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When you study the history of Russia, you might as well ask yourself a natural and a topical question: why the ancient Kievan Russia and Muscovy collapsed? Why did they break up into several principalities, even though their territories were inhabited primarily by so-called 'Slavs' (there were no 'foreigners' or 'blacks' or external adversaries like Tatars or Mongols)?
The whole thing is that Moscow princes were imposing such an unbearable levy on local princes (which is now called taxes in Russia) that the princes were rebelling, and the local riffraff would always support their local princes ('apanage princelings' so to say).
Right now Moscow is conducting similar policies: the center takes everything away, and as a result 85% of the funds are circulating in Moscow, and the governors have to travel to the capital (like foot messengers from among the peasants of early 20th century) to try to get some of their money back.
In Russia today the center is the one coordinating and reallocating funds between the provinces; and the funds are mainly made on selling oil, gas and non-ferrous metals. But as soon as natural resources start running out or some alternative energy sources come up (which the entire world is working on nowadays), Russia will start slipping down into a bottomless precipice and will inevitably collapse into small territories.
A Russian functionary, no matter what ethnic background he might be, knows no sense of proportion and will never act according to the circumstances. This is why a pulse of an ordinary Russian citizen remains steady when they hysterically proclaim «great and indivisible Russia» from top podiums and from church bell towers. Because an ordinary Russian citizen knows for sure that when Russian functionaries come to power they do nothing but satisfy their insatiable appetites and fill their pockets with state funds.
But the people are living on their own and digging in stinking dumpsters and garbage cans. And ragged impoverished Russian old men and women, who worked for «dear Soviet government» their whole life are now dragging out a miserable existence, spending the rest of their days in rundown slums and panhandling at each intersection.
All entrances into subway stations are packed with panhandlers. You can barely 'survive' on Russian pensions and wages, but you can't live on it. But Putin's mass media are trying to convince otherwise: they claim that mafia is the one sending the old people to go begging, and that panhandling is a form of business.
Let's take a look a few years back. When Boris Yeltsin and his 'Slavic accomplices' were signing the treaty about the dismissal of the USSR, the latter was not in existence already. Yeltsin only recorded that fact. One of the reasons why the Soviet Union collapsed was strict hierarchy of colonized nations. The center was literally strangling the Soviet colonies, which were no longer willing to remain in the position of 'little brothers'. Insane senile old men from the Kremlin, who found a permanent comfy hideout in the Central Committee of the Communist Party, moved the northern nations under canopies and roofs from their yurts and tents, and were regulating the number of deer in their flocks and deadlines for their insemination. It even used to go as far as coordinating a name of a street, a lane or a museum in any Soviet Union's colony with Moscow and get special resolution from the so-called «Central Soviet Council of Ministers».
At the same time in any Western state municipal legislature has always had priority over the central one on all everyday issues: concerning ecology, agriculture, housing, etc.
In the West a central government cannot claim even a tiny piece of land without permission from local administration.
I can remember how Canadian Prime Minister (Trudeau, I think) was trying to build a golf course without coordinating it with the local authorities, and he almost faced resignation for that.
And the Constitutions of each state in the US have so many rights that the republics «integrated into the Russian Federation» have never even dreamed of. So, it wasn't Boris the Boozer who ruined the Soviet Union, but it was over-centralization and idiocy of the Kremlin's long-livers.
Right now in Russia you can see the same centrifugal tendencies accompanied by brave reports about strengthening the «vertical line of power». Moreover, the creation of seven territorial circuits only increased the number of new functionaries. Russia was already famous for its largest number of functionaries in the world. In Russia there were more of them than there are in India, US or China. Even during the Soviet power there was no such number of officials.
Russian functionaries are breeding like locusts that devour anything on their way. Today Russia is not producing anything that would conform to the international standards, except for weapons and space equipment.
So what Russia is going to be living on when oil, gas and non-ferrous metals run out? Capitals and investments, which the Kremlin was counting on, are not coming to Russia. Western companies are afraid of Russian mobster legislation.
Every law has a loophole. This is the Russian principle of lawmaking. There can be one law in Russia today, and another law tomorrow. Russian customs are working differently each month too.
At the same time the entire economic ingenuity of the Russian government is concentrated exclusively on distributing the profit from oil and gas. Any fluctuations at the oil market have a direct impact on the Russian budget. As soon as they start talking about lowering oil prices, Russian budget starts coming apart at the seams and social programs get repealed, including raises of pensions, which are promised each year.
So, at the moment when the «blood of the earth» runs out, or when the prices drop to the critical minimum, Russia will face a risk to turn into the worldwide dump of radioactive wastes. Because there will be no other way to make hard currency in Russia. This tendency can already be seen today.
Russia's future is pretty unpleasant. This country already has 60 million alcoholics and 18 million drug addicts (they even have drug addicts in faraway villages out in the country, called «bears' corners», and even in taiga corners of Siberia). Then, at least 78 million can be crossed out of this life right off the bat, since these are nothing but irrecoverable human waste that can no longer be restored.
At the same time Russia is virtually a feudal and bandit state. In a jural state the law is controlled by the legislature, and not by some scroungers in the executive government, including the president.
Russia is a savage country, where there is no separation of powers into executive, legislative and judicial branches. It is laughable when Russian 'patriots' for example keep saying that a child was taken away from Russian ballerina Zakharova and left in France, but President Jacques Chirac is taking no measures, i.e. he is not interfering in the judicial system and is not demanding that the child is returned to the mother. Russian ordinary citizens can never understand that if the French President even picks up the phone and calls the Judge, he will be forced to resign immediately.
Bush would face a similar fate if he tries to 'influence' on some court decision. But in Russia any top official is a czar, a god and a military commander.
Belief in a good czar the father and czarina the mother determines the behavior and the worldview of a Russian ordinary citizen. As long as the 'master' passes a 'good' law and the problem is solved by itself, and so on. There is a Russian proverb that goes, «Like priest, like people» («Judge the flock by its priest»). And vice versa.
For instance, why Russian people are quiet when they find out about corruption in the higher echelons of the Putin regime? Just because most of them know that had they been up on the top, they would have been doing the same exact things.
And this is the reason why no changes for the better can be expected in Russia within the next few decades. Russians will keep tolerating and putting up with it. And the situation will keep getting worse and the government's tyranny will be increasing because it is a known fact that nothing corrupts the power as much as the long-suffering of the riffraff.
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...The unplayable lie may be relocated to a new lie that is: (1) No closer to the hole, on the line of play and within five meters of the unplayable lie; or (2) The previous lie...
The line of play referred to here is that between the marker denoting the lie deemed unplayable and the target?
Left hand side of the fairway up near the basket had a very steep drop-off covered in thick brush. My disc was located about 5' off the fairway but 8' or so below the level of the fairway. It was difficult to maintain position on the slope without sliding and there was no room for a throwing motion, much less an opening to throw through, so I called the lie unplayable. I checked with my group and moved my lie laterally onto the fairway, much as one would do with OB, and finished the hole from there. Being a little uncertain I had played this correctly, I checked in with the TD and a couple of the more experienced players and they confirmed my play but now I'm not so certain. Assuming the answer to the question with which I started this post is "yes", the only option I would have had was that of previous lie (re-tee in this case) as any lie behind the lie deemed unplayable simply was not possible, placing me further into the mess downslope. My lateral relocation was illegal?
Considering the round in question was my worst rated round to date, I'm not particularly concerned about what has happened, I just want to avoid future mistakes.

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i think Paul George is close, but I have to say Danny Granger
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i think Paul George is close, but I have to say Danny Granger
Under the new rules, I don't think any of them have a chance. If I had to guess, I would think it would be Hibbert but not likely since they don't list centers anymore....
I think this year we have two. Hibbert and Granger.
I'd gladly wager with ol blue or anyone else who thinks that we won't have at least one all star player. Any takers?
I'm also surprised no one has mentioned D West... Barring injuries, he's got a shot. But, no, i won't bet on that one.
I"m more interested in how many games we win.
Done, put the dollar amount on it.....
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I will bet the farm against Granger..... He has been sliding in recent years. I see no reason to think he is going to be good enough this year. In fact, he might be the least likely Pacer to make the All Star Team. PG could have a break out season and make it, he has room to improve. Hill, West or Hibbert could also put a good season together. I think Granger has already peaked and will continue to decline....
Vogel indeed has the best shot.
Mello, LeBron and even Pierce are going to the all-star game before Granger. This is especially true with Danny playing a smaller role on a balanced team.
Paul hasn't shown he can put together a string of great games let alone all-star level play. I still have high hopes for him...but honestly he has to start showing it. Maybe he becomes a late bloomer because quite frankly if he doesn't make a significant improvement this year we are looking at a little better version of Brandon Rush.
Roy has a chance. I know he will be competing with Bosh and Garnett now. But if he makes another leap...look out. I honestly think that once his body fully matures and he gets a little thicker, he's just going to be a load with that skill set. Combine that with the fact I suspect he gets his head right...and he may become dominant.
I know the center rule has changed, but it's the same guy that made it last year, Roy.
None this year.
Plumlee for sure....
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I think a combination of Horford, Chandler, Bosh, and Bynum is going to be too much competition for Hibbert this year. I think Hibbert is going to be more efficient this year, but I don't think he's going to have a big spike in numbers. I do think that Granger will be better than his absolutely horrendous start last year. I think he's going to average around 18 points on fewer shots than last year and have a career year in assists. (3-3.5 apg)
I would say Paul (he'll be exciting and All-star favorable this year) and Roy (he'll put on one helluva first half-season show and get in). Hill's kind of a stretch, but he could be really great. And if DJ or Gerald happen to put on an exceptional 6th man performance for the first half of the season, they might get a coach's choice. Besides them, Granger won't have a shot to make the fan-voted starters, and I think he has a less chance at getting a bench role.
I kinda hope Plumlee manages to make the Rookie game, though.
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6th man of the year Lance Stephenson!
I would be more surprised to see Hibbert not selected. I think a lot of people on here underestimate how good and important Hibbert is, especially on the defensive end. With the new rules he has no chance with the fan vote, unless George takes a huge leap none of our players do, but I think coaches realize this and will choose him.
I don't know, but we'll have at least 1, if at the time the coaches vote the pacers have the second best record in the eastern conference. Coaches look at the best teams and pick players on those teams. If for some reason the pacers start off really slow and are below .500 they probably won't have any.
I think the pacers will get 1 or two based upon our teams record more so than by a great year by an individual
I think Granger can make it back. If he scores 18, rebounds 5, shoots well, gets 1 steal or 1 block.....and we have to be top 3.
Granger seems possible. If we get a good seed by the break and he doesn't play awful (like the start of last year) then he would make it.
Hibbert might, but he would need to outplay Horford, which won't be easy. If the Knicks do well then except Chandler to make it also.
Hill was hardly a legit starter last year, would probably be the same this year. George will need to make a leap to become an all-star. West has no chance imo
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I don't see how Granger gets the nod over LBJ/Melo/Pierce, as has been said before.
Hibbert has a shot, but like the other poster wrote, Bynum/Bosh could really make it difficult if they stay healthy. However, I see Bynum is already injured...
Paul, if he plays well, doesn't have much competition at the 2. Ray Allen? Wade, if he's healthy? Monta?
I'd think Paul could get in if he becomes the focal point of the offense and continues his defensive growth. Hibbert gets in if he shoots 60%, scores 18+, really lives up to the max contract. Oh, and if Bynum doesn't just go insane. Horford...well, he's hard to predict.


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Covers are a familiar phenomenon in the music world, but don't really exist in the arts where authorship is still very much tied to the notion of the artist as genius and the uniqueness of his work. In the visual arts one rather speaks of references. Kelly 1:1 is not a reference, but a literal interpretation of Kelly's Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red. With Kelly 1:1 Experimental Jetset cover a 'classic' of the abstract paintings of the 60s, not intended as a critique but as an impudent homage.
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I've been kicking this one around in my head for a little bit and still not sure I like, but I think it's interesting. I think it improves are offensive by leaps and bounds, but does it make the team better.
Indy gets:
J. Johnson
OJ Mayo
Toronto gets
and a conditional 1st somewhere down the line
Memphis gets:
Dahntay Jones
Tyler Hansbrough
Our new Roster:
I think we'd have a great rotation of big men with Bargnani playing 10-15 at the 5 and West still getting 25-30 minutes a game dropping Foster into a very bad back friendly 5 minute a game range. PG can play either wing just fine, but Mayo can create his own shot something PG and Danny struggle a bit with and overall his defense is above average. Calderon has good court vison and can stop our offense from looking so constipated. His Defense is horibble along with Bargnani. I think the minutes round out nicely and our 2nd unit improves greatly. Overall Trade Machine gives us 3 more wins. I typically don't agree with it's estimates, but I could see it.
Memphis gets a back up for Allen and a some what hometown kid in Tyler for a injury riddle PF slot for their playoff push.
Toronto gets Equal value for Bargnani and a PG in return for Calderon and a future pick. They have depth a PF, There future center is coming over from Europe next year. Derozen is good. A top 5 pick of there own next year. While I'm not a DC fan as a PG. This summer will be a great Free Agent Class for Point Guards. They'd be taking a step back but setting themselves up for the future nicely.


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If Ryan Reynolds is to be believed, we won't be seeing any of that Weapon XI nonsense that showed up at the end of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" in its spin-off "Deadpool" film. Or at least that's what I got from this brief interview with Reynolds, who while doing promo rounds for his comedy "The Proposal", got asked questions about the upcoming "Deadpool" movie that was announced almost as soon as the first weekend box office receipts for "Wolverine" came up roses.
Reynolds tells Hitfix:
Well, I'm intimately involved with it. We're just trying to break a story right now and figure out who the villain is going to be and all that stuff. But, it's going to be just like the comic books. I'm gonna have a messed up face and you may see some flashbacks of Wade earlier in his life, but primarily what you see is what you get in the comics and that's the goal. And there is no better place to draw material from then the comics which are incredible.
And just to put a finer point on it, Reynolds said this to IGN about the movie's ties to the "Wolverine" picture:
"Without saying too much, I can't imagine that there's gonna be any tie-in to the Wolverine movie at all.
…So many of the outlets that follow this character are curious what the elements will be, afraid that you won't be disfigured, that you won't wear the mask, and I laugh because there's no way to do this without having the scarring, having the mask, having it all. And it can be done. It's a no-brainer in that sense. You gotta have the character of Deadpool. You don't want to just invent something new and call it Deadpool. "
You gotta figure that Reynolds' involvement in the movie is of utmost importance. At this point, I doubt if anyone, especially the fans, will accept anyone else in the role except Reynolds, which is a good thing because it means he has pull in regards to the movie's direction. That means if he's got it in his head to make a comic book faithful Deadpool movie, it's gonna happen.


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The FAA has approved funding to continue the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) network rollout through 2020, the year that aircraft will be required to have ADS-B Out capability to broadcast their GPS-derived position to controllers on the ground. But the agency has put off until 2013 a decision on funding trials of ADS-B In, the ability to display nearby air traffic in the cockpit.
The FAA's investment review board, known as the Joint Resources Council (JRC), recently approved $560 million to fund the ADS-B ground network deployment from 2014 to 2020, said Vincent "Vinny" Capezzuto, FAA director of surveillance and broadcast services. This adds to $1.4 billion the JRC approved in 2006 and 2007 investment decisions to support the first seven years of the program. The FAA awarded a contract to ITT (now ITT Exelis) in August 2007 to begin installing 794 ADS-B ground radio stations nationwide. "From my position, this was a big decision for the FAA. It demonstrates the commitment" to the program, Capezzuto said June 6, speaking at the RTCA Symposium in Washington, D.C. "We established with the industry that we would put the infrastructure in place [before anyone has] equipment on their aircraft."
The agency has mandated that aircraft operators equip for ADS-B Out by 2020. But a follow-on requirement for ADS-B In was sidetracked when an aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) recommended last fall that the investment by airline and general aviation operators cannot currently be justified. After consulting with Boeing and Airbus, the ADS-B In ARC estimated that airlines would have to spend between $130,000 and $290,000 to forward fit and between $270,000 and $425,000 to retrofit each aircraft for the capability. The JRC has instructed the ADS-B program to return in 2013 to apply for funding of ADS-B In operational trials. Those trials will inform the development of minimum operational performance standards that guide avionics designers and manufacturers in building the necessary equipment.
The JRC is requiring "a more mature business case," Capezzuto said. "We needed to get this a little more solidified with a stronger strategy."
Meanwhile, the ground network rollout continues apace. Under the original contract, the radio station network is to be completed by late next year. Capezzuto said funding through 2020 will support a small expansion of the network in the Gulf of Mexico and the provision of in-trail procedures, an ADS-B In application, by the FAA's oceanic ATC automation platform. "We're at about $900 million in expenditures at this point," he said. "We've put in a large piece of the infrastructure. That includes all radio infrastructure hooked up to all automation systems, and including training for controllers and technicians and certification methodologies. That's a big piece of the puzzle."
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There would not be any funding needed at all if the FAA had gone another direction. Since virtually all planes now have gps receivers and know their exact positions in space, all that would need be done is to broadcast that on a short range signal so that nearby planes could display it. That might leave the FAA out of the loop though, and they can't have that. Thus the multi billion dollar program.
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June 20, 2012 - 7:23pm
Will these readily over the counter GPS Jammers, that have successfully caused some airports to move their ground stations further in field from the highways, due to interference, be successful in "jamming" airborne GPS signals?
If so, what is the Authority's back up plan, or will all the so called obsolete radars be kept on line for such an emergency. Just wondering and a little concerned.
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July 17, 2012 - 1:19am
If you follow the money it becomes pretty clear that this whole ADS-B thing has very little to do with safety and is just a front to allow the government to start charging for your "carbon footprint" and rack up on countless fees as they need money.


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Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
There's a kid just a few miles outside of Muncie that has been dunking, in games, since he was a 7th grader. He will be a soph next year. He's not even the best player in his grade at the school, which is a small 2A school. A guard by the name of Grant Evans holds that honor, and is getting looks from Purdue, Butler, Ball State, and quite a bit more.
I played against a kid who could grab rim as a 5th grader. Dumber than dirt, and lacked even the most basic skills, but the kid could/can jump straight out of the gym.
EDIT: Oh, and the grestest thing about the video in the article? That gym is in Ft Wayne. Speice Fieldhouse just off exit 110A on 469N.
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...think these guys will have entitlement issues?
The kid in the video reminds Napoleon Dynamite quite a bit. Facial expressions, movement.
Btw, that misdirection pass at 0:40 is amazing.
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Go on youtube, you will find amazing videos of a bunch of young guys... They start priming these kids for the NBA at super young ages, 7 yr old kids are already in the system.
Why so SERIOUS
I havent missed a basket since the 3rd grade.. Where is my cookie?


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I know a lot of us have been following the 12 year old Christopher. Just wanted to share (i belonged to a page of his on FB) that he is now at peace and no longer suffering. Another beautiful angel has been brought upon us. Bless him and his family and may those shower them with love, support, and prayer.


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Investigators said two persons of interest and a maintenance man were shot during a dispute at the Texas college Tuesday, investigators said.
Colleges remember all too well the reaction to the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.
"After Virginia Tech, college campuses across the country were required to step it up. And college campuses procedures we have in place now are because of Virginia Tech," said Jacksonville University's Derek Hall.
Since the 2007 shooting, three major college campuses in Jacksonville took steps to increase security in the event of another tragedy.
Florida State College of Jacksonville has alert systems in place. School officials said they're working on a door locking system that will keep campus even safer.
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The worst seems to be over for the dip in strawberry foodservice sales.
Foodservice business was off significantly for Naples, Fla.-based Naturipe Farms LLC during 2009 but bounced back to pre-recession levels in 2010, said Jim Roberts, vice president of sales.
Sales have stayed at that level into 2011, he said.
Similarly, San Diego-based Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce saw a fairly significant drop in foodservice sales two years ago, said Mark Munger, vice president of marketing. But now sales "are definitely on the rebound."
Watsonville-based Driscoll Strawberry Associates Inc. also saw foodservice sales drop off in late 2008, said Douglas Ronan, vice president of marketing.
The drop had a short-term effect on the company's foodservice business, but the slump seems to be ending.
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Foodservice accounts for only 10% to 15% of the business at Well-Pict Inc., Watsonville, so the company didn't experience much of a drop, said Dan Crowley, sales manager.
"There was no significant shift," he said.
The category has benefited from the fact that a number of quick-serve restaurants are getting more involved with the strawberry category, helping to drive consumption, Roberts said.
McDonald's restaurants last year launched a berry smoothies line and consequently bought a lot of berries to meet the demand. Even though most of that deal involves processed berries in the form of puree, it affects fresh production, he said.
More foodservice operators are incorporating berries into their menus because of their health benefits and because the category has experienced growth at retail level, he said.
"Foodservice providers understand that this is a hot category for consumers right now, and they're looking to capitalize on that," Roberts said.
Consumers are starting to eat out again, and that is helping to rebuild foodservice business, Munger said.
Meanwhile, Munger said he has noticed a trend among restaurant owners over the past five years toward clamshell containers and away from open boxes.
Most foodservice customers buy the 1-pound packages, but some buy 2-pounders to help keep costs down, he said.
Clamshells have a lot of advantages over open boxes, he said.
"From a food safety standpoint, they are a fairly safe container," he said.
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A tray of 1-pint containers typically contains 10.5 pounds of fruit as opposed to 8 pounds for a tray of 1-pound clamshells, Munger said.
But he added that shippers tend to overpack clamshells, so buyer actually are getting more than a pound of product, and there is significantly less cutting and bruising in clamshells than in open baskets.
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Couldn't watch the game. Glad for the win, but both teams have been struggling this season and this game showed just that.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
I know the FG% was low for both teams, but I thought this was a fantastically entertaining game. Tons of energy on both sides, and in the crowd. Lots of drama. Close finish with a lot of clutch shots and theatrics.
Indy led this game for most of it, and when a guy scores over half of his teams points, you generally don't want to see them win the game, because that's not team basketball. So the good guys won in this case. I knew when they said Kobe was game-time decision because of the flu --- he was going to play, and he was going to go off on us. That's what he ALWAYS does. He's a big drama queen, lol... why can't he play like that all the time. Because he wants the attention.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
True, the other Lakers shot 12 for 28, including Dwight who shot 7-10. I was very happy they ran their offense through a 34 year old jump shooter with the flu instead of the best center in the league. Besides that last game-tying three that was absolutely going in, I was rooting for Kobe to shoot every time. He was sloppy with the ball and there was absolutely no rhythm in their offense because Kobe wanted to have a "flu game" and played hero ball. Had he taken half the shots and played a little more conservatively with the ball the Lakers would have had a better shot at winning the game.
Anytime D12 got the ball anywhere close to the rim, we simply fouled him and made him shoot free throws. Yes he was 7-10, but we probably negated at least another 6 or 7 FGA's with trips to the FT line. Dwight is no longer looking like the best C in the league. That freakish strength is still there, but he whines to the refs wayyyy too much, and if you can stop his initial move, he's pretty much screwed.
I'd be much more afraid of Kobe, than Dwight at this point right now.
Kobe was so mad at his teammates last night that he decided to take over, that Morris guy sucks, Duhon sucks, Artest couldn't shoot to save his life, Gasol was afraid of taking an smaller West of the dribble and post him up for some reason and Howard is not Howard anymore, so if Kobe doesn't take over they were never going to have a chance to win the game.
It wasn't just the fourth quarter. They either played Kobe 1 on 5 or the rest of the team 4 on 4. And if I recalled correctly this happened the last time we played? He got his 30+ points but had to take an obscene amount of shots then too.
Without Nash running the show for the Lakers, D'Antoni's system simply does not fit with the Lakers. Their lineup is not that fast, and there's just not much ball movement especially with Bryant looking to create for himself
While this has been a bad offensive outing for both clubs, I think the Pacers really showed their dominating defense once again to make the Lakers struggle scoring. It's just that they can't make shots to save their lives that their great defense is almost negated. Good thing Hill showed up on the last minute. The offense really needs a lot of work, and their FTs really needs to be practiced more. I can't believe they have gone so bad as compared to last year, where they have a pretty good team FT% average.
Oh, and highlight of the game: Tyler smoking Ron, knocking him on his *** out of bounds. It was a thing of beauty...until we settled for a Roy 20' jumper on a 4 on 5.
And all those fouls put the Lakers in the penalty, and kept Roy Hibbert off the floor. They scored 72 points and almost won. Had Kobe not played I assume they would have scored at least that and probably more.
I truly don't know why the Lakers even got Dwight Howard. They barely use him and he looks confused as to why he's there as well. Hopefully when Nash comes back he can bring some order to the offense and we can see what this team is capable of. Right now it's a boring team to watch, which is annoying to me because I'd like to see them play at an elite level.
how did we get pacer fans in LA
By the way I was looking at places were the Lakers can trade Gasol to and Minnesota makes so much sense is not even funny, Gasol + pick for Dwill, Varea and Roy, that could give D'Antoni the athletic power forward that can also shoot the jumper in Dwill plus and nice backup point guard that can also run his system.
For Minny Gasol makes sense because they would finally have a legit center, a front court duo of Love and Gasol could be nice not only that but if Rubio comes back he'll be playing with his country man, Rubio, Luke, AK47, Love and Gasol? no bad.
The other part of my proposed trade is that I'm a Dwill fan and to me he is been underused in Minny or not used at all, I think he could be the new version of "the Matrix" but better, D'Antoni could make him look amazing.
With the way they were shooting, who knows how many points they would have scored. EVERYONE was off last night. Without Kobe, who on that team is creating anything on the perimeter last night? Gasol had a clear mismatch against D. West, and he got stuffed the majority of the night. I agree they could have went into Dwight a little more, but lets not forget that he was in foul trouble for most of the night as well.
Without any respectable 3pt shooters on the floor, it's easier to clog the lane on D12. Hopefully when Nash comes back, they can get the high pick and roll game working a little more.
Gasol would certainly take cre of the big rotation for Minny if he or Pek would accept a bench role. Would probably be a good trade for both teams if Pau doesn't get more comfortable with the offense in LA.
On a different note, we are a MUCH MUCH better team when G.Hill is aggressive. Not just scoring wise, but in terms of just getting into the lane, pushing the tempo, etc. He is definitely our X-Factor. It seems that when he plays well, we win, and when he doesn't, we don't.
As the starting PG for the Pacers, he has a lot of haters here on PD, who like to gripe about his contract and his play after his bad games, but stay quiet after performances like this. I hope he continues to play well and hits more game winners so that the haters can eat their share of crow.
I do like the fact that Roy went hard to the basket a few times, it would be nice if he started to do that more often.
He's really dialed back shooting the three when the defense goes under the PnR. He still shot 4 of them last night, but they were much more in the offensive flow.
Sure looked like it to me. Granted, I haven't watched a lot of D12 this year, but he looked tired/frustrated last night.
Regarding Howard, I think he is still trying to get in shape you can tell that he is not jumping or moving as fast as he used to, they throw the ball in the air for him to get it and he can't, remember that last play were West fouled him? If that was the old Howard he dunks the ball before going down, now he has to gather himself to be able to dunk it.


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Bill Simmons took some quotes from Game of Thrones and took a storyline from this year's NBA Free Agency. This is what was said about the Pacers...
I tend to agree with Simmons on this considering how much better the East is becoming, but yet it is the same team with a slightly better bench than last season and they carried us to the three seed. Again, I think it all boils down to PG tapping into his potential that will set us above everyone not named Miami or Chicago."If I die, weep for me."
"You'll be dead. How will you know?"
"I'll know."
Remember the 48 hours after Game 3 of the Miami-Indiana series, when it seemed like the frisky Pacers were on the verge of (a) killing the LeBron/Wade era, and (b) sneaking into the Finals? That was fun. Now they're building around three overpaid starters Danny Granger (two years, $27.1 million), Hibbert (four years, $58 million), George Hill (five years, $40 million) a bunch of overpaid role players ($21 million next year for David West, Ian Mahinmi, D.J. Augustin and Gerald Green???) and one possible blue-chipper (Paul George, who absolutely stunk in the 2012 playoffs). Does Hallmark make "Congrats on locking down the no. 6 seed for the next few years" cards?


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Hattiesburg, Miss., June 7, 2013 - William Carey University officials held groundbreaking ceremonies for Phase IV of the College of Osteopathic Medicine (WCUCOM) complex and the Carey Chapel on Thursday, June 6. Phase IV of the WCUCOM will be the 7379-square-foot Anatomy Building, which will cost $1,324,500 and will provide medical students with increased space for laboratory work. The 2630-square-foot Carey Chapel, which will be located directly behind Chain Garden, will cost $761,540 and will provide an area for worship, as well as wedding ceremonies for students, faculty, and staff.
At the start of both ceremonies Dr. Tommy King, president of WCU, gave a welcome and recognized those whose contributions have made these building projects possible. Chairman of the Board of Trustees Odean Busby gave the invocation for the Phase IV ceremony, and Dr. Daniel Caldwell, dean of the Cooper School of Missions and Biblical Studies, gave the prayer for the chapel ceremony. Dr. Scott Hummel, provost, made closing remarks and gave a prayer for guidance and blessing for the projects.
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I am engaged in a debate with someone over the issue of the Jim Crow South and how the free-market failed to self-regulate itself in those areas. Citing that " libertarians beleive in the invisible hand which doesnt exist at all. " and cites economists such as Joseph E Stiglitz to back this claim.
How would I approach this?
Jim Crow was government imposed. Is he serious?
Jim Crow forced black people to be inferior by law. It was essentially newly-legalized slavery.
Also, licensing added to the problem - local governments wouldn't grant licenses to buses who would desegregate.
Walter Block on the issue:
Consider in this regard that spate of infamous legislation known
as Jim Crow (Williams 1982b).
Here, rights were violated on a massive
scale, and great harm was perpetrated. Blacks had to sit at the back of
the bus because of legal requirements. If they tried to take a seat anywhere else, they would be jailed. Similarly, they were legally restricted in terms of the washroom and drinking fountain facilities (Wharton
1947; Welch 1967).
Contrast this with a very different scenario. Instead of this backof-the-bus practice being man dated by law, suppose that it were the
result of merely private discrimination. We assume, then, that in the
ex-Confederate states of Dixie that a view existed to the effect that the
appropriate place for blacks was in the back of the bus, and that this is
a widely upheld belief on the part of the majority white population,
although not—and this crucial—buttressed by supportive state intervention. In such a case, the typical entrepreneur would say to himself, "How
can I maximize profits, given this situation?" On the assumption that
blacks wanted to ride on the front of the bus, but were prevented from
doing so by the owners of the extant bus firms, this entre preneur would
start another bus line, one on which blacks can ride anywhere they
want—front or back—as long as they pay for this privilege.
The problem in the Jim Crow South was that this would have been
illegal. Entrepreneurs were re quired to obtain a permit or franchise in
order to start up a competing bus line. But the same statist powers that
forbade blacks the front of the bus also prohibited entrepreneurs from
coming to the rescue of the minority group in this commercially competitive way. Operation permits to alternative bus firms were simply not
granted (Wiprud 1945; Moore 1961; Eckert and Hilton 1972). In this
instance the underdog could not be helped by the market—not through
any fault of private discrimination, but because of the far more deleterious public variety.
Agree with them probably but I don't know about Jim Crow history
The 'invisible hand' is often misunderstood in the self regulation of markets in its effect on the relationship of supply & demand.
However Modern day behavioral economists sucha as Amos Tversky have disproved a direct link (humans are not mathematically rational agents)
I think its time libertarians moved on the well intended but fundamentally flawed theory of Adam Smith.
I'm afraid I don't think those are coherent sentences.
well no.
Accepting that humans are not mathatically rational is an important step in understanding why free markets are so volatile.
What does "mathematically rational" mean?
Can you give a hypothetical example of what would constitute as mathematical rationality, and then contrast that with one of mathematical irrationality?
I think he means that humans don't fit neoclassical models.
In that case, I think it's more appropriate to say not that humans are mathematically irrational, but that the models just suck.
True I am not stating that humans are not motivated by self interest.
I wouldn't want to over simplify the findings of indepth studies into complex pysche of human decision making into a one line example.
I'm talking about the many cognitive biases such as loss aversion, endowment & framing effects.
But really there are too many list :
Really recommend reading Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman by Kahneman and Priceless by Poundstone.
Why is being biased irrational?
@Wheylous One's mathematics are only as good as their assumptions are valid, and I think you are correct in saying that the models are based on assumptions that, more or less, "suck". Amiright?
Yes, though I might regret my choice of words a little.
What I meant is that just because people don't use probabilities like math does, it doesn't mean they're irrational. It means that models based on expectations (sum over outcomes weighted by probabilities) are not very useful.
Lookup the Davis-Bacon Act, ask yourself whether it was government or the free-market that passed that law.
Actually that's obvious on its face :P
A great example is 'Anchoring"
Humans use a memory process called 'chunking' to save space and group items together, so often reference unlinked numbers as related supermarkets know this fact and look for any opportunity to put large numbers in your eye line.
1000 points here, 50% off there, 100g free
Then figure of £5.00 for a can of beans seems small and the buyer is happy they are getting a bargain.
Is that Rational?
And how do you know it's not?
Maybe they just hadn't seen the food in the same light.
You think that rational means logical. I don't think that's how economists use it.
Complience: all those effects are widely known, and while they do have an effect, it's not an overarching or long-term effect.
What buyer pricing-irrationality via market training, or w/e, ultimately produces is a chance for a competitor who knows the real facts to walk in and undercut the current market leader in some way.
There are some products that people want to be very high quality and will only spend a minimum amount on, like high-end car wax. Truth is, car wax is pretty cheap to make. If you price is very low then people will avoid it because they don't want to save a few dollars on something they're going to trust with a $5,000+ awesome paint-job.
So, for high-end car wax, quality is more important than price. And if one market competitor chooses to use regular quality wax and jack the price way up, people will buy it, thinking price corresponds to quality in this area, but in due time either people will realize that quality wax doesn't need to cost that much, or a high-quality competitor will enter which can actually justify that price and thus defeat the previous wax.
The market, and customer perceptions and biases, are like an ocean. Water seeks the low-point, but you never do actually end up with a smooth ocean, do you. It's always roiling and jostling, and the same is true of the market and market participants. But the overall trend is going to be pretty damn rational. What you surely won't have is waves suddenly breaking the laws of physics and floating upwards :P
The science of Behavioral economics is comparatively new and all the causality is not fully understood.
It would be also presumptuous to think that new biases are as yet not undiscovered.
You are right there is nothing to prevent another competitor from manipulating the same physiological phenomenon to their advantage - thats the whole point.
Your Wax example is more one of risk aversion (also illogical) rather than completely unconscious behavior such as anchoring
Although I have less of a problem with people choosing to pay more to avoid risk or gain increased status from a purchase than randomly linking numbers together to decide on a price.
I love a good metaphor and your are right in part comparing free markets to the sea with unpredictable waves and storms that eventually pan out.
But this is a sea of our own making, so its more like an unstable aquarium in which the fish keep on dying.
Logical doesn't equal rational, and I very much agree with what you had said Wheylous.
Complience seems to be using rational and logical interchangeably i.e. "Your Wax example is more one of risk aversion (also illogical)".
This is a common objection to AE, but often founded on a misconception of what Mises meant in regard to rationality:
"The assertion that there is irrational action is always rooted in an evaluation of a scale of values different from our own. Whoever says that irrationality plays a role in human action is merely saying that his fellow men behave in a way that he does not consider correct."
I really don't understand the unstable aquarium/fish dying analogy.
If only mustang and kylio were here. Oh, wait...
An aquarium is man made as are financial markets.
They work only if designed correctly in the first place.
Logical vs Rational - whats the difference?
When behavioral economists refer to an illogical/irrational behavior it is with reference to utility theory
So whenever a free agent pays for a good or service in full knowledge that the expected utility value will be less than the purchase price.
What I mean is, despite all the attempts at manipulation, in a free market all you need is one person with clarity in an area, and the manipulation attempts of others strike that person as a huge opportunity.
For instance, when Home Depot was started, it was done by two guys who worked for a hardware chain and had an idea for high-volume sales.
No one thought they could be making a profit theire first years--their prices were too low. But of course they were.
Because they had a new business model the others didn't understand.
Two guys with clarity via the numbers upended an entire products sector. Same with Walmart.
Manip all you want, if you're a small grocer in a medium-size town and Walmart moves into town, you're gonna have a bad time :P
"An aquarium is man made as are financial markets.
They work only if designed correctly in the first place."
Financial markets? What exactly are you referring to when you, for the first time in this thread, introduce 'financial' in front of 'market'. Anenome was referring to markets in general, i.e. 'free' markets. Anyhow, markets aren't designed, by definition there is no 'designer' hence it's 'free'. I do not accept the equivocation that because man 'makes' the market that it is thus designed as such. Man 'made' language, but there was no 'designer' of the English language.
Logical vs Rational - whats the difference?
Quite a scism between the two concerning AE. I don't recall Mises ever referring to action as logical except that is given that EVERY action is logical(for the framework of our minds are logical). So when would one use the term rational?
If I stated to you that my goal(end) was to murder my neighbor by way of tickling her for 30 seconds with a feather(means) you might say that that is not a rational method. A rational method would be to point my loaded 9mm at her temple and squeeze the trigger.
I'm just gonna go ahead and say that one always merely make judgements of value on another's action.
I could go to the 99 cent store and buy my trashbags, dishsoap, sponges, and other household items of that nature for 2 to 3 times cheaper than what I pay for at Ralph's. So why don't I go the 99 cent store? Because I value my free time more than the extra 45 minutes it would take once a month to grab those items and save $10. You can call me 'irrational' for that - but it doesn't mean squat.


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ST. PETERSBURG -- The Twins claimed outfielder Kenny Wilson off waivers from the Blue Jays on Thursday, and he'll report to Double-A New Britain, the club announced.
Wilson, 24, was designated for assignment by the Blue Jays on Monday to make room for outfielder Darin Mastroianni, who was claimed off waivers from the Twins. So in that sense, Mastroianni and Wilson swapped teams via waivers this week.
"Ironically, he was the guy they took off their roster to make room for Mastro, but he's a guy we've seen in the Arizona Fall League," Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said. "He's an athlete. He can do a little bit of everything. We've always had interest and liked him."
Wilson, who has primarily played center field in his seven seasons in the Minors, is a career .228/.326/.312 hitter with 13 homers, 75 doubles, 20 triples and 196 stolen bases in 505 games.
In 15 games with Double-A New Hampshire this season, Wilson hit .210/.239/.306 with a homer, a double, a triple and eight RBIs and two stolen bases. He hit .259/.333/.375 with three homers, 14 doubles and 16 stolen bases in 55 games at Double-A last year.
Wilson was originally drafted by the Blue Jays in the second round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. The Twins now have a full 40-man roster.
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JohnRammy wrote:I can cite academic sources, that say the Chinese government forces monks to worship Dorje Shugden, denounce the Dalai Lama etc.
Not to mention the numerous other bullshit activities the PRC does.
I assumed the Chinese were atheist.Forcing anyone to worship a deity seems Anti-Communist.Anyway,technically,doesn't China have a right to Tibet?I don't like what they're doing but still.


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While this list of questions may seem tedious to brand managers who are excited about launching a new product in a flashy new package, getting the right questions answered up front can mean the difference between having a prototype approved in weeks, or going back to the drawing board to address issues that weren't identified in the early stages of design.
Once the customer-driven parameters of the new package have been defined, it becomes the packaging company's job to define the best manufacturing options for creating it. At Alpha Packaging, for example, the company not only has a variety of plastics that it can blow mold but also has different blow molding processes it can use for those materials.
If designing a PET bottle, Alpha Packaging will almost always start with its existing library of preforms to evaluate whether or not an existing preform can be used to blow the bottle. The preform is essentially a "test tube"-shaped plastic component that can be reheated and blown into a variety of shapes and sizes. Both single-stage and two-stage PET blow molding processes are used, but both processes require a preform (with single-stage blow molding, the preform is made in the machine during the blow molding process instead of beforehand in a separate machine). If the packaging company can use an existing preform, that can save the brand owner quite a bit of money (Alpha estimates savings of more than $100,000, as an entirely new preform set can cost +$150,000 while a new blow set can be just $20,00 or less) in mold costs, as well as help to dramatically shorten the development process. The preform dictates the neck finish that the bottle will have, in addition to its gram weight, and it may lend itself to certain bottle shapes more than others. However, packaging companies often have an existing preform from which to make a custom bottle or jar.
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I have been experiencing Depersonalization Disorder for the last 3 years along with other psychological conditions such as Anhedonia, Depression...
The most disturbing of these symptoms is the experience of behaving against my will. My thoughts, feelings, actions work in a completely deterministic fashion that I have no control over.
I also experience Anatta and I have difficulty setting long-term goals and accomplishing them because I lack the emotional substrate.
Is there a way to "un-enlighten"? I would prefer to live in the state of ordinary consciousness with attachments and suffering.


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Corsham Town Council is set to hit the road this year as it takes its meetings on tour round the town and surrounding villages.
At its last full meeting of the year the council voted to hold more meetings away from the town hall, so people in Rudloe, Gastard and Neston would find it easier to attend meetings that affect them.
After enquiries with potential venues, the council is still keen to proceed, and voted on Monday to support the plan.
Town clerk David Martin said: "It is still going to happen. Some of these places are quite busy, but we have got a couple of options, and are going to try to book them up."
The council is looking at rotating every fourth meeting between Gastard and Neston village halls and Rudloe Community Centre.


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The sixth short is my personal favorite as it's got plenty of action and a solid story. Entitled Prototype, we find a Marine who's considered heartless by his subordinates having to break the rules in order to accomplishing a mission and save his platoon.
The seventh short will make fans of the ODST proud. Entitled The Babysitter, viewers get an inside look at a squad of ODST lead by a Spartan and the ODST's view on having to be "babysat." While there's plenty of action, there's also a solid conclusion that helps demonstrate why Spartans are so important to the UNSC's cause.
Last, but certainly not least, is The Package and it stars everyone's favorite Spartan, John-117 -- the Master Chief. When a small window of opportunity to recover a package is open, it's up to Master Chief and a squad of Spartans to attack an entire Covenant fleet and find the precious cargo. Using CGI animation, the breakneck speed and sheer amount of action is almost an assault on the senses. No doubt this will be many fan's favorite short and for good reason.
Overall, Halo Legends includes no common theme as each short provides the individual creators a completely empty canvas on which to paint their own unique story from the Halo universe. While this makes the overall experiance somewhat disjointed, it also provides - as previously mentioned - a wide variety of unique and specific tales which have never been told before. Personally, I appreciate this as the more the merrier.
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A Comparison of Early Mobilization Versus Traditional Treatment for Acute Ankle Sprains.
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Acute ankle sprain is one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries, accounting for an estimated 2 million injuries per year and 20% of all sports injuries in the United States. Ankle sprains can lead to prolonged periods of pain, difficulty with mobility, and lost work or play time. Current best practice guidelines for treatment of an acute ankle sprain are protection, rest, ice, compression and elevation (PRICE). However recent systematic reviews for ankle sprains call into question this treatment. Two critical components; immobilization and ice, have little or no evidence of efficacy for ankle sprain. Interestingly, mobilization appears to be more effective at reducing the pain, swelling and stiffness of musculoskeletal injuries including ankle sprains. Historically the limitation to early mobilization has been pain. Recently developed stretch bands have been introduced to the therapy market as a tool that allows pain-free active and resisted ankle movement after acute ankle sprain.
The investigators propose a double blind randomized controlled study to compare 2 ankle sprain treatments on their ability to speed recovery and reduce morbidities such as pain, swelling and weakness.
|Ankle Sprain
|Other: Jump Stretch
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Efficacy of Stretch Band Ankle Traction Technique in the Treatment of Acute Ankle Sprains.
- days until return to activities [ Time Frame: discharge ]
- Pain [ Time Frame: 1 week ]VAS scale 1 week post enrollment
- strength [ Time Frame: 1 week ]change in strength
- swelling [ Time Frame: 1 week ]change in figure 8 measurement
|Study Start Date:
|January 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2015
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|June 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Experimental: Jump stretch
Distraction with early mobilization
Other: Jump Stretch
distraction with early mobilization
Active Comparator: RICE
Subject receive standard ankle sprain treatment of Rest Ice compression and elevation for one week. This is followed by traditional strength and range of motion therapy. The subject does not receive distraction treatments.
Other: Jump Stretch
distraction with early mobilization
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|8 Years to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 3 day post injury
Exclusion Criteria:
- fracture
- chronic sprain
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01134653
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|Principal Investigator:
|Linda p Lowes, PhD
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|Responsible Party:
|Linda Pax Lowes, Principal Investigator, Nationwide Children's Hospital
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|NCT01134653 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
663110 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Foundation for Physical Therapy )
|Study First Received:
|May 28, 2010
|Last Updated:
|February 2, 2015
Keywords provided by Linda Pax Lowes, Nationwide Children's Hospital:
Acute ankle sprain in children and young adults
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sprains and Strains
Ankle Injuries
Wounds and Injuries
Leg Injuries
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SAN JOSE -- The 49ers took down their "vacancy" sign from the free-safety hotel Saturday.
Craig Dahl, formerly of the St. Louis Rams, was signed to fill (as he put it) the "voided" position created when Dashon Goldson left as a free agent.
So was this a good thing? Yes. This was a good thing. Dahl, a good tackler and smart defender with six years of experience, will give the 49ers a solid presence at an important position.
But was it an earthshaking move? No. The vast majority of free-agent signings move no earth at all. But people get way too excited about them because ... well, because the NFL has such a grasp on the sports public that if the league scheduled a "Burping Day" for potential draftees and put it on the league's television network, thousands would tune in to watch offensive tackles line up and belch.
(The real NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, by the way, is just about that riveting to watch.)
The same rule applies to the dance that began last week with veteran players who were eligible to negotiate deals elsewhere. It kicked off what I call the Free Agent Wild And Crazy Overhyped Blowout season -- or for short, the FAWACOB.
The FAWACOB creates much minute-to-minute speculation and day-by-day player resettlement. It is promoted and amplified by the ever-churning social media. That's fine and harmless fun. However, I fear that because of all the Twitter-update and did-you-see-whom-the-Seahawks-got-today fever, many fans miss the FAWACOB's most helpful benefit:
It serves as a beautiful truth serum.
Here's why: After all the blather about players and "how much they mean" to their teams over the previous few months, the FAWACOB forces every franchise to finally during come clean and tell you by their actions what they really think about their roster.
In the 49ers' case, the release of Goldson -- followed by a visit from free agent Charles Woodson that led to no contract, followed by a visit from Dahl that resulted in Saturday's signing -- tells us much.
You might ask why the 49ers, rather than put the franchise tag on Goldson to keep him around as they did last season, allowed him to walk away and eventually agree to a five-year deal for $41.25 million with Tampa Bay. You might wonder why the 49ers, in fact, never even made Goldson an offer to try to keep him.
Simple. It's because they didn't think Goldson was worth it. Worth the money. Or worth the trouble.
Harsh words? Of course. But the NFL is not a sensitivity-training organization.
My belief is that the 49ers recognized that Goldson might not fit into the transforming landscape of the NFL, especially as it relates to dangerous contact.
Goldson was a very good safety. He made two Pro Bowl rosters. He was a fairly impressive ballhawk who could play center field against deep passes -- although Goldson's three interceptions in 2012 were half the number he snatched in 2011 and he (along with the rest of the 49ers secondary) seemed to struggle in the playoffs.
Goldson's most vaunted asset, though, was that he hit hard and could blow up receivers or runners. The problem is, Goldson went over the edge with those hits more than any other 49er. He led the team in unnecessary roughness penalties (four) and unsportsmanlike conduct calls (two). He was fined three times by the NFL last season, including a $21,000 penalty for a helmet-to-helmet hit against New England. The other two fines were for one of those unnecessary roughness calls and a taunting display.
The 49ers won't come out and say outright that they didn't want that sort of player. But in Saturday's news release about Dahl's signing, general manager Trent Baalke referred to his new safety as "an experienced veteran with excellent intangibles."
Read between the lines. For the record, Dahl accumulated five total penalties with the Rams last season. Only one was of the personal-foul nature, for a horse-collar tackle. Dahl might not be as good at snarfing up interceptions (he has only four in his career), but he isn't going to bring out flags for excessive violence.
Keep in mind that rules about such violations will become stricter, not more lenient, in the future, especially as the class-action concussion lawsuit by former players against the NFL moves through the system.
Dahl was asked Saturday about all of that -- not as a comparison with Goldson's technique, just as a general subject -- and noted that the safety position "is evolving" in many ways.
"I think a conscious effort has been made by players to change their style of play," Dahl said. "Instead of leading with your head, you lower your target that you're aiming at while tackling."
Dahl, in his conference call, also said the 49ers told him they wanted to find a player who could "fit their mold."
Hmmmm. Interesting. One player apparently fit the 49ers mold. Another didn't. The same principle surely applied when Randy Moss was not offered a new deal by the 49ers -- but another wide receiver, Anquan Boldin, was aggressively pursued and acquired via trade. All those words about Moss' astounding value to the team as a mentor in 2012 meant nothing. The actions spoke far louder. The same principle, in fact, applies in a certain extent to every signing by every team in the past week.
The FAWACOB might be overrated as a difference-making exercise, because so few free agents truly alter the NFL landscape. But as a truth serum, the FAWACOB is unmatched.
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