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"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." (Luke 19:10 – and read verses 1-10 for context)
In Bible times, Jewish tax-collectors were hated men. Do you know why? They were considered to be traitors – because they worked for the Roman government. They were considered to be thieves – because they cheated their own countrymen out of money that was not rightfully supposed to be taken. Maybe you have heard a song about Zacchaeus, who was a Jewish tax-collector during the time of Jesus' ministry. Zacchaeus may have been rich, but he was hated by his fellow-Jews, and he was not a happy man. His riches and his job did not make him happy. If Zacchaeus believed that quitting his job as a tax-collector would help him be friends again with his countrymen and help make him happy, he might have tried it – but he must not have thought that, because he did not quit collecting taxes. Instead he decided to try something unusual: He decided to listen to what Jesus had to say.
Zacchaeus was not a tall man. In fact, he was such a short man that he could not see Jesus above the crowds of people who gathered around Him. So Zacchaeus climbed up into a tree to get a better look. This might have been humbling for such a rich man, to climb up into a tree like a little child trying to see over the crowd. But maybe Zacchaeus was used to being mocked by his fellow-Jews, anyway, or maybe he just wanted to see Jesus so much that he didn't care what people might think of him.
This little man was open to Jesus' message. He was learning a lot about himself and how short he had fallen of God's glory. The Bible says that we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. From his place up in the tree, Zacchaeus was getting a glimpse of his own sinful heart.
Suddenly, all eyes were on Zacchaeus. If he was able to hide before, there was no possible way of hiding now. Jesus had looked up into his tree and told Zacchaeus to come down. Jesus was inviting Himself to Zacchaeus' house for supper. What was this little sinful man's reaction? Zacchaeus got down out of the tree joyfully and took Jesus to his home. The Jewish people were not happy about Jesus' decision to dine in the home of Zacchaeus, of all people – a cheating, stealing, unpatriotic tax-collector!
Neither Zacchaeus nor Jesus seemed to mind what the people were saying. For Zacchaeus' part, he had learned that he was a sinner, and he was sorry for what he had done. He stood before Jesus and told Him he had decided to give half of everything he owned to the poor, and he promised Him to pay back four times the amount of anything he owed to anyone he had cheated. After promises like that, Zacchaeus would probably not be a rich man anymore, at least not for a long time! The Bible does not say he stopped collecting taxes after that, but he was a saved tax-collector after that, not a cheating or traitorous tax-collector. And best of all, Zacchaeus was a joyful man after that.
Jesus wasn't listening to the people's complaining, either. When Jesus heard Zacchaeus' testimony of faith and repentance, He said, "This day is salvation come to this house"! And Jesus did eat with Zacchaeus and his family, even though the people said He was eating with sinners. Jesus said He had "come to seek and to save that which was lost." Maybe the people did not think they were sinners who needed saving, but Zacchaeus knew for a fact that he was lost and needed to be saved from his sin. Because this little man humbled himself and placed his trust in the only Savior of lost sinners, he was gloriously saved. Jesus did not come to help those who think they can save themselves; He came to help those who know – by faith, through grace – that He is their only hope for salvation.
Jesus came to seek and save sinners who need His salvation.
My Response: » Do I sometimes look at others and think of them as worse sinners than I am? » Did Jesus really come to save only the sinners who look better off than other sinners? » How can I, like Zacchaeus, show others by my life that I have changed my mind about sin and following Jesus?
"Everything a sinning man needs he finds at the Cross."
George Campbell Morgan was born in England on December 9, 1863. Even as a child, he admired his father who was a Baptist preacher. Morgan once wrote that he had no choice but to get saved because of his father's wonderful Christian testimony.
As a child, Morgan was often sick and unable to go to school. He was tutored at home and was taught to love learning and to study hard. This love of learning would grow with him throughout his life.
When he was 10, Morgan got to hear Dwight L. Moody preach. He was so impressed by what he saw and heard that he started preaching, as well. So, he became a preacher at the age of 13. By age 15, he was traveling and preaching as often as he was able.
Then something very dangerous and difficult happened that would change the course of Morgan's life.
When G. Campbell Morgan was 19 years old, he began reading as much as he could about God and religion. Some of it was good, but much of it was wrong. A lot of it was human discussion about God and His Word, rather than God's own teaching about Himself. Very soon, Morgan got all caught up in wrong thinking about God and the Bible. He became very interested in philosophy – or the pursuit of knowledge – and unfortunately, he became even more interested than he was in the things God had written about Himself in His Word. For the next two years, Morgan refused even to read his Bible!
Finally, at age 21, God got a hold of his heart and Morgan realized he had had enough of man-made philosophy. Instead, he returned to God's Word and to trusting Christ. He spent the rest of his life preaching that God knows much more than human beings know. He wrote 60 books and 11 pamphlets. Eventually, Dwight L. Moody ended up relying on Morgan to help him in his ministry. In serving God, Morgan had the opportunity to help the man who was so used by God in his own early life as a believer.
Have you ever been tempted to trust human opinions and conclusions more than you trust God's own Word? It is possible to be smart about the world and ignorant about God.
1 Corinthians 1:27 – But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty.
El Elohe Yisra'el – God, the God of Israel
Psalm 68:8 – "The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel."
Yes, because God the Father calls Jesus "God." Hebrews 1:8 – "But unto the Son he [God the Father] saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom."
"Gospel" means "good news" and is used to describe the good news that Jesus Christ came to Earth as 100% God and 100% Man to live a perfect life, die a sacrificial death, and rise again for God's glory and for the redemption of anyone who will believe on Him. The Gospel sums up the Christian doctrines (teachings) about how Jesus Christ offers salvation from sin and sin's consequences. It is good news that sinners can repent and believe in Jesus Christ by grace through faith! Romans 10:13-15 – "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things."
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The 2011 Texas Drought in a Historical Context
Texas climatologists have recently stated that the ongoing dry spell is the worst one-year drought since Texas rainfall data started being recorded in 1895. The majority of the state has earned the highest rating of "exceptional" drought and the remaining areas are not far behind with "extreme" or "severe" ratings by the U.S. Drought Monitor. So far, Texas has only received 6.5 inches of the 16 inches that has normally accumulated by this time of year.
Risk to Livestock during Heat Waves
Cattle deaths have been mounting in the central U.S. as the recent heat wave has pushed heat indices above 120 degrees in a number of states. Faced with dry pastures, rapidly depleting hay supplies and drought stressed surface water sources, ranchers in Texas are engaging in a significant livestock sell-off, referred to in one press account as culling into "the heart of the herd." The size of the U.S. herd is now at a record low as farmers liquidate, enticed by high beef prices and expensive feed. The situation is dire enough that the government has stepped in with low interest loans to ranchers and direct payments for farmers that lost animals due to the extreme weather. Under the Livestock Indemnity Program, cattle lost to extreme weather are reimbursed by the government at 75 percent of their value, a significant expenditure when cattle losses are counted in the thousands. Texans are already looking for ways to adapt to the drought and improve their climate resilience. Henderson County is hosting a training session on August 22 entitled "Managing the Effects of Drought for Beef Producers."
Excessive Heat Across Eastern U.S.
Over the weekend, the National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning across a huge swath of the country, putting 132 million people under a heat alert. This warning is only issued when a heat index of at least 105°F is expected for more than three hours per day on two consecutive days or when the heat index is expected to rise above 115°F for any length of time. Recently in Iowa, the heat index reached 131°F, a level normally found only along the Red Sea in the Middle East. Scientists warn that these types of events could become much more common in the future, thanks to climate change.
Press Release: Pew Center on Global Climate Change Chief Scientist Wins Prestigious Scientific Organization Award
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Contact: Rebecca Matulka, 703-516-4146
Pew Center on Global Climate Change Chief Scientist Wins
Prestigious Scientific Organization Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pew Center on Global Climate Change Senior Scientist, Dr. Jay Gulledge, is this year's recipient of the Charles S. Falkenberg Award for his work communicating climate change science to decision-makers and the public. The award is presented jointly by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the Earth Science Information Partnership (ESIP).
Since joining the Pew Center in 2005, Dr. Gulledge, who directs the Center's science and impacts program, has worked to build public awareness of climate change science. In this role, he has communicated both an understanding of climate science and the need for urgent action to a diverse audience of non-scientists including policy-makers, the business community, and the media. Dr. Gulledge's recent work uses a risk management framework to help explain that uncertainty over climate science is not a reason for inaction, rather it is a reason to act now to minimize both the risk that comes with climate change and the cost of mitigating it.
"He has the unique ability to translate scientific uncertainty into useful information for decision-makers and the public," said Eileen Claussen, President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. "Jay often says, 'Uncertainty is information.' For the public, that notion is nothing short of revolutionary."
In December Dr. Gulledge will be honored for his achievements at the 2011 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. Established in 2002, the Falkenberg Award honors a scientist under age 45 who has contributed to the quality of life, economic opportunities, and stewardship of the planet through the use of Earth science information, and to the public awareness of the importance of understanding our planet.
Dr. Gulledge manages the Pew Center's efforts to assess and communicate the latest scholarly information about the science and environmental impacts of climate change. In Pew Center reports, on the Climate Compass blog, and in numerous media interviews, Dr. Gulledge connects the dots between climate change and extreme weather, explains scientific developments in accessible terms, and delivers straight answers that increase public understanding of climate change.
Dr. Gulledge has also forged new ground in his work on the relationship between climate change and national security. As a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, he has co-authored influential reports, including The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change.
Dr. Gulledge is a Certified Senior Ecologist with two decades of experience teaching and conducting research in the biological and environmental sciences. He earned a PhD from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and was a Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. He has held faculty posts at Tulane University and the University of Louisville.
"The ability to effectively communicate Earth science to a wide range of audiences is rare, and Jay ranks among the very few who possess that skill," said Claussen. "His dedication to transparency and accuracy and his unflagging defense of the scientific process in the face of political shenanigans have earned him the respect of his peers."
For more information about global climate change and the activities of the Pew Center, visit www.c2es.org.
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change was established in May 1998 as a non-profit, non-partisan, and independent organization dedicated to providing credible information, straight answers, and innovative solutions in the effort to address global climate change. The Pew Center is led by Eileen Claussen, the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
Scientific American Series on Extreme Weather, Climate Change, and the Risks We Face
Scientific American published a three-part series authored by award-winning science journalist John Carey and commissioned by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change that reports on the link between extreme weather and climate change. Editorial control was held by the author and Scientific American.
The series details the impacts of extreme weather events, the science behind extreme weather and global warming, and the risks and how to respond to the increase in extreme weather. Through enterprising reporting, this series provides an in-depth and accessible account of extreme weather affecting communities across America, why it's happening, and what can be done about it.
Part One - Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather Is a Product of Climate Change
More violent and frequent storms, once merely a prediction of climate models, are now a matter of observation.
In North Dakota the waters kept rising. Swollen by more than a month of record rains in Saskatchewan, the Souris River topped its all time record high, set back in 1881. The floodwaters poured into Minot, North Dakota's fourth-largest city, and spread across thousands of acres of farms and forests. More than 12,000 people were forced to evacuate. Many lost their homes to the floodwaters.Read more.
Part Two - Global Warming and the Science of Extreme Weather
How rising temperatures change weather and produce fiercer, more frequent storms.
Extreme floods, prolonged droughts, searing heat waves, massive rainstorms and the like don't just seem like they've become the new normal in the last few years—they have become more common, according to data collected by reinsurance company Munich Re. But has this increase resulted from human-caused climate change or just from natural climatic variations? After all, recorded floods and droughts go back to the earliest days of mankind, before coal, oil and natural gas made the modern industrial world possible. Read more.
Part Three - Our Extreme Future: Predicting and Coping with a Changing Climate
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Extreme weather events have become both more common and more intense. And increasingly, scientists have been able to pin at least part of the blame on humankind's alteration of the climate. What's more, the growing success of this nascent science of climate attribution (finding the telltale fingerprints of climate change in extreme events) means that researchers have more confidence in their climate models—which predict that the future will be even more extreme. Read more.
Climate Change at Kili
|Glaciers on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro
I recently returned from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania for a great cause, and I was reminded why I left engineering to work on climate change. Mount Kilimanjaro, or Kili, is the tallest peak in Africa, and its summit is covered with beautiful glaciers (see the picture to the right). But those glaciers are rapidly disappearing, and scientists estimate Kili's summit will be ice free by 2022. This trend is a prime example of forced adaptation to climate change and provides a serious warning of things to come unless we work together to reduce our global greenhouse gas emissions. The action we need has to come from government at all levels, businesses, and individuals as we explain in our Climate Change 101 series.
July 2011 Extreme Weather Newsletter
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The Pew Center's July 2011 newsletter explores how climate change and extreme weather are connected, highlighting our new extreme weather map, a series by Scientific American on extreme weather, and updated science Q&As.
Climate Change: How Much Does It Really Cost?
Undoubtedly, it's a different climate for talking about climate change this year. Extreme weather events have replaced legislative proposals as the big hook for discussing the issue. What hasn't changed much is that we are still talking about it, and much of the talk still centers on the costs.
When climate legislation was before Congress last year, much of the discussion focused on the costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This year we are seeing a new set of headlines. Story after story describes communities across our country being hit by extreme weather events – the floods in the Mississippi, Missouri and Souris rivers, the drought in Texas, and the wildfires in Florida and Arizona. We see vivid photos of temporary levees being built around nuclear power plants and wildfires threatening stored plutonium in New Mexico. The increasing number of extreme weather events is a wake-up call of the costs we will incur if we fail to address climate change.
Pew Center, Scientific American Team Up to Explain Climate Change, Extreme Weather Link
We are teaming up with Scientific American to explain the link between climate change and extreme weather. In a new three-part series featured on Scientific American.com, award-winning science journalist John Carey dissects the science, impacts, and actions to take regarding the record-breaking floods, heat waves, droughts, storms, and wildfires experienced across the United States and the world in the past year. The first installment appears today.
A Climate of Extreme Weather Events
A Climate of Extreme Weather Events
A white paper on U.S. impacts and vulnerability
June 2011
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Much of the discussion of climate change focuses on slow changes in average temperatures and precipitation over time. But this focus masks the larger changes in weather variability and extreme weather events that will accompany modest changes in averages. Damages aren't typically associated with average rainfall events or gradual increases in temperatures but are driven by extreme flooding events, periods of extended drought or prolonged, intense heat waves.
Extreme weather events have always been an important part of our climate history. The Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s, the 1927 Mississippi River flood, and the 1980 Heat Wave that blanketed much of the Midwest are just a few examples of extreme events that are etched in our nation's history. By its very nature our climate system produces variable weather including an occasional extreme event. By increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, however, we are loading the dice toward more favorable climate conditions for extreme weather and are very likely to experience more frequent extreme events over time.
A large body of scientific evidence suggests that droughts, floods and heat waves are likely to become more frequent and/or intense. Recent data suggests we are experiencing this trend already.[1] For example, the amount of rain that falls during intense precipitation events has increased by 20 percent in the United States over the last century.[2] Over the past decade, record high temperatures now occur about twice as often as record lows; the ratio was about one-to-one in the 1950s (Figure 1).[3] Recent floods in Tennessee, the lower Mississippi and North Dakota, droughts and wildfires in the southwest, and intense, humid heat waves in the Midwest, illustrate the high costs of extreme weather events. These types of changes are fully consistent with what scientists have long warned would be the consequences of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in our atmosphere. A large body of scientific evidence makes it clear that the risk of such events has increased and should be expected to continue to increase as the climate warms.
The events we have experienced in recent years provide important information about our vulnerability to extreme weather, the human and economic costs that could result, and most importantly, actions we can take today to minimize the risks of more frequent extreme weather events. This information is useful regardless of why any particular event happened and whether climate change made it worse or not. The often asked question about whether climate change caused a particular weather event cannot be answered definitively. Individual events are caused by the interaction of many factors and efforts to isolate the role of climate change will not be resolved cleanly in the years to come. What virtually all climate scientists agree on, however, is that the climate is already changing, that all weather events now form under different conditions than they used to, and that this change is increasing the probability of extreme weather events happening. Moreover, scientists agree that severe heat and heavy downpours are already more frequent and intense than they used to be. Since the rising risk of extreme weather is well established, it makes sense to learn what we can from actual events and avoid getting caught up in an irresolvable debate about why a particular event happened.
For more on the relationship between extreme weather and climate change, visit our Extreme Weather web page, where you'll find our extreme weather events map, along with other reports and C2ES resources.
[1]Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, Thomas R. Karl, Jerry M. Melillo, and Thomas C. Peterson, (eds.). Cambridge University Press, 2009. (p.32)
[2] Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, op. cit. (p.44)
[3] Meehl, G. A., C. Tebaldi, G. Walton, D. Easterling, and L. McDaniel (2009), Relative increase of record high maximum temperatures compared to record low minimum temperatures in the U.S., Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L23701, doi:10.1029/2009GL040736.


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Medical marijuana ban in El Paso County losing narrowly -- but final result could take weeks
Earlier today, info from Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente suggested that a medical marijuana dispensary ban in El Paso County was ahead by a handful of votes. Now, it appears to be losing by a narrow margin -- but Vote No on 1A spokesman Mike Elliott doesn't expect final results anytime soon.
"It could take quite some time," Elliott says. "We've been at the county clerk's office this morning, and it looks like there's about 4,000 provisional ballots yet to be counted -- they're going to be counting them today. And there might also be some overseas ballots. But this process could take days to possibly even a couple of weeks to finalize. It is extremely close."
Even so, Elliott feels momentum is flowing in the "No" direction: "We were about 2,000 votes down at about 10:30 or 11 last night, and we crept our way back up and took the lead," which he's heard is in the range of 350 votes. "And we think the provisional ballots are probably going in our favor. We're not sure about the overseas ballots, or even how many of them there are. But we're optimistic."
Indeed, Elliott continues, "we feel this is a victory at this point. We're not declaring victory, but we're extremely excited that public opinion has turned on this issue. We're excited about getting our message out there about defending the rights of medical marijuana patients, and protecting jobs and the local economy."
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Another factor that may have weighed in favor of the "No" forces, he believes, is the possibility that the county could be liable if it shutters previously legal dispensaries -- a theory floated in this space by attorney Bob Hoban, who represented a number of El Paso County entrepreneurs in a failed attempt to prevent a vote on 1A from being counted before a court could consider the measure's legality.
"In case we lose, the legal battle is going forward," Elliott maintains, "and El Paso County could be stuck with high damages to the industry. Forcing businesses to shut down could be a violation of the takings law, and the county might have to compensate all these business owners to the tune of millions and millions of dollars." He adds, "we've heard about a lot of folks who've been changing their minds about 1A in recent weeks when they found out how much it could potentially cost."
This issue will be moot, of course, if 1A goes down to defeat -- but Elliott can't predict when El Paso County residents will find out for certain. "We're waiting," he says.
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Has the Terminator's comeback been terminated? Not quite, perhaps, but it has been dealt a serious body blow with news that Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest movie is going straight to DVD in Australia.
Local distributor StudioCanal quietly shelved the film on the weekend, dropping it from a planned May 1 cinema release after a dismal showing at the US box office.
Since opening in the US on March 28, Sabotage has taken just over $10 million. Its second-week box office recorded a decline of just under 60 per cent.
The action drama stars Schwarzenegger as the chief of a Drug Enforcement Agency team that becomes embroiled in corruption, murder and a web of suspicion and lies.
The film, which has received mixed but far from overwhelmingly negative reviews, also stars Australian actor Sam Worthington and respected English actress Olivia Williams. Its director and co-writer David Ayer is on board to helm Brad Pitt's forthcoming WW2 film Fury.
It seems the prospect of Arnie uttering such classic lines as "here we go", "go go go" and "they're watching us" is not the guaranteed draw it once was. And while one poor result does not derail a career, questions must surely be asked about the viability of Arnold Schwarzenegger Mk 2.
Since his second term as Governor of California ended in January 2011, Schwarzenegger has been lining up film projects at a rate of knots (when not embroiled in the fallout from his sexual indiscretions, that is). A revived Terminator franchise, in which he will have a role of as-yet-undisclosed prominence, figures prominently. Also mooted are revivals of Conan and a belated sequel to the 1988 comedy hit Twins, imaginatively titled Triplets.
But of the films actually released since his return to the big screen, there has been only one bona-fide success, The Expendables 2 – and that film belonged much more to Sylvester Stallone than to Arnie.
Escape Plan, made for an estimated $50 million (according to imdb.com), did a respectable $137 million worldwide (according to boxofficemojo.com). But The Last Stand took just $48 million on a reported budget of $45 million. Sabotage's $10 million haul comes from an estimated $35 million budget.
None of which quite spells the end for Arnold Schwarzenegger. But unless he scores a big hit soon, the Terminator's second act might prove to be a lot shorter than the first.


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Ask-A-Scientist started when scientist Matt Bishop was having his car towed in Los Alamos, New Mexico, last summer and the tow truck driver and his son asked him questions ranging from robotics to genetics.
Students News
Walking to the Hill? Avoid the crowds and take the Pedestrian Bridge
UTPD have asked for faculty, staff, and students' help in alleviating the heavy pedestrian backup at the corner of Phillip Fulmer Way and Andy Holt Avenue, just below the Hill. Now that fall semester has begun, the safety of all pedestrians and motorists—especially during the busiest times between classes—is a foremost concern.
Student Success Center Moves
The Student Success Center has moved its office to 812 Volunteer Boulevard. The center's former location—1817 Melrose Avenue—now houses the offices of Ruth Darling, assistant provost for student success, and First Year Studies Programs. Phyliss Shey serves as the administrative coordinator in this office.
Share Your 9/11 Story
Next month will mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2011, terrorist attacks. The UT Media Relations office is looking for UT faculty, staff, students, and alumni who were in New York or Washington, D.C., and witnessed the attacks or who played a role in the rescue or cleanup operations. We're also looking for people who have seen their work, research, or lives greatly impacted by 9/11.
New UT Students Take on School Traditions
The Class of 2015 was officially welcomed to the student body Monday night as more than 4,000 first-year students participated in Torch Night, a UT tradition since 1925. Students held electric candles as Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek announced that the torch had been passed to the newest class of Volunteers. The Knoxville News Sentinel and WBIR-TV were on campus Monday and talked with students taking part in Welcome Week activities.
Welcome Leaders Help Freshmen Navigate Joys, Frustrations at UT
As a freshman, Brandi Panter arrived at the University of Tennessee in fall 2008 from a rural farming community outside Nashville. She was one of only four students at UT from her high school graduating class. The experience is one Panter, now 21 and a senior, doesn't want other students to go through. She is one of 170 upperclassmen who are part of the new "Welcome Leaders" program.
Incoming UT Freshman Wins Distinguished Young Woman of America 2011
When one of Katye Brock's high school teachers urged her to participate in the Distinguished Young Women of America competition, she had no idea how much it would impact her life. In June, Brock won the national competition, formerly known as America's Junior Miss, and earned more than $51,000 in scholarship money. Brock, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, will start at UT Knoxville in the fall where she plans on majoring in international studies and going to law school.
UT Student Band Drums up Support for Storm Victims
The crowd at Preservation Pub in Market Square may not sell out like one of U2's benefit concerts, but University of Tennessee, Knoxville student band members are ready to rock out for a good cause. At 10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, local Knoxville bands will gather at Preservation Pub to perform in a fundraiser concert where all proceeds of the show, such as the three-dollar admission, will go to the American Red Cross.
UT Student Orientation Kicks Off This Week
Twenty-four upperclassmen students at UT Knoxville are charged with one pretty big job: give hundreds of incoming freshmen a taste of UT life in just two days. It takes six weeks of 15-hour average workdays for these student orientation leaders to host the nearly 4,200 incoming freshmen — and about 4,000 parents — during UT's freshman summer orientation.
UT Architecture Student Wins National Minority Scholarship
Asia Dixon, a senior in architecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, wants to use her degree to make a difference in the lives of other people. Thanks to the Gensler African-American Internship and Scholarship competition, she's now a lot closer to being able to do just that.


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22 Mar
Posted by: Christian Wimmer in: Common
If you are accessing the Embarcadero Forums and such through an Offline Reader like Mozilla Thunderbird, you probably have had a connection problem for some time now. I don't know what the reason is. However, as a solution instead, use the address forums.embarcadero.com and don't forget to activate SSL. I couldn't make a connection without it.
It looks to me as if only the unsecured access is not accepted. Instead only SSL is available regardless of the address (so both works).
I got some mails from people who couldn't answer the threads I participate. So they sent me mails directly.
A shame that Kaster's thread wasn't replicated by e.g. Nick. His blog is far more often read by people than this Announce forum (which was afterwards effectively unavailable to me and others).
Furthermore some forums look to me a little bit more abandoned than usual. So the activity seems to be lower.
Andreas Hausladen22|Mar|2010 1
They moved the newsgroups to a new data center.
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Lil' Debbie Band, which is based in Ahwatukee, will be headlining the Tempe Town Lake Festival at Tempe Beach Park on the Fourth of July. Gates for the event open at 4 p.m. The band will perform at 8:15 p.m. just before the fireworks. Three of the six band members are residents of Ahwatukee Foothills. While the band started originally playing just the blues, the band now covers most every style of music with some exceptions and play in various places around Arizona.
Visit www.lildebbieband.com for concert dates or www.tempe4th.com for festival information.


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911:Occult symbolism XVIII
From Wikischool
- Occult symbolism pages:
- Part I (Ancient Egypt)
- Part II (Astrology)
- Part III (Stars)
- Part IV (Cross, Rods, Awen, Trapezoid, Bell)
- Part V (Occultism)
- Part VI (Circles, Infinity, Spirals)
- Part VII (Deities)
- Part VIII (Colors)
- Part IX (Alphabets)
- Part X (Animals)
- Part XI (Plants)
- Part XII (Life, Death, Sexuality)
- Part XIII (Alchemy)
- Part XIV (Masonic symbolism)
- Part XV (Masonic places)
- Part XVI (Hand signs)
- Part XVII (Cultural programming)
- Part XVIII (Numbers)
[edit] Intro
- See also:
[edit] Numbers
[edit] 3
- Various notes:
Trilateral Commission logo. Note: also forms pyramid
- "M" as the number 3
[edit] √3
- Various notes:
- Approximation: 1.7320508075688772935
- See also:
- video: "Geometry of Life" (part 1-4)
- "Pytagors in 3D is: d²=a³+b²+c² -> be a=crystal length -> L=three dimensional diagonal -> L²=a²+a²+a²=3a² -> L=a sqrt(3). The three appear from three dimensions." [8]
- video: "Geometry of Life" (part 1-4)
[edit] 4
- Various notes:
- See also: 4-Pointed Star
[edit] 5
- Various notes:
- 5-pointed star
- The 5 root races/epochs ideology: "Root Race (or "epochs" to subsequent authors) is a term first used in the late 19th century by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky in her book The Secret Doctrine. The word designates the large time periods in her esoteric cosmology and symbolizes stages in human evolution. The large time periods of the root races can be compared to the geological time periods or to the Yugas in Hindu Mythology."
- "The Theosophical Root Races"
- "The Sacred Pentagram"
- see Law of Fives
Olympic Games. (see also: Occult symbolism: Intertwined circles)
Five Races Under One Union Chinese military insignia based on the Beiyang star flag, used during the Xinhai Revolution from 1911 to 1912, after which the Jesuits gained control of China (see also history of oppression: 1910).
[edit] 6
- Various notes:
[edit] 7
- Various notes:
- The inner body of the octave
- Seven rays (of soul-light substance)
- See also: 7-Pointed Star
- Any number (except 1 and multiples of 7) divided by 7, will have as result "142857" in the decimals
- see 142857 (number)
- 7 days of the week: sun-day, moon-day, (Norwegian "Tyr") Mars-day, Woden-day (Mercury), Thor-day, Fri-day (free-day, Venus), Saturn-day
Planetary weekday heptagram?
[edit] 8
- Various notes:
- See also: 8-Pointed Star
The 2008 Summer Olympics in China starts at: Fri, Aug 08, 2008 8:08 PM. [3]
[edit] 9
- Various notes:
- See also: 9-Pointed Star
- The number 9 in occultism is known to be a "selfish" number. That is because if you multiply the number 9 by any other number and then add the total numbers to each other (this is called the Digital root ) you always get 9.
- 9 x 9 = 81: 8+1=9
- 9 x 13 = 117: 1 + 1 + 7 = 9
- 21,273 x 9 = 191,457: 1+9+1+4+5+7=27: 2+7=9
[edit] 10
- Various notes:
- See also: 10-Pointed Star
[edit] 11
- Various notes:
- Symbolizes: Judgement?
- See also: 11-Pointed Star
- 11:11 (numerology)
- While many website will make up or invent or calculate any possible relationship for the number 11:11, this is truly a New Age number, as many people have come up with many theories regarding this number, when in fact it has all to do with the Dec. 21 2012. This will be the time of the Solstice on December 21st 2012.
- Is this another attempt of a implanting "new age" doctrines and beliefs or a predictive programming stunt?
- While many website will make up or invent or calculate any possible relationship for the number 11:11, this is truly a New Age number, as many people have come up with many theories regarding this number, when in fact it has all to do with the Dec. 21 2012. This will be the time of the Solstice on December 21st 2012.
- Usage of the 11 in the occult history:
- 1918 – World War I ends: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside of Compiègne in France. The war officially stops at 11:00 (The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) this is annually honoured with two-minutes of silence.
Marlboro cigarettes. The letters "l" and "b" together form the number 11
[edit] 12
- Various notes:
- Devine number, the circle is used in astrology/science measurements:
- 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 months, 12 hours.
- 12 months of the year: januari, februari, march, april, may, june, juli, august, september, october, november, december.
- Pythagoras: Mathematical Theorum in Music (The Importance of "12")
- See also: Occult symbolism: 12-Pointed Star
The Chromatic scale is a musical scale with 12 pitches. [4]
3-dimensional 12-star (stained-glass art from: [5])
European flag with 12 (5-pointed) stars.
[edit] 13
- Various notes:
- devine number 12 + 1 (representing "divinity", or "the creator" overlooking the creation)
- Friday the 13th - "... the superstition derived from the massacre of the Knights Templar on Friday October 13, 1307. King Philip IV of France ordered the destruction of the Templars, after having claimed that they were engaged in heretical practices."
Confederate States of America Battle Flag
The Great Seal of the United States.
Mason and first president of the US George Washington's left hand rests on top of a very prominent Roman fasces (minus the axe head) which comprises of 13 rods/sticks.
Defense Intelligence Agency
U.S. Army
The Presidential Medal of Freedom.
George Tenet (former director of the CIA) gets the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
[edit] 22
The logo for Paramount Pictures has 22 stars
[edit] 33
- Various notes:
- 3 parts of ~33.33% makes a whole ==> the 3 main city states make the Vatican-Jesuit-Masonic fascist empire?
- Supposedly there are only 33 masonic degrees, in which the last 33rd degree is only granted to a mason that made a grand 'fascistic empire contribution'.
Bank of America's newer logo. I know, your brain doesn't like that vertical stripe section of the American flag. That's because it's not an American flag!
The United Nations emblem. If you look closely you will see that the grid pattern is 8 sections of 4 segments each plus 1 round center piece. 8 x 4 + 1 = 33. Communicating that it was/is founded/run by 33 degree Masons?
"33" is on the back label of every Rolling Rock beer bottle.
Club 33, a private club located in the heart of the New Orleans Square section of known mason Walt Disney's Disneyland. The entrance of the club is located at "33 Royal Street".
[edit] 72
- The number 72 can be found in most cultures, especially those whose history or religion were influenced by stellar observations. The pole star, or North star, of earth changes slightly every year. It is almost unnoticeable, except by cultures who have kept long term records of the movements of the stars. This led to the discovery of the precession of the equinox which completes a full "year" and returns to it's starting point in around 25,920 years. One degree or 1/360 of this cycle is 72 years long. [9]
British Petroleum (BP)
Shemhamphorasch (a corruption of Hebrew שם המפורש Shem ha-Mephorash) is an epithet for a 216-letter name of God derived by medieval kabbalists from the book of Exodus, by reading the letters of three verses in a specific order. The name is composed of 72 groups of three letters, each of these triplets being the name of an angel or intelligence.
[edit] 77
- Washington DC is based on 39 degrees lattitude and 77 degrees longitude. In literature, the 77 degrees is called "God's longitude".
- video: "America's Secret New Beginings"
- video: "Riddles in Stone, Secret Architechture of Washington DC"
- Meridian Hill Park was built to represent that longitude.
- On of the 9/11 "planes" (actually a disguised rocket!) that hit pentagon was called "American Airlines Flight 77".
- London bombings were on 7/7
[edit] 142
[edit] 151
[edit] 216
- 6x6x6 (6 cubed)
- "Who knows the number of the Beast? I do. 216 (6×6x6 - or 6 cubed). Nazi general Goebbels even wanted to mandate the concert pitch tuning of ALL music INTERNATIONALLY to 440hz A notation. Why? Because it used to be 432hz. A sacred number involving the Pythagorean Brotherhood, Gematria, Geomancy, the Precession of the Equinoxes, and eclipse prediction cycles, let alone astrological understanding of FRICKING CLIMATE CHANGE. Hmmmmmmm again. 432 is 216 multiplied by 2; the Greeks and Asians and Indians and Egyptians (Afrikaans) and Tibetans all revered that number. So did the Maya (along with the numbers 72 and 144). Guess who the Vatican smashed most of? ALL OF EM." [10]
[edit] 432
- Various references to 432:
- 2 x (6x6x6)
- "The Cycle of Time Number 432"
- The "Great Cycle" (Mahayuga) in Indian culture: 4.32 billion solar years.
- The 432Hz musical tuning:
[edit] 666
- Various notes:
- Numerology: 6 (the full range of the 3 dimensions (length, width, depth) -> all that is)
- "Origin and History of the number 666"
- "666 Mark of the Beast"
"Sigilla Solis" or "Sun Seal" This amulet has the god of the sun standing on the lion. This indicated the sun's position in the constellation of Leo during the hot days of August. The back is inscribed "Nachyel," meaning "intelligence of the sun" and the numbers 1 to 36. These numbers are arranged in such a way that the sum of any given row, column or diagonal is 111, and therefore the sum of all six rows or all six columns is 666.
This illustration is also a solar seal, but it honors the star Basilisco, which was the diminutive form of the Greek Basileus (king), thus meaning the same as the Latin regulus. Regulus is the only first magnitude star in the constellation of Leo. The sun and the moon are again clearly seen on this amulet and on the reverse side is the same arrangement of numerals with the actual figure 666 given as the total
- Vicarius Filii Dei - Vatican/Occult - "Papacy as AntiChrist"
- See: VICARIUS FILII DEI and 666
- See: VICARIUS FILII DEI 666, The Number of the Beast
- 666 is first recorded in the book of Revelation 13:18 "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
- 666 is used 2 other times in the bible, in 1 Kings 10:14 & 2 Chronicles 9:13
- See Solomon's sins
- So it seems quite likely that the number "666" was a very well-known number in ancient times. It was King Solomon's salary ( Solomon collects 666 talents of gold each year )and it's highly likely that it wasn't some kind of state secret. It's quite likely that it was well-known by the general public and that the number didn't just come out of thin air. And in fact, if you study what's written about King Solomon and compare that to what Rev. 13 says, it's quite clear that they are talking about someone with same type of power and wealth. [11]
- The Pope in Bible Prophecy
- See also: Satanism
Louvre Pyramid using 666 (unverified) panes of glass, and is surrounded by 3 smaller pyramids.
Hebrew alphabet
The Volkswagen logo. the "W" appears to actually be two crossed "V's". The letter V is the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, so along with the smaller "V" made up by the other two crossed "V's" this logo translates into "666". It's no secret that the Nazi's were into the occult. Also, on has to know and understand the Hebrew alphabet to practice the magik of the Kabbalah which Freemasons practice.
The Best Western logo is actually three "V"s (see previous).
- Statues
- Statue of Freedom
- "The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the crowning feature of the dome of the United States Capitol. The statue is a classical female figure of Freedom wearing flowing draperies. Her right hand rests upon the hilt of a sheathed sword; her left holds a laurel wreath of victory and the shield of the United States with thirteen stripes. Her helmet is encircled by stars and features a crest composed of an eagle's head, feathers, and talons, a reference to the costume of Native Americans. A brooch inscribed "U.S." secures her fringed robes. She stands on a cast-iron globe encircled with the words E Pluribus Unum, the national motto at the time of her placement atop the dome. The lower part of the base is decorated with fasces and wreaths. Ten bronze points tipped with platinum are attached to her headdress, shoulders, and shield for protection from lightning. The bronze statue stands 19 feet 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 15,000 pounds. Her crest rises 288 feet above the east front plaza." [12]
- "She stands 19 feet 6 inches, which works out to 6 + 6 + 6 feet, and 6 + 6 + 6 inches. Persephone was placed on the Dome of the Capitol on December 2, 1863 in the middle of the Civil War. The event was marked by a salute of 47 gunshots as a tribute to John Carroll, the Jesuit bishop who had put Washington D.C. under Mary's protection. (John Carroll had died 47 years earlier on December 3, 1816.) The statue of Persephone (supposedly Mary) was placed on the Dome 47 years after John Carroll's last day on earth." [13]
- The Statue of the fallen angel in Madrid
- It was realized in 1877 by Ricardo Bellver by order of Duke Fernán Núñez [14][15] and in the place that now receives its name: the Place of the Fallen Angel in 1885. In the National Exhibition of 1878, this statue received the first prize. A curiosity is that it is exactly 666 meters above the level of the sea.
- Fuente del Ángel Caído
- Category:Ricardo Bellver
- Statue of Freedom
[edit] Intertwined 666
- 3 intertwined circles related:
- See also: Geometry and numerology: 666
The Celtic intertwined "666"
Biological hazard symbol. See also: "Biohazard symbol history".
Triodos Bank. Based in the Netherlands with branches in Belgium, the United Kingdom and Spain.
Logo for Waste Aware Aberdeen a recycling program in the Scottish city of Aberdeen
The New King James Version of the bible.
State Farm Insurance 666?
UN and Banner of Peace (Stamp) with Nicholas Roerich Pax Cultura ("Cultural Peace")
Mayo Clinic
[edit] 911
- 9/11 marks the beginning of the Egpytian New Year
- Egyptian calendar
- Coptic calendar: "The Feast of Neyrouz marks the first day of the Coptic year. Ignorant of the Egyptian language for the most part, the Arabs confused the Egyptian new year's celebrations, which the Egyptians called the feast of Ni-Yarouou (the feast the rivers), with the Persian feast of Nowruz. The misnomer remains today, and the celebrations of the Egyptian new year on the first day of the month of Thout are known as the Neyrouz. Its celebration falls on the 1st day of the month of Thout, the first month of the Egyptian year, which for 1901 to 2098 usually coincides with 11 September, ..."
- Commonly known as the day of the September 11, 2001 attacks
- Workers broke ground for the construction of the Pentagon on September 11, 1941 [16]
- Between the September 11, 2001 attacks and the Madrid bombings of March 11, 2004 passed 911 days (Considering local times Calculate duration between two dates)
- The call for a New World Order by George Bush Sr, was on September 11 1991.
- video: George Bush Sr September 11
ID-card frame from the 1999 "The Matrix" movie by the Wachowski brothers. [6]


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A recent report published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings supports the hypothesis that women who smoke cigarettes before first full-term pregnancy have a 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer compared with women who begin smoking after the birth of their first child or never smoked.
This latest study is a strong indicator of the continued need for smoking-prevention messages to all, but especially ones tailored to this group of young women.
The levels of risk elevation are consistent with the risk levels reported from other epidemiological studies of cigarette smoking and breast-cancer risk, according to Janet Olson, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic researcher and the lead author of the study.
The researchers did not find any evidence that the duration of smoking or number of cigarettes smoked per day affected risk of breast cancer among the smokers.
Scientists have known for many years that women who are young (under the age of 20) when they have their first baby are less likely to get breast cancer than women who are older (over the age of 35) at the birth of their first child.
It is not known exactly why this is true, but it is thought to be linked to the changes that take place in women's breasts and hormone levels during pregnancy.


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Here's the second and final installment of Lions 101's breakdown of the 2012 season. After this segment concludes, we promise not to talk about it anymore!
Though the Detroit Lions didn't have very many good things happen in 2012, there were still the usual smattering of high and low moments to recount. From Calvin Johnson setting a receiving record to the debacle on Thanksgiving Day, this year was a season to remember for all the right and wrong reasons.
Below, we take one final look back at the moments we'll remember forever, some good and some bad.
Best Moment Of The Year: Calvin Johnson sets the all-time receiving record. Ah, personal success. Without it, what would the 2012 season have meant for the Lions? Nothing but a bunch of losing and failed expectations. Johnson, though, did his part to avert these problems, setting more records and shattering the myth of the "Madden Curse" in the process. Late in the season and needing only an average game against Atlanta to surpass 1,848 yards, Johnson was a man possessed, going well over the yardage total he needed to catch Jerry Rice and remaining humble in the process. The crowd roared and saluted him, despite the failed efforts of their Lions team. Another special personal achievement in the city who's football team invented such things.
Worst Moment Of The Year: Titus Young's insubordination against Green Bay. We had figured for weeks that Young hadn't completely "bought in" to the Lions' program in 2012, and after a home loss to the Packers, we had all the material evidence we needed. First, there was the shouting on the sidelines between Scott Linehan and now departed receivers coach Shawn Jefferson. Then, it was Young being sent home from the team facility the next day. Later, it was revealed Young hadn't responded well to in-game coaching and made route running mistakes and penalties which sabotaged his team. If it was one series of events which personified why Jim Schwartz must be on the hot seat, it was Young's debacle. Events like this just don't happen on quality, focused football teams. It was the lowest light of 2012.
Best Game: October 14, 2012: Detroit 26, Philadelphia 23 (OT). The Lions looked, how shall we say, completely dead against one of the worst teams in football other than themselves early in 2012. Then, showing shades of what drove their success in 2011, the team fought back with an impressive yet stunning rally fueled as much by good offense as capable defense. Matthew Stafford fired an touchdown to Nate Burleson and led another late drive capped by a Jason Hanson field goal. In overtime, the Lions managed to get another Hanson field goal and cap an impressive comeback. For one Sunday anyway, things felt good and normal in Detroit.
Worst Game: November 22, 2012: Houston 34, Detroit 31. From excellent play to shoddy play to lead changes to referee mistakes, this game had it all. The Lions blasted out ahead early, fueled by passion and momentum, attempting to save their season with a big win. Problem was, the Texans had other ideas, and fought back every single time. The referees blew two calls, one of which came on a punt and the other when Justin Forcett should have been ruled down. Despite this and all the turnovers, the Lions were in position to win in overtime and missed a field goal which could have won the game. They lost quickly thereafter, adding the most frustrating nail in the coffin during this season.
Best Play: Titus Young's Hail Mary catch sends game to overtime in Tennessee. In the midst of his awful season, Young still managed to deliver the play of the year by being heads up and standing in the right place at the right time. Needing a touchdown late, Shaun Hill fired a deep bomb towards the end zone that deflected and found its final resting place in the arms of Young. It was a fantastic moment. The game was inexplicably tied and headed for overtime. Like Detroit's season, however, the exceptional wouldn't last. The Lions lost the game and Young eventually lost his way.
Worst Play: Andrew Luck drives 76 yards with a minute remaining in the fourth quarter and beats the Lions. For frustration's sake, the Lions' fans couldn't find a worse play than the combined efforts of the defense and offense back to back in early December. The offense couldn't salt away the game and put the defense in a bad spot. Then, Luck surgically worked his way down field one pass at a time, eventually getting to the red zone. All the Lions needed was one more play and one more stop, and Luck managed to find Donnie Avery for the game winning touchdown. This one hurt more than most due to the time an circumstance.
Best Player: Calvin Johnson. What more can be said? Johnson did it all for the Lions' offense in 2012, and managed to have a better year than last season with regards to yardage. Start to finish, he was the most consistent player the Lions rolled out offensively week to week. The beat continues to go on for the best receiver in the league.
Worst Player: Matthew Stafford. Woeful from the first drive of the season on, Stafford couldn't make the plays happen like he did in 2011. He was erratic, made critical mistakes late in games and had far too many interceptions. Worse, questions about mechanics keep creeping up. Maybe he was injured, but all injuries aside, the Lions' didn't benefit from his quarterbacking like they had in the past. There were plenty of other players who also struggled, but Stafford had the most dramatic problems of the year.
Best Rookies: Ryan Broyles and Riley Reiff. There's no doubting the bright future of these two, as circumstance and injury prevented them from having a bigger impact than they should have had. We saw brilliance in flashes, though, as both players played meaningful minutes and starred. In 2013, both will be counted on to improve more and make the most of their playing time.
Worst Rookie: Bill Bentley. Injuries intervened most here, as Bentley was shut down due to them in 2012. If not for that, he could have become a top contributor. Now, we're forced to wonder if Bentley can be a capable contributor consistently. Heading into 2013, Bentley has plenty to prove, especially as he will be fighting for a position and perhaps even a starting spot.
Max DeMara is the managing editor of Lions 101. You can find him on his personal Twitter account @SportsGuyTheMax or on this site's Twitter @detroitlions101Tags: Calvin Johnson, Detroit, Detroit Lions, Football, Jason Hanson, Nate Burleson, NFL, Scott Linehan, Titus Young


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We're now three games into the Jodie Meeks era and the early returns certainly look positive. In two of three games, Meeks has caught fire from distance in the first quarter, setting the tone for the game. But, as Derek Bodner noted on Twitter and GoSixers mentioned in the comments here, he isn't really contributing in any other area. The question is, does that matter?
The short answer is that yes, it does matter. Obviously, if Meeks was handing out assists and grabbing boards it would be better for the team. But the analysis can't just end there. We have to weigh what Meeks is bringing to the team - both in hard numbers and in more heady "spreading the floor" terms - against what he is lacking in the ancillary (or non-scoring) portion of the game. Then, once we gauge how much Meeks' scoring can help, we need to take into account who he's sharing the floor with - especially on the perimeter - and how their strengths mask some of his weaknesses, and vice versa.
As a starter, Meeks has used roughly 41 possessions (32 shots, 6 turnovers, 6 free throw attempts) to score 51 points. That translates into 124.39 points over 100 possessions. His true shooting percentage is even better, at 0.736. Those numbers are beyond outstanding, they're also wholly unsustainable. Meeks isn't going to be this good with regularity, it's basically impossible. He's on a tremendous hot streak right now, but what happens when he goes cold? Or what happens when he settles into whatever his normal range is with this group, in this role?
I mean, doesn't this sound like a familiar story, a somewhat undersized shooting guard who can get hot for stretches and hit a bunch of jumpers, but doesn't contribute anything in the other areas of the game. If he's hot, he helps you. If he's not, he kills you? Are we getting excited over a younger version of Willie Green? No, I don't think so.
The Willie Green hot streak was a myth, for the most part. When Willie was hitting his jumper, he'd come out and score 10 points in a quarter on 8 or 9 shots. By the time the game was over, he'd probably have maybe 14 points on 14 shots, and he'd wind up shooting 50% from the floor and everyone would be impressed that he shot such a high percentage. Willie never did anything to augment his shooting. By that I mean, he didn't get to the line and he didn't hit threes. If he shot 50%, he wasn't helping the offense overall. Even when his jumper was falling, even when he was hitting half of them, the team was still treading water. Hot Willie wasn't carrying anything. When Meeks gets hot, he's hitting from deep and he's getting you three points per possession.
Meeks has the ability to hit multiple threes in a quarter. When Meeks gets hot, the defense you're playing on the other end doesn't even matter. If they're getting two points per possession and you're getting three, you're winning. Not to mention the fact that when Meeks is on fire from three, the other team has to pay attention, they have to make adjustments. When Willie's 20-footer was dropping, teams really wouldn't care. A Green 20-footer is exactly the shot the other team wants you to take. They aren't going to double Willie to get the ball out of his hands, and they aren't going to hesitate to leave Willie to double someone else when they know the worst-case scenario is a 20-footer from Willie. When Meeks gets hot, he's hurting the other team when he makes shots and he's hurting them when they have to account for him to stop him from making shots. It's a trickle-down effect on the entire offense.
A hot Jodie (which sounds extremely dirty) can not only carry an offense, but can really blow the game wide open. That type of dominant stretch isn't something we see very often from Jrue and Iguodala, who tend to pick their spots on offense. Even when those guys get hot, they still have other responsibilities on the floor that sometimes keep them from carrying the team. Jodie has, and hopefully will continue, to be the guy they can go to at every opportunity to keep his hot streak alive.
And now we come full circle. Does it matter if Jodie doesn't board or make plays for others? Well, when he's hot, I don't think it's an issue. Jrue and Iguodala combine to average 10.4 rebounds and 12.5 assists per game. They both do more than their share, and combined, they can cover for a third back court player who's a non-factor in those areas, provided this third player is providing something they aren't. In this case, scoring and plenty of it. Having Jrue and Iguodala is an absolute luxury that most team's don't have. They are such well-rounded players that it allows you to hide a specialist between them, on both ends of the floor. Jodie is slotting into that spot quite well right now.
We've now spent over 800 words talking about why it works and how it works, but there is a flip side to the coin. What happens when Hot Jodie turns into Cold Jodie? Well, first of all, we need to hope that Cold Jodie has enough sense not to act like Cold Willie used to. If he isn't hitting shots, he can't keep gunning. This is on Meeks himself, to a point, but it's really on Collins. When Jodie isn't hitting to the point where he's missing a bunch of shots and/or the opposing team isn't accounting for him on the perimeter, he's outlived his usefulness. Willie would keep gunning, keep eating up empty possessions in the hopes that he'd shoot himself out of it. In the meantime, he'd be killing you on both ends of the floor and doing absolutely nothing to mitigate the damage. The key here is for Collins to be able to identify which version of Jodie he's got early on, and adjust properly, because cold Jodie, even if he stop shooting (which Willie Green never would), just doesn't give you enough without the scoring. They're better off upgrading the defense early (by going to Turner), or going with a different scoring option (by going big with Thad at the three, or staying small and putting Lou at the two).
It's going to be a juggling act once Meeks settles into whatever he ultimately becomes, but the last thing you want to do is pin your hopes on Jodie's shooting touch for the first quarter of every game. Welcome Hot Jodie with open arms and ride him for all he's worth, but always be prepared for plan B is Cold Jodie shows up.
It goes something like this:
- Hot Jodie can carry you
- Hot Willie will help you tread water
- Cold Jodie might kill you
- Cold Willie will kill you
- Playing with Jrue and Iguodala makes Hot Jodie an asset, no matter what his drawbacks would be on a team with less talented perimeter players.
Thoughts in the comments, as usual.
by Brian on Dec 8 2010
Tags: Andre Iguodala | Basketball | Jodie Meeks | Jrue Holiday | Sixers |
Tags: Andre Iguodala | Basketball | Jodie Meeks | Jrue Holiday | Sixers |


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I do believe that liberals in this country have their tin foils hats on way too tight these days. At least, it's easy to think that over the new national conspiracy theory that lefties are all balled up over lately. You see, it is being imagined in the dim, dark recesses of the left's collective consciousness that cable company Comcast is out to silence them.
Apparently, Comcast has come down from their circling black helicopters and decided to target the left by moving MSNBC from their basic cable package to their more expensive premium services. This will, you see, "marginalize outspoken liberal voices" like Keith Olbermann.
It couldn't be that Comcast is just trying to make more cash by moving popular channels to their ever expanding digital service in preparation for when the whole country goes digital, right? It has to be some deep, dark, anti-left conspiracy by an eeeevil corporate monster, it must be supposed.
Wild-eyed lefties from Portland, Oregon to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are calling foul over Comcast's billing change and it's all because, they imagine, Comcast is out to destroy them.
Cue the dramatic music.
Just look at this specious conspiracy "reasoning":
On local talk radio, the suspicion is that Comcast is engaging in a back-door rate increase that disproportionately affects Democrats during an important election year. Because MSNBC caters to liberal voices in ways that Fox and CNN don't, moving it to a more expensive tier is suspect.
It has been said that liberalism is a mental disease. Well, this new leftie symptom sure doesn't help dispel that claim as a definite possibility. Either liberals have too much time on their hands -- probably spending too much time on welfare and not at work -- or it really is a mental disorder that leaves them prone to wild flights of fantasy?
Whatever the case, this is quite an amusing story.


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See 14-Year-Old Justin Timberlake As A Spelling Bee Loser
Before he was bringing sexyback, Justin Timberlake was probably having trouble spelling "sexyback."
In celebrating this year's spelling competition, Scripps National Spelling Bee released a precious photo of the singer — then 14 — at the 1995 Memphis Commercial Appeal Spelling Bee.
According to the organization, the "Mirrors" crooner was eliminated from the competition when he misspelled "wharf," while another another contestant took it home by spelling "emerald" correctly.
A student at E.E. Jeter Elementary School, young Timberlake was also the president of the Beta Club, played basketball and, as his blurb stated, a "winner of local and national talent competitions." (Duh.)
As Scripps pointed out on their Facebook, the 32-year-old has since "managed to somehow survive by using his other talents!"
Timberlake's six Grammys and four Emmys can certainly attest to that.


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