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"Much Ado About Dust Mites"
March 4, 2011
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March 9, 2011
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"Clearing the Air on Allergies"
January 25, 2012
"All mattresses, box springs, pillows and comforters should be encased in well-sealed, tightly woven, microfiber 'mite-proof' covers from a reputable company, such as Mission: Allergy..."
"Making the Indoors Safer for Allergy Sufferers"
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The New Medical Menagerie
It's a jungle out there. And in here. We all know that animals play a role in medicine. But you may not have known what a wide range of animals are finding their way inside the human body–sometimes literally, in the form of transplanted tissue, but more often figuratively, in the way they help researchers develop treatments for humans. Our furry (and scaly, and feathered) friends are saving more lives, with each passing year. From apes to zebrafish, here's a slideshow of the new medical menagerie.DZ

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LAMBOURN trainer Nicky Henderson has welcomed efforts to restage Saturday's lost big races at alternative courses next weekend.
The exciting Sprinter Sacre was due to have his second outing of the season in the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot, but with Berkshire snowbound, the valuable two-mile event will now be held at Cheltenham's trials meeting on Saturday week.
Sprinter Sacre, who lit up the novice division and won the Arkle Trophy, has been confined to one start this term, in the Tingle Creek at Sandown, and needs match practice before he heads to the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase.
Henderson had Grandouet, another who needs runs under the belt after reappearing from a long absence when second to Zarkandar in the International Hurdle, entered in the StanJames.com Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock.
Talks are under way for the event, which featured a possible clash with Peddlers Cross, to be moved to Doncaster next Saturday.
"I'm pleased the Victor Chandler has moved to Cheltenham as he needs to run, and they are saying that hopefully the Haydock race will be saved as well," said Henderson, who has seen plenty of snow at his Seven Barrows yard.
"All the horses cantered this morning, the snow wasn't too heavy at the time but it's still coming down and there's more about now.
"I'll have to do a pitch inspection for the rest of the weekend."
The Victor Chandler Chase will be worth £70,000 thanks to a £40,000 contribution from the Horserace Betting Levy Board.
When run as a handicap, the race was held at Prestbury Park in 2005 when it was won through a tremendous weight-carrying effort by Well Chief.


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Hello Everybody,
My name is Tessa Henley. I am currently living in Wisconsin, USA. I am 20 years old and I am very interested in Buddhism. I read as much material as I can, and I started daily meditation last week. I absolutely want to commit to this education/philosophy/lifestyle, but I do have questions and would like to reach out to others that are more evolved than I. My first and largest question is how does one go about practicing Buddhism on a daily basis? Is it just meditation and following the Eightfold Path? I know and understand the Three Refuges also, but is there more out there that I'm not finding? I feel like I can meditate, follow the Eightfold Path, and take refuge in the Three Refuges, but I am not changing anything in my daily life (except meditationg everyday). I've read of a practice that chants 9 times a day to help stay focused. Are there any other practices to help keep everything in mind?
I apologize, I'm probably very overwhelming. I just am so curious and I really want to channel myself to Buddhism!
Thank you very very much in advance and I look forward to this journey with you all.
Tessa Henley


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Stanley Cup Playoffs
Western Conference
Game 1: Kings at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, SAP Center
TV: Fox Sports West; NBC Sports Network
1. Goaltending is always an issue in the playoffs, and during the regular season, come to think of it. The Kings figure to have a big advantage in goal no matter their opponent, no matter what's at stake. Jonathan Quick (27-17-4) failed to win 30 games for the first time in a full season in four years, but he's still a far more reliable playoff goalie than either of the Sharks' Antti Niemi or Alex Stalock.
2. Call it the Doughty Factor. Kings defenseman Drew Doughty suffered a shoulder injury during a game earlier this month against the Sharks and sat out the final four regular-season games. His return to health and effectiveness is critical to the Kings' ability to control the Sharks' top forwards, including the Joes – Thornton and Pavelski. Doughty told everyone who'd listen that he was ready to play.
The Match-up
SAN JOSE (51-22-9) vs. LOS ANGELES (46-38-8)
SEASON SERIES: Los Angeles won 3-1-1. The Kings took the closely contested series in the regular season, winning only once by more than a goal.
STORY LINE: In perhaps the first-round series with the most intensity, San Jose hopes home ice is an advantage after losing at Los Angeles in Game 7 of the second round last year. The Sharks got past the Kings in six games in their opening-round series four years ago.
SAN JOSE'S KEY PLAYER: Joe Pavelski. The do-it-all forward has had the best year of his eight-year career. He scored 41 goals 10 more than his previous career high and had 79 points to surpass what he did during the 2010-11 season by 13 points. The Sharks' leading scorer will have to produce against Jonathan Quick to help them advance.
L.A.'S KEY PLAYER: Anze Kopitar. The offensively challenged team needs its leading scorer from the past seven seasons to keep the goals coming against Antti Niemi in the series. When the pride of Slovenia was at his best in the playoffs, he had 20 points in 20 games to help the Kings hoist the Stanley Cup in 2012 for the first time in franchise history.
PREDICTION: Kings in 7.
— Larry Lage, The Associated Press
3. Call it the Gaborik Factor. The Kings struggle to score, you know it and everyone around the league knows it. Their game is not about flash and dash. So, when general manager Dean Lombardi traded for Marian Gaborik at the NHL trade deadline March 5, it raised a few eyebrows. Gaborik fit it very nicely in his 19 games after arriving from Columbus, clicking very well with Anze Kopitar.
4. Whether you call it grit, toughness or just straight-up violence, these teams play with a similar edge that makes other clubs wilt. When the Kings and Sharks crack each other into the boards, it results in some compelling action. The Kings are renowned for their bruising style of play, which carried them to the Western Conference finals last season and the Stanley Cup title in 2012.
5. The Sharks are on a mission. How many times have the Sharks showed Stanley Cup potential only to fizzle in the postseason and then head for an early vacation? Too many to count is the answer. Thornton and Co. aren't getting any younger and there is a sense around the league that the window might be closing on the Sharks' chances at hoisting Lord Stanley's cherished mug at long last.


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Father/son artists and creators John Romita & John Romita, Jr.
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Organizers of New York Comic-Con have revealed that celebrated father/son artists and creators John Romita and John Romita, Jr. will both be Keystone Guests of Honor at the next NYCC. The Romitas are the first guests to be announced for the 2010 convention which will now be co-located with the New York Anime Festival and will occupy the entire Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. The two shows, both of which are organized by the Reed Exhibitions Pop Culture Group, will take place October 8 – 10, 2010.
The announcement about the Romitas was made public at a special "One Year Out" bowling party at Bowlmor Lanes in New York City in honor of the fans, exhibitors, press, artists, creators and other loyal participants of NYCC who have helped make the convention a success since its debut in 2006. The announcement of their role as Keystone Guests of Honor comes exactly one year to the day before NYCC is set to open its doors on the occasion of its 5th Anniversary in 2010.
Convention officials also note that registration and ticket sales for New York Comic-Con have just gone live on the web site. Tickets for the event may be purchased at www.nycomiccon.com.


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This is an article discussion thread for discussing the SitePoint article, "Simplified Image Resizing with PHP"
didnt work for me that wayi had to put $wh = imageResize(...)and then print_r($wh);// in the same img tagthen it worked !!!
This is cheating, any idiot can modify the IMG tag width and height attributes. What I was looking for was a PHP script that would actually generate a new image at the requested resolution. Though to be fair you do say this at the bottom. Unfortunately this article came up as the first hit on my google search
This article was very helpfull for me!
I am not an expert in PHP so this was really the article that i was looking for.
Thank you to Greg Knox
Maybe I'm also going to use the 'getimagesize' function - but what I would like is that it only shows the 10 newest images from a folder - is this possible? Or that it shows randomly 10 pictures out of a folder... Appreciate any hints.
A big problem here is that you are loading the entre image, and incurring the bandwidth for it as well, when you could just be loading a thumbnail image that is a fraction of the size. Why load an 80kb image when you only need to load a 5kb image?
This is for craig34 YOu are correct however if the image is a hyperlinked thumbnail of the original and you have over 3000 images it is great. Having to resize all images (which takes up server space) and have it load two images...This is beter.
Thank you Greg Knox
The function can be rewritten for nonpercent values and different value for width and height
What you can do instead of using up bandwidth is have php resize the image before downloading it eg:<?php// File and new size$filename = 'test.jpg';$percent = 0.5;
// Content typeheader('Content-type: image/jpeg');
// Get new sizeslist($width, $height) = getimagesize($filename);$newwidth = $width * $percent;$newheight = $height * $percent;
// Load$thumb = imagecreate($newwidth, $newheight);$source = imagecreatefromjpeg($filename);
// Resizeimagecopyresized($thumb, $source, 0, 0, 0, 0, $newwidth, $newheight, $width, $height);
// Outputimagejpeg($thumb);?>
Here is a function which is simpler to call and doesnt mix the PHP and IMG tags.
<?php function imageResize($image, $target, $alt=NULL) {
//Gets the width and height of the image and outputs it as $theimage0 and $theimage1$theimage = getimagesize($image);$width = $theimage[0];$height = $theimage[1];
//takes the larger size of the width and height and applies the formula accordingly...this is so this script will work dynamically with any size image
if ($width > $height) { $percentage = ($target / $width); } else { $percentage = ($target / $height); }
//gets the new value and applies the percentage, then rounds the value $width = round($width * $percentage); $height = round($height * $percentage);
//Returns the new sizes inside an image tag so you can call it with "imageResize("images/sock001.jpg", "Some alt text", $target)"
echo ""; }?>
<!- Now, you can simply use your imageResize function instead of mixing up your PHP with an IMG tag -->
<?php imageResize("images/sock001.jpg", 50, "Oh what a beautiful sock"); ?>
In the above article Posted by: DatraxMada , following
$width = $theimage; $height = $theimage;
should ble like this ;
$width = $theimage[0]; $height = $theimage[1];
hi all,
in DatraxMada code, the following
$width = $theimage;
$height = $theimage;
the $theimage is an array, therefore
the code should be changed to this
$width = $theimage[0];
$height = $theimage[1];
Chris Davidsen
Are you people sure that the code is:
$width = $theimage;$height = $theimage;
and not:
I'm seriously lost... help!!!!
I tried the above article out, but found that it was not working that well for me. I've included an updated script that works really well for me. By the way, forgive me by the messiness of the code - I was in a rush!
// Max width/height of image.
$maxImgXY = "125";
// Grab image details
$arrFileSize = getimagesize("filename");
// Check if both sides of image exceed allowable proportions.
if($arrFileSize[0] < $maxImgXY && $arrFileSize[1] < $maxImgXY) {
$imgWidth = $arrFileSize[0];
$imgHeight = $arrFileSize[1];
else {
// Find the largest side (width/height).
if($arrFileSize[0] > $arrFileSize[1]) {
$imgLarge = $arrFileSize[0];
$imgWidth = $maxImgXY;
// Divide that side by the maximum size allowed.
$aspectRatio = $imgLarge / $maxImgXY;
// Determine size of remaining side (height) using the result above.
$imgHeight = round($arrFileSize[1] / $aspectRatio);
else {
$imgLarge = $arrFileSize[1];
$imgHeight = $maxImgXY;
// Divide that side by the maximum size allowed.
$aspectRatio = $imgLarge / $maxImgXY;
// Determine size of remaining side (width) using the result above.
$imgWidth = round($arrFileSize[0] / $aspectRatio);
The problem in the original code is this line:
<img src="images/sock001.jpg" <?php imageResize($mysock[0],$mysock[1], 150); ?>>
You need to print the results of the function call rather than just call the function. So it would end up looking like this:
<img src="images/sock001.jpg" <?php print imageResize($mysock[0],$mysock[1], 150); ?>>
Can you explain how you would use this if you were grabbing the images from the images folder and then printing them into a results table?
show us how to resize the image and make it a smaller file size, ya bum!
Thanks so much for this! I was looking for ages for a soltion to my problem (how to resize images on the fly to use as thumbnails).
just what i was looking for
Haha. To resize the image and make it a smaller filesize, use a free program like "Irfanview". You can choose to resample the image for better quality, and compress the image at varying percentages to achieve truly miniscule filesizes!
This article was amazing, thanks! =D
This isn't code I want to find, it work but it's size is same when i get thumbnail


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How many milliliters in 1 half cup?
The answer is 118.29411874622.
Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results.
Use this page to learn how to convert between milliliters and half cup.
Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
You can do the reverse unit conversion from half cup to milliliters, or enter any two units below:
The millilitre (ml or mL, also spelled milliliter) is a metric unit of volume that is equal to one thousandth of a litre. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with the International Systems of Units (SI). It is exactly equivalent to 1 cubic centimetre (cm³, or, non-standard, cc).
ConvertUnits.com provides an online conversion calculator for all types of measurement units. You can find metric conversion tables for SI units, as well as English units, currency, and other data. Type in unit symbols, abbreviations, or full names for units of length, area, mass, pressure, and other types. Examples include mm, inch, 100 kg, US fluid ounce, 6'3", 10 stone 4, cubic cm, metres squared, grams, moles, feet per second, and many more!


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More Pain in Store for Restaurants
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few days, you probably know the stock market is focused on the "fiscal cliff" and what it may or may not mean. That, of course, hinges on whether Washington's left and the right come together to hammer out an acceptable deal. Given the history we've witnessed over the last few years, this is what we call "a show-me story" in the eyes of the stock market. In other words, not only will we not believe it until we see it, but it really depends on what the deal ultimately comprises.
As I wrote in my most recent Week Ahead piece, between now and the point when a prospective deal is made, companies will hope for the best but plan for the worst. That means freezing spending and hiring, planning for job cuts and revisiting forward-looking forecasts. As the "fiscal cliff" makes the rounds in financial and mainstream headlines and becomes the topic du jour of the talking heads, consumers will view that as a warning and with a healthy dose of fear. Much like the stock market, consumers are not fans of uncertainty, and odds are that this means the overall group will pare back spending near-term. ...373 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Blood Glycan Biomarkers in Women With Stage IV Breast Cancer
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President's day 2012 is another reminder of Obama's ongoing failure to be the rhetorically inspiring leader that climate hawks had hoped for. So here's some material from my forthcoming book on messaging.
I think science has mostly told us what it can about the urgent need to act swiftly and strongly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid destroying the planet's livability for the next several hundred years (see "An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Global Warming Impacts: How We Know Inaction Is the Gravest Threat Humanity Faces").
Yes, more observations and more analysis are valuable — and I will keep reporting on the ever-worsening climate outlook — but right now we need much more persuasiveness (see Why scientists aren't more persuasive, Part 1). As James Hansen says, we are still waiting for our climate Churchill.
One of Churchill's defining characteristics was his mastery of rhetoric. Indeed, at the age of 22 he wrote a brilliant, unpublished essay, "The Scaffolding of Rhetoric so." But this is the day we remember Lincoln, so I'm going to rerun Part 1 of my series on Lincoln's mastery of rhetoric, the 25-century-old art of influencing both the hearts and minds of listeners with the figures of speech. If you have any doubt about the importance of the figures to Lincoln, consider this:
In a famous 1858 speech, Lincoln paraphrased Jesus, saying "A house divided against itself cannot stand," and he extended the house metaphor throughout the speech. His law partner, William Herndon, later wrote that Lincoln had told him he wanted to use "some universally known figure [of speech] expressed in simple language "¦ that may strike home to the minds of men in order to raise them up to the peril of the times."
The best textbook on the figures of speech in the English language, other than the King James Bible, is the complete works of Shakespeare.
The Bard and his audience knew and used over two hundred figures of speech. The figures-the catalog of the different, effective ways that we talk-turn out to "constitute basic schemes by which people conceptualize their experience and the external world," as one psychologist put it.
Elizabethans like Shakespeare learned the figures the hard way. William likely attended the town grammar school from age seven to at least age thirteen. Grammar schools got their name because they taught grammar-Latin grammar. The schooling was intensive: ten hours a day, six days a week, thirty-six weeks a year.
The amount of repetition was staggering: Every single hour of instruction required, according to one sixteenth-century schoolmaster, six or more hours of exercises to apply the lesson to both speaking and writing. Much of the curriculum was rhetoric since the Elizabethans saw eloquence as the greatest skill to be acquired and rhetoric as the key to the Bible and literature. The teaching strategy was systematic: "First learn the figures, secondly identify them in whatever you read, thirdly use them yourself." Hour after hour after hour, identifying every figure in Ovid or Cicero, then creating your own versions.
How did students respond to such rigorous teaching? C. S. Lewis says we must imagine the following mindset of would-be Elizabethan poets: "Your father, your grown-up brother, your admired elder school fellow all loved rhetoric. Therefore you loved it, too. You adored sweet Tully [Marcus Tullius Cicero] and were as concerned about asyndeton and chiasmus [figures of speech] as a modern schoolboy is about county cricketers or types of aeroplanes."
Nineteenth-century America lacked the rigorous teaching of the rhetoric of Shakespeare's day, but orators were widely admired, entertaining large audiences-and larger readerships-with speeches that lasted over two hours and that might be printed in a local newspaper, the text often filling the entire front page. This was the golden age of American oratory, the age of Daniel Webster, of Henry Clay, of Stephen Douglas, and of Abraham Lincoln.
In modern times, with multiple media to entertain ourselves with-television, movies, radio, the Internet, video games, iPods-we can hardly imagine what it was like to live at a time when public speeches and debates were a primary form of entertainment. One 1858 audience, after sitting through three hours of Lincoln and Douglas debating, actually went out to hear another speech. Lincoln himself, after his first debate with Douglas that year, headed off to hear another speech.
Lincoln, a master orator, debater, and rhetorician, was the most consciously rhetorical of our presidents. He once incisively attacked an opponent for employing a particular metaphor-using a metaphor of his own: "I wish gentlemen on the other side to understand that the use of degrading figures [of speech] is a game at which they may not find themselves able to take all the winnings."
In Lincoln's day, aspiring preachers, lawyers, and politicians were taught some rhetoric in college, though they would have learned much just from their study of the Bible. Lincoln worked hard to teach himself elocution and grammar.
Lincoln studied the great speechmakers of his time, like Daniel Webster, as well the great Elizabethan speechmaker. At an early age, he appears to have studied William Scott's Lessons in Elocution, which ends with forty-nine speeches from life and art, nineteen from Shakespeare, including a number that he memorized, such as the soliloquy by King Claudius on the guilt he feels for having murdered Hamlet's father. At the age of twenty-three, Lincoln walked six miles to get a copy of Samuel Kirkham's English Grammar, which ends with a several-page discussion of the figures of speech.
Lincoln continued his passion for poetry and Shakespeare throughout his entire life. He spent hours reading passages from Shakespeare to his personal secretary John Hay and the artist F. B. Carpenter. After seeing one performance of Henry IV Part One, Lincoln debated Hay on the meaning and emphasis of a single phrase of Falstaff's. During the painting of "Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation," Carpenter describes Lincoln reciting Claudius's 36-line speech in Hamlet "from memory, with a feeling and appreciation unsurpassed by anything I ever witnessed upon the stage."
The one figure of speech discussed in both Kirkham's book (briefly) and Scott's book (with three full pages of examples) is antithesis-placing words or ideas in contrast or opposition, such as Lord Chesterfield's quip, "The manner of speaking is as important as the matter," or Shakespeare's
Cowards die many times before their deaths,The valiant never taste of death but once."
This became one of Lincoln's favorite figures, in unforgettable lines such as "the world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here" and "with malice toward none; with charity for all."
Part 2 looks at Lincoln's use of the figure of irony, Part 3 at his use of metaphor, and Part 4 at how he framed his picture-perfect Gettysburg Address with extended metaphor.
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Congrats to President Barack Obama on his second term. Check out how this 3D cardboard portrait was made after the jump!
Via MyModernMet.
Michael Murphy, an artist known for his multi-layered sculptures, has unveiled a new sculpture that he created for TIME Magazine. This 8′ x 6′ x 7′ sculpture of President Barack Obama, composed of cardboard, was made to commemorate TIME Magazine's annual Person of the Year issue (for their iPad edition). 66 hand-cut cardboard plates compose an organized, graphic portrait of Obama when looked at straight on. When the viewer walks around the sculpture, each layer is viewed as a separate piece; the edges of the cardboard layers are painted in red and blue to indicate the electoral divide. Murphy states, "The goal with this piece was to capture Barack Obama's essence in a way that formally referenced the current political climate in America and offered a tactile glimpse at the divide between its two dominant political parties… In the distortion, viewers are encouraged to see the red and blue edges of the plates as indications of the electoral divides. From the side, the forward momentum of the piece, as it protrudes out into space suggests growth, progress, movement, and the partisan divide."


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I have a few videos for everyone to look at and see if they can see what I'm doing wrong. a little background. Ive been playing about a year and I really started playing a lot and practicing at the beginning of the season...March timeframe probably. I probably average throws in the 250 265 range..sometimes I keep the disc flat but also sometimes it goes nose up and crashes left. I get no snap and I feel like I'm never in the power zone . These videos are a little older but I haven't really changed much since then. I'm trying to think of what else I've caught myself doing....lately I've been trying to work on timing because I also think I'm strongarming and pulling too early....hence the nose up issue I think. Nothing seems to help though....no matter what I try I don't get anymore distance...I throw about the same if tis a mid or a driver and it doesn't really matter if I do a run up or not....
I have a few different videos to focus on different angles. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Full run up
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What we learned Saturday afternoon while watching Michigan stay calm in the face of VCU's Havoc defense and drive past the Rams, 78-53, to open play in the NCAA Tournament's Round of 32:
MORE: Interactive 2013 NCAA Tournament bracket | Saturday's scoreboard
McGary makes Michigan a contender
Mitch McGary, the freshman center, doesn't dominate the ball—that'll come next year—but he does everything other little thing to make the Wolverines a challenger to win the national title.
For now, he's the glue, the muscle that makes this team "tournament tough."
He sets picks with authority (just ask Briante Weber how he's feeling) to free up Glenn Robinson III to drive the lane or to create space for Tim Hardaway Jr. or Nik Stauskas to launch 3s or for Trey Burke to do all of the above. He's a tireless worker on the boards, too. He's lacks great athleticism but is quick to slide into driving lanes to draw charges.
"I guess I kind of have a football mentality," McGary told reporters. "I played it growing up, but that's just my mentality, just hard-nosed, blue-collar guy who likes to do the nitty-gritty stuff."
McGary is smart, too. He knows when to spin and slide to the rim, giving his drivers good lanes to pass the ball when the help defense converges on the ball. And he can shoot with either hand on the block, when Burke and Hardaway and the other stars can't get free.
Oh, and he just might be the best outlet passer we've seen since Wes Unseld. Matter of fact, he's built a lot like Unseld, too, with a hard-edged game like the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer.
McGary finished Saturday's game with 21 points (on just 11 shots) and 14 rebounds, including four on the offensive glass.
"This is a very high-IQ team that can pick up things very quickly," Michigan coach John Beilein said. "Everybody that played in the game, even the guys that did not play, just responded beautifully in the way we want Michigan to respond in these situations."
Burke is great (even when he isn't)
Point guards are like football quarterbacks, in that it doesn't matter so much about their stat line so much as the "W" or "L."
Yes, he had seven turnovers. But his team won by XX points.
The fact he kept his turnovers to single-digits against VCU's all-pressure defense should be a point of pride. The Rams were in Burke's grill from the opening tip. They pressed, they trapped, they clutched and grabbed, they pushed and shoved, they dove for the dribble on back-tips and help-side defenders were always jumping in Burke's lane.
Through all the chaos, the All-American point guard kept his team calm and collected and focused. Yes, he had those seven turnovers, but he hit 6-of-14 shots for 18 points, handed out seven assists and guided his team into the Sweet 16 with as uncomfortable win as a 25-point blowout can be.
VCU needs its defense to score
The Rams come at opponents in waves and waves and count on a plethora of open-court steals to turn turnovers into baskets on the other end. They force, on average, 20 turnovers a game.
But VCU couldn't hit shots, meaning they couldn't deploy their full-court press as often and thus couldn't force as many open-court turnovers.
VCU shot only 39.7 percent from the field, 3-of-16 from 3-point range. The Rams had a ton of open looks in the first half, when the game was decided, but couldn't convert, hitting only 10-of-33 shots in the half.
"Certainly in retrospect it wasn't a very good matchup," Rams coach Shaka Smart said. "The credit for that goes to Michigan. I don't think that we, for whatever reason, had great bounce today and energy. Our guys tried. They always do, but I think what Michigan was able to do to us early on and us missing some easy shots around the basket and maybe some outside looks we'd normally make, that may have contributed to our spirit not being quite where it needed to be."
Troy Daniels is the team's lone true shooter, and he was off his game Saturday. He missed his first six 3-point attempts and was only 1-for-9 overall when the game was decided. He finished with seven points.
Michigan, to its credit, focused on perimeter defense and limiting offensive rebounds. And VCU couldn't take advantage. They often made the extra pass, got the open shot, but couldn't knock it down.


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QANTAS and the pilots' union have until February to sign off on a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) under a deadline imposed by the industrial watchdog.
The Fair Work Commission on Thursday gave the airline and the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) until February 12 to agree on a draft workplace determination and any areas of disagreement so it can be settled by the watchdog.
The parties have been warring over conditions they want in what was to be a four-year agreement, during a lengthy dispute in which Fair Work last year ordered the termination of industrial action by pilots who wanted job security provisions included.
At the height of the dispute in 2011 the airline grounded its entire fleet.
Qantas says it is in the public interest that the EBA enables rather than inhibits its ability to respond to competitive pressures and remain successful in a competitive global environment.
AIPA acting president Nathan Safe said the Fair Work determination on Thursday showed the strategy of the airline's chief executive Alan Joyce of "all-out industrial war" had been futile.
Even when the warring parties finally sign off on the EBA, it will only remain in force until it expires in December 2014. Then they will have to start again.
"We know that Qantas's PR department will be out there attempting to spin this as some sort of win for Alan Joyce and his militant strategy, but the fact is that Fair Work Australia has basically told everyone to go back to the drawing board and start again next year," Mr Safe said.
He said the situation should never have got to this point and the industrial battle was entirely avoidable, with pilots open to negotiation.
"Yet thanks to the approach of this current management, everyone has been forced to punch themselves out, nobody got a result, and we're now scheduled to do it all again next year," he said.
"There have been no winners out of this debacle, and the biggest loser has been the flying kangaroo."
Qantas spokeswoman Olivia Wirth said Fair Work had endorsed the airline's right to manage its business.
"The dispute was always about Qantas retaining the right to manage its business and retaining the flexibility we need in a competitive industry like aviation," Ms Wirth said.
"The union's claims that would have significantly impacted management prerogative, were rejected.
"Had the union been successful with its claims, including its so-called job security claims, it would have meant that over time Qantas would not be financially viable."
Ms Wirth said Fair Work had accepted evidence of the financial position of the international operation and industry evidence of the competitive environment in which Qantas operated.
"Qantas also achieved a number of productivity improvements and flexibilities.
"We are pleased that our long-haul pilots have certainty, and will receive pay rises."
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Flylady suggests running a load of laundry a day. I find this works pretty well for me. Or I'll run two loads one day, then wait a day or two and run two loads again. Since my sorter and washer/dryer are in the garage, I can put a load in when I head out for the morning, move the batch to the dryer when I come home, and then fold when I have time in the afternoon or evening. By working it into my daily routine like that, I do not have to be at home for a "laundry day" to get all our family's clothes clean, thus freeing up my schedule and ensuring we always have clean clothes to wear!
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What do you think -- is this company going to survive and thrive? Are they looking to expand their staff, or do you think layoffs are inevitable?
How does Public Storage stack up against the competition?
Anonymous in Vancouver, Washington
127 months ago
Unfortunately, PS is a farce. The management team really have their heads in the sand. The communication between corporate and the field is spotty at best. No one really knows what's going on. Just try and get an answer from anyone (like benefits/HR) and you'll see what I mean.
They treat their property managers like the dirt under their nails. The pay sucks and don't even ask about the benefits. A PM I know had to pay 5k out of their OWN POCKET for surgery. There is no promotional opportunities for PMs at all. As the Operations President himself said.."It's a dead end job",
The District Managers are expected to work 60-70 hours per week MINIMUM. Upper management frowns upon "family time" and considers it a nuisance. While the DM pay is pretty good to start, things quickly wear down and one gets sick of it. The DMs are constantly moaning about the workload.
IMO..stay away from PS
IMO..they reel you in with a good comp package as a
Eileen in Amherst, New Hampshire
123 months ago
Host said: What do you think -- is this company going to survive and thrive? Are they looking to expand their staff, or do you think layoffs are inevitable?
I used to work for Public Storage. The pay is substandard 10.00 an hr. Wouldn't be so bad but you have to run the whole place by yourself. Lot's of responsibility for the money. Also, the benifits are horrible for reg managers. The big wheels have the good insurance, you don't.Lot's of turnover.(even my boss is gone).. As far as them lasting, there a big outfit.Trouble with them is there CEO just made himself well over 1 million last year,and cut everyone else's benifits.. Rate one to ten to work for. 2....
122 months ago
They are ate up with greed, it will come back to haunt them eventually. Employee turnover is about 400%, they sell wrong units all the time, lie, cheat, steal. I know someone who is a vender for PS and they owe him at least 25,000 dollars, but you have to sign a master agreement agreeing not to sue them for anything at all in order to get on their vendor list. They treat their employees like total garbage and use them up then throw them away. Founder Bradley Wayne Hughes has a net worth of over 3.5 billion, and they are still cutting hrs and benefits and claim to be in the red. I know of one property in the DFW metroplex that generates 500,000 per month! That's half a million. They constantly lose vendors for non payment.
tressa in California
113 months ago
This company is a joke. The news is all over a certain discount store for not treating it's employee's good. Well Public Storage is in the same boat. 8/hr. for a Property Manager. A discount plan for benefits. No ability to take vacation or sick days. This company treats everyone like crap. The biggest complaint is from Senior management foring The Property Managers to force Insurance and lock for each rental other wise the manager will be fired. (atleast that is what I am constantly being threatened with.) If I would have known that this company had no morals and expected the property managers do do illegal immoral acts and then not back them up I would never have set foot anywhere near this company.This company does not pay it's vendors ontime, but expects it's rent to be paid ontime otherwise tenants will face late fees, lien fees and the sale of their goods. Rent increases happen every 6 mos. to a year and nothing happens to improve the property. Those on top just keep getting richer and richer. Seems a little like a pyramid scheme.
leenyak in Milford, New Hampshire
113 months ago
As a former Property Mgr, I totally agree with you. My D.M and everyone I worked with have all left the company. Since I have worked there all the bonuses for managers were taken away, and alot of the benefits. The CEO has given himself a 1 Million dollar bonus last year.. Your right, Public Storage never paid there bills. We even had our lights turned off!!!! Too bad- its' turned into a scanky outfit!
Lee in Colorado Springs, Colorado
113 months ago
I used to work for PS in California. Their Call Centers in Arizona and California pay the highest in the industry, they have wonderful benefits and the employee recognition lunches are great. It is like being part of a big extended family.
tressa in California
113 months ago
I emailed my DM yesterday about the relief manager who works at the property I manage on my days off. He did a rental for cash and then turned around a reversed the payment and posted a check that belonged to another tenant and also purchased a house pack. Then he reversed it for cash so now my petty cash is low. My DM responded that I needed to talk to the relief manager and get the money issue settled. When did it become my responsibility to discipline the relief manager who works at my property?
leenyak in Milford, New Hampshire
113 months ago
It isn't!! When I worked there as a manager, we couldn't hire or fire. That is the DMS job.. Sounds like your DM is trying to pass the buck. By ALL means, if you have to, go over his head. You could get the blame for this!!
leenyak in Milford, New Hampshire
113 months ago
I worked as a Property Manager in NH for them. I worked by myself in a 800 unit facility.. The wage was 10.00 per hr. I did receive Bonuses,but I heard that is all changed now. Benefits??The insurance was horrible for Managers, and you couldn't afford it. Only the big wheels got the good insurance. If your happy working at there call center, good for you..Another thing-- watch your paycheck, they don't like to pay what they owe you..
Corie in Metro Atlanta, Georgia
113 months ago
For those of you who worked for PS, how much did you actually make with bonus? There current job postings still 'tout' plus bonus potential - what the heck does that mean? I was about to apply but I'm glad I found these comments. At least I will know what I'm getting into. If the pay (with bonus) is decent enough I'll do it temporarily for the experience and because I need at least some income coming in until I find something better.
So, what is the 'bonus potential' - how much do you actually make with the bonus?
How often do they pay? Weekly, bi-weekly, bi-monthly, etc?
Anything else you can tell me would be greatly appreciated.
leenyak in Milford, New Hampshire
113 months ago
When I worked at PS only the Managers got the Bonuses. It goes on how many units you sell.I did prety well. I have talked to a manager there now and they said all the Bonuses were changed so everyone gets them.. No- Way do you get very much..Training was for about one Month.You got paid every two weeks, however, watch your paycheck hrs... I had to travel over 50 miles for the interview.Hope this answers,some of your questionss. Good Luck
tressa in California
113 months ago
The bonuses are a joke. They are based on the performance of the district. They are awardered bi-monthly on the second pay check of the month. It can range from 2/hr, 1/hr, .50/hr or 0/hr. depending on the number of hours you work. The bonus is based on delinquency, show-up, imcome/outgo of a property. There is a 25 dollar Christmas bonus. The properties are open every day except Christmas, Thanksging, and New Years Day. The Properties do not close early the day before a holiday. There is no holiday pay. It's just the normaly hourly rate. Mileage reimbursement is iffy. Sometimes the company reimburses for miles other times they send you 6o miles one way without reimbursement. That really can eat up a paycheck fast. Watch your pay check for the correct hours. A lot of DM's are being fired over changing the hours without approval of the employee. Don't count on being able to use time off. Even if it is requested a year in advance and you are told you have the time off a lot can change.
leenyak in Milford, New Hampshire
113 months ago
They must really have a lousy CEO now.. People are out of work and these clowns are getting away with anything they want.. Sickening isn't it??
chris65 in Millersville, Maryland
112 months ago
Everything that has been posted about Public Storage is so right
cornfedbloo in Vienna, Virginia
110 months ago
I have applied for a DM position. Do they offer company cars? What are the downsides to being a DM? Do they force you to keep a home office? Do they provide a cell and laptop?
tressa in California
110 months ago
PS does not provide a company car. gas reimbursement is iffy.In California your are paid from your starting property and not your home. You will have to do a lot of driving. altleast in California my DM goes around to all 11 properties in his district. they are very spread out some as far as 40 miles apart. My DM now works Saturdays which is good becuase issues don't just happen m-f. yes to cell phone reimbursement. Medical coverage is just as bad as the PM coverage.(non existent). They provide you with a laptop. Most DM's have a home office so they can do payroll after hours. Payroll is done every night after the offices close. Good luck getting your reimbusements on time pay roll does not always pay you ontime. I have gone 3 weeks instead of 2 without a paycheck.
Tanya NC in Clayton, North Carolina
110 months ago
I'd only been working for Public Storage for almost 6 months now. Before starting working for them, I had an interview with the DM, he told me the pay was $9.00 an hour, but I told him it said 9.50 an hour in careerbuilder , still have it in my account under careerbuilder that it says 9.50 and hour. I told him that and he said he will check into that for me. As far as I am concerned he lied to me. He emailed me and told me that the company was going to deduct the .50 cents out of my second check because they made a mistake and paid me 9.50 and hour and not 9:00 an hour. I don't care working for a company that do not pay, but the insurance has to be good. I found out that the insurance actually sucks out loud! What the hell is wrong with these people! They ask alot and not give anything! This company is a joke. If coporates benefits are alot better than ours then that should tell us something, just company picks and chooses who they think are better than us lower guys, the ones who are actually making the money for them.
Sickandtired in Rhome, Texas
110 months ago
This company is eat completely up with greed! The founder Bradley Hughes is worth over 4.1 billion dollars and it's still just not quite enough. Everyone from the DM's up are corrupt, they will break it off in you the employees, the vendors, or the customer every chance they get, because there are financial incentives for them to do so. Upper management is not accountable for anything, they pass the blame, lie, cover up, intimidate, cheat, and steal at every possible opportunity. I personally know some damn good people that have tried to work for these pricks, and no matter how efficient they run things, no matter how honest they are, it is never good enough, even with 100% occupancy rate, 0 delinquant past due accounts, ultra clean and organized properties, low maintenance expenses, they are constantly dumped on. They are notorious for not paying their vendors and for shorting their employees checks. This company is an embarrassment to corporate America and the United States! They need to be investigated by the FBI! I could go on and on, there is no end to their madness yet they continue to grow and make billions of dollars, much of it by just not paying people and passing the blame when questioned about it. If you rent from them and your stuff gets stolen or damaged, you might as well grab your ankles because their insurance will bend you over and, well you know......... The property managers cannot legally sell you insurance in Tx and probably many other states, because they are not licensed insurance agents, (please check into this) this is one way they can get out of paying a claim. Pretty slick huh? One friend of mine used to be a vendor for them until he kept not getting paid for work he did, one day a PM discovered that a DM had been deleting his invoices in their computer system, ultimately to the tune of over $20,000 dollars. He is then rewarded by PS INC. $$$ for keeping expenses low! Wake up America!
Tanya NC in Raleigh, North Carolina
110 months ago
Thank you very much for your answer.....It made my decision, I feel like I got to wait forever for a paycheck, twice a damn month. This past month it was a day late.nI have been working on getting my continue credits for my Cosmetology License for this year and been a little behind and couldn't work doing that. I wanted to give Public Storage a chance, but I really need better insurance than what they have to offer.
wambulance in Dallas, Texas
110 months ago
...and now for the good.
Yes, the pay is rather low but the job is so easy, a caveman can do it. It's a simple, easy job. The worst part is trying to get numbers up at the end of the month by playing bill collector.
The way to really benefit from working for PS is to be an on-site property manager. This means you take a cut in pay in exchange for living on site with all bills paid. I do this and get 7.25/hr. + a 2 bedroom apartment all bills paid (except tv and internet, but water, electric, trash is paid).
On top of that, the live on site arrangement is not taxable income. When I filed taxes I looked into this and there is a stipulation on income in regard to this. IF the residence is located at the business, AND is for the convenience of the employer, AND is a condition of employment, then you do not report it as income. The contract with PS states all of these conditions, so there's over $12,000 a year that I'm getting untaxed.
Even better, the bonuses. My district finishes first tier every quarter and my bonus is close to $1,000 every three months. So, that's 7.25/hr, + 1000 every 3 months, + I don't pay rent or utilities, not to mention I save gas by not having to drive to work.
If I went to work elsewhere, I'd have to make a ridiculous amount of money just to break even in the same situation, and deal with traffic, paying bills, etc.
"What do you think -- is this company going to survive and thrive?"
Well, they're the biggest in the business and expanding. Their chances are better than anyone else's.
110 months ago
Well, you just haven't been there long enough, just give it a little time. As for non-taxable income, just monkey with the IRS and see what they can do. As for living on the property, you should get plenty of drunk, last minute idiots banging on your windows after hrs, holidays, and weekends. Peeking in on your woman or man or both of you. Locked in the property becuase they tailgated someone in trying to get their stuff after hrs and skip out on their rent. They will want you to cut their lock because they claim they lost their key when in reality they are having a fight with their spouse and want to get all the good stuff out first before the other one gets out of jail, (you, the PM can't legally cut locks by the way) They will always argue to no end that they already paid their rent when their gate code doesn't work. (because they haven't paid) Since you live on the property, you should be ok with doing much of the needed maintenance on the property, if you were a good employee, you should be happy to do this, off the clock after hrs of course to keep expenses down. Little things like installing new springs on the doors, painting the hallways, changing light bulbs, clean out abandoned units, fixing fence cuts, cut grass, roof leaks, painting etc. They love employees that own pickups, and have all their own tools, hint hint.. After all, you live there, so why not go the extra mile and be a company man??? I know a staunch, old school German who ran his property with an iron fist, No smoking anywhere on the property, no use of the dumpster at all, no cursing, no speeding, overlocked the day after rent was due, NO BS, no after hrs gate opening, if you got locked in, you spent the night, his property ran like a well oiled machine with 100% occupancy and no dead beats, and they fired him for some stupid technicality. His property was immaculate, the best in the DFW metroplex. There is no loyality to the PM's. Get out while you still have your saniy!
110 months ago
This PM that they fired is about 71 yrs old and used to manage the property on 14th st in Plano Tx. He is one hell of a man. It's just a matter of time before you get a belly full of their crap. You'd be better off picking up aluminum cans... The last time I checked, I can't own, insure and maintain a car for 7.25 hr even if I lived at home, and you sure as hell can't buy your woman something nice. Don't tell me you don't need a car since you live there. As for being an easy job, There is a property in Dallas Tx that has 1,100 doors on it, and you are expected to make a lock check everyday twice a day, do you know how long it takes to walk around alone and check 2,200 locks? Of would you just sign off on the checklist that it was done? You just haven't been there long enough.
wambulance in Dallas, Texas
110 months ago
"As for non-taxable income, just monkey with the IRS and see what they can do."
Nobody is monkeying with the IRS. As a matter of fact, the tax break for live on site individuals is on the irs website. It's their own statute.
"Since you live on the property, you should be ok with doing much of the needed maintenance on the property, if you were a good employee, you should be happy to do this, off the clock after hrs of course to keep expenses down. Little things like installing new springs on the doors, painting the hallways, changing light bulbs, clean out abandoned units, fixing fence cuts, cut grass, roof leaks, painting etc."
Nope. We have people we call to do all of that.
"The last time I checked, I can't own, insure and maintain a car for 7.25 hr even if I lived at home, and you sure as hell can't buy your woman something nice."
Are you kidding me? 7.25/hr + 1000 every 3 months with no bills isn't enough to own a car?
Nah, I won't tell you I don't own a car because that would be dishonest. As a matter of fact, I have 2, one of which is a 2001 BMW 740i. To top it off, for the first time in my life I've paid for my full coverage insurance on both vehicles all at once for the discount, instead of month to month.
If you can't live on 7.25/hr + bonus after all bills are paid and you aren't even driving to work, then you're doing something wrong, not public storage.
wambulance in Dallas, Texas
110 months ago
From IRS website;
Fringe Benefit Exclusion Rules
There are certain fringe benefits that are not subject to federal income tax withholding. Also in some cases they are not subject to social security, Medicare or federal unemployment tax and are not reported on Form W-2. Exclusion Rules apply to the following fringe benefits:
* Accident and health benefits
wambulance in Dallas, Texas
110 months ago
You got me thinking, so I decided to add up the numbers to see what it would I would have to make elsewhere to break even with what I have now. Let's have an in depth look, shall we?
First of all, rent. Let's go easy and just say $800 for the same floor space (although it's going to be in a seedy part of town to get this much space for $800, but we're just talking numbers here, quality of life is another issue). So, rent 800.
For electric, we'll say 150. However, I know we're using more than that now if we were paying in. 3 computers on all the time, big screen tv, nintendo wii, tv in child's room, ac on all day for this terribly hot texas summer. On the other hand, I could cut back drastically and get by on $150/month for electric, again by sacrificing quality of life but again we're just looking at the numbers.
Let's say also that I'm lucky and work is really close, so I only spend $20/week on gas. $80 month for gas. Now let's just say water and trash is $50 altogether.
That comes to additional expenses of $1080/ month which would mean that I need to make $14.75/hour if I'm only working 36 hours/week like I am now. But uh oh, one small problem.
Making $14.75/hour means that I'm going to be in a federal income tax bracket a full 11% higher than I am now. So actually, to pay the taxes on those wages and still break even, I need to make $16.54/hour.
wambulance in Dallas, Texas
110 months ago
But wait a minute, we didn't even count bonus, only base pay. Say I got 2.07/hour for the bonus making top tier, with the taxes for THAT as well, it brings it to roughly $2.27 which means that I need to make $18.81 to be where I'm at now in income.
So I'd have to get another job starting at $18.81, drive to work in traffic everyday, and live in a toxic waste part of town all the while watching my time running the AC or watching television for no gain at all. If picking up aluminum cans is a better option, please tell me where you're getting enough cans to make $20+/hour after expenses so I can get started.
Sickandtired in Killeen, Texas
110 months ago
How long have you been with the company?
Sickandtired in Killeen, Texas
110 months ago
Ok, so I have a small engine repair shop in my garage and I make 35-40,000 per yr, I don't have to report that?
wambulance in Dallas, Texas
110 months ago
"Ok, so I have a small engine repair shop in my garage and I make 35-40,000 per yr, I don't have to report that?
What on earth are you talking about? Earning money through a repair shop is taxable. What I'm talking about here is that the value of the apartment on the business premises is not taxable income.
"Some people make hundreds of thousands of dollars in their back yard, is that taxable?"
Most certainly. It's not where you make you're money that we're talking about. It's the APARTMENT AS COMPENSATION that isn't taxable. You have to pay taxes on ALL income that you earn, even if that income is not in the form of cash but other benefits. There are exceptions, and getting an apartment as compensation is one of them.
"Most people know that the IRS does not follow their own rules. They don't care what their rules say. They are going to make an example out of you..."
You're an idiot.
tressa in California
110 months ago
Wambulance, how is it that you can make more than the max quarterly bonus? it is currently 2$ for a tier 1 district. 1.50$ for tier 2.
looking at some of the comments you have made:
Wambulance, are you the sole provider for your family? spouse? and kids? or are you a single person? do you have any credit card debt etc...?
as for the IRS bit i agree with you it is tax free income for the onsite manager and enjoy it very much.
for getting the 18.xx$ per hour needed for the same type of basic living you could easilly wok as a bank teller, or at Samsclub or costco and make that with little to no effort.
Wambulance, your sentiments towards PS were the same as mine when i first came on, being fascinated by the free rent and utilities. however after you have had the job for a significant amount of time 4+ years, you will begin to see that you have been TRAPPED. you will find it nearly impossible to get a new job with better benefits or in another location, because of the initial cost of moving and the VERY short period of time PS provides an onsite manager to vacate.
if you are married, good luck with you or your spouse getting a different job besides PS without being threatend that both of you will be fired etc...
in all honesty, it is not a bad starter job for a guy or gal in school, but it is not a job a family would be able to survive on for long.
wambulance in Dallas, Texas
110 months ago
I said $2.07 out of figuring out hours for the amount of bonus I regularly get, when in actually it's a tad bit less than $1000 because yes, top tier is $2/hour.
"first thing is, how do you manage to get Vendors to actually do the work?"
can't give you any advice there because I don't have that problem and have never had to deal with it. Find a problem, call a vendor, they fix it. I don't have to deal with any kind of issue with PS not paying the vendor.
"if you only take into account expenses for car, you are not looking at the entire picture. how much does it cost you to go to the doctors? or dentist? i know the coverage provided by PS is on low par with Welfare coverage. in fact all the same doctors offices and dentists that are even a part of PS DISCOUNT plan are the same as covered by Welfare. "
Right, I'm talking amount of pay vs. the market for the position I'm in. Like most companies, the healthcare with PS is not good, nor do I claim for it to be.
"for getting the 18.xx$ per hour needed for the same type of basic living you could easilly wok as a bank teller, or at Samsclub or costco and make that with little to no effort. "
Maybe in CA, but not here. Samsclub pays $10.11/hour and costco's mean wage for employees under 4 years tenure is $12.01, up to $13.23 after 4 years.
"if you are married, good luck with you or your spouse getting a different job besides PS without being threatend that both of you will be fired etc... "
have no idea what you're talking about on that one. The other employers we get are going to threaten to fire us? Huh?
I'm not saying that on site living is the best job in the world. Nor am I saying PS has the best benefits or pay. But what I am commenting on is that for the work, the compensation I get is quite a bit more than I'd get at any comparative employer when taking into account on site living. Lower or higher and it isn't worth it. DM's work too much and people living off site don't make enough.
Sickandtired in Killeen, Texas
110 months ago
Now you had to get personal didn't you?
wambulance in Dallas, Texas
110 months ago
You're right, I apologize.
Sickandtired in Killeen, Texas
110 months ago
No problem, I hope it all works out for you. Sorry to sound so pessimistic, I just know how PS operates. There is a reason the founder is worth over 4.1 billion.
Sickandtired in Killeen, Texas
110 months ago
You sound like someone that I may know. I bet the property you are talking about is at Mockingbird and 75. Mr Hughes is worth over 4.1 billion. You are exactly right about the master agreement and the vendor (I know him) that is owed 25,000 dollars.
Sickandtired in Killeen, Texas
110 months ago
They also cut wrong locks and sell wrong units all the time and will do anything to weasel out of it. One female soldier came back from Iraq and found her unit empty. BS INC. wouldn't even give her the few dollars that it sold for!
sameoldcrap in anywhere, Florida
109 months ago
I have worked for PS for two years now!!! Sickandtired you dexcribe the same PS that I know but I can see some of wambulance 's points as well!!! My problem is is the people they hire for DM's are pathetic!!! My biggest issue is that the company does NOT PROMOTE WITHIN!!!! I started as a relief became a property manager within two motnhs and now recieved my BA and they tell me NO I cant be a DM!!! I have previous retail experience and management experience, but Im stuck here as an onsite PM. What kind of company does not promote within??? This just makes no sense at all!!! Then to top it all off, they hire DM's with no experience in storage!!! The pay sucks..... even living on site , it is a savings but it still is a ripoff!!! look at al the money you lose in SS income when you retire???? I was happy with my job, but its not a job for a family trying to make it or a newley graduated college student who has to begin paying off their student loans!!!! It would be a much better company though , if they gave the oppurtunity for PM's to advance to DM's!!!
wambulance in Dallas, Texas
109 months ago
Right, they don't hire from within which is stupid, especially if you get the higher education requirements in the meantime. I wouldn't want to work as a DM anyway, always on the job, too many hours, too much BS to deal with.
As far as Social Security, the onsite living is calculated as income when determining retirement benefits. Living on site is not taxable income, but it is used to determine average earning when applying for retirement.
As far as the pay sucking, see my math above. If another job that you can work in your area for almost $19.00/hr. just to break even isn't available, then from that perspective the pay is actually pretty good.
Sickandtired in Killeen, Texas
109 months ago
wambulance, eventually you'll see the light and by that time you will probably need an ambulance, I guarantee it. Nothing personal, just stating facts. PS cares nothing about the human element, ONLY the bottom line, NOTHING else. In their case, crime does pay.
wambulance in Dallas, Texas
109 months ago
I'm not stupid. I realize that PS doesn't give a crap about their employees. I'm not here advocating what an altruistic perspective they have, or how good they treat their employees, or how great the pay is...
But I'm also a realist, and with that I understand that the tax free onsite living along with pay is sufficient compensation for PM duties. Period. That's as far as it goes.
It's very difficult for most people to understand that life doesn't consist of sharp black and whites, rather many shades of gray. If someone doesn't like something (in this case, a disgruntled employee of which every company has), then by default their perspective is that every single thing, every single aspect of their object of frustration is considered to be negative. I fully understand that PS as a company has very bad policies, does bad things, and furthermore doesn't put the investment into the hard working employees that it should.
On the other hand, I also realize that the compensation I receive for the job I do is adequate.
The answer is quite simple, really. If PS pay and compensation are terrible compared to the rest of the labor market, then finding another, better paying job should be easy and your PS experience should no longer be relevant because there are just so many other jobs out there that will treat you right and pay you upwards of $19/hour that it seems odd you'd be stuck on milling over how terrible PS is.
retiringsoon in Columbia, Missouri
109 months ago
wambulance in Dallas, Texas said: As far as Social Security, the onsite living is calculated as income when determining retirement benefits. Living on site is not taxable income, but it is used to determine average earning when applying for retirement.
Do you have any idea how the SS Administration goes about valuing the onsite living arrangement when calcualting income to determine how much they will deduct from SS benefits, or how I can find that out?
psisadishonsetsadexcuseforacompany in Lansdale, Pennsylvania
108 months ago
BE WARNED!!! Don't ever get sucked in to working for PS. They are everything sick dishonest and sad that is wrong with corporate America. I only wish I had kept more proof of the sick lies and dishonesty. They talk out of both sides of thier face, and don't think you can speak up. They will make you go away. So don't get used to that apartment, because you will be looking for a home and a job at the same time when (not if) you decide you don't want to work there anymore. No job is 'simple enough' for the abuse they put thier employees through. Don't think of job growth either. Upper management commonly like to make fun of the'bottom feeders' they hire to work properties. If you don't know that, than they have you fooled. Sorry
retiringsoon in Columbia, Missouri
108 months ago
Thanks for the reply. I'm familiar with employee boards like this, and I know GENERALLY to take comments with a grain of salt because the boards hardly ever attract people who are happy with their job. On the other hand, I have to admit that what I have seen on this board does make one stop and think!
In any event, shortly after my initial comment here I interviewed with a DM and that was an eye opener. Bottom-line. . it did not take me long to determine that, whether PS is a good company to work for or not, this guy was absolutely NOT someone I wanted for! Over and out.
10x10 in California
108 months ago
Where do I start?
There is definitely an issue with communication between corporate and field employees. Attempting to get a direct answer from anyone about practically anything is impossible. Corporate lacks when it comes to keeping their employees informed on both the property operations level, as well as, basic employee guidance.
I choose not to participate in their medical coverage plan. I have never heard of the company they use. The cost of coverage is relatively inexpensive. That in mind, you get what you pay for. If their medical coverage plan is anything remotely close to the storage insurance they offer their valued customers, you can better believe I won't be signing up for it.
The only promotional opportunity with PS is being promoted from relief manager to property manager. They positively do not promote within, as they should. That in it's self shows a great disloyalty to their employees.
10x10 in California
108 months ago
Part 2;
Or even more, the district they work in.
District managers do tend to complain about numbers quite frequently. However, above their head is someone complaining even louder and more agressively than they are. This is why I don't blame the district managers. Corporate greed starts at the top and trickles it's way down. That is a fact.
Vendor changes aren't common here, but they do occur. It is my understanding that vendor payment history isn't exactly up to par.
The bonuses have been made somewhat unobtainable. The incentive plan has changed numerous times since I have been with the company. If it is a good plan to start with, then why should it be changed so frequently? Bonus potential for those lucky enough to work in a decent area of town OR in a retail store, is much greater. However, if you have both these strikes against you, you'll probably never see much of a bonus. Let's be hones here, not all of us are making bonus. For a fair number of us, it sure as hell doesn't mean that we aren't performing our job to the best of our ability.
Call center wages start out in the teens. I'm not sure what their bonus potential is, but I would love to know.
We are fortunate in our district manager. He is simply not an ass. He will back you up more often than not. When there is an issue with a slacking employee, he takes care of it. I'm glad he understands that this is not the property managers job.
10x10 in California
108 months ago
Part 3;
Another thing I have come to appreciate about our district manager, is that he doesn't roll out red carpet for customers.
Our district has had many, many issues with the payroll department. I won't go in to details, but from what I understand there are a few lawsuits floating around. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that integrity is or was ever an issue with the payroll department. From what I can gather, it seems to be an issue with incompetence.
I can't really complain about the lack of overtime pay. Given the nature of this job, there are times when you put in a little extra. Same goes for the district managers, who get paid salary. If you care anything about your job, this probably rains true for just about any position in any given market.
I also choose not to live onsite. I have friends who do live onsite and I've never heard anything good about the apartments. Apartment inspections are quarterly, if not more often here. They are required and do not have to be announced. If that isn't an intrusion of privacy, I don't know what is. I don't even think actual apartment complexes inspect four times or more a year, do they?
10x10 in California
108 months ago
Part 4;
As per our district, residential onsite property managers do not make salary. They are paid hourly. Wouldn't living onsite imply that you are readily available practically 24-7? What exactly is the advantage of having a residential onsite property manager to the customers?
You rarely hear of employees being fired from PS.
All in all, I do believe that this company definitely needs to be investigated on a wide variety of aspects.
cornfedbloo in Vienna, Virginia
108 months ago
PMs and RMs are NOT field employees.
"The only promotional opportunity with PS is being promoted from relief manager to property manager. They positively do not promote (FROM) within, as they should. That in it's self (ITSELF) shows a great disloyalty to their employees.
If you feel that you should be promoted, have someone proof read your posts and you may understand. Or paste in into Word. PMs typically do not have a multi-unit background. Managing ONE location does not give one the skills or experience for multi-unit. I would bet my eye teeth that a worthy PM could apply for a bench DM position. In my district prior multi-unit is a must, so PMs just never will advance. The jobs really are night and day. I do agree that promoting from within is a good thing but this company just doesn't work that way. It's not like you were misled when you were hired.
You open by saying you aren't complaining and that you took the job to put food on the table, then you whine for four flippin' posts.
NO COMPANY IN AMERICA DOES NOT LOOK OUT FOR THEIR BOTTOM LINE! Name ONE company (your "dream company") that just lets the employees make up rules as they go. Search just about any company and you'll find a site just like this with all the employees blowing off steam. If there is some utopian company out there, point me in that direction.
Why in the world would an ex-PM be allowed to stay in an apartment after their employment? Should all employees in the world with company cars be able to keep them until they find a replacement once employment ends? It has to be turned in right away. Same for company cell phones. Again, it's fully disclosed at hire, so what's the issue?
This is for all-- is there some company out there that you think would be perfect?
Storage Pro in San Diego, California
108 months ago
I've been reading the comments on Public Storage & cannot beleive anyone who feels so negatively about them would constinue to work for them. I have been in the same company for going on 7 years, with my last position lasting 6 years. Over the years, I've heard alot of crap about PS & abostluley postively would not work for them. Then again, I've alot of crap about alot of other com-panies. My first self storage position was with a family owned company, whom, that time, was mid-sized, but you felt like a real person, not like a number. They drove you a little batty with run of the mill BS, but over time this company has gorwn exponentially & I would not go near them with a 10' pole again. Way too much BS.
Owner operators have greater expecations these days than they did years ago. You are not just a "warm body" in this business. regard-less of appearances or if you are new to storage, what others tell you. If you are looking for a place to "flop" & not expend much energy, storage ain't it!
For those of you who are unhappy with PS or any other place you're working, I know it's tough out there right now (I got into self storage when we had our last hosing crash & I lost my busiiness & my home), but I'd be lookin' for a new job.....maybe you're in the wrong industry.
If you don't like what you're doing, get out. Remember, you take you with you. If it's an inside job, you aren't going to be happy anywhere.
In the perfect storage job I'd have few problems-I'd be in a state of the art proerty, no leaks, no asphalt/concrete issues, gates that do what they're supposed to do all the time, software with no glitches, computers that don't crash! I'd make budget every month without marketing my ass off (which doesn't always work anyway), & d I'd make bonsues just by suiting up & showing up. The good news is, most things work most times & I make bonus most times. Most days, I actually enjoy what I do & some days I even comes up with great ideas!
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Mavs fans: Don't stop the music
By JEFF CAPLAN
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
DALLAS -- The night the music died inside American Airlines Center, Mavericks fans, apparently disoriented by the anachronism of sneakers squeaking on hardwood, basketballs thumping and players grunting, told owner Mark Cuban to pump up the volume.
During the Dec. 30 game against Golden State, Cuban silenced every last note of ear-splitting music that's normally incessantly piped in over the Mavs' PA system -- a direct response to a remark NBA commissioner David Stern made last month about the abundance of artificial noise filling the league's arenas.
The experiment triggered a decisive fan reaction directed to Cuban's inbox.
"Ten to 1," Cuban said, "against the sneakers and for the music."
The sensory assault of recorded music, an alternating cacophony of blaring rock, hip-hop and R&B that's often blasted near the decibel level of a jet airliner and played nearly throughout the entirety of actual game action, has emerged as a staple at just about every NBA arena over the past five years.
"People got really used to that and comfortable with it," said Steve Letson, Mavs vice president of operations. "So now, when it's quiet, it's like, 'Geez, what's going on? Something's wrong.'"
Letson, with the Mavs for 22 years, remembers simpler days at Reunion Arena, when a drum beat enticed fans into the chant, "Dee-Fense," or a trumpet urged the crowd to scream, "Charge!"
Now, Letson sits courtside for every home game. His headset keeps him in communication with a DJ, who shuffles through an immense inventory of songs, as well as the operators of the scoreboard LED screens, which display movie clips and other noisy prompts.
Often, Letson takes cues from the owner, sitting along the baseline, flashing hand signals like a conductor to crank things up.
"Quite honestly, there's a balance there," Letson said. "Sometimes we don't give the fans a chance. We bombard them with so much fan prompts that you don't know if they're saying anything or not."
'Silent Night'
Stern apparently has been wondering the same thing. Or, at least, a questioner on an ESPN Web chat last month got Stern to thinking.
Stern was asked why PA systems are allowed to pipe in music during games: "If home fans can't get pumped up and make noise on their own, there is something really wrong with your league. The game should be the entertainment."
Stern said, "I agree," and added, "Unfortunately, most of our teams don't and think that the fans like the entertainment. We're trying to find a few games to experiment with, for teams to give us a 'silent night,' so to speak."
Always eager to set the trend -- he, after all, helped usher in this new age of constant noise and in-game entertainment -- Cuban, initially opposed to Stern's idea, decided to indulge the commissioner.
"I figured if it worked, great," Cuban said. "If not, it would put all the discussion to bed."
Interestingly, since Stern's rather innocuous answer on the chat, teams have begun to examine their in-game entertainment operation.
"I don't believe we're ever going to go back to an environment where we're not playing any music," said Brian Byrnes, the SuperSonics' vice president of sales and marketing, "but there's enough people talking about maybe too much in-game entertainment, maybe too much music, maybe too many things happening. I think we're all realizing that maybe the consumer has just gotten a little tired of just music all the time."
That's what Cuban set out to find out. But fan reaction was apparently so one-sided to the silent treatment, Cuban said, that at the next home game against Portland, the usual Rolling Stones song, Start Me Up, accompanied the entirety of the Mavs' first possession. The normal music onslaught was then gradually worked in.
And it will be back in force for Saturday's game against Minnesota, Letson said, because that's what Cuban has determined the ticket-buying customer wants, even expects.
"As they've priced themselves so highly, people expect entertainment for their dollar," said Paul Swangard, managing director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon. "And, they don't necessarily want the risk of walking into a game that's so boring because of the product on the floor that there's nothing else to enhance the entertainment value of being there."
Quiet, please
These days, the Mavs are an entertaining product without penetrating deep inside the public's ear drums.
But teams have long been in search of ways to pump up the home crowds and produce louder, advantageous noise levels.
Jeff Scalf, the Indiana Pacers' vice president of game operations, piped in the roaring sound of an Indy race car when the Pacers were on defense during the 1994 season.
So many teams complained that the deafening sound was a distraction that the league outlawed it. A few years later, the Chicago Bulls were at the center of a noise complaint. Teams became frustrated when the Bulls played a musical tape for the duration of the opponents' possession, though there was a rule against music being played while the home team is on defense.
Today, home teams can play a drum beat or some other electronic-induced prompt on defense and actual songs, with lyrics, while on offense, a setup Cuban believes enhances the game's experience for fans, especially younger ones.
"We're going to go wherever our customers tell us to go, but in the interim, we'll try to mix it up and see if there's a better solution," Cuban said. "The whole goal is to find a better scenario, but you can't find one until you experiment."
So far, it does not appear that Stern has requested any teams to go silent for a night or two. There is at least a plan in the works to incorporate the idea into the NBA's Hardwood Classic Nights that celebrate the history of the NBA, "using only old-school organ music for fan prompts," NBA entertainment executive vice president Gregg Winik said.
While the NBA and its teams might never be able to please all of its fans all of the time, a reduction in noise levels might even find common ground with some of its players.
"I kind of like it a little quiet sometimes," said the Mavs' Jerry Stackhouse. "There is time for music in the regular season on those nights where there isn't that much energy in the building. In the postseason, you may not need it as much."
In the meantime, pack some ear plugs.
Jeff Caplan, (817) 390-7760 email@example.com


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Student receives scholarship award from Ohio Watercolor Society
AUGUST 6, 2003 - Muskingum College student Kelly Haga '04 is the recipient of a college scholarship award given by the Ohio Watercolor Society (OWS). She will be awarded the scholarship during OWS's Annual Juried Ohio Watercolor Society Exhibition, Watercolor Ohio 2003, to be held at the Zanesville Art Center from September 20 through October 31.
Haga will be presented with the scholarship award at an awards ceremony at the opening of the exhibition on September 20 at the Zanesville Art Center. Also, one of her acrylic works, Faith, will appear in the exhibition.
Muskingum College Associate Professor of Art Dr. Yan Sun nominated Haga for the award, citing her artistic talent, organizational skills, analytical thinking and positive attitude.
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For 14 years, OWS has presented this award to a college student who works in watermedia, which is the application and use of color in combination with water.
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