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I haven't really thought that Jrue has been stellar or anything on defense this year (see Pargo and Westbrook and others), average to pretty good at times - yes, but it looks as if our defense has sunk to almost nonexistent without him on the floor. The lack of ball movement on offense has been bad enough but the defense has been even worse, just atrocious. Often times just flat out lazy.
That's 2 of 22. He's been good overall, and even in games where he isn't great, he's still soooooo much better than the alternatives, especially in the pick-and-roll and stopping penetration. Guys put up numbers, it happens, but Jrue consistently moves his feet and cuts off the first attack, something which didn't happen once last night in the fourth quarter.
Only thing to take away from last night's game is that maybe Dorrell found his stroke again.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. That would be a big help if/when the full team is assembled.
I don't understand how the Sixers expect to win if their offensive gameplan is just dribble handoffs at the 3 point line. They are underdogs tonight vs. Houston, they should be more aggressive. Houston isn't a terrible team, they shouldn't try to play conservatively in hopes of keeping it close and winning it at the end.
it's been disappointing to see the Royce White situation unfold like this. i'm not entirely clear on what happened, but i know there was a disagreement over treatment between White & Morey. according to the Rockets, White wasn't going to therapy sessions they were paying for. i remember reading they were going to have a meeting but i don't know the results of that.
sounds like he wasn't happy they wanted to send him to the D-League and he's been M.I.A. ever since:
Sounds like another athlete who has an issue and ignores it, the stigmatization of mental health in professional sports is really getting bad.
This is really a difficult situation to get your mind around, because he's out. He's a poster child for the illness and he's done how many interviews about raising awareness and dealing with it?
Usually it's the stigmatization that causes people to ignore the issue, but that's not the case here. At this point, could he possibly be too proud, or too worried about the stigma to do simple things like accept the help the team is offering?
I won't pretend to know what's going on in his head, but if this is how it ends, he will have done immeasurable damage with what was a tremendous opportunity.
Well I can think of one reason he would be avoiding the help the Rockets paid for.
Same reason that I never talked to the therapists my mother picked for me, (I started at 8, I have multiple illnesses, and probably a progressive neurological degeneration coming when I get older based on my mother and her parents progression) you don't trust em. Hell at 8 I didn't know about doctor patient confidentiality, but I never really opened up to someone until I picked them (in my 20s, at college, when I was finally properly diagnosed) because no matter what the rules are, you don't trust someone with your problems unless YOU pick em. Ideally the Rockets should say they are willing to help him but they need to let White pick his own therapist, picking the right therapist is vital when dealing with something like this, if you don't trust your counselor you'll never open up, and you'll never get better.
It should be stated by me that I'm not a big 'drug' advocate for certain things. I believe in certain cases (depression) drugs don't do anything but mask your symptoms, and while you are learning to deal with your issues, they can be helpful, but 'pharmopsychology' is not a treatment for many things (Manic Depressives, they need drugs, because their brain chemistry is off, and their mood swings can harm them or others if they aren't balanced), it's just a quick fix that doesn't get to the root.
Obviously, this is a serious issue and a personal issue for me, but you look at the guy in Kansas City, ESPN did a thing about two college roomates that played football at South Caroline who both killed themselves. It's not the only issue that's ignored in sports (Drunk Driving is another issue that's minimized, personally I think anyone arrested for a DUI should be charged automatically with attempted murder - but hey - people in texas would thing I'm bloodthirsty when it comes to the death penalty), but being open about it doesn't always mean you're going to get better, Ron Artest is still a looney for instance
I can understand not wanting to open up to a doctor someone else chose, but refusing to even meet with him? Then walking away from the team when they want you to go to the D-League, those are contractual things. I don't think it's out of bounds for the team to ask those things, especially when whatever he's doing on his own obviously isn't making the situation tenable.
I don't think 'choosing your doctor' should be part of the contract...I didn't know about the d-league thing until just today, but I had heard that though the rockets said they would make accommodations for him on travel they seemed to be reneging on that.
Keep in mind that often times writers who make an organization look bad will end up losing their credentials (rightly or wrongly, it happens) and that might encourage them to write the 'franchise view' of things.
Just using a hypothetical, say an employee has his own doctor and he isn't getting better the point where he can't do his job. Fair for the employer to ask for a check up from their own doctor?
In theory, maybe (but HR and ADA laws in this country are nuts), but that's not the same as saying 'use this doctor we picked out for you for your treatment', it's a slightly different scenario, but I can tell you, just based on my history, that if it's a mental health issue, the patient will then have an issue with their current doctor for sharing information (I believe a patient must APPROVE the sharing of any medical records).
Again, the stigmatization of mental health isn't just in pro sports, it's everywhere, it's just it makes news in pro sports (or when someone shoots someone, or lots of someones, and then in 6 months no one remembers anymore cause something worse happened)
I don't wanna get into a debate about mental health policy in this country - in general or how it applies to certain things (like the second amendment for instance) because most people here couldn't care less to even read what we've written about it so far, and it's going to upset me.
Even with Jrue playing, do you think the sixers could take the rested rockets out?
And is Jeremy Lin the wrong guy for that team now that they have Harden (I'm talking on the court only, I'm sure the whole chinese link after Yao was a huge motivation in signing Lin, though the Rockets probably won't admit it)
Yeah, they could win this game. Jrue would abuse Lin mercilessly.
Except that Harden would abuse everyone mercilessly...he may not be great, but wouldn't be surprised to see Omer Asik score a season high in points tonight, he'll definitely be the best big man on the floor
FOrtunately for the sixes, the rockets are mediocre at three point shooting though.
I mean, sure, Jrue would abuse lin, but no one else on the sixers abuses anyone, while Harden would definitely counter Jrue and then Asik gets in the mix...I still give the advantage overall to the rockets unless Bynum is healthy too
Not saying it's a lock. But w/ Jrue, I'd give it a coin flip. W/out, maybe a 15% chance of winning.
I think you're being generous, a coinflip (though technically not) is a 50/50, without Jrue I drop it to 10% personally, with Jrue I'd make it less than 50 due to the on the road factor, the Rockets offense being that good compared to the sixers that bad defense (the rockets defense is worse true), I'd put it at 40%, at best,
With Bynum and Jrue healthy, I'd still put it at like 70/75% :)
Basketball Reference gives the Sixers a win probability of 29% tonight. Not sure how they calculate that but just wanted to share.
it doesn't sound like anyone (White nor the Rockets) is ignoring it though. the Rockets have made numerous attempts to accomodate him. do we even know that they aren't letting him pick his own therapist? unfortunately we're only really hearing one side of the story, and until White is more forthcoming it is going to seem like he is being extremely difficult.
These stories make it sound like White isn't taking whatever steps he took while in college to manage his illness. That may not be the case, but that's the inference here, I think.
It is tough to manage mental illness during times of big transitions and stress- even in the most supportive of circumstances. Then when things deteriorate people stay looking for who to blame.
Hopefully he settles a bit and everyone gives it another shot- but not surprising that the stress from the bijou to the NBA precipitated a problem that was not manageable. But you would hope it would become manageable once this becomes the new normal. But who knows of the player or the team we be willing.
I'm sure Royce, Ricky Williams and others could be successful in other less public careers given their overall dedication, but the outside stresses makes it an uphill battle in their sport.
It is tough to manage mental illness during times of big transitions and stress- even in the most supportive of circumstances. Then when things deteriorate people stay looking for who to blame.
Hopefully he settles a bit and everyone gives it another shot- but not surprising that the stress from the bijou to the NBA precipitated a problem that was not manageable. But you would hope it would become manageable once this becomes the new normal. But who knows of the player or the team we be willing.
I'm sure Royce, Ricky Williams and others could be successful in other less public careers given their overall dedication, but the outside stresses makes it an uphill battle in their sport.
Sorry, wanted to correct the weird typo, but I think I'll quit while I'm behind.
It is tough to manage mental illness during times of big transitions and stress- even in the most supportive of circumstances. Then when things deteriorate people stay looking for who to blame.
Hopefully he settles a bit and everyone gives it another shot- but not surprising that the stress from the bijou to the NBA precipitated a problem that was not manageable. But you would hope it would become manageable once this becomes the new normal. But who knows of the player or the team we be willing.
I'm sure Royce, Ricky Williams and others could be successful in other less public careers given their overall dedication, but the outside stresses makes it an uphill battle in their sport.
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Heh. I'm beginning to think the Kiwi wireless network isn't up to snuff.
More of an end user problem I'm afraid to admit.
BTW, 73F and 16 hours of sunshine today. I hope I don't get to badly burned during my lunch break...
Is the world going to end tomorrow down there, too?
No, it will end a day earlier here, as it is already Thursday. If I go dark consider it your early d warning to head for the mountains in anticipation of the landings.
Dude, rubbing in the weather is just cruel - I mean I could do it 90% of the time - but it's just mean to those who have to endure the east coast brisk
Weather wise I'm probably in about the worst spot in NZ, so I'll take shots where I can. And I'd gladly take the mid Atlantic weather over Chicago weather and it's one pleasant month a year. Much better weather here... If only there was an ozone layer left.
Saw the Jodie Meeks is now the starter at SG for the Lakers. Kobe moving to the 3 and Metta WoldPeace to the bench.
I remember thinking last year that he wouldnt be a starter for any other team in the league. I guess things are pretty bad in LA, though.
They were talking about this just yesterday on local radio, how Jodie Meeks is one of the few players who naturally works in the D'antoni system, shoot or move the ball, that's what it supposed to happen very quickly and they were complimenting Meeks on fitting the system. The Lakers also have a pretty weak bench this might be a move to 'strengthen' their bench (as they see it) with Artest off the bench.
I turned off that bobcats game last night in the 3rd, I am surprised they pulled it out
Meeks is like their only shooter
Tell that to the sixers who got walloped by who again?:)
I love the "Play Moultrie" movement. Every year, people think one of these stiffs they draft in the mid-late first round is suddenly going to come in and contribute as a rookie. Moultrie is most likely the same as Speights, and Jason Smith, and Craig Brackins and Vucevic. Journeyman bigs with no marketable skills and more warts than beauty marks.
Here's a really fun fact for you. In the past 28 years, the Sixers have drafted 2 starting big men. TWO. Thad Young, who was really drafted as a three, and may still not be a starting four. And Sam Dalembert. That's it. Since they took Charles Barkley, 27 drafts, 2 starting big men. I love rooting for this fucking team.
I guess van horn was a legit starter for a stretch there as well. Of course, he refused to play for them so I'm not sure that should count.
It's not that they thinnk 'one of these stiffs' is going to contribute it's more 'dear god are we tired of watching Kwame Brown, Spencer Hawes and Lavoy Allen suck, can't we see SOMEONE else suck, someone we don't KNOW for sure what to expect'?
It's a kind of hope, based on nothing but flowers and candy and over reacting to whatever college numbers you want to look at - but it's at least hope - looking at the three names I wrote, I'd rather Moultrie play so it means less minutes for Spencer and or Kwame
Whatever, it's choosing the experienced stiff you know over the young stiff you don't know.
Exactly - but at least with the stiff you don't know - there's the chance you won't be disappointed - and for a moment there's hope :)
Collins won't even give them hope :)
Plus - remember how awesome Voose is playing in Orlando
Weren't Shawn Bradley and Clarence Weatherspoon starters? Just because they weren't good doesn't mean they weren't starters.
legit starters. Weatherspoon probably qualified for a couple of years. Bradley never did.
I know it's multiple regimes ago but that whole shaun bradley thing still just grates in my craw
Bradley was timid at country clubs. But "ya can't teach taw." Brigham Young's promo guy at the time must've been a marvel.
What promo guy - bradley spent the two years before he was drafted in another continent on a mission.
A raw, skinny kid who played 1 yr, vamoosed for sabbatical, ate vegamite sandwiches, then was drafted #2. Safe to say BYU's mouthpiece wasn't ineffective, whomever it was.
Don't think the BYU mouthpiece had anything to do with it actually - man I hate that draft
Webber 1, Hardaway 3, the prearranged swap beause the sixers so obviously were taking Bradley. Sure their careers were cut short by injury - but EITHER of them was a better choice than bradley.
Man that was a crappy draft (though Mr Sam Cassell did go 24th)
Let's be honest, neither of us know, but we like our prejudices.
Webber. Was watching him clown on the NBA channel the other night. He's still hard to digest. At least there's the '93 time-out vs. NC.
1993, I remember that draft, I remember YELLING every time they talked about how it was a LOCK the sixers would take bradley...I don't talk a lot about all draft picks - just the ones I was passionate about BEFORE they made them - they include
These were all 'wishes' I had BEFORE the respective drafts happened
1. Pro Iguodala
2. Pro Speights
3. Anti Bradley - I wanted Hardaway or Weber, and I was at a big 10 school that wasn't Michigan - but I knew Bradley was a horrible Idea - you'd think Manute Bol would have taught some lessons
4. Pro Larry Hughes, with the codicil that I didn't know Larry Brown was going to try and make him a point guard, and break him.
So I'm at 50% :)
I've started to grow out my Harden beard. Not shaving until Bynum suits up as a Sixer. Hope I don't end up looking like ZZ Top. I think Hawes is taking the same approach with his George Michael Mullet.
Oh man - well at least you'll save on shaving supplies the rest of your life
More likely to end up looking like a balding Hassid than an aging rocker...
You could do worse...
telling you guys, the sixers woes start with no one on their team -yes even Jrue - having the ability to get buckets. Yes their defense has been garbage as of late, but that is the most consistent area of the team. their problems are on the other end of the floor. With the exception of Jrue we just can't score. Forget about Bynum. He's no messiah. With out the ability to put the ball in the hole the sixers don't stand a chance against N.O. Sacto or middle-of-the-road Houston.
no jrue tonight
Wayns starting for nick young tonight
Can Wright not play the position?
probably not for an extended amount of time
Nick young shoots - a lot - is doug saying he has more faith in Wayans shooting/shot selection than Wrights?
Sheesh - wasn't Wright supposedly some under used quantity at his old teams?
I'm not sure anyone here would even be interest, but at this years Sloan Analytic Conference at MIT they're providing 'networking opportunities' for folks who attend. They will have a 'resume book', restricted job postings and a linkedin group you can join ONLY if you attend the conference (which is weird - basically you have to pay to be in their linkedin group - but ah well - if you want an entree into the analytic side of sports it might be worth your time)
More info about the event can be found here
So what's Doug's method to the madness w/ Wayns getting early run? Does he just want to slot ET back to his normal spot at the 3? Because ET has tired legs on this back to back and reducing his responsibility? Yeah, the main guys are on weary legs, but I do not like the move, at all. He is such a liability on D, and most of the time he also is on O.
How much of a height advantage does Lin have on Maalik?
Thad on Harden? ugh
it was a switch, was turner
man, there is no one in the stands tonight
Turner on Harden, that will be trouble. He took a big ol' shit on Turner last year.
annnndd Harden shakes Thad with a stutter and gets fouled, to the line, first play.
Must have been a switch on that first possession, ET on Harden the last two trips.
Come the fuck on Wayns, throwing the ball to nobody. Well he threw it to Bennett Salvatore.
Ends in a lost jump ball, should be a turnover on Wayns.
Of course, they get a Harden 3 off that should be turnover.
Stay with the damn man Turner. Damn... protect the basket
kwame from the post?!
This already feels like it's gonna be a blowout. We look pretty delayed and slow in our reactions already.
ET gunning one, a miss.
Asik layup on other end.
after Harden blew right by ET for the assist
15 pts given up in the first 4 and a half mins. Great start just like last night, bet they don't have a run in em to get back in this one like last night though. They really look lethargic already, esp on D.
Maalik w/ a forced take, always falling to the floor ala Iverson.
lavoy putback
Lin over Wayns. I'd go there everytime if I was McHale.
JRich money!
Wayns sticks on the pick, Lin floater.
One pass and a forced JRich post up. miss again.
Please get Wayns the hell out of there Doug!!! please...
Good, Dorell in for Wayns.
Doug must really feel Evan is tired, he's not let him initiate one possession yet. Dorell taking over that role so far.
free throws, woohoo!
they are getting to the lane too fucking easily, this is disgusting
Evan brings the ball up for the first time. Douglas is on him, that's a tough matchup for ET
Where'd that Smith kid play in college?
fresno state
Just give up an open 3....was that supposed to be Hawes man?
yes it was Hawes man, lazily getting back to contest at the arc. Big pussy
Ugh, Wayns back in already...
Harden blows by Dorell, Hawes fouls him.
Fuck you Hawes and your turnaround.
Donatas??? I wanted us to take him instead of Vucevic, of course there were many others I wanted us to take instead of Vuc.
Is Hawes trying to look like Bill Wennington?
Harden pump fake, blows by Dorell, fouled to the line. I feel like a broken record...
sissy putback
Doug Collins ... please don't make me keep having to watch Maalik Wayns. Put Ivey in please, pretty please.
hawes follow
Ended that quarter on a 7-2 run. No false hope tonight though.
Keeping with the trend of the last two games - Rockets shooting 63%. Typical.
NYoung hero ball. miss
Donatas abusing Spencer.
Spencer jacks a 3. Miss. Dorell jacks a 3. miss
DOrell jacks a quick early bad 3.
i wish the sixers would play at a faster tempo
ANd suddenly the Sixers are within 3.
Keep Wayns ass off the floor and they may stay close.
nice thad
Good pass Dorell to Thad. Mini-oop. Within one. heh 8-0 run
So Donatas comes back from the D-League and plays over Terrence Jones? Is Jones hurt or just not in the rotation yet this year?
not in the rotation
Harden is so lethal from the triple threat position. Drains a 3.
Just a reminder Doug, please don't bring back Wayns this half.
Sixers in the penalty with 7+ left here.
Hawes with no mobility to get over and contest Morris driving down the lane. Fouls him.
JRich rushed 3. O-board. JRIch shitty pass, turnover. ugh
Defense scattered, Parsons 3.
Timeout Doug.
evan close to a tech
he's the bitchingest dude. wish he'd channel that mess
He learned from the best - by one degree of separation
Iverson --> Iguodala --> Turner
lavoys bad shot goes in
Another end of quarter run here .... Cut it to 5.
If Nick Young didn't try hero-ball iso it could have been down to 3 maybe.
Rockets still shooting 55%. And don't look now but, the Sixers have 9 more OFFENSIVE boards (Lavoy and Hawes w/ 4 each) and 3 more free throw ATTEMPTS. Yeah, I don't know how either....
wright starting for wayns
lavoy for kwame
No Kwame, Lavoy starting this half. And thankfully no Wayns, Dorell in.
Pass the ball Evan...
Defense scattered, Morris 3.
nice pass evan
is he alright
Did Turner even look to Lavoy on that pass?
Evan's ankle is hurt.
Turner hurt. Unreal
wright at point!
He just turned his left ankle when he was no-looking-over the shoulder pass back to Lavoy. Didn't look to be too severe. Pretty bad sprain though I'm sure.
I could barely watch this team without Jrue, now no evan? I hate being a philly sports fan.
Could be worse - you could be a jets fan
I won't argue with that haha
Heh, Thad behind the back to his right and finish.
Thad steal and breakaway dunk and-one!!! 10-2 run.
They may just end up playing better without Evan on the floor. Probably be more ball movement. We'll see how it ends/goes here.
Just don't let Wayns get any more burn now that ET's out. Please don't bring him in.
Rockets in the penalty w/ 5+ left.
NYoung fouled on a 3. Didn't think he made much contact w/ Harden on that last foul call either.
Well, Evan's back.
Not for long
Turner doesn't stay in long, Wilkins in for him.
Dorell with a nice hard take.
Damn Thad....come on man
No chance they win this game
Hawes offensive foul out of a timeout. Great.
NYoung 3. I wouldn't be so sure about them not having a chance to win this one.
I've been a Philadelphia fan for too long man. They love to give you hope only to let you down in the end.
It's also hard to win when you don't defend.
What year did they sucker you in?
Was born in '90 and didn't become a true philly fan until 2000, but 12 years is long enough when you're a philly fan.
Aw, you're in good shape man. Try since around '78-'79.
Can we get a fucking whistle?
Hawes offering no resistance to Greg Smith. You wuss.
Hawes fouled.
F me. Wayns back in the damn game. Gives up penetration to Douglas. Dammit Doug, why why why bring him in? shit
Hawes with no fucking clue where his man or the ball is.
6.5 per............
D3! from deeeeeppp
Get the fucking rebounds!!
Come on, this game is right here. Just one more run. And some stops would be nice too.
Wasn't the still in Douglas' hand? that was a shot clock violation I think
JRich bad 3.
Jason can't stay with Harden. Put Dorell back on him.
13-23 on January 9th seems like a foregone conclusion at this point.
So, what are some good prospects in next year's draft?
Some decent big men but most of them will be pretty young (20 and under). That might be all we can hope for. Speculating about who they might take with their three picks might just be more interesting than the remainder of the season.
I watch the Sixers on League Pass Broadband and I get to pick five teams. I should get busy picking the other four. It was entertaining listening to the Houston announcers joking about Hawes, though. Last night the Dallas announcers were saying that he was channeling Bill Wennington.
How in the heck did we score 50 points in the paint with no Jrue and practically no Evan? I know the Rockets D is bad, but still.
That was exactly what Im talking about. There is not one sixer - save Jrue - who can get buckets. Not one.
Dorell with another decent game tonight. Most interesting thing from him tonight was no turnovers in mostly 40 minutes of handling the rock.
Spencer with 7 trips to the line after 8 last night.
bynum has a MRI/trip to doctor tomorrow that will probably decide if he plays this year
You're right Head's...
Wright did have a huge game. and he has shown flashes of possessing some game. I take (some) of that back.
Well that was fun. Turner did a tremendous disappearing act before turning his ankle. Toney Douglas had him backing the ball up the floor. That's awesome.
Wright was potg, hope he plays like this if/when the team is healthy. Wayns is nowhere near an NBA player, btw.
Brian - Turner is averaging 15pts 4rb 7ast this year. I guess he can't catch a break from you on one of the few nights in the last month when he has a poor game and then gets injured. But then again you would trade him for "anything".
I agree with you on Wayns.
sorry...15pts 7rb 4ast
I'm not allowed to mention it when he has a bad game? He was overmatched by Toney Douglas, I think that's worth noting.
To me the lack of defensive intensity looks very similar to the Eddie Jordan year. It is impossible to try to win games when teams are shooting above 50 % against you all the time. Until they correct that somehow they are looking at a very bad rest of the season.
Well, not a single plus defender set foot on the floor for the Sixers last night. Turner, who's probably average (but the best of the bunch on the perimeter) gets the easiest assignment every night because he's out of shape and can't handle the exertion. At times, you've got Nick and Wayns on the floor at the same time, so teams have their choice of mismatches. Their fives are either too slow or too dumb to provide weakside help. It's not exactly a winning combo on the defensive end. And forget about offense.
It has gotten to the point where I hate watching players who can draw fouls. It's as if the notion is foreign to Sixer players.
Tomorrow is both the end of the world and Bynum's MRI? Sounds like a "I got good news and bad news" kind of day.
Heh, fortunately, Bynum wanted to get the MRI the day before the world ended - if i'm not mistaken he is getting the MRI today.
Done in by a youthful Uncle Drew. 7-12 for 33. The country's economy is strong in spots.
The turkey from Turkey is no turkey. Feasted on Sixers bigs: 5 for 7 for 17. 15 caroms.
I enjoy watching Lin play. He enjoys playing. No Harvard square, that fellow.
There's a picture today of Turner on the floor, arguing with HIS TRAINER. The kid(et) just refuses to let up. Are you sure he wasn't College Pantywaist Of The Year?
Due to road trip confusion, Sixers played D like the original San Diego Rockets (121 points allowed pg). And that's not to throw green & gold astronauts John Block, Johnny Green, Dave Gambee and Toby Kimball - each were Sixers too - under the bus. The southern Southern California contingent was coached by Billy Cunningham's important sidekick, the late Jack McMahon. 15-67. Uh-oh.
Richardson. Wright. N. Young. All have surged AND disappeared at times. Consistency please. Not prudential: when game is based on solely on shooting the rock. At least Wright has another facet or two.
Before I surrender, Toney Douglas played like Douglas MacArthur.


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Michael Henderson, NOAA navigation manager, and Capt. Marc Stegman, Deputy Sector Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, review the new Puerto Rico navigational chart.
The Port of San Juan, experiencing a tremendous growth of maritime traffic, and planning for more, got an additional economic boost today when NOAA debuted a new nautical chart that will make ocean-going vessel traffic safer and more efficient through San Juan Bay and the port area.
"There is not only more traffic, but larger vessels are making San Juan their port call," explained Capt. John Lowell, director of NOAA's Office of Coast Survey. "NOAA remains committed to providing the navigational products that allow the port to keep up with its level of growth."
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"Mariners asked for NOAA's help when they started finding themselves too far right of the entrance because of a poor navigational chart transition," Lowell said. "The San Juan Harbor Pilots knew the ship captains were at risk of endangering their vessels. That, and the accompanying risks – groundings, chemical spills, the destruction of endangered coral reefs – was simply too high a price to pay in San Juan Bay."
During the past 20 years, the Port of San Juan has seen a three-fold increase in the amount of maritime traffic, making San Juan the largest port in the Caribbean region. Their more than $6 billion of waterborne foreign trade is positioned to expand with planned Panama Canal improvements scheduled to open in 2014.
NOAA's newest nautical chart covers the approaches to the Port of San Juan. It is the culmination of years of cooperative efforts between NOAA's Office of Coast Survey, the San Juan Harbor Pilots, the Puerto Rico Port Authority, and U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan.
Currently, all vessels approaching San Juan use NOAA's 1:100,000 scale chart, which covers a large portion of the Caribbean Sea north of the Puerto Rican coastline, but provides little detail for entering the harbor. Once inside Bahia de San Juan, NOAA's 1:10,000 scale chart provides the mariner with specific information for safe navigation. The problem facing navigators – resolved by NOAA's new chart – is the transition from the 1:100,000 scale chart and the 1:10,000 scale chart.
With NOAA's new 1:20,000 scale chart (NOAA Chart 25669), maritime commerce using the Port of San Juan will have the necessary navigational chart transition between the bigger and the smaller charts of the area. Chart 25669 also provides additional detail to ship captains long before making the approach to the entrance at Fort San Felipe del Morro.
NOAA made a formal presentation of NOAA Chart 25669 to representatives of Puerto Rico's maritime community on October 13, at the Sector San Juan (North Coast) Harbor Safety Committee Meeting.
NOAA's Office of Coast Survey has provided two centuries of service to the maritime transportation system, as America's trusted source of navigational charts, data, and services since 1807.
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Congratulations to the Boys Swimming and Diving who finished SECOND at this past weekend' IHSA Sectional Championships. Every single athlete contributed to the overall point total, with everyone also achieving life time bests. See our time drops and full results on the Meet Info page. I would like thank all our fans who came and supported the boys!! Here are some other noteworthy accomplishments
Sectional Champions
Special congrats to JT Simoneau (100 free) and the 400 free relay (Simoneau, Max St George, Matt Rogers, James Hasbrouck) who were sectional champions!
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Special congrats to Matt Rogers who set the team record in the 100 back (53.78). Additionally the 200 medley relay (St George, Cameron Rosenthal, Tommy Reminger, Simoneau) – 1:36.40, and the 400 free relay (3:11.28) set new team records. Matt Rogers' 100 back time was also a new WNHS school record and team frosh/soph record. Finally, Max St George set a new WNHS school record and team frosh/soph record in the 200 IM (1:58.52).
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State Qualifiers
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Max St George (SO, WNHS) - 200 medley relay, 100 back, 400 free relay
Cameron Rosenthal (SR, WWSHS) – 200 medley relay
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JT Simoneau (SR, WWSHS) – 200 medley relay, 200 free, 100 free, 400 free relay
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Matt Rogers (SO, WNHS) – 100 back, 400 free relay
Matt Zhiss (SR, WWSHS) – alternate, 200 medley relay
Peter Hummel (JR, WNHS) – alternate, 200 medley relay; alternate, 400 free relay
Team Scores at Sectionals
1 Hinsdale (Central) HC 270
2 Wheaton Co-op WHTN 208
3 LaGrange (Lyons) LT 205
4 Roselle (Lake Park) LP 141
5 Darien (Hinsdale South) HS 121
6 Downers Grove (South) DGS 95
7 Addison (A. Trail) ATWB 89
8 Downers Grove (North) DGN 82
9 Elmhurst (York) YORK 47
10 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) GW 45
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Mandaville writes clearly, unpompously, and with affectionate respect for the people he describes as 'consultants.' . . . He has patiently disentangled a highly evolved Bedouin ethnobotany.
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Lindsay Lohan Wants an Apology
After doctors at UCLA apparently decided to tell TMZ that Lindsay Lohan isn't a drug addict and just had a bad case of misdiagnosed ADHD, she now feels she's owed an apology and will probably try to sue the court for saying she's a drug addict. How could they think such a thing? FOX 411 reports:
"Lindsay is fuming – she is really upset that the courts put her through all this," a source close to the 24-year-old told Pop Tarts, referring to Lohan's incarceration for violating terms of her probation for a 2007 DUI, and subsequent court-ordered rehab.
The insider said Lohan's camp was "exploring its options." But just in case you're thinking about it, Linds, legal action against the courts is probably out of the question.
"No judge or prosecutor could be sued under these circumstances, they have absolute immunity," explained Santa Monica-based Criminal Defense Attorney, Steve Cron. "Judge Revel formulated her opinion of Lindsay based on the information she had at the time from another program. The judge could still be dissatisfied with the report from UCLA and seek independent opinions or insist Lindsay be enrolled in other programs."
I love how Lindsay's entire argument rests on the fact that Adderall made her look like an impulsive drug addict, but nobody should've thought she was a drug addict even though she was being made to walk around acting, talking and snorting coke exactly like one. If that last sentence just hurt your brain, don't worry, I've spent the past five minutes slamming my head into a filing cabinet mumbling "Coke on the feet. Coke on the feet. Coke on the feet," and yet, fun fact, no one's accused me of being on drugs. I rest my case.
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Microserver chips with ECC, HT and VT FTW! Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) unveils its latest Atom S1200 system-on-a-chip range, but it's not for netbooks; it's for low-powered microservers. Going as low as 6.1W TDP, the parts run cool and fast (ish).
In IT Blogwatch, bloggers see Intel spoiling for a fight with ARM and AMD.
Your humble blogwatcher curated these bloggy bits for your entertainment.
Ted Samson lets down his hair:
The S1200 is clearly groomed for the legions of low-power microservers...in cloud-computing farms...[for] lightweight, scale-out Web apps that don't require heavy processing...unlike the Intel Xeon line, which is groomed for compute-intensive apps.
...The Atom S1200 chips...include two physical cores...with Intel's Hyper-Threading Technology...64-bit...up to 8GB of DDR3 memory...Virtualization Technologies, eight lanes of PCI Express 2.0, Error-Correcting Code support. ...that Intel has managed to crank out a six-watt chip is quite noteworthy. ... In comparison, the thermal design power for Intel's Xeon processors in 2006 was 40 watts. ... Intel's real concern here is likely ARM...which has emerged as a heavy competitor...in the data center. ...the Cortex A9...has a thermal design point of under 5 watts. MORE
Timothy Prickett-Morgan adds color:
The Atom S1200 [is] the foundation from which Intel will build a bulwark against the onslaught of ARM-based server processors. ... S1200 is not the first 64-bit Atom...in servers. SeaMicro...launched its second-generation SM10000-64HD back in July 2011 based on the...N570 processor...but it did not have ECC error scrubbing [nor] VT.
...Intel's own rough reckoning of Atom-versus-Xeon pitted the S1200 again a low-volt E3-1200 v2. [An] Atom-based rack [had] 560 nodes. ... A full rack of the Xeon E3 servers would have about 100 nodes...but would offer about two times the throughout. MORE
And Ryan Smith analyzes in more detail:
Of course ARM's existing 32bit ARMv7 designs can only go so far. ... ARMv8 will be the ISA that lets them seriously chase [microservers]. But...they must face the 800lb gorilla of the server world: Intel.
...the Atom S1200 series is based around Intel's existing 32nm Saltwell architecture...for the most part very similar to Intel's existing 32nm Cedarview Atoms. ... The key difference however is that Centerton supports a bevy of server-grade features. ...coupled with the fact that Centerton uses a new socket (FCBGA1283), we believe [it's] a new Atom design rather than just being a server-branded version of Cedarview. ... Centerton is not just a one-off product, but rather the first product in a new range of server CPUs. ... Avoton, Centerton's successor [is] based on Intel's 22nm process...so it's reasonable to assume that Avoton will be Intel's Silvermont-based processor for servers. ... Intel is also planning a 14nm successor to Avoton in 2014. MORE
But Charlie Demerjian just rolls his eyes:
If you feel underwhelmed, you are not alone. ...take a current Clovertrail 32nm Atom, blow a few less fuses so 64-bit...is not artificially turned off...call it a server part...and you will kick ARM back to the curb, right?
...The one interesting bit? Intel admitted to Avoton...an 8-core 22nm Atom...a real Atom for servers, not a hack like Centerton. ... Expect this one to not set the world on fire either, but we didn't expect it to. MORE
Meanwhile, Wolfgang Grüner is left speechless at AMD's agressive riposte:
I am wondering if AMD can...maintain credibility when it makes statements that [are] blatantly false? ... It is surprising that AMD would call Intel's micro server processor..."too little, too late," when AMD does not have a comparable processor at this time. ... AMD has bought itself...into the ARM market and will not have commercial ARM 64-bit processors...prior to the end of next year.
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Young people in Moldova are more vulnerable comparing with their peers in European countries
• Young people in Moldova use injection drugs to a greater extent than their peers in European countries
Today's youth represent the first generation since the proclamation of Moldova's independence. And, for the first time in our country's history, represent the most numerous group: 26% of the country's population are now aged between 10 and 24 years. However, this positive demographic tendency will only last several years and will be followed by a new demographic decline, the UNICEF surveys show.
Among the problems faced by the youth are smoking, alcohol abuse, drug use, early sexual activity and, as a consequence, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV.
Another challenge faced by the youth is access and the quality of education. One in five persons aged 18-24 years has not benefited from any educational program. This is prevalent for men (24%) and the youth in rural areas (31%). Only 11% of the young people aged 18-24 years have higher education. A university degree, however, is not a guarantee that they will have a job. The chosen profession is not always in demand on the labor market. As a result, the employment rate is much higher among the youth compared with the general population: only 27% of young people have a job.
While the progress achieved in reforming the health care system, it still doesn't fully meet the demands of the youth. The health services available to the youth are oriented towards diagnosis and treatment rather than towards vulnerability assessment, counseling and specific health referral services. As a result, only a half of the youths who had health problems over the last year consulted a doctor. The 12 youth-friendly clinics opened with UNICEF support and currently financed by the government are not enough and the most vulnerable teenagers do not have access to these institutions. Also, the clinics do not run programs to identify and attract young people from rural areas, from poor or incomplete families, those left without parental care or the young drug users.
As for the participation of the youth in the life of their communities, most of them say they do not know how to do it and, in general, are not encouraged to participate.
"Young people represent an very important force in any country, including the Republic of Moldova. But as strong as they are, the youths can be equally vulnerable. This is why we need to pay great attention to ensure respect for their rights. We wish to believe that the data we have released today will contribute to improve the youth policies, and the education and health services will become accessible to all the young people, and especially to the most vulnerable: those in rural areas, from poor families and with disabilities. These are exactly the youths who need the most support to become active citizens of this country", mentioned the UNICEF Deputy Representative, Sandrine Blanchet.
"The Ministry of Youth is willing to further reform youth policies and adjust them to meet the current realities and the international standards", said the head of Youth Programmes Department of the Ministry of Youth and Sport, Ion Donea. "At the same time, we count on the support of civil society and, first of all, on the support of the youth. We encourage young people to be active and get involved, because this is the only way to ensure the sustainability of our initiatives and reduce their dependence on the social and political developments", stated Ion Donea.
The information presented today by UNICEF and the Ministry of Youth and Sport was selected from 4 national surveys: "The Youth in Moldova" (The National Bureau of Statistics), "Analysis of the Youth Situation in Moldova" (IDIS Viitorul), "Adolescents Health and Development in Republic of Moldova» (UNICEF and the Government of Moldova), "Assessment of Risk of HIV infection among most at risk adolescents" (Ministry of Health).
Today's event continues the series of activities organized by the Ministry of Youth in partnership with the UN Agencies in Moldova to mark the 2010 International Year of Youth, held under the theme "Our Year. Our Voice".


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We were SUPER excited to be part of a small group of bloggers who got to interview Kami Garcia and Margie Stohl, the authors of the Caster Chronicles. Book 3 in the series, Beautiful Chaos, is out this October, but you don't have to wait till then to enjoy more of this great story, check the exclusive ebook short story, Dream Dark, out now!
This all-new original e-book story stars Link, who undergoes a heart-racing transformation after the climactic battle in Beautiful Darkness. Dream Dark also includes an exclusive sneak peek at the first five chapters of Beautiful Chaos, the third book in the bestselling Beautiful Creatures series.
Beautiful Creatures
Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.
Beautiful Darkness
Together Ethan Wates and Lena Duchannes can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.
Beautiful Chaos
Sometimes there isn't just one answer or one choice. Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending. Ethan and Lena's mesmerizing romance continues in the highly anticipated new Beautiful Creatures novel, coming October 18th.
Margaret Stohl: The Beautiful Creatures novels are by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Beautiful Creatures was our debut novel followed by Beautiful Darkness. Beautiful Chaos will be out October 18th. The series is in–is it 27 languages and 30 countries?
Kami Garcia: Thirty-nine countries and 28 languages.
Margaret Stohl: So, we've had the positive global reception to fantasy that our predecessors have enjoyed before us.
It's a Southern Gothic novel set outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston has become our adopted literary home in the United States. It has a boy narrator, Ethan, who tells a story of a mysterious girl, Lena, coming to town, who's a misfit and upsets the status quo of the very small town of Gatlin where everything is hidden in plain sight and nothing is as it seems.
Lena's from a family of cursed Supernaturals called Casters dating back to the Civil War. And she, on her 16th birthday, will turn good or evil with no control or no say in the matter, depending on whether or not Ethan and Lena can do anything to stop it.
So, that's sort of the Southern Gothic, many kinds of Supernaturals, small town, boy meets girl, told from the perspective of the boy that is our series.
How did I do?
Kami Garcia: Well done, Marg.
Margaret Stohl: Thanks.
Stacey: Hi, guys. It's Stacey from PageTurners blog.
Kami Garcia: Hi.
Margaret Stohl: Hi, Stacey.
Stacey: Hi. It's great talking to you guys again. I miss hanging out.
Margaret Stohl: I know.
Kami Garcia: Invite us to come back to Chicago for pizza.
Stacey: I know. We didn't get to go out the last time.
Kami Garcia: I know.
Stacey: Anyhow, okay. So, my first question is was Dream Dark originally part of Beautiful Chaos that you guys broke off, or was that something you guys went and just wrote separately? And as–I didn't go on and, like, listen to the Beautiful Chaos excerpt that was on the Audible download, but Amber, my blog partner, did.
Kami Garcia: Um-hmm.
Stacey: And she said it was kind of–you would have had to have read Dream Dark to kind of get what was going on in Beautiful Chaos. Did you intentionally do that?
Kami Garcia: It wasn't part of Chaos at all. We wrote it totally on the side. When the idea came up to write a little e-book story, we wanted to have kind of a gift for the readers, the fans. And when we thought about who the fans would want to know more about, Margie said "Of course they want to know more about Link, because they all love Link."
So, we felt like we wanted to be able to give everyone kind of like a treat to find out more about a character that they loved. There are definitely things we wove in for the people who have read Dream Dark. But, the beginning of Chaos was actually written way before Dream Dark, wasn't it, Marg?
Margaret Stohl: Yeah.
Kami Garcia: Yeah.
So, it does lead in in the sense that you can read them in order, but you don't have to read Dream Dark to read Chaos.
Stacey: Oh, okay.
Yeah, I was trying–like, I'm not going to listen. I'm just going to get to the end of those five chapters and want more and I can't have it. So, I'm not even going to tempt myself.
Kami Garcia: That's so self-disciplined. I don't have that kind of self-discipline.
Stacey: Oh, I'm so bad. I just get so disappointed when I get to the end of those little spoilers now that I just don't read them.
Kami Garcia: Yeah, that's true.
Margaret Stohl: We just had to make sure that you didn't have to read them because not all countries are as committed to e-books. So, there are several countries that will never have access to Dream Dark, although other countries are selling it as a tiny print excerpt in a few places. So we couldn't include anything too critical that you had to know.
Stacey: Okay. My question is about the titles. Beautiful Chaos – talk about perfect title. How do y'all go about picking the title – are they pre- planned or do you write the book then throw around a ideas until something clicks?
Kami Garcia: We definitely didn't know what the titles were going to be. The original title for Beautiful Creatures was Sixteen Moons, which is what it's called in France and a couple other countries. And Little, Brown wanted us to come up with something different because in America there are apparently a lot of books from astrology and astronomy to American Indian nonfiction that have the word moon in the title.
So, Beautiful Creatures is a line from the book. And it was really, really hard for us to come up that title, because it was always Sixteen Moons to us. So, all of a sudden we had to come up with a new title. And we literally were reading lines of the book out loud to each other.
Margaret Stohl: That's right.
Kami Garcia: And then, once we came up with Beautiful Creatures and they liked the idea of using "Beautiful" again for each book, it's not as hard 'cause then you're only coming up with one word that encapsulates what's going on in the book.
Margaret Stohl: Yeah.
Kami Garcia: But, the first one was so hard.
Margaret Stohl: Yeah. We came skidding in under the deadline. I think it was the day before the font had to be built.
Usually we call the books something while we're working on them. And it almost never ends up being the thing we ultimately call it, although–.
Kami Garcia: –Except Chaos–.
Margaret Stohl: –Yeah, it was Chaos from the beginning–.
Kami Garcia: It'd the only one that right from the beginning we knew what it was called and that actually ended up being the title.
Stacey: Oh, wow.
Kami Garcia: Sometimes they're just Book Two or whatever.
Stacey: Yeah, Book Two would not be an exciting title for a book.
Kami Garcia: Didn't Chandra say that we should call book four Beautiful Ethan? She said that's her official title for book four. No matter what we choose to call it, that's what she's going to call it. I thought that was kind of funny.
Margaret Stohl: We even have some loyal followers and–when Lena was going through a hard time in our second book, a lot of people were ready to just sort of toss her off the side of a building. So, Ethan has a very secure fan base.
Kami Garcia: Well, he is a good guy.
Stacey: That is–he's always a good guy in a way that make sense. I appreciate that.
Kami Garcia: We worked on that. Margie's daughters obviously weren't dating dating, but they were thinking about it and my sister, who we wrote the book for, too, was a teenager.
When you're writing for teens that age, it's kind of hard not to imagine what kind of boy you'd want to see them with, what kind of boy we wish we'd dated in high school and obviously never did. Sorry to all of our ex-boyfriends.
Stacey: All right. I have a two-part question to get my last two questions in. Are the gardening shears Link's new, like, weapon of choice? I love that he has–he started off in Beautiful Dark with them, and then now he carried through into Dream Dark. And he's cracking me up with the garden shears. And then also, what's your favorite international cover you've seen so far?
Kami Garcia: I think the shears are definitely going to be a reoccurring theme. I equate the shears now to Indiana Jones's whip. They're Link's Indy whip. How could he be without them?
Margaret Stohl: I think that he got them from failing bio. If he wasn't in bio summer school, he wouldn't have had those.
Kami Garcia: Right. So there is something to be said for having to take summer school.
Margaret Stohl: I think those shears are important. That's Link's mortality. It kind of prevails in his own mortal clod clumsiness. I love Link.
Kami Garcia: I do too.
Margaret Stohl: I love a good anti superpower, you know?
Kami Garcia: Yeah, exactly.
Margaret Stohl: And I like someone whose sole magic is just being a really good best friend.
Kami Garcia: Yeah. That's one reason why Batman's always been one of my favorite superheroes is because he doesn't really have any powers. He just has a lot of stuff. So, that's Link's stuff gadget. Only anyone can own a pair.
Margaret Stohl: Right.
I don't know what my favorite international cover is. I like all of them. I like looking at them all and seeing how different they all are.
Kami Garcia: I know. I agree.
I really like Germany for Sixteen Moons, just 'cause it was so different. I also love the French cover and the ones that kind of use the French inspiration for the little vine.
But the coolest thing ever is that, no matter what they put on the cover, so many of them have done their
version of the font. And it's so cool to see the way the font turns out in another language, with different letters and characters.
Margaret Stohl: It's weird to see our own names translated into different names.
Kami Garcia: Yeah, I wasn't prepared for that. Alex said, "They spelled your name wrong." And I said, "But they spelled Margie's wrong, too."
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Mr. Prichard joined Ingram in 2007 as Chief Operating Officer.
The two men inclined; Morosine lifted his hat, Ingram touched his brim.
Sir Ingram fell at the battle of Winceby, 11th October 1643.
What I meant to say was this: Mr. Ingram does not want our thanks.
He dared not tell Ingram: he had no wish to tell him, even if he had got him alone.
He considered Ingram a great author, and the breach rather a misfortune.