begins...The Jermaine O'Neal Era.
In addition to his $21.3 million salary tag, the 30-year-old veteran does bring with him a credible resume. O'Neal was selected to six all-star teams and led the Pacers to a 61 win season. His leadership and experience could prove vital to the Raptors cornerstone Chris Bosh.
For six seasons, Bosh has been asked to develop and deliver as a player beyond his age, but nobody knows all about being thrown into the NBA fire more then Jermaine O'Neal himself.
At 18 years, one month and 22 days, O'Neal became the youngest player to play in an NBA game (a mark that has since been eclipsed by Andrew Bynum). At the same time he was under the tutelage of teammates Arvydas Sabonis, Rasheed Wallace and Clifford Robinson. O'Neal, alongside Bosh, is now the tutor.
Aside from the salary gamble, the injury questions, what's most important is that Toronto's finally landed a big fish for their front court to support Chris Bosh. Bosh can now, more than any other time in his career, focus more on his offense and less about the load of doing the dirty work in the paint.
Some suggest O'neal just can't stay healthy. Will he be capable of 70 plus games? Back to back nights? How about just bringing back some of that Charles Oakley swagger the Air Canada Center has missed?
If Jermaine O'neal continues to battle fitness standards, President of Basketball operations, Bryan Colangelo will be forced to be his innovative and creative self because O'neal is under contract till the end of 2009-2010 and owed $44 million over the next two seasons.
Up front, the Raptors plan to start Jermaine at the five spot and have their 2006 first overall draft pick Andrea Bargnani come off the bench.
Andrea is looking to erase memories of a sophomore slump with a breakout third year. Nobody questions his perimeter potential but it's the Italian's desire and commitment to penetrate more, shoot less, and help out on the glass that has Raptors brass nervous entering Wednesdays season opener versus the 76ers.
Can Bargnani be consistent?
Bargnani has developed a reputation off being almost allergic to the paint and if the Italian plans to extend his basketball career in America past his rookie contract, 2009 is the time to show it.
Complementing Bosh, O'Neal and Bargnani will be 23 year old Kris Humphries. Who could be considered one of the most underrated young rebounders in the East. Outside of David Lee, few 23 year olds have a nose for boards like Humphries.
Humphries was the pride of Minnesota basketball in high school and later instead of signing with a major D1 college program, Hump decided to play one year at home with the Minnesota Gophers. Following his freshman year he was drafted by the Utah Jazz and after a year in Salt Lake the young fella was picked up by Toronto via a trade for former raps big man Rafael Aruajo.
In 2007 Humphries proved to be a valuable rebounder and energy player for Toronto and contributed to the Raptors capturing their first ever division title.
On April 3rd 2007, "Hump" nabbed nine offensive rebounds en route to a career high 18 rebounds versus the Detroit Pistons. A flash of potential like that is what Toronto hoop fans would love to see more of this upcoming campaign from the young man with the chiseled frame.
Raptorland has witnessed hall of fame center Hakeem the Dream call it career in front of their eyes, followed by Jalen Rose's career twiddle while still paid a franchise players salary.
Raptor Loyalists are on pins and needles now. Is Jermaine O'Neal the solution to eliminating opponents dribble penetration? Poor low post defense?
The players believe it but all in all during this preseason the bad out weighed the good. Defensively they looked soft. To turn the corner next spring coach Sam Mitchell must emphasize defense and toughness and this basketball pundit says don't believe the hype. They must protect the house efficiently with pride and preach it.
Until then, consider your 2008-09 Raptors front court fishy.


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Wing Hall Trust in Buckinghamshire has created five one-bedroom flats for rent. This will generate income to maintain the parish hall and also help ease the shortage of affordable rental accommodation in the area.
Wing is between Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard. The first tenant is scheduled to move in this month.
The trust borrowed £100,000 from Charity Bank - the ethical bank that lends solely to social sector organisations – after being turned down by its own bank, which it did not name.
Wing Hall was given to the village in 1906 by the de Rothschild family to be used as the village hall. In 1967, the family donated Charlotte Cottage, next door to the hall, so that rental income could pay for its maintenance and upkeep.
Charlotte Cottage was first used as a cottage hospital and later was converted into offices, with the first tenants being Thames Valley Police and the local parish council. The parish council has closed its office, leaving just the police and the library.
Needing to secure a steady income, the trustees and management of Wing Hall were advised to convert the cottage into flats for rent, while retaining office space for Thames Valley Police. The work was costed at £110,000, funded by a 100k, 10-year loan from Charity Bank.
Carolyn Sims, Charity Bank's head of banking, said: "Apart from an ability to pay back a loan, Charity Bank demands from all its borrowers that they can demonstrate they will create a significant social impact with the money they borrow, and Wing Hall will certainly achieve this."
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Targeted case management interventions across the health continuum are reducing health risks in vulnerable populations and taking aim at inappropriate healthcare utilization. The job description of today's case manager is likely to include home visits, crisis management, quality improvement and health coaching — and may increasingly require co-location at the site of care.
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The concept of using a self-dual normal basis to design the Massey-Omura finite-field multiplier is presented. An algorithm is given to locate a self-dual normal basis for GF(2/sup m/) for odd m. A method to construct the product function for designing the Massey-Omura multiplier is developed. It is shown that the construction of the product function based on a self-dual basis is simpler than t
finite field multipliers; self-dual; normal basis; Massey-Omura finite-field multiplier; product function; Massey-Omura multiplier; self-dual basis; Boolean algebra; digital arithmetic.
C.C. Wang, "An Algorithm to Design Finite Field Multipliers Using a Self-Dual Normal Basis", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol.38, no. 10, pp. 1457-1460, October 1989, doi:10.1109/12.35840


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3D texture sizePosted Wednesday, 16 June, 2010 - 13:13 by szamil in
Hi again,
I have a problem with 3D texture, I think with its size. I'm creating a cube of 512x512x96x1 voxels and it is displayed correctly with shaders. But when I'm increasing size of this cube it doesn't display at all (black cube). As I calculated it looks like I can only upload about 24MB of 3d texture to the video memory (!?).
I'm working on Win 7 with NVidia FX 1600M. I have to say that some time ago I worked with 512x512x125x2 cube with no problems (but without shaders!).
Thanks for any help!
OK, I think I have solved it.
I have found that the problem is the voxel size. I have been doing 3d texture in ubyte array and passed it as a UnsignedByte array:
byte[] voxels; ... //texture generation process ... GL.Ext.TexImage3D(TextureTarget.Texture3D, 0, PixelInternalFormat.Luminance, w, h, d, 0, PixelFormat.Luminance, <b>PixelType.UnsignedByte</b>, voxels);
But after I'd changed it to float I was able to generate and display 512x512x512x1 float 3d texture.
I'm really not sure why the byte array doesn't work above 512x512x96... Can anyone explain it to me?
Now I solve it and explained it:
GL.PixelStore(PixelStoreParameter.UnpackAlignment, 1); GL.PixelStore(PixelStoreParameter.PackAlignment, 1);
solved the problem of the 3d texture size with uchar. These options are necessary to tell OpenGL to align bytes in memory one by one - like uchars, not like floats.
I think this topic may now be closed.
HI Szamil,
Are you implementing the texture3d together with transfer function for volume or texture3d rendering? I hope to learn how to do it. Do you have internet site with OpenGL codes that I could learn how to do it in OpenTK. Thanks.
http://graphicsrunner.blogspot.com/2009/01/volume-rendering-101.html - this should help. I've learn a lot from this blog. This is not exactly for OpenGL but he explains general idea and gives examples. Very useful.
Yes, I have seen it, I wonder if I need to port it to OpenTK, I may need to learn GLSL, another advance topic for me. :-(
You may simply use shader from this blog - works fine.
You may also try Render Monkey software to learn GLSL as well as read OpenGL Bible.
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"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is the ever-popular question, with a seemingly ever-changing answer. For me, this answer has never been a simple one. I remember being a young child and having absolutely no clue what to say the first time I was asked this question. It was in Mrs. Hitt's first-grade class and the assignment was to draw a picture of your future job. I was dumbfounded, and the first thing that popped into my little first-grade head was my dad's job - a police officer. Now, let me say, I do not, nor have I ever, had any desire to become a police officer. However, with my severe lack of artistic ability, I figured a stick police officer was easy enough to draw and I started on my masterpiece. Through the years, my answer to this question has certainly changed. From the initial "police officer plan," to wanting to become a veterinarian, to wanting to become an elementary school teacher, to returning to the veterinarian route, my plan has been all over the place. Now, however, as an upcoming sophomore in high school, I realize that having a set idea of the career path I intend to take is becoming more and more important. Although I may have changed my mind quite a bit, I firmly believe I have now narrowed down the field I plan to go into - agriculture. While I may not have pinpointed the exact occupation, I have a good idea of what it might be.After high school, I plan to attend the University of Florida - one of the top agricultural schools in the country. I plan to major in either agriculture communication or agriculture education. After college, two career options stand out in my mind - being an agriculture teacher or an agriculture extension agent. Through my experiences in the FFA, a national youth organization that promotes agriculture education and leadership, I have realized I have a passion for agriculture. The FFA has allowed me to have experiences from raising and showing hogs in the Highlands County Fair, to touring the facilities at Clear Springs Blueberry Farm, to meeting elephants at the Ringling Brothers Center for Conservation. These experiences are things that I will cherish for the rest of my life, and I want to be able to give amazing opportunities like these to future students. Whether it is through the FFA, 4-H, or simply interacting with students as an agriculture extension agent, I want to share my love of agriculture with others. Agriculture is the single most important industry in the world, and many people do not realize this. If agriculture did not exist, neither would human beings. Without agriculture, there would be no food, which means no people. Agriculture provides for humans, and it is important that we appreciate it. I want to go into a career where I can share my agricultural knowledge and passion with others, and I feel that agriculture education or extension work is the perfect way to do this. It would be hard to imagine my life without agriculture. Beyond basic survival needs, my experiences in agriculture have given me some of my closest friends and memories that will last a lifetime. If I am able to share this passion with just one student, I will have accomplished my goal. During my life, I have been asked the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" multiple times. Although my answer may have bounced around over the years, I have finally come to a decision. When I grow up, I want to spark the passion for the agriculture industry that has been sparked within me.


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PHOENIX — Despite all the throaty pleas to promote Buster Posey, perhaps there is another hyped prospect on the farm that could make an immediate improvement for the Giants.
Or has everyone forgotten about Madison Bumgarner? It isn't a stretch to think Bumgarner might be close to reclaiming the rotation spot he lost this spring — especially after Todd Wellemeyer gave up the launch codes in a 13-1 loss Wednesday night to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Wellemeyer (2-4) surrendered three crackling home runs in his five innings. The Diamondbacks hit three more crescendos off the Giants bullpen. And the cruelest part: Adam LaRoche was the man who opened and closed the power parade at Chase Field.
In case your hot stove is no longer piping, recall that LaRoche is the slugger who turned down a two-year, $17 million offer from the Giants, then later signed a one-year, $6 million deal to play in Arizona's more hitter-friendly climes.
LaRoche stressed that it wasn't an either/or decision. The Giants' offer arrived much earlier in the winter and included two option years at amounts that did not interest him. When his agent tried to counteroffer, he was met with silence.
"Their offer changed, and I had to look," LaRoche said. "If you're talking about hard feelings, none at all. And I'd expect they feel the same way. It's a business. It's the way it was left. They did what they had to do, and I did, too. I don't regret my decision. We're having a great time over here."
It's easier for a left-handed hitter to party hearty at Chase Field, especially compared to the Giants' waterfront ballpark. LaRoche admitted AT&T Park's pitcher-friendly reputation was a deterring factor.
"Well," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said, "it flies here."
The last time the Giants gave up six homers in a game, there was an intern at the White House named Monica Lewinsky.
It was April 19, 1996, and left-hander Allen Watson served up five longballs to the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
LaRoche's solo shot tied it in the second inning, Justin Upton connected in the fourth, and Stephen Drew hit a three-run shot in the fifth.
Denny Bautista gave up a two-run homer to Chris Snyder, and Brandon Medders got blasted in a six-run eighth inning. Kelly Johnson crushed a hanging breaking ball, and LaRoche drove one above the yellow line as the last-place Diamondbacks showed plenty of muscle in the first 2010 meeting between the NL West clubs.
"I don't think there were any cheap ones, either," Bochy said. "We pretty much pitched in the nitro zone and paid for it."
Entering the game, the Giants' staff had allowed the fewest home runs in the major leagues. That's a distinction it no longer holds. Wellemeyer has allowed nine home runs; the Giants' other four starters have combined for 10.
Wellemeyer was coming off an effective outing against the weak-hitting Astros, but he has a 5.70 ERA, and the Giants are just 2-6 in his starts. He's also been woeful in four road starts, walking nearly one per inning.
"I'm trying," Wellemeyer said. "I'm going to go out and work between starts and get ready for the next one. We're at home, so that's good."
The Giants are off Monday, when it would be Wellemeyer's turn. They are likely to skip him, but they'd need a fifth starter again May 29 against Arizona.
"Those are discussions we'll have internally," said Bochy, who didn't hide his displeasure with Wellemeyer.
Freddy Sanchez didn't make an impact in his season debut, going 0-for-4 with a strikeout. Arizona's Ian Kennedy set a career high with nine strikeouts in his eight innings.


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Preferred for most Supercross and Arenacross applications.
- Maximum grip in starting, acceleration and cornering.
- Reduced wear for consistent performance throughout the life of the tire.
- Different dimples adapt to terrain to improved grip in braking and during cornering.
- Increased knobs edge for stability and larger contact patch.
- Enhanced quantity of edges on shoulder knobs to increase traction and side grip - increased knob surface for maximum grip.
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