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Camp Cost: $195.00
Thank you for your interest in the Wildcat Baseball Camps. The intent of the Davidson Wildcat baseball
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10:30am: Hitting Stations and Batting Practice
11:30am: Lunch
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A young father of two has died suddenly at Lord's Cricket Ground.
Friends and family attended a funeral service for Phil Standing at Croydon Minster on Friday July 13 after the 30-year-old collapsed at a corporate event at the home of cricket on June 28.
A post-mortem examination found no obvious cause of death.
Mr Standing lived with his wife Kate and twin 20-month-old boys Ben and Oliver in Caterham, after moving from the Hampshire area in 2007.
A talented sportsman who represented Hampshire at schoolboy football level, Mr Standing studied Maths at Warwick University, where he met his future wife.
His mum Sue, a retired physiotherapist, who lives in North Baddesley, said: "Phil was always popular at school. And in spite of his success, he was always modest and unassuming."
Mr Standing studied to be an accountant following university and landed a job at Ernest & Young.
Lee Watson, a partner at Ernst & Young, said: "Phil always inspired me with his commitment, quality and integrity. He was quick to laugh and made friends easily.
"Phil was a great guy, one of life's true gents and a genuinely nice person to spend time with, he will be dearly missed."
His older sister Ruth, who now lives with her husband and son in Australia, said: "Phil was not only my dear brother but good friend, staunch supporter and a huge part of my life."

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Vertigo is a feeling of spinning or whirling when you are not moving. It can also be an exaggerated feeling of motion when your body is still. Vertigo is different from passing dizziness or light-headedness.
Inner ear nerves and structures sense the position of your head and body in space. Vertigo is often caused by problems with these nerves and structures.
Vertigo can be due to the following conditions:
There are tiny particles that naturally exist in the inner ear. Sometimes these particles can be displaced when the head is tilted. The particles then push against hair-like sensors in the ear. This can cause vertigo. BPPV may result from:
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
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is swelling and irritation of the inner ear. This often follows an upper respiratory infection, like a cold.
Meniere's disease
is caused by a fluid buildup in a part of the inner ear. This vertigo usually occurs along with hearing loss and
(ringing in the ear).
Acoustic neuroma
(acoustic schwannoma) is a slow-growing, noncancerous tumor of a nerve to the ear. The tumor can press on the nerves responsible for hearing and balance. This can lead to hearing loss, tinnitus, and vertigo. This is a common type of tumor in people with a hereditary tumor condition called Neruofibromatosis type 2 (NF2).
Decreased bloodflow to certain area of the brain may also cause vertigo. Blood flow may be reduced by
(deposits of fat in the arteries) or other causes of narrowing of blood vessels.
It is usually accompanied by other nervous system-related symptoms.
Vertigo may also be brought on by:
Factors that may increase your chance of vertigo include:
Many cases of vertigo occur with
. This is an abnormal, rhythmic, jerking eye movement. Other symptoms depend on the condition causing the vertigo.
Symptoms may come and go for weeks or even years. You may have sudden, short (15-30 seconds), intense bursts of dizziness when you move your head a certain way, roll over in bed, or tip your head back to look up. You may have:
Symptoms do not occur when the head is held still.
Sudden, intense vertigo that lasts for several days to one week. Often occurs with nausea and vomiting.
Sudden vertigo attacks last between minutes and hours. They typically occur with prominent hearing loss and tinnitus.
Common symptoms include:
The doctor will ask about your symptoms, medicine intake, and medical history. A physical exam will be done. In addition, the following tests may be done:
Vertigo due to BPPV, labyrinthitis, or vestibular neuritis may go away on its own. They usually go away within six months of onset but some may take longer.
Treatments include:
Medication that may be used to treat vertigo and nausea include:
Medication that may be used to treat Meniere's disease include:
Maneuvers are specific movements to your head to try to realign ear structures. This type of treatment is most often used to treat BPPV. Specific maneuvers include:
If you continue to experience vertigo, the maneuvers can be repeated, or more difficult maneuvers, such as Brandt-Daroff exercises, can be done.
Physical therapy can also be helpful.
Surgery may be considered if symptoms last for a year or more and cannot be controlled by the maneuvers. A surgical procedure called canal plugging may be recommended. Canal plugging completely stops the function of one part of the ear without affecting the functions of the rest of the inner ear. This procedure poses a small risk to hearing.
Other surgical procedures include:
Vertigo can be a symptom of another medical condition, such as a heart problem or a neurological problem. Once that condition is treated, vertigo should stop, or, in this case, the underlying medical problem should be treated to help relieve the vertigo.
If your vertigo is due to Meniere's disease your doctor may also recommend a
low-salt diet
If you are prone to vertigo, the following precautions may help prevent an episode:
American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgeryhttp://www.entnet.org/
Vestibular Disorders Associationhttp://www.vestibular.org/
Balance and Dizziness Disorders Societyhttp://www.balanceanddizziness.org/
Canadian Academy of Audiologyhttp://www.canadianaudiology.ca/
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Familydoctor.orr
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Dizziness-differential diagnosis. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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Hunt WT, et al. Modifications of the Epley (canalith repositioning) maneouvre for posterior canal benign positional paroxysmal vertigo (BPPV).
Swartz R, Longwell P. Treatment of vertigo.
Am Fam Physician.
Strategies for everyday living.
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7/2/2010 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance
DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance
: Oh HJ, Kim JS, Han BI, Lim JG. Predicting a successful treatment in posterior canal benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.


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Lockheed Martin is eyeing an Indian request for proposals (RFP) for around 75 naval multi-role helicopters (NMRH) that is expected to be released late summer. The new rotorcraft would complement the Indian navy's existing fleet of Westland Sea King 42 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopters.
Lockheed would bid the MH-60R "Romeo," the Sikorsky-built helicopter that it modifies extensively for service with the U.S. Navy. The Eurocopter NH-90 is another possible contender.
"We are very interested in the program, which will be the largest in the world," Tom Kane, Lockheed Martin director of helicopter programs, told AIN. "We're extremely competitive today and have established a training curriculum. We can ramp up production by 15 to 20 a year, in addition to the 24 we build every year for the U.S Navy." Sikorsky, part of United Technologies, and Lockheed Martin, the mission-systems integrator, are under a five-year contract to deliver 139 Romeos through 2013 to the U.S. Navy, which is expected to buy 300 of the helicopters through 2018.
The Indian request for information (RFI) issued last year indicated the helicopter could be assigned to missions related to anti-surface warfare, logistics, intelligence, search and rescue, amphibious, commando operations and various other missions. The navy needs the multirole helicopters for an expansion in its area of responsibility, which includes patrolling from the Gulf of Aden to the Malacca Straits. The RFI called for helicopters with a maximum all-up weight of between nine and 12.5 tons.
Expected to serve for 30 years, the NMRH needs to have the capacity for 10-percent weight growth throughout its service life without impairing performance. The helicopters must also be able to fit in shipboard hangars with a length of 15.5 meters (50.8 feet), width of 5.5 meters (18 feet) and a height of 5.3 meters (17.4 feet).
A 30-percent offsets clause is mandatory and likely to cause heartburn as India's offset policy continues to evolve and interpretations of these requirements remain loose. Transfer of technology of sensitive equipment remains an intellectual property-rights issue that India needs to deal with through the formation of an overall body that implements and audits the import of technology.
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The MH-60R is not in the current tender for 16 MRH aircraft for the Indian navy. The S-70B is & should win that competition. My opinion (having worked on the S-70B for over 10 years) is Indian Navy will be happy with that choice and it would then make no sense to procure another aircraft for the obvious reasons (training, maintenance, logistics, etc.) for the follow-on tender for an additional 75 aircraft. The S-70B can also be configured in a utility version to offer the same capabilities as the MH-60S. Many folks look at Lockheed as the best in ASW & & ASuW mission system design and integration. I can tell you for custom configurations of this type that will be required for this aircraft, Sikorsky and the S-70B are the best there is.
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India has always resisted buying American hardware as much as possible. This is primarily because of American arms regulations that call for "inspections", which the Indian military and security establishment loath. Second, is past experience with American politics that withholds and denies essential spares and parts in times of crisis. Indian military officials don't want to be stuck with equipment that they can't use if they are called to make war when American doesn't approve. Lastly, there is also some concern that American equipment could be "remotely compromised" should the Americans decide to do so.
These reasons all stem from the same problem - the unreliability of American foreign policy and its administration. American equipment is only considered when the alternatives are non-existent or so inferior that they do not satisfy military needs.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The markets are sending the struggling workforce a genial message: Thanks for the lift. On Friday, April's headline unemployment ticked lower to 7.5% and nonfarm payrolls increased by 165,000, which boosted the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 to historic highs. The problem, according to economists and investment strategists, is that there's disconnect between equity markets and the U.S. labor situation. "The more active traders -- the ones that are more savvy and more actively involved in the market -- they understand the fact that unemployment doesn't move lockstep with the market" said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading at Charles Schwab. "Generally what I find is when the market's moving higher, the unemployment rate lags about six to nine months behind." Major U.S. equity indices popped Friday to milestone point averages as the Dow reached 15,000 and the S&P surpassed 1,600 for the first time ever.
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The labor force participation rate -- civilians who are employed or actively seeking work -- remained unchanged in April at 63.3%, but has ticked lower from 63.6% in January. A peak at the Bureau of Labor Statistics's participation rate since 2003 reveals a deep decline in the participation rate, which continues to bode poorly for the unemployed.
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An appeals court in Brazil found American journalist Joe Sharkey guilty yesterday of defamation for his reporting and commentary following the 2006 accident in which 154 died when a Brazilian airliner and a Legacy 600 business jet collided at 37,000 feet over the central Amazon.
Sharkey, on assignment at the time for Business Jet Traveler (an AIN Publications magazine for users of business aviation) was one of seven on the Legacy 600 who survived the collision when the damaged business jet managed an emergency landing at a remote military airstrip in the jungle.
Two judges in a three-judge panel of the Parana Tribunal of Justice voted on Thursday to reverse a lower court's decision that had dismissed the suit. The lower court said that the plaintiff, a Brazilian widow of a man who died in the crash, had not been personally named or referred to in anything Sharkey had said or written in his reporting in the New York Times or on his personal blog.
The appeals court plans to issue its final ruling by December 1, after the third judge decides. Attorneys for an association representing the plaintiff and some families of the dead claimed victory, noting that the verdict would stand even in a 2-1 decision.
Sharkey, a contributor to Business Jet Traveler who also has been the freelance business travel columnist for 13 years for the New York Times, has denied the charges as "outright fabrications." He said that the allegedly offensive comments, such as Brazil is the "most idiot of idiots," were actually culled from thousands of comments made by anonymous Brazilians, often on Brazilian media sites that had merely linked to his blog.
"It's preposterous for a Brazilian court to claim that it has the jurisdiction to reach into the United States to punish an American for commentary, made in the U.S., that is fully protected by the U.S. First Amendment. That is a very slippery slope," he told AIN.
Sharkey had outraged Brazilian military and police authorities by arguing that Brazil had made a grave mistake in rushing to criminalize the accident and blame the two American pilots, Joe Lepore and Jan Paladino, before facts were known. Lepore and Paladino were later convicted of criminal charges, in absentia, in Brazil and originally given prison sentences, later reduced to community service. They are appealing.
The lawsuit claimed that by offending Brazilian authorities, Sharkey caused "dishonor" to every individual citizen. Sharkey has argued that such legal reasoning is a threat to free speech for Americans. "Under that logic, anyone in a foreign country who objects to anything written in the United States could subvert the First Amendment by arguing that an American citizen had written or said something offensive to them or their country," he said.


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Dear Readers: The best 'in-school' solution I know to make schools places where kids are welcomed by their peers, versus places of harm, is the Safe School Ambassadors program. The program works with human nature: Kindness is contagious -- if a popular kid does it.
The Safe School Ambassadors program takes select teachers and the most popular kids from every clique on campus and honors them with effective peacemaker training.
Former bullies are now those giving a hand. Others are now brave enough to intervene when they see signs of bullying or exclusion. I contacted some Ambassadors and this indeed happens -- consistently in more than 1,000 schools. The program is brilliant, proven and affordable. For more information, see www.community-matters.org.
For today's column, I asked the panel for suggestions that would make our schools safer. Their ideas are excellent and root-cause oriented: Stop drugging our kids. Stop glorifying their killers. Free childhood of television and video games and enrich it with art, nature, nobility and brotherhood.
Replace our national obsession with violence with an obsession for education and mental health. And until the train wreck stops: Arm select teachers. It is a wise culture that listens to their youth.
-- Lauren
Brie, 21, San Francisco: Most perpetrators of school shootings were on psychotropic drugs, many known for increasing thoughts of suicide and death. Yet these drugs are rampantly overprescribed to millions of children with almost zero oversight or consideration of alternatives. Then, there are video games. Even children playing harmless games lose social skills. I was nanny to kids so socially awkward! They couldn't pry themselves from virtual reality long enough to say three words. As kids move into more violent games, their only friends are online instead of at school. The desensitization and real-world disconnection are serious problems. Until we stop drugging our kids and parking them in front of nonstop virtual violence, we need to train and arm select teachers who could respond immediately in a tragic situation.
Colin, 19, Los Angeles: First off, the idea of "gun-free zones" is incredibly stupid. They actually help criminals by disarming law-abiding citizens. Secondly, responsible psychologists (as opposed to the ones on the news), agree that mass shootings are committed by disturbed individuals who know their killing spree will make them feared, famous, the dark anti-hero, a global household name. And who makes them famous? The news. Specifically, television news (the real cancer killing America). Such deeds should get minimal coverage, the killer no recognition. Yet the breathtakingly irresponsible coverage by mainstream media shows just how little they care about children's lives if it conflicts with ratings.
Lara, 21, Concord: The problem is deeper than gun control. School violence is directly correlated to materialism, individualism, lack of community and human disconnection. We need to change consciousness away from our obsession with violence and toward an obsession with education and mental health. Video games and violent movies desensitize our children from feeling empathy. Everywhere in our schools, I would add Waldorf educational methods -- and art. Children would be tested less and do more hands-on work. Families would be encouraged to eliminate TV and "screen time" in favor of getting children outdoors. Children would feel part of an interconnected human family on one planet, not puppets of a corporatocracy, isolated and divided against each other by material gratification.
Ryann, 16, Tustin: After childhood at a small private school, I now attend public high school. The most apparent difference is the study and practice of faith. Faith gives young people a sense of direction, guidance and belonging. If we implemented some sort of faith or "higher" consciousness into our schools, students would feel part of something larger and nobler -- thus decreasing the chances of helplessness and isolation.
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It is up to every parent to become involved in their child's education. School today is many a child's top site for receiving psycho-emotional harm -- which is why schools are targets. If you cannot afford private school, or there is no public Waldorf-inspired (or other inspirational) charter school in your area, consider going to work for a private school, start a charter, or join a home school community. Or fundraise with other parents to put the Safe School Ambassadors program into your public school. It actively puts noble values into the school -- through the contagion of kindness. Your school will become one with nonexistent fights and kids who are happy to be there. Read our column of APR 27, 2011 for a picture painted by the Ambassadors themselves.
I want to point out that every family controls the electronic on-off switch in their home. The commercial media we put in front of our kids is the nanny from hell. Up until high school, I raised four kids with no TV or computer and they thanked me during the process. It did not set them back. Or even make them feel insulated. Quite the contrary! Raising them was a joy! Their bodies were active. Their minds were engaged, resourceful and with self-control (lack of control is what most kids are drugged for). Plus, there was no begging for sugary junk foods because they never saw it advertised -- thus even more body-centered self-confidence for them.
A note about mental illness and disorders: Yes, they are on the rise. Today's kids are the fourth generation of humans eating a far-from-ideal (some would say, tragic) human diet. Dr. Pottenger ended his experiment with cats fed a sub-optimal diet at the fourth generation because there was so much mental illness. He returned the cats to their ideal diet and it took seven generations for them to return to perfect health. Humans are at that juncture now and it is of utmost importance that we "reverse the experiment" and return to an ideal diet, too. There may be little hope for some members born into this generation, but it is our only solid hope for the future. The only ideal diet I have found is the diet discovered by Dr. Weston Price of select traditional peoples, all whom enjoyed perfect health. --Lauren


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The specter of global warming gave those who had the predisposition a case for a national policy promoting wind energy. The argument goes like this: Because fossil fuel increases carbon dioxide accumulation in the atmosphere, and because carbon dioxide accumulation heats up the planet, and because a hotter planet will lead to all kinds of catastrophes, it is urgent we check the use of fossil fuel by promoting the use of alternative green energy.
I have no particular expertise in long-term climate patterns. I do have an innate suspicion about claims and counter-claims by any and all who have financial or ideological interests in the policy implications that flow from those claims. So I am both a skeptic of global warming and a skeptic of skeptics of global warming.
But my opinions are not relevant. As an economist, however, I can claim actual expertise in what is called Externality Theory.
Most all recognize that markets work superbly when buyers and sellers bear the costs and obtain the benefits of the transactions. If a teenager is offered $8 an hour to help a homeowner clean up the yard and he accepts the offer, we surmise the teen is better off and the homeowner is better off. Bully good for both of them.
But not all transactions are so neatly confined to the buyer and seller. If energy consumers buy electricity from a power company that burns coal, and the coal soot harms the health of people not party to the electricity sale, there is an external cost imposed on those third parties. It is becoming obvious here in Indiana that wind farms impose such external costs.
In my county, neighbors of a proposed wind farm showed up en masse to protest its construction. It seems wind farms are noisy, and in the winter they can project dangerous ice shards toward nearby residences, not to mention acting as giant Cuisinarts for hapless birds. So an obvious question becomes what are the external costs of wind energy from a given Hoosier wind project compared with an alternative method of generating the electricity (which, by the way, may not be coal)?
Market prices reveal something about costs. If that teen worker accepts the $8-an-hour wage from the homeowner, we can be pretty sure this is a reliable indication of the alternative use of the teen's time.
The problem with external costs is that, by definition, there is no market for them — they are external to the market. It is easy to identify the existence of external costs such as coal soot and wind-farm noise. It is devilishly difficult to accurately gauge their magnitude.
That is not to say that people don't try. But we can be pretty sure that those with a dog in the race are prone to exaggerate or minimize the magnitude of the external costs. We should not go so far as to pay no attention to estimates of external costs — but let's consider them all with a grain of salt.


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'After Thornton received a bloody nose, courtesy of a stick in the face by Vyacheslav Kozlov , Ftorek erupted at referee Don VanMassenhoven for not whistling a penalty. (How about five minutes for high sticking and drawing blood)? Thornton returned to the ice after receiving repairs and was promptly checked hard into the boards by Alexei Zhtnik . In an eyeblink, Thornton knocked Zhtnik to his knees with a right to the jaw and then punched the Buffalo defenseman in the back of the head. VanMassenhoven promptly slapped Thornton with 27 minutes worth of penalties: a two-minute minor for instigating, a five-minute major for fighting, a 10-minute misconduct and a game misconduct which was worth another 10 minutes.'
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Topic: Cancer return?
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Mom has her second body scan tomorrow. They make me nervous!!!!
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Topic: Pancreatic Whipple operation on Webcast
This is not particularly easy to watch and certainly not for everyone. At least it wasn't for me. It is a webcast of an actual whipple procedure for pancreatic cancer performed at the Univ of Maryland with a good deal of information from doctors etc.
I confess to not having finished watching the entire video yet. It was put up this morning and I don't know how long the link will be active.


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1261 150th Street, Whitestone
Papa Realty has been a part of the real estate world for more than 25 years. Their office is located in Whitestone as they serve the boroughs of New York City, Nassau and Suffolk County. Their real estate professionals provide exceptional service, whether it be selling or buying a home. They also live in the areas to know the best answers to all questions regarding schools, shopping, transportation and surrounding neighborhoods.
12-65 150th Street, Whitestone
The Harpell brothers, who loved visiting their local pharmacy, own this corner pharmacy located in Whitestone. They want to provide the help and feeling they used to get as children, as their mother shopped for medical supplies and they ran to the toy aisle. They supply a full pharmacy and medical equipment and also provide the entire local pharmacy feel with a printing, greeting cards and toy section. They try to make going to the pharmacy as easy and fun as possible, helping their clients get the best possible price on prescription drugs.
1501 149th Street, Whitestone
This two-year-old restaurant and wine bar in the Whitestone neighborhood offers fine Italian dinning in a casual setting. This restaurant offers lunch, dinner and Sunday brunches and also accommodates large private parties. Their elongated bar and numerous tables make enough room for spacious dining and caters well for their themed parties open to the public.
150-07 14th Road, Whitestone
This brick oven pizza and pasta café has an elegant yet casual restaurant feel with their warm colors, classy lighting and painted mural walls. They serve traditional Italian dishes along with Mediterranean, seafood and café snacks with an Italian flare. Their two European chefs serve small intimate dinners to large private parties and even to take out or delivery.
Durante Bros Construction Corp.
31-40 123rd Street, Flushing
The Durante Bros Construction Corp. has been part of Queens and the rest of the New York City community for 50 years. The family owned business has served their debris and recycling services since 1980. They pick up concrete, dirt, rock and brick and mixed excavation debris. Durante Bros have their general roots in contracting but also offer recycled base blend, clean dirt backfill, select structural fill, drainage stone, pipe bending sand and topsoil. They are centrally located to all five boroughs, also allowing for pick-ups and deliveries.
154-10A Cross Island Parkway, Whitestone
The Whitestone based garden nursery's slogan is "we grow everything." They provide, care and sell all kinds of plants, shrubs and flowers. Their landscaping services help provide expert advice and ideas for all types of gardens including designs and materials for ponds and fountains. This Queens garden has everything needed to make a personal garden from the tools to the expert advice.
137-35 Northern Boulevard, Flushing
Flushing Town Hall is a multi-arts center, located in a historic 150-year-old building on Northern Boulevard. It hosts multiple galleries on its first floor and has a gorgeous theatre for performers on the second floor. Art exhibitions are continuously flowing through the walls of this town hall. You can see a huge array of local international work by musicians, dancers and theatrical groups. The town hall also houses an education program that works with artists, schools and the general public. Flushing Town Hall is a Smithsonian affiliate as well as a member of New York City 33 Cultural Institutions Group.
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The F&T Group's motto, "Global Vision for Local Development," says it all. This business, which works with markets in both North America and Asia, looks to encourage economic development. The bread and butter of F&T Group is real estate development. Located at Queens Crossing, this umbrella company encompasses a number of businesses at every level including acquisition, development and operation companies.
Crystal Windows & Door Systems, Ltd. Headquarters
31-10 Whitestone Expressway, Flushing
Based in Flushing, Crystal Window & Door Systems is a local business which has grown over the past few years. The company is known for their originality in design and manufacturing and has grown to include a vast collection of products, which are energy efficient as well as eye pleasing. Now the company has offices in New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania to name a few, with branches in other states as well. Crystal Window & Door Systems looks to gain customer satisfaction through "consultative marketing."
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Precious Moments is a nursery school and day care. The school accepts children anywhere from ages 2 months to 5 years. Precious Moments is a private school which offers free full day Universal Pre-k. As a community based organization, Precious Moments is a licensed school run by the Department of Education. The school is open from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.


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PLANS for Winchester's first free school have passed a major milestone.
Organisers won enough support from prospective parents to submit a bid for Government cash to start a free school for 60 reception pupils in September 2014.
Although the 'New Winchester Academy' has not yet secured a site, it has registered an interest in the new primary earmarked for the controversial giant housing estate at Barton Farm.
If the Department for Education gives the go-ahead, it could run the two-form primary instead of the county council as currently planned.
Either way, the new primary will be built with money from developer Cala Homes as a condition of planning consent for 2,000 new homes on the green field site.
Building work on the new school is due to start when the first 50 homes are built in early 2014.
Winchester could then host Hampshire's first free primary school and the first county-run 'all through' primary and secondary school at The Westgate in Fulflood to meet a growing demand for places.
Winchester and Chandler's Ford MP Steve Brine welcomed the move, saying: "The free school application is right to focus on Barton Farm because that's where we need a new primary school.
"I hope they are working closely with Cala and above all, Hampshire County Council.
"The important thing about any free school bid is that it comes from, and is absolutely for, the community it will serve."
As a free school, Winchester Academy would be state-funded but not under local authority control.
This means it can decide its own curriculum, length of school day, and admission criteria.
The Winchester free school plans to have a compulsory extended school day that runs from 8.30am to 4.30pm to provide extra-curricular activities for all pupils, including languages, sport, drama, music and dance at no cost to parents.
The school's philosophy includes a strict "no tolerance" behaviour policy to ensure high standards of uniform, attendance and homework.
It plans a traditional model of education, focusing on basic skills in maths, reading and writing.
But it also promises a life skills programme to ensure pupils leave as "aspirational citizens of the future".
However, the free school would follow Hampshire County Council's admissions policy which is based on geographical catchment areas with those living closest to the school gate having priority.
Bournemouth-based Laura Dickson, an education consultant and former headteacher, is project coordinator for the new school.
She said: "We don't want to step on the toes of any other schools and would work alongside and in partnership with them."
If the Winchester Academy bid is accepted, organisers will be interviewed by government officials in March.
If it all works out, the free school will have 60 pupils in reception classes and grow to 420 students aged four to 11.
Mrs Dickson said about 40 prospective parents had already registered an interest in the reception places for September 2014.
Organisers have to show evidence of parental demand to win Government funding. The DfE is keen to start free schools where there is a shortage of school places.
However, Hampshire County Council has just approved plans to provide hundreds of new school places in the city at a cost of £10m.
In addition to the new two-form entry at The Westgate, it plans to expand St Peter's Catholic Primary in Oliver's Battery and Winnall Primary.
Free schools are the controversial brainchild of education secretary Michael Gove.
Twenty-four were opened in September 2011, another 55 in 2012, and 102 more will open this year.
Many are religious schools, including one where pupils practise transcendental meditation, but they have also included a specialist music primary, bilingual primary, and a "creative and unhurried" Steiner school.
Some have been over-subscribed, but many have opened with far fewer students than hoped.


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AMBITIOUS plans for a month-long Black Country festival got a bostin' beginning during a ceremony at Dudley Town Hall.
Musician Garry Sawers, also known as Black Country Gaz, is leading the campaign to establish the festival throughout July at venues around the region.
To mark his commitment to the Black Country, Gaz was presented with a Love Your Community certificate by Dudley Council's deputy leader, Cllr Pete Lowe.
Black Country Gaz said: "All of us in the Black Country have loads to be proud of and I'm delighted Dudley Council is supporting the community in making this happen.
"The interest out there from people across the region is huge and I'm sure we can get plenty of events and activities, including live music, going on across various venues this July."
Dudley Council recently declared the borough as the capital of the Black Country and registered July 14 as national Black Country day.
Cllr Lowe said: "We have so much to be proud of in the Black Country and it is superb to see the likes of Black Country Gaz and other local people showing such a keen desire to celebrate this great place.
"The launch of the Black Country flag on Dudley Town Hall marked Dudley as the capital of the Black Country and the response from residents and groups right across the borough has been incredible. As a community council we are determined to work with everyone to help create a month of activities in July that will offer something for everyone."
Black Country Gaz has launched a festival Facebook page which has around 800 followers and a website at www.blackcountryfestival.co.uk
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Ballet Excel Ohio is getting ready for its upcoming performance of Tom Gold's "Beauty and the Beast" at the Akron Civic Theatre next month.
Based on the classic fairy tale, this story is about the relationship between an arrogant prince and a young maiden. When a fairy turns the prince into a beast, he grows to realize his love for Beauty and she in turn must overcome her fear and learn to love the Beast.
Ballet Excel Ohio is a pre-professional company of 38 girls and three boys who rehearse at Excellence in Dance Studio in Cuyahoga Falls. The ages of the dancers range from 8 to 18. Parents are responsible for props and costumes, and assist in other aspects for the troupe.
Noelle Boyages, 16, plays Beauty and is a student at Hudson High School. Noelle has been dancing for four years, with this being her third year in the company.
"My little sister had wanted to do ballet so I came and watched her and decided I wanted to start too," said Noelle. "I love playing Beauty because of her passion and the way she treats others."
Noelle plans on pursuing dance in the future.
Scotto Hamed-Ramos, 15, plays Beast and is a student at St. Vincent St. Mary High School. Scotto has been dancing for 12 years now.
"My favorite thing to do is perform," said Scotto. "All of my roles have also been playing scared or happy characters so it's nice to play someone mean and scary for once."
Scotto will be pursuing dance in the future.
Allison Mouse, 15, plays Beauty's mother and is a student at Hudson High School. Allison has been dancing for 13 years.
"I see this company as a wonderful opportunity," said Allison. "My role is challenging because it involves more acting than I have done in the past."
Allison plans to minor in dance when she attends college.
Grace Goldenberg, 18, plays Beast's mother and is also a chandelier in the performance.
"I was so excited when I found out we would be performing 'Beauty and the Beast' because I love the story," said Goldenberg. "I have been dancing for 13 years and would like to dance as much as I can in the future."
Goldenberg is a senior at Copley High School.
Tom Gold, writer of the play, is an internationally known dancer and choreographer. He has been a soloist for the New York City Ballet for 21 years.
"Watching the kids' development is always fun and exciting," said Gold. "My goal is to make the dancer in front of me shine and thrive. They all are special and have something unique to offer."
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Ballet Excel Ohio will perform "Beauty and the Beast" March 15 and 16 at The Akron Civic Theatre, 182 S. Main Street, Akron. Shows are at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. on March 15, and 2:30 p.m. on March 16.
In addition to the ballet, Ballet Excel Ohio also will host a tea party at 1 p.m. on both performance dates.
For details, call 330-524-3400 or visit www.balletexcelohio.org online. For tickets, call the Akron Civic Theatre at 330-253-2488.
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Adrianne Wortzel creates interactive robotic and telerobotic performances in both physical and virtual networked environments, videos and webworks. Her work employs a complex meandering of fact to re-render historical and cultural perspectives. She is a professor of Entertainment Technology at New York City College of Technology, a faculty member of the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and an adjunct instructor of mechanical engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.


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one thing that i rarely talk about but probably should is thumb push.
i don't get a lot of thumb push since my hands are so small that i usually have to focus my grip towards just holding on and it's only really on mids/putters with narrow rims that i can get a lot of thumb push. while i don't always do it, i can tell i am doing it when i am throwing well.
while some people focus entirely on thumb pressure when it comes to grip and others don't focus at all on thumb pressure, there's another factor that comes into play that is slightly different than both of these and will assist in applying force to the disc. while thumb pressure assists in leverage during the wrist extension, the other factor is pushing the disc with the thumb.
i haven't come up with a perfect example of exactly how to do this, but here's an idea to try.
take a quarter, place it on a table/flat surface. set up in a way so that your thumb pad presses down on the quarter (in a way that still somewhat approximates your hand position for a throw).
try to fling the quarter with your thumb and make it slide with as much distance/velocity as possible. i would recommend trying both positions above. the first will allow you to work more wrist extension, the second involves more wrist rotation and is still applicable but less representative. you are trying to build a "feel" so either should work, but neither are perfect.
you will probably find that you have to press firmly with the thumb without letting your arm go overly rigid. as you start moving forwards you will probably find to fling it with some good zip (such amazing scientific terminology), your motion will involve increasing pressure the closer to the launch point you get.
garner what you can from this and try to see if it will integrate into your throw.
even if you can't do it with drivers, it is still very applicable on putts and upshots.
if you can do it, you should be able to take advantage of whatever kind of thumb/lock leverage you can and help transfer more power to the disc during the wrist extension. basically, this should also give you some kind of idea of what type of "clench" you will need to build to during the throw and the timing of it. basically... you don't "get strong" until late, but that strength should build up as you get closer to the rip.


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If you've never made a frittata, it's basically an omelet that's not flipped, and often frittatas are browned a little under the broiler once the eggs are set. This was my first time using the broiler on my new stove, and the broiler turned out to be super-powerful compared to the old stove, but luckily I managed to rescue the frittata barely in time, even if it did get a tiny bit well-done on top!
Trim the woody ends of the asparagus and cut it into small pieces.
Asparagus and Tomato Frittata with Havarti and Dill
(Makes 4 servings, recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from low-priced asparagus on sale at the market.)
6-8 oz. fresh asparagus, ends trimmed and cut into small pieces
2 tsp. olive oil (or maybe a little more, depending on your pan)
2/3 cup diced cherry tomatoes
1 tsp. dried dill or (2 tsp. minced fresh dill)
4 oz. Havarti cheese, cut into small cubes (or use any type of mild white cheese that melts well)
6 eggs, beaten
Spike seasoning and Vege-Sal to taste for seasoning eggs (or season with salt and fresh-ground black pepper)
sliced green onions for garnish (optional, but good)
South Beach Suggestions Diet / Low-Carb Diet Suggestions:
Find More Recipes Like This One:
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More Ideas with Asparagus and Eggs:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Asparagus and Fresh Mozzarella Frittata with Parmesan and Chives from Kalyn's Kitchen
Sausage, Egg, and Asparagus Pizza from The Perfect Pantry
Breakfast Casserole with Asparagus, Mushrooms, and Goat Cheese from Kalyn's Kitchen
(Want even more recipes? I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.)


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How to Light a Fire: The Keith Richards Method
Passion is the nuclear reaction at the core of every talent. It's the glowing, inexhaustible energy source. It's also pretty darn mysterious.
Where does intense passion come from? How does it start, and how is it sustained? How does someone fall wildly in love with math or music, stock trading or figure skating?
Most of us intuitively think of passion as uncontrollable — you have it or you don't, period. In this way of thinking, passion is like a lightning strike, or a winning lottery ticket. It happens to the few, and the rest of us are out of luck.
But is that true? Or are there smart ways to increase the odds?
We get some insight into that question from none other than Keith Richards, whose book Life just came out. My favorite part of the book (and that's saying something) is the part where Keith tells how he fell in love with music, and specifically with the guitar. The process went like this:
Step one: Keith's Grandpa Gus, who was a former musician and a bit of a rebel, noticed that Keith liked singing.
Step two: whenever young Keith would come over, Gus placed a guitar on on top of the the family piano. Keith noticed. Gus told him, when he was taller, he could give it a try.
Step three: one momentous and unforgettable day, Gus took the guitar down from the piano, and handed it to Keith. From that moment, Richards was hooked (his first addiction). He took the guitar everywhere he went.
As Richards writes:
"The guitar was totally out of reach. It was something you looked at, thought about, but never got your hands on. I'll never forget the guitar on top of his upright piano every time I'd go and visit, starting maybe from the age of five. I thought that was where the thing lived. I thought it was always there. And I just kept looking at it, and he didn't say anything, and a few years later I was still looking at it. "Hey, when you get tall enough, you can have a go at it," he said. I didn't find out until after he was dead that he only brought that out and put it up there when he knew I was coming to visit. So I was being teased in a way."
Reading it, I couldn't help but think that most parents and teachers — me included — do precisely the opposite. We don't put things out of reach — in fact we put them within reach. We go fast, not slow. We try to identify passion, not to grow it. We don't take the time to make the nuclear reaction happen on its own.
For me, the lessons are these:
- Don't treat passion like lightning. Treat it like a virus, one that's transmitted on contact with people who already have it. Grandpa Gus loved music. He noticed Keith liked singing.
- Create a space for private contact with a vast, magical world. The guitar was totally out of reach. It was something you looked at, thought about, but never got your hands on.
- Give time for the ideas to grow. And I just kept looking at it, and he didn't say anything, and a few years later I was still looking at it.
- Know that it's never about today, but rather about creating a vision of the future self. "When you get tall enough you can have a go at it."
For parents and teachers, Gus provides a useful model. Because Gus didn't hover. He didn't push. He didn't even try to teach, beyond some rudimentary chords. But he did something far more intelligent and powerful. He understood what makes kids care. He carefully put the elements in place, sent a few pointed signals at the right time, and let the forces of nature take their course.
Smart man, that Gus.
And I can't help but wonder: are there other Gus stories out there that might be instructive? How do we take the Gus Method and apply it to schools, or sports, or math?
PS — Thanks to all you readers who requested Spanish editions — they're being mailed today. Venga!
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Thanks for this great post! I think it is spot on since I definitely experienced the opposite effect from being a bit over-enthusiastic about some things with my kids.
I suspect that this approach to nurturimg passion may happen on a smaller scale in both Montessori and Suzuki environments. In a Montessori classroom, younger children watch older children receive lessons and do "works" that they are not yet able/allowed to do. In this way, the next level in math (and all subjects) becomes enticing and is mysterious. My son was so thrilled once he got a lesson on the Change Game (decimals) and did it over and over. He sees kids working on the next work in the curriculum and can't wait to try it. Similarly, the music and mixed level group classes in Suzuki get kids excited about the next piece or level. New worlds literally open up as you progress – tours, new ensemble and performance opportunities… In both settings, I think all of your bullet points apply.
I just heard a review on NPR last night for the album "Hands" by jazz legend Dave Holland. Quoting the article,
"Holland says he wasn't out to create a fusion of jazz and flamenco on Hands. Instead, he wanted to use the breadth of his knowledge to play flamenco from the inside. He says he doubts he could have done this 10 years ago: He might have had the experience, knowledge and technique required, but not the willingness to venture into flamenco's turbulent emotional terrain.
In the end, that's what greatness comes down to in flamenco, as well as in jazz — the courage to tap into deep emotions. Holland and Habichuela accomplish that here, and that's what makes them masters."
Love it – and can't wait to read Life. Great work, Dan!
The article and a link to the audio are here: http://www.npr.org/2010/11/08/131169355/dave-holland-finds-a-new-journey-in-flamenco.
Nice one. Think it's just our excessive drive to make kids what we think and not what they ought to be that makes us speed things up.Taking a class from this for future use.
Whoa! This ones cool. Lighting up the fire in life. 🙂
there is a similar story about Bach. He lived with his older brother. He was not allowed to look at his brothers collection of written music. He had to sneak to look at it.
I went through similar journey on my road to finally receiving an offer to trade at a Hedge fund. For a period of two years, I was rejected at most of the major firms in NYC. However, during that period I never quit a deep passion / desire had developed within me. I continued to press forward and apply to other major firms, until I was finally admitted to my preferred choice. Today, I'm an excellent trader, and I'm outperforming. I feel that this period of rejection, helped make me stronger. Kind of like a pressure cooker, by keeping the lid on it, the pressure increases, until point you pop the lid and all of that energy/passion/ desire gushes out… that's when a star is born.
Your thoughts on Montessori schools are ones that jumped into my head upon reading this as well. I feel as though Montessori schools do a phenomenal job in many ways as far as their methods and how they encourage/gently nudge the neural changes required in learning and development.
Carson Boddicker
Great post. I recently saw this interview on MSN with Katy Perry that reminded me of this post. She talks about watching and hearing her older sister take voice lessons, and it made her want to do it. She talks about how singing on stage gave her a place where everyone would stop what they were doing to listen, and how picking up a guitar at 13 was her "ammo" for her passion, adding the ability to play music to add to her voice.
Keep up the fascinating work.
Greg Sumpter
Michael Phelps and Michael Jackson come to mind.
Just reading the Keif Richards book now – in addition to the explaining the "ignition" he also touches on the deep practice that Keith, Mick & Brian Jones experienced. Living together in a monk-like existence, two mattresses and a record player, poring over Muddy Waters and Jimmy Reed records and relentlessly dissecting them. Then, once they started getting gigs, working like the Beatles did in Germany — sometimes 2-3 gigs a day.
The book itself is a great read — I've learned there's a lot more to Keith than the myth/pop culture stereotype!
One thing no one has mentioned is the effect on reading. Most kids today don't like to read, and its a statistic mentioned over and over, but how many parents are themselves demonstrating a love of reading?
My mom got me hooked on reading as a child, and one of the main reasons was because I grew up in homes where there were books everywhere, and yet no one ever asked me to read. I just knew that I had to improve my skill level fast if I wanted to be able to read all those books. And of course, the love of books permeated the atmosphere, so I picked it up.


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Who do you guys think is going to make it next? or deserves to make it?
Getting into the Hall of Fame is very hard for a certain kind of very good NBA player. Players who crack 21,000 points or finish with a Player Efficiency Rating of 21.0 or higher are generally locks, provided theyve made the requisite number of All-Star teams and havent irreparably sullied their reputations. A couple of future candidates, especially Vince Carter, are going to challenge the primacy of those milestones in front of a voting committee that seems to value pioneering accomplishments, college success and membership on multiple championship teams as much as it does individual NBA numbers.
The induction this year of Ralph Sampson hammers that home. Sampson played only nine NBA seasons. He barely cracked 7,000 career regular-season points and recorded precisely three seasons his first three in which he played 50 games and averaged at least 15 points per game. He did make four All-Star teams and hit an iconic shot to beat the Lakers in the 1986 Western Conference finals, and a series of unfortunate injuries limited him during his career and forced its premature end. Still, there is no standard under which an NBA-only Hall of Fame would admit Sampson. Hes in mostly because of his legendary college career at Virginia, where his play convinced NBA higher-ups he would revolutionize the game and had Celtics honcho Red Auerbach traveling to Charlottesville after Sampsons freshman year to try to persuade the big fella to enter the 1980 draft in which Boston had the top pick. (Auerbach failed, and the Celtics ended up using that pick to swing a franchise-altering megadeal that netted Robert Parish and Kevin McHale.)
The focus on guys like Sampson is fine. The Hall of Fame is for the general sport of basketball, not the NBA, and its fun to have contributors from across the world housed in one place. But that has left a particular group of NBA players out in the cold the guys who score somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 points, make a couple of All-Star teams, fail to really distinguish themselves as elite defenders/rebounders/passers and go through their careers without playing a prominent role on a truly memorable championship team.
A ton of names fit this bill Eddie Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Tom Chambers, Glen Rice, Walter Davis, Bernard King, Terry Cummings, Reggie Theus, Dale Ellis, Lou Hudson, Cliff Robinson, Mitch Richmond, Mark Aguirre and many others. Some of those guys made more than a couple of All-Star teams (Hudson and Richmond made six each, for instance), and some (Richmond and Rice) won single rings as role players on top-heavy Lakers teams. Aguirre was a key member of two championship teams in Detroit, scored more career points than Hall of Famer Chris Mullin and barely gets a sniff from Springfield; the player the Pistons dealt away for him at Isiah Thomas urging, Adrian Dantley, is in the Hall, in part because he reached a sheer number of points (more than 23,000) voters simply cannot ignore. (He was also a fantastic player.)
Heres a quick look at a few current players who are going to finish their careers soon and end up somewhere in this Hall of Fame Netherworld Spectrum. The focus is on players clearly at the tail end of their NBA careers: Those in their mid-30s whose minutes and/or level of play are in obvious decline. If a qualified mid-30s player is not listed here, that means they are a Hall of Fame lock.
The Big-Name Stars
Grant Hill: Hill is going to get in, even though a series of devastating ankle injuries limited him to six truly dominant seasons at the start of his career a streak that ended right after he signed a massive free-agent contract with the Magic during the same summer spending bonanza that netted the next guy on this list. But Hill was one of the leagues top half-dozen or so players during that six-season stretch, and he has since reinvented himself as an effective two-way third/fourth option on the wing. Hell approach 18,000 career points, and when you toss in a storied college career at Duke including authorship of the best inbounds pass in basketball history Hill meets the Springfield criteria.
Tracy McGrady: Covered here. McGradys apex was incredible, peaking with a 2002-03 season that ranks among the best in the sports history. At top form, McGrady shot 45 percent, hit an above-average percentage from three-point range, sported perhaps the best wing passing skills in the pre-LeBron James era and even bought in on defense most famously in the 2005 playoffs, when McGrady guarded Dirk Nowitzki effectively as a depleted Rockets team pushed the Mavericks to seven games in a losing effort. But his career is littered with ugly stuff: the departures from Toronto and Orlando, announcing his intention to undergo microfracture surgery in 2009 before even telling the Rockets, laughing on the bench as Detroit mutinied against coach John Kuester, etc.
Will all of that, plus his relatively early fall from elite status, keep him out of Springfield? Hell probably end up with close to 19,000 points, seven All-Star appearances and zero postseason series wins.
Vince Carter: Covered at length last year at this time. Assuming Allen Iverson gets in at some point, Carter, with more than 21,000 points already, stands a chance at being the all-time highest ABA/NBA scorer on the outside.
Manu Ginobili: Hes absolutely going to get in, and he should. Ginobilis already 35 and cracked 10,000 career points only last season, but voters are smart enough to see the context behind those numbers and the paltry two All-Star Games. Ginobili came into the league late, at 25, after dominating the Euroleague; worked as the best player on an Argentina team that won gold in the 2004 Olympics and beat Team USA twice; and has won three titles under an NBA coach who prioritizes minutes management above regular-season numbers. Ginobili is an all-around hoops genius, and a Springfield no-brainer.
The Defenders
Marcus Camby: Hes played in the league forever and been an elite rebounder and shot-blocker for his entire career. Hes 40th in the NBA in total rebounds, but that undersells his glass-eating; Camby is fifth in total rebounding rate, which measures the percentage of rebounds a player grabs while on the floor. He is also a nifty passer for a big man, and could actually score in double figures for the first half of his career before morphing into the offensive nonentity (outside of rebounding) he is now. If Dennis Rodman can get in, why cant Camby?
For one, Rodman won five rings as part of two legendary NBA teams the Bad Boy Pistons and the post-baseball Jordan Bulls. He started for the 1995-96 Bulls, who went 72-10 and are in the greatest team ever conversation. Rodman could defend wing players early in his career, and his rebounding numbers are off the charts, even in comparison to players like Camby and Dwight Howard. He is the greatest rebounder in league history, by a significant margin. Camby also helped lift UMass to prominence, including a Final Four run, but the school ultimately had to vacate that seasons record after it was revealed Camby received improper benefits from an agent.
Ben Wallace: Wallace is No. 8 in the NBA in rebounding rate, won a ring as part of a Detroit team that played in six straight conference finals, made five straight first-team All-Defensive teams and guarded Shaquille ONeal decently during the 2004 Finals. But his career got off to a slow start, with three fairly low-minutes seasons in Washington, and it has ended with unspectacular (but solid) play in Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit again. Wallace was a horrid free-throw shooter and less of an offensive threat than Camby, but he made up for it to some degree with nasty screen-setting and decent passing.
The Clutch Winners
Chauncey Billups: Voters love Finals MVPs, and though Billups never quite lived up to the Mr. Big Shot moniker his clutch numbers are pretty average overall he did make some huge shots for the Pistons, upgraded Denver as soon as he got there and has won universal respect as a locker-room leader. He could finish with close to 17,000 points and a PER around 19.0 a top-100 mark if he stays healthy and productive for two more seasons. He has remained very efficient as his athleticism declines by focusing almost entirely on threes and free throws. A five-time All-Star and a solid, smart defender during his prime, Billups has had trouble cracking the All-NBA teams with so many elite point guards, old and young, scattered around the league. Gun to my head, I bet Billups gets in.
Jason Terry: This is my pet case, if only because Terrys Hall of Fame credentials are starting to sneak up on people. Terry has 16,487 career regular-season points, so if he can manage just 1,000 per year over the next three seasons in Boston, hell begin to approach the territory at which voters at least take a second look even if Terrys 17.5 career PER is not on pace to crack the top 150 (minimum: 15,000 minutes played). Hell likely finish third all-time in made three-pointersand with zero All-Star appearances, an obvious disqualifier. Terrys size means that teams have to hide him a bit on defense, but he has always been a wily defender and has survived in Dallas complex hybrid zone defenses not the easiest thing to master.
Terrys contributions on the other end have probably been underrated. Hes a terrific shooter who can work the pick-and-roll, and players with that skill set are enormously difficult to guard. Dallas offense has just about always improved by massive margins with Terry on the floor, and while lineup combinations have something to do with that, Terrys skill set does, too. He hasnt always been clutch (check his early postseason numbers), but he has been a steady late-game player for a team that has regularly outperformed expectations in close games. His work in the 2011 playoffs, especially the clinching game of the Finals, was exemplary, including 44 percent shooting from long range.
Terry probably isnt going to get serious attention without another title in Boston, but his career may at least make for a fun argument one or two beers into a Friday night.
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Elton Brand: True story: Every player in NBA/ABA history with a career PER above 21.0 and at least 15,000 minutes played has either made the Hall of Fame or hasnt come up for eligibility yet. Brands career PER is 21.30. He also averaged at least 20 points and nine rebounds in six of his first eight seasons and came close in other two. He was a brutally efficient low-post scorer, ranked in the top 10 in PER in three seasons and has evolved into a stout defender. Depending on his longevity and role, he has an outside shot at 20,000 career points.
But through no fault of his own, Brand hasnt played on any great teams, and his production has tailed off since a mid-career Achilles injury. He wont maintain that 21-plus PER as he ages.
Richard Hamilton: Rip averaged between 17 and 20 points per game for 10 straight seasons and was the most reliable scorer on those Detroit teams that made six consecutive conference finals. His trade from the Wizards to the Pistons was one of the central moves in the construction of that team because Hamilton, unlike Jerry Stackhouse (who went to Washington in that deal), could thrive off the ball. Hamilton was a decent defender in his prime but never an especially good one, and he was an underrated passer who could run a nice pick-and-roll on the wing and drop the ball to big men as he caught the ball sprinting around a pick. Just three All-Star Games and zero All-NBA appearances. Never developed a reliable three-point shot. Won a title at UConn, but still seems destined for the Hall of Fame netherworld.
Jerry Stackhouse: He was on the flip side of that Washington-Detroit trade, and like Hamilton, Stackhouse butted heads with Michael Jordan in his desire to emerge as a star in his own right. Hes hanging on to an NBA career with 16,000-plus career points, but he has never been an accurate shooter (career 40.9 percent from the floor), and his efficiency fell off a cliff when he couldnt draw the heaps of free throws that sustained him during prime years. Had his chance at a ring in Dallas, as a pre-Terry sixth man, but never got it. Was never quite special as a passer or defender. A tough, tough dude and hoops junkie who just doesnt have enough on the résumé.
Shawn Marion: Dont laugh. Marion has nearly 16,000 career points, a championship ring on a memorable Dallas team and worked as a key third-option type on the Seven Seconds or Less Suns that rejuvenated offense around the league. Hes a four-time All-Star who has also piled up some nice rebounding numbers; his career rebounding rate is just about the same as Pau Gasols. Hes always taken care of the ball, and has developed into an elite defender capable of guarding four positions. Its puzzling that Marion has never made a single All-Defensive team, especially as Kobe Bryant (at another position, I realize) continues to make them on an outdated reputation. Marions ability to play both forward positions has made him enormously valuable, capable of playing in several different kinds of first- and second-unit lineups.
And yet, aside from some unmemorable time in Toronto and his work on the 2005-06 Suns, Marion has rarely been even the second option on his teams. That Suns team did have a conference finals run without Amare Stoudemire, their real second option, but it got that far only because the leagues silly seeding rules had by far the two best teams Dallas and San Antonio meet in the second round.
Jermaine ONeal: Elite two-way big men deserve extra credit. Other than true top-five superstars, they are the most valuable commodity in the league, and for a bit longer than a half-decade, ONeal was a very, very good two-way big. But he missed significant time during two seasons of that prime stretch, and his peak just didnt last long enough or reach high enough highs to warrant serious Hall consideration. He has slightly more than 12,000 points, and its unclear how much he has left in the tank after a series of injuries limited him to just 34 games over the last two years in Boston.
Andre Miller: Miller is 10th all-time in assists, a basketball professor with a unique understanding of how to create space, generate the best kind of shot attempts (threes and layups) for teammates and work the post. Perhaps the greatest lob passer in NBA history. Miller is also an uneven defender, owns a middling (by Hall standards) 17.84 PER and has never won a playoff series in the NBA.
Antawn Jamison: The new Lakers forward is going to blow past 20,000 points this season, and if he stays healthy for another couple of years, he will get into that points territory in which guys nearly automatically gain entry to the Hall. But I dont buy it. Big men have to provide defense, and Jamison has teetered between average and disastrous during most of his career, falling into the latter category for the last half-decade or so. His inability to even pretend to guard Kevin Garnett is one of the two or three biggest reasons the Celtics upset Cleveland in the conference semifinals in 2010, setting off a chain of events that has reshaped the league. Jamison is a funky scorer and has developed into a league-average three-point shooter, but hes not a Hall of Famer.
Baron Davis: We all love Baron Davis. We all enjoyed the 2007 We Believe Warriors. Hes smart, funny, thoughtful a great interview. In three or four healthy, productive seasons during a much longer career, Davis played point guard with a combination of destructive force, fun spirit and passing genius weve seldom seen. Its just not close to enough for a Springfield case.
Derek Fisher: Only because it will come up: No. Fisher has hit some monstrous shots en route to five titles with the Lakers, including the 0.4 shot against San Antonio, the tying and clinching shots in Game 5 of the 2009 Finals and an improbable series of baskets late in Game 3 of the 2010 Finals in Boston to swing that game and that series. And there is precedent, in the form of K.C. Jones and others, for letting in low-scoring members of dynastic teams. But Fisher was a limited role player on two mini-dynasties set apart by a half-dozen seasons, and he has been a below-average player his entire career. And just to reiterate: Bernard King is not in the Hall of Fame. Fishers had a nice career and his stewardship of the players union will win him gravitas points, but hes not a Hall of Famer.


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Kevin Spacey has a few words of wisdom on the future of broadcast television and convergence with the web.
Spacey, who gave the keynote James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival on August 23rd, as reported in The Guardian — one of my favorite newspapers — told the audience that "clearly the success of the Netflix model – releasing the entire season of House Of Cards at once – has proved one thing: the audience wants control. They want freedom. If they want to binge – as they've been doing on House Of Cards – then we should let them binge. [This] demonstrated that we have learned the lesson that the music industry didn't learn – give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price, and they'll more likely pay for it rather than steal it. If you watch a TV show on your iPad is it no longer a TV show? The device and length are irrelevant. For kids growing up now there's no difference watching Avatar on an iPad or watching YouTube on a TV and watching Game Of Thrones on their computer. It's all content. It's all story."
You can view video excerpts from the lecture here — about five minutes, condensed — and Spacey makes some very good points.


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I blast myself with a 500 watt worklight when I sing my vocals live. The sunglasses I wear go from no tint at the bottom to dark at the top. This lets me see but also allows me to make eye to eye contact with the audience. I've played massive events with over 40,000 people but my favorite gigs are small clubs. Whatever the size of the venue or festival your core fans will make it close to the stage. Take the time to acknowledge them. If your not entering the stage by a curtain call before you begin your audio onslaught shake the hands of a few people who you can tell are there to see you. This is especially important if your playing a venue where your just one of many acts and the crowd is only a small part yours. Why? Because if you get the front moving the rest will follow.
In the 90s on one infamous night at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City I jumped into the crowd in a drunken state and ended up getting clocked. I was pretty trashed and my pre-show comments on the mic pretty much sealed my fate. After my eyebrow grew back and the stitches healed I gained the confidence to get close to the audience again. Today of course I'm always sober and my fans have had ten years to multiply!
My favorite part of the gig is when I get a chance to jump into the crowd with the work light. Get close to your fans. They like your music because on some level they are similar to you. They know your lyrics and relate. Go and greet them face to face!
The video above is from this Saturday night's gig at the Ground Zero Festival in Bussloo, The Netherlands. You can see it was easy from me to jump down into the crowd but I had to run around the back to get back on stage! For a photo set (without the bad video noise): click here