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Minister opens refurbished Community Corrections site
Minister opens refurbished Community Corrections site
Corrections Minister Anne Tolley has officially opened the Lower Hutt Community Corrections site, which has been refurbished at a total cost of $957,000.
The site now provides a safer environment for staff, as they support offenders to comply with sentences and order conditions.
"The probation staff at this site play an important role in helping keep the community safe and in helping us reduce reoffending," says Mrs Tolley.
"The new design will allow officers to deliver better results in a safer workplace.
"It includes a dedicated community work centre, a multi-purpose room for on-site training and enhanced safety provisions for staff with CCTV, duress signals and glass interview rooms.
"Partner agencies and providers will also be able to take advantage of the facilities to deliver training and rehabilitation programmes.
"Staff at the site not only make sure that offenders comply with their sentences, they also actively work with them to improve their family relationships, get help for alcohol and drug problems, hold down a job and encourage them to turn away from a life of crime.
"We have a target of reducing reoffending
by 25 per cent by 2017, leading to 18,500 fewer victims of
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With the support of "Microsoft Philantropies" we will teach new ITC skills to Lithuanias teachers so they could implement new knowledge while teaching their pupils.
Successful Irish youth training methodology was implemented in Lithuania
The training of ICT competences has ended. Project participants have had internships in different IT companies and made their first steps in the new IT carriers.
The end of Generation 0101 training
Motivated youngsters have finished their ICT realted training in Vilnius and Kaunas. The Next step is international hackathons.


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John Riegger wins Boeing Classic
SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — John Riegger won the Boeing Classic on Sunday in his fifth Champions Tour start, holding off John Cook and Fred Couples at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.
The 50-year-old Riegger birdied three of the final four holes — holing a 20-footer for birdie on the par-5 18th — for a 4-under 68 and a two-stroke victory over Cook. Riegger finished at 15-under 201.
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Billy Porter to Perform from KINKY BOOTS at Human Rights Campaign Gala, 2/2
The Human Rights Campaign - the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization - will host its annual Greater New York Gala dinner on February 2, 2013 at the Waldorf Astoria. This year's event comes on the heels of historic electoral wins for marriage equality across the country.
The evening will feature a performance by Billy Porter, star of this spring's highly anticipated new musical Kinky Boots. With a book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper, and direction and choreography by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots proves that sometimes the best way to fit in, is to stand out.
This year's featured speaker will be Newark, NJ Mayor Cory A. Booker. Mayor Booker is a champion of LGBT equality and a rising star in the Democratic Party. Booker publicly supports marriage equality and appeared in HRC's Americans for Marriage Equality video campaign. Booker is a long-time friend and supporter of the Human Rights Campaign. He gave a passionate speech to a crowd of over 3,000 at the HRC 2012 National Dinner in Washington, DC.
Whoopi Goldberg will receive the 2013 HRC Ally for Equality Award. "We are proud to honor Whoopi Goldberg with the Ally for Equality Award for her commitment to the LGBT community through her public support of marriage equality, including taking part in our successful
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North Dakota State vs Western Illinois Final: 65-52 - Recap
North Dakota State grabbed a 65-52 win over Western Illinois on Saturday, behind a 15-point effort from Marshall Bjorklund at Bison Sports Arena.
North Dakota State earned a straight-up victory but suffered an ATS defeat in failing to cover the 16-point spread.
Taylor Braun had 14 points for North Dakota State and TrayVonn Wright chipped in with 12 points. Taylor Braun had 6 assists for them, while Taylor Braun was the team's top rebounder, grabbing 8 boards.
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I had breast reduction surgery 4 weeks ago, from 38DDD+ to 38C. I've done Weight Watchers since 2 months before surgery, and am continuing. I resumed walking 3 days after surgery, increased distance & speed. I was cleared to resume my normal workout schedule, easing in w/ weightlifting. In the last month, I've followed strict plan of working out & eating (drink 100oz H2O, low sodium), and have managed to gain 4 lbs. Is this normal, am I retaining water? I am 7 lbs. over healthy BMI range.
4 Weeks Out, Struggling to Lose Weight After Breast Reduction Surgery?
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Weight gain after breast reduction surgery
It is completely normal to weigh more after surgery, even if a few pounds were removed. This weight increase is especially notable in the first week after surgery, but may persist for a number of weeks. Initially there is water retention and slowing of the bowels. Also during the healing phase one's normal activity is reduced and you are not able to exercise in the same way. Continue with your exercise routine slowly increasing activity and frequency and maintain your Weight Watchers program. If you stay focused you will most likely reach your target weight in a reasonable period of time. Enjoy your new figure!
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Congratulations on your recent breast reduction surgery; it is one of the most patient pleasing operations we perform. Good job also with your ongoing diet and exercise program.
At this point, if I were you, I would not be too concerned about your specific weight. Your weight is undoubtedly higher given your inactivity in the past 4 weeks as well as fluid shift issues around the time of surgery.
I would suggest that you continue with the diet and exercise program. If you hit a plateau seek consultation with dietitians and/or personal trainers. Sometimes, changing the routine can help people break out of the plateau.
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Congratulations on the diet and exercise program as well as your recent breast reduction surgery. It sounds like you're on the right path. Given that the body can fluctuate +/- 2 pounds throughout the day, your recent surgery, and the fact that weight-loss plateaus seem to increase as you near your targeted BMI, it all sounds perfectly normal.
Don't be afraid to ask you plastic surgeon these same questions and definitely consider bringing in the additional expertise of a personal trainer and/or nutritionist to see what they recommend to continue and progress your success.
Learn more: http://www.cosmeticsurg.net/blog/2005/11/19/diet-exercise-and-surgery/
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Part II Expanding the ETI discourse
|SETI: A Critical History is a copy of the following
PhD thesis, reproduced here with permission:
SETI's Scope
How the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Became Disconnected from New Ideas About Extraterrestrials
by Mark A. Sheridan (email)
Drew University
May 2009
© 2009 by Mark A. Sheridan
All rights reserved
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Opening quote
Some important events in the history of SETI
1. Introduction
Part I. Constructing SETI
2. SETI science
Greenbank3. SETI as popular science
ETI portraiture as a rhetorical site
Part II. Expanding the ETI discourse
4. The rehabilitation of "mind"
5. The Soviet critique of SETI
Differences in attitudes toward ETIs6. The evolutionists' critique of SETI
Dueling improbabilities>> 7. The philosophers' critique of SETI
8. Plausible non-humanoid ETIs
ETIs with non-humanoid sensorial
Part III. Implications of the expanded ETI discourse for SETI
9. Reactions to the "nature"-based critiques
Project Cyclops10. Inflection
SETI's standing in the scientific community11. Evanescence
1993: annus horribilis12. Conclusion
Bibliographical essay
SETI: Primary and secondary sources
Perhaps ... we have not made the right mental effort.
– Carl Sagan
Both may claim they know what object A is. What they see and know may very well be a definition of object A: They both know what it is – and they will both be right – yet their knowledge of object A will not be the same.... In fact there is no reason to deny the knowability of object A as being infinite.... Object A, then, would be viewed and viewed and viewed, again and again and again, differently; yet each one of these viewings would be true.202Then in 1978 the anthropologist and psychiatrist team of Doris and David Jonas explained how different cognitive structures provide different "slits" through which beings glimpse reality; looking through these different slits leads to the construction of different realities. In a passage reminiscent of Fontenelle's comments three centuries earlier, the pair explained that, "Each sense we possess gives the equivalent of a narrow slit window on reality.... If the slit windows of other creatures elsewhere in the universe are a little wider than ours in some places, a little narrower in others, or if they open onto a different part of the cosmic scene, how different would the conclusions they arrive at be from ours?"203
Admittedly there is only one universe, and its laws, as best we can tell, are everywhere the same ... but the sameness of the object of contemplation does nothing to guarantee the sameness of the ideas about it. It is all too familiar a fact that even where human (and thus homogenous) observers are at issue, different constructions are often placed upon 'the same. occurrences.... The things are the same, but their significance is altogether different."He concluded that uniformitarianism, or "the one world ... argument shatters against the fact that it is different thought-worlds that are at issue...."205 Elsewhere he went so far as to suggest that, "it is surely naïve to think that because one single object is in question, its description must issue in one uniform result. This view ignores the crucial impact of the describer's intellectual orientation."206
The same structures that make it possible to learn a human language make it impossible for us to learn a language that violates the principles of [human] universal grammar. If a Martian landed from outer space and spoke a language that violated universal grammar, we simply would not be able to learn that language the way that we learn a human language.209By the early 1980s a number of philosophers fashioned Chomsky's biolinguistic theory into a specific critique of SETI based on the problems of communicating between species that construct realities in fundamentally different ways. George Sefler questioned whether communication could take place between Chomskyan universal grammars. "Indications are that languages carve up the world in different ways. Theoretically, then, the possibility exists that one communications system can segment reality in a way so totally different from another system that together they defy intertranslation." The different linguistic frameworks of two beings "are not determined by their content, that is, how things are, but by the forms of the language ... [thus] things can be said in one language which are a priori not sayable in another."210
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200. Tovmasyan, 3; and Kaplan, 243.
201. Cognitive Psychology was first published in 1970 and Cognition in 1972.
202. Wilfrid Desan, "Angular Truth and Planet X," in James L. Christian, ed., Extraterrestrial Intelligence: The First Encounter (Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1976), 211.
203. Doris Jonas and David Jonas, Other Senses, Other Worlds (Briarcliff Manor, NY: Stein and Day, 1978), 14.
204. Gonzalo Munevar, Radical Knowledge – A Philosophical Inquiry into the Nature and Limits of Science (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing, 1981), 38.
205. Nicholas Rescher, "Extraterrestrial Science," in Edward Regis, Jr., ed., Extraterrestrials – Science and Alien Intelligence (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985), 90, 95.
206. Rescher, Limits of Science, 184.
207. Tovmasyan, 98.
208. Kaplan, 133.
209. Noam Chomsky, "Things No Amount of Learning Can Teach," interview by John Gliedman, Omni 6 (November, 1983): 113.
210. George F. Sefler, "Alternative Linguistic Frameworks: Communications with Extraterrestrial Beings," in Nicholas D. Smith, ed., Philosophers Look at Science Fiction (Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1982), 712.
211. William M. Schuyler, Jr., "Could Anyone Here Speak Babel – 17?," in Smith, Philosophers Look at Science Fiction, 889.
212. Peter Barker, "Omnilinguals," in Smith, Philosophers Look at Science Fiction, 82, 84.
213. http://ails.arc.nasa.gov/images/newimages/jpegs/lowres/AC72-1338.jpg, accessed 10 April 2009.
214. See the discussion in Chapter 4, "Byurakan-II."
215. Richard Berendzen, ed., Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man – A Symposium held at Boston University on November 20, 1972, NASA SP328 (Washington, DC: NASA Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1973), 43, 14.
216. Sagan, Cosmic Connection, 217, 224.


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The Crescent Directive was, for me, a fun but perplexing read. The concept is simple and noble: it gives guidelines for American Muslims on how to lay a groundwork for action in our communities in order to improve our image in America.Written by Khurram Dara, the book starts out with looking at how Islam and Muslims have evolved in American discourse since 9/11. He then explains the current situation of the American Muslim community and talks about why certain efforts at understanding … [Read more...]
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The Engliash Microlab Registry (EMR) was a compilation of information about college and university microcomputing facilities used to teach composition, business and technical writing. By 1986, over 105 labs were listed on the registry. One of the uses for the registry cited by Dr. Barker was "For researchers, the EMR works like a bibliography of sites that, surveyed and questioned, can provide insight into such topics as trends in locally-developed software, networking, and applications."
The collection documents English professor Thomas Barker's activities with the Microcomputer Learning Laboratory and its English Microlab Registry (EMR) project at Texas Tech University. Included are Barker's papers that he presented at conferences on the project, lesson plans, samples of student writing using computers, background information on computer usage in academics at the time, newsletters and publications of the EMR, and applications by other computer centers to be listed on the EMR publication.
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In case you didn't see it on the MRC home page, Vaughn Ververs from the "Public Eye" blog at CBSNews.com offered us space this week in their weekly "Outside Voices" feature. Their blog was set up in the wake of Rathergate to demonstrate more "transparency" or CBS news-making and also serve as "a forum for debate, a conversation about the news between the people who produce it and the people who consume it."
I tried to offer the CBS News staff and the wider media community a small sense of how we answer the questions and critiques we've received over the almost 20 years the MRC has been taping and transcribing and exposing. One accusation, an indirect attack from Bill Moyers, suggested conservative media critics want right-wing unanimity with no disturbing liberal counter-argument:
I would argue that in the modern TV-news era, ever since Edith Efron first tagged the media for liberal bias in "The News Twisters," that it's easier to suggest that it's liberal media poobahs who have more accurately lived up to the Moyers accusation – that have wished for liberal unanimity, and the voicing of conservatism is a personal affront. They have told liberal media friends it made no sense to balance sweet liberal reason and truth with the misinformation of conservatism, a dark creed beyond the pale of civilized discourse.
I have interviewed TV news producers who've bluntly told me they had no interest in "ping-pong matches" from differing ideological poles, that it only "confuses" the audience. The scientist who's skeptical of global warming forecasts, the quiet protester praying the rosary in front of an abortion clinic, the conservative Christian expert who argues "gay marriage" will broadly undermine stable parenting for children: these people are not welcome to sit at the liberal media table. They are shunned as the voices of subversion and unreason.
For an echo of unanimity, look no further than last week's piece by Danny Schechter, who denounces Bernard Goldberg as a "liberal turned renegade" on a bender of "personal bitterness." He is saying Goldberg's dissent from his old network is a personal affront. Yet he embraces disgraced Mary Mapes for her "highly detailed tell-all tales." There's no "personal bitterness" or misinformation from this Bush-hating partisan?
The Danny Schechters of the world, weaned on sixties radicalism, have the network resumes. He's worked at ABC, at CNN, and made documentaries and series for PBS. Most of us as young conservative journalists never considered sending a resume to these outlets. Those now accused of being TV news conservatives – say, John Stossel, or Brit Hume – certainly weren't hired at the networks with conservative activism on their resumes.


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Backed by strong consumer demand, the used-car market enjoyed a solid start to 2015 as wholesale used vehicle prices in the first quarter rose 1.3 percent from a year ago and 1.6 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2014.
April 11, 2014
For this collection of recommendations, KBB.com editors compiled a list of all 2004-and-newer used cars with a Kelley Blue Book Retail Value of less than $8,000 as of February 2014.
March 20, 2014
Wholesale prices were down in February vs. January, atypical of their seasonal pattern, but were up modestly on a year-over-year basis.
By Mike Antich | December 16, 2013
The used-vehicle market has always been driven by supply and demand. In the 2013 calendar-year, vehicle supply in the wholesale market continued to be tight relative to demand, helping bolster resale values.
March 1, 2013
Spurred by seasonal buying habits from shoppers leveraging anticipated tax returns, the used-car markets saw some price increases during February.
January 20, 2012
GAINESVILLE, GA - The champion of the used-car market this week was the fact that 53 percent of the changes the editors of Black Book made were increases.
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This month we have provided information about upcoming student opportunities for engagement
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We are also pleased to announce the dates for Parent & Family Weekend 2013! Parent & Family Weekend will be October
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Student Miki Lowe Discusses "Helicopter Parenting"
A recent study by Schiffrin et all has concluded that so called "helicopter parenting," defined as the over protective parenting of student away from home, particularly in college, has proven detrimental to the mental health and well being of young adults.
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Following Spring Break (March 11-15), it will again be time for students to meet with their academic advisors to plan out their summer and fall schedules! Students should be working with their department to meet with someone face-to-face to discuss their options, future classes, and available resources.
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Coming this Spring, your student will have access to an online advising program called Degree Works. This exciting program allows your student to see which classes they still need for their major, calculate their GPA, and even see "What If" they changes their major, or added a major or minor. For more information on Degree Works, check out the article in this week's Exponent!
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Jrue has been outstanding in his first playoff series IMO, i strongly agree with this post.
heck yeah brian you're the man! Nice work on this post. I really want to see whats on the table for iggy this summer. I like him but i just wish he would take advantage of mismatches that guard him. Im pretty sure he can take james jones to the hole or back him down easily.
Most importantly - how did the "airball" chant come across on tv? I forgot to DVR but we were all witnesses to a great sequence from the crowd there. I loved that it picked up again on the next possession when he touched the ball. Sure he canned long 2's to shut the crowd up but those are the shots we needed him to try.
heh, the TV broadcast missed Hawes falling flat on his back while trying to give Iguodala a high five after making the first shot of the game.
The Sixers need a special player... but Hawes is a "special" player.
I completely forgot about that. Hilarious.
Good job on reviewing this. dvr can be good. I wasn't belittling Jrue's game yesterday as I stated at the end of the game thread that Iguodala being Casper the ghost on offense wasted another stellar game from Jrue. I just didn't get the sense that he rose to the occasion (assumedly vs Wade/LBJ) because I remembered him pulling up for a couple of quick threes, shooting another one off a nice setup pass from Dre on a break, and generally not getting to the line at will. Sort of like the previous two games where he just didn't take advantage of a glaring mismatch when going against the Heat's two point guards. I just felt the day after that the point total was somewhat inflated because of the unusual number of made threes.
Just disappointed in another loss I guess and crazily disappointed that Jrue had another showing very reminiscent of how stellar he played on that long West coast trip when Dre was out and had me asking myself "where did that player go?" in a string of games after that trip. Just anxious for Jrue to discard those "what the hell was he doing/thinking" games and take that torch that I'm believing Doug will pass to him next year. That, or Andre getting traded causing it to pass.
No denying that Jrue has been inconsistent all year (which is not a surprise at 20.) But whem I look back at all of the "big" games against top teams like the Spurs, Boston, Miami etc, I feel like Jrue, more than anyone, has been willing and able to step up and perform at a high level. He was a POTG candidtate in a bunch of their statement wins- and that says a lot moving forward. FWIW, ET has also played some of his best ball this series.
While Iguodala seems to rarely take advantage of seemingly major mismatches on the offensive end. He also has been marginalized as a scorer in 2 playoff series- although he is banged up and racking up assists. So scoring is not everything- but it also can't be dismissed.
I realize I'll be accused of whatever but I just don't see what some have been talking about with regards to ET playing this so-called 'best ball'. The guy has played a total of 42 minutes in three games with 26 of those coming in game two's blowout. He's scored 19 points with 15 of those coming in game two where he unusually and unexpectedly made three 3-pointers. Take those away and he has 10 points total this whole series. He has 7 rebs, 2 assts, 1 st, and 0 turnovers in the three games.
He really didn't play much in games 1 and 3 and had a very rare hot shooting night in game 2. But when he's gotten even spot minutes, particularly in game 3, he's played rather poorly and made some costly mistakes. They are of the minor variety but escalate into major ones quickly. That's why he played little, if at all (can't remember as Brian doesn't have the charts up), in the second half in game 3.
If playing 'best ball' is making pretty much wide open given shots then I wouldn't want to know what playing 'great ball' is. It would still possess too many omissions.
Oh, couldn't agree more on the Iguodala thing and scoring being dismissed. I would go out on a limb and say we need a "scorer" ten times worse than we need added defense. Because if Doug can take some of these below average defenders and get them to play that sound of a scheme and be that good of a defensive team, then how potent could we really be in these close games if we just had someone to get his own offense and convert frequently doing it?
Jrue definitely had a strong game. BUT--teams don't gameplan for him ..YET. I'm sure they made a concerted effort to shut down Thad and Iggy. And they did. Although Iggy probably helped a lot himself.
As far as the Knicks go---and I am being realistic here, with a top 10(melo) and a top 20 player(stoudemire) their future is a lot brighter than Philly's. Add CP3 or maybe Deron Williams and they will be playing with Miami in the Eastern Semi's while the Sixers watch at home.
For once I wish the Sixers would strike gold with one of their draft picks. Or hire scouts that can find that gold. Their best pick in the last 10 years has been Iggy and hes certainly no superstar. Jury is out on Jrue until he does it for an entire season with teams game planning to stop him night after night. Ala Derrick Rose. The results are the results... 4 first round exits and 5 lottery appearances for the last 9 years with not one year of having a legitimate shot of winning anything
more than a playoff series. And in all of these series they have been outclassed by a wide margin. Soon as these good teams wake up they beat the crap out of the sixers. (2008 detroit comes to mind, game 2 against Miami this year) I'm a long time philly fan--even though the Eagles never win it they are always there and have a legitimate shot for what seems to be every year.
More like top 10-15 player (Stoudemire), top 30 player (Melo).
If the Sixers were in the Western Conference they would be out missed the playoffs every year by several games. They are a marginal playoff team. I think their playoff performances have been in line with what you would expect going against a clearly superior opponent each time.
BUT--teams don't gameplan for him ..YET
I don't know, I think putting LeBron on him for the entire fourth quarter of a tight playoff game would be considered game planning for him.
eh, or was that just a result of how bad Iguodala was sucking?
Either way, it was Miami realizing who our best perimeter player is offensively and putting their best defender on him.
btw, I don't think you were being unfairly hard on Iguodala. The guy had quite a few 'loser' type plays in that game. Just non-excused unacceptable plays. And the tape will bear that out I'm sure.
He gets a pass around here alot because of obvious, and in some cases, warranted biases. If Lou or Spencer did that crap the floodgates would be open.
I shudder to think what we would be like without his ability to nullify opponents' best players on a nightly basis, but he's "led" us to yet another .500 season and sometimes it's just time to move on. As fans we are reluctant to travel there just like when Iverson's ending was approaching. If we take an expected step back it could turn out for the better and maybe get us out of this mediocrity purgatory we've been in for the last 10 years.
Because if management doesn't shake something up I foresee us being the same for the next 5 or so years; too good to be bad and not bad enough to get good.
The guy had quite a few 'loser' type plays in that game. Just non-excused unacceptable plays.
I counted three poor plays on offense (two bad shot attempts/non-attempts and the turnover that led to a fastbreak on the other end) and maybe five bad plays on defense, none of which were inexcusable (two 50-50 offensive rebounds allowed, two times beaten off the dribble, once out of position on a switch). To me, those plays (plus 5 missed open shots) don't offset 20 good plays on offense and 5-6 good plays on defense.
That said, I do hope Iguodala can get traded somewhere where his contributions will mean the difference between a loss and a win and not the difference between a bad loss and a close loss. For Sixers fans, the first post-Iguodala year will be very similar to what Eagles fans experienced this year, rejoicing that McNabb had finally been traded, only to see their season end on an INT and not have McNabb to blame (what a weird feeling that must have been).
I obviously don't pore over the replays of these games as you have the capability to do. But, that said, two plays I was specifically talking about were the one I wrote a comment about at the end of the game thread. The strip/turnover that led to the James to Wade fast break. He literally jogged back down court into the play and was in look-see mode after getting to half court instead of going full bore to get back into the play after causing the runout the other way. From my recollection of that play live, he could have affected that break in some way with just a semblance of hustle. Really poor effort on his part.
The other play that comes to mind was when he didn't grab that loose ball rebound near the end of the 4th. He didn't make a concerted effort to go to the floor and secure possession instead trying to run before he even picked it up. That was maginfied obviously because it was such a crucial point in the game. But when it happened it just seemed rather typical of his career here - almost, but just not good enough.
And I won't even delve into his disinterest and unattentiveness during one of Collins' timeout huddles.
I agree these don't offset all the other good he did in that game but moreso just typify his lack of mental discrimination needed to succeed at such aggrandized moments.
So you feel fairly confident that he will get traded? His play this series certainly could help his way out.
I have no idea if he will be traded. I just said I hope he will be traded somewhere where his game will be valued.
Oh, I read "the first post-Iguodala year will" be like such and such to be a description of a future event you thought was actually going to happen, rather than a surmise about what such a thing would be like if it ever did happen.
Brian, good stuff. I also re-watched the game to compile advanced stats (hopefully coming later today). A few comments:
- Jrue's leaving James Jones on that play wasn't entirely inexcusable. A big man (I think Brand) had gone to help Meeks on Wade, so Jrue was left between Brand's man, who might have had a dunk, and Jones. Jrue took a step toward the big man and was late getting back to Jones. He was caught between a 90% dunk and a 65% 3. Interestingly, Lou had the opportunity to help on that penetration but stuck to his man (Bibby).
- That said, I wasn't as high on Jrue's defense as you were. He made some good plays but just as many (if not more) bad plays by my count. You mentioned one, where Wade beat him off the dribble (understandable if that happens once or twice). But there was another play where Wade was in the corner and Jrue lost track of him while watching LeBron. The defense converged on LeBron, who found Wade cutting to the hoop for a 3-point play. On the Chalmers airball that went right to Wade, Jrue again lost sight of Wade and wasn't boxing out anyone.
- It's true that not all of Wade's offensive rebounds were Jrue's fault, and this is true in general of several of the offensive rebounds allowed. What happened a lot is that Wade or LeBron got all the way to the rim, somebody had to help (usually Hawes or Brand), then the original defender that was beaten wasn't in position to box out the helper's man (often Ilgauskas). Hard to assign blame on some of those plays.
- Jrue had a very good offensive game, but a lot of that was predicated on being unusually hot from outside. Even though it didn't show in this game, it's when he goes up against Bibby that he looks dominant (for example, his first two baskets), getting wherever and whatever he wants. Most of his success vs. Wade and LeBron came from surprising them with quick outside shots (that to Jrue's credit went in), though Jrue did have one impressive move where he drew the foul on Wade.
- While Iguodala generated several assists through penetration (see below), Jrue picked up most of his assists from making the right pass after movement off the ball, which is actually promising for the rest of the series -- if the Sixers run crisp plays, they can get good shots (i.e., they don't have to rely entirely on dribble penetration).
- One play that worked more than once (give Collins credit for designing this) was having Jrue/Iguodala throw an entry pass to Brand on the strong side, then immediately cut through. The defender was momentarily distracted by the cutter, and Brand was able to turn and get off an open jumper.
- Regarding Iguodala's offense, he had two exceedingly ugly plays (the one where he passed up a 3 and caused a 24-sec violation and the one in the 4th where he dribbled into a tougher shot that came up badly short), but I don't have a problem with the rest of the misses: three open 3's, two open jumpers, a missed tip. I didn't see any plays where he passed up a shot and caused someone else a more difficult shot. Besides his 10 assists, I counted 5 more open shots that resulted from his passes (including back-to-back plays during the opening dry spell in the 4th where he got Thad an open 18-footer and Lou a wide-open 3, both of which missed) and 3 other plays where the pass recipient got 2 foul shots. So 18 scoring opportunities generated for a team that has had exceeding difficulty in this series generating good shots.
- Hawes had a better defensive game than I originally gave him credit for just looking at the boxscore. He and Brand were really under fire having to pick up penetrators off switches. But the best teams have mobile big men capable of generating stops off switches (Garnett, Noah, Horford/Josh Smith, Howard, Bynum, Duncan, Chandler, Ibaka). While we lament the loss of Dalembert because of his great rebounding, I'm not sure he would have been that much better in this regard. To my recollection, Dalembert wasn't very good helping out in P/R situations.
I don't doubt that Iguodala's individual shot selection was fine for the most part. But I still have a problem he cannot step up his offensive production in these big games. Maybe it is because he is hurt?
I'm not saying his scoring is the only way to judge his production. I'm not asking for a 30 or 40 point explosion. But I've watch Iguodala enough to know that when aggressive he can routinely put up 20-25 points and be a threat as opposed to a "dead out." You cannot get 6 pts/game and have an eFG% and TS% well under 40% from one of you key players. And this is the second playoff series where that has been the case.
I differentiate this series with the Detroit series. In 07-08, the Pistons took Iguodala completely out of his game, so that in addition to his poor shooting he committed 26 turnovers (to 30 assists) in 6 games. In this series, I think he's playing his game well, contributing on offense (26 assists to 10 turnovers) but just shooting horrendously. I agree that the Iguodala of the past should be capable of 20-25 points from penetrating and attacking the rim, but not the Iguodala of this year, who shoots more jumpers than ever (whether from injuries or something else). This year's Iguodala isn't scoring 20 if he isn't hitting his jumper (or getting several dunks, which Miami isn't allowing this series). That has made him a scoring liability in this series.
Put another way, what do you think he's realistically capable of at this point that he's not doing on offense? Other than hitting more open jumpers, I'm not sure what else can be expected at this point. He's not going to develop an in-between game suddenly.
concerning Jrue, I agree that a big part of it was that his shot was falling. He is getting pretty consistent with that mid range pull off the dribble shot but I still don't know if that's his game yet. He did get to the rim, a bit, that and the turnovers made it a very impressive effort to me.
Getting to the rim against Miami is very hard. How many times has Iggy gone there this series and gotten stripped, looking up in exasperation at the refs who won't bail him out. Most times when he is in there, he can't even get a shot off and has to dump it to Hawes or someone. You have to keep your dribble low (almost Chris Paul like) to have success in there.
Even Brand had to make adjustments to get his shot off. I wish Iggy would take that example. Otherwise, I have no really harsh words; it's tough playing Miami.
On the Chalmers airball that went right to Wade, Jrue again lost sight of Wade and wasn't boxing out anyone.
Watch that one again, he leaves Wade to put a body on Anthony, who was in perfect position if the shot actually catches iron.
The other play is definitely one I should've mentioned. He completely lost Wade on the baseline and Wade wound up making that circus shot and getting fouled.
Okay, I re-watched it; I was basically confusing it with the play one play later when Jrue allowed another offensive rebound to Wade and wasn't boxing anyone out.
The play in question (Wade catches the Chalmers airball and dunks) wasn't really clear-cut in my mind. Bosh had the ball in the post and Lou came to double. Bosh swung to an open Chalmers. Brand then left his man (Anthony) to challenge Chalmers. Jrue was left with a choice between boxing out Anthony (five feet from the basket on the strong side) and boxing out Wade (two feet from the basket on the weak side). On a 50-50 choice (just like the James Jones 3), he chose the wrong one. I don't blame Jrue (though in the DP statistics, there was no choice but to assign the offensive rebound allowed to him), except that he wasn't really boxing out Anthony either, if you look closely.
On the other play you mention where Wade got a follow dunk, it was a similar play: Brand went to help Iguodala on LeBron off a P/R, Brand's man (Anthony) crashed the boards as LeBron shot a 3, and Jrue went to box out Anthony. However, if you look closely, Jrue isn't really boxing out Anthony either, as Anthony has inside position with Wade. Again, I assigned the offensive rebound allowed and follow basket for that play to Jrue, though it was more unfortunate than anything else.
I suppose the Sixers' other option on plays like those is not to help on the perimeter (and allow open 3's) and not to double in the post (Hawes had decent position on Bosh on the first play, Lou probably didn't need to double). But those strategies have inherent dangers too ...
iggy's stats for this series speak for themselves and they say loud and clear that he has flat out sucked.
If the Sixers lose tomorrow, I just hope jrue scores 28 points. That will put his playoff ppg at 20, which makes him an immediate superstar by most standards.
no no no. It doesn't.That just means he scored 20 ppg on a team that got swept. Badly. Going by your logic, Tim Thomas would be a superstar based on his 05-06 playoff. As well as Luol Deng a few years ago. I recall us saying this about Thad Young a few years ago and he doesnt even start for us and before this season many wanted him traded, both he and Speights . And Lou Williams for that matter.
I think Jrue is a good player, but he doesnt look like a Derrick Rose or Deron Williams to me. Those are superstars.
This was not the sarcasm you were looking for
I hear ya. I re-read Brians statement. My bad. I didnt immediately get the sarcasm. My bad :/
Obviously you don't read depressedfan often enough. Shame on you ;)
no no no. It doesn't.That just means he scored 20 ppg on a team that got swept. Badly. Going by your logic, Tim Thomas would be a superstar based on his 05-06 playoff. As well as Luol Deng a few years ago. I recall us saying this about Thad Young a few years ago and he doesnt even start for us and before this season many wanted him traded, both he and Speights . And Lou Williams for that matter.
I think Jrue is a good player, but he doesnt look like a Derrick Rose or Deron Williams to me. Those are superstars.
One more topic I wanted to surface for discussion today but forgot in the post:
Wade is the best player in the NBA. He's the closest thing the league has seen to Jordan. LBJ is great, but he's seriously Robin to Wade's Batman. The Heat turned the corner when everyone in miami realized/admitted that.
That euro step is something else
His ability to use his quickness and explosiveness to drive is the closest to what MJ was (at least early-mid career MJ.) Rose probably second. But MJ controlled a game whereas Wade is more a just weapon.
I remember being really high on Wade when he was drafted (I would have picked him 2nd) and expecting him to be like mike.
I had this conversation with a few people and I disagree. LeBron does more than Wade in a lot of categories. Now with the ball in one guy's hands in crunch time? I'll take Wade.
My big thing is that I got mad when people (Not saying this is you Brian) let their hatred of LeBron get in the way of objectively evaluating him. Also, don't let Wade doing much of his damage to Turner/Meeks inflate his value over LeBron still quietly having a good series (Better than Wade's statistically).
I always though Miami was going to be a brutal team to play in the playoffs with those two. The real test comes next round against LeBron's past ghosts, Boston. I like the Heat in five there.
I think the distinction between the two, for me, is that Wade can do everything and score whenever he wants, I don't think LeBron can.
But LeBron, actually, does do everything; Wade just can do everything, and doesn't do everything nearly as often as LeBron, who does everything pretty much all the time, does. I agree that Wade's a better scorer, skills-wise, though I don't know that the numbers show that. The numbers would say LeBron's a better shooter and LeBron scores more efficiently and, I believe, scores more. No doubt, however, that Wade's a better guy to go to for points late in a game, but in the flow of a game I think LeBron's a better offensive player.
And also, this whole Batman/Robin distinction is besides the point; even if they do defer to Wade in certain aspects of the game, that doesn't make Wade the better player. You're essentially saying that we look at who gets the ball in late-game isos to decide who a team's best player is - but obviously there's so much more to the game than who gets the ball in late-game isos. What about the fact that LeBron's the team's primary ball-handler?
You don't think lebron can do anything and score any time he wants?
You're wrong.
He's stupidly in love with his outside shot but he's fast and probably one of the strongest players at his position in the league, he rebounds great for his position and has great court vision. It's interesting cause you're falling for the 'he scores points' fallacy with wade I think. He's a better scorer, James is a better all around player in my opinion
The crazy thing is that I totally agree with you and Tray. Those are exactly my feelings.
Everything you just said about LeBron applies to wade as well. And we're talking about two guys who each score a ton of points very efficiently. I'm not just looking at who scores more when, I'm looking at their total games and, to me, Wade is the more dangerous weapon.
One year fantasy draft and I have the number one pick, I'd take Wade over LeBron. I also think it's a good thing for the entire league that Wade is the somewhat frail one of the two, and the older one. His health/Athleticism is going to dictate how long Miami's championship window stays open, not lebron's.
Fantasy sports and real sports don't always coincide (and I'd take lebron first because he helps you in rebounds and assists more than wade does)
Overall Lebron gets the slight edge, but I factor health (and age) into these things. Lebron has 3 years on wade and no major issues (and let's remember how you felt about Wade missing a practice with a migraine) and Wades actually WORSE from the 3 than lebron (who knew)
It's also arguable that until this year, wade had better players around him.
I take James every time
Ugh. Ok, guess I wasn't clear.
Wasn't talking about fantasy basketball literally, was saying that in a fantasy situation where you redrafting to play an actual NBA season, one season so age is not an issue, I'd take Wade first. Meaning, he's the best player right now, but LeBron's going to be great for longer, that's why I made the distinction.
Wade is just as good of a rebounder as LBJ for his position, he's maybe a hair worse as a facilitator. He's just as good of defender. I think offensively, he's a cut above LeBron and he can get whatever he wants, whenever he wants. That's the difference between the two, imo.
He's a sub 30% 3 point shooter for his career - so if he wants a 3 - it's unlikely he's going to make on (James sucks too but not as badly)
If you're only playing one season right now, I take Kobe over Wade too
Kobe isn't even top five at this point of his career.
Disagree. Lebron was the consistent end of game option on a Cleveland team that is probably the worst in the league. Hes single handedly beaten detroit and boston in the playoffs in the past. And thats with every posession going to him. I think they are both in the top 3 in the NBA. Wade, Kobe, Lebron. In no particular order.
to me the difference between Wade and LeBron is that Wade is the closer. No doubt LeBron overall has the best talent and all-round ability in this game, but Wade has a much stronger killer instinct than LeBron. So he makes the biggest plays when they matter most.
Video: Williams Saturday on not wanting to get swept and what winning one game would mean:
Turner Saturday on the Sixers still being confident and how the Flyers scored three goals after he bought an orange hockey helmet at the Wells Fargo Center during Game 5 against Sabres:
Video: Holiday on not wanting to get swept and becoming a more consistent scorer for Sixers:
Video: Collins Saturday on trying to avoid elimination and working on the players' mental approach:
Turner: Flyers fans 'made sure I had the helmet on':
Includes photo of Turner in orange hockey helmet and Turner Saturday video interview
So at this moment, Chicago has only outscored Indiana by a point. Wins by 4, 5, and 6, and a 14-point deficit now. I think most people would say Indiana has more upside than us. Paul George is going to get a lot better; so, probably, will Collison and Hibbert. Hansbrough has major room for improvement, McRoberts can become something. Granger isn't getting any better, but he's only 28 so it will be a while before he gets any worse. With us, Jrue has room for growth, Turner has room for growth but may always be lousy, Iguodala's what he is, Lou is what he is, Thad's probably what he is, and Speights doesn't seem to care.
Of course, Indiana almost blew the game. Rose, coming off a 4-18 game, was 6-22 in this one, and only got to the line 4 times. 1 of 9 for three! I'm not sure precisely what makes him think those are good shots for him, just because for the first time in his career he actually has some three-point range. Since the All-Star break, he's only made 29.9%, yet took 5.6 a game.
Haven't watched a minute of this series. Does Indiana have a good defensive scheme, or is Chicago getting exposed? I do know the Sixers have matched up better with the Bulls than the Heat this year.
Or Rose got injured early in the game and some people conveniently ignore the fact (Or just look at the box score) and don't realize he lost his lift and possibly some of his speed - if he's not 100% - the bulls are easy to beat
It has been a fun series to watch, especially the physical play between the 4's and 5's. I think you are about my age Statman, and the Hansbrough/Boozer battle is like watching Debusschere and B.Bridges go at it. And Hibbert and Noa seem to dislike each other too. And the best [third man in a fight] J.Foster gets his shots in also. I would love him here next year if he has anything left in a Battie type role.
Suede, I'm a bit younger than you, 76-77 was the first year that I can remember. DeBusschere and Bridges were before my time, but I've been reading about them in some of the books of the era. Bridges must have been an interesting player: tremendous rebounding stats but horrible shooter (was he as bad as his shooting stats show?).
Statman, ugly shot but tough as nails; the era of the 6'6" p.f. may be on the way back.
Nice comparison. Bridges was a great rebounder. Played for the Sixers at the end of his career. The Sixers turned Chet Walker into Jimmy Washington into a washed-up Bridges. That and the Cunningham defection to the ABA crippled the team.
Part exposure, part defense, part Boozer playing like shit.
I'd welcome Indiana to lock into that core thinking that they have something when in reality Chicago has been brutal in that series. I'd rather have Jrue than Collison to start things off.
Then at the center, I hope Roy Hibbert would get better. For much of the credit he has gotten this year, he is essentially Spencer Hawes plus made free throws. He is not a very good player:
Hansbrough is probably what he is, an energy pick and pop guy. I don't see that much improvement from him. Thad's a better piece to have, plus he's well, three years younger. Iguodala's younger than Granger.
I guess the spot they have now is George over Turner, so we'll see how that turns out. I'm not so sure George is going to improve that much. That's just an opinion though.
I agree with all your assessments of their talent level, but one thing they have is shooting ability. I actually thought they may have interest in Elton this summer.
They do have better general shooting across the board, that's a plus.
Well, George is already good enough to shut down the (undeserved) MVP of the league. I think he'll eventually develop an offensive game, a lot of the tools are there.
Turner and George are not separated by much defensively IMO. It's the offense where George is further a long right now.
Umm, how come everyone on the Sixers who's over 22 has topped out, but all the Pacers have upside when George is the only one under 23? Collison, Hibbert, Hansbrough, Rush, McRoberts. They're all pretty much as good as they're ever going to get, right?
Williams: 'We're hopefully headed down to Miami':
Jrue is the only Sixer to score in double figures in all three games. Told him that as we walked out of PCOM after practice and he was surprised. Also told him Wade (22) and James (28) have made 50 free throws while the Sixers have attempted 54. He smiled at that one.
Brandon Roy haters? Where you at?
You mean cause he had one good game all his whining and complaining and ego first nonsense is forgiven.
Oh right, I forgot, I live in modern America, memory and attention span are unimportant
The comment wasn't so much about him having a good game, although that was nice. It was more about his teammates giving him a lot of love at the end of the game and being happy for him. For being a whiny, bitchy, ego guy, he sure seems well-liked by the people that matter.
And guess what - you're not one of those people.
And neither are you - but you are petty aren't you?
One game doesn't change how I feel about Roy and what did you honestly expect in public comments from his teammates? They aren't going to say anything negative about him in the moment. Roy cried in the moment after that game AND THEN when he commented on it, he didn't admit he said anything wrong.
I'm aware that my opinon of Brandon Roy doesn't matter to him.
I'm curios why it matters to you though - why you feel the need to take a small sample size and make it more than it is.
One good game out of four is massive failure in basketball (in the major leagues it ain't even a good 'batting average' any more)
I find it funny that you made the 'don't matter' comments - like i really care if brandon roy reads my comments - or blogs matter - or you matter - you don't matter - not to me - you are irrelevant and unimportant and insignificant
As I should be to you (and everyone else who posts here though fascinatingly many seem to think that coming after me affects me in one way or another - no responding to you is not affect - it's enjoyable to me - it took me about 30 seconds to write all this - good break from money making)
I like to think that what I saw immediately after the buzzer sounded was pure and truly team oriented joy. I'm not talking about the public comments made after the game - I'm talking about him getting mobbed by his teammates right after Terry missed the final shot. That's a cool moment IMO that has nothing to do with winning or losing.
Now you can be a cynic and I can be naive and that's fine. What pisses me off is you spouting about so and so being a whiny bitch and not really having a damn clue.
He had a good game last game - what, 17 points on 10 shots or something? And he didn't say anything wrong in the first place! He used to be a superstar and understandably is kind of sad about being so marginalized. And as we've seen the last two games, the only way Portland has a chance is if they get something out of Roy. Otherwise they have no depth and are all Aldridge.
Iguodala and whoever for Brandon Roy and Oden. Pull the trigger!!
That's pretty unfair - i think you have to include Jrue too - to make it balanced - i mean the blazers are giving up a 7 footer
more sarcasm?
A 7 footer who is a question mark. I want Oden more than Roy. Still on his rookie contract so he's not gonna demand much money to resign. IMO Oden's muscles are to strong for his joints and tendons. If he ever ever gets to 80-90% health he could be a beast in the league. Roy's contract is slightly more of a burden but he's as hood as Iggy on two bad knees.


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As part of its effort to boost the economy and create jobs, the Obama administration sent this message Monday to foreign investors: "Open for Business."
President Obama released a statement encouraging foreign business investment in the USA, and his Council of Economic Advisers followed it up with a report touting the benefits to the U.S. economy.
"In a global economy, the United States faces increasing competition for the jobs and industries of the future," Obama said. "Taking steps to ensure that we remain the destination of choice for investors around the world will help us win that competition and bring prosperity to our people. Consistent with our national security and while ensuring a level playing field for American investors, we will do just that."
Austan Goolsbee, the president's top economic adviser, said foreign investment rose by nearly 50% in 2010 as the country came out of a recession. Foreign-owned businesses employ 5.7 million workers in the USA, he said, including nearly 2 million in manufacturing, and pay average salaries of more than $70,000 -- 30% higher than the U.S. average.
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The administration has sought to boost business with foreign multinational companies by streamlining the investment process, promoting free-trade practices and providing subsidies as part of last December's tax cuts.
Goolsbee said it wants to make the research and development tax credit permanent, create an infrastructure bank and reduce and simplify the corporate tax code.
"All of those would probably play a significant role" in promoting foreign investment, Goolsbee said.
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It's great to embrace your curls and let them do their thing, but that doesn't mean you have to put up with frizz. Use a super-moisturizing sulfate-free shampoo and conditioner or co-wash and follow it up with a smoothing cream or serum. For AnnaLynne McCord's half-up look, gather the front two inches of your hair (from temple to temple) and secure the section with a bobby pin.
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I have been reading The Fourth Star by David Cloud and Greg Jaffe, two Pentagon correspondents. It's a biography of four four-star generals, which then morphs into a history of the war in Iraq. An excellent read and a good companion to Tom Ricks's books about Iraq, with less recent detail but a longer and more character-driven perspective on Generals Petraeus, Casey, Abizaid and Chiarelli. If you're interested in such things, strongly recommended.
I have not, therefore, read David Owen's "Green Metropolis", which looks intriguing. I'm a big fan of Owen's New Yorker piece, "Green Manhattan", which argues – correctly – that cities are much more environmentally friendly than they seem.


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WAY cool personalized baby blankets -- that let you actually tell a story along all 4 satin edges. Very nice blanket selection all with satin edges. And get this -- you can fully personalize all 4 sides of a blanket and get it shipped out in 3-5 business days. Mine arrived within a week (including shipping) and was a huge hit with my best friends who just had their first baby!
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I got one of these as a gift for my little girl and it is the favorite of all the gifts we got. Super creative and super clever gift. It is useful and thoughtful. I can't wait to give one of these as a gift. I definitely endorse this product.
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These are just adorable! I ordered one for my nephew and it is so awesome! I did all his birth info and I really think my sister LOVED it! I am hoping he will carry it around with him when he gets a bit bigger. I love the idea that you can personalize all four lines and say something special.
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Really have been had by the folks at fill in the blankie! Ordered a blanket for a friend's newborn and paid $89.00 for it. The money came out of my account the day after I ordered the blanket and I've tried to contact the company through e-mail and phone lots since then, but to no avail....... I guess from what I've heard they are a great company unless they STEAL FROM YOU!!!!


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On the CBS Late Late Show Tuesday, host Craig Ferguson accused Bill Maher - to his face! - of being controlled by the Democratic Party (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
During their discussion, Maher commented about how he had been on the same studio lot since 1996 when he was doing Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central.
"I've endured," bragged Maher. "That's gansta!"
"Yeah, that's right," agreed Ferguson. "You're still here. And, I may say, I'm impressed. You still go out and do the standup. You still do your thing."
"Do you?" Maher asked.
"Yeah, all the time," Ferguson responded. "You have to get a sense of autonomy from the, from the, you know, the Borg that controls you - in my case CBS, in your case the Democratic Party."
Maher quickly grimaced leading Ferguson to add, "Oh it's a joke, Bill, it's a joke."
"I don't mind a joke," replied Maher, "it's just not an accurate one."
Actually, Bill, it's spot on and everyone in the studio audience knew it.
Absolutely spectacular to see someone have the nerve to tell Maher the inconvenient truth to his face.
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Missoula City Attorney Jim Nugent yesterday nixed a third attempt by Not My Bathroom (NMB) to begin the process of overturning the city's new anti-discrimination ordinance.
"They've gradually been improving," Nugent says of the latest failed sample petition. "But they don't go all the way for some reason."
Despite NMB's efforts, the law, which provides legal recourse to individuals discriminated against based on sexual orientation or gender identification, goes into effect today.
Nugent says it appears NMB found a city resident to get the process rolling this time around. The lack of one had been a primary sticking point, as NMB Chairman Tei Nash, who lives outside city limits, signed his name to the first two attempts to initiate the referendum only to be shot down by Nugent, who maintains a city resident must start the process.
According to the Missoula County Clerk and Recorder's Office, John Porter submitted the petition late Friday afternoon. Voting records indicate Porter is a municipal resident.
Even so, Nugent again cites flaws in NMB's paperwork. A primary problem, the city attorney says, is the fact that the group still never actually asks to repeal the law.
Petition wording is confusing, too, and hasn't been adapted to fit a municipal referendum, Nugent says. For instance, the paperwork refers to Montana electors, rather than Missoula voters.
"I'm trying to make the point that this is only a city referendum," he says. "It's misleading to say Montana electors can sign it."
It remains to be seen if the city will approve the fourth motion to initiate a referendum, which may come today, Nugent says. If the city attorney does give the thumbs up, NMB must gather 6,395 signatures within 60 days of the ordinance's April 13 passage to freeze it and qualify the issue for next year's ballot.
"I think it's very well possible with the primary election," Nugent says. "They could conceivably get their 6,395 signatures."
Here's a copy (PDF) of Nugent's letter regarding the most recent sample petition.
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US Postal Service Explores Providing Non-Bank Financial Services
The US Postal Service's Office of Inspector General has published a new white paper titled: "Providing Non-Bank Financial Services for the Underserved". From the Executive Summary:
The Postal Service is well positioned to provide non-bank financial services to those whose needs are not being met by the traditional financial sector. It could accomplish this largely by partnering with banks, who also could lend expertise as the Postal Service structures new offerings. The Office of Inspector General is not suggesting that the Postal Service become a bank or openly compete with banks. To the contrary, we are suggesting that the Postal Service could greatly complement banks' offerings.
They conclude the introduction by writing: "There is a clear market need for innovative financial products, and millions of families would benefit from more affordable solutions. The Postal Service could be exactly what they are looking for."


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Another week of interesting landscape news and information…
Lustgarten // Quarry Bay [short timelapse] from Stephanie Cheung on Vimeo.
"Public garden space in front of One Island East, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. A little study of how people travel around landscaped corners, benches etc…in packs during lunch break v. end of the day."
Why restoring wetlands is more critical than ever | Bruce Stutz | Yale e360
"Like coastal wetlands around the world, they are in urgent need. Once considered wastelands, wetlands were diked to create grazing and farm lands — in Europe for the last 2,000 years, in North America for the last 400."
"There's still one more park taboo to be broken" | Alexandra Lange | DEZEEN
"This change comes with a realisation that some of what we want from a lawn is visual: that pop of green that indicates the end of the hardscape, a colour meant for pedestrians."
Maintain Your (R)Age – The Best is Yet to Come by Jerry de Gryse | AILA
"I was reminded that in University, we were told we would do our best work in our 60s and beyond…..Reflecting on my own experience, I realize it is more than trial and error that makes us better landscape architects as we age. So I made a list and, like many lists, there are at least 10 reasons why our best is yet to come."
The Battle of Brooklyn Bridge Park | Liz Robins | New York Times
"This is a continuation of a battle that goes back 30 years, in which civic leaders in Brooklyn Heights fought to make a park on the shipping piers that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was ready to sell."
Little parklet memorial brings international activism to Edmonton | Elise Stolte | Edmonton Journal
" A local landscape design student plans to honour the life of a fallen cyclist by creating a temporary park over several parking stalls along Whyte Avenue. The "parklet" will exist for just one day, but it brings an international phenomenon to Edmonton and ensures well-known young athlete Isaak Kornelsen won't be forgotten."
Architectural Team Selected to Design the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art | Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
"Following a global search, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA) announced today that Beijing-based MAD Architects has been selected as the principal designer for the LMNA site while Chicago-based Studio Gang will design the landscape and create a bridge to connect the LMNA to Northerly Island."
Dying By Design: The Plants In This Garden Show If You're Breathing Dirty Air | Fast Co.
"Damage to plants is the primary way to actually see the effects of ozone," says Danica Lombardozzi, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, who created two ozone gardens there with fellow postdoc Kateryna Lapina. "
Group plans renovation for overlooked downtown landscape | KGUN9
"A treasure, she says, because it's one of only three plazas that Landscape Architect Garrett Eckbo ever designed. It's called the Tucson Community Center Landscape, and it surrounds the Tucson Convention Center on the North and East sides."
Green space is sparse amid boom in Uptown [Dallas]
"The public space will include tables, chairs and free Wi-Fi and will be designed by landscape architect Jim Burnett, principal of the Office of James Burnett, who designed nearby Klyde Warren Park."
The Grid's Top 20 Landscape Architecture Websites of 2014 | Global Site Plans
World Landscape Architecture made the Number 6 spot on the 2014 list.
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A stirring comeback win for the Brandon Wheat Kings and a spectacular performance from Jayce Hawryluk took a frightening turn as the 18-year-old forward from Roblin reportedly collapsed and was picked up by an ambulance after the game Wednesday night at Westman Place.
Hawryluk had just scored three times as the Wheat Kings overcame a 4-1 first-period deficit to beat the Regina Pats 5-4 and move one victory away from advancing to the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs.
But after the game, the main concern was clearly Hawryluk's health.
"Jayce was taken to hospital, we're hopeful that it's not serious," Wheat Kings head coach/general manager Kelly McCrimmon said late last night.
"Until we have more information, it's hard to pinpoint what the issue was, but we're hopeful it's not serious."
McCrimmon added that Hawryluk was resting comfortably.
Hawryluk had been named first star of the game, which gave the Wheat Kings a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final and a chance to sweep the series, with Game 4 scheduled for Friday at Westman Place (7:30 p.m.).
Hawryluk, who added an assist for a four-point game, combined with linemates Jesse Gabrielle (one goal, one assist) and John Quenneville (three assists) to produce nine points. Chad Robinson added a short-handed goal for Brandon's other marker.
"I think we've just got to take the positives out of (the game)," Robinson said. "I thought we stayed composed for the most part and we battled our way back into the game. We got down by one before the end of the first and I think that was huge for us."
The Pats made Daniel Wapple, who missed the first two games with an ankle injury, their surprise starter and the Wheat Kings welcomed him with an early goal as Gabrielle fired a shot to the top corner after taking a drop pass from Quenneville.
Regina responded with four goals in a span of only 6:38, including a pair of power-play goals by Dryden Hunt plus tallies by Jesse Zgraggen and Carter Hansen.
Hawryluk got the Wheat Kings back into the game with two late goals in the first frame, scoring on a breakaway then taking advantage of an odd play where he battled with Zgraggen behind the net, causing the Pats defenceman to lose his helmet. While Zgraggen headed back to the bench, Hawryluk circled out from behind the net and scored to cut Regina's lead to 4-3.
The second period calmed down, with Robinson netting the only goal while the Wheat Kings were short-handed. He was first to a puck in the corner of the Pats' zone and sent a centring pass that hit a Regina defenceman and ricocheted past Wapple and into the net.
"We improved as the night went on and we got to the end of two periods, we were tied up in our building 20 minutes away from having a 3-0 series lead or looking at a 2-1 series, so it was a big period of hockey for our group," McCrimmon said.
The checking continued to tighten throughout the game and there were few quality scoring chances in the third. One of the best came early in the frame, when Brandon goalie Jordan Papirny went post-to-post to rob Regina's Patrick D'Amico on an odd-man rush as part of a 29-save night.
The Wheat Kings took advantage of their best chance of the period as Quenneville dished the puck to Hawryluk on the rush, leaving him with an open side of the net to beat Wapple, who had a 20-save performance.
"I'll give the Brandon Wheat Kings a tremendous amount of credit," Pats coach Malcolm Cameron said. "They're as committed a bunch as I've seen in my three years in junior hockey; they're all playing the same way.
"You can't tell the difference between Line No.1 and Line No.4 and D1 and D6 and ours is too sporadic right now. And that's how we won this year; we didn't win because we were a flash-and-dash team, we won because we were a committing team, everybody playing the same way."
ONE-TIMERS: RW John Quenneville and D Eric Roy returned to the Brandon lineup after missing Game 2 … The Wheat Kings scratched D Kord Pankewicz, LW Tyler Coulter, LW Brett Kitt and LW Braylon Shmyr … The Pats' scratches included G Dawson MacAuley, who started the first two games of the series, and C Rylee Zimmer of Russell … Attendance was 3,547.
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Local surface heat transfer coefficients on a model beef side.
Measurements of heat transfer coefficients were performed at 11 different positions on the surface of a fibreglass model of a side of beef for a range of free stream velocities and turbulence intensities, using customised heat transfer sensors and commercial heat flux sensors. There was wide variation between the results at the different measurement positions; for low velocities or high turbulence intensities, the difference between the maximum and minimum value was as high as 140% of the mean. For free stream velocities below 1 m s(-1), the heat transfer coefficients measured at the tenderloin position were very low, which suggested that there was very poor air movement around the sensor due to its position in a semi-enclosure within the intestinal cavity. The heat transfer coefficients at most of the sensor positions followed the usual power law dependence on air velocity.
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Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
The Texas Recycling Market Development Board was created in 1993 (Senate Bill 1051, 73rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session), to provide support and coordination for the recycling activities of the Texas General Land Office, the Texas Water Commission, the Texas General Services Commission, and the Texas Department of Commerce. It has the following responsibilities:
The Texas Recycling Market Development Board was composed (through March 2003) of five ex-officio members, who rotated turns as presiding officer of the board: the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, the chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (originally, the Texas Water Commission, then the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission), the executive director of the Texas Building and Procurement Commission (originally the Texas General Services Commission), the executive director of the Texas Department of Economic Development (originally the Texas Department of Commerce), and the executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation (added in 1995). The Texas General Land Office provided research and assistance to the board. As of August 2003, the board had been reduced to three members: the chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the executive director of the Texas Building and Procurement Commission, and the executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation.
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