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|2014 Series
FebruaryRecruiting and Retaining Female Students in STEM-Related Programs
Do you want to see more women in your technology classes, but you don't know where to start? Are you ready to stop recruiting and start teaching? Are you short on time and low on budget, but still want to see results next semester? This webinar will get you started with proven, research-based strategies you can implement right away. Learn proven recruitment and retention strategies so you can have more female students succeed in your STEM-related courses and have a richer educational environment. Learn how one community college STEM program increased its female enrollment rate from 18 to 33 percent and increased the program's completion rate for female students from less than 65 percent to more than 85 percent. Participants learn the number one secret to increasing the number of women in STEM courses, the top three strategies for recruiting women, why changing your thinking isn't enough and what you can do about it, the critical thing women want to hear up front that will keep them engaged throughout your course, and three simple techniques you can implement tomorrow so your female students excel in the lab.
Donna Milgram, Executive Director, Institute for Women in Trades, Technology, and Science
Open Educational Resources in Higher Education: The Big Picture
You've heard about open textbooks and other open educational resources (OER). They sound interesting and promising in offering flexible, up-to-date, and very low-cost resources for students, but you're not quite sure you're ready to take the plunge. You wonder, are these resources the same quality as traditional textbooks? What colleges and universities are really using them? Will they be around next year when you want to use them again? Webinar participants learn about OER, how they're being used by other instructors around the country and around the world, and what you should know before adopting OER for use in your courses. Una Daly, Director, Community College Outreach, Open Courseware Consortium; James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons
Creative Commons Education Strategy and Projects
|2013 Series
Instructional Strategies: Engaging All Learners
Engaging Practices, Engaging Students: High-Impact Practices in Community Colleges
The New Mathways Project: Resources for Colleges
Using Freeware to Beef Up Your Teaching
Kristina Leonard, Senior Professor, Daytona State College (FL)
Preparing for the Future through Leadership Academies
Cathy Brewster, Professional Development Manager,|Truckee Meadows Community College (NV); and Karinda Barrett, Director, Center for Teaching, Learning and Leadership, Tallahassee Community College (FL)
The Positive Power of Effective Feedback for Learning and Engagement
Janeth Franklin, Faculty Developer, Glendale Community College (AZ)
Flipping the Classroom (How brain research, Bloom's Taxonomy, and Chickering & Gamson's Principles say it works)
What does the research show about teachers actively engaging students in problem solving (i.e. homework) in the classroom and leveraging the power of technology to receive more traditional work (lecturing) at home via computer/smart pad/or smartphone?
In this presentation we will discuss the research and reasoning behind the approach. How does the approach work with what we know as best practices for teaching millennial students? How does flip teaching fit Bloom's Taxonomy? How does the approach hold up to Chickering and Gamson's Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education? How is the growing field of brain-based research better informing this student-centered approach? Just what exactly does the research say about Flip Teaching? This will be a fast paced and highly visual discussion that summarizes and reviews the research and reasoning. You will also most likely pick up a Teacher Trick or two on how to better utilize SoftChalk to flip activities in your own classrooms.
James May, Professor ESL, Faculty Fellow for Innovation and Technology, Valencia College
Flipping The Classroom for a Nationwide Community College/Industry Collaboration
This flipped classroom program is used to teach current community college students and to re-train auto industry employees. This NSF funded National Center for Excellence, the Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC), involves 30 community colleges and virtually every automobile manufacturer in the USA. SoftChalk was used to shift the "lecture" to digital lessons students complete on their own so that the time they spend with their instructors can be better spent solving real-world problems. AMTEC subject matter experts and instructional designers developed a hybrid online associate's degree program in general mechatronic maintenance composed of 12 courses, sorted into 90 stand-alone modules, each aligned to validated industry skill standards.
In this presentation we will discuss how AMTEC, this unique collaboration of colleges and industry partners, developed hybrid online lectures and in person labs to contextualize instruction so that students are more engaged and gain valuable experience in maintaining and troubleshooting complex integrated manufacturing systems. Discussion will include how AMTEC's use of SoftChalk has been integral in developing a mechatronics maintenance curriculum that drives cost down, better aligns to industry skill standards, and helps instructors to target instruction based on student needs. In addition, we will discuss AMTEC's current work using SoftChalk Cloud to create fault-based scenarios to further improve student learning and better analyze student performance against critical skill standards.
Walt Barlow, AMTEC Curriculum Director, Workforce Education Specialist, Kentucky Community & Technical College System
When You Can't Beat 'Em, Friend 'Em: Using Social Media and New Technology to Galvanize Your Class
The "i-generation" has invaded our classrooms demanding that we do things differently. Employers want us to provide graduates with 21st century skills. For many of us, these new academic and workforce realities leave us "a-twitter" over how to use social media and new technologies to encourage deep learning. If you are interested in learning more about using social media to engage and motivate students, join this interactive and informative webinar designed for educators just entering this brave new world.
Amy Baldwin, Instructor, Pulaski Technical College (AR); Steve Piscitelli, Professor, Florida State College at Jacksonville
Flipping a Public Speaking Course (A Competency-Based Approach)
In this Public Speaking course flipping helps the student be "emerged" into the content. This is accomplished using 'Learning Modules' to gain competency along with WorkPacs for practice, and ComPacs to develop their own content (speeches in this case).
The 'Learning Modules' were created with SoftChalk and include auto-graded assessments and activities. The SoftChalk 'Certificate' feature is used to motivate and document! Thus, both student and teacher know the content has been learned. The student is pleased with the Certificate and earns points for it, and there's no hand-grading for the teacher. WorkPacs (Work Packages) are created for student practice. They are imbedded in the Learning Module and use Bloom's Taxonomy levels to indicate the expected learning level. These 'Practice' WorkPacs are automatically graded, and students earn Participation Points with successful completion. ComPacs (Competency Packages) align with the WorkPacs, but now students enter content related to their own projects. This requires some teacher-review and hand-comments. However, after students learned the content and application through Learning Module, Self-Assessments, and WorkPacs, the ComPacs are submitted in good shape.
In this webinar you will learn how this process can make student work 'stellar,' as opposed to simply meeting expectations. (A true joy for both teacher and student.)
Virginia Gregg, Professor, Communication Studies, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Flipping a Public Speaking Course (A Competency Based Approach)
This fall, after teaching Introduction to Chemistry for over 20 years, it was, for the first time, taught as a flipped course. At Southern State, Introduction to Chemistry is a high school level course designed for those students who either did not take high school chemistry, or took it so long ago they need a refresher. The course lessons were short video lectures which include animations, simulations, and a variety of video clips. These video lectures, with follow-up questions, are incorporated into SoftChalk which allows the lessons to be interactive. Students are also provided with handouts of the PowerPoint slides with QR codes linked to the video lectures. If the students have smart phones, they can access the video lessons on their phones using the QR codes. During class time the students do the usual problem solving, laboratory activities, etc. They also are asked to use clickers to respond to a series of questions tied to the course objectives. This formative assessment is compared with their responses to test questions related to the same course objectives.
Don Storer, Professor, Chemistry and Division Coordinator for Life Sciences, Southern State Community College (OH)
Digital Storytelling: Making Media That Matters
This webinar will highlight the methods and approach of the Center for Digital Storytelling in engaging educators and students in making purposeful digital media. Storytelling and story have become euphemisms for new social and emotional learning approaches that seem more and more vital to our success as contemporary educators. Can storytelling inform all disciplines of learning? And what are the ways that digital storytelling has been used successfully in the community college context? Lambert will review his direct experience, as well as the experiences of colleagues in the community college field, as part of his presentation, with plenty of time to address questions and issues that are arising from the audience at the webinar.
Joe Lambert, Executive Director, Center for Digital Storytelling
Finish What You Start: How One College Doubled Completions
Jason Watts, Chief Academic Officer, Snead State Community College (AL)
|2011-2012 Series
Completion By Design: Reforming Student Success Intervention
Assessing College-Readiness Assessments
Do college readiness assessments really work? Are students being placed in the right courses? Efforts around the country are investigating new ways of assessing and placing students based on state-specific readiness standards. Faculty in two states, Florida and Texas, are researching, designing, and implementing new statewide college readiness assessments. Join us to hear the about the latest assessment research, and how these states' assessment changes impact community college student success.
Using Dashboards and Business Intelligence for Performance Based Funding
Dashboards allow senior leadership and board members to determine current performance versus goals. In addition to this high-level, real-time overview of institutional performance, useful dashboards help management at all levels to make quick decisions. Learn the ins and outs of a meaningful dashboard useful throughout the institution, obtain an overview of dashboard options, and learn why your administrative system should not be the engine that drives dashboards.
Redesign and Modules and Change, Oh My: The Adventures of Integrating Technology into Developmental Curriculum
Join us for a conversation about the many new innovations in developmental education. Hear about one very successful and innovative redesign project's modularized curriculum, technology-enhanced delivery of instruction, developmental and college-level faculty engagement, and the results that are dramatically impacting students' success. This webinar will share personal insights and details about how one successful model was built. Come explore ideas on beginning or scaling your own developmental education redesign.
Student Success: The Century College Story
Join us for a tour of Century College's faculty-led, comprehensive, large-scale efforts toward improved student success. Learn about the college's Bridge-to-Success, where students encounter learning communities, new student seminars, tutoring linked to classes, and intrusive advising. Be ready to share your experiences with similar intervention, and compare notes with these experienced leaders.
Adjunct and Engaged: Effective Strategies
for Part-time Faculty Success
Are you looking for meaningful ways to engage and develop adjunct faculty? Join this conversation about successful models that are getting adjunct faculty involved in designing their own development experiences and completing adjunct faculty certification in teaching and learning. Expert panelists will discuss successful strategies that are helping part-time faculty ask the right questions about student success and implementing solutions that work—all within the adjuncts' limited time. Participants will hear expert tips on using the Carnegie Foundation's Faculty Inquiry Toolkit with adjunct faculty.
|2010-2011 Series
Student Success Classes: One College's Story from Start to Results!
With the signing of Democracy's College, a Call to Action promoting the development and implementation of policies, practices, and institutional cultures that will produce 50 percent more students with high-quality degrees and certificates by 2020, community colleges must not only continue to ensure access, but also ensure that students are succeeding and completing. What does all this mean? And, perhaps more importantly—how and where does a college begin? Through national initiatives such as Achieving the Dream, one practice that is demonstrating proven results is the requirement that new students take a student success course. Tune in and listen to the Paris Junior College story, why they decided to adopt this idea (implementing a student success course), how they designed a student success course, and finally, the results from its implementation.
Pam Anglin, President, Paris Junior College (TX)
John Shasteen, Financial Aid/Academic Advisor
Linda Slawson, Director, Financial Aid
Sheila Reece, Director, Admissions
Mia Leggett, Membership Liaison, NISOD (Moderator)
Uri Treisman, Professor, Mathematics and Public Affairs, and Executive Director, Charles A. Dana Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Frank Brown, Dean of Science and Mathematics, Tallahassee Community College (FL)
James Smart, Associate Professor, Tallahassee Community College (FL)
Mia Leggett, Membership Liaison, NISOD (Moderator)
The A-Z's of Outcomes-Based Assessment: From Course Evaluations to Accreditation
Did you know that you can extend the capabilities of the Blackboard Learn™ platform to encompass course, program and institutional assessment? Blackboard Learn for Outcomes Assessment extends your existing Blackboard environment and technology infrastructure with a complete assessment management solution that creates efficiency by engaging users in a familiar interface. Join us as we discuss how the use of a broad suite of direct and indirect measurement tools support the entire cycle of assessment and evaluation, providing stakeholders with multiple measures of student progress to foster continuous improvement.
Donna Jones, Senior Pedagogical Solutions Engineer for Assessment
Vivek Ramgopal, Senior Manager, Blackboard Learn for Outcomes Assessment Solution
Karen Yoshino, Director, Blackboard Global Services
Mia Leggett, Membership Liaison, NISOD (Moderator)
Students Speak, We Listen: How to Conduct and Learn From Student Focus Groups
What are the "stories" that lie behind your college's retention data and students' responses on the CCSSE and SENSE surveys? What can students tell us about college experiences inside and outside the classroom that help them succeed? In this webinar, you will learn how to conduct focus groups with your students to dig beneath your institutional and survey data; discover how community college leaders are gathering qualitative information and using it to design effective strategies to promote student success; and hear from students through video clips from college focus groups.
Arleen Arnsparger, Project Manager, Initiative on Student Success, Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE)
Michael Poindexter, Vice-President of Student Services, Sacramento City College (CA)
Mia Leggett, Membership Liaison, NISOD (Moderator)
Student Success: Motivating and Engaging Community College Students
Why is college culture important to student engagement? Research documents that almost half of all community college students are first-time students and many of them need help acclimating to college culture, engaging in the learning process, and staying motivated, despite challenges to their time and stress-management skills. This session will address the unique needs of first-time students by discussing the barriers to success and offering best practices for easing this transition. Participants will learn how to devise activities that will engage and motivate students to succeed.
Amy Baldwin, Instructor of English and Student Success, Pulaski Technical College (AR)
Steve Piscitelli, Professor, Florida State College at Jacksonville
Robert Sherfield, Professor, College of Southern Nevada
Mia Leggett, Membership Liaison, NISOD (Moderator)
A Change for Good: Using Student Engagement Techniques to Transform Student Success
How can we make a real difference in the success, retention, and persistence of our at-risk students? In an effort to promote meaningful change and sustain long term results, New Mexico Junior College (NMJC) is collaborating with Dr. Elizabeth Barkley to train a core team of motivated professors to improve the success of students in high-risk core courses. Join us as we share a multi-faceted, data-driven strategy for helping face-to-face and online instructors become central to the improved success of students at this comprehensive, residential community college. NMJC instructors are becoming more effective in their engagement practices and efforts to build early and sustained student success using the lessons learned in this focused professional development program.
Elizabeth F. Barkley, Instructor, Music, and Author, Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers
Larry Sanderson, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, New Mexico Junior College
Terry Holloman, Faculty, New Mexico Junior College
Mia Leggett, Membership Liaison, NISOD (Moderator)
Making Technology Work: Meeting the Demand for More Students
Are you experiencing increasing enrollments? Are students rushing to enroll in classes? Join us as one college, Northcentral Technical College (NTC), shares how it went from 300-400 courses per semester to 4,000-5,000 fully automated classes. Partnering with Dynamic Campus, NTC developed a fully automated system, creating efficient online courses for faculty, while addressing the growing student demand for accessible, easy-to-navigate coursework. This session will leave you with ideas on how to maximize technology to better serve your students.
Chet Strebe,
CIO, Northcentral Technical College (WI)
Leonardo de la Garza,
Chancellor Emeritus, Tarrant County College District (TX)
Evelyn Waiwaiole, Suanne Davis Roueche NISOD Director (Moderator)
Get Hooked on NISOD: Learn How to Get the Most Out of Your NISOD
Would you like to know more about serving as a representative between your college and NISOD? Back by popular demand, this webinar is designed to show how one college utilizes and maximizes its membership benefits. You will learn the ins and outs of how to maximize your college's membership benefits when you log on to hear more about NISOD's publications, events, awards, and much more! (This webinar is specifically designed for the new and seasoned NISOD Liaison at member colleges.)
|2009-2010 Series
They Can't Succeed if They Don't Come Back: Effective Practices for Entering Student Success
The old adage goes students are looking for one reason to turn around and walk right back out the door. Unfortunately, about half of all entering community college students walk out the door before their second year of college. As our expert panelists discuss the results of the 2009 Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE), learn how your college can design and implement proven strategies to promote student success and keep students on the right side of the door!
Closing the Gaps between High School and College: College Connection at Austin Community College
Are you hoping to enroll more local high school graduates? Would you like to grow the college-going culture in your school districts? If so, log on to learn from the award-winning College Connection program at Austin Community College District (ACC). College Connection brings college admissions steps to high school seniors during their school days: Admissions, Assessment, Pre-Advising (Orientation), Advising, and Financial Aid awareness and FAFSA workshops. This program started in 2004 with one school district and now serves 57 high schools in 26 school districts in the eight-county ACC Service Area. ACC's enrollment is up, and yours could be, too.
Making Connections: Every Interaction Is an Opportunity for Engagement!
You know what the research says. You have heard it a million times: Students who feel connected are more likely to persist. Sounds simple enough, right? But, in today's world of lean budgets, distance education reaching an all time high, and a more diverse student population than ever before, how do colleges create meaningful experiences to engage all students? Join our expert panel as they highlight key findings from the 2009 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) and discuss what colleges across the nation are doing to connect students with faculty, staff, and the community, and other students.
Service Learning: Taking Education Beyond the Classroom
Service Learning—You have heard the term, and now is the time to learn what this hands-on teaching and learning strategy is really all about. Join us on November 18 and learn from a service-learning expert on the national trends of this educational movement as well as from a faculty and service learning coordinator who are working together at their college to achieve great success by incorporating this approach at their college.
Enhancing Instruction and Engagement with Second Life
Would you like to increase student engagement in the learning process?
Join us for this high tech webinar and discover how Texas State Technical College (TSTC) instructors incorporate features from Second Life to: take students on virtual museum tours; involve them in virtual medical procedures; participate in a virtual class etiquette dinner; explore the inner workings of a camera; attend virtual meetings, and much more. From our experienced panel, you will learn how instructors first ventured into utilizing Second Life to enhance classroom instruction, overcame their fears, and quickly realized the benefits of engaging students in the virtual world!
Get Hooked on NISOD: Learn How to Get the Most Out of Your NISOD
Calling all NISOD Liaisons! Would you like to know more about serving as ambassadors between your colleges and NISOD? Whether you are a newly minted liaison or a seasoned pro, this engaging webinar will teach you the ins and outs of how to maximize your college's membership benefits by highlighting NISOD's publications, events, awards, and much more! (This Webinar is specifically designed for the NISOD Liaison at member colleges).
Coral Noonan-Terry, Associate Director, NISOD
|2008-2009 Series
The Students' Perspective: Results from the Community College Week—NISOD Student Essay Contest
NISOD welcomes students from around the country as we celebrate the first Student Essay Contest co-sponsored by Community College Week and NISOD! Join us as these students offer compelling stories about the college faculty and staff who have changed their lives. Faculty and staff described in these student essays will join us to share details of their favorite practices and pedagogies for student success.


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Friday, January 11, 2013
Mid-month Reading Check-In!
with Lisa Lickel
Hi, everyone! Happy New Year.
We've done some square-dance shuffling here at the Barn Door lately, as some of our friends have left or gone on sabbatical and we welcome new contributors. Watch for new authors and let's continue to support each other. Thank you for your encouragement and support as we move into our fourth year, celebrating all things Midwest.
It's winter, and we Midwesterners like to cozy up with a book and a steaming cup of something soothing...how about you? What's on your ToBeRead pile?
I read The Snow Child last month for a book club. It's a debut novel by Eowyn Ivey, and I was totally bowled over. It was the best book I read last year, and I loved it. Set in Alaska in the 1920s, it's a retelling of the Russian fairytale.
I guess I've been writing more than reading this fall, and that's been a good thing for me. Next up: I Choose You, the new short story anthology from Oaktara, featuring 36 authors including our friend Elaine Marie Cooper and Susan Baganz, Jen Turano's debut, Change of Fortune, from Bethany which is getting good reviews already. I have started it and itch to get back to it, it's so cute.
How about you? What's going on in your reading world?
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I just finished "The Girl in the Glass" by Susan Meissner which I liked and some of the books in the "Green" series by Judy Christie.ReplyDelete
I like the Susan Meissner books I've read. I'll have to check of Judy. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I'm past half way with David McCullough's "Truman" and though it's long (very long) it's worth the time spent. Any one who cares about presidents or history will like it, I think.ReplyDelete
Just finished "Model for Murder" by Lisa Lickel (Yay for you) and found it a lovely contrast to the Truman book. Loved the story and the short length. A pleasant read.
I'm also in the middle of "The War of Art," by Steven Pressfield. At first it seems easy-to-read and light, but the more I read and think about it, the deeper the book seems to go. I recommend it for artists, writers, and any artist struggling with finishing what they've started.Replies
Thanks, Lori. I like presidential bios, too; I read about the Lincolns and Eleanor Roosevelt last year for presidential families. I'm a Wilson fan because he was a history professor.Delete
I'm reading "Gods and Kings" by Lynn Austin and liking it (but I'm a biblical fiction fan, as you probably already know LOL). Finished Thicker than Blood by CJ Darlington earlier this week - not bad. Not sure what I'm reading next - I have WAY too many choices on my ereader! LOL We'll see what tickles my fancy when I finish what I'm working on now!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah, I hear you. I am picking away at my print pile and pulled off Lorna Seilstead's last one from the family camp in Iowa series. She's fun.Delete
I just finished two series' by Shelley Shepard Gray. Her Seasons of Sugarcreek series and The Secrets of Crittenden County series. Both were excellent reads. I'm now on The Map Quilt, the second book in a series by Lisa Lickel (plug for my friend there!). This is turning out to be a good series as well...can't wait for the next one! *wink*ReplyDeleteReplies
thanks! lol - shameless.Delete
I interviewed Shelley a couple of years ago - she's a sweetie.
The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank, enjoyable with some recipes I used on the 25th.Christmas in Cornwall by Marcia Willett, was sweet. The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen had a bit of magic to it. The Bungalow by Sarah Jio was quite good set in WWII Pacific. I'm about to start Holes, which is a YA. Nothing kept me up all night reading, although The Bungalow did keep me from some work. I've started work on a book for Easter. My friend Ann who had a story in Quakers of New Garden was good, nice romance.ReplyDeleteReplies
Our friend Ann! It's a great story, if I do say so myself. I haven't heard of some of the others - wil have to check them out. Holes was different. The movie makes a comedy out of it, although it was't supposed to be great lit to start with.Delete


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June 27, 2012
Bellboys, Bartenders, and Waitresses
Vacationing with a girlfriend for the first time is a chance to earn her affection while becoming best friends with bellboys, bartenders and waitresses.
Mammoth, a ski and summer destination located in the Eastern Sierras 8,000 feet above sea level, is the kind of place that leaves an indelible impression on any first time visitor like my girlfriend. The mountains are spectacular, the lakes, pristine, but what would Mammoth be without the seasonal staff members whose respect would mean everything to me.
When we arrived at the front desk of the Village at Mammoth we were greeted by Michael, a calm, but eager fellow. Michael and I took turns saying each other's names.
"Hi, Mr. Steingart."
"Hi, Michael," I said.
"We have you staying with us for three nights. Is that right Mr. Steingart?"
"Yes, Michael. That's right."
"Would you like two room keys, Mr. Steingart?"
"That's perfect, Michael. Thank you."
Michael handed me the room keys and provided thorough directions to the parking lot.
We threw our luggage in our room. My girlfriend complained her head hurt, and pointed to the fire alarm which was beeping.
"Will you call Michael?" she asked.
It was okay for me to call since Michael gave me his number. I remembered it because it was zero.
"Hey, Michael. It's Elliot. We have a slight issue on our hands. The fire alarm is beeping."
"I'll send someone up right away," Michael exclaimed.
"He's a great bell boy," I told my girlfriend.
"He's not a bell boy. He's called a concierge," she corrected me.
"We'll agree to disagree."
We ate hamburgers at a restaurant called "Burgers" across from our quarters. After which we visited the corner pub in the basement of a lodge. I recognized the bartender from the last time I was in Mammoth three or four years ago. He was wearing the same Hurley fitted cap, same short sleeve button down shirt too. Chris, the locals called him.
"Hey, Chris." My girlfriend called to him. "I''ll have a Blue Moon, please."
I noticed a $3 special for New Belgium's Winter Ale. "I'll have one of those."
For $3 I don't care what season it is. I did, however, notice the fine selections of whiskeys and bourbons when I spotted the one and only, Dickels!
"Ever have Dickels?" I asked the guy to my right.
"No. How is it?" he asked.
Chris chimed in. "I have a group of guys who come in after they hit the mountain and ask for George Dickel.If you like Jack Daniels. You'll like Dickels.""
"I know Dickel's well," I assured Chris.
I begged my girlfriend for her gold coins and selected the evening's music on the juke box. The Smiths and Talking Heads guided us through the next few beers which because of the altitude rendered us drunk. At 11pm Chris rang the bell.
"Last call! Last Call!"
My girlfriend could not argue that Chris was now the bell boy. I might have blurted out "Really??" when I heard "Last call" at 11pm, but Chris did not seem like the kind of guy that would take lightly to city folk questioning his grasp of Pacific Standard Time.
We awoke wanting to visit one of the lakes nearby. Of course, who better to suggest a lake than Michael?
"Which lakes would you recommend?" I asked Michael who then handed us a map and began highlighting the different lakes.
"I suggest you visit Twin Lakes."
Michael described how to get there and I assumed that my girlfriend was listening because I was not.
"Do you have any fine dining recommendations?" I pondered.
I wasn't sure who I was trying to impress more—-my girlfriend, or Michael.
We drove around the different lakes, jacuzzi'd and enjoyed happy hour in the village. Our last night was poised to be special as we drove forty-five minutes up the 395 to the Inn at Mono Lake, a quaint restaurant right off a stretch of highway with stunning views of Mono Lake.
"We are a bit early," I informed the hostess. "But we do have a reservation."
The hostess guided us to a two top nearest the window with premium views of the lake.
The hostess returned. "I'm Chelsea. I'll be serving you tonight."
She was still Chelsea. That hadn't changed, but her job description had.
My girlfriend ordered a pinot noir. "I'll have the Cote du Rone."
"Which one is that?" Chelsea asked. "Sorry, I should know all the wines."
My girlfriend kindly pointed to my wine of choice. We ordered bruschetta to start and a 12 ounce New York Strip and a pork chop for our entrees.
"The pork chop will take 25 minutes to prepare. I thought you should know that," Chelsea mentioned.
"Perfect," I responded.
Chelsea returned to refill our bread. As she motioned for the bread basket, my girlfriend was reaching for the basket herself. At once, Chelsea's arm got stuck under my girlfriend's arm. My lovely girlfriend had put our waitress in a Chinese arm lock.
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Didn't Inman think about the possible back fire before he did it?
Didn't Inman think about the possible back fire before he did it?
OK, I have one more question.
Joe Inman is a native English speaker, right? Would he say "Tale tell in my opinion" or "When he says 'we don't have any transitions' what does that translate into a mark?"
I wonder why they dont mentioned the canadian skaters who are overscored frecuently too (yes I mean Patrick Chan):sheesh:.
^ As I understand it the question was about the Transitions component. Chan does have pretty good transitions.
Oh , here we go...Mathman, I'm with you..have we forgotten Russian - French Quid Pro Quo..? I also very much doubt that a professional of Mr.Inman's standing would punctuate a missive to his peers like an avid poster from a fan forum..
But stir up a controversy beforehand to provide a rationalization for eventual over-marking ? That, I'm afraid is all too believeable , based on multiple past occasions. Where's the email ?
If this email was sent in regard to the judging at the Euros..why would Chan be mentioned in any respect ? Anyway , I think transitions are maybe the last area where you could criticize his scores .
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Why doesn't this surprise me! The Americans and Canadians are so desperate and insecure. Not only this competition is tainted but the entire figure skating one. Too bad this is going to backfire.
I think L'equipe is trying to set up or stir up something here to make it look like there was unfair bias towards the N. American skaters when the PC scores come up. From what I read there, that's a private email between a few judges (the "ciao Joe" is indicative) and what they've published offers no proof it even came from Inman. They've published an excerpt here and used it as evidentiary proof that the N American judges plan to slam the Europeans. To me this is an email between one or two judges where they're upset that someone (doesn't even say who) basically had no transitions in his (or her!) program, yet were rewarded for them. If that happened, it's fair for them to be discussing it. L'equipe is blowing this way out of proportion to stir up contoversy and backpeddle should Chan, Abbott or Lysacek finish ahead of their guys. I wonder how an article in Sports Illustrated would play out in the European media if it profiled Joubert as a figure jumper who doesn't change his program to fit the new judging system then whines and complains after the event (in fact, even a year later) that he was beaten by someone who did make sure his program followed the guidelines of the ISU.
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Good to know oxade is back with the Canada-baiting (despite the fact that as near as I can tell, there's no comment in the email about Canadian skaters, Canadian judges, etc). Mathman, I suspect that the problem with the comment is that it's likely been translated twice: into French/Russian from English for the L'Equipe, and then back to English. I wouldn't dismiss concerns based on an odd turn of phrase.
This whole thing seems preposterous(sp). I can't believe Joe Inman would stoop so low, and actually bother himself to send out messages of that kind. And secondly, why would the receivers of such messages obey such strange orders? it would be a losing proposition for Inman no matter if he did or didn't do this crazy mailings. I contend, it is a set up to get even with the 2002 Olys which found France guilty and Russia a prime suspect in that collusion of the Pairs competition. Their cheating schemes revealed
Inman has been judging for years and also officiates at international competitions. He is a specialist in music and that it why the culprit(s) chose him as their accused.
Along w/ Joe Sitz's theory... here's a Christine Brennan article from Salt Lake. Pay attention to the last 4 paragraphs. Now can we see why the French and Russian federations might be doing some dog wagging?
This email, from what I can read of it (very little) is responding to Plushenko's whining after Euro's about Brian Joubert's PCs. The judge is saying Plushenko's transitions were so poor they were basically non-existent and that the mid-7s he received were probably pretty generous. I'm failing to see where this is influencing the entire Olympic judging panel. We also don't know the context of this email. L'equipe claims it was sent to 60 judges/ISU officials. Well, was it? Was there an original email emanating from ISU in response to Plushy's prss conference and Inman was just responding? Who knows? If L'equipe won't print the entire email, how can we know what the context was? They claim it says a lot of things that aren't in that excerpt. The only skater it discusses is Plushenko and only in response to Plushenko's complaining about his PCs.
I think it's also important to note that, if this was the scandalous email it's made out to be, no major news media has picked up this story by my searches, and it would have by now since it's being discussed on message boards. If this was some kind of smoking gun that cheating was going to go on at the Olympics, I think it would be all over the media by now.
Last edited by Sk8n Mama; 02-08-2010 at 09:58 AM.
the funny thing is that it is not quoted from plushenko's press conference, he didnt say anything like that in press conference, it is quoted from a post euro interview/conference in bratislava in absolute skating site. I had commented on this in plushy thread.
Where he says that he sometimes doesnt get the new judging, why joubert is having more transitions mark than him when basically they need to prepare for the quad (or the jumps i dont remember), and they dont have any! I dont agree that he mentioned joubert on this and he should have spoken about himself, yet i found hilarious the "i dont have transitions' comment, here is the interview and the whole fuss.
What does Inman have to do with Euros? should be answerd first, imo.
I think it should be investigated before the Olys start to clear the air. We really don't need another scandal.
It could also be a dumb prank and France and Russia had nothing to do with it. Let's find out.


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1)Noun: An unfortunate character who is unable to stop killing people in embarrasing ways. 2)Adjective: To kill someone in an embarrasing way.
1)Pity that guy is Pyre.2)I am going to pyre you.
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"My daughter and son have both seen her. I'm very happy about that, because it's good practice, to see how they'll be when I have the baby in two months." Vanessa told PEOPLE this weekend at East Hampton's Blue & Cream store during a trunk show for La Poshett, a python-patterned handbag line that she designs with her mother and sister.
Vanessa and Donald Jr.'s children are daughter, Kai Madison, 4, and a son, Donny, 2.
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. . . an angel."
And speaking of family members, Vanessa also says, "Donald Trump is a great grandfather. Our daughter plays a lot of golf and tennis. He always watches our daughter play golf, and our son. Our kids are actually good at it."


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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: He who earns money with Rockbox on Ebay
From: Bj—rn Stenberg (bjorn_at_haxx.se)
Date: 2003-12-21
[IDC]Dragon wrote:
That exact address is not on any list, but there are 6 @web.de accounts on the discussion list, 15 on the -announce list, 7 on the -news list and 1 on the -cvs list.
As for selling GPL software, I'm pretty sure you have to inform your customers that the software you are selling is licensed under GPL.
-- Bj—rn
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- Directed by Clark Johnson
===Story=== Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell swagger through ''S.W.A.T.'', a guns-and-big-trucks macho extravaganza based on the 1970s TV show of the same name, about the police teams brought in to take care of extremely dangerous situations. Jackson plays a sergeant brought out of retirement to form a new squad, which includes rebellious Farrell (''The Recruit'') and tough babe Michelle Rodriguez (''Girlfight'', ''Blue Crush''). After a lot of training and head-butting with a smarmy police captain, the squad gets assigned to transfer the head of a European crime cartel (Olivier Martinez, ''Unfaithful'') who's declared on television that he'll give $100 million to anyone who gets him out. Every scumbag in Los Angeles descends to claim the money, turning a routine transfer into a bullet-filled gauntlet. Despite some gaps in logic and a generic flavor, ''S.W.A.T.'' will satisfy most action-movie junkies. Also featuring LL Cool J and Josh Charles. ''--Bret Fetzer'' ===DVD Features=== *Gag Reel *Deleted Scenes *2 Full-Length Commentaries *4 Revealing Featurettes *'Sound & Fury' of S.W.A.T. *Filmographies
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|Jim Street
|Michelle Rodriguez
|Chris Sanchez
|LL Cool J
|Deacon 'Deke' Kay
|Josh Charles
|T.J. McCabe
|Jeremy Renner
|Brian Gamble
|Brian Van Holt
|Michael Boxer
|Olivier Martinez
|Alex Montel
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|Capt. Thomas Fuller
|Page Kennedy
|Ken Davitian
|Uncle Martin Gascoigne
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- Genre: Adventure Movies
- Theme(s): Police/S.W.A.T.
- Director: Clark Johnson
- Producer: Columbia/Tri-Star
- Length: 117 min
- Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Theatrical Release North America Aug 8, 2003
Ratings North America PG-13 Europe 12A Australia M
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© 2002 – Routledge
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Consumption has become one of the leading topics across the social sciences and vocational disciplines such as marketing and business studies. In this comprehensively updated and revised new edition, traditional approaches as well as the most recent literature are fully addressed and incorporated, with wide reference to theoretical and empirical work. Fine's refreshing and authoritative text includes a critical examination of such themes as:
* economics imperialism and globalization
* the world of commodities
* systems of provision and culture
* the consumer society
* public consumption.
This book presents an updated analysis of the cluttered landscape of studies of consumption that will make it required reading for students from a wide range of backgrounds including political economy, history and social science courses generally.
Preface 1. Introduction and Overview 2. From Economics Imperialism to Globalization 3. The World of Commodities 4. Use Value and Consumption 5. Consumption through Systems of Provision 6. Systems of Provision and Cultural Systems 7. Economics and Consumption 8. What is Consumer Society? 9. Whatever Happened to Public Consumption? 10 Welfarism in Light of Globalization 11. Whither Consumption Studies?
Social Theory is experiencing something of a revival within economics. Critical analyses of the particular nature of the subject matter of social studies and of the types of method, categories and modes of explanation that can legitimately be endorsed for the scientific study of social objects, are re-emerging. Economists are again addressing such issues as the relationship between agency and structure, between economy and the rest of society, and between the enquirer and the object of enquiry. There is a renewed interest in elaborating basic categories such as causation, competition, culture, discrimination, evolution, money, need, order, organization, power probability, process, rationality, technology, time, truth, uncertainty, value etc.
The objective for this series is to facilitate this revival further. In contemporary economics the label "theory" has been appropriated by a group that confines itself to largely asocial, ahistorical, mathematical "modelling". Economics as Social Theory thus reclaims the "Theory" label, offering a platform for alternative rigorous, but broader and more critical conceptions of theorizing.


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Today's Congressional Action:
The House is in recess until December 16th. The Senate will continue to consider a number of nominations.
House Caps Year With $607B Defense Bill. In its last roll-call vote of the year, the House on Thursday easily passed a $607 billion defense bill from House and Senate negotiators. Members voted 350-69 for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), sending it to the Senate to consider next week. The "no" votes came from 19 Republicans and 50 Democrats. The Hill
Passed in House, NDAA Now Heads to Senate. The House on Thursday approved a compromise version of this year's defense authorization bill, kicking it to the Senate under a fast-track process that precludes senators from tacking on controversial amendments dealing with Iran sanctions and other divisive issues. The Senate is expected to take up the bill on Tuesday or Wednesday, according to Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee. It will need some Republican support to get the 60 votes required to advance. Politico
Senators Prep for More All-Nighters. The Senate this week is a bit like a university, albeit one filled with sexagenarians and septuagenarians. With Democrats insisting on plowing ahead on nominations and Republicans refusing to yield back debate time to allow speedy confirmations, the Senate is headed into its second straight all-nighter as Democrats push to confirm as many of President Barack Obama's nominees as they can. Politico
Long-Term Warming and Environmental Change Trends Persist in the Arctic in 2013. According to a new report released today by NOAA and its partners, cooler temperatures in the summer of 2013 across the central Arctic Ocean, Greenland and northern Canada moderated the record sea ice loss and extensive melting that the surface of the Greenland ice sheet experienced last year. Yet there continued to be regional extremes, including record low May snow cover in Eurasia and record high summer temperatures in Alaska. "The Arctic caught a bit of a break in 2013 from the recent string of record-breaking warmth and ice melt of the last decade," said David M. Kennedy, NOAA's deputy under secretary for operations, during a press briefing today at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting in San Francisco. NOAA
Presidential Adviser Pete Rouse Maintains Alaska Roots. One of President Obama's closest advisers is leaving. Pete Rouse has been at Obama's side since his first days in the Senate and at the White House, serving at times as chief of staff. But Rouse shuns the spotlight, so few people know of his Alaska roots, or the pull he's had on the 49th state. APRN
Faroes Push to End Fish Feud. Following an unsuccessful attempt to reach an agreement on fishery allocations earlier in the week, the Faroe Islands are engaging in increased consultations to push for an agreement before the end of the year. The five coastal parties to the Atlanto-Scandian herring agreement, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Russia and the EU, met in London on Tuesday and after failing to reach an agreement confirmed they would continue negotiations in January 2014. Arctic Journal
Russia Modernizing Arctic Airports, Port Facilities, Says Official. Russia has been modernizing several Arctic airports and port facilities on Novaya Zemlya archipelago, a senior Russian military official said Friday. "To protect our strategic interests, further development of the airfield network and port infrastructure (in the Arctic) has been envisaged," chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov told a meeting with 90 foreign military attaches. Xinhua
Why Canada's Race to Claim the North Pole Could Backfire. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's push to control the North Pole may be good holiday season politics, but it risks stalling an already glacially slow effort to draw Canada's Arctic borders. His government filed a partial claim with the United Nations Monday that details how far it thinks Canada's jurisdiction stretches off the Atlantic Coast, while signaling it will make a pitch for the North Pole in a later submission on Arctic boundaries. The Star
Legislative Action
Yesterday, the House passed legislation to authorize funding for defense programs. The Senate version of the bill includes an amendment to fund icebreakers.
Future Events
Arctic Frontiers, January 19-24, 2014 (Tromso, Norway). Arctic Frontiers is an international arena addressing development in the Arctic. The conference discusses how upcoming opportunities and challenges may be handled to ensure viable economic growth and societal and environmental sustainability. Annually, the conference attracts more than 1000 participants from 25 Arctic and non-arctic countries, representing science, business, politics, and civil society. The theme of the conference is 'Humans in the Arctic'. As with previous years the policy section will run for the first two days, followed by three days of science. The science section will have four parts under 2 main headings: Health, Society and Environment; and, Maritime Operational Challenges.
Alaska Marine Science Symposium, January 20-24, 2014 (Anchorage, Alaska). The mission of the Alaska Marine Science Symposium is to bring together scientists, policymakers, students, educators, media and the public to share research findings focused on Alaska's marine fisheries and ecosystems. The Symposium is built around regional themes-Bering Sea, Arctic Ocean, and the Gulf of Alaska. Within each theme, there will be discussions on climate, oceanography, lower tropic levels, the benthos, fishes and invertebrates, seabirds, marine mammals, local and traditional knowledge, and socioeconomic research.
The agenda is available here.
Arctic Science Summit Week April 5-8, 2014 and Arctic Observing Summit, April 9-11 (Helsinki, Finland). ASSW is a gathering for Arctic research organizations. Any organization engaged in supporting and facilitating arctic research is welcome to participate. The ASSW meeting in 2014 will be arranged during April 5-8 in Helsinki Kumpula Campus, in the facilities of FMI and Physics Department of the University of Helsinki. Second circular here.
Arctic Science Summit Week, April 23-30, 2015 (Toyama, Japan). ASSW is the annual gathering of international organizations engaged in supporting and facilitating Arctic research. The purpose of the summit is to provide opportunities for coordination, collaboration and cooperation in all areas of Arctic science. IASC's (International Arctic Science Committee) 25th anniversary will be celebrated during ASSW2015. The summit presents an opportunity to review IASC contributions and recognize those who have been instrumental in its founding, development and growth. ASSW2015 will also include the 3rd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III) and the 4th International Symposium on the Arctic Research (ISAR-4). These four-day symposia create a platform for exchanging knowledge, inspiring cross fertilization, and promoting collaboration. The summit attracts scientists, students, policy makers and other professionals from all over the world.


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A consortium of movie studios and electronics companies has banded together to launch UltraViolet -- which is supposed to make watching movies on all of your various gadgets easier. Although I applaud Hollywood for moving toward digital distribution, I'm afraid the studios still don't get it.
The trailer looks good
On the surface, UltraViolet looks promising. Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX ) Warner Bros., Viacom's Paramount Pictures, Comcast's (Nasdaq: CMCSA ) Universal Pictures, and Sony (NYSE: SNE ) Pictures have all signed on, so acquiring content shouldn't be a problem.
The service hits a lot of the right notes on the tech side as well. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT ) and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC ) have both joined the consortium, giving the service some tech cred. UltraViolet's description includes all the hot buzzwords, like "cloud" and "digital locker." It even spells its name with a capital letter in middle, like all the cool kids in technology.
But that's about it
All the promise of the service starts to break down when you look into how it actually works. If you go out to purchase either Horrible Bosses or Green Lantern on DVD or Blu-ray this week, you'll find a 12-digit redemption code for a digital copy of the movie. After you have created an UltraViolet account, as well as a Flixster account -- Warner Bros.' social movie portal -- and entered the 12-digit code, you can stream your movie through Flixster's website and App. At the moment, UltraViolet has no set-top-box support, but the service should eventually be available on the Xbox 360 and connected TV's.
The idea is you buy a movie once and watch it anywhere. In general, I like this, but UltraViolet missed when it made the first purchase a physical copy. It marks the service as an attempt by movie studios to reinvigorate DVD and Blu-ray sales.
Frankly, fighting to preserve physical media is a waste of time. Services such as Apple's iTunes and Microsoft's Zune Marketplace allow users to buy or rent HD movies from the comfort of their couches. Meanwhile, Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX ) streaming, Hulu, and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN ) have introduced consumers to the concept of paying for access to a buffet of movies and shows rather than owning them outright. With so many better options, DVD and Blu-ray will most likely go the way of VHS and compact discs.
Foolish takeaway
I know it's early, but I'm betting that UltraViolet will tank. Its only differentiating factor is that you get a physical copy to go along with your digital options. Once the demand for optical discs dries up, I don't see a place for the service in the already crowded online video market.
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So you want a virus checker? We'll show you what we found when we toured some of the top scanners for the Linux environment.
Since the famous Bliss virus in early 1997, the media has been relatively quiet on the topic of Linux viruses. However, depending on your source, there are anywhere from a few dozen to over 400 viruses, Trojans, and other kinds of malware that infect Unix and Linux. Compared to the tens of thousands of viruses, worms, and other infections that afflict Windows, this number is certainly small, and the chances are much lower that you will be directly affected (or infected) by a Linux virus. But as you learned in the preceding article, virus checking in Linux is still important. Getting a Scanner If you are using Linux as a file or email server in your company, you definitely need to consider installing an appropriate virus scanner. In my case, the dozen or so viruses I get each week, is a motivator to take an active approach in fighting viruses.
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Once homeless, Miami man earns FIU law degree
Erick Johnson | 5/29/2014, 9 a.m.
Desmond Meade remembers standing on railroad tracks in Miami waiting for a train to come. Homeless, hungry and broke, Meade became convinced that there was no reason to live. So he waited for a train to kill him. It was a long wait.
"The train didn't come," Meade said. "I was there for a while. My mind was filled with thoughts of how much pain I would have to endure to go through with it."
That was 10 years ago. Today, Meade is a happy step-father of five who graduated with a law degree
from Florida International University last Friday. He joined approximately 153 law school graduates who celebrated a festive ceremony at the school's south campus.
But for Meade, the degree was the latest in a string of achievements that has highlighted a dramatic comeback for the 46-year-old, who hit rock bottom with a prison sentence followed by years of homelessness on the city's streets. But on Friday, Meade's wife, family and friends applauded as he strutted on stage to accept his Juris Doctorate degree, beaming with pride and vindication as he continued on his fairy-tale ride to success. Loud cheers erupted from the crowds as Meade's name was called.
"It (graduating) hasn't sunk in yet, but it's getting there," Meade said.
Following high school in 1985, Meade pursued a military career in the army, which ended after he was caught stealing liquor while stationed in Hawaii. He returned to Miami, where he became a celebrity bodyguard — a job that exposed him to long nights, a fast crowd, and a hard life that resulted in several drug convictions in 1994. His criminal record also included several convictions of aggravated battery including one against a police officer.
Then in 1995, Meade's mother died. Meade slipped into a deep depression and his drug habits increased, leading to more convictions. He moved into the home his mother had left him. He then became homeless after losing the house to foreclosure after he failed to make the mortgage payments. Meade then turned to a precarious life on the streets of Little Haiti.
The biggest blow came in 2001 when Meade was sentenced to 15 years in prison for possession of a firearm by a felon. But Meade served only three years after an appellate court remanded the case back to lower court which did not retry the case.
A free man, Meade became homeless again after failing to find work because of his other criminal convictions. He grew depressed and decided to attempt suicide in 2005. He stood on the railroad tracks in Miami's garment district at NW 22nd Avenue and 20th Street.
"That was the place where I was at my lowest," Meade said. "So many things were going through my mind."
After waiting for about 20 minutes, Meade suddenly changed his mind and walked over to Central Intake Center, a drug rehabilitation facility. That visit sparked new hope in Meade who eventually entered the Chapman Partnership, an organization that helps the homeless get off the street and back into the workforce.


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10 Jul 2012
Had to do a double-take when I saw where he was ranked.
10 replies , Last at 17 Jul 2012, 11:13am by Aaron Schatz
He's ranked as the 6th RB overall after finishing in a standard scoring league at. . . 6. Not sure what's surprising about that.
With AP possibly MIA and most RB situations being committees, it's not too surprising that a workhorse RB like Lynch is ranked high.
All right, all right, fair enough. I suppose my past grievances with him are overshadowed by his workload.
It does seem counterintuitive given the offense and the lack of involvement in the passing game... but over 280 carries does build up the points. He may be getting credit for being handicapped by his line last year, too.
In terms of player, Lynch is just not that different from Rashard Mendenhall.
He's a workhorse back behind a mediocre line with nobody clearly there to steal any carries from him. He puts up a negligible amount of passing yardage to go with a million carries at a low YPC and all his teams rushing TDs.
Good comparison. I would also add that to justify a ranking of RB6, Lynch would have to hit *at least* 12 rushing TDs to compensate for the shortcomings you mentioned. Even in Mendenhall's '10 season, when he had 13 TDs and comparable total yardage to Lynch last year, I believe he finished at RB8. To draft Lynch at that price is to expect him to reach his statistical ceiling, more or less, in two straight years. I'd rather wait a round or two and grab Steven Jackson, Michael Turner, or even Ahmad Bradshaw, though he has his own risks to consider.
Still, with all of that said, considering how uncertain the position is after the top 3, I understand the rationale for ranking him that highly.
I understand that the main reason he is ranked so high is because of the scarcity at the RB position.
HOWEVER, even if he finishes as the number six running back over all, it will be at the expense of many weeks where he puts up a very low point total. It may be hard to believe given his streak of touchdowns last year, but Lynch was actually incredibly inconsistent in every stat last year on a per game basis, including touchdowns. I personally prefer to have a player who is going to be consistently getting me points than a player who will get me more points over the season at the expense of consistency.
I don't think you'll find variance projections in most fantasy football rankings. You can estimate based on strength of schedule and how touchdown dependent the player is. I also wonder if year to year variance correlates much.
Well, it looks like those of you who would like to see Mr. Lynch drop lower in KUBIAK will get your wish, as he was arrested for DUI and will likely be suspended for a couple games.


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