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Investment forecaster Jeffrey Kleintop gave his first book a title that's ideally suited for these times. He called it "Market Evolution: How to Profit in Today's Changing Financial Markets."
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Here are some investing tips from local financial advisers: True financial planning begins with an honest assessment of one's resources, goals, values and attitudes about money and investing, as well as a realistic view of expected investment returns. We advocate for diversified, well-constructed strategies designed to withstand short-term challenges while providing steady growth over the long-term. We also believe in focusing on that which each investor can control: diligent budgeting, keeping investment costs low and restraint from knee-jerk reactions to bad (or good) news. The year has begun with hints of optimism, but uncertainty still looms both at home and abroad, and we would caution against trying to outsmart the market. That said, while the current interest rate environment is mostly perceived as a negative, we would submit that there are ways to capitalize on it. Perhaps this is an opportunity to invest in a business or real estate, or to refinance existing debt at a lower rate.Mario Nardone, chartered financial analyst MFCP Planners, Mount Pleasant Our base case forecast is limited returns for stock and bond markets in 2013. With our expectation of limited upside potential in the markets, we intend to stay nimble and liquid in order to help protect on the downside.Doug English, chartered financial analyst Carolinas Retirement Specialists, North CharlestonRisk on or risk off? Since the financial crisis of 2008, these are the new investment buzzwords and have become synonymous with volatility. Unfortunately, the market's volatility has scared away investors. To be successful these days, investors must take advantage of market volatility. There are plenty of great companies far less volatile than the market. Accenture, EcoLab, TJX and Wal-Mart are four examples. Without the violent price swings of the market, each has managed to grow earnings and dividends despite economic and political headwinds. Even in 2008. No one knows what 2013 will hold, but one thing is certain, volatility is here to stay. Volatility provides opportunity to buy good stocks at sale prices. Use it to build a portfolio of companies achieving consistent earnings and dividend growth. You'll sleep better knowing that you own a quality portfolio with significantly less volatility than the stock market. Billy Little, chartered financial analyst Tandem Investment Advisors, Charleston Master Limited Partnerships: As measured by the Alerian MLP Total Return Index, MLPs have outperformed the S&P 500 by nearly 10 percent per year since 1996. This performance should continue in the years ahead as MLPs offer high yields and high distribution growth and their businesses are basic utilities involved in the transportation via pipeline of natural gas and petroleum distillates. We like Kinder Morgan (KMP), Enterprise Products (EPD), Plains All American (PAA), Calumet Specialty Products (CLMT), and Access Midstream (ACMP). Our goal is to take $1 million portfolios of MLPs, generate about $65,000 in tax-advantaged income and grow that income to $165,000 over the next 15 years, while generating 13 percent to 15 percent average annual returns. This asset class we see outperforming both stocks and bonds over the next five to 15 years as America's natural gas shale boom is developed. Working with a knowledgeable investment adviser and accountant is essential.Tyson Halsey, chartered financial analyst Income Growth Advisors LLC, Daniel Island
It isn't a new release. It went to print almost seven years ago, making it ancient history in the archives of Wall Street.
But the thrust of Kleintop's investment guide is as relevant as ever. The financial markets are still evolving and still changing, though at a much faster pace than they did in 2006.
And Kleintop is still dispensing advice about how to play them as chief market strategist for Boston-based advisory LPL Financial Research. He shared his thoughts about the outlook for stocks, bonds and other investments in 2013 and beyond last week with clients of Carolinas Retirement Specialists.
He wasn't exactly bullish.
"This year, we're more defensively positioned," Kleintop said.
He wasn't bearish, either.
"There will be some great values created in the market this year for long-term players," said Kleintop, whose firm makes it money by advising 13,000 wealth management professionals about where to invest their clients' money.
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The year is still young, but 2013 has been profitable for stock investors, thanks in part to a decent run of corporate earnings and the Jan. 1 political deal that averted, for now at least, that dreaded one-two punch of tax hikes and federal spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff."
Investors who had pulled money off the table are responding by putting more skin in the game. U.S. stock mutual funds hauled in $13 billion during the first two weeks of January. By contrast, over the last half of 2012, withdrawals outnumbered deposits for 24 straight weeks.
The broad-based S&P 500 index last week cracked the 1,500 level for the first time since December 2007, the same month the last recession began. Four weeks into the new year and stocks already are up about 5 percent, or, as Kleintop put it, "a pretty good footing."
Yet he predicts the market will lose some of that traction in the back half of 2013, largely because of the economic anemia that's already infecting European stalwarts Germany and France.
Kleintop isn't suggesting that investors head for the exits. Far from it. In fact, he took up a challenge Wednesday at a Mount Pleasant luncheon to make the case for staying in the markets as opposed to cashing out and burying the money in the backyard.
Kleintop noted that U.S. stock values are at bargain-basement levels based on their price-to-earnings ratio and other indicators. Also, the big, thorny, lingering fiscal cliff issues, namely the debt ceiling and the across-the-board federal budget cuts, will almost certainly get resolved before they blossom into a market crisis, he said.
"Things tend to go right most of the time," he said.
Planting seeds
Kleintop predicted that 2013 will be a transition year for investors.
"I think Washington ultimately will forge a compromise that will put markets on this 'path of least resistance,' " he said, referring to the theme of his 2013 outlook.
That path should lead to more confidence and more clarity by late spring, which in turn should drive more spending, more capital investment and more jobs. Also, the turnaround in China and other parts of Asia will help U.S. companies on the export side.
"We have the economic engine," Kleintop said. "The gears just need to move a bit."
On the whole, 2013 probably won't be a standout for investors because of Europe's problems abroad combined with relatively lackluster profits and growth at home.
"But it plants the seeds for coming out of this in 2014 and beyond," said Kleintop, whose firm does no trading itself. "It's where, again, the real opportunities are created. If you look back to some of the great years when you could have bought, like '81, those are the opportunities. ... I think if you look back in five years you'll be very happy that you got money out of those bank accounts. ... It doesn't have to be in stocks. There are bonds and other places to put it. Plant those seeds now."
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quote: This evaluation was intended to demonstrate its practicality as a "normal use," no-compromise car, as Tesla markets it. Now that Tesla is striving to be a mass-market automaker, it cannot realistically expect all 20,000 buyers a year (the Model S sales goal) to be electric-car acolytes who will plug in at every Walmart stop.
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something in its entirety
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a UNIX term, for "#!". A contraction of the "hash" -- "#", and the "bang" -- "!"
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The entire, the whole; the whole part of. the whole enchilada
If I win, I get the whole shebang.
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A Ricky Martin song most notably performed by Asian tool box William Hung on "American Idol".
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Used with "whole" to indicate the entirety of something.
Yep, I bought the whole shebang.
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see also Ricky Martin and William Hung.
because of American Idol, the William Hung version is now more famous than the Ricky Martin version.
because of American Idol, the William Hung version is now more famous than the Ricky Martin version.
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If your nights are spent counting sheep instead of getting sleep, a new treatment could teach you to rest easy. Insomniacs are unfamiliar with the sensation of falling asleep quickly, but a recent study suggests that inducing sleep deprivation can help them learn to do it.
Leon Lack, head of the Sleep Laboratory at Australia's Flinders University, worked with colleagues to improve the condition of 79 insomniacs in one 25-hour session. At the beginning of each half-hour, the researchers let participants fall asleep - they'd been kept up the previous night, so they were exhausted - but woke them after only three minutes and then kept them up until the next half-hour began. The sleep-wake cycle was repeated for 25 hours, and then the volunteers were sent home.
Within a week, participants were falling asleep faster, and the benefits were still measurable six months later. "These people had significant insomnia for years, and in just one day they were able to greatly improve the quantity and quality of their sleep," says Arthur Spielman, a sleep specialist at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Why was the therapy so effective? It trains insomniacs to associate the act of going to bed with the feeling of quickly nodding off. "Over the course of 25 hours, someone experiences that process dozens of times, helping them keep that association once they return home," Lack explains.
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Consuming flavonoids, compounds in plant-based foods such as berries, tea, red wine and apples, may help protect against Parkinson's disease, according to a Harvard Medical School study published in the April 4 issue of the journal Neurology.
The study involved more than 130,000 men and women. Researchers found that men who consumed the most flavonoids in their regular diet were 40 percent less likely to develop Parkinson's than men who consumed the lowest amounts.
A similar link was not found among women. However, other research has found strong associations between foods high in flavonoids and other health benefits, such as blood pressure control.
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1.1 This specification covers wrought high-strength ferritic steel butt-welding fittings of seamless and electric fusion-welded construction covered by the latest revisions of ASME B16.9 and MSS-SP-75. Butt-welding fittings differing from these ASME and MSS standards shall be furnished in accordance with Supplementary Requirement S58 of Specification A 960/A 960M
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KENNESAW — Football may be finally coming to Kennesaw State, but there was never any guarantee that the program would become a reality.
"I always said the worst thing is a major university in the South without a football program," university president Dan Papp said. "However, the one thing even worse than that is a major university in the South with a football program it can't afford."
According to Papp, that's why football was approached slowly and carefully at Kennesaw State.
"We went about it the right way," he said. "We set up a multitude of checkpoints where, if one was not met at any time, the idea of the program would have been taken off the table.
"I was a football agnostic. I know it is a huge commitment, and if it's not done right, it can bring down a university."
Papp said, as the process began, the first thing he needed was a large, diverse group of people from a multitude of backgrounds to agree that football should be in the university's future. Those were the people who became the 33-member football exploratory committee formed in 2009.
Then, there was bringing in former Georgia coach and athletic director Vince Dooley to chair the committee.
"We brought in Vince, not because of what he did as a football coach, but what he did as an athletic director," Papp said. "At Georgia, he helped build it into one of the top 10 athletic associations in the country. He's a really good business man."
Once the exploratory committee made its recommendation to bring football to campus, the decision was brought to the students — the only time, Papp said, he was concerned that football might fall through.
"I did not know how the student vote was going to break," he said. "Asking them to increase their student fees by $100 — an extra $100 is a lot of money."
In the end, Papp said the student vote was overwhelming, with a 33-percent response rate and a 56-percent rate of "yes" votes.
Papp thought the final hurdle was the 1½ years it took to secure a $5 million investment over 10 years from Fifth Third Bank — to aid with start-up costs and stadium naming rights — in one of the most difficult economies in recent memory, but the University System of Georgia threw one more obstacle in the way.
Kennesaw State was expected to be on the agenda to have the student fee increase for football voted on in January, but it was tabled indefinitely at the last moment, with the board forming a committee to research all athletic fee proposals.
The measure was finally approved in February, and Papp said that if the university was forced to wait any longer — pushing the football program's earliest start date from 2015 to 2016 — it would have asked the students to vote again and reaffirm their support for football.
Now, Papp can get the student body, the alumni and the Kennesaw State community ready for that first football game day 27 months from now.
"We hope to provide the best game-day experience in the Southeast," Papp said. "(The KSU Sports and Recreation Park) is tailor-made for tailgating experiences.
"I'm looking forward to seeing the marching band march down Chastain Road to the stadium. I'm looking forward to seeing all students and alumni, along with the folks in Cobb County, coming out and adopting our football program as one of their own.
"Most of all, I want to win."
Success at the highest level of competition is something Papp has strived for ever since he played football for the first time as a fifth-grader in North Olmsted, Ohio.
After graduating from high school in 1965, Papp played on the freshman team at Dartmouth College. He was a starting defensive back for the Big Green and had two vivid memories he listed as highlights.
First, Papp made two interceptions and had a fumble recovery against Boston University. The second was from a tackle he tried to make against a running back from Yale.
"No. 35 was coming around the end," Papp said. "I came up and was in perfect position to make the tackle. The only thing I remember after that is waking up."
Papp felt he may have been in perfect tackling position, but he was going up against a future No. 1 draft pick in Calvin Hill.
Hill went on to play 12 years in the NFL, helping the Dallas Cowboys win a Super Bowl. He's the father of longtime NBA star Grant Hill.
While playing summer baseball in Cleveland following his freshman year at Dartmouth, Papp injured his knee and was forced to give up football, but his love of the game never wavered.
"Not just football, but all team sports," he said. "I loved the camaraderie — working with people who have like objectives — and mostly the competition."
Papp has continued to show his love of team sports since he succeeded Betty Siegel as Kennesaw State's president in 2006.
In the last seven years, the university has completed its move from NCAA Division II to Division I, the intramural program has grown to offer more than 40 sports, and the club program has grown as large. Papp also oversaw the construction of the 8,300-seat Fifth Third Bank Stadium in 2010, next to the 88-acre KSU Sports and Recreation Park that opened in 2012.
"I'd like to think my administration has made it so every student at KSU has the opportunity to compete or get the physical exercise they want," Papp said, "whether it's playing football, ultimate Frisbee or competing on the equestrian team."


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In light of recent events that have rocked, once again, the Scouting community. Show #14 of my podcast is dedicated to Risk Management.
Risk Management is a process during the planning and preparation phase of any activity that must be done.
There is no way that we can take away all of the risk, and that is ok, as long as we have done our best to implement plans to reduce the impact and severity of the risk.Never take a chance with a Scouts life.
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Traditional in vivo animal methods for assessing safety and toxicity continue to be replaced by alternative methods: in vitro and in silico. In addition, these alternatives are evolving into key technologies, practices, and resources for future medical applications in efficacy and precision.
Having developed over the past 20 years into a global market recently estimated at $5 billion, in vitro and in silico products and services are now about the same size as the in vivo services (contract research organization) industry. While growth has leveled off and there have been significant reductions in some countries, the number of animals used in research globally still totals almost 100 million a year. And new markets such as China could drive significant increases unless alternative methods are adopted. Although the majority are mice, more can be done to encourage alternatives.
Increased adoption of alternative methods by pharma seems inevitable as the industry focuses on increasing productivity and decreasing adverse reactions. But how fast is this uptake likely to go?
The cosmetics industry has been largely responsible for the initial technical and commercial successes, in the form of skin tissue substitutes. Encouraged by regulatory initiatives dating back 15–20 years and public opinion pressures that have recently become more focused, these new developments ultimately enabled in 2013 the final passage in the European Union of an extremely stringent sales ban on animal testing.
This policy move may not seem especially relevant to pharma. Nonetheless, it reflects the alignment of technical (stem cells, imaging) as well as social developments (environmental concerns, consumer influence) that ultimately affect the cosmetics industry and pharma alike. Even allowing for conservative adoption by pharma, double-digit growth is expected for at least the next five years.
Recent innovations in the cells themselves (from immortalized to primary to stem cells), in the equipment used for detection and analysis, and in the nascent $1 billion marketplace for specialized assay kits and validated protocols, all support broader use of in vitro methods.
Data handling and other standards are still stretching to span from basic workflow across the vast landscape of transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and cellomics. Some platforms, however, have emerged as clear favorites, and in 2013 in silico disease models even garnered agency letters of support.
Thus far in pharma, the cardiovascular field has provided the easiest path to commercialization. Cardiac safety testing was instituted as a regulatory requirement about a decade ago in response to adverse reactions, providing the goal alignment, standards, and funding to foster extensive specialization and collaboration.
For example, ion channel screening services and equipment constitute large, vibrant markets that intersect with primary drug research initiatives. Electrophysiology, high-content screening, and other equipment is providing simultaneous analysis of both ion channel performance and cell physiology, in real time. The unique signature beat of each cardiomyocyte, monitored alone or in response to test substances, seems to epitomize the ideal of elegantly simple in vitro and in silico applications.
Contrast that with liver, which is much more complex. However, developments from in vitro ADMET (absorption, dissolution, metabolism, excretion, toxicity) have evolved to enable measurement of genetic variation in drug metabolizing enzymes for study of drug-drug interactions and adverse drug reactions.
And key innovations in cells, 3D systems, and in silico models abound. For example, a sizable sector of 15–20 companies has arisen around the development of primary liver cells as alternatives to immortalized tumor cell lines, and is now innovating in areas like cryopreservation techniques and controlled proliferation. Another dozen or so companies focusing on 3D cell culture systems are enabling study of cell signaling and other increasingly sophisticated systemic effects in vitro.
Differentiation and production at-scale of liver stem cells (hepatocytes) continues to mature. And in silico models for drug-induced liver injury are using "virtual patients" that can be used to instantly simulate experiments that could take months or years to perform in living people, greatly reducing the need for animal studies.
But the brightest hope may rest on the sometimes overlooked distinction of rigor. The in vitro field has extremely rigorous standards, requiring on average 10 years for validation of a single method robust enough to show relevance and reproducibility across international initiatives. Being able to judiciously leverage these proven scientific and quality assurance practices, like weight of evidence and basic tenets of good laboratory practices, could be important across a wide landscape of academic and medical research.
In fact, while much of the publicity in the burgeoning field of biomarkers focuses on clinical applications such as companion diagnostics, the in vitro methods for preclinical testing are quite similar. So while technical and other challenges have served to limit sample sizes for biomarker studies, constraining their validation and greater adoption, it seems that help may be on the way.
In addition to almost doubling the market to $10 billion by 2017, we expect to see increased diffusion of these so-called alternative methods and technologies across clinical applications like biomarkers and systems biology over the next 5–10 years. And mice will play!
Robert G. Hunter ([email protected]) is the author of "In Vitro Toxicity Testing: Technologies and Global Markets," published in December 2013 by BCC Research. For more information see www.predict-medicine.com.
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Your Take: Splurge on Experiences or Things?
When I was younger, I used to collect comic books. These comic books are actually in my basement now (my parents brought them on a recent Thanksgiving visit) and they're relics from a past era for me. When I was younger, I was big on collecting things. I had baseball cards, comic books, comic cards, Magic The Gathering cards, Hard Rock Cafe shirts, etc. I'm pretty sure I liked the idea of having a set more than actually having the set itself. It's like the idea of not breaking the streak, there's something compelling about trying to get a collection and accomplishing it.
Fast forward about fifteen years and I no longer feel that urge to collect. In fact, I feel the opposite. I don't know when the transformation occurred or why, but rather than accumulate things I prefer to accumulate experiences and adventures. I'd rather go on a cruise with my wife and friends than buy a new set of golf clubs (I'm trying to learn), even though I'd get the same level of enjoyment out of both.
Therein also lies my financial Achilles' heel. While I do hunt for a deal before I go, I'm often pretty loose with money when I'm on the vacation on things I couldn't get at home. Just recently in Hawaii, we went to a Wal-Mart and actually compared price per unit on something (probably Macadamia nuts) while scheduling helicopter rides that cost $200+ a person. It's a bit incongruous but my logic has always been to enjoy it while you're there, it's not like we'll be taking many helicopter rides anyway so we might as well do it while in Kauai. (Incidentally, Jack Harter Helicopter Tours was awesome)
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
The Charleston Tribe boys lacrosse team capped a perfect season with a 9-5 victory over Savannah Christian on May 3 to claim the 2014 South Carolina Independent Lacrosse League Championship.
The Tribe, which is comprised primarily of athletes who attend Dorchester Two schools, has advanced to the league championship game for the past three seasons but this is the first year the team has won to claim the title. The Tribe finishes the season with a 10-0 record.
The team pulled it together for the championship, Tribe coach Peter Collins Jr. said. The first half started off slow and scary but once our guys relaxed we started moving the ball and playing well.
The Tribe took a 2-0 lead in the first half and built on it in the second half. Collins says it was a unified team effort that was led by the Tribes veterans.
The hustle and intensity were there the whole time, Collins said. The veterans were playing with a big chip on their shoulders.
We played as a team and earned it as a team.
Senior Bryce Landers led the way on the offensive end and finished with a hat trick. Collins says Savannah Christian attempted to lock down Jourdain Mast so he couldnt touch the ball. However, the strategy got mixed results as Mast still played a key roll in helping the Tribe move the ball, and scored a backhanded goal.
Our guys really played like gentleman and kept their composure, Collins said. After taking criticisms from the other team, Justin Woods went from one end to another to score. He allowed his play to do the talking for him. Carson Jones made plays up and down the field. He did everything a great defenseman is supposed to.
Logan Bryant did a fantastic job on face-offs and playing both ends of the field.
Tribe goalkeeper Cullen Rahman also made a difference in the game.
He made many one-on-one saves, Collins said. His biggest test was when a player tried to do a back-hand shot directly in front of the goal. He stopped it without a problem and really fired the team up.
Other members of the championship team are Buzz Crossland, Tyler Paxson, Keegan Sell, Tristan Sekula, Jacob Trodglen, Chase Perdue, Chris Cooper, Kody Toman, Layton Boyce, Cameron Berl, Nick Kendall, Daniel Lin, Ryan Martin, David Locke Glenn III, Justin Lawlor, Grant Matthew Davidson, Joseph Storey and Garyson Jones.
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Carter wanted a mohawk.
raising really cool people.
it looks awesome, carter!! love it!ReplyDelete
This looks so cool! Carter rocks!ReplyDelete
He's awfully cute!ReplyDelete
If I had a boy, I'd do the same thing!ReplyDelete
oh my goodness. you're way cooler than i would be as a parent.ReplyDelete
Love this. LOVE IT.ReplyDelete
LOVE it! Hubby has been saying he can't wait for Fynn to want a mohawk ;) I'll have to send him this link!ReplyDelete
Ohhh... a "real" one! None of those "faux-hawks" like my boys have sometimes! Love it! :)ReplyDelete
He is rockin' that thing! I can't wait for my kids to see it!ReplyDelete
OMG...I can't believe this is my Carter Man...very cool! what a perfect time to get a mohawk...this will bring good luck to the Blackhawks. Promise though that you won't let him dye it red!ReplyDelete
oh my god, he's so cute! when i was pregnant i dreamed of that moment, of little boys with mohawks and skateboards. it makes my heart go pitter-patter.ReplyDelete
i have tried for three summers in a row to get my son to rock a mowhawk and he doesn't want to :(ReplyDelete
He is rocking that mohawk! Very nice.ReplyDelete
Yep, pretty darn cool alright!! "Cool Carter!"
He should see my BIL, he wears a huge blond one every weekend while he plays guitar in his band in Dallas. :)
WOW! So cool! And way to go mom for letting him express himself in this way.
Mohawks are awesome!! I love that he wanted to do this. It's great to see how others express themselves.ReplyDelete
That is very cool. :)
I love parents that let their kids just be who they want to be!
ahhh yeah!! very nice, carter! :)ReplyDelete
No way, dude! Oh, I just LOVE it! He dons it well, too:)ReplyDelete
Very cool! It goes with him!
Jeremiah had a mohawk for awhile, he loved it, now he wants to do the long hair thing.
Totally suits him ^_^
You're the coolest mom ever!ReplyDelete
Fits him perfectly!ReplyDelete
I love it!! I need to give Tommy a fauxhawk and get some pictures of the two of them together.ReplyDelete
you are a far cooler mother than i will ever be!!! We have also done the whole hawk thing a while back...http://www.se7en.org.za/2008/08/22/home-truths-se7en-haircutsReplyDelete
Darling! A lot of the little boys at Owen's school have mohawks, but I can't get O to go for it. ;)
Amazing! I hope Gil wants one some day :DReplyDelete
So. CUTE! Er...I mean, "cool and grownup." Yep, definitely. :-D
Way cool, my little one has had a mohawk for about a year now. He had it colored red for awhile. I think it is great!ReplyDelete
And you're a cool mama for going along with it. :)


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Development is booming in Greeley and officials don't see an end to the momentum any time soon.
Planned projects alone in 2014 — those now just on paper — easily surpass the last five years' growth in most categories in Greeley, and it all got kick-started in 2013.
While commercial development has sustained Greeley for several years — the building of the Leprino Foods cheese factory, Noble Energy's headquarters and the regional crime lab — other forms of development had all but stalled.
But 2013 brought plans for more than 800 multi-family units, almost 300 single-family homes and several new commercial/retail additions throughout town. Many likely will go up this year.
"Slow and steady kinda wins the race," said Brad Mueller, Greeley's community development director. "We hope it's a nice, managed amount of retail that's responsive to the market needs, and the lending environment and capital environment seems to support that."
Mueller said he would characterize it as a very healthy emerging market, "consistent with the strong fundamental economic base that we've been able to build and sustain over the last decade and beyond."
As of November, planned projects are toppling last year's development across the board: There were 15 new commercial projects this year through November valued at $28.2 million, the latest numbers available through the city of Greeley, compared to nine in 2012.
Last year's projects included Leprino Foods, Noble Energy and the crime lab, to boost the valuation to $49.2 million.
Greeley Mayor Tom Norton said he will look for the commercial development, the backbone of Greeley's success in recent years, to continue at a decent pace through this year and into 2015.
"That's simply because we will not have caught up and that will continue to grow and balance out," Norton said. "We have a ways to go in terms of jobs and number of people we'll have in our community. I look for a little faster pace of growth in both jobs and the economy."
Residential projects became the story mid-year and kept chugging through the year. As of November, the city issued 132 permits for single-family housing — not quite the 600-plus registered every year prior to 2006 — compared to 50 all of last year.
Multi-family was a different story altogether, as the city's vacancy rate sat below 2 percent for much of the year.
"The real story is the multi-family," Mueller said. Through November, the city issued permits for 215 units.
"Last year was 42, which just eked in at the end of year," he said.
City officials will be watching that residential picture emerge throughout 2014 knowing that "retail follows rooftops."
So far, it's bearing out somewhat like that, though retail is popping up a lot more than homes as of late.
A McDonald's is planned for west Greeley; Panera Bread just opened at Centerplace and Chick-fil-A is under construction next door to Panera. Village Inn is set to replace the TGI Friday's restaurant that just left the Centerplace shopping center while an ULTA Beauty store also is in the works there.
Candlewood Suites just opened in southwest Greeley, and a Homewood Suites is set to begin construction this year at Centerplace. Both will help put a dent in Greeley's tight hotel market, teeming with oil field workers.
But Greeley's development growth is more than just about the "new." Mueller said there is plenty of infill happening throughout Greeley.
"What we're seeing is just a nice, steady build out of a lot of existing places or rebuilding in the case of places like downtown," Mueller said. "It's really the balance of multiple spots."
With the car dealerships, especially, he's seen their commitment to staying put.
"One of the things I've noticed in and coming out of the recession, is the commitment or recommitment of auto dealership to existing sites," Mueller said. "Almost without exception, I've seen them do some sort of facelift, expansion, recommitment to existing sites, rather than going further and further out" of town.
Ghent Chevrolet last year underwent a $1 million-plus expansion and John Elway Dodge also has some renovations underway for its service bays.
"It says to me there's good economic sense in taking advantage of the existing infrastructure and support systems that are in the core areas," Mueller said.
One of the better trends Mueller has seen is the diversity of projects and their geographies. Greeley is not just a one-trick pony, and officials say it's not all about oil and gas development.
"We were hoping that oil and gas would be the spurt we needed, and that's helped in the overall commercial like Centerplace and the mall and even downtown," Norton said.
But retail and re-development projects are popping up all over the city.
Family Dollar is about to go up in east Greeley. Fresenius Medical Center has redeveloped a lot on the 10th Street corridor closer to downtown and, further west on 10th Street, McDonald's is planned for demolition to be replaced by a newer version of itself. That doesn't count the McDonald's scheduled for the former Hewlett-Packard property on 10th Street across from the new King Soopers, or the other retail lots planned there.
A 100,000-square-foot storage facility is scheduled for southwest Greeley off of 29th Street. Stuft Burger Bar is set to come to downtown Greeley, while an historic renovation is planned for the old Nelson's Office Supply building on 8th Street, and that is after a busy year with new restaurants and shops moving in.
City officials also continue to work on an agreement to bring a hotel and convention center downtown.
"It's not only in those places, but in other centers, whether it's Cottonwood, Westlake or Hillside, we're seeing new businesses come into those places, efforts at experimenting on what might work at those places, and a lot of times, it's local folks," Mueller said of where the action will be. "And then, people are turning their attention to east of 85 and recognizing the large population of services there."
Greeley's population also is soon to pass the magic number — 100,000.
Mid-year 2013, Greeley officials had a count of slightly more than 97,000 residents in Greeley proper. Hitting that magic number will signal more changes, at least in the retail picture, Mueller said.
"It won't be this big dramatic thing, but it will be another reason for some of the nationals to look at Greeley as a potential market," Mueller said.
Big numbers also bring some concerns, Norton added.
"A city of 100,000 and growing can certainly support more of the retail kind of activity and more of the quality of life activity that we struggled within previous years, when we were a little smaller and people would tend to go elsewhere," Norton said. "We're in a position now to have people really stay at home a bit more."
Norton said he'd like to see some more high tech and medical establishments start moving in as well. In fill, too, is high on his list after securing a downtown hotel.
"We're in very good shape in terms of making that happen," Norton said of the hotel. "I want to see that out of the ground and see what that spurs on for more of the tie of the downtown and university."
He added, "Once I feel comfortable there, I'd like to see some more of the business development to the west tie together some of the western development like on 20th Street, to make those more neighborhood shopping areas, and then fill in."


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I'm not normally a kick counter, but I do pay attention to every nudge and turn and cherish it, so not being able to recall the last time she told me she was there got me out of bed quite quickly. I moved around a bit, drank some water, and laid down on my left side again. Almost immediately I started feeling little hiccups and flutters inside.
I've possibly never loved her more than in that moment.
Today has been productive and I've done more nesting than resting, but I feel good and it's ok. Going through all my baby things I realized we didn't have any baby pants. So, I figured we'd venture out to Target and look for some baby pants and just finish up all the school supply shopping we had left to do.
I bought a pink tee shirt with matching pink pants. Pink with little apple trees. And it wasn't a gift for someone else.
Coming home and organizing all the school supplies and looking at the precious pink baby pants over and over has me feeling ready. For real we are ok. For real she is ok. And for real she is going to be here so very soon.
I've loved every moment I've known there was new life inside my womb. I can only imagine the bliss once she is living and moving with life on the outside.


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For a third time this Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday we will take part in a sacred drama in music based on the medieval legend of the Holy Grail, the wine cup Jesus passed around among his disciples at the Last Supper just prior to His Crucifixion.


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Jazz Ensemble - The Music of Stevie WonderThe Music of Stevie Wonder. Mike Tomaro, director.03/27/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Pappert Center for Performance and Innovationwebsite
In the HeightsWashington Heights is a tight-knit community where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. Find out what it takes to make a living, what it costs to have a dream, and what it means to be home in the heights. This show by Miranda & Hudes won four Tony Awards including Best Musical. Lisa Jackson-Schebetta directs, with choreography by Staycee Pearl.03/27/2014 - 04/06/2014Location: Charity Randall Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
PGH365: AIGA Pittsburgh Design Competition & ExhibitionPGH365 is an annual showcase of design work created in the Pittsburgh region. Enjoy drinks and hors d'oeuvres, explore the exhibition, and hobnob with creative people to mark the centennial of AIGA and the 25th anniversary of its Pittsburgh chapter.03/27/2014Location: Cultural Trust Arts Education Center, 805 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Uncommon PleasPICT and the Arts & Law Committee of the Allegheny County Bar Association host an evening of uncommonly good legal theatre. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, a three-course dinner, presentation of the evidence, and an appellate argument seeking to overturn the murder convictions of Macbeth & Lady Macbeth before a panel of federal and state court judges. Featuring Dennis Unkovic as Macbeth and Audrey Russo as Lady Macbeth with narration by James Fitzgerald.03/27/2014Time: 6:00 pmLocation: Duquesne Club, 325 6th St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
American FanfareA program featuring some of the most beloved works of American composers, including Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland, George Gershwin's An American in Paris, Bernstein's Fancy Free ballet music, and the exotic Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan by American impressionist Charles Tomlinson Griffes.03/28/2014 - 03/30/201403/28 - 8:00 pm03/29 - 8:00 pm03/30 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
BNY Mellon Jazz presents Kevin EubanksWith his second Mack Avenue Records release, The Messenger, acclaimed guitarist Kevin Eubanks continues to explore his own unique musical vision.03/28/201403/28 - 7:00 pm03/28 - 9:30 pm1815 Metropolitan St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Puccini's La BohemeIt's Christmas Eve in Paris, and the young poet Rodolfo (David Lomeli) meets the love of his life, Mimi (Leah Crocetto). Their time together is a poignant picture of poverty and illness, shared by friends. The entrancing set captures the charm and vigor of 19th-century Paris. Sari Gruber is Musetta, Troy Cook is Marcello, and Kevin Glavin is cast as Benoit/Alcindoro.03/29/2014 - 04/06/201403/29 - 8:00 pm04/01 - 7:00 pm04/04 - 8:00 pm04/06 - 2:00 pmBenedum Center, 231 7th St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
GroundedGeorge Brant's powerful one-woman show follows a gutsy fighter pilot whose unexpected pregnancy puts her career on hold. When she gets back in the game, flying has a whole new meaning: operating remote-controlled drones in Afghanistan from an air-conditioned trailer near Las Vegas. Hunting terrorists by day and being a wife and mother by night, the pilot's struggle to navigate her dual identities is her toughest mission yet.03/29/2014 - 05/04/20141300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
The PlanetsGustav Holst's masterpiece The Planets transports audiences on a musical journey through the solar system. Wagner's Overture to Tannhaeuser begins the concert. Daniel Meyer conducts.03/29/2014Time: 7:30 pmPalace Theater, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg, PAwebsite | map
Carnegie Mellon Wind EnsembleGeorge Vosburgh, Thomas Thompson, and Stephen Story, conduct the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble in a program including Mendelssohn's Overture for Wind Band in C Major, Mahler's "Der Grosse Appel" sequence from Symphony # 2, Alan Fletcher's Clarinet Concerto featuring Michael Rusinek, and Mahler's Um Mitternacht, from the Ruckert Lieder, sung by Tami Fire.03/30/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, 4141 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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SYCAMORE - The Mohawk Performing Arts Center was packed with supporters for volleyball coach Eric Hoover Thursday during a special meeting of the Mohawk Local Board of Education.
Hoover was reinstated as head volleyball coach with a one-year supplemental contract for the 2013-14 school year after an executive session by the board. The vote was 4-1, with Beth Margraf, Todd Price, Doug Walton and Vice President Duane Coldiron voting yes and President Roger Luhring voting no.
In a 3-2 vote, the board voted against renewing his volleyball contract at a meeting April 15.
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The crowd at a special meeting of the Mohawk Local Board of Education reacts to the news that Eric Hoover was given a one-year extension to his contract coaching Mohawk volleyball.
Deputies from the Wyandot County Sheriff's Office were on hand to assist during the meeting Thursday.Deputies barred anyone from being on stage with the board members.
"The Mohawk Board of Education strives to make the best decisions," Luhring said. "(There) is a lesson to learn and we should move on from this matter."
The board approved Hoover's contract with a mutually agreed upon improvement plan.
"(The plan) is a set of guidelines or suggestions to see improved," Hoover said, noting situations with coaching, parents, administrators and students.
Hoover's volleyball coaching career includes two Midland Athletic League titles, six sectional titles, two district titles and one regional title, with an overall volleyball record of 187-38.
He said it was his goal to come back and get his volleyball program back.
"It was a long week not knowing what would happen," he said. "I knew I had the community support."
Several coaches from area schools also came out to support Hoover along with community members, former athletes and students.
"It feels good. Many individuals have the same thing happen to them, but don't receive the same support," Hoover said.
Senior Sarah Parker has been playing for coach Hoover for four years.
"This shouldn't have been an issue," she said. "I'm excited to for the girls below me. It's a good feeling."
Another player, junior Clara Adelsperger, is thankful board member changed their minds.
"I liked being coached by Hoover. He inspires and pushes us," she said.
One of Hoover's former teachers from Old Fort, Ann Miller, came out to show her support.
"(It's) awesome. Eric is a good guy," Miller said.
What's next for Hoover? He said he has a baseball game today to get ready for in New Riegel.
"As for volleyball, we will be meeting ASAP to get the summer calendar out and to ready for workouts in June," Hoover said.
"I am proud of the job I do," he said. "You're not going to make everyone happy."


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Several new laws going into effect Jan. 1 are aimed at increasing safety on Oregon roads, in various ways. One increases the fine for using a handheld mobile device while driving, while another makes it illegal to smoke in a vehicle where children are present.
Fine increases for mobile device usage
Senate Bill 9 changes Oregon's traffic offense of operating a motor vehicle while using a mobile communication device from a Class D violation to a Class C. The minimum fine for a class C violation is $142, and the fine for this offense can be as high as $500.
The fine's increase is aimed at reducing the number of crashes that involve a driver talking on a handheld phone or texting. In Oregon from 2009 to 2011, nine people died in crashes involving a driver who was reportedly using a cell phone at the time of the crash, and 673 people have been injured.
Using a cell phone while driving falls under the category of "distracted driving," and this type of distraction is an increasingly dangerous behavior across the country. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in the U.S. 3,331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2011, compared to 3,267 in 2010.
The behavior is especially dangerous for younger drivers: 11 percent of all drivers under the age of 20 involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted at the time of the crash.
Any activity that diverts a person's attention away from the primary task of driving is dangerous. A Virginia Tech Transportation Institute study revealed that physically dialing a phone while driving increases the risk of a crash as much as six times. Texting is riskier still, increasing the collision risk by 23 times.
Even though a majority of Oregonians believe texting and hand-held cell phone use while driving is unsafe, some still choose to do so.
According to a 2012 phone survey of Oregon drivers, more than 70 percent said they know cell phones are a safety problem and that phoning and texting while driving are illegal. In spite of this, cell phone convictions in Oregon have steadily risen from an initial 40 in 2008 to 22,892 in 2012.
New smoking offense created
Senate Bill 444 created the new offense of smoking in a vehicle while a person younger than 18 years old is in the vehicle. The maximum fine for the first offense is $250, and the maximum fine for repeat offenses is $500.
This new law is considered a "secondary" law: a police officer may cite for this offense only if the officer has already stopped a vehicle for another violation or offense.
Drive tests waived for drivers-ed graduates
Beginning in January, Oregon DMV will waive the drive test for provisional driver licenses if the applicant completes a state-approved driver education program.
Students who pass the rigorous driving test in the driver education program will receive a plastic card certifying their successful completion, and when they bring that card to DMV and meet all the other requirements for driving privileges, they won't be required to take the DMV drive test.
(Note: there may be a period of transition where some approved providers haven't brought their driver tests into compliance with the DMV requirements that authorize the drive test waiver – check with your approved driver education provider to see if it can provide the card.)
"It's important to understand that the driving test our young drivers take through our approved driver education courses meets or exceeds the DMV test content," said Troy E. Costales, Safety Division administrator for the Oregon Department of Transportation. "We want to reward those who take approved driver education programs, because studies consistently show those drivers are safer, receive fewer tickets and experience fewer suspensions."
Oregon's driver education program and graduated license program have combined to significantly reduce crashes, fatalities and injuries involving young drivers. Over the past decade in the state, the number of 16-year-old drivers involved in fatal and injury crashes has been reduced by almost 57 percent. 17-year-old drivers involved in fatal and injury crashes are down 46 percent.
"If we can get more teens and parents to understand the value of formal driver education, and get the young drivers into these classes, we will continue to save lives and reduce crashes and injuries involving young drivers," Costales said.
A 2005 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that the crash rate for teens taking formal driver education was 11 percent to 21 percent lower than for those getting 100 hours of practice driving with a parent. A 2007 study by the Texas Transportation Institute found that teens taught to drive by their parents were nearly three times more likely to be involved in serious crashes than young drivers taught by professionals.
A Provisional Driver License is Oregon's standard passenger car driving privilege for drivers younger than 18 years. Provisional drivers have additional restrictions on their driving that phase out completely when the driver turns 18.
Applicants for provisional driving privileges who qualify for the drive-test waiver still must meet all other requirements. They must:
· Have had an instruction permit for at least six months· Certify that they have at least 50 hours of driving experience with a driver who is older than 21 and has had driving privileges for at least three years· Pass the safe driving practices test at DMV· Pay the application fee
Oregon does not require a driver education course in order to obtain a driver license. Young drivers may obtain 100 hours of supervised driving experience instead of completing a driver education course. In the best scenario, young drivers successfully complete a driver education program, gain at least 100 hours of supervised driving experience with parents, and move smoothly through the graduated license program. This path will build critical foundational skills and develop good driving behavior – and make Oregon's roads safer for everyone.
Myths...and truths about driver education


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A local girl's hard work and determination has finally paid off. After being runner-up for two years, Alexis Ayers was named to serve as Woodly the Elf for the 77th Mountain State Forest Festival. Alexis' poster was chosen as the best from a field of more than 30 submitted for the contest.
Woodly, the figure of an elf painting an oak leaf in the brilliant colors of fall, originally was sketched by Arnold Schulz of the U.S. Forest Service in 1957. It was adopted as the official logo of the Mountain State Forest Festival. Woodly has served as the symbol of the festival for more than 40 years.
As the result of a countywide "Name the Elf" contest conducted in Randolph County grade schools that drew more than 1,000 entries, the name "Woodly" submitted by Christina Hensil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hensil, was selected. With childlike simplicity, she reasoned, "When I think of the Forest Festival, I think of the woods, so I named the elf Woodly." The winning name earned Christina a $25 savings bond and the appointment of serving as Woodly in 1970.
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The Inter-Mountain photo by Beth Christian Broschart
Jennings Randolph Elementary School fifth-grader Alexis Ayers, second from left, will serve as Woodly the Elf for the 2013 Mountain State Forest Festival. The announcement was made Friday by Forest Festival Director of the Queen's Department Lydia Jones; Cricket Leary, Mountain State Forest Festival director general; and Ben Shaffer, Mountain State Forest Festival deputy director general.
In 1969, Jaime Sue McGee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McGee, served as "Woodly the First."
Alexis' poster depicts Woodly on a red and yellow tie-dyed background. Woodly imagines all the fun she will have visiting the schools, at the pet show, at the carnival and Festival City, in the Grand Feature Parade, at the log chopping contest and at coronation.
"I am very excited to be named Woodly the Elf," Alexis said. "I am most looking forward to walking down coronation hill."
Alexis is a fifth-grade student at Jennings Randolph Elementary School. She is the daughter of Kyle and Heather Ayers, and the granddaughter of Kenny and Karen Ayers.
"We are so happy she was named Woodly," said Karen Ayers. "She has put her heart into this contest for the past three years. We are so happy for her."
Mountain State Forest Festival Director General Cricket Leary said she enjoyed seeing the many ideas and colorful posters submitted in the Woodly contest.
"Many students submitted very nice posters," Leary said. "We are proud of all of you."
Woodly the Elf, who is part of the minor court, is included in many events throughout the festival.
In addition to coronation, Woodly participates in the Parade of Children and Grand Feature Parade. The Buckwheat Festival, Wood Chopping Festival, Coalton Days Parade and Strawberry Festival also are on the list of events at which Woodly will be featured.
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Ellen Dryfuse, 63, of Bloomville, passed away Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo.
She was born Aug. 6, 1949, in Ravenna, to Charlie and Alma (Johnson) Brown. She married Richard H. Dryfuse Jr. Nov. 16, 1974, at St. Jacob's United Church of Christ Republic, and he survives in Bloomville.
Other survivors include a son, Gerald (Stacie) Dryfuse of Bloomville; two daughters, Tina (Chris) Rice of Bloomville and Lorellen "Lori" (Steve) Welter of Tiffin; 15 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a brother, Lindell Brown of Sycamore.
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She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Lilburn; and two sisters, Roberta and Loretta.
She was a member of Caulfield American Legion Post No. 434 Ladies Auxiliary. She was employed for the past six years at Tiffin Walmart and was a former longtime waitress and cook at Truck Haven Restaurant, Bloomville.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, at Lindsey-Olds Funeral Home, 3085 S. SR 19, Bloomville.
Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bloomville, with the Rev. Cathy Wirth officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.lindseyoldsfh.com.


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Title says it all. Your thoughts?
This space for rent.
It's two years. That's a long time in the NBA. So who knows?
This excludes anyone in the '11 draft class.
Group 1: Paul, Wall, Rose
Group 2: D. Williams, Rondo, Westbrook
Group 3: D. Harris, B. Jennings, D. Collison, M. Ellis
Paul, Deron Williams, Derrick Rose, Rondo
Then there will be 12-15 others that will be continuously noted as Top Ten, depending on who you're talking to.
Paul, Deron, Rose, Westbrook, and then Wall.
Rondo slips after he gets a contract. But I think a player comes out of no where to surprise people. A Beaubois type player.
Not Watson, Price or Ford.
I'm less interested in ranking them, and more interested in figuring out if there are any point guards the Pacers could legitimately target this summer.
This space for rent.
If Deron Williams played for a team in a bigger market, he would already be known as the best PG in the NBA. I don't see anyone taking that spot from him anytime in the next 2 years.
That being said, NO wants to "not spend money" ..and has two extremely good point guards. So if we're trying to get one..Collison or Paul would be the best bet.
D. Williams and Harris are only attainable if their team lands Wall.
Paul is probably unattainable.
Ellis is probably attainable at the right price (not that I necessarily want him).
Collison is probably attainable.
Theoretically, either Flynn or Rubio is attainable.
Felton is attainable.
Can't think of anyone else it would make sense to trade for at PG unless we're talking complete sleepers here.
1. Westbrook
2. Paul
3. Williams
4. Rose
5. Wall
6. Felton
7. Curry
8. Lawson
9. Collison
10. Rondo
I think Rondo won't be as effective once he loses his go to guys on the Celtics and I think Felton will become a Billups like player in the sense he will take off in a new system. Harris has taken a few steps back with me and Jennings seems overhyped and not ultimately effective(as flashy as he may be).
really? i think rondo is the glue holding those guys together. if not for rondo that team would be hurting a lot worse than they are.
"To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine
He very well could be after the 2011-2012 season. . . his contract is up in two years.
Thats one thing where I wish they would have handled better was the situation with Roy, West said. Ill be honest with you, that bothered me a little bit, and I told Roy that. Im the type of guy who feels like were all in this fight together and Im not designed in that way to put it all on one guy. That did rub me the wrong way. That threw me off. I started reading some of that stuff, I started thinking, Whoaa. I just didnt feel good about that. I told Roy that it bothered me, that hes still my teammate"
David West on leaving the Pacers
I agree with that, but once he loses the talent around him I believe he will start showing more weaknesses in the process. He's had a few attitude problems, I'm not sure he can be relied upon as a leader and frustration would eventually get to him. I love defensive players and for that reason I like Rondo a lot, at the same time I believe a lot of PGs would look much better with KG/Pierce/Allen around them.
yea i would agree with that much.
but on the other hand, if any other pg's had those 3 guys while they developed and then lost them, theyd be in the same position as rondo.
but im with you on the defensive ability. hes top 2 probably with on ball defense. and hes probably top 3 in passing in my opinion, but with the attitude questions and such i can see his overall rank dropping. i hope he can prove us both wrong, i think hes a special talent.
"To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine
What about Rodrique Boubois(sp?)
40pts. 8ribs. tonight.
is he attainable?
"To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve Prefontaine
not with anything the Pacers would be willing to give up.
no mention at all of Tyreke Evans?
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
The only PG that I think we have a remote chance of acquiring THIS SUMMER is Felton through a S&T involving Ford. But I think the reality is that if we are looking for a PG...it's going to be hard to acquire one ( since any good ones aren't to be had ).....any realistic Starting PG that we get would be through the draft.
BTW....IF Bird has the chance to go after Felton and it involved Ford...I'd consider it.
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I was at the game and watched him.....please note that he was playing against the Warriors and they had ZERO answer to stop him from scoring. But from watching him play....he seems more like a super quick undersized SG that can score that has some passing ability but he doesn't really seem like the type of PG that you'd want as a Long-Term solution to being a Starting PG.
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2 years ago you had a nice list of aging but still had 2-3 good years left vets like Miller, Billups, Kidd and Nash (3 of which were dealt even). But now that whole crop is too old.
Meanwhile the new crop is all too young and promising. I'm not buying into the long term success of Lawson, Flynn or even Collison just yet, but even if they do become major quality PGs no team now wants to move them.
You just aren't going to get Paul, D Williams, Rose, Jennings, Wall, Evans, A Brooks, Westbrook, Holiday, etc. They won't be available to the Pacers at all.
Harris is about the only possible one, and I'm not sure he's really the answer given his heavy focus on scoring first.
I also don't rank Felton or Conley anywhere near those main high quality PG types. Right now they both might be passed not only by all the guys I mentioned (including Flynn, etc), but Beaubois and several others.
I'd rather just draft Vasquez than acquire Felton or Conley.
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We really, really should have come out of this draft with a PG. Gotta hope Price becomes something special.
A lot of people consider him more of a shooting guard. If his technical position is indeed point guard, then yeah I'd throw him on the PG list.
I don't see why they'd want to get rid of him when Kidd only has a couple years left in the tank. That said, who knows what Cuban might do. If he feels like next year is the last year of his championship window, he could do it. But it would have to be after he makes a run at Lebron and inevitably comes up short.
With the way they're aging I think there's a very good chance both Nash and Billups will still be top-10 point guards in two years, and even Kidd still looks strong. But since we're talking about young guys, guys who could be franchise points guards for the foreseeable future, and since there's so much PG talent in the league, I'm going to omit them from my list.
1. Chris Paul
2. Deron Williams
3. Derrick Rose
4. John Wall
5. Gilbert Arenas
6. Stephen Curry
7. Ty Lawson
8. Russell Westbrook
9. Rajon Rondo
10. Brandon Jennings
Next Ten...
Tony Parker
Baron Davis
Aaron Brooks
Darren Collison
Devin Harris
Ricky Rubio
Jameer Nelson
Mo Williams
Jose Calderon
Raymond Felton
Dark Horses...
Goran Dragic
Sergio Rodriguez
Ramon Sessions
Randy Foye
Eric Bledsoe
Jrue Holiday
Rodrigue Beaubois
Jonny Flynn
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