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I remain convinced his position is PG and I like the fact he got some burn at PG last night. I don't think that's because we didn't have other options because Hill was on the floor at the time.
Lance has a gift of recognizing when plays may be developing...well before they do. This is a rare and extremely valuable Nash or JKidd type of gift he has. It's a gift I'm beginning to see LeBron exercise as well. Not many players have it.
Then Lance also has the ability to see the floor AND deliver the ball due to his size and length. Finally, he can penetrate and put a ton of pressure on small PG's.
For those who still think he's a SG, what about his game tells you that?
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
What Lance needed was minutes. We are finally seeing that and he is showing he can play point. Come play off
time he will be a big help. The biggest improvement I see is his patience on waiting for his turn to shine and also
to work within the team concept. Huge issues he has to overcome if he wants to excel in the NBA
Ok, somebody help me here. Several people have mentioned this, but I didn't see it. When did he get burn at PG last night?
I saw him bring the ball up some and initiate the offense, but that's something that both of our wings do. Paul George did it a few times as well.
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I am not sure he was ever the "pg" but he ran the show like a point guard. PG runs the show like a point sometimes but I think Lance might be able to break down his defender better than Paul and I believe Lance will make less turnovers the Paul. I think Lance is much more suited to play the true point where as Paul never could. He has better handles.
But all of those issues have been resolved or are being resolved. At the very least, he's shown substantial improvement in every one of those areas. I didn't disagree with Vogel that he was unready for big minutes last year, and I don't disagree with Vogel now. Lance is making a strong case for a larger role, and I think Vogel will give it to him.
Really, this coaching staff is pretty underrated as a developer of young players. Starting last year with Hill on the bench and letting him earn a starting role worked out great. Last year they had Paul George in a utility role; letting him learn that first and then the scoring would come. This year, they're doing the same thing with Lance. It's very very good.
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We do not have a PG driven offense. I understand everyone wants lance to direct traffic out there but honestly its not going to be any different than him playing at SG right now. The thing that makes him special is his ability to drive and facilitate which he can do now. He is playing his role in the offense and until his amount of touches and freedom goes up then we wont see anything more. I like the fact that they have not pushed him. They have broke him down from a chucker and a turnover machine and rebuilt him into a good defensive team player. As they continue to rebuild him and teach him how to play basketball I see getting more touches in the role you all want him to be in.
This is an argument I can buy. I don't know what goes on behind the scenes, but we all know Lance is a wildcard. Just watching him on the floor screams "give him the reigns!" Vogel is not doing that. He's told us why. I can respect it.
However, I don't know about you all, but I'm seeing leadership qualities by Lance on the floor. I'm seeing him talk a lot to teammates on defense, point out places on the floor that need to be covered, etc. He's also been willing to be a follower, which is an important first step to becoming a leader.
That said, if he ends up developing the qualities Vogel says he needs to have, he could very likely become our backup point guard, and a damn good one. If he continues to improve at this arc, Vogel will have the very excellent problem during the playoffs of who to sit at the end of games.
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"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
Again, I ask, what about Lance's game makes people think he's not a PG?
Yes, the man can play the SG position. But what specifically about Lance's game makes him a better SG than PG considering his anticipation of plays developing, size to see over the defense, passing ability, penetration ability, his handle, ability to shoot, his ability to punish opposing PG's with his size.
What's wrong about all that...and what is it specifically that makes him a better fit at SG?
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
Paul George? Too many Paul's in the comment?
So Lance is definitely looked at by the Pacers as being able to play the point guard role. Many on here felt he did not have the ability. The only thing left is for his maturity level to reach his physical abilities.
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All of that aside, I think he's putting in really solid effort to become a more mature, more composed, more poised personality both on and off the court. I still think he has a way to go, but it's so unbelievably clear that he can play well and that he wants to be the player that we know he can become.
If the game was all about skills and talent, then I think he'd be playing as a PG. Alas, he still has some personal work to do. He has to learn to represent himself as a professional. My guess is that this will come. Hopefully in about 1.5 years, AFTER we resign him to another 4 year, low dollar deal.
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Last year, Vogel told Lance exactly what he needed to do to get playing time: defend better, rotate better, play in the team concept, and shoot better. Lance has done those things. If he's being challenged to step up in the leadership and maturity areas, then so much the better.
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The following comment is what I was responding to.
Anthem said...."Ok, somebody help me here. Several people have mentioned this, but I didn't see it. When did he get burn at PG last night?
I saw him bring the ball up some and initiate the offense, but that's something that both of our wings do. Paul George did it a few times as well."
Lance and Paul's point guard like responsibilities are being discussed.
For whatever reason last night, there was about a two or three possession stretch where Lance brought the ball up and apparently was allowed to run the pick and roll. He NEVER runs the pick and roll. He gets to lead a fast break if its there. If not, he passes to Hill who runs a pick and roll (sometimes PG gets to).
I don't really care about the point guard part. I like the fact he actually got to run the offense. I think it led to a score nearly every time.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
Great second half last night. I loved how aggressive the Pacers were as a team, playing with a real swagger. Some of our backups are starting to step up and play at a high level too (Ian, Green and Tyler). I think the team is starting to come together as a team. That's one of the things I love about Tyler and I think is a huge intangible, he backs up the other players on this team.
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Frank Vogel's exact comment made directly to me is, "Lance is a 2." I've asked Vogel numerous times about Lance this season in various contexts. I do not think Vogel believes that Stephenson will ever develop in the areas that he (Vogel) deems necessary to make him a point guard. It is not simply a question of maturity or experience.
Lance has the skills of a playmaker (i.e. passing and vision), but not really the composure, mentality, and floor general skills of a PG. Also it doesn't seem to me that he would have the quickness to guard most PGs. SO even though he has some of the skills normally associated with the PG position, he doesn't have the other skills to be a full time starting PG. I am a little more lenient as to what kind of player you have as a back-up PG. Often times you don't have the skills at the other bench positions to take full advantage of having a true PG on the bench, or the ability to find a true PG that is good enough to play as there just aren't that many.
I think all the talk about Lance's role as a PG or SG is irrelevant. I personally don't care which "title" he is given, I use the term title because a lot of teams in today's basketball are really making the 5 positions blended and unimportant. Teams are starting 2 PGs, playing 2 PGs together, playing 2 combo guards together (no true point), I mean in the end what really matters is what Lance's role in the offense is, not his position. I think up until this point (maybe the last couple of games before he got hurt this wasn't entirely true) none of our offense has been run for Lance. He seems to be the only starter that doesn't really get "his number" called in the offense. All of his offense seems to come from random open looks and transition, but I think he has proven himself as a good enough offensive decision maker that he needs to actually be a part of the offense now. Much like Vogel has made a distinct effort to get PG involved early and often I think Lance needs some love as well (not saying as much, but some). I would love to see for every 4 pick and rolls called between Hill and West, that Lance get at least 1 of them, or maybe some wing iso pick and rolls with Hibbert. Whatever it may be I'd like to see Lance get some kind of plays set for his skill set.


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Now that the Jacksonville Jaguars have found their new general manager in David Caldwell, his first task will be to decide on the fate of head coach Mike Mularkey.
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Mularkey went 2-14 in his first season with the Jaguars. In what could be viewed as an ominous sign for Mulareky, owner Shad Khan gave his assistants permission to search for other jobs last week.
Mularkey and Caldwell do have a relationship from their time in Atlanta. Mularkey was the team's offensive coordinator for four years and during that time Caldwell was the team's director of college scouting.
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When working with XML in SQL Server, you might want to uniquely identify one node against another. But due to the flexibility with which XML can be defined, this is not always directly possible. SQL Server's own XML structures are guilty of having this problem, as I discovered while writing the Extended Events Code Generator. Events in the XML produced by XE have a limited number of attributes and depending on what you're collecting you may get numerous instances of events that look exactly the same. I wanted to provide a way to uniquely identify every collected event in order to allow for more advanced analysis of the results.
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The problem: We e want to pull all of the "c" values and, at the same time, tag whether they've come from the first or second "b" value. There are no attributes that we can use to uniquely identify the individual nodes, so we're rather stuck.
My first idea for solving this was to use ROW_NUMBER, but what to number? I came up with something similar to the following:
DECLARE @x XMLSET @x = '<c>abc</c><c>def</c><c>abc</c><c>def</c>'SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY b_xml) AS unique_b_node, c_node.value('(./text())[1]', 'varchar(50)') AS c_valFROM( SELECT b_node.query('.') AS b_xml FROM @x.nodes('/a/b') AS b (b_node)) b_nodesCROSS APPLY b_nodes.b_xml.nodes('/b/c') AS c (c_node)
Alas, this approach met with utter failure; as you will discover if you actually try to run this code, you cannot sort on instances of the XML data type, and therefore you cannot use ROW_NUMBER to uniquely identify them. I thought I was finished, so I asked around on Twitter. Peter Debetta replied with an interesting XQuery method for solving the problem:
DECLARE @x XMLSET @x = '<c>abc</c><c>def</c><c>abc</c><c>def</c>'SELECT b_nodes.unique_b_node, c_node.value('(./text())[1]', 'varchar(50)') AS c_valFROM( SELECT b_node.query('.') AS b_xml, b_node.value('for $s in . return count(../*[. << $s]) + 1', 'int') AS unique_b_node FROM @x.nodes('/a/b') AS b (b_node)) b_nodesCROSS APPLY b_nodes.b_xml.nodes('/b/c') AS c (c_node)
This actually works pretty well when your query only returns four rows, or even forty. But it breaks down quickly after that, due to the exponential nature of how the XQuery counts the rows, and at only a few hundred rows I found myself waiting a number of minutes for my results.
Later, Mladen Prajdic decided to jump in and try to help, and he came up with the key to solving the problem: While you can't order on XML instances, you can order on nodes instances resulting from a call to the nodes() function, as shown in the code below. Using ROW_NUMBER in this case would not yield the expected results; since there are four "c" nodes in the output, we would end up with four row numbers. DENSE_RANK, on the other hand, counts ties equally, so all "b" nodes wind up with the same number. A seemingly simple solution, but not exactly intuitive, and it took three of us a surprising amount of work to come up with it.
DECLARE @x XMLSET @x = '<c>abc</c><c>def</c><c>abc</c><c>def</c>'SELECT c_node.value('(./text())[1]', 'varchar(50)') AS c_val, DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY b_node) AS unique_b_nodeFROM @x.nodes('/a/b') AS b (b_node)CROSS APPLY b.b_node.nodes('./c') AS c (c_node)
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Clever solution, indeed.
I can see in the execution plan, that the segmentation and sequence is done using an id returned by the xml reader.
Here is another way to accomplish this, but is not as good as the one from Mladen. It uses the all time favorite auxiliary table of numbers, and also relies on counting the parent nodes.
declare @Numbers table (
Number int not null unique
insert into
declare @x xml;
set @x = '<c>abc</c><c>def</c><c>abc</c><c>def</c>';
T.c.value('(./text())[1]', 'varchar(25)') as c,
@Numbers as N
cross apply
@x.nodes('/a/b[position() = sql:column("N.Number")]/.') as X(n)
X.n.nodes('./c') as T(c)
N.Number <= @x.query('count(/a/b)').value('.', 'int');
All this could be avoided if we were able to have access to the position or even the id of the node. BTW, here is connect entry in case you feel like it deserves one more vote.
Hi Alejandro,
Thanks very much for this, an excellent solution that's really helped massively.
Is result order of this query with dense_rank always the same? I know that select is non-deterministic but what if I select data from xml?
No, order is never guaranteed unless you use ORDER BY -- XML or no. Please use ORDER BY :-)
I mean order of dense_rank. There is ORDER BY b_node there.
My first question was not exactly what I meant.
This is very elegant solution. I like it very much and it helped me much. Genius!
Adam / Mladen - Thank you!!! Definitely not something I would have come up with myself and saved me hours of banging my head against the wall! Where do I send the beer? :-)
Awesome, thank you!
Taking it a step further you can have:
child.value('local-name(.)', 'nvarchar(100)') as Node,
DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY parent) AS Seq,
child.value('.', 'varchar(50)') AS Value
FROM @x.nodes('/a/b') AS p(parent)
CROSS APPLY p.parent.nodes('./*') AS c(child)
this would seriously help for node-by-node comparison of 2 XML docs.


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As of now, it's looking like this:
I'm not sure who is stupider, the poll-maker or the poll-taker.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
WOW, that's all I can say......LA????
Why would LA be on there? Basically they are saying that they had the talent, just bad coaching...Rudy T isn't a bad coach.
Where's the love for the Pacers?
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Not even the "other" option.
Screw that poll. We're more likely than LA of course, probably more than PHO too (we play D).
LA???? LA????? LA?????? wait I mean KOBE????? KOBE???? KOBE????? why would a team, i mean a player that didn't even make the playoffs be on the poll??
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Maybe this poll would make a good poster in the locker room?
I sometimes wonder if the people that design these polls are saying, "Look at how many idiots will just always click on 'LA'"?
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I think ESPN should have a Poll as to who should have won Finals MVP.....
ALthough they'd probably put Shaq and Kobe on the ballot.
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
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This is absolutely ridiculous. They didn't even have Golden State up there, the real champs for '06.
I was going to say the Hawks. They have as much of a chance as the Lakers do. Shoot, the hawks have less teams aead of them that are more talented than the Lakers do.Originally Posted by pollardfreek
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Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson called the owners' desire to avoid paying players their current contracts in full "appalling, unprofessional and disgraceful" on his website—which just so happens to be part of the NHL Network.
As of Sunday evening, the post was still up—so the owners have avoided at least one PR disaster during the NHL lockout. That's Frank Luntz money well spent.
Sunday was the 43rd day of the work stoppage. The league on Friday canceled games up to Nov. 30, and no negotiations are scheduled. The sides remain stuck on how, or if, to honor existing deals in full.
Johnson, 25, would be in the second season of a seven-year, $20.5 million contract he signed with the Los Angeles Kings, who traded him to Columbus, along with a first-round pick, for forward Jeff Carter before their Stanley Cup run.
The No. 3 pick in the 2005 draft, Johnson had 12 goals and 26 assists last season.
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I want to work! I'm a professional athlete and I want to play hockey! In my chosen profession, I don't have until I am 60 or 70 years old to do this job. My window of opportunity to play professional hockey is limited. If I'm lucky, I can play until I'm 40. I have been training as a hockey player my entire life, and I know it is a privilege to play in the NHL. So each month, each week, and each game that is cancelled is an opportunity I will never get back. This is the case for every NHL player. I value every day in this job and take my commitment to my team very seriously. I give it my all every shift. I come to play every night and I leave it all on the ice. This is my responsibility as an individual, an athlete, and a professional. I have a duty to my team, the organization that has given me this opportunity, and the fans in the stands to give them my best at all times. The concept that the owners are trying to dismantle existing contracts that they in good faith offered, signed, and committed to is appalling, unprofessional and disgraceful. I negotiated my own contract, without an agent, with the confidence and belief that the owner offering me that contract operated by the same convictions and principals as I do. During the summer, the players offered to play through negotiations and the owners locked us out. We want to play hockey! Where is the honor? I'm ready to play and uphold my end of the deal!


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Our team showed extra spirit this week while riding and slinging oats. There was an overall sense of excitement in the air. Working at each of these events has been rewarding for me personally. Just feeling the buzz in the air and handing over steaming bowls of oatmeal to mud covered grown-ups, over-bundled kiddies and even a dog or two, is invigorating. The energy is palpable and you find yourself hopping obstacles on your way across the grounds just to get in on a bit of the action.
While I may not be ready to throw my hat in the ring next year, I am looking forward to being part of this amazing community of cyclists. With the help of Cross Crusaders, our riders have raised $3,457 for the Community Cycling Center. That's nearly 70 bikes for kids in need! I can't think of a better way to start the holiday season.
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- Where: Hersheypark Stadium
- Seating: sections F, G, 1, or 32
- Doors open: 3:30 p.m.
- Ticket values include all fees.
- Click here to view the seating chart.
- Click here to view the full lineup.
Ticket Options
- $20 for a one-day G-Pass to MixTape Festival for Friday, July 26, featuring Train, OneRepublic, The Script, Rev Run and DJ Ruckus, Gavin DeGraw, Hanson & Serena Ryder (up to a $48.55 value)
- $20 for a one-day G-Pass to MixTape Festival for Saturday, July 27, featuring New Kids on the Block, Jonas Brothers, TLC, Boyz II Men, Emblem 3 & MKTO (up to a $48.55 value)
- $30 for a two-day G-Pass to MixTape Festival, good for admittance on both days, must present G-Pass for admittance on both days (up to a $65.90 value)
How G-Pass Works: Your G-Pass will be ready to print 48 hours after the deal ends. Print the G-Pass and use it to enter the venue directly; you won't need to redeem at will call. Due to security restrictions, G-Passes cannot be redeemed through the Groupon mobile app.
MixTape Festival
- Who you know at the MixTape Festival: Train, OneRepublic, Hanson, Gavin DeGraw, and more on Friday, and New Kids on the Block, Jonas Brothers, Boyz II Men, a reunited TLC, and more on Saturday
- Current state of NKOTB: all five original members, outfitted with airtight choreography and a new album, 10
- If the number of albums sold by Boyz II Men were a country's population, it would be larger than Italy but smaller than the U.K.
- Number of Hansons in Hanson: three (Isaac, Taylor, and Zac)
- Number of Knights in New Kids on the Block: two (Jordan and Jonathan)
- Number of Jonas brothers in the Jonas Brothers: three
- Number of trains in Train: zero
- Suggested dinner pairing with "Soul Sister," the 2011 pinot noir created by Train's Save Me, San Francisco Wine Co.: grilled chicken or Italian food


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I have been following this board since the day my sister was diagnosed with ICC stage 4 last February. She has mets to liver,lungs,abdominal cavity,ovary. She has had Gem-Cis chemo since then. She is now on a reduced schedule of treatments for maintenance and doing remarkably well. The Dr told us maybe she would live a year from diagnosis and I think he is amazed at her good progress. My sis moved in with me when she got sick and I know how this roller coaster ride is with this disease. The good days are good but the bad days are so hard watching someone you love suffer through this cancer. Thanks for all the wonderful support here. Hope this New Year brings us all good health and happiness. Thanks for being here! Suz


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Hibbert is overpaid by 4 mil. I believe that relates to being overpaid by 30%. I never felt Hibbert would be a 20/12 guy, but he's not even the player he was last year. His max contract he received was based off of Hibbert's last season accomplishments. Expecting the same stats after receiving a max contract isn't at all unreasonable. Unfortunately, Hibbert isn't producing those stats for the money, and people aren't happy after he got a max contract. If he was being paid 10 mil for what he's presently producing, people wouldn't be nearly as unhappy. Take that extra 4 mil savings, and the Pacers could have used it in better upgrading the bench.
As far as getting Hibbert a BIG MAN coach, I have to laugh. Not b/c I don't agree with you, but Walsh never would b4, so why expect him to do it now? I pleaded for the FO to get a big man coach for David Harrison, Walsh in control. I asked for one when Hibbert was drafted, Walsh was in control. Plumblee could use a big man coach, Walsh in control. Checkbook Donnie will overpay to keep players, but won't pay for an on staff QUALITY big man coach. NEVER HAS NEVER WILL. Orlando got Ewing to work with Howard, Lakers got Jabbar to work with Bynum, etc.
Under Bird, Walton worked with Hibbert a "few" weeks one off season. Another off season Hibbert on his own worked out with Duncan.
I've never understood the philosophy of not spending to develop a big man. Yet, they retained Billy Keller to help players with shooting. Big men need more help developing their game than the rest of the players. Bottom line is Walsh isn't going to bring in a big man coach to help the bigs. Any help they get will be by coaches presently on staff or fellow big men like DWest.
I felt Hill was overpaid, but at least Hill's game has improved to the point he's not blatantly overpaid like Hibbert. In the month of December, Hill shot 43% compared to 38% earlier in the season. Hill's elevating his game where as unfortunately Hibbert hasn't to the point his game has regressed. How can anyone be happy with Hibbert being given a max contract and with his play not feel he's overpaid? Like BEAST 23 said Hibbert needs to put on some big boy pants and grow a pair. Only he can improve his play and game. If all he can be is a single didgit scorer, do some rebounding, and play good "D", then he's WAY OVERPAID to the point of looking like an albatross contract for the future.
STEP UP BIG MAN! Show us you are worth your max contract!


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Of course, the health of the Central Pennsylvania real estate market can be a highly subjective question, but there are metrics out there that attempt to gauge the relative health (or balance) of a real estate market. Today I wanted to introduce one of those methods and apply it to the midstate homes market.
Absorption rate, or otherwise known as MSI ("months supply of inventory") looks at how much time will be needed to exhaust the current inventory of property listings, using historical sales data. The calculated rate for a given market is then compared to what is considered "healthy" or "balanced."
The rate is calculated by dividing the amount of current real estate inventory available by the average of recent sales (usually monthly). At my company, for example, we watch this metric using the average of the last 12 months of sales – to even out the highs and lows of the seasons. By the way, 5-7 MSI is generally accepted to be the range of a balanced market.
So how does Central PA stack up in April 2013? The chart shows the midstate counties and our tracking data of absorption rate as of April 4 for all home types excluding listings of land. As you can see, most of the counties in our area are just over the 5-7 month range. What this means is that it's still a "buyers market" in those counties in general. Cumberland County alone is in the "balanced" range.
By the way, developers and builders tend to watch the absorption rate as declining MSI can indicate that it's time to add more homes to the marketplace. The MSI of the region has been declining over the past year from the high 8s and the low 9s to where we are today.
I expect to see most counties entering the balanced range this year, and I bet Cumberland will move into a "sellers" market at five months or less of inventory. Let's come back and look at MSI in six months, shall we?


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LONG POND, PA - Denny Hamlin won the pole for the 400-mile Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway after setting a new track qualifying record on Friday.
LONG POND, PA - Denny Hamlin won the pole for the 400-mile Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway after setting a new track qualifying record on Friday.
Hamlin made a lap around this 2.5-mile triangle-shaped racetrack at 181.415 mph during the third and final round of qualifying. The driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota scored his 19th career Sprint Cup pole, including his second of the season and third at Pocono. He started on the pole and won both races here during his 2006 rookie season.
"Each [qualifying] session, our balance got a little bit better, and we were able to get a little more speed out of it," Hamlin said. "That's kind of what you want to do. You want to play with it just enough in the first few rounds to get into the final round where you go all out."
The top-four finishers in qualifying surpassed the previous track record of 180.654 mph, set by Jimmie Johnson in August 2013. Pocono became the ninth track where a new qualifying record was set this season, including Hamlin's pole win at Bristol in March.
Kurt Busch qualified on the front row for the first time this season after posting a lap at 181.408 mph, which was only 0.002 seconds behind Hamlin.
"To advance through knockout qualifying, we have gotten to the second round a lot this year, but we haven't gotten into the final round much," Busch said. "This was a final round type car. We put ourselves in position for the pole and came away just two thousandths [of a second] shy, which is cool."
Brad Keselowski grabbed the third starting spot, followed by Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, who has the most wins at Pocono with six, and Kyle Busch.
Joey Logano, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Brian Vickers, Carl Edwards, rookie Austin Dillon and Tony Stewart finished seventh through 12th, respectively, in the last round of qualifying.
Vickers had the fastest lap in practice earlier in the day. He also had the quickest lap in the first round of qualifying.
Other notable drivers and their positions include: Greg Biffle (13th), rookie Kyle Larson (14th), Ryan Newman (15th), Danica Patrick (16th), Clint Bowyer (19th), Jimmie Johnson (20th), Matt Kenseth (26th) and Kasey Kahne (27th).
"I just got too greedy down in [turn] 2 and lost the nose in corner exit," Johnson said. "I knew it killed the lap. Sure enough when I came back around, it was only good enough for 20th."
Johnson is attempting to win his third race in a row after victories at Charlotte and Dover. The six-time and defending series champion also won at Pocono in June 2013. Kahne, who is Johnson's teammate at Hendrick Motorsports, grabbed the victory here last August.
All 43 drivers who attempted qualifying made the starting field for Sunday's Pocono 400.


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Could be very useful... now just take from the old fast-track and update a few more things
NOW FIREFOX 4 and NMAP UPDATES!!!
(News and Info)
Scamentology probably doesn't mean what you think it does.
Kismet is coming in the next version...
Thanks to all that reported bugs and made suggestions.
I may be waiting until Backtrack 5 comes out as it will probably break a lot of stuff in this script.
(Change Log)
- Firefox update will remove this software source for your sources.list file if it exists.
(deb http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/pro...la/mozilla/apt all main) - (relevant only if you ran an older version of this script)
- Updates or installs gcc (For NMap install)
- Fixed the SQLMap bug (You dont have to hit enter repeatedly on this update anymore)
- Cleaned up the NMAP and Firefox sections
- Updated the help menu
- Fixed the SET version check bug (seems it was moved to another folder)
- Made NMAP an optional update
- Completely removed KDE update (that was just a bad idea)
(Known Issues)
- Using the btupdate.sh -u will put the updated version in your working directory but will not delete the old version (sorry about that)
Here is a script to simplify the update process.
Newest version - v1.96
Added Firefox 4 - btupdate.sh -F
Added NMap 5.51 plus updated fingerprints - btupdate.sh -b
The following output is from the command:Code:(C)opyright 2010 Scamentology ~ ###################################### # btupdate 1.91 # # A script for updating Back|Track 4 # ###################################### Usage: ./btupdate.sh [options] Options: -d [Dist-up] --- apt-get everything -o [Openvas Plugins] --- Update Openvas Plugins -m [Metasploit] --- Update Metasploit 2 and 3 (svn update) -a [aircrack-ng] --- Update aircrack-ng and airodump-ng suite -e [exploitdb] --- Update Exploitdb -s [SET] --- Update Social Engineering Toolkit -S [SQLMap] --- Update SQLMap -f [Fasttrack] --- Update Fasttrack -n [Nikto] --- Update Nikto -N [Nessus] --- Update Nessus Plugins -w [w3af] --- Update w3af -x [Everything] --- Do all actions in script (No Firefox or NMap) -z [Everything Except] --- Do all actions in script except apt-get (No Firefox or NMap) -u [Self Update] --- Updates this script using Google Code -h [Help] --- Help menu Optional Updates (Should be done seperately (won't update with -x or -z)) -F [Firefox] --- Updates Firefox -b [NMap] --- Update NMap Example: ./btupdate.sh -x (updates everything including apt-get ./btupdate.sh -d (apt-get update, upgrade and dist-upgrade) ./btupdate.sh -m -a -s -f (updates Metasploit Aircrack-ng SET and Fasttrack) ./btupdate.sh -F (Updates Firefox)(won't update with -x or -z)
./btupdate.sh -xFb
I wrote this mainly for myself but would also like to expand it so if you have any ideas or changes let me know.Code:################################################################ Bactrack Update Utility (C)opyright 2010 Scamentology Update report for Sat Apr 9 19:32:55 UTC 2011 ################################################################ ------------------------------------------------------- Firefox 4.0 Installed Properly ------------------------------------------------------- Framework 3 - Updated successfully to (SVN 12286) SVN Before Update - (SVN 11923) vs - 3.7.0-dev ------------------------------------------------------- Framework 2 - Updated successfully to (SVN 12286) SVN Before Update - (SVN 11923) vs - 2.8-dev ------------------------------------------------------- Aircrack-ng - Updated Successfully to (SVN 1872) SVN Before Update - (SVN 1862) vs - 1.1 ------------------------------------------------------- SET - Updated successfully to (SVN 469) SVN Before Update - (SVN 445) vs - 1.3.3 ------------------------------------------------------- Fasttrack - Updated successfully to (SVN 469) SVN Before Update - (SVN 445) vs - 4.0.1 ------------------------------------------------------- SQLMap - Updated successfully to (SVN 3601) SVN Before Update - (SVN 3404) vs - 0.9-dev ------------------------------------------------------- NMap - Updated successfully to (VN 5.51) SVN Before Update - (VN 5.35DC1) NMap Fingerprints - Updated to .... (ID# 22527) ------------------------------------------------------- w3af - Updated successfully to (SVN 4100) SVN Before Update - (SVN 4073) vs - 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------- Nikto - No updates required. vs - 2.1.3 ------------------------------------------------------- Openvas - Plugins are up to date vs - 3.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------- Nessus - Plugins are up to date vs - 4.4.0 ------------------------------------------------------- Updating Distribution 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. System Info - Linux bt 22.214.171.124 i686 ################################################################
Last edited by Scamentology; 04-09-2011 at 11:02 PM. Reason: Updates
"Never do anything against conscience -- even if the state demands it."
-- Albert Einstein
Could be very useful... now just take from the old fast-track and update a few more things
Thanks, this is nice to have.
I get an error when trying to update aircrack-ng though:
"./update.sh: line 211: cd: /pentest/wireless/aircrack-ng/: No such file or directory
svn: '.' is not a working copy"
The aircrack-ng folder is not in my "/pentest/wireless/" directory. I'm running BT4 upgraded to R1.
http://pastebin.com/ZewmVR3m Update v.1.4
- added variables for install path and SVN links
- cleaned up some stuff
- added SQLMap to the update section
I just did it with the script from pastebin and it worked OK. I uninstalled aircrack and reinstalled it then ran the script again. Is it possible that you installed it to a different folder or if its installed in the /pentest/wireless/aircrack-ng/ folder?
If its installed, find the install directory and change line 43 in the script to match it.
I'm glad you find it useful.
Here's my output from the command ./update.sh -x
Code:################################################################ Update report for Fri Oct 22 12:26:43 PDT 2010 ################################################################ -- Updating Distribution -------------------- 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. -- Framework 3 ------------------------------ Updated Successfully to (SVN 10792) -- Framework 2 ------------------------------ Updated Successfully to (SVN 10792) -- Aircrack-ng ------------------------------ You are up to date already (SVN 1787) -- Exploitdb -------------------------------- You are up to date already (SVN 10) -- SET -------------------------------------- You are up to date already (SVN 350) -- Fasttrack -------------------------------- You are up to date already (SVN 350) -- SQLMap ----------------------------------- Updated Successfully to (SVN 2134) -- Nikto ------------------------------------ + No updates required. -- Nessus ----------------------------------- Done. The Nessus server will restart when its scans are finished -- w3af ------------------------------------- You are up to date already (SVN 3632) ################################################################
I have updated the script with most everything that Fast-track updated.
Anyone know why they removed that feature?
Updated OP...
Updated to v1.7
- added server error output
The online check freezes because the site I used changed something. I changed it to ping google for the check now.
Heres the update for that.
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I have found an issue when update aircrack-ng, the script downloads and compiles that latest svn version like it is supposed to but it leaves the new files in /pentest/passwords/aircrack-ng/src and it should move the files to /usr/local/bin/
I added on a little bit to your script. I added an update everything except apt portion (-z flag.) For me, I personally like manually approving package updates (ie watching out for new wireless drivers.) So as I said, -z will update everything and perform an apt-get update, but will not perform an upgrade or dist-upgrade. Figured I'd post it in case someone else found it useful.
Thats a great idea. I hope you don't mind I took it a step further and added variables to make it customizable.
Under the variable section "# OS Update and Upgrade Variables" you will be able to change any of these to "no" and it won't do any of those functions.
Your scenario would look like this:
They are defaulted to "yes" so change these and all is good.Code:# OS Update and Upgrade Variables update="yes" # (yes/no) yes for Update upgrade="no" # (yes/no) yes for Upgrade dup="no" # (yes/no) yes for Distribution Update clean="no" # (yes/no) Cleanup downloaded packages
Or change everything to "no" and it will skip the apt-get section when you use the -x switch.
Edit: added -z option for everything except apt-get
http://pastebin.com/cpgNP9gv version 1.82
Thanks for the suggestion.
Last edited by Scamentology; 10-27-2010 at 02:18 AM. Reason: updates
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this makes my little update script look like crayon art. thanks for the script!
np, finally got around to checking it out on my box runs nice. one Q, I noticed that you left out openVAS any reason?


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text: Tim Hochberg wrote: > Eric Firing wrote: > >> Sasha wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 4/7/06, *Tim Hochberg* <tim.hochberg at cox.net >>> <mailto:tim.hochberg at cox.net>> wrote: >>> >>> ... >>> In general, I'm skeptical of adding more methods to the ndarray >>> object >>> -- there are plenty already. >>> >>> >>> I've also proposed to drop "fill" in favor of optimizing x[...] = >>> <scalar>. Having both "fill" and "filled" in the interface is plain >>> awkward. You may like the combined proposal better because it does >>> not change the total number of methods :-) >>> >>> >>> In addition, it appears that both the method and function >>> versions of >>> filled are "dangerous" in the sense that they sometimes return the >>> array >>> itself and sometimes a copy. >>> >>> >>> This is true in ma, but may certainly be changed. >>> >>> >>> Finally, changing ndarray to support masked array feels a bit >>> like the >>> tail wagging the dog. >>> >>> I disagree. 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(I would be delighted if I did not have to be concerned with missing values-they are a pain regardless of how well a numerical package handles them.) > >> As an oceanographer, I am solidly in the latter category. If good >> support for missing values is not built in, it has to be bolted on, >> and it becomes clunky and awkward. > > > This may be a false dichotomy. It's certainly not obvious to me that > this is so. At least if "bolted on" means "not adding a filled method to > ndarray". I probably overstated it, but I think we actually agree. I intended to lend support to the priority of making missing-value support as seamless and painless as possible. It will help some people, and not others. > >> I was reluctant to speak up about this earlier because I thought it >> was too much to ask of Travis when he was in the midst of putting >> numpy on solid ground. But I am delighted that missing value support >> has a champion among numpy developers, and I agree that now is the >> time to change it from "bolted on" to "integrated". > > > > I have no objection to ma support improving. In fact I think it would be > great although I don't forsee it helping me anytime soon. I also support > Sasha's goal of being able to mix MaskedArrays and ndarrays reasonably > seemlessly. > > However, I do think the situation needs more thought. Slapping filled > and mask onto ndarray is the path of least resistance, but it's not > clear that it's the best one. > > If we do decide we are going to add both of these methods to ndarray > (with filled returning a copy!), then it may worth considering making > ndarray a subclass of MaskedArray. Conceptually this makes sense, since > at this point an ndarray will just be a MaskedArray where mask is always > False. I think that they could share much of the implementation except > that ndarray would be set up to use methods that ignored the mask > attribute since they would know that it's always false. Even that might > not be worth it, since the check for whether mask is True/False is just > a pointer compare. > > It may in fact be best just to do away with MaskedArray entirely, moving > the functionality into ndarray. That may have performance implications, > although I don't seem them at the moment, and I don't know if there are > other methods/attributes that this would imply need to be moved over, > although it looks like just mask, filled and possibly filled_value, > although the latter looks a little dubious to me. > This is exactly the option that I was afraid to bring up because I thought it might be too disruptive, and because I am not contributing to numpy, and probably don't have the competence (or time) to do so. > Either of the above two options would certainly improve the quality of > MaskedArray. Copy for instance seems not to have been implemented, and > who knows what other dark corners remain unexplored here. > > There's a whole spectrum of possibilities here from ones that don't > intrude on ndarray at all to ones that profoundly change it. Sasha's > suggestion looks like it's probably the simplest thing in the short > term, but I don't know that it's the best long term solution. 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Ronald Walter Ossenberg, who was recently released from the Orange County jail, was pronounced dead at the scene, Lake County District Attorney Don Anderson said in a statement Friday.
A homeless Ossenberg, 52, made his way to Lake County after stealing a 2010 Toyota Camry from a lot in Fullerton on or before Oct. 15, Anderson stated.
Ossenberg reportedly had an extensive criminal history, which included crimes against police, domestic violence and drug offenses. He was a registered sex offender and had multiple charges, including car theft, and felony warrants pending, Anderson stated.
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POLICE have released CCTV images of two men who carried out a vicious attack inside a Stourbridge pub.
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A short time later, the man was again approached by the offender, now joined by a second man, who grabbed him around the throat and then struck him across the head with a wooden chair, causing him to fall to the floor, where he was repeatedly then kicked by both offenders.
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The 100th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup will be the biggest yet.
On Tuesday, U.S. Soccer announced that the 2013 U.S. Open Cup will include 68 team - the most in the modern era of the tournamant.
For the second-consecutive year all U.S. based Division I, II and III teams will participate in the tournament proper: 16 from Major League Soccer, six from the North American Soccer League and 12 from USL PRO.
The remaining 34 spots in the tournament field will be filled by amateur teams from the Adult Council category: 16 from the Premier Development League, eight from U.S. Adult Soccer Association regional qualifying, eight from the National Premier Soccer League, one from US Club Soccer and one from the United States Specialty Sports Association.
The Colorado Rapids and the other 15 U.S.-based MLS teams enter the tournament in the Third Round on May 28. Last year the Rapids enter the U.S. Open Cup proper for the first time since 2007, defeating the Tampa Bay Rowdies before losing to eventual winners, Sporting KC, in round of 16. The Rapids reached the final of the 1999 U.S. Open Cup only to lose to the Rochester Rhinos.
In 2013, home teams throughout the entire tournament will be determined by random selection, while the sites of the semifinals and finals will be determined by a coin flip rather than the previously used sealed-bid process. Colorado has played 26 of 30 all-time Open Cup and Open Cup play-in games on the road.
This year's tournament will begin with the Play-In Round to be completed by May 7 and will culminate with the tournament final on Oct. 1 or 2.
The U.S. Open Cup is an annual knockout tournament open to U.S. Soccer Federation affiliated teams at all levels and is played concurrently with the MLS regular season. The winner of America's oldest national soccer tournament gets an automatic entry in the CONCACAF Champions League. Sporting KC won the 2012 U.S. Open Cup by defeating three-time defending champions Seattle Sounders last fall on penalty kicks after tying 1-1 through overtime.
2013 Tournament Format and Match Dates:
Play-In Round
Number of Games: 2
Date: May 7
One NPSL team will take on the US Club Soccer representative, while a second NPSL team faces the USSSA representative.
First Round
Number of Games: 18
Date: May 14
Two winners from Play-In Round join remaining 30 Adult Council category teams and four USL PRO teams (Dayton Dutch Lions, Pittsburgh Riverhounds and expansion sides Phoenix FC Wolves and VSI Tampa Bay FC).
Second Round
Number of Games: 16
Date: May 21
Eighteen (18) winners from First Round join remaining eight USL PRO clubs and six NASL teams.
Third Round
Number of Games: 16
Date: May 28
Sixteen (16) winners from Second Round are paired against 16 MLS sides.
Fourth Round
Number of Games: 8
Date: June 12
Sixteen (16) winners from Third Round face each other.
Date: June 26
Fourth Round winners face each other.
Date: Aug. 7 or 21
Quarterfinal winners face each other.
Date: Oct. 1 or 2