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Will Oly/Panasonic introduce camera with HD video?
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I'm very impressed with 5D-Mk2 video samples - DOF especially.
So, will be announsment of camera with video from 4/3? Or it will be only m4/3 cameras?
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Last week GM introduced its new extended-range electric car, the Volt, an impressive response to demand for a more energy-efficient vehicle. If Volt lives up to GM's promised 230 miles per gallon, it will indeed help to change the energy landscape of America. But what are the implications of such a shift?
For illustrative purposes, let's assume Mr. CP Minuteman purchases a $40,000 Volt just as it rolls off the assembly line in its first production year, 2010.
His old "gas-guzzling" car (which featured a mere 30 miles per gallon, let's say) is taken off the road, which means no more visits to the gasoline station to fill up a 20-gallon tank in order to travel about 600 miles between fill-ups.
Instead, Mr. CP Minuteman will economize by going electric-only. And he can do that with the Volt as long as his trips are no more than about 40 miles.
After that, a gasoline-powered generator kicks in, giving him 50 mpg for long enough to speed him along another 350 miles (assuming the fuel tank has a 7-gallon capacity).
Bottom line: Mr. Minuteman is going to use far less gasoline for his miles traveled, especially if he restricts his trips to 40 miles or less. Yes, the small gasoline generator may kick in, but it's intended as a backup to the real power center, which is Volt's battery system.
A full charge of the Volt would take about six hours on a 110-volt wall outlet, or three hours on a 220. And this brings us to the point: What will be the impact on the nation's existing and future energy portfolio?
President Obama has set a goal of having 1 million electric cars on America's roads by 2016. Assuming a big jolt from Volt's 2010 inauguration, it could happen. So over a few short years, a million people abandon (at least partially) the gas pump for the wall outlet. That's a shift from gasoline to electricity. Increased demand for the existing electric-power grid.
Here in Michigan, we are caught up in a debate between the good folks at Consumers Energy, who want to build another coal-fired plant to meet rising electric demand, and environmentalists who don't want any more coal-burning plants at all.
Indeed, they want all of us to turn down the lights, insulate and embrace all kinds of other energy-saving practices to reduce consumption. By doing so, they believe it's possible for Michigan consumers to save $3 billion in electric costs over the next 20 years.
But what if Volt (and Nissan's even more efficient Leaf) are wildly successful? What if a million, or millions, of car buyers turn to the electric car?
Our point is neither to belittle the electric car nor the well-meaning environmentalists who see it as an antidote for what ails Americans (a stubborn love affair with the internal combustion engine). It is, rather, to suggest that we are on the cusp of huge change, and that no one can know all the unintended consequences of this shift.
Millions of Americans cannot plug their Volts and Leafs into the electric outlets without creating a huge new demand for electricity. We would stake Mr. Minuteman's historic old britches on this prediction: Michigan will continue to need power plants for many years to come. Yes, coal-fired.
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Access violation in C++
I have been trying to resolve the access violation in the program for bounding volume hierarchy. Which takes an 3-D object "statue.ply" and creates a bounding volume hierarchy through which a ray tracer is used. I get an access violation error while running it. I have used SDL and lib3d packages.
I'm using visual studio 2010 on windows 7
>Error: Unhandled exception at 0x00fa2e80 in bvh.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation reading location 0x00000004.
Call Stack :> `bvh.exe!Triangle::Triangle(const Vertex * vertexA, const Vertex * vertexB, const Vertex * vertexC, unsigned int r, unsigned int g, unsigned int b, bool twosided, bool triNormalProvided, Float3 triNormal)` Line 393 + 0x150 bytes C++
can anyone help with it.
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If there's really only one entry in the call stack then this means something has trashed the stack, probably a memory corruption of some sort. Check for buffer overflows and use of uninitialised or freed pointers.
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• Periodicals and national culture
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While we welcome proposals in any of these areas, we seek especially work on non-Anglophone and/or post-1900 periodicals. While the study of nineteenth-century Anglophone periodicals is well-established, part of ESPRit's mission is to open up periodical research beyond this field.
In line with ESPRit's stated aims, the organizers hope to bring together some of the 'many European scholars in different disciplines—historians, sociologists, literary scholars, media studies scholars—who use periodicals in their work'. Ideally, the conference will put experienced researchers from the established field in dialogue with more recent arrivals. Accordingly, we also welcome contributions which are focused on questions of theories and methodologies of periodical research, as well as proposals dealing with teaching periodicals, and the impact of digitization on periodical research.
The organizers are looking for proposals for conference papers of 15-20 minutes length or for panels of related papers. However, we also encourage proposals which vary from the conventional format; for example, roundtable debates, workshops, posters, etc.
The conference will be held at The Burgess Foundation, an attractive venue in central Manchester. It is convenient for hotels and restaurants and a 2-minute walk from Oxford Road Railway Station with direct links to Manchester International Airport.
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The parade begins at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of Astor Street and Kilbourn Avenue.
It goes west down Kilbourn Avenue to Old World Third Street and then south on Old World Third Street to Wisconsin Avenue.
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Memory Leakage
I am developing an embedded system using C. I have a limited memory, so I sometimes run into a problem whereby my system becomes totally trashed due to memory leakage.
So I am asking for suggestions and recommendations about the sources of memory leakage and how I can avoid them.
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I hope this article will help you
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Make sure that *EVERY* memory allocation is matched by a memory free, WITHOUT EXCEPTION.
Then it won't leak.
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I wish want to further the discussion. When we have something like this:
char myFunc(char* a, char* b)
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There is one situation where you need to free memory, which is where you have allocated it. If you have allocated it then you MUST deallocate it (when you've finished with it). If you have not allocated it then you MUST NOT deallocate it. That's all there is to it.
It's good practice to allocate and deallocate memory within the same function wherever possible, e.g.:
void doSomething()
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u can use deleaker or similar debugger for search gdi and memory leaks.
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Betty J. Mater Durst, 81, of 920 West Fourth Street, Lewistown, died Saturday morning at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.
She was born in Altoona, daughter of the late Henry D. and Ethel M. (Liddick) Leidy.
Surviving are two sons: Kevin L. Mater and wife, Jeanette, of Carlisle and Robert K. "Kelly" Mater and wife, Carol, of Lewistown; five stepchildren: John K. Durst Jr. and wife, Thaila, of Belleville, Harry Steven Durst and wife, Kathleen, of Thompsontown, Daniel Durst and wife, Deborah, of Belleville, Michael A. Durst and wife, Sherri, of Lewistown and Laurie J. Durst Kozak and husband, Todd, of Lewistown; three grandchildren: Jerret R. Mater, Jeanette R. Kocan and husband, Matthew and Alan R. Mater; 12 stepgrandchildren; one great-grandchild; 14 stepgreat-grandchildren; a brother, Kenneth E. Leidy of Altoona; and her stepsister, Linda C. Eckley of Altoona.
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Betty was a 1949 graduate of Altoona High School. She worked part-time at the Baltimore Life Insurance Company in Lewistown and later as a clerk-typist at K.B. Aero-tech for 21 years.
She attended Evangel Baptist Church in Lewistown, where she was a member of the Evangelders. She was a member of the Juniata County Quilting Guild. Early in life, Betty was a 4-H seamstress instructor and was a creative and skilled seamstress.
Friends will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, at Heller-Hoenstine Woodlawn Funeral Home, 200 N. Main St., Lewistown where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, with Pastor Edward Kauffman officiating.
Interment will be in Blair Memorial Park, Tipton.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in Betty's memory can be made to Evangel Baptist Church, 375 West Fifth Street, Lewistown, PA 17044.


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EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST, 2010, WE HAVE MADE THE DECISION to close our coworking space in Orem. We are moving our core business, Lava7 (which currently operates from the Cowork Utah space) to our new office space in Provo. Once settled there, our plan is to expand Lava7 later this year into an adjoining space where we can once again offer coworking in a social media community workspace that provides a collaborative environment for independent designers, bloggers, and programmers. To all our wonderful friends and supporters, WE THANK YOU! It has been a blast! And, very productive for lots of people. Please stay in touch with Jack (jack at lava7 dot com) as we move ahead.
Temporary Closure and MoveApril 29th, 2010 by Jack Hadley | Posted in Blog, Strategic Mindset | 4 Comments »
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Just wondering if the time line for opening coworking in your new space has been established. I'm very interested in a collaborative environment of this sort.
Thanks for any light you might shed.
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Is it any wonder that stargazers love winter?
The nights are long and the skies are full of astronomical delights - bright planets, prominent constellations and beautiful star clusters.
Taurus, the celestial bull, charges through the night sky, one of the season's signature constellations.
It's easy to find in February - just face south an hour or two after sunset and look high above and to the right of Orion for a V-shaped cluster of stars with a bright orange star at one tip.
That "V" represents the head of the bull; the bright star, Aldebaran, represents its eye. Aldebaran, about 45 times bigger than our sun, is about 65 light-years away.
Taurus holds two brilliant star clusters: the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, and the Hyades (the V-shaped group). Each cluster is a fine sight with binoculars, which reveal dozens of fainter stars. Telescopes reveal a lot more stars, but because they narrow your field of view you lose the big-picture vistas that make the clusters so appealing in binoculars.
Imagine extending each arm of the "V" about 15 degrees to create bull horns. The northern horn leads to a fairly bright star called Alnath (Nath or El Nath on some star charts), about 130 light-years from Earth.
The star at the tip of the southern horn, about 8 degrees south-southeast of Alnath, is called zeta Tauri. It is about 420 light-years away.
One of the most interesting astronomical objects in the sky lies about 1 degree northwest of zeta Tauri, just off an imaginary line between it and Alnath. (Find a star chart at skymaps.com.) Although it's possible to catch a glimpse of the Crab Nebula with binoculars under excellent conditions, you'll want to examine this nebula with a telescope.
To most observers, the nebula appears as a ghostly, distinctly oval patch of light, with just a hint of structure. Long-exposure photos, like those taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, reveal an intricately detailed, cataclysmic explosion.
The nebula traces its history to July 4, 1054, when a brilliant new star suddenly appeared in the night sky. To get some idea of its appearance, take a look at Venus, which currently blazes in the southeast before sunrise, and imagine a star four or five times that bright suddenly appearing in the heavens.
Petroglyphs left by Ancestral Puebloans in the Four Corners area of the desert Southwest may represent the event, which was a supernova.
The nebula was discovered in 1731 by John Bevis, a physician and amateur astronomer, and independently re-discovered in 1758 by Charles Messier, the renowned 18th-century comet hunter.
A detailed drawing of the object made by Irish astronomer Lord Rosse in 1844 reminded some viewers of a crab, hence its name.
The Crab Nebula is about 6,300 light-years away (although estimates vary). Had it been nearby, say only 50 light-years away, astronomers believe radiation from the blast could have destroyed virtually all life on Earth.
Moon and planets
Jupiter appears to the left of a crescent moon in the western sky on the evening of Feb. 6.
Look for a crescent moon above and to the right of Venus before sunrise on Feb. 28.
Spaceflight anniversary
On Feb. 7, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless II, testing NASA's Manned Maneuvering Unit, conducted the world's first untethered space walk. The photo of McCandless floating free in space, the blue and white curve of the Earth below him, quickly became one of the space program's most iconic images.
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'Date' : 5th September 2012
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Everyone is welcome to join us at our chapter meetings.
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Nursing IVA (8)
Prerequisite: NUR 2752C
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Nursing IVA builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in previous nursing courses. Students learn to apply the nursing process in providing all levels of prevention to diverse clients across the life span and their support systems and who are experiencing responses affecting their abilities to meet complex needs for fluid and electrolytes, oxygen and/or perception and mobility. Students focus on commonly occurring responses to stressors and the interaction of problems in these need areas. Students provide care in community and acute care facilities for both pediatric and adult clients. Clinical application of learning accomplished in the Socialization into Nursing courses will be evaluated as part of the clinical component of Nursing IVA. In the role transition from student to graduate nurse, students use nursing process to manage care for selected groups of clients. Upon successful completion of this course the student is eligible to apply for licensure as a registered nurse and to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. (hours per week will vary from 5 to 19; 72 hour perceptorship completed in the last few weeks)


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Advanced Skills Workforce Center: "Diversity within the trade"
"This is a profession. This is a career. This is the best thing that's ever happened to me."
Danny Glover tells young unionists they are making history
"Each generation makes its own history... We need your voices here now more than ever."
Young Workers Summit feels the jolt of young labor activism
"America is begging for change on a grand scale; the kind of change that, quite frankly, has always been led by young people."
"Next Up" young workers to map strategy in Chicago
Over 1,000 young union members, students, and community activists will meet to map out strategies.
Walmart workers start to walk off job nationwide
"From Ferguson to Bentonville and across the country, black youth, Walmart workers, and allies are self-organizing to fight back."
Today in labor history: end of the "Vietnam era"
On May 7, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the "Vietnam era."
SEIU's Henry: Unions need new approaches to attract youth
The nation's unions need new approaches to recruit and retain younger workers, Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry says.
Today in labor history: Popular Socialist Youth formed
On November 18, 1944 in Cuba, the Popular Socialist Youth was founded, as a continuation of the Cuban Revolutionary Youth.
Today in labor history: School children strike in Wales
During August and September of 1911 there were strikes by schoolchildren in at least 62 towns and cities, showing the huge impact the rail strike had within working-class communities.
Pro-union panelists call for labor outreach to blacks and youth
"Our issues can be overcome. Diversity is a great strength."


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About Prostate Cancer
Living With Prostate Cancer
Living with Prostate Cancer
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The term "chemotherapy" refers to any type of therapy that uses chemicals to kill or halt the growth of cancer cells. The drugs work in a variety of ways, but are all based on the same simple principle: stop the cells from dividing and you stop the growth and spread of the tumor.
Until recently, chemotherapy was used only to relieve symptoms associated with very advanced or metastatic disease. With the publication of two studies in 2004 showing that the use of docetaxel (Taxotere) can prolong the lives of men with prostate cancer that no longer responds to hormone therapy, more and more doctors are recognizing the potential benefits of chemotherapy for the men they treat with advanced prostate cancer.
Building on these successes, there are now dozens of clinical trials studying various combinations of chemotherapy drugs, some using new mixes of older drugs and some using newer drugs. Some trials are looking to find a chemotherapy regimen that's more tolerable or more effective than docetaxel in men with metastatic disease, others are looking to find a chemotherapy regimen that can delay the onset of metastases, and still others are seeking to improve upon the results with docetaxel by adding to it other novel agents and testing the combination.
In addition, several agents are approved or widely available for use in prostate cancer, including estramustine and mitoxantrone. Estramustine (Emcyt) is an oral medication with hormonal and chemotherapeutic properties that has anti-cancer activity, and can be safely combined with other chemotherapies. Mitoxantrone (Novatrone) is a chemotherapy agent given intravenously every three weeks and is known to delay and reduce pain from prostate cancer metastasis from earlier studies. It remains an effective weapon against prostate cancer. However, it does have a risk of congestive heart failure which limits its use to generally under 10 cycles, and regular heart monitoring is necessary.
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A "pot-luck" dinner in Wellington, and other locations, every Tuesday night
Since May 2011 Tuesday Night Dinners have moved, week to week, to different locations where people have kindly hosted dinner. Each week the theme and address are sent out via email. If you would like to host a dinner at your place please contact me on 021 651 724 or via the contact form.


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DOVER — A Morristown man who was accused of supplying heroin to a drug den at a federally subsidized home in Dover has pleaded guilty to a single count of possession of heroin with intent to distribute.
Dwayne Hicks, 44, is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 17, following his guilty plea in Superior Court in Morristown last week.
Drug charges are still pending against his wife, Octavia Sallie-Hicks, 38, a former employee of the state Department of Community Affairs, which arranges subsidized housing; and Lamont Walker, 48, who lived in the unit in Dover.
Under a plea arrangement with the Morris County Prosecutor's Office, four other charges against Dwayne Hicks were dismissed. The prosecutor is recommending a four-year state prison sentence for Hicks which would require him to serve two years before he could become eligible for parole.
Hicks, who police say is known in Dover as "Homicide," Sallie-Hicks and Walker were all arrested in April. At their initial court appearance, Hicks admitted his guilt but said his wife "didn't have anything to do with it."
Sallie-Hicks was fired from her DCA job after her arrest. A senior clerk who earned more than $38,000 per year, Sallie-Hicks would not have had the authority to approve Walker's application for housing, officials said, but had come across Walker's name on an application, according to a statement she allegedly made to Dover detectives.
At the time of the arrests, Dover Detective Sgt. Richard Gonzalez called the operation "a taxpayer-supported drug den."
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This report describes the characteristics of outcome and its predictors in a cohort of patients evaluated in the Washington Center of the International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia. Part I, focusing on the characteristics of outcome, suggested that outcome consists of several semi-independent processes. This second part focuses on the nature of predictor-outcome relationships in this cohort of patients.
Results demonstrate that employment function and social relations in the past were each the best predictor of its respective outcome function. Established chronicity of illness predicted outcome in all areas. The findings support the view that outcome is not a single process but is comprised of several semi-independent processes best conceptualized as open-linked systems. Each system must be considered in understanding, evaluating, and treating the different areas of outcome disability in schizophrenia.
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Trends that are shaping the future The end of the commodity boom
In 2002, global commodities markets reached an inflection point. After two decades of 10% annual GDP growth, China's commodity demand accelerated sharply as its industrialization and urbanization effort intensified. Using steel as an example, Figure 1 shows how per capita consumption began to rise steeply, a path well trodden before by Asian economies, such as Japan and Korea, although not quite on China's scale.
Figure 1: Steel consumption and prosperity
Combined with two decades of underinvestment by the global mining and energy industries, the collision of these two trends - booming demand and underinvestment in supply - sparked a rapid and sustained rise in commodity prices worldwide. Broad indices, such as the Dow Jones UBS Commodity Price Index, have risen threefold over the past decade. The rise has been widespread across the commodities complex, but most notably in those commodities closely linked to industrialization and imported by China. Precious metals have also been spurred in recent years by concerns over the potential inflationary consequences of unconventional monetary policies such as quantitative
easing (QE).
The escalation in prices has been driven by fundamentals. The cost of production has risen across the board for most commodities as the rapid rise in demand pushed resource extraction into more marginal resources (see Figure 2 for two examples). Deeper mines, lower-grade minerals, more remote and challenging locations and shortages of both labor and equipment have pushed up costs. Inventories and spare capacity fell across the board, in some cases to critical levels, at times pushing prices up to a level needed to destroy demand.
Figure 2: Market prices and production costs
A decade on from the 2002 inflection point, commodity markets have reached another inflection point. Evidence is mounting that the 'super cycle' in commodity prices has ended. A peak in prices is consistent with the view of consultancy Research-Works that commodity price upswings last 10 years, followed by a 20-year downdraft in prices.
The peak in the current cycle for a range of major commodities is well behind us. Aluminium, nickel, zinc, natural gas, oil, iron ore, hard coking coal and thermal coal are in a wide range below their cyclical high points, as shown in Figure 3. The decline in broad commodities indices from their peaks so far has been muted due to the wide dispersion through timing of the peaks in the underlying commodities. While zinc reached its peak in November 2006, soybeans and corn have only recently hit their all-time highs.
Figure 3: Decline from peak to current price (%)
The combined forces of demand and supply are driving prices lower, just as they drove them higher in the upswing. On the demand side, China is settling into a more moderate pace of economic growth, while developed economies struggle with deleveraging headwinds. The commodity intensity of China's growth is also waning - demand is still rising, but at a more moderate pace. Global industrial production, after sustaining a 5%-plus pace of growth for most of the 2003-2008 period, is now weaker and more cyclical. Robust supply growth has also become increasingly evident, or is in prospect, for a wide range of commodities. Weaker demand and increased supply have restored balance to commodities markets, with marginal cost once again providing an anchor for prices.
The story does vary from commodity to commodity, however. Copper, while down 19% from its peak at the time of writing, is still well above its marginal cost, reflecting the still low level of stocks. Corn and soybeans peaked at or close to all-time highs in nominal terms in 2012 as the worst drought in the past half-century ravaged the US, pushing stocks-to-use ratios to multi-decade lows. Cotton on the other hand has plunged 65% over the past 18 months after all-time high prices prompted a surge in supply. Gold is being driven by a completely different set of factors. Fear of inflation from unconventional monetary policy measures has pushed it well above cost-based metrics.
While prices may well have peaked, this doesn't mean they will soon revert back to their pre-2002 levels. Costs have risen and are unlikely to fall rapidly, supporting prices well above earlier levels. In fact, cost pressures continue to intensify for some commodities as production increases. Previous cycles suggest that the downswing in commodity cycles can last two decades. Over the past century, major commodities such as copper and oil have had flat trends in real terms, but have exhibited considerable volatility from decade to decade.
After weakening in 2012, cyclical commodities, such as metals, iron ore and coal, are cheap and should show some signs of strength as the global economy recovers. However, the deleveraging headwinds and China's more sustainable pace of growth suggest only a muted uptick compared with the 2009 cycle. Demand for precious metals, such as gold, will reflect expectations of QE and the fear of inflation, so gold prices could weaken if inflation is held in check by sustained excess capacity. A more aggressive phase of QE with outright monetization of government debts may be required for the gold price to sustain new highs.
Supply-side issues pose risks for energy. The oil market has tightened owing to supply disruptions related to the embargo on Iranian oil exports. We expect only limited downside from current levels. Agricultural prices will be dominated by weather trends - the US drought and changes in the 'La Niña' and 'El Niño' weather patterns will be critical events to watch. While prices are likely to fall for corn, wheat and soybeans if weather trends normalize, they should remain elevated for some time yet given the market's imbalance.
After an upturn lasting a decade, the commodity super cycle's end is at hand. There's no better cure for high prices than high prices themselves, which incentivize new supply and encourage substitution. Combined with weaker global growth and China's waning commodity elasticity of demand, the scene is set for a momentum shift. This doesn't imply an immediate widespread collapse in prices back to previous levels. Costs have risen and won't easily reverse, and it is worth reiterating that downward trends in commodities prices have historically taken decades, not years, to play out. But the markets and economies that have benefited from the commodity super cycle tailwind are now just beginning to experience the chill of the other side of the super cycle.


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I wanted to cry when I realized that I had just deleted my entire blog with two clicks of the mouse and yes, it was that easy and that fast and everything was gone including the databases. I had just deleted the blog I was using at the moment – www.RiceInternetMarketing.com.
I was trying to delete the blog off of a different domain and accidentally brought up the wrong domain. As it was late at night and I was tired I was not paying to close attention to just what was going on and I deleted everything off of the wrong domain.
This should not have been such a big deal if I had backed up my blog.
I am a fanatic about backing things up. I back up my computer every night on to a two terabyte hard drive. I also sync all of my documents on to that same hard drive. That way I have the back up as well as a copy of everything on my harddrive. I sync and back up my websites on a regular basis.
So when I deleted the entire blog I thought "oh ya I have a back up". The only problem was the backup was on the server where I have just deleted everything. The backup program that I used backed the data up to a location within the blog. Then I needed to transfer the backup to another location which I had not done yet as I really did not intend to do anything to that blog.
This did solve one of my dilemmas. I was trying to decide if I really wanted to use RiceInternetMarketing.com or DeeAnnRice.com. This pretty much decided the issue as when I lost everything off of RiceInternetMarketing.com and had to start over it made the decision easy to decide to use DeeAnnRice.com.
So how do you back up a blog or website? Well there are quite a few different ways to do it. There are several plugins out there that backup for you. The problems I have found with some of the plugins is that they sometimes work and sometimes they don't. I have used plugins that have successfully backed up my website several times and then one I will get a corrupt backup. I always try to back up a couple of different ways.
How To Back Up A Blog
First off there are two parts to your blog. The first part is the databases where all of your data is kept and the second part is the wordpress part or the stuff you see on a FTP program. Some of these solutions back up both parts and others only backup one or the other. In order to have a complete backup you have to backup both your databases and the wordpress part.
BackupBuddy – WP backup, restore, migration plugin
This is a plugin that you have to buy and costs $45 for two web sites and goes up from there for additional websites. I love this plugin as it is really easy to use. It backs up the databases as well as the wordpress part of the blog. So when backed up you have a complete copy of your blog. Backup Buddy makes either restoring a blog or migrating a blog to a new domain easy. The thing you have to remember about this plugin is that it saves everything back onto your blog. Then you have to transfer it to another location which is also easy and is done from within the plugin or with an FTP program. This is what I had used to back up my website and had not moved the backup.
This is a free plugin that I have been using recently. It backs up the databases. The really nice thing about this plugin is that you can set it up to send you an email with a backup of the databases at whatever frequency you choose. I have it set up to send me a database backup daily. This way I have all of my content in the event that something in advertently happens to my blog. I was not using this plugin at the time I erased my blog. I had not put this plugin on yet.
This is another free plugin I have used in the past. It also lets you schedule a back up of your blog database and have it emailed to you at whatever interval you choose. Again this only backs up the databases and not the wordpress part of your blog but at least you retain all of the content for your blog.
Synchronizing programs
Good Sync — Backup or Synchronize Your Files
I love this program also. I use this almost every day to back up my computer and my websites. This program cost $29.95 but you can try it before you buy it. You can pick what you want to sync and where you want to sync. It will sync from your computer to online, online to your computer or between computers or external hard drives. I sync my blogs from the ftp to my external hard drive. That way my blog is backed up. This only backs up the wordpress part of the blog.
This is a free sync program. I have never used this so do not really know how it works but do know they give you 5GB of free storage online when you download and install this program.
Manual Backups
Sometimes I just prefer to just do it manually as then at least I know it is done.
I thought the best way to show how to manually backup was to do it on a video. So please watch the following video to learn how to manually back up your data base and wordpress part of your blog.
The one thing I learned out of this whole situation was that I need to back up my blog right away and not wait. I also would suggest that you use a couple of different forms of backup as sometimes the backups fail.
I now have this blog backed up and will be online again. I will be visiting blogs again and commenting. I would love comments on my blog.
If you find this post interesting or useful could you please share it with your friends. Thank you.


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In Reply The prevalence of diabetes cannot be compared directly between our study and the 2002 CNNHS due to different methods of data collection, diagnostic procedures, and statistical analyses. In the 2002 CNNHS, an oral glucose tolerance test was conducted only in those with a fasting plasma glucose level of 5.5 mmol/L or higher and HbA1c levels were not measured.1
In addition, the 2002 CNNHS used the 1999 World Health Organization criteria plus a self-reported history of diabetes treatment to define diabetes. In our study, the 2010 American Diabetes Association criteria, which include fasting plasma glucose, 2-hour plasma glucose, and HbA1c as well as self-reported diabetes, were used. Moreover, sampling weights, which should be used to account for complex survey designs, were not applied in the 2002 CNNHS.
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MBB4ND 2478 days ago
Coach, why haven't you contacted toney hurd yet?! He just decommited and said he hasn't spoken with you yet...
cavsfan58 2478 days ago
Did you hear about Chris Henry?
vanny0035 2482 days ago
Congrats coach! Can't wait to see you and your team in action in the spring game. Best of luck to you and your family and Go Irish!!
SpenceTuck 2483 days ago
take that shirt off you fool
oubearcat 2483 days ago
"I am not Mark Dantonio"
DurhamIan 2483 days ago
You Cincy fans are fools. Sugar Bowl is just an Exhibition game that don't mean shit. Your not playing for the National Title. Get over it. You should be thanking him for getting you where you are.
Phil_Hill 2483 days ago
Thanks for what you did for UC football. Disappointed that you left before the Sugar bowl - but good luck all the same.
Lowlight1978 2483 days ago
Money talks Good luck With the Irish
Lowlight1978 2483 days ago
Rich Rod = Brian Kelly
bealpat 2484 days ago
play Florida?
bealpat 2484 days ago
seriously? You just "up and left"? Do not wear the bearcat shirt ever again. What is your problem? SEC-phobia? Didn't seem to care about the Volunteers considering you last year, but now you leave for ND before the Sugar Bowl? Are you too chicken s... to
oubearcat 2484 days ago
"I am not Mark Dantonio"
WI_Hoosier 2484 days ago
I'm guess if a company offered any of you a job with twice as much salary as you are currently making, you would refuse, right or hypocrite?
MitchHammersley 2484 days ago
Attn. Cincy fans: You should be thanking this guy for making your football team relevant - not only relevant, undefeated. Playing Florida. In the Sugar Bowl.
o2bntx 2484 days ago
Another in a long line of college coach carpetbaggers.
conrail4me 2484 days ago
Welcome to the big show coach! As an Irish fan we're happy to have you. Best of luck in the new job. Hope you and your family have a smooth transition!
jcurran7 2484 days ago
Not a sellout. He is a man chasing his dream. Say you were a 49ers fan and you played for the Bears. The bears are paying you $500,000 and the 49ers offer you $2,000,000(not actual figures). What would you do? This is a great opportunity for him and his
And lose the Bearcats shirt! NOW!
There's only two types of people in this world:
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The Kansas Jayhawks are coming off a big overtime win at Oklahoma State on Wednesday and a blowout win at home against TCU on Saturday.
The Jayhawks have been on a roll and are now in good position to win the Big 12 Conference regular-season title for the ninth straight season in a row.
They are tied with Kansas State atop the Big 12 standings, but hold the tiebreaker over the Wildcats, because they defeated them in both meetings this season.
With a win over Iowa State on Monday and strong play from Ben McLemore and Jeff Withey, can the Jayhawks take the Big 12 conference again?
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text: Explore further your passion for Children's Book Illustration in this intermediate class. You will learn step by step how to create a children's picture book dummy from initial story board to a finished dummy ready to mail to publishers. Create sketches for your story as well as a couple of finished illustrations in color. This is the perfect course if you a friend or relative have a story that you have always longed to illustrate and potentially publish. Creating your own take on a popular story or folktale is fine if you do not have an original story.


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KOKEE, Kauai (AP) - Four young men are OK after they had to be airlifted out of the Poomau Canyon Lookout Trail.
Kauai police said rescue specialists airlifted two 18-year-old men and two 20-year-old men out of the area around 6 a.m. Sunday after a parent of one of the men reported them missing around 2:45 p.m. Saturday.
The four had left for Kokee on Friday afternoon for what was supposed to be a day hike.
An air crew located the four men Saturday night, but the men could not be airlifted out because of darkness. The air crew was able to drop blankets, food and water down to the men before returning early Sunday.
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Congress is under tremendous pressure to get our nation's fiscal house in order. The debate now is not which programs to cut, but by how much. I believe that is a dangerous proposition for the Community Health Centers of the Community Action Agency of Columbiana County. Congress needs to hold Community Health Centers harmless.
More than 23 million Americans rely on Community Health Centers for primary and preventative care, including over a half million Ohioans. This primary and preventative care helps save more than $1,200 per patient annually, saves millions of dollars for the Medicaid program and keeps patients out of far more costly places, like emergency rooms. Health Centers currently serve 14 percent of all Medicaid beneficiaries at a total cost of only 1 percent of Medicaid spending. Deep cuts to Community Health Centers will shift patients to more expensive health care alternatives and cost the taxpayers even more.
The Community Health Centers of the Community Action Agency serve over 10,000 unduplicated patients annually. Last year we provided almost 40,000 primary care medical and dental visits to area residents. Our health centers are conveniently located and accessible to all residents of Columbiana County. We serve uninsured patients through a sliding fee scale that discounts patient care according to the patient's family size and income. In 2010, we provided nearly $1.2 million in discounted care. In 2010 our Health Centers employed 42 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff and had an annual payroll of more than $2.1 million. Funding cuts will result in staff reductions and an increase in the number of county residents who are unemployed.
As a taxpayer and an employee of the Community Health Center at Community Action Agency, I ask our members of Congress to hold Community Health Centers harmless in its deficit reduction plan. Health Center funding cuts will drive patients to more expensive options that won't reduce the cost of government.
Beth Weir.
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MOUNT UNION - The Juniata Valley softball team fell to 7-10 Friday afternoon, thanks to a 10-0 loss to Mount Union in high school action.
The Lady Hornets managed just one hit in the game.
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2B-T. Miles 2, Drake (MU). 3B-M. Sugartz, K. Smith (MU). HR-Miles (MU). Multiple hits-Brumbaugh 3, T. Miles 3, M. Sugartz 3 (MU). RBI-M. Sugartz 2, T. Miles 3, Feagley 2, Drake, K. Smith, Brumbaugh. WP-A. Smith. LP-Carper. SO-Carper 5 (JV); A. Smith 5 (MU). BB-None.
Records: Juniata Valley (7-10).
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WARFORDSBURG - Hannah Drenning drove in Northern Bedford's lone run in a loss to Southern Fulton.
The loss dropped the Lady Panthers to 5-10.
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Multiple hits-Elbin 2, Morton 2 (SF). RBI-Elbin (SF); Drenning (NB). WP-Elbin. LP-Guyer. SO-Elbin 5, Guyer 4. BB-Elbin 1, Guyer 4.
Records: Northern Bedford (5-10).
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TYRONE - Tyrone mustered seven hits, but failed to produce runs as the Lady Eagles fell to Penns Valley on Thursday.
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Records: Tyrone (1-14).
Altoona juniors split
The Altoona junior high softball team fell to 3-11-1 in a 7-6 loss to Bellefonte at Logan Elementary School.
Cassie Hall had two hits and two RBIs for the Lady Lions, who also got two hits from Bethany Kudlawiec.
Altoona won the B game, 2-0, behind a one-hitter from Lindsey Fasolo. She struck out eight as the team improved to 2-12. Teammate Riley Duey had an RBI double.


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FIRST PLACE WINNERS WITH THE MORGANZ: Morgan Benoit, bottom left, and Morgan Hay, bottom right, congratulate the winning golf team of the First Annual LA Showstoppers Golf Tournament. The winners included, in no specific order, Troy Trahan, Bo LeJeune, Chris Hornsby, and Chad Weekly.
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Showstoppers Tournament
The first annual LA Showstoppers Golf Tournament was held at the Jennings Country Club.
This year, the tournament was titled the Morganz Classic, as it was a fundraiser to help the Morganz, Morgan Benoit and Morgan Hay, attend the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
The tournament included 11 teams from around the parish. Each team had four men and/or women and they competed in a four person scramble. Each team enjoyed an 18-hole round of golf and free drinks and hot links.
Dr. Wilder and Dr Griffith of Jennings Internal Medicine Associates donated all of the food provided for the golfers. Prizes were awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, as well as for Closest to Hole #15, Closest to Hole #11, Closest to Hole #2.
Ms. Christie Talen of Lake Arthur donated all prizes for the tournament.
Winners of the tournament this year included Al Mosley (Closest to Hole #2) and Carl Meaux (Closest to Hold #11 and Hole #15).
The third place team was sponsored by Production Wireline and Cased Hold Services out of Lafayette. Team members were Mark Lutyhe, Mike Storms, Dave Falgou, and Leonard "Bubba" Leger.
Second place was awarded to the team sponsored by Marcantel, Marcantel, Wall, Pfieffer, and Stretcher. Team members consisted of Keith Wall, Carl Meaux, Craig Thibodeaux and J.B.
This years first place team was individually sponsored. The team members were Troy Trahan, Bo LeJeune, Chris Hornsby, and Chad Weekly.
This year's tournament had a great turn out and everyone had a fantastic time.


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T.J. Hornberger of Lake Shore and Marta McLaughlin of East Aurora had the fastest times in Saturday's 18th annual West Seneca Cross Country Invitational at Sunshine Park. Their times will set the bar high for future races at the park in West Seneca, which served as a first-time host.
Hornberger tamed the welcoming layout, running a 16:05.37 while McLaughlin crossed in 19:05.04. The meet had been held for the last 17 years at Fireman's Park, located just down the road.
"I'm in pretty good shape for this time of year, there's a lot of improvement I can do," said Hornberger. "I just wanted to see where I was at after returning for the summer. I made a good base over the summer, I did a lot of high mileage."
McLaughlin won the small school girls race while Livia Chase of Starpoint ran 19:05.18 in the large school race, a mere .13 seconds slower than McLaughlin.
"This new course is definitely harder than the old course, the times were a lot slower," said McLaughlin. "I liked it. The woods were weird, it just kept twisting and turning and I had no idea where I was going. I was just running."
Sean Phillips of East Aurora rounded out the winners of the four varsity races as he took the boys small school race in 16:09.68.
A field of 229 boys from 35 teams competed while the girls featured 186 runners from 28 teams. Irondequoit of Section V won the large school boys team title. Starpoint was second with Paul Schwartz its top finisher in 7th.
East Aurora's boys and girls ran away with the small school team titles. The boys finished with four runners among the top 10: Phillips was first, Brendan Keany third, Gene Baritot fourth and Robby Coulter ninth.
The Blue Devils girls enjoyed a 1-2-3 finish with McLaughlin, Megan Baritot and Mackenzie Donahue. Iroquois' girls took home the large school team title led by Esther Grossman in sixth and Ashley Peppriell in eighth.
OP girls net tourney win
The Orchard Park girls volleyball team, runners-up last week in the St. Mary's Tournament, went one better on Saturday. The Quakers won the 16-team Sweet Home Tournament in three games over ECIC I foe Lancaster.
"We lost to St. Mary's last weekend, and when you leave with a loss, it kind of sticks with you," said OP coach Greg Lardo. "We didn't pass well and we wanted to do a better job."
Quakers senior middle blocker Maryellen Debic was named MVP after she played consistently all day and had nine kills in the final. Lardo said Debic can set if she's needed, run plays from the back row and can be set to the right side.
Named to the all-tournament team were Meghan Kneeland (Clarence), Katie Mazierski (Niagara-Wheatfield), Andrea Buchanan (Hamburg), Sydney Rojek (Frontier), Jenna Reeser (Sweet Home), Bre Opera (Lancaster), Katie Kajtock (Lancaster), Joelle Poloncarz (Orchard Park) and Kristen Stanek (Orchard Park).
. Immaculata came back to beat Wilson, 22-25, 29-27, 17-15, in the Starpoint Tournament finals.
. The Grand Island boys topped St. Francis, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23, to win the Cheektowaga tournament.


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Wednesday, May 1 | Submitted by Donnie Rodgers, Jr. | Downtown Central
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday Noon in Founders Park will kick off the 2013 season with a performance from local performer, Bill Haller, on Wednesday May 8th at 12:15pm. Wednesday Noon in Founders Park is a series of free lunch-time concerts and shows running from May 8-June 26, 2013. Shows are for all ages and run from 12:15 to 12:45pm each Wednesday. Patrons are encouraged to bring a sack lunch and lawn chair.
Wednesday Noon in Founders Park is presented by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, the Downtown Springfield Community Improvement District, the Springfield-Greene County Park Board and the Urban Districts Alliance.
Founders Park is located at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Water Street. For more information call 417-831-6200 or visit http://www.springfieldmo.gov/founders/.
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mixed greens topped with jerk seasoned grilled chicken breast, mango, avocado and wontons in a miso vinaigrette
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Richmond F. Allan, 83, passed away on June 14, 2013, after a short illness. He was born in Billings, Mont., on April 22, 1930, to Roy and Edith Prater Allan.
Richmond graduated from Billings Senior High School in 1948; during that year he was the high school champion debater for the state of Montana. He attended the University of Montana for one year, but in September 1949, as a passenger, he was seriously injured in an automobile accident. After a six-month hospital stay, he attended Eastern Montana in Billings and studied for one year at Montana State University in Bozeman.
In August 1954, Richmond Allan and Dorothy Ann Frost were married at Saint Patrick's in Billings. In September they went to Missoula, where Dorothy taught school and Richmond attended the University of Montana. In 1955, he received a bachelor's degree with honors.
In 1957, he received a law degree with honors. Shortly after graduation, Richmond having been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, Dorothy and Rich spent a year (1957) in London. Richmond pursued graduate studies at the London School of Economics, while Dorothy taught at the American Army School. When they returned to the States, Richmond worked for the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco (1958). After that year, they returned to Billings.
In 1959, Richmond became an associate and then a partner in the firm of Kurth, Connor, Jones and Allan in Billings. In 1961, he became Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, where he supervised the acquisition of lands required for federal projects, including the Malmstrom AFB missile field and the Yellowtail Dam.
With his family, he moved to the Washington, D.C., area in 1965 to become Associate Solicitor of the Department of the Interior in charge of the Division of Indian Affairs. He was appointed Deputy Solicitor in 1968. In 1969, he became a partner at Weissbrodt & Weissbrodt, where he acted on behalf of the Natives of Southeast Alaska to secure adoption of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which resolved the aboriginal claim of the Alaska Natives.
In 1977, he became a partner in the Washington office of Casey, Lane & Mittendorf of New York. In 1979, he joined Duncan, Weinberg, & Genzer, PC (later Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer, & Pembroke, PC), where he practiced extensively in the fields of public land and Indian law, representing such clients as Sealaska Corporation, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and Tlingit and Haida Indian tribes. He retired in 2002, but continued to work as a consultant.
His wife, Dorothy Frost Allan, died in 2009 after 55 years of loving marriage. He is survived by his three sons, Dr. Richmond P. Allan (Seulhee), of Spartanburg, S.C., David Allan (Julie), of Lititz, Pa., and Michael Allan, of Bethesda, Md.; four grandchildren, Rachel, Edith, Matthew and Peter; and a sister, Robyn Allan English, of Mahwah, N.J.
He was a man of strong opinions and succinct expression, always ready to share his vast store of wisdom with family and friends. His witty conversation and his clever, customized Komodo Kards for every occasion are already missed.
Cremation has taken place.
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How the Spurs have addressed the Zach Randolph problem
Nightmares of Zach Randolph's left hand haunted Spurs fans as Game 1 of the 2013 Western Conference Finals loomed. The last time these teams met in the postseason, everything that spun off his fingertips seemed to touch nothing but nylon, and the images were left repeating over and over again as folks re-watched San Antonio's unceremonious 2011 elimination in their minds. But as the current matchup has begun to play out, those scenes from two seasons ago seem to have been removed from view.
Randolph has been mostly miserable through two games. He's chipping in 8.5 points a night while shooting 26.7 percent — 7-for-26 from the floor — in the Western Conference Finals, a far cry from the 21.5 points per game on 50 percent shooting we saw in 2011. There are several factors involved in why that is, but it starts with the personnel the Spurs are currently employing. Duncan was a shell of himself two years ago and had trouble staying in front of Z-Bo when he faced up, the ancient Antonio McDyess and the undersized DeJuan Blair had similar sets of problems, and Tiago Splitter was buried at the end of Gregg Popovich's bench, only to be dusted off once the situation reached DEFCON 1 going in to Game 6.
This time around, San Antonio has a healthier, lighter Duncan, a much more capable Splitter, Boris Diaw and a stable of young, long-armed perimeter players very adept at crashing down and helping defensively on big men. For as skilled as Randolph is offensively, the matchups he's being faced with are difficult for him to handle. The 6-foot-9 Z-Bo now has the task of attacking two borderline 7-footers all night and, given his limited athleticism, doesn't have enough of a quickness advantage to beat any of the Spurs' bigs consistently off the dribble.
In 2011, this was an issue. Duncan's ankle wasn't right, and he was playing roughly 15 to 20 pounds heavier than he is now. McDyess just didn't have the foot speed or strength any longer, and the Blair/Bonner combo was basically consumed alive by Randolph's backside. Because of that, the Spurs were forced to give Z-Bo a good amount of space whenever he faced up so as not to leave themselves vulnerable to the dribble drive. Randolph took advantage of that.
Of the 96 shot attempts Z-Bo put during that 2011 playoff series, 28 of them were from the mid-range area. He only hit around 39.3 percent of those — which is right at the league average for mid-range jumpers — but it opened up the threat of the shot the Spurs had to respect. San Antonio wasn't allowed to just hang back at the rim, and that made dealing with Randolph nearly impossible at the time.
But thus far during the Western Conference Finals, Z-Bo hasn't been able to get anything going from outside of the paint. Only five of his 26 attempts have come from the mid-range, and he hasn't hit a single one of them. In fact, of the paltry seven baskets he's made during this series, just one has been converted from outside the restricted area.
The stark difference in shot charts — 2011 first round on the left, 2013 conference finals on right — is pretty wild.
And the thing is, Randolph likes to use his mid-range game. It's not as if the opportunities are there and he's not taking advantage, the Spurs are just making completely forcing him out of comfortable situations. Z-Bo took 29.1 percent of his shots from outside the paint during the regular season, which is up 6.3 percent from the 2011 regular season. While Randolph's biggest strength is rebounding and scoring inside, he has no problem letting the ball fly from 15 to 18 feet away.
The evidence is in the shot charts. The frequency with which he shot the ball in the paint changed very little over the last two years, but Randolph has obviously become more comfy with his shooting touch, at least when it comes to keeping it inside the arc.
But Z-Bo's struggles have a lot to do with his current competition. The Spurs realize who destroyed them in 2011, and they've game-planned to not let it happen again.
This from Dan McCarney at the San Antonio Express-News:
This underscores what many observers seemed to miss entering the series: A far cry from two seasons ago, when Tim Duncan was limping around on one leg and Antonio McDyess and DeJuan Blair were getting major minutes, the Spurs now have one of the better interior defenses in the NBA.
Not infallible, mind you. The Nuggets and Clippers, for example, had their way with the Spurs at times this season. But still among the best, ranking eighth in opposing points in the paint and third in opposing field-goal percentage at the rim. (In 2011, they were ranked 18th and fifth.)
According to Synergy Sports, Randolph is:
* 1 for 5 with two turnovers against Duncan
* 1 for 5 with one turnover against Splitter
* 1 for 3 against Diaw
Unlike in 2011, Randolph is now against a frontline that is not only longer than he is, but just about as quick. Couple that with the fact he has fewer capable 3-point shooters around him than he had then, and San Antonio has been able to swarm the post at every opportunity. They know Z-Bo is looking to score any time he touches the ball, so they're just inviting him to kick it out to the arc.
But before he even gets the ball, the Spurs are being ultra-aggressive in denying him the chance to catch it in his spots. In this case, Diaw is fighting to maintain top-side position on Randolph, even all the way out to the free-throw line extended. And look at the other San Antonio defenders. Z-Bo has yet to even touch the ball, and they're already in position to help over the top. When you're fronting Randolph, you'd better have back-side help ready and waiting at all times.
Even when Randolph receives the ball away from the block and faces up, the Spurs are in their defensive spots early. Every defender has at least one foot in the paint, and the Grizzlies' movement has virtually stopped.
Now, it must be pointed out: Randolph was hitting jumpers out of similar situations during the 2011 postseason. He was playing out of his mind, draining contested step-backs and fadeaway jumpers over the outstretched arms of San Antonio's big men. There was virtually nothing they could do. But he hasn't done any of that thus far, and the Spurs are content to pay him this sort of attention so long as he or his teammates aren't knocking down perimeter shots.
As I mentioned before, Randolph has only five attempts outside of the paint compared to 21 shots inside the lane, and the Spurs are making sure that once he gets there his shots are viciously contested. Of course, it doesn't help that the Grizzlies' floor-spacing has been terrible at times during the series, which comes with the territory when you have only a few perimeter threats.
The Spurs are collapsing on Randolph the second he begins his drive, and as a result have given up only a couple of decent looks through two games. Notice where three of the four remaining Grizzlies on the floor are positioned.
It's not to say the Spurs didn't respect Randolph in 2011, they're just playing an extreme form of interior defense this season. They're now well-aware of the kind of damage he can do. Take a look back to 2011, and you'll see where Randolph was getting his shots. In this screen grab, Z-Bo was isolated in the post against McDyess. San Antonio — a team that typically prided itself on not double-teaming — did not give their man enough help on the baseline or on Randolph's right shoulder. The result is disastrous. If he gets this type of position on virtually anybody, it's over.
Notice the yellow line. Not a single Spur is even on the same plane as Randolph.
(I apologize for the grainy photos here. The arrow is pointing to Randolph with the ball in his hands.)
And even when he didn't get below the Spurs' defense, he was still able to get to his left hand going toward the middle just about whenever he wanted. Granted, that has a lot to do with the amount of space he was receiving when he had the ball. Look at the shooters in the following picture in comparison to the ones you'll see starting for Memphis in the conference finals. As Randolph goes up with his left hand, notice where the rest of the Spurs defenders are. When you're dealing with Shane Battier, O.J. Mayo and Mike Conley (Battier and Mayo were not starters in 2011, for whatever that's worth), as San Antonio is here, they must be respected. There's a much different dynamic involved when Tayshaun Prince and Tony Allen make up 40 percent of your starting lineup, because teams can afford to leave them on the perimeter.
But here, the lane is open for Randolph to make his move, and San Antonio just wasn't bringing enough help. In this instance, Z-Bo put his body into the defender and elevated, giving McDyess practically zero chance to block his shot. And without any help to speak of, he had all the space he needed to hit an easy hook shot.
Remember, Randolph is also one of the best in the league on the offensive glass. He's just as much a threat in terms of second-chance points as he is in the initial offense. The swarming style of defense not only makes it difficult for him to get a good look on his original shot, but it also makes it much more difficult to attack the offensive glass. If Z-Bo is in a 1-on-1 situation when the ball goes up, it's very difficult to box him out even if he misses the shot. Now, with Leonard, Green and the rest of the Spurs' backcourt crashing down to help, it's negating a lot of the things that make Randolph so dangerous.
It's safe to say the Spurs have learned from their mistakes of two years ago, but what's hurting Memphis most of all is their lack of outside shooting. Without the proper pressure valves on the perimeter, Randolph will be faced with crowds for the rest of the series. And barring a wild swing in Lionel Hollins' rotation, it's an issue they'll have to deal with going forward. Perhaps we'll see a little more Quincy Pondexter and Jerryd Bayless in Game 3, but Prince and Allen represent the defensive mentality this team hangs its hat on.
The Grizzlies just don't have enough two-way players, something the Spurs certainly have. Not only are Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green very good defenders, they can also be lethal from the 3-point line. Memphis is forced to go one way or the other. On one hand, Prince and Allen are the team's best perimeter defenders, but you can't count on either one to hit a shot. Because of that, Randolph will be swarmed every time he chooses to attack. On the other hand, while Pondexter and Bayless can spread the floor and hit shots, their individual defense leaves the Grizzlies susceptible to the offensive onslaughts that make the Spurs so dangerous.
At this time of the season, every decision, every move, every adjustment is crucial, and Memphis is currently faced with a scenario in which they must make some sort of change. They must figure out a way to inject much-needed perimeter shooting on a regular basis, otherwise this thing will be over quickly. The question is, will they sacrifice some of their vaunted defensive presence to do so?
Regardless, if Randolph doesn't get going, it's all a moot point anyway.
Stats and screenshots courtesy of mySynergySports.com and NBA.com/stats.


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STEPHENS CITY, Va. - The Sherando Warriors were held scoreless through the first three quarters and the visiting Martinsburg Bulldogs used a potent running game for a 27-13 victory.
Sherando was hanging with the West Virginia AAA state champions through the first half of the game only trailing 7-0 at the half, but the Bulldogs used two third-quarter touchdowns and an early fourth-quarter score to take a 27-0 insurmountable lead.
The Martinsburg defense established its dominance right away by intercepting a Reid Entsminger pass on the very first drive of the game. Sherando could not get their passing game going in the first half as Martinsburg held Enstminger to just one completion for 15 yards in the entire half.
"Well, they're a really good defense first of all, but we just didn't execute the way we needed to. When you're playing a team of that caliber you have to execute on a very high level," Sherando head coach Bill Hall said.
Trailing 7-0 entering the second half, Sherando was very much in the ballgame, but the Bulldogs used a 55-yard touchdown drive to start the third quarter to pad their lead. Martinsburg quarterback Malique Watkins finished the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run, his second of the game to give his team a 13-0 lead as the extra point was blocked.
Watkins was the star of the show for the Bulldogs offense as he ran for a game-high 119 yards and two touchdowns. It was his ability to elude tacklers that was the key.
Watkins continually eluded Warriors' defenders and turned negative plays into positive yards.
Trailing by 13 in the third quarter, and driving into Martinsburg territory, Entsminger made the one throw he couldn't afford to make. On fourth and 3, Enstminger threw to the far side of the field and Deamonte Lindsay was there to pick off the pass and run it all the way back for a crushing blow and a 20-0 lead for Martinsburg.
Martinsburg would add another touchdown in the fourth quarter to take a dominating 27-0 lead with 7:30 left in the fourth quarter.
Once the game seemed out of hand, the Sherando offense finally began to move the football and made the game respectable. Entsminger would connect for a touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter and George Aston added a rushing touchdown to account for the Warriors' 13 points.
"We never got in a rhythm. They did a great job of collision getting us out of rhythm, especially with the number two wide receivers. We needed to do a better job for our quarterback, if we aren't in rhythm or on time and our timing's off it makes him [Entsminger] look like he doesn't know what's going on, but bottom line is we needed to execute better," Hall said.
Entsminger finished the game completing nine of his 21 pass attempts for 127 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.


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A pilot program sponsored by UGI Penn Natural Gas and the borough of South Williamsport could help some property owners connect to gas lines at a reduced rate.
Under the agreement approved Monday evening by borough council, municipal crews would dig trenches for a main gas line, while UGI would install the gas lines along yet-to-be determined streets.
In addition, property owners could be eligible for allowances from UGI that would lower hook-up fees. The allowances would be earned by purchasing natural gas appliances, according to Michael D. Miller, borough manager.
"The homeowners can connect much less expensively," said Councilman Benjamin Landon. "It is a benefit to the residents of the borough and a relatively low cost to the borough because we would use our own equipment."
One councilman, however, was not pleased with the arrangement.
Councilman Robert Cronin said the program subsidizes homeowners at the expense of borough labor and equipment costs to benefit a potentially small group of residents.
"We're using borough money," he said.
Miller said that while Cronin's belief may be true, it is similar to using borough tax money to support the community pool that is used by a relatively small number of residents.
If the arrangement is done more than once with UGI, Miller said the borough could use Act 13 natural gas drilling impact fees to offset costs at no burden to taxpayers.
Councilman Henry Frey Jr. said that adding natural gas service to new areas would enhance property values while using an environmentally-friendly fuel.
"In my mind, it's a no-brainer," he said.
Surveys of interested property owners will be collected by UGI, according to Miller.
Council voted 5 to 1 to accept the program. Cronin voted against it, while Anthony Mussare, J. Bernard Schelb and Jeffrey Tompkins were absent.
Council also approved a drug paraphernalia ordinance that gives borough officers the opportunity to charge those found in possession of such items with a non-traffic citation instead of a misdemeanor criminal offense.
Last month when borough police Chief Robert Hetner discussed the proposal with council members, he said that it would allow his officers to eliminate paperwork and get back on the streets faster.
The ordinance also gives the borough the ability to levy its own fine of between $200 and $600 with possible jail time of up to 30 days.