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Notes from a Biographer
The Making of a Comics Biography, Part 2By Joe Ollmann
Notes from a Biographer
The Making of a Comics Biography, Part 1By Joe Ollmann
The Culture Diaries
A Week in Culture: Joe Ollmann, Cartoonist, Part 3By Joe Ollmann
This is the third and final installment of Ollmann's culture diary. Click here to read part 1 and here to read part 2.
Recently, I went to Bar Pam Pam, a mysterious old-man bar in my neighborhood that I have often passed but never had the courage to enter. My friend Murray and I asked what was on tap, and the owner said, "Vieux Montreal" and stopped there. I liked that—it was like an old-time saloon. What kind of beer do you have? Just beer, stranger. This bar was wonderful, genuine, unmanufactured focus-group atmosphere, no loud music and a welcome refuge from hipsters and young people. The old-man bar, like many old men, is an institution that is dying out. It made me think of all of the other old-man bars that I know and love in Montreal. Come with me, I'll show you …
Bar Pam Pam
I've already told you the appeal of this little gem, mere footsteps from my home! But a few notes from my visit there are worth the telling. A tipsy woman took out her guitar, randomly sang "Me and Bobby McGee" in heavily accented English, put the guitar back in its case, and continued drinking. No one else clapped or even seemed to notice this performance. Later, a heavy, bearded dude came in, and the bartender immediately brought a pitcher and glass to his table.
"Why you bring this? You never see me before," said the bearded man.
"My friend, every night you come, this I know," said the bartender, with a smile that was met by one from the bearded man. This was obviously their ritual.
The Culture Diaries
A Week in Culture: Joe Ollmann, Part 2By Joe Ollmann
This is the second installment of Ollmann's culture diary. Click here to read part 1.
Of late, everything in my life seems to be done in fifteen-minute increments, as if I am in my personal life digging up the powdered-wigged corpse of Andy Warhol's too-oft-quoted chestnut, minus the fame.
I've become fat, so I run for fifteen minutes every day (pathetic, I know, but I will return to this). My only reading time is during my fifteen-minute commute each morning. I meet with my wife after a night of work, and we watch part of a movie, sometimes as little as fifteen minutes.
Fifteen minutes: EVERYWHERE!
The Culture Diaries
A Week in Culture: Joe Ollmann, CartoonistBy Joe Ollmann
I live in a neighborhood in Montréal called Parc X. Now, I confess this sounds a lot more ghetto-y and gangsta than it actually is. It's really a hard-working, largely immigrant neighborhood that is in imminent danger of being overrun by white hipsters.
We do literally go through a hole in a fence from our slum to take our son to his school in the neighboring wealthy Anglophone area, but the fact that he wears a fancy school uniform does slightly tarnish our street cred, I admit.
Montréal's ostensibly a French-speaking city, but the French language is rarely heard in my mostly Greek and Pakistani neighborhood. I am neither French, Greek, nor Pakistani and speak none of their languages with proficiency, so I'm perpetually an outcast, though I am, by nature, a bit of a Zelig, attempting and failing to ever fit in. Always the pale, white, cultureless bridesmaid.
It was Easter recently, which this year not only coincided with Greek Easter, or "Greece-ster," as I sensitively and cleverly have named it, but also Passover. In the French-speaking world of Quebec, Passover is noted on French calendars as "Paque Juive," or Jewish Easter (!), which my Jewish homeys find offensive based on the fact that Passover preceded Easter and therefore should not be relegated to Easter-spin-off status. Oh people, why can't we all just get along?


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NASCAR fined Denny Hamlin $25,000 Thursday because it is concerned about public perception.
The perception that its new Sprint Cup car is not yet as good as advertised, and that so far it hasn't quite lived up to the tremendous hype that preceded its debut.
Now NASCAR has an even bigger problem.
A matter of trust.
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By stifling Hamlin and fining him for providing an honest assessment of the new car, NASCAR sent a message to fans that it doesn't want honest opinions or constructive criticism and that it will not allow its drivers to speak their minds, especially when it comes to evaluating the sacred cow that is the new Gen-6 car.
That message is a slap in the face to fans and creates a much bigger perception problem for NASCAR.
The public perception now is that NASCAR has gone back to its old ways of ruling with an iron fist and shuddering any debate or criticism that it doesn't deem positive and healthy for the sport.
Though it allows criticism on some fronts, the message Thursday was clear: It will control talk on the new car, and drivers and other competitors must follow suit, saying only what NASCAR officials want them to say — or else.
Now fans don't know what or whom to believe and likely will trust very little of what they hear from NASCAR and the drivers about the new car.
NASCAR rolled out the Gen-6 car to much fanfare this year. It looks more like a stock car than the previous model — a look that has received rave reviews from fans and the car manufacturers. The hope is that it races as well as it looks and erases all memories of the boxy, ugly Car of Tomorrow, or COT.
And apparently, NASCAR officials are determined to make sure the new car is never, ever compared to the old one — which is apparently the faux pas that Hamlin committed when he dared to make such an analogy.
NASCAR officials are so oversensitive about the Gen-6 car and the public's acceptance of it that it is willing to risk its credibility to protect the image that it has fostered.
Talk about an inferiority complex. When it comes to the new car, NASCAR has more self-esteem issues than a teenager without a prom date.
Now that ultra-sensitivity has created a perception and credibility problem.
One of NASCAR's strongest selling points is athletes that are not only accessible but seemingly free to speak their minds and show genuine emotion — real people that the sport's passionate fan base can relate to.
For years, NASCAR and its fans have longed for drivers to show more personality, for colorful, outspoken stars who say what they think and do what they believe is right and just. Drivers who don't speak their minds, who toe the company line and rarely share an honest opinion about anything are viewed as boring and bland and have little support among fans.
NASCAR has even encouraged drivers to be themselves more in recent years, allowing them to lash out when angry and even take matters into their own hands on the track.
But apparently that freedom of expression doesn't apply to the new car that NASCAR, teams and manufacturers have worked so hard on.
The irony of this is that what Hamlin said about the new car and the racing last week at Phoenix wasn't all that harsh. He merely stated what fans saw in the first two races of the Sprint Cup season and what fans were already thinking — that it's still difficult to pass and that teams need time to work on the new car, just like they did when the old model was rolled out. Others drivers said the same thing.
But because Hamlin didn't choose his words correctly, or dared to compare the new car to the old one, he was called out and made the poster boy for free speech.
Hamlin is refusing to pay the fine, is determined to fight back, and fans and competitors are rallying behind him. That is a fight that NASCAR cannot win.
What's worse — having fans and drivers criticize a car that has not yet produced the type of exciting racing that was promised? Or having fans and drivers mistrust NASCAR because it won't allow competitors to speak freely and share honest opinions with fans and the media?
Now, instead of focusing on the new car and the third race of the season with the new model, fans and the media are in an uproar over NASCAR censoring Hamlin and throttling drivers from speaking their minds.
And that is a much bigger problem for NASCAR and its public image than any criticism or anxiety over the Gen-6 car.
It may now take a half-dozen thrilling — or even boring — races to shift the attention away from Hamlin vs. NASCAR and back to the action on the track.
For years, NASCAR was accused of overreacting to criticism from fans and the media. But recently, it has made great moves to improve the sport and the action on the track. Things like double-file restarts, green-white-checkered finishes, a return to traditional qualifying, a better points system, Chase wild cards, the "boys have at it" philosophy and even the Gen-6 car.
But this is one knee-jerk reaction that went too far and crossed the line.
Now NASCAR must battle a real public perception problem. One that it likely will have a hard time changing.


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Who is to start at point?
When Tinsley returns, Johnson's strong play will make it an issue
By Mike Wells
Anthony Johnson says Jamaal Tinsley is the starter. Tinsley says Johnson should continue to start. Sarunas Jasikevicius, the third point guard in the group, just wants to play, anywhere.
The coach, well, he doesn't want to address the issue yet.
As much as Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle doesn't wish to talk about it, he knows eventually he'll have two decisions to make about his trio of point guards: who starts, and how can he manage playing time for all three?
"I don't know; it's not really a conversation until it's a reality," Carlisle said. "We'll see. A lot can happen between now and when (Tinsley) comes back. It's a situation that we'll resolve when it comes time to resolve it."
Tinsley, the team's starter at the beginning of the season, continues to make progress on the right elbow injury that has sidelined him the past 12 games. He is practicing on his own, but neither he nor the team has set a return date.
A player isn't supposed to lose his starting job to injury, but Johnson has grabbed hold of the role and is doing his best not to let go.
Johnson, filling in for Tinsley for the second consecutive season, is averaging 10.5 points and 5.1 assists as a starter compared to 4.1 points and 2.4 assists off the bench this season. He's averaging 17.2 points and 6.4 assists over the past five games.
"He's playing great right now," Detroit Pistons coach Flip Saunders said. "I said one of the reasons they're playing so well right now is because of the play of Johnson and the play of (Danny) Granger. Those two guys have stepped up and they're playing at an extremely high level."
Carlisle won't say that Johnson will remain the starter when Tinsley returns, but the coach said Johnson will get an opportunity to keep the job.
"We need him to continue to play well to have a chance to keep having some success," Carlisle said. "He's making a strong case to be the starter."
Tinsley, on pace to play less than half the season for a second consecutive year, said he plans to tell coaches he is fine coming off the bench.
"It's a good thing that A.J. is playing well," Tinsley said. "Right now, how he's playing, I don't even want to come back and start. I think he's been playing good and he's doing a great job for us. I just want to come back and help the team. The chemistry is going good. That's my thing."
It's no secret how much better Tinsley makes the Pacers when he's healthy. Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said earlier this season the Pacers wouldn't have beaten his team in the playoffs last season if Tinsley hadn't returned for Game 5. Tinsley's style is tailored to the Pacers' new up-tempo style.
"My point on it is, Jamaal is definitely the starter," said Johnson, who began the season as the third point guard. "Jamaal is definitely the more talented of the three. There's no question about that. At the same time, we have to see where he's at since he's been out for a long period of time. You have to do what's best for the team. If that means starting him or bringing him off the bench, that's a decision for Rick to make.
"I feel like I've thrown my hat in the ring by playing well. Whether it's starting or coming off the bench, I just want to be in the rotation."
Jasikevicius and Johnson have said they'll play shooting guard, but neither feels comfortable there because neither would have the ball in his hands as much.
"I have no idea what's going to happen," said Jasikevicius, who likely will be the third point guard when Tinsley returns. "I've been a backup ever since I've been here. I've been Jamaal's backup, then when Jamaal went down, I was A.J.'s backup. I don't know what my role is going to be. It doesn't matter who is starting, I'm the backup. That's one thing that was very strange. At the same time, that's the way it works."


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New York, March 27, 2001
Shyama Venkateswar, Assistant Director, Asian Social Issues Program, Asia Society
Eisenhower Fellows
Mohammed Fajrul Falaakh, National Law Commission of the Republic of Indonesia
Kittipong Kittayarak, Assistant Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Thailand
NYU Global Public Service Law Scholars
Edgar Bernal, Legal Rights and Natural Resources, Philippines
Maria Glenda Ramirez, Internship and Legal Aid Director, Ateneo Human Rights Center, Philippines
Shyama Venkateswar
Thank you all for coming. This afternoon we have this wonderful group of people here from completely disparate parts of the world but all sharing the same views and issues of human rights, democracy and the law and I wanted to quickly tell you what the format and forum for this afternoon is. Each speaker will give very brief remarks and then we open the forum up for questions and answers and anything that they specifically have from their region or anything specific in terms of the work that they do. We have four speakers and those of you that have the flyers, if you just go through as it appears on the list. We have Mohammed Fajrul Falaakh from Indonesia who is also an Eisenhower fellow here, based in Pennsylvania. We also have Kittipong Kittayarak from Thailand and then we have two NYU Global Public Service law scholars and they are Edgar Bernal and Maria Glenda Ramirez from the Philippines. And I also want to identify two other people who are here this afternoon. One is Risa Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel, from Tanghalang Lakbay Pinoy Productions in the Philippines, who is also an Eisenhower fellow and also Rachland Nashidik, Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association from Columbia University who is also part of the human rights center there. Without any other comments let me just start with you.
Thank you. What I am going to talk about in a very short time specifically is how human rights abuses in Indonesia have been addressed in the past two years or so. And keeping in mind that human rights issues under the rule of law is an important issue that many of the transition leaders have recognized. With that sort of understanding, I think we can locate the issue of bringing human rights issues to trial as an important part of how a new government, new regime, there is already a regime, is able to precede their transition from authoritarian rule. It is very much an example of the difficulty to precede the democratic transition. Using the case of the trial of past human rights that occurred in Indonesia. It seems to me that bringing the perpetrators of past human rights abuses in Indonesia has become both political as well as judicial issues. Now, seen from the political perspective, here in Indonesia, I think that we have political, especially political military impediments. With the nature of the new government as a compromise, government involving political parties that already existed during the Suharto period, you have now compromise new government. Without government, I think it is natural that the new government will face difficulty in say, bringing human rights abuses into trial. And it is very much so, because in my observation, the military, the Indonesian military retains its privilege to remain there in the House of Representatives with a very small number compared to in the previous regime.
Seen from the judicial angle, we have several aspects that have hindered the process of bringing human rights abuses into trial. There are lots of aspects here. For instance, there is an uncertainty and constitutional and legal uncertainty as to, for instance, whether the non-retroactive principal to try human rights can be applied or cannot be applied and there is that sort of uncertainty. With the new law passed January this year, still the answer to this remains. And what is more is that to bring cases, human rights abuses to trial, we need ammunition, we need recommendation from the House of Representatives. Judicial issues are very much intertwined with political one. Without reaching any political consensus at the House of Representatives, then you hardly would be able to bring human rights abuses into trial. Other aspects include the lack of confidence to the existing courts in Indonesia. According to the new law, there is a possibility for the government to establish human rights courts or trials within the existing ordinary criminal code. But people in Indonesia and observers from outside have no confidence or low confidence, if at all, there is confidence on the existing court system in Indonesia. So these are two examples of the aspects that have hindered the prosecution of human rights abuses. Having said that, in the past two years, the Indonesian government, the leaders in government have been able to bring four cases of past human rights abuses into convictions. Five cases have been investigated, although with great reservations on the process, and some others have been mentioned. But to a large extent, past human rights abuses have not been addressed by the new government as well as by the new political leaders. To end this brief introductory remark, I would say that yes there is an ongoing process to bring human rights abuses, past human rights abuses into trial, into justice but it is, I think, a very difficult process, that to my knowledge other countries, emerging from authoritarian rules, have also faced. Indeed the transitional justice is one of the difficult areas that democratic transition in many countries have been confronted with. And secondly, Indonesia, as a new government, as with other countries, has to rearrange their legal structure including the court system, in line with the standard, the international standard, in order to be able to bring justice of past human rights abuses but in countries with very low awareness of human rights and lack of trained human rights lawyers, you need to work with this sort of countries in a very probably slow motion. So, this is to end my remarks. Thank you.
First of all it is a great honor and privilege to be here. It is a very important organization. The topic of my address today will be a perspective of the new constitution of Thailand, which came out in 1997. It is very difficult to talk about the making of the constitution in ten minutes, but I will try. For those of you familiar with the politics of Thailand, you probably know that we are not new among the concept of the constitution because this one is the sixteenth one we have. Since 1932, the country has changed from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy. We have fifteen constitutions. This one, with the other fifteen, we are talking about experts in drafting the constitutions, we are better than the U.S. who has had only one consitution for a long time. I think the importance of this new constitution is that it is the first constitution that has been called the people's charter because it is the first time that people really participated in the drafting of the constitution. But it did not just happen, for those of you who have followed closely the development of Thailand in the past thirty years, you probably realize that in 1974, we have the uprising, democratic uprising confrontation between the authoritarian regime and students. At the time, the students won and the authoritarian regime were forced to be out of the country. In 1976, three years after that, they came back, the old guard came back and they started massacring the universities. And in 1992, more recently, there is a demanding for a constitution in Thailand, and resulted in the upheaval of the country. There is a massacre of those of the pro-democratic movements in Thailand but in 1992 the experience that we saw was that people who gather demanding for the constitution in 1992 are the same generation of those who have been involved with this process in 1974 and 1976. So the group is larger and I think there are more middle class demanding for the constitution.
So after 1992, there is a movement within the country, initiated not by the government, but by the civil society to avoid the bloodshed in the future, you need to have a system that can resolve conflicts peacefully and that started the demand for the so-called political reform in Thailand which result in 1997 with the new constitution having very comprehensive permissions dealing with all sorts of issues aimed to making good governance to the country. The concept that the new rights and the mechanism for the protection of those rights, very detailed resolution concerning the right to education, to educate the people, the right of free education for up to twelve years, to educate the civil society to be able to participate more meaningfully to the process of public policy. Right to information, for the first time we have citizens are allowed access to information from the government. The right to hold public hearing, the right of the community to preserve their own tradition and values. The right of victim of crime, the right of family members to be free from violence. There are so many rights, that have been rights in the constitution. But apart from those rights we also have mechanisms, which I think is also a very strong characteristic of this constitution. Because the constitution established that many independent institutions because of the distrust of the government institution they have established the electoral commission to oversee elections all over the country and this election, this commission has been quite successful, really in organizing the past several elections that we have had in Thailand. We have the new Senate that is directly selected from the people and we have a new constitutional court, new administrative court and a new human rights commission.
So a lot of things are going on but this point I would like to sum up for this talk here is that it is not easy to have constitution that works in a culture that is different than yours, for those of you who are from the US. It is not just what is written in the constitution. In the case of Thailand, you see that there is a long process of movement demanding for these rights and liberties in the constitution and it is only the beginning. It doesn't mean that once we have the constitution it will be over. It is just the beginning of a long step towards democratization process and the demand for the constitution is driven by the people. The movement was very well planned. There is some good research, back up behind the movement for the constitution, the type of campaign to the political party at the time except that this is the need of the people and they put it in the agenda during the election period. So we have the constitution drafting assembly, there is a very well planned wealth of research, backup. And then once they have the time, twenty to forty days, they take the issue to the people and have the people involved in every issue. So finally during the voting days in the Parliament, even though the politicians, they do not support these constitutions, but finally they have to say yes because the people want it. So to sum up, what is different than the system here, that I have observed, is that even though you have a lot of, the US constitution, is not very well worded, it is very ambiguous sometimes, so you can always say that the founding fathers said this or that. But what is written in the constitution is the ideology, it cannot be built, there is no charter to democracy.


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Since the ultimate goal is to eventually contend for a championship I thought we could discuss legitimate ways the Pacers could contend for a championship in the future, whether that is 3 years or up to 6 years from now.
**Cliff notes
We'll base this on the talent we have and what we could possibly get in the future.
Please let's try to keep this as rational as possible with no hyperbolic statements...
So just follow along with my thought process and tell me where I'm wrong.
I thought the best way to look at how we could possibly contend with the best teams in the NBA is look at the Celtics. They don't have one of top 10 most dynamic players in the NBA so if we could understand what they do to be a championship caliber team, than I think we would understand what the Pacers would need to be one as well.
The Celtics were able to win with an effective point guard, a great shooting two guard, and a borderline superstar small forward who could create on his own. This was all complimented with an all-world interior defense. They depended on great chemistry with each other which mean very unselfish play on the offensive side, and a fiercely competitive defense.
They key I don't think was in the over all talent really. I mean take Paul Pierce's play. The guy wasn't scoring a whole lot, he wasn't near the offensive threat he was in years prior but I think he managed to be a much more effective player than those he played against because of the over all package. For instance if we were to compare Pierce to someone like Joe Johnson we could see a clear difference in why Pierce's teams were competing with the best and Joe Johnson's weren't.
Pierce uses great shot selection and unselfish play to produce a net positive to his teams performance. He also hustles on defense, contesting every shot and while he may only produce 18 ppg, he is a highly efficient scorer.
Joe Johnson on the other hand doesn't get to the line a lot, and doesn't shoot a high fg% and while just out of physical talent alone Johnson is probably a more talented player, but Pierce ends up being a much more valuable teammate.
The other keys are Allen sticking to his game which means getting good open looks and on the defensive side he hustles contributing to a great team defense.
Kevin Garnett was and is the anchor to the team on defense, rebounding, and playing long, tall and big down low. He did all the good things that a big man needs to do to win a championship. I think it is key that every team that wants to compete has someone like Garnett- Someone who can defend most big men, contest layups, and rebound well. On paper someone like Chris Bosh may be a better player for instance than Garnett, but when it comes to actually winning, you have to have someone who can rebound and defend. With big Perkins down there and KG they were long and could contest every shot in the paint.
It is also worth noting that Rondo has now turned into a superstar but really he is just now showing he's that guy. For the most part Rondo has been a solid point guard with a sub-par jump shot that didn't make any mistakes.
The point I'm trying to get at is, the Celtics didn't need a big name superstar who could score 28 points per game. They didn't need a super star point guard who could average 13 assists and 20 points per game. What they had is a team that played great defense as a team, and they played solid offense. They had one player who could iso, they had an option in the post in KG, they had a great jump shooter, and they had a distributing point guard.
What the Pacers need is to wisely assemble a team of players who can full fill the necessary rolls. I think this much is obvious but sometime we all ignore in our some what short sited view of the teams potential. As an example, most of this board was quite upset when we didn't get OJ Mayo. I don't intend to beat a dead horse, but if we were looking at the future of this franchise- OJ is not a guy that could come in to play real good defense and score at a highly effective level.
So without further ado, let's look at the Pacers current starting lineup and see what each position needs in order to beat the best.
Point guard:
As was mentioned early I think we need to recognize that while there may be an immediate need for this position, that need is not a superstar. We need someone who can effectively run the fast break, one that can penetrate, and one that effectively run the PnR.
On the defensive side of the ball our point guard has to be able to play good perimeter defense which means contesting those 20 foot jump shots as well as three pointers. They also need to do a somewhat decent job making it tough on the many slashing point guards in the league right now.
With Darren Collison offensively I think he has shown every ability in the world to be our starting point of the future. Many have criticized his play making ability but I believe it is unfair. DC does an excellent job penetrating, he does well on the fast break, and as long as the team can play together setting good screens for eachother and moving well without the ball, you'll see DC play consistent on the offensive side. He'll never be a Rondo or Nash, but can produce like Tony Parker offensively? Absolutely.
The major problem with DC's game is his defense and consistency. He plays average defense at best, and as such an inexperienced player we see him making a lot of careless mistakes that really hurt our team. Careless turnovers such as lazy passes, and poor ball handling.
As it does traditionally take a point guard longer to reach their potential I think it would be appropriate for us to expect consistent play on the offensive side of the court in DC's third season, but I don't think he'll ever be the answer because I feel it is a tad bit optimistic to think he'll ever be able to defend the position at a high enough level.
However, I will say for the next couple of years, I think we can keep DC at the starting lineup running the offense until we think we can acquire the right PG for us. Really, so long as the other rolls are full filled on this team? I think DC would be good enough to help this team get a number 4 or three seed. The difference in winning a championship I think would depend on whether we could get the right man for the job. It is a lot easier said then done, and I don't think it is worth giving up someone like Danny Granger for instance in getting that guy. More on that later.
Now it is worth mentioning that it might be a possibility to deal both Rush and DC in a package deal to get a much more solid point guard over the summer. I cannot think of a decent prospect, but I would completely support that effort. But in conclusion, I think DC is the short term answer at point guard, and he certainly won't hurt the teams growth in the next couple of seasons.
Shooting guard:
I think this is our biggest question because I believe the Pacers are depending on Paul George to be a solid scorer on offense. One that can put up his 20 a game but most importantly he needs to do it at efficient level buy penetrating, getting to the line and hitting that 20 foot jumper. There are a plethora of guards that can throw up 20 in the league, but very few who can do it buy shooting a high TS%. Since we have no one that can score when the offense breaks down, Paul needs to be able to score at will. Essentially, he needs to be our Paul Pierce.
Defensively I have no question that he may in the following years be considered one of the best players in the league. I don't even think it is remotely outlandish. He's quick, he's long, and he's extremely aggressive.
Small forward:
I think there is little question that Granger is the answer at SF. There has been a lot of criticism of Granger all season and maybe for good reason, but a lot of it is miss placed. We have to realize that Granger is full filling a roll that he is not equipped for. He's not a superstar, he's not the best at creating his own shot, and I think it really helps him when the rest of the team is playing well.
More importantly, the advantages of having Granger are his many positives. He doesn't cost very much. He's at I think 10 million a year right now and he's among the best at his position. I think once we focus the ball away from Granger and play to his strengths you'll see a much more effective and more efficient play. He needs to play off the ball. When you have a great shot such as his, he'll be better utilized looking for open spots on the floor and spreading the D.
It is also worth noting that despite what people "think" they can see, Granger plays hard, he wants to be here, and he wants to win. That's what he cares about. He's not egotistical as some of the more dramatic on this board contend. He doesn't care about taking the most shots as most will say when the team plays a bad game, I think he is someone you can win with. He does play good defense, although it lacks sometimes when things are falling a part, for the most part I can point to some absolutely great games defensively that Granger has had this season.
Power Forward
This I believe will be our biggest weakness. And let me be clear- I love Tyler. I think he is going to be a contributing Pacer for a long time but I think the flaws he has in his game would keep the Pacers from ever actually contending for a title.
He is undersized and doesn't play good enough D. He plays average at best on the ball defense, and he can in no way help the Pacer protect the basket in the paint. He's just not that guy. I also think it is overly optimistic to think he could ever grow into that guy.
The nice thing is, I believe he'll be a very effective 6th man for years to come and help the Pacers have much needed depth. But if we are to ever win a championship, we need a legitimate defensive presence down low.
Tyler doesn't rebound well either. This is another problem for the Pacers. We need someone who can box out well, and help us control the boards. Until that happens, the Pacers will continue to give up offensive rebounds late in the game to superior opponents such as the Bulls and Celtics.
This is where if we are honest we recognize things are a little bleak for the Pacers. There isn't a lot out there for us in the free agent market this summer. If we were somehow able to snatch Tyson Chandler I think he would be an excellent addition. He'd full fill our needs nicely. In fact, with the addition of Chandler, the Pacers could actually run sort of an odd rotation that got Tyler in the game more often for offensive touches, while Chandler could play less minutes too keep him healthy and ready for playoff runs.
With Tyson the Pacers would be an absolute force in the paint defensively. I don't think Tyson is a legitimate option as Cuban will ensure they sign him.
Roy has had a roller coaster ride all season long. A couple good games followed by several turrible games has been the theme. However, when he has played well, he shows us how effective he can be. He rebounds well, blocks shots, and scores efficiently.
Roy has been improving each season so I see no reason why he won't improve this off season.
What will really decide if the Pacers front court can help this team compete for a championship is if in Roy's 4th season, he can play at a consistent level every night. He needs to be a solid 15/10 (per 36) every night without fail. I don't think it is too much to expect that next season. He needs to bulk up next season so he's not pushed around so easy on defense. He also needs to be able to finish strong every time.
If Roy cannot be a solid presence on a nightly basis I believe that is when we start questioning if we can win with Roy in the starting lineup, and start looking for someone who can full fill that role.
What will really help Roy play the same on any given night is if we are able to get someone to rebound and defend well at power forward. This would change the entire dynamic of the Pacers as a team.
With the talent the Pacers have on the roster right now I don't think they are two far off from competing but there are some big if's.
Can Roy play consistent next season? Can we sign the answer at power forward? We certainly have the cap space. And will Paul George develop into our number one scoring threat? If the answer to all of those questions is yes, I believe the Pacers will win anywhere from 45-50 games with in two years. Add in the fact that if we are able to find a solid point guard sometime in the next 4 years or so, the Pacers would have the talent to beat any team in the NBA.
**Cliff notes**
The reason for this thread is put a positive spin on things... Right now it seems everyone goes from loving the team one night to hating them the next. I don't understand it, and think it is rather counter productive! We love watching them, they're young, they aren't quite at the talent level to compete... and as we all know just a few pieces here and there can completely change whether a team is hovering at .500 or competing for a trip to the NBA finals!


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I'm curious to see what you guys think of the two teams. Is the make up different? Could this Pacer team take the 2000 Pacer team? We had size and depth then and now. I know it's still early, but I thought that it would be worth looking at.
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Scheduled site downtime this coming Tuesdayposted by Dark0ne Site NewsAfter Oblivion's release in Asia the site has seen a significant growth in traffic from 950,000 unique visits and 8,500,000 page impressions to 1,500,000 unique visits and 14,000,000 page impressions each month. I have just purchased a new server for the site and forums to keep it upgraded to meet the current demand and hopefully keep things in check for the foreseeable future.
Thankfully The Planet, my server provider for the website (not including file servers), have a double-up promotion on at the moment that has meant I've been able to double the bandwidth on this server to 6,000GB from 3,000GB and add in some quad core xeons at the same expense as the current server that only has dual core xeons. Good news I'd say!
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One day, a college student named Tina walked into her logic class and waited for her fun day of logic once again. Finally the professor, Professor C. D. Rock, walked in saying, "I just went through some stuff and stumbled upon an old family tree, that belonged to my grandparents, that gave me an idea. I have here a few clues, and you have to use them to figure out their family tree!"
Tina then gets the clues, and tries to work them out. Unfortunately this puzzle is a little harder than the normal ones Professor C. D. Rock gives out. Can you help her?
The family tree consists of two grandparents, who had 3 children, each of whom get married and have 2 children.
Males: Cole, Cristian, Jason, Neil, and Steve
Females: Amanda, Ashley, Beth, Erin, Kaitlyn, Katherine, Makayla, Payton, and Tammy
1. One of Makayla's cousins is Jason's son.
2. One of Ashley's aunts is Tammy.
3. Tammy's brother-in-law is Neil's son.
4. Kaitlyn's sister is Ashley's cousin.
5. Ashley's uncle, Steve, is Erin's brother-in-law.
6. The three uncles are Payton's dad, Cristian, and Katherine's son.
7. The three aunts are Kaitlyn's mom, Ashley's mom, and Cristian's sister-in-law.
8. Jason's brother is Ashley's dad.
9. Amanda's sister is Steve's niece.
10. Beth is not Cole's aunt.
HintUse paper and pencil, it's almost impossible to do in your head.
AnswerThe grandparents are Katherine and Neil, who had 3 sons: Cristian, Jason, and Steve.
Cristian married Erin, and had Ashley and Amanda.
Jason married Beth, and had Payton and Cole.
Steve married Tammy, and had Makayla and Kaitlyn.
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A self-professed life-long Lions fan has begun an online petition in an attempt to change the day after the Super Bowl to an official government holiday.
As of Sunday afternoon, the petition had slightly more than 14,000 online signatures.
Josh Moore, owner and editor of 4for4, a fantasy football website, told tech blog Mashable: "I think we have a chance," he said. "Obviously, we are a long ways away, but I think it seems to be picking up steam and has the chance to start snowballing. I have had hardly any negative feedback. One old lady emailed me and said she didn't like football, but that is about it."
By Moore's estimation, the day after the Super Bowl is one of the least productive days of the work year, even more so than Christmas and New Year's Eve.
The petition reads: "We at 4for4.com Fantasy Football petition the Obama Administration to consider declaring the Monday following Super Bowl Sunday a national holiday. By doing so, the Obama Administration can promote camaraderie among the American people, keep the streets safer for our children on Sunday night and Monday morning, promote a productive workplace when work resumes on Tuesday, and honor the most popular event in modern American culture."
If the petition reaches 100,000 signatures by Feb. 23, an official response is expected from the United States Government because the protest has been filed on the White House's "We The People" page.
Which is more likely to happen: The day after the Super Bowl becoming a federal holiday or the Lions appearing in the big game?


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By Scot Lehigh
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Granted, this is not an assertion you're likely to see elsewhere.
By Scot Lehigh
The Boston Globe
Granted, this is not an assertion you're likely to see elsewhere.
But here goes: Mitt Romney could play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the Republican Party.
Let me concede up front that there is ample reason to be skeptical.
Romney's stock has nose-dived since Election Day. No one likes a loser, particularly not in a winnable race. Nor did he pick up many points for graciousness. Recall his after-action conference call in which he averred that Barack Obama had prevailed by dangling political gifts in front of voters. Next came his decision to skip Obama's inauguration, a move that didn't exactly elevate him to the high peaks region of post-election magnanimity.
The GOP, meanwhile, seems eager to fast-forward to the future. When Mitt reappeared in Washington last week and declared he wasn't going away, the party's collective response seemed to be: Huh? Oh, you're that Romney guy, right? OK, enough about you. Let's talk about us.
There is no Romney wing of the party, no army of loyalists hell-bent on preserving his legacy. For that matter, there's no real legacy to preserve. What Mitt left is more like footprints in beach sand.
Why? Largely because, having made himself a primary-season prisoner to conservative political correctness, Romney spent most of the general election trying to finesse, rather than address, difficult issues.
And yet, here's the irony: Despite all that, Romney could carve out an important role by helping develop a politically palatable policy path for his party. After all, in his other incarnations, Romney actually was a creative thinker and problem solver, one skilled at finding new approaches to old problems.
Most notably, of course, he was the architect of Massachusetts health care reform, the individual mandate-based system that became the model for Obamacare. Yes, Candidate Romney disavowed it as a national approach once conservatives decided that if Obama was for it, they were opposed. Still, it was no small accomplishment to get this left-leaning state to embrace what at the time was a credentialed conservative idea. Romney's administration was also notable for its smart-growth and sustainability strategies.
Nationally, once Romney finally realized that he might not win the presidency merely by being a warm-bodied alternative to Obama, his campaign policy shop actually cranked out some interesting ideas. One of their primary purposes was obviously to camouflage the true budgetary effects of his fiscal promises. There, they failed.
Still, several, such as his scheme to let insurance plans bid annually to provide Medicare services, and his notion of putting a dollar cap on income-tax deductions, were innovative and thought-provoking.
Now let's see. Which party is beginning a search for new ideas and approaches? And which party desperately needs to find a way back from the political wilderness?
That would be the GOP.
So what if Romney were to establish and endow a moderate Republican think tank? Let's call it the George W. Romney Institute for the Future, after the stiffer-backboned father that Mitt idolized, but, sadly, didn't emulate on the campaign trail. A well-resourced Romney Institute could develop smart centrist policies.
Romney, after all, has binders full of brainy policy people. He's a prodigious fundraiser. He's got credibility with the business community. He's well-versed on economic competitiveness issues. He's wrestled with the thorny problems of governing. He grasps the complexities of health care policy better than most politicians. And, of course, he understands the feints and evasions of modern politics.
Done right, Romney's institute could become an ideas center for Republican moderates, a place that developed innovative center-right approaches for the decades ahead.
Romney's dual private- and public-sector background also suggests another dimension for such an institute: Teaching management principles to politicians. That isn't a skill that comes naturally to those in the political realm, and particularly not to legislators, whose management experience often doesn't extend beyond their own staff.
As Romney himself has declared, his campaign days are over. To be blunt, they ended with the unsatisfying sense that Romney's reluctance to sail into the wind of the Tea Party tempest put him on a course far short of his potential. He has no one to blame for that but himself.
But by creating a top-notch think tank, Romney could remain relevant and perhaps even leave a lasting public-policy legacy.


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A Model Way to Control Fermentation
The Tight Control of Dissolved Oxygen is Key to the Process, But it Must be Flexible
Whether you're brewing beer, creating clean water from wastewater, or producing pharmaceuticals, flexibility is what you need when you're controlling fermentation. Along with effective coordination, flexibilty is crucial when you want to minimize waste of material and maximize product quality throughout all phases of a typical fermentation process (that is, sterilization followed by cool down and then fermentation).
This article focuses on the factors that impact dissolved oxygen (DO2) and how to simplify and maintain tight, responsive control.
Dissolved oxygen is an important factor because it is a regulator of metabolic activity. Nutrient issues aside, the amount of dissolved oxygen available to the growing culture can easily become a growth-limiting factor, especially when conducting high cell density fermentations.
When the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers (Piscataway, N.J.) needed to improve process control in its fermentation applications, its staff conferred with the process control engineers at ControlSoft, Inc. (Highland Heights, Ohio), and outlined a specific goal: faster and tighter control of DO2 to process requirements. To accomplish this and to achieve the highest possible product quality, we knew that we needed a flexible control strategy. Of course, we also wanted to save money wherever possible. ControlSoft's engineers recommended its MANTRA Advanced Process Control system.
Change is Good
The ability to change control strategy is critical for slow processes such as fermentation because of the mechanical problems that can occur during the lengthy phases of the process. At Waksman, the typical key parameters are temperature, pressure, pH and DO2, enabling the growth of both anaerobes and organisms requiring high oxygen transfer. Waksman needed flexibility to provide its process engineers with the opportunity to save a batch in spite of faulty conditions that may develop over during the process. A few months after our first meeting the new control software was ready to be added to our PC network.
The Application
A typical fermenter is shown in the Figure. The circulation pump runs hot or cold water through the jacket to maintain temperature in the vessel (in this case, 121° C for sterilization or 37° C for fermentation). Sterilized air is run through a sparger into the media in the fermenter (typically proteins, sugar, water and the culture), and then is released through the exhaust piping. The air exhaust valve maintains pressure in the fermenter. The sparger control valve maintains the desired flow of air. Agitator speed is maintained via a motor and variable-frequency drive (VFD).
Fermenter Control Points
Dissolved oxygen concentration is affected by a number
Dissolved oxygen concentration is affected by a number
of factors: agitator speed, air supply and vessel pressure. The
of factors: agitator speed, air supply and vessel pressure. The
question is: How best to achieve tight control of the variables?
question is: How best to achieve tight control of the variables?
Answer: Model-Predictive-coordinated control.
Answer: Model-Predictive-coordinated control.
DO2 content is monitored via a side-entry probe and controlled by adjusting either agitator speed, air flow or air pressure in the bioreactor. The addition of acid, base, nutrient or antifoam is controlled using solenoid (On/Off) valves to inject proper solutions from pressurized addition tanks.
Three Phases
The three basic phases for each fermentation run are heat-up, cool down after sterilization, and fermentation. In Phase 1 the bioreactor is filled with the media (nutrients and water) and sealed. Then steam is injected into the jacket, and temperature is raised to 121° C. For proper sterilization, the temperature must stay at 121° C for a predetermined period. During this time the pressure in the bioreactor increases to about 15-20 psi due to steam generated from the water in the media. The combination of temperature, pressure and time sterilize the media and bioreactor system.
During Phase 2, the bioreactor is cooled down to a specified operating temperature. To achieve this, cooling water is injected into the jacket. During the cooling phase, pressure in the bioreactor drops rapidly due to steam condensation. At this point, sterile air is introduced into the bioreactor to compensate for the pressure drop. This is necessary to avoid creating a negative pressure and to maintain the liquid level in the bioreactor.
In Phase 3, fermentation starts when the bioreactor is inoculated. The culture starts growing, consuming nutrients and oxygen, producing heat, and in some cases, acids and other byproducts that may be harmful to the culture. Maintaining correct growth conditions (temperature, pressure, pH and DO2 content) is essential for successful completion of the fermentation process. The reaction may last from a few hours to days, but typically it does not last longer than one week. Samples are periodically taken to observe microbial growth and assay for products and various nutrients. When the fermentation is complete, the bioreactor is usually chilled, followed by myriad downstream steps that are required to isolate and purify the fermentation product(s).
DO2 Concentration
DO2 concentration is affected by the speed of the agitator, by air supply, and by the pressure of the vessel. The crucial question is: When and how should these factors be used to best achieve the tightest control of DO2 in a particular application? Waksman needed the ability to change strategy on the fly, at any point of the fermenting process. The new control system gave us that ability by helping us control critical variables including:
Agitator RPM: If a motor with a variable frequency drive is controlling the speed of the agitator, a PID controller can regulate the motor's speed, which can then be used to increase the DO2. Alternatively, the agitator can be set at a desired constant speed.
Air Flow: Air flow is effective in directly increasing DO2. The air flow loop is a PID loop whose purpose is to properly maintain the air flow setpoint.
Pressure Control: The pressure of the vessel is regulated by a PID loop. Constant pressure will be maintained normally, but the pressure can be activated for DO2 control if the agitator and/or air flow are at maximum limits.
Waksman's engineers encountered some problems with the data highway link between the computer and the external CPU. Data sampling time and heavy-duty tasking led to freeze-ups in the CPU. Eventually, a more distributed system was designed and implemented. The problem continued, albeit with less frequency. With a redesign in the external CPU software, the freeze-up problem should be resolved.
During the first six months of operation with the new control system we experimented with PID values in particular. PID control loops and an advanced model-predictive coordinated controller (CC) form the heart of the control system logic. The best solution we found was using the new system's CC block to keep DO2 content to desired levels.
Model-Predictive Coordinated Control
The CC block controls a single process variable by manipulating three different controller outputs. The goal of the CC block is three-fold: reject any disturbances to the process, respond quickly to setpoint changes, and optimize the available controller outputs during steady-state control. The CC block meets these goals by using two independent lists named "Active" and "Target." The Active List tells the CC block which controller output device is the strongest and most effective.
Since agitator speed, air flow and pressure affect the DO2, the CC is used as the main controller to control DO2. A typical control strategy requires the CC to use the agitator as primary control to maintain DO2, followed by air flow and, finally, pressure. Each successive controller is activated when maximum setpoint operating values are obtained in the preceding controller. RPM, air flow and pressure can also be activated as singular, individual DO2 controllers.
The Target List is used by the CC block to control the long-term steady-state value of each controller output. Simultaneously with the process variable growing towards its desired setpoint, the CC block drives all available controller outputs to their target values without upsetting the process. This means that target outputs can be set to the desired optimal and/or effective control conditions. If faulty conditions threaten to spoil a batch, strategies can be modified at any point during the fermenting process.
Ultimately, using CC has allowed Waksman the flexibility needed for faster and tighter control of DO2 levels in relation to process requirements, and helped the facility better accommodate a larger number of clients and a more varied client base.
Ken Callanan is Supervisor, Cell & Cell Products Fermentation at Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University.
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Unplug the TV, turn off the computer and take the phone off the hook. There is no need for that with this activity.
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