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HIT — The want-to-be owners of The Bookstore in downtown Chico must be thrilled. They made their goal.
The couple who have worked there for years are trying to buy the store from the retiring owner but were hard-pressed to come up with the purchase price.
Undeterred, they've been working to make their dream come true in pretty creative ways.
Their plea on a crowdfunding website was heard. Events staged by strangers and friends brought in more. Then today's first-known cash mob — where supporters plan to mob the store at noon and spend at least $20 — is reassuring.
A couple are rewarded for their hard work. A community that shows love for an old-fashioned industry — books in hand — prevails. Strangers who have showed up restore our faith.
MISS — In a week that was like something out of some Hollywood script writer's bizarre imagination, a suspected rapist and kidnapper was arrested with what appeared to be tools for abduction stashed in his vehicle, then a suspected sex-slavery brothel was busted. Both in Chico.
We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto.
The lurid news shook the community because, well, that stuff just isn't supposed to happen here.
In both cases, there were multiple young female victims. In the first case, it was college-age women who were abducted while walking home alone late at night. In the other, young women, usually from Mexico, were being held against their will, authorities say.
Kudos to police agencies for these arrests.
HIT — Unless you were in the know, it would have been a pretty big shock to hear Chico businessman Bob Linscheid was chosen to head the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
He takes his new post Feb. 27, and we wish him tons of success. San Francisco is indeed lucky to have him.
Linscheid has done a lot to help Chico's economy and direction. It's hard to consolidate his achievements here into a simple clipping, but he's made a mark and will be remembered.
Linscheid told us it was a career move that made sense, considering his connections around the state, obligations as trustee board chair with the California State University system, and years heading chambers here and in the Bay Area.
MISS — It's sad to watch Scott Perkins, the general manager at the Feather River Recreation and Park District, twist in the wind.
We feared he would be fired this week at a meeting of the new board, elected in November, which was evaluating the GM in closed session. The board came out of closed session and said, "Run along, nothing to see here."
During the fall campaign, the new board members made no secret of their desire to clean house in the FRRPD staff, starting with the GM, whose biggest sin seems to be that he was hired by the old board.
Either the new board decided in closed session that Perkins isn't so bad after all, now that they have some firsthand knowledge; or lawyers are involved, telling the new board members that if they want to make a change, they can't open the district to a lawsuit.
In time, we'll see.
"Hits and misses" appears each Saturday. Items are compiled by the editorial board.


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And what is the "deathless"? Contemplating some "thing" such as as that iis conceptual thinking. There are far better things to do.starter wrote:Hello Teachers/Friends,
While contemplating the deathless:
rowyourboat wrote:Hi Starter,
The sutta is pretty clear if you take it at face value, contorted if you try to escape its basic meaning.
If all fabrications cease for a moment, all arising and passing away (of the five aggregates) cease, self ceases, craving ceases, awareness/consciousness ceases- THIS is true stilling- the flame going out, going beyond 'death' (and life) beyond existence and non-existence, it is complete cessation with no room for doubt or rites/rituals to misinterpret- it is Nibbaana through and through. Simple and direct. Your mind may not 'leap up to it' as you see nothing good in it - but contemplations such as 'Contemplating Nibbana' (nibbanussati?) as taught to Mahanama can be helpful in making the mind more receptive to stilling, cessation, non-arising, 'cooling', putting down the burden (of the aggregates) etc.
Kenshou wrote:I feel that ven Thanissaro's idea of nibbana as some kind of unconditioned consciousness separate from the 6 sense media is just as erroneous as the idea of the experience of nibbana as the cessation of experience, albeit leaning in the opposite direction.
Kenshou wrote:Also, I believe awhile ago Tilt wrote up a post explaining how the reification of nibbana as some literal "dimension" is a result of not-so-good translation, but for the life of me I can't find that either.
tiltbillings wrote:These words - ajātaṃ abhūtaṃ akataṃ asaṅkhataṃ - are adjectives, not nouns, but everyone of these "un" translations treats them as nouns, which is very, very misaleading. "Atthi" - there is. The noun that follows this is implied. There is what?
The immediate context, the sutta opens:
Thus have I heard. At one time the Lord was staying near Savatthi in the Jeta Wood at Anathapindika's monastery. On that occasion the Lord was instructing, rousing, inspiring, and gladdening the bhikkhus with a Dhamma talk connected with Nibbana, and those bhikkhus, being receptive and attentive and concentrating the whole mind, were intent on listening to Dhamma. Then, on realizing its significance, the Lord uttered on that occasion this inspired utterance: There is, bhikkhus, ajaata....
What we see right off the top is that the subject is nibbana. There is what? Nibbana. The four adjective modify, describe nibbana. So in the forms we have them above or in variations these four words are used to describe or characterize nibbana or are synonyms of nibbana.
The most straightforward definition the Buddha gives of Nibbana is:
That which is the destruction of greed, hatred and delusion is nibbana. -- S.N. IV 251 and IV 321
And we see:
That which is the destruction of greed, hatred and delusion is asankhata. -- S.N. IV 359 and S.N. 362
Clearly nibbana and asankhata are equivalent terms, synonyms. Nibbana is asankhata, "unconditioned," because there is no further conditioning - sankhata - by hatred, greed and ignorance. The prefix "a" in asankhata is a cognate of the English (Latin/Greek) prefix a as in, for example, asexual, without sexual characteristics, free of sexual characteristics. (And before a vowel, just as in English the Pali/Sanskrit privative a becomes an as in anatta/anatama.)
The privative a in Sanskrit/Pali needs not be, as unfortunately it so often is, limited to being translated as "un," "not," or "non." Asankhata, unconditioned, can be translated as free from conditions (of hatred, greed, and ignorance), without conditions, or, conditionlessness.
One of things that is often said is that nibbana is "the Unborn." Let us look at that usage where ajaata and nibbana are clearly synonyms:
Then the group of five monks, being thus exhorted, thus instructed by me [the Buddha], being liable to birth because of self, having known the perils in what is liable to birth, seeking the unborn [jaata.m], the uttermost security from the bonds -- nibbana -- won the unborn, the uttermost security from the bonds -- nibbana...." -- from the PTS translation of the Majjhima Nikaya I 173
What is the "unborn?" What does it mean? Try this:
"Then the group of five monks, being thus exhorted, thus instructed by me [the Buddha], being liable to birth because of self, having known the perils in what is liable to birth, seeking freedom from birth, the uttermost security from the bonds -- nibbana -- won freedom from birth, the uttermost security from the bonds -- nibbana...."
Here there is a balance: being liable to birth and freedom from birth that actually tells us something useful and does not leave us with a mysterious - what the heck is it? - "unborn."
There is no philological reason that the four words in question must be translated as we generally see them translated: unborn, unconditioned, etc.
As was said above the line in Udana is a sentence without a noun but with a string of adjectives, which are essentially synonyms, or at least words with significant over lapping meanings that clearly define nibbana.
We might translate the "un" line so:
"There is [nibbana], free from birth, free from becoming, free from making, free from conditioning."
Translating ajaata.m etc, by "freedom from birth," etc. supplies the implied noun via the privative a as in asankhata.
We do not see in the Buddha's own commentary to this passage below (as found in the Itivuttaka, 37-8) any reference to a Nibbana that is some sort of "unborn" thing, but we do see that "being freed of this" is a state of ease -- the "the conditions appeased (sankharupasamo)," a variation of asankhata, nibbana -- is reached. If the Buddha had wanted to teach a deathless, unborn "it," we would have seen a very different sort of expression of the Dhamma.
That which is born, become, arisen, made, conditioned,
And thus unstable, put together of decay and death,
The seat of disease, brittle,
Caused and craving food,
That is not fit to find pleasure in.
Being freed of this, calmed beyond conjecture, stable,
Freed from birth, freed from arising, freed from sorrow,
Freed from passions, the elements of suffering stopped,
The conditioning [of greed, hatred and delusion]appeased,
This is ease [bliss].
kirk5a wrote:That sutta says:
"With the remainderless stopping & fading of the six contact-media [vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, & intellection]"
It does not say all awareness/consciousness, as Matheesha does.
rowyourboat wrote:Those of you who have problems with the causally arisen fire going out, I wish you a long and pleasant samsara.
Kenshou wrote:No doubt it's a tricky subject, but I feel that ven Thanissaro's idea of nibbana as some kind of unconditioned consciousness separate from the 6 sense media is just as erroneous as the idea of the experience of nibbana as the cessation of experience, albeit leaning in the opposite direction.
kirk5a wrote:The bigger elephant in the room would be Ãcariya Mahã Boowa's comments on the citta. I post those here and the usual "wrong-viewers" are quiet as church mice. Why is that?
kirk5a wrote:rowyourboat wrote:Those of you who have problems with the causally arisen fire going out, I wish you a long and pleasant samsara.
Whatever is causally arisen, is subject to cessation.
Is that different from saying - everything whatsoever is subject to cessation?
Or is that exactly the same statement? And which one did the Buddha say?

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OKLAHOMA CITY—Justin Schultz picks up the puck in the corner behind his own net. Skating toward the middle of the ice, he beats a forechecker at the blue line and continues unimpeded. In a flash, two more opponents along what had been the far wall wonder about the blur that went past them.
Schultz crosses the blue line, into the offensive zone, and stalls just enough to let Jordan Eberle find free space in the corner. Now the give-and-go is on. Schultz taps the puck down to Eberle, and heads for the net to get a return pass and fire a quick shot.
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The scoring chance goes for naught, but heads turn all over the Cox Convention Center, as nobody seems to quite believe that they just saw a defenseman, a professional for less than a month, make a play that few veteran NHLers are capable of.
"He's someone you've got to watch the whole time he's on the ice," Houston Aeros coach John Torchetti said after Schultz's dazzling performance against his team. "He's very good at making the first pass. He has great vision."
Schultz, a 22-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., by way of the University of Wisconsin, leads the AHL in scoring, with 12 points in seven games. He has been on the scoresheet in every contest, with six goals and six assists. In his first week as a professional hockey player, he was the AHL's player of the week. In his first month as a professional hockey player, he was the AHL's player of the month.
And he's just getting warmed up.
"As I learn more and more, I can be a little smarter, but I do have a little forward in me, I guess you could say," Schultz said. "I love being part of the offense. You can see the whole ice from where I play, and it's great."
Schultz hasn't been a forward since he was 11 years old, but he has never let his offensive instincts get away. In 78 games over the last two seasons at Wisconsin, Schultz scored 34 goals with 57 assists, and after failing to come to terms on a contract with the Anaheim Ducks, who made him a second-round pick at the 2008 draft, he became a free agent.
Following unprecedented intrigue over the destination of a player with no pro experience, Schultz chose to sign with the Edmonton Oilers on a two-year, entry-level deal. He knows that living up to the hype won't be easy, but having his choice of team put under a microscope also served as a lesson for the kind of scrutiny that Canadian NHL players are subject to on a regular basis.
"It's a lot of attention I got in the summer, with no one even having really watched me play," Schultz said. "It's nice to finally play and show what I've got on the ice, and not have it be all about my offseason decision thing. That got a little out of control. I like to just play hockey and let that do the talking. … I'm sure I'll look back and know how neat of an experience it actually was. It was interesting to go through, and I think it prepared me for playing in Edmonton."
Schultz's preparation might not have included Oklahoma City if not for the NHL lockout, but the chance to get his feet wet in the AHL is making the transition to pro hockey an easier one, and he said that "it's good to be here and play with some great players."
That includes an All-Star in Eberle, who was as amazed as anyone by the end-to-end solo rush.
"I think he's smart enough and he's a great skater, that he can do that," Eberle said. "Not many defensemen can do that. He beat two guys along the boards, and then gave me the puck, and had a good enough sense to go to the net so I could get it back to him. He's a fun player to play with. He thinks the game at a very high level, and when he's out there, you have to be aware that the puck could be coming at any time."
Eberle has been just as impressed with what Schultz's play away from the puck, particularly on the penalty kill. But it's what the rookie can do when he has possession that sets him apart from other defense prospects—and leads to plays that make eyes pop even when they don't result in goals.
"On that play, I remember beating their first forechecker, and I had some room there, so I decided to skate with it," Schultz said. "I got it in, and Ebs was down there with support, so I got it to him. He got the puck back to me, and it was too bad I couldn't get it in. It's kind of a weird play, but not too unusual for me."


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OAKLAND >> In denying that there was dysfunction for the Golden State Warriors, coach Mark Jackson twice briefly chuckled at the mention of the word.
"We are excited about what's taken place up until this point — the culture, the environment with no dysfunction at all," Jackson said Tuesday. "That's comical."
The state of the Warriors became a question on a day when Jackson announced his decision to reassign first-year assistant coach Brian Scalabrine to Santa Cruz, removing him from the bench with 11 games left in the regular season and in the thick of a playoff race because of a "difference in philosophies."
A team spokesman later said that Scalabrine, who played 11 NBA seasons before the Warriors hired him in July, had been reassigned to a position with the Santa Cruz Warriors, the team's NBA Development League affiliate.
Yahoo Sports first reported the story while citing sources in reporting, "Over the past two years, Jackson's difficulty with managing his coaching staff and creating a functional work environment has developed into one of the issues that threatens his future on the job."
Jackson laughed when the word "dysfunction" came up in a question.
"I know dysfunction, and that could not be further from the truth," the Warriors' third-year coach said. "And if it was true, there'd be more people in the choir singing it.
"That's entertainment."
Jackson stressed that he made the decision himself and indicated that the decision couldn't wait any longer. He said he had the support of the ownership group and front office and explained to his team why the staff change was made for an assistant he still referred to as "Scal."
"With any staff or any job, there's going to be difference in philosophies," Jackson said. "At the end of the day, whoever's in charge makes a decision, and that's the way you go. And we're united. Whether we're right, wrong or indifferent, and I think that's important.
"We are tied together. To me, that can't be debated. But with any coach or organization, you're going to have difference of opinions. But when you come out of the door, it's united, and that's the way it's supposed to be."
The Warriors are 17 games over .500 and on pace for a 50-win season. Yet they are locked in playoff race in which they have the sixth-best record in the Western Conference. The Warriors on Friday host Memphis, which could possibly pass them for the No. 6 seed with a win.
Asked if he thought that his future with the team was tied with postseason results, Jackson said no.
"I don't get caught up in that at all because then all of a sudden when you win a bunch of games, then everything's good," said Jackson, who is under contract through the 2014-15 season. "You can't pay attention to that. You do your job and you be the best that you can possibly be, and you try to impact lives. Don't get caught up in the other stuff. There's nothing you can do to control any of that, so there's no sense losing a second entertaining 'What if?' Why not 'What if we win it all?' I'm not wasting time on that neither.
Told his future would be better if the Warriors won it all, Jackson said, "My future's fine. It's in the right hands. It's in God's hands. So I'm going to do whatever I have to do to put us in the best possible position and let the chips fall where they may."


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SUE Cooke missed out on adding to her impressive list of three national indoor championship title successes despite a brave challenge last weekend.
The North Wilts bowler, competing at the Warner Lakeside Coastal Village, Hayling Island, Hampshire, in the final stages of the Champion of Champions singles competition won her last 16 match 21-13 against area 23/24 champion Sharon Todd (Folkstone).
Section 29/30 inter-area champion Cooke led throughout going 8-5 up at ten ends and 15-7 at 15 but was pulled back to 16-13 at 18. However, a single and four on the next two ends sealed a highly satisfactory 21-13 victory.
In the quarter finals Cooke faced England international Julie Leake (Bournemouth) and was locked in a tight contest over 23 ends.
The North Wilts star led 5-3 at five ends but Leake had edged ahead 10-9 at ten. Back came Cooke to nudge in front 15-14 at 15 and was then tied 16-16 at 18 before singles were exchanged.
A three on the 21st end put Cooke 20-17 up and on the brink of victory but then she got agonisingly stuck on the dreaded number 20.
Leake scored a single on the 22nd end to cut the gap to 20-18 and then grabbed a match winning three on the next to deny Cooke and claim a hard-fought last gasp 21-20 success.
Leake went on to defeat teenager Katherine Rednall (Ipswich), who a fortnight earlier had won the World Ladies Indoor crown in Great Yarmouth, 21-13, then cruised past Pat Kirk (Herga, Wealdstone) 21-10 to take the title.
Cooke now turns her attention to three other national events as she is through to the inter-area finals in the women's pairs, fours and two wood triples, with national finals at Northampton in late March or Melton & District at the beginning of April.
Meanwhile, North Wilts men were beaten by Thornbury by two shots in their Wessex League central region bottom-of-the-table clash.
Despite winning on two of the four rinks they were edged out 83-81 on Sunday and slip back into seventh and last spot in the table.
North Wilts led 26-22 across the board at five ends, however, were then always just adrift trailing 43-42 at ten, 66-57 at 15 and 75-70 at 18.
And in a final flurry managed to close the gap but still went down 83-81.
At home at Westcroft there was an excellent win for Justin Davis' rink who only led 17-12 up at 16 ends but won 30-12, this advantage was wiped out though as Chris Brown's home quartet went down 30-13 despite only trailing 17-13 after 13 ends.
Away in Thornbury a late run saw Geoff Hembrey's rink come from 14-12 down at 14 ends to win 19-16, however, Maurice Byron's quartet were 20-13 down at 15 ends and finally lost 25-19.
North Wilts have two Wessex League matches left this season against Bristol this Sunday and Nailsea the following Sunday to haul themselves off the bottom of the table.
Home - Rink 2: Richard Jennings, Dave Williams, Wayne Snook & Justin Davis beat A Tregoning 30-12. Rink 3: Bob McComb, Alan Small, John Buckland & Chris Brown lost to Terry Winter-Alsop 13-30.
Away - Rink 3: A Ponting, Dave Edmonds, Trevor Cooke & Maurice Byron lost to Colin Loton 19-25. Rink 4: Derek Clark, Bob Hayes, Peter Jacobs & Geoff Membrey beat J Lowden 19-16.
Score: North Wilts 81 (4pts) Thornbury 83 (12pts).


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Woodland resident Brenda Cedarblade was either receiving a gift from a trusted relative or taking advantage of her elderly uncle on the day he transferred $1 million in properties into her name, according to lawyers on either side of the case.
Last week a jury in Colorado Springs found that Cedarblade "unduly influenced" her uncle, 76-year-old Phil Delluomo, in getting him to transfer five residential and commercial properties into joint tenancy with her on May 17, 2010.
Cedarblade, owner of Tack Warehouse Saddle Shop and Historic Nelson Ranch, plans to appeal the case, according to her lawyer.
"We will be pursuing an appeal. We believe there were a number of errors in the trial court," said Colorado attorney Glenn Merrick.
"We expect that on appeal the judgment will be reversed, Brenda will be free of any obligation of attorney fees and the case will have to be retried," he said.
Cedarblade was ordered to pay $315,000 in attorney fees and to forfeit her claim on the disputed properties.
That money will go to a court-run conservatorship set up to manage Delluomo's finances in June 2010 -- just days after the May 17 meeting when Cedarblade, her uncle and a real estate broker visited a title company in Colorado.
On that day, Delluomo knew exactly what he was doing, Merrick said.
"I believe her uncle was of sound mind and fully oriented in time and space when he had the deeds transferred into joint tenancy," Merrick told the Democrat. He added that other people present -- Delluomo's property manager and two title company employees -- "all testified to that effect, as did Brenda."
Merrick said the two were close, and had a long history together, so there was nothing too unusual about the property transfer.
"She was his niece, obviously. He was her godfather, he helped pay for her college, he helped her bury her parents, they visited back and forth between California and Colorado."
And fatefully, "When he had prostate cancer the first part of May 2010, she was the first person he called."
Cedarblade went out to visit her uncle, Merrick said, and spent two weeks there caring for him. Then, "the day that she left, which is May 17, is when the deeds were conveyed."
He added that "During that same period of time, he directed that substantial property that he owned would go to other family."
But sometime between late May and June, something happened to Delluomo affecting his cognitive abilities, Merrick said.
"I think her uncle suffered a traumatic event in late May of 2010, probably a stroke," he said.
As a result, "People started making calls to Adult Protective Services based on Mr. Delluomo's abrupt decline, which I think was the result of a stroke, and people saw that there were transfers."
Upon discovering the transfers, a court-appointed conservatorship was set up to protect Dulluomo's assets. They asked Cedarblade to return the properties, she refused, and a court battle ensued.
Michael Cucullu, an attorney representing the conservatorship, gave a very different version of events.
"Brenda Cedarblade comes to Colorado Springs in early May of 2010, entrenches herself in his Colorado home, goes around and starts moving bank accounts to new accounts with her name on them," he said. Her added that those "financial transactions are noticed by the institutions, and we were able to stop all the money" from being transferred.
"A number of people reported her for financial exploitation, including the banks," Cucullu said. Her actions are what alerted Adult Protective Services to set up the conservatorship, he said.
But taking her name off the five deeds was not so simple.
"She was able to get these deeds and hang onto them. After she leaves town, Phil Delluomo kind of gathers his senses it seems, and closes all the accounts with her name on them, and goes back to his estate planning attorney and removes her as a beneficiary."
Cucullu said that Delluomo came to him in fall 2010, looking for help in getting Cedarblade's name off of his properties.
"What he said is, 'I want my properties back. I don't remember giving them to Brenda, I don't want Brenda to have them.'"
His first step was "asking her then-attorney, who was not Glenn Merrick," to arrange for their transfer back to Delluomo.
"She refused, so we had to file suit."
Cucullu added that Cedarblade was a beneficiary in an earlier trust set up by her uncle that would have granted half of his assets -- valued at an estimated $3.5 million -- to her upon his death, if she had just left it alone. But since then Delluomo has removed Cedarblade completely from his will.
"Phil got mad, and didn't like what she did, and went back and said, 'Take her out. Remove her. Zero,'" Cucullu said.
The exact state of mind that Delluomo was in during and after the transfer of properties remains in dispute, even though both sides agree that he seemed to be, in Cucullu's words, "in and out at the time" in mid-2010.
"He had times when I would go see him," Cucullu's said. "... He was still driving at the time, he was still living alone at the time, he didn't need 24-hour care as he does now."
Today Delluomo, who did not testify at the trial, is "in decline. He has progressively worse dementia," Merrick said.
Merrick believes the conservatorship's lawyers have been eating away at Dulluomo's assets to cover their own costs.
"The conservatorship is liquidating all of those assets and using it to pay professional fees," he said. "They want to sell the properties and keep going. ... They're up to seven sets of lawyers being paid out of this conservatorship estate." He said their legal fees have run "north of $860,000" in two year's time.
"They of course all claim it's for Phil Delluomo's care and concern."
In response, Cucullu said, "Had Brenda simply returned the property none of that money would have been spent."
Cucullu said the actual amount of legal fees is somewhat lower. As for the threatened appeal: "Maybe they will, maybe they won't. She's been through four lawyers."
Cedarblade has 45 days to appeal the verdict.
Cedarblade gained notoriety locally in 2006 when she ran for Yolo County supervisor against Frank Sieferman Jr. and Matt Rexroad. Rexroad won the race for 3rd District supervisor.
In 2008, Cedarblade and her husband became embroiled in a dispute with Yolo County over a Clark Pacific concrete plant on County Road 18C, not far from Historic Nelson Ranch. Their suit was thrown out by a judge in 2009.
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1. The speaker of untruth goes to a woeful state, and also he who, having done aught, says, "I did not". Both after death become equal, men of base actions in the other world. 306.
In order to disparage the Buddha a woman was killed by some villains hired by a heretical sect and the corpse was concealed in a rubbish heap near the Buddha's Perfumed Chamber. Later, the murderers confessed their guilt implicating the heretics. Discoursing on the evil of false accusation, the Buddha uttered this verse.


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SANTA CRUZ -- Home sales were up in October as available listings dropped again, with the median price at $500,000.
"This is the most October sales in years," said Gary Gangnes of Real Options Realty, who tracks the numbers.
As of Nov. 1, there were 683 listings, down from 875 a year ago. Inventory has shrunk because listings have dropped for 21 consecutive months.
The unsold inventory index, which shows how long it would take to sell the available homes at the current sales rate, was 3.8 months, the lowest since June 2005.
It has been below normal for eight consecutive months, a trend that "puts upward pressure on values," according to Gangnes.
The median price, or the midpoint of what sold, was up from $470,000 a year ago and down from $727,500 during the boom five years ago.
For condos, the median price was $410,000 in October, up from $266,500 a year ago, and down from $498,000 five years ago.
Another trend is that fewer sales involve bank-owned property and more involve "short sales," in which the home is sold for less than what is owed.
Of the 181 single-family sales in October, 34 were short sales and 17 were bank-owned.
Of the 40 condo sales, eight were "short sales" but there were no sales of bank-owned condos "for the first time in recent memory," as Gangnes put it.
Banks have found they can make more money with a short sale than by going through the foreclosure process, according to Robert Bailey of Bailey Properties and president of the Multiple Listings Service.
He said he sees the switch from foreclosures to short sales as a necessary step in the recovery of the housing market.
So far this year, lenders have issued 975 default notices in the county to delinquent mortgage-holders, down from 1,256 a year ago, according to the Santa Cruz Record. The number of homes lost in foreclosure totals 432 this year compared with 657 at this time a year ago.
Single-family homes are snapped up quickly.
Homes put up for sale spent 59 days on the market in October versus 92 days a year ago, according to the Multiple Listings Service.
"Investors in the market are grabbing any deal," said Walter Stauss with the Sereno Group.
He said an all-cash offer helped a Santa Cruz mom buy a two-bedroom home on Highland Avenue for her daughter for $472,000.
"We were quick," Stauss said, suggesting the sellers could have gotten more if they had waited for more offers. "They wanted a quick close."
The home had sold for $504,000 in 2004 but the county assessor put a value of $427,000 on it for 2012-13.
A 6,800-square-foot home on Lassen Park Court in Scotts Valley sold for $1.695 million, more than the county assessment of $1.575 million, to buyers who were relocating here.
"The assessor never actually walks in," said Monique Pacurariu of Sereno Group, the seller's agent.
"If you want a high-end home, you don't have a lot of choices," she added. "If you don't have the inventory, you are able to get a little bit more ... I have many buyers out there but I don't have things they are looking for."
Homeowners tend not to put their home up for sale during the holidays, but Sereno's Pacurariu said she hopes some take notice of buyers entering the market and be ready to sell come after Jan. 1.
Follow Sentinel reporter Jondi Gumz on Twitter at Twitter.com/jondigumz
October 2012 statistics
Single-family homes
Median price: $500,000 ($470,000 a year ago, $501,250 in 2010, $502,500 in 2009 and $727,500 in 2007)
Listings: 683 (875 a year ago, 980 in 2010, 826 in 2009)
Sales volume: 181 (145 a year ago, 110 in 2010, 172 in 2009)
Distressed: 34 short, 17 bank-owned
Unsold Inventory Index: 3.8 months (6 months a year ago, 8.9 months in 2010)
Average price: $595,404 ($568,110 a year ago)
Median price: $410,000 ($266,500 a year ago, $285,000 in 2010, $334,500 in 2009 and $498,000 in 2007)
Listings: 216 (268 a year ago, 256 in 2010, 226 in 2009)
Sales volume: 40 (24 a year ago, 31 in 2010)
Distressed: 0 bank-owned, 8 short sales
Unsold Inventory Index: 5.4 months (11.1 months a year ago, 8.3 months in 2010)
Average price: $415,695 ($277,396 a year ago)
SOURCE: Real Options Realty
City of Santa Cruz
239 Glenwood Ave., $435,000
1132 Walk Circle, $450,000
206 Highland Ave., $472,000
304 Cayuga St., $503,000
741 Seaside st., $560,000
County of Santa Cruz
33 Azalea Ave., Felton, $490,000
606 Bonita Drive, Rio Del Mar, $492,500
2159 Francesco Circle, Capitola, $499,500
246 Miraflores Road, Scotts Valley, $500,000
241 Siesta Drive, Aptos, $505,000
2 Eighth St., Watsonville, $99,000
210 Woodland Drive, $130,000
10816 Visitar St., Lompico, $140,000
337 Rider Road, Corralitos, $143,500
975 Fern Ave., Felton, $160,000
624 Lassen Park Court, Scotts Valley, $1.695 million
625 Graham Hill Road, Santa Cruz, $1.775 million
4440 Opal Cliff Drive, Live Oak, $3 million
2900 E. Cliff Drive, Live Oak, $3.5 million
1530 Prospect Ave., Capitola, $5.5 million
SOURCE: Real Options Realty


text: Area adjusts to Nitro-St. Albans bridge closing By Kate White January 7, 2013 Story Share Chris Dorst A St. Albans police car parked at the foot of the Nitro-St. Albans bridge on Monday reminds motorists and pedestrians that the bridge is closed. Chris Dorst Nitro resident Mary Anne Legg gets back in her car after she had it washed at Hand Wash One next to the base of the Nitro-St. Albans bridge. The heavily traveled bridge, the only quick way between the two cities, closed for construction on Monday. Legg, who frequents St. Albans for groceries and other shopping, said the lengthy detours would be a headache. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Usually when Mary Anne Legg needs to replace the taillight on her car it's not that big of a deal.But Monday marked the first day of the Nitro-St. Albans bridge closure, and Legg, of Nitro, needed to go to the Advance Auto Parts store across the river."It sucks," she said. "I had to go all the way down and around for a $2 light bulb. It probably cost me $5 in gas."The bridge will be closed until November while the state Department of Transportation makes renovations, which will include reinforcing its existing piers and replacing the structure that carries traffic across the span.The new structure will have three lanes, 6-foot-wide shoulders and 5-foot-wide sidewalks.During the closure, motorists must take a 9.5-mile detour to the Nitro exit of Interstate 64, or a 12-mile detour to the bridge between Dunbar and Spring Hill. There's no other quick way between the cities.On Monday at about 3 p.m., the W.Va. 817 detour into St. Albans was backed up for miles, as construction made the road one lane for several hours near Anne Bailey Elementary School."It's better than ending up in the water," Legg noted, however. The deteriorating bridge, officially known as the Dick Henderson Memorial Bridge, has been a longtime safety concern. It was built in 1934, and although the traffic routine will take some getting used to, residents seem happy to see it getting fixed."It will make everyone feel a lot more safe," said Michelle Taylor, of Nitro. "They've got to do it."On Monday, even though there were large flashing signs notifying motorists the bridge would close at 6 a.m. and orange signs planted in the ground noting detours, Cpl. C.A. Nutter of the Nitro Police Department said plenty of people had to turn around after seeing the barricade at the foot of the bridge."It hasn't been as bad as I thought it would," Nutter said despite the few mishaps. Nitro Police Chief Brian Oxley said there's enough flashing police lights and signage to make motorists well aware of the closure on the Nitro side of the bridge.As of Monday evening, he hadn't been made aware of any real problems."Well I don't have any wood near me to knock on ... but you know so far it's been rather smooth," Oxley said. He talked to officers working the day shift, who reported to Oxley that just a few motorists "acted confused or maybe put out" by the bridge closure.Police were stationed at both entrances of the bridge and would remain present until at least Tuesday afternoon to provide an extra warning and make sure no one tried to walk across the bridge, said St. Albans Patrolman J.M. Dent."A lot of people have been coming to take pictures," he said.Dent believes the main thing St. Albans residents will miss is the easy access to Interstate 64."Having the option," is what Amy Halstead, of St. Albans, said was her only concern.Halstead, who works in Kanawha City, drove MacCorkle Avenue to work Monday morning. That afternoon, when she headed home to pick up her daughter for a doctor's appointment, is when the bridge closure almost slipped her mind. "I almost got on the highway, and then I thought 'oh, no, wait, I have to stay on this side of the river,'" she said.St. Albans Mayor Dick Callaway believes the bridge closure could actually have a positive economic impact."It's going to give people an opportunity to rediscover St. Albans, simply because some business went across the bridge when they opened up new facilities over there, and people have forgotten businesses we have here," he said. "Plus, a lot of new businesses have opened up over here." Kristin Ledford contributed. Reach Kate White at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1723. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Police seek car driven by woman found dead in Kanawha River 2 Teen pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 4 Man allegedly cuts father in Rand over argument about a sandwich 5 Toyota announces new $115 million project for WV plant Bank of America in mortgage claims settlement Previous Story Higher education officials submit $18 million funding list Next Story


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Incumbents continued to win the night in Minnesota's congressional elections. The Associated Press has declared DFL-Rep. Tim Walz winner of the 1st District, DFL-Rep. Collin Peterson the winner of the 7th District race. He follows fellow DFL-ers Jim Oberstar, Keith Ellison and Betty McCollum and Republican John Kline as incumbents returning to the U.S. House of Representatives for a new two-year term.
Peterson had 72 percent of the vote with 32 percent of precincts reporting.
With Democrat Barack Obama being declared the next president, the focus in the later hours tonight in Minnesota will be the U.S. Senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken. Early returns show Coleman and Franken running neck-and-neck at about 41 percent with Independent Dean Barkley trailing with 16 percent of the vote. That's with a third of precincts reporting.
With 40 percent of precincts reporting in the 6th District Congressional race, Republican incumbent Michele Bachmann (47 percent) has a 4 percentage point lead over Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg (43 percent) with Independent Bob Anderson at 10 percent.
A provision that would amend the Minnesota constitution to set aside money for natural resources and the arts was winning handily -- with 26 percent of precincts reporting, 58 percent were voting yes.
Polls closed at 8 p.m. across Minnesota after voters packed high school gyms, churchs and community halls across the state to have their say on issues from school levies to the next president. That presidential race, at least, turned out to be an easy call. Within 10 minutes of the polls closing, the Associated Press reported.
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"He's walked in out shoes -- walked with us, not on top of us. He knows what we went through and how we struggled. So, he knows what we need to get by in this world," Mix said.
State election officials were predicting an 80-plus percent voter turnout -- numbers not seen since Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson battled in 1956. People apparently got the message to come early if they could. As 8 p.m. approached tonight, several polling places in uptown Minneapolis were virtually deserted with poll watchers saying the evening traffic wasn't nearly as heavy as the morning rush.
In interviews across the state, voters seemed upbeat generally about the elections and the prospects for change whoever's elected. Voting went smoothly for the most part, although there were pockets of problems.
Throughout the day, voters emailed and phoned Minnesota Public Radio about isolated problems with ballot scanners, wait-times at polls and names not being on the voter rolls. Others described the mood at polling site as "exciting" and "fabulous."
(Reporters Annie Baxter, Lorna Benson, Jim Bickal, Molly Bloom, Michael Caputo, Ambar Espinoza, Linda Fantin, Martin Moylan, Dan Olson, Melody Ng, and Tim Post contributed to this report, which was supplemented by The Associated Press.)


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Create a study setup that maximizes storage and style.
- Overall: 111" wide x 24.5" deep x 72" high
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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury Miami hotel in Downtown Miami, walk to Miami Convention Center
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Located in Downtown Miami, this luxury hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Miami Exotic Auto Racing and Miami Convention Center. Port of Miami and Vizcaya Museum and Gardens are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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Along with 2 restaurants, this smoke-free hotel has a marina and 2 outdoor pools. Additionally, a full-service spa, a nightclub, and 3 bars/lounges are onsite.
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All 411 rooms boast deep soaking tubs and offer WiFi and 24-hour room service. Refrigerators and minibars are standard, as are flat-screen TVs with satellite channels.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Kimpton EPIC Hotel features a full-service spa, a marina, and 2 outdoor swimming pools. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include 3 bars/lounges and a poolside bar. Public areas are equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access (surcharge).
Business amenities at this 5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 25000 square feet (2323 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a nightclub, a spa tub, and a 24-hour fitness center. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Kimpton EPIC Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Number of bars/lounges - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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Breakfast is available for a surcharge each morning.
Area 31 - This restaurant specializes in seafood and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Zuma - This restaurant specializes in fusion cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.
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A marina and complimentary bicycles are featured at the hotel. 2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a spa tub. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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Spa Services
Exhale Spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures. The spa is equipped with a sauna and Turkish bath/hammam.
- Sauna in spa
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If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time ends at 12:30 AM
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
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- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets stay free
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Deposit: USD 150.00 per night
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 15 and USD 30 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 13.00 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
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- Self parking fee: USD 22-54 per day
- Valet parking fee: USD 42.00 per night (in/out privileges)
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Hotel Name
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I'm going to rate all our players on the clutch-o-meter scale based on our recent playoff performance.
Mainly, I want to promote discussion, but also I want to remind myself how well Granger did, because I am pretty darn open to trading him away for some pieces, but that may need to be reconsidered. Also, I have been a huge Roy supporter from the beginning, believing that he would grow into greatness as the challenges emerged. The playoffs has me reconsidering Roy.
Anyway, the great ones in all sports rise to the occasion. Think Tiger Woods. That's who you really want on your team, and it needs to be emphasized as much or more than the stats and performances in the regular season (although the last five minutes of regular season games is also a pretty good indicator).
Here goes for the Clutch-o-meter: (10 highest—0 worst)
Collison: 5
(Had some moments and some bad moments)
Price: 7
(This is one of his best qualities, but the rest of his performance has been so bad I don't know if this can bail him out.)
George: 8
(He got better as the challenges came his way)
Granger: 9
(Though one-dimensional, inconsistent on defense and apparently not a leader, he IS pretty darn clutch. He gets better with pressure, imo)
Dahntay: 8
(I like him down the stretch)
Rush: 3
(I find him terrible down the stretch. He did have a nice game-ending dunk this year. Who can forget him stepping across the line on an inbound pass?)
McRoberts: 4
(I'm a McBob fan, but clutch he seemed not in this playoff)
Tyler: 6
(He had a couple of moments, and several during the regular season final minutes. But the jury is still out.)
Roy: 3
(Hate to say it. The brutal truth. He has not risen to the occasion very often.)
Foster: 8
(Not a nine, only because his non-offense makes him a liability sometimes down the stretch. But he was great this series, and even hit some big free throws in the final minutes.)
Dunleavy: 4
(He just didn't show up in the playoffs.)
TJ Ford: 7
(He's got all kinds of problems, but he has in fact performed well down the stretch at times.)
Posey: 5
(In his career, yeah. For us, once or twice he's hit a shot but mostly not.)


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Tropical Burgers w/ Chipotle Mango Glaze
Tropical Burgers with a Chipotle Mango Glaze A delicious twist on the standard burger! Ground beef burgers seasoned with lemon pepper, cilantro, and pineapple to name a few - then topped with guacamole made from fresh avocados, tomatoes, onion, and fresh cilantro. Spicy and sweet, this sensational burger celebrates the collaboration of our American burger with the bold and vibrant flavors of a tropical paradise. Celebrating the fresh fruits of the season, it perfectly balances sweet and spicy making it the perfect summer burger recipe!
1. Avocado
2. Cilantro
3. Jalepeno
4. Lime
5. Tomato
6. Red onion
7. Lemon pepper
8. Can chipoltle pappers in adobo sauce
9. Mango chutney or preserves
10. 16 0z can crushed pineapple
11. Brown sugar
12. 2 pounds ground beef
13. Mexican cheese blend (shredded)
14. 1 ounce Taco seasoning pack
15. Parmesan cheese (shredded)
16. Olive oil
17. onion kaiser buns
Guacamole 2 large ripe avocados, finely chopped
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
½ jalapeno pepper (seeds removed), finely chopped
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 small tomato, finely chopped
1/3 cup of finely chopped red onion
¼ teaspoon lemon pepper
½ teaspoon of a 1 ounce Taco Seasoning
Chipotle Mango Glaze
1 chipotle pepper out of 1 can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce 2/3 cup of mango chutney
½ cup of pineapple juice strained from (1)
16 ounce can crushed pineapple
¼ cup packed light brown sugar ½ teaspoon lemon pepper Patties: ½ cup of red onion, finely chopped
1 cup of crushed pineapple, drained
½ jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
3 tablespoons of fresh cilantro, finely chopped
2 pounds ground beef
1 ¾ cup of Mexican cheese blend
(1) Remainder of 1 ounce package of Taco Seasoning Mix
½ teaspoon of lemon pepper
2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lime juice
¾ cup of grated Parmesan cheese
Olive oil for brushing the grill rack
6 onion Kaiser rolls
Directions: To make the guacamole, combine the ingredients in a bowl, stir, and cover. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Preheat a gas grill to medium high. To make the chipotle mango glaze, combine the chipotle pepper, the mango chutney, and the ½ cup of pineapple juice in a food processor. Process until ingredients are finely minced and mixed thorough. Pour the mixture into a small cast iron sauce pan. Place on bottom rack of grill. Add brown sugar and lemon pepper, and stir over medium high heat. Bring glaze to a simmer stirring constantly. Remove from heat, cover, and let cool. To make the patties, combine the red onion, pineapple, jalapeno pepper, and cilantro in a food processor. Process until ingredients are finely minced and mixed thorough. Pour ingredients in a large bowl. Add ground beef, Mexican cheese, Taco Seasoning, lemon pepper, lime juice, and grated Parmesan cheese. Mix thoroughly. Form into 6 equal patties, handling lightly to avoid compacting. When the grill is ready, brush the grill rack with olive oil. Place the patties on the rack cover and cook over medium heat, turning once after 6 to 7 minutes. Cook for 5 minutes. In the last three minutes of cooking, baste the patties with ½ of the chipotle mango glaze. Place the buns, cut side down, on the grill rack and grill until lightly toasted. To assemble the burgers, remove buns from the grill and place on plates. Top each bun with a patty. Lightly spread each top bun with 2 tablespoons of the chipotle mango glaze and 2 tablespoons of the guacamole. Add the bun tops and serve. Makes 6 burgers


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He isn't that tall. Maybe in some games, but more often than not he isn't. The question should be, who's taller Hibbert or Muresan?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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He isn't that tall. Maybe in some games, but more often than not he isn't. The question should be, who's taller Hibbert or Muresan?
Morrison never shot better than 33.7% from 3 in the NBA and that was during his rookie year. I'd say it's pretty clear who was the better shooter between him and Rush even if we toss out their college statistics. So, I'm not sure your point stood up as well as you would hope it would.
Oh also, Morrison's college stats from behind the 3 point line...
Brandon Rush's college stats from behind the 3 point line...
Adam Morrison was without doubt one of the most overrated shooters of all time. He never came close to Brandon's 3 point %'s against much weaker competition. Generally you will find that if a guy was a good shooter in college, he will be a good shooter in the pros, and if he was a bad or overrated scorer in college, he will also be that in the pros. Morrison proves both of those points wonderfully. Thanks for bringing him up.
Also, thanks for bringing him up without actually double checking his %'s in college.
And here just for fun, were Kareem Rush's stats in college since we've already proven he wasn't as reliable as his brother in the pros...
Kareem only out did his brother in one year.
Last edited by Trader Joe; 11-16-2010 at 01:37 PM.
In College Morrison averaged ~36% from 3Pt. Rush was still somewhere around 43%. I don't know what point he was trying to make with that, but it didn't address my argument anyway.
I'd just stop arguing with this guy. He is completely out of touch with reality.
He shoots well enough to strech defenses consistently. Can't really expect more consistency at 3pt line. Ray Allen, Danny or Kevin Martin have fairly many off nights too. But compared to those guys, Rush simply has many more 1/1, 1/2, 0/2 nights - which in huge part comes with limited rotation status.
If he played big consistent minutes for a season, many of those nights would probably look differently. But we haven't seen those consistent big minutes yet. And I'm not quite sure I want to see them - as opposed to bringing a high quality guard with the cap space, and developing Paul with some of those wing minutes.
So I vote 'maybe'.
He's a better 3 point shooter in the corner, but he can shoot better in the middle when he's at the top of the key.
He's just an inconsistent scorer.
With his 3 point shooting, he can attempt 1 or 2 3 pointers, but then the next night he's attempting over 5. He should shoot more because he's a decent shooter.
He looks a lot more comfortable this season so far.
alright, ive heard enough BS comments directed towards me. you losers need to realize i was making a point that Adam Morrison (who i believe won college POY) and his collegiate statistics do not mean damn thing in the nba. the guy posted rush's stats from college.. well here is something else some of you tools may not be aware of.. the 3 pt line is a helluva lot closer to the rim than in the nba.. so why the hell even bother posting his college stats.. its irrelevant. just like what adam morrison who was picked 3rd overall based on college accodalades is now ultimately irrelevant as well cause he has not done much in the nba now has he.
some of you who claim your so damn smart and all knowing yet cannot even read b/t the lines on this simple analogy makes me realize how blindly foolish you are to the fact rush is not a consistently accurate 3 pt shooter.
that was the point i was trying to make.. i didnt think i would need to spell out to some of you like 5 yr olds but apparently just b/c your raised in Indiana doesnt necessarily mean you have a lick of sense when it comes to this game.
yea.. i stopped discussing your asinine comments a long time ago as well.. purdue sucks and your understanding of the game isnt much better.
I just don't think you've made one coherent point this entire time, sorry.
Is his % low? No, this is obvious.
Does Brandon Rush not shoot enough threes so it is too small of a sample size to say his % is accurate to his true skill? Clearly not the case IMO, he averaged close to 4 threes attempted per game last year. He attempted the 40th most 3s in the NBA last season. Of that top 40, only 5 guys had higher %'s than him... (Jason Kidd 42.5%, Channing Frye 43.9%, Stephen Curry 43.7%, Mo Williams 42.9%, Anthony Morrow 45.6%).
What does that mean? It means that not only was Rush shooting a good amount of 3s, but that his rate of making them compares very favorably to the rest of the top 40 in the NBA in terms of 3 pointers attempted. Only 5 other guys IN THE ENTIRE NBA, took MORE 3s than Rush AND shot the 3 point shot at a higher percentage. That says more about consistency than anything else could IMO.
So I guess my question is, what exactly are you complaining about from his shooting?
He airballed an open 3 once and you saw it? Give me a break. Every NBA player has at one point or another.
You don't like his follow through or form on his shot? Reggie's shot wasn't exactly a thing of beauty, lots of great shooters have different releases. If it works, it works.
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Also, would anyone who answered no to this question, answer "Yes" if we replaced Brandon Rush with Shane Battier?
Does it really matter enough to get down to 'loser' and 'tool' level?
oh dear.. jason kidd is on this list, i do not know if your aware but its been known in the league for a long time that kidd was not a good shooter, and perhaps the only weakness of his game, the fact his shooting % is 42 just makes my point more valid, that stats can be at times misleading. kidd may have improved, but the majority of his career he was not known as a 3 pt assassain. this clearly illustrates my point that %'s can be misleading. moreoever, i would guess the majority of kidds shots are taken when he is open off of a double team, which helps greatly his %. if he were the primary focus of the defense like Dirk is, Kidd's % would probably drop to 34 %.
kidd has never been a great shooter and yet he managed a 42 % number.. that should at least give you some clue that the numbers may be misleading.
for all the expectations coming out of college that rush was a great 3 pt shooter, i guess i have not been impressed with his shooting abilities.
Just to commpare him to some of the great 3pt shooters in the league..
Paul Pierce 09-10 .414 3pt%
Brandon Rush 09-10 .411
Troy Murphy 09-10 .384
Ray Allen 09-10 .363
Brandon was 14th in the league in 3pt FG% with a minimum 50 attempts.
Sorry still no. His defense is a threat like Rush but when you score less than double digits consistently I just can't bring myself to call that person a threat in any way offensively. The only exception I make to that is guys who win games with a final shot or stop an opposing team 4th quarter run like Robert Horry did.
Rush and Battier are great defensive players but sorry if I don't respect thier 3 point shot that they hit 2 times in a game.
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All you are saying is that numbers can be misleading, but you have not made one coherent point as to what it is exactly that make's Brandon's stats misleading!
So far you started off referencing one airball that Rush had, even maintaining at one point that Reggie Miller had NEVER in his entire career airballed an open 3.
Then you also said, you don't like his follow through. Which again I will say, lots of great shooters have had unorthodox releases, even Reggie Miller.
And Kidd has been a very good 3 point shooter since he arrived in Dallas, suggesting perhaps that his problem was never his shot, but rather his shot selection. He does get more open looks in Dallas and hits them at a very reliable rate. Which is the entire point of taking an open 3 pointer no?
Brandon Rush is not Adam Morrison. How he has transitioned into the league does not exactly mirror the circumstances of Brandon.
If you don't wanna go that way, then how about this.
Brandon Rush's first two NBA seasons 3pt%:
37.3% rookie
41.1% Sophomore
Reggie Miller's first two NBA seasons 3pt%:
35.5% rookie
40.2% Sophomore
I never claimed to be smart, I just think it's a bad idea to blindly argue against numbers.
Like I said only 5 guys in the entire league shot MORE 3s than Rush AND had a higher 3 point percentage.
Rush shoots 62 % from the free throw line.. 42 % from the field. your telling me this guy is an accurate shooter, but can only manage 62% from the free throw line, when no one is gaurding him and the shot is significantly closer?
and i am suppose to believe that Rush is a consistent shooter, yet he can barely make 6 of 10 free throws.
okay.. apparently good shooters in the nba knock down 42 percent from three but make only 60 percent of their free throws.
its evident to me, if rush attempted anywhere near the 3's that granger or dunleavy averages his shooting percentage would drop significantly. if rush were actually more aggressive with his shot instead of simply shooting when he is wide open and stationary then his percentage would drop..
give Granger the open looks that rush gets and Grangers 3 pt percentage would skyrocket to over 50 percent easily.
ive said it before, and im gonna say it again, rush is not a consistently accurate 3 pt shooter regardless of how many yes votes there are on this thread; at least not at this point in his career anyways.
I think Rush is more of a Kapono than a Pierce or Allen.
Everyone needs to back off with the personal commentary.
And for all those who said "Teams probably never game planned for Rush's shooting", I have to ask what were they game planning against us then? After Danny and Troy, Brandon's 3 point threat was about the only thing we had on offense last year, especially with the way JOB would usually cripple Roy for the opposing team so they rarely had to worry about him.
Maybe thats why we lost so many games...
Rush attempts over 3 threes a game on his career, how many would you like to see him attempt to get a reliable sample size?
When answering this, please remember that you were willing to use his 3/10 performance thus far this season as a reliable indicator of his skill.
Also, Dunleavy has only shot more 3s than Rush did last year once in his entire career, granted it was at a blistering 42% rate, but that year is a huge statistical outlier when you look at the rest of Dun's time in the NBA.
Also, while free throws and 3's are both shooting the basketball and usually correlated to each other, it should be noted that they are still in fact two completely different scenarios. Also, I would wager that Rush shot one of the worst %'s in the NBA last season when he came to his mid-range jumper and his time spent around the basket, which are again totally different than what his 3 point shooting ability is and not what this thread is about.


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I was treasure hunting not long ago when I happened to notice this neat little shiny tray amongst a bunch of not so appealing clutter. As I inspected the top portion of the tray, I was intrigued by its intersecting lines and two leaf type images stamped into it. I then flipped it over and noticed that it bore the name Revere and Rome, N.Y. I instantly knew that name and I am somewhat familiar with its history. Knowing that the infamous Paul Revere history is tied to the Revere company, I knew that I had to purchase this piece just to research it. Besides, it was only the cost of a pack of gum.
I brought the piece back home and researched it all night. Nothing!!! I started to close all of my open windows on my computer on Revere and then , Bingo!!! I decided to try a link that really did not look like it was related to it at all. After clicking the link, the first thing that I see is the tray.
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This guest post from Anna is part of the "reader stories" feature here at Get Rich Slowly. Some stories contain general "how I did X" advice; others are examples of how a GRS reader achieved financial success — or failure. These stories feature folks from all levels of financial maturity and with all sorts of incomes.
My experience with money is probably the opposite of many readers here. I've always had money. I got a generous allowance starting at age 5, and was encouraged to save it. What I'm not sure about is how to spend it. And I definitely don't want anyone else knowing I have it (which is why I'm posting anonymously).
I don't come from a long line of family wealth — just one generation of two thrifty people (my parents) who worked steady jobs with benefits starting in their twenties, and kept those jobs for their entire lives. Growing up, my dad told me that our family had more money than others in our relatively poor, rural area. And it was a secret. I shouldn't tell my friends about my allowance. There weren't a lot of outside signs of our money — we rarely ate out, we shopped at the Salvation Army and JC Penney, and we got our hair cut (badly) in some lady's kitchen for five bucks.
We have that at home
Two irritating practices of my father's brainwashed me into the idea that money was only for saving, not for spending.
The first was the dreaded "we have that at home." If we wanted a 50-cent soda out of the vending machine, my dad would say, "We can get a 12-pack of soda at the supermarket for $2.50, so each can would only be 21 cents. I'm not paying 50 cents for a soda." And we would never get that soda.
Same with ice cream: "For the price of that cone, you can get a whole gallon of ice cream at the supermarket." This was infuriating. If you have kids and don't particularly care about them liking you but want to save money, "we have that at home" is definitely the way to go.
If we protested with, "But you have so much money!", the stock reply was "I wouldn't have so much money if I wasted 50 cents on a soda all the time." True for many, but considering that my dad managed to save a few million dollars, I'm pretty sure he would have had room for a whole bunch of sodas in the budget.
Spending money like it grows on trees
As we got older, my family started to take summer road trips. We'd bring a cooler, stay in cheap motels, and generally have a great time. Better yet, on vacation, my dad would inexplicably buy us treats like ice cream cones. We loved it, until one day when we were sitting on a bench eating our forbidden ice cream cones and my dad sighed and said, "We're spending money on this vacation like it grows on trees." I wanted to throw my ice cream cone in his face.
With that one sentence, my dad made me feel guilty for the entire vacation, even though I had had no part in planning it and he was in charge of all the cash. Later, when I traveled by myself, I did everything I could to save money — to the point of hitchhiking and other things most people would consider unsafe — just to avoid that same feeling of spending too much on a vacation.
Was it worth it?
If you, dear readers, knew the kind of money my dad has given me over the years, you might (and probably will) call me an ungrateful brat. The truth is that I am grateful. I'm grateful to both of my parents for teaching me financial responsibility, how to be thrifty, and how to live beneath my means. And, of course, I'm grateful for the money they've given me — or at least, I will be one day when I finally give myself permission to spend any of it.
I never need to worry about whether I have enough to pay a bill, or whether my decision to return to grad school was financially smart. (Don't worry: I pay for it by working assistantships, not with dad's money.) But I do have to obsess about whether I'm getting the lowest price for everything.
It took me two years of grad school to come to terms with occasionally buying coffee and studying in a coffee shop, instead of staying at home where I could drink cheaper coffee I made myself! I put myself through bus hassles because I refuse to pay for on-campus parking, live in cheap apartments that always seem to have more annoyances, and only apply to nearby conferences because I just can't see spending hundreds of my own dollars on academic travel.
My personal savings (which just topped $100,000) have no impact on my spending decisions. I have no level that I would consider "enough" to spend more freely.
Not my choice
While it's great to have my own earnings and the money from my dad sitting around earning interest, I didn't choose it. I'm ashamed of having money, and constantly irritated with myself for my cheapskate tendencies. If I could go back, I would have bought my childhood self more sodas and more ice cream cones (in addition to teaching frugality in general), even if it meant having less in the bank.
Money doesn't buy happiness, or love. The way I came about it, it buys security at the expense of enjoyment. I'm trying to tell myself to lighten up a little — to go out to dinner with friends without worrying about the bill, or buy a shirt I really like even if it's full price. I've become a little more reasonable over time, but I still have a long way to go before I can spend money like a normal person.
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Suns show no interest in Tippett
The door has been slammed shut on Kurt Tippett at the Gold Coast Suns after they dismissed the notion of snapping up the defecting Adelaide forward if talks with Sydney break down.
Adelaide are determined to receive adequate compensation from the Swans if the ruck-forward is to get his wish and join the AFL premiers.
Tippett will be forced to nominate for the draft pool if he is not traded by the October 26 deadline - and with the No.2 pre-season pick, the Suns would be in a prime position to nab him.
However, Suns football manager Marcus Ashcroft said they had "moved on" since receiving the shock news that Tippett wanted to move to Sydney rather than returning to his home state of Queensland.
Asked if they were monitoring Tippett's stalled talks with the Swans, Ashcroft said: "No, we have moved on.
"His decision has been made. We respect that and we move on with what we need to do.
"We have some priorities of our own that we need to achieve."
The Suns did have one player announcement on Monday - they have committed to signing 18 year-old Clay Cameron as a Queensland zone selection at next month's national draft to be held on the Gold Coast.
The 191cm, 83kg defender is set to make his Suns debut in the 2013 pre-season competition after an unorthodox path to the AFL.
The son of a Queensland schoolboy rugby league representative, Cameron walked away from a promising athletics career and lost an entire season battling chronic osteitis pubis before grabbing the Suns' attention with a starring role at the 2011 under-18 championships.
Ashcroft said they would sit and wait for their next move in the trade period after last week securing Hawthorn's Tom Murphy and cutting a deal with Geelong for Josh Caddy.
"Our No.1 priority was to get Josh a home back in Victoria. That's now done," Ashcroft said.
"And obviously we were interested in Kurt.
"Now our objective is to look at what other clubs have to offer us potentially.
"We have two weeks to sit back and take it all in and be considered in our decision making."
The Suns must reduce their once 46-strong roster down to 39 by October 31 to make room for their three draft picks.
"There are still six to 10 players that are uncontracted for next year," Ashcroft said.
"It's a balancing act to work out exactly what our needs are for next year through the trade period, and that's still got another two weeks."
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I have been reading some of the past threads on Rebirth and (relatedley) Reincarnation - this is an area that has always had an interest for me. My Western Mind feels a compulsion to want to see a scientific basis for this, and I accept that the Buddha himself never spoke directly about Life to Life Rebirth - the inclusion of such Reincarnation based thinking seems to be something that was binded in from other religions when Buddhism merged with these on penetration into the host cultures. Whilst scientifically, the "proofs" of reincarnation seem to be lacking (or at best weakened by circumstantial detail), I have an inherent heart (as opposed to mind) tendency toward these ideas. Recently I came across the concept of Morphic Resonance, a controversial theory developed by Biologist Rupert Sheldrake - see some details here . The basis of the theory interests me greatly, and on the face of it looks like a means by which rebirth consciousness might operate : embryo needs consciousness, makes connection through Morphic Fields to consciousness of now dead person, rebirth consciousness exists. (Interestingly such a similar idea could explain the presence of ghosts - as temporal connections to past consciousnesses if it possible that these can exist beyond death)
Furthermore, the idea that even during life our consciousness is not physically "inside" our heads, but perhaps part of a field of resonance that we connect to is a fascinating idea, and in some ways can be tied into Buddhist perspectives on Not-Self. After all if every 7 years, all our cells refresh and replace themselves, where can consciousness permanently abide - body is physically impermanent, but at a literal level, consciousness has permanency, perhaps this is because it is extra-corpular?
Just wonder what people think about this idea (Morphic Resonance), and whether at an intellectual level, there is some basis for thinking that there is a connection between this and Buddhist perspectives on consciousness, and rebirth?


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Organisers of this year's Ride for the North want people to join the fundraising pedal for Barnardo's. The 220-mile journey departs Ripley Castle near Harrogate on June 27, arriving in Edinburgh on June 30.
Julie Patmore, who is organising the event for the third year, said: "The ride is quite hilly so you will need to train but it's important to remember you've got all day and there will be plenty of rest stops along the way as we take a break every 15 miles or so for a drink, snack and a good lunch.
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Long-Term Supervised Treatment Interruption in HIV-Infected Patients
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|HIV Infections
|Procedure: Treatment interruption
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Long-Term Supervised Treatment Interruption in HIV-Infected Patients Who Started Antiretroviral Treatment With CD4 Over 350/mm3 and Plasma HIV RNA Below 50 000/mL ANRS 116 Trial SALTO
- Proportion of patients who did not resume antiretroviral treatment at 12 months
- Time to resume antiretroviral treatment with CD4 cell count equal or below 300/mm3
- Proportion of patients who did not resume antiretroviral treatment at M 24 and M 36
- Predictive factors associated with the time of restart of antiretroviral therapy: Proviral HIV DNA at baseline and during follow-up
- Plasma HIV RNA at baseline and during follow-up
- CD4 T cell and CD8 T cell HIV specific responses at baseline and after 12 months
- Change in lipodystrophy clinical score and quality of life during the follow-up
- Criteria to resume antiretroviral treatment: CD4T cell count below or equal to 300/mm3
- The occurrence of an AIDS defining event
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|Study Start Date:
|February 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2007
The limitations of the drugs used against HIV include their toxicity, their tolerability, their propensity to induce resistance when not taken with absolute regularity and their cost. Treatment interruption in patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in the setting of chronic infection are associated with viral rebound and rapid CD4 T cell decrease conducting to antiretroviral therapy restart.
In patients with high CD4+ cell counts (patients receiving treatment of chronic infection with controlled viremia and patients who are receiving HAART now in whom treatment would not have been started based on current guidelines), we evaluated the safety of long term supervised treatment interruption. Another aim of this study was to assess the immunological and virological factors associated with the duration of treatment interruption (proviral HIV DNA at baseline and during follow-up, plasma HIV RNA at baseline and during follow-up, CD4 T cell and CD8 T cell HIV specific responses at baseline and after 12 months).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Males and non pregnant females
- 18 years of age and older
- Who have confirmed laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection
- Started on first line antiretroviral treatment with CD4 over 350/mm3 and plasma HIV RNA below 50 000/mL
- Ongoing Antiretroviral therapy at inclusion with CD4 over 450/mm3 and plasma HIV RNA below 5000/mL
Exclusion Criteria:
- HBV-HIV co-infection receiving lamivudine therapy
- Ongoing immunotherapy including IL2, interferon or HIV specific vaccine
- Pregnancy or project of pregnancy
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00118677
|Service d'immunologie Clinique, Höpital Européen Georges Pompidou
|Paris, France, 75015
|Principal Investigator:
|Christophe Piketti, MD
|Hopital Georges Pompidou Paris France
|Study Chair:
|Dominique Costagliola
|Inserm U720
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|Study First Received:
|July 1, 2005
|Last Updated:
|August 29, 2007
Keywords provided by French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis:
HIV Infections
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HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
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Brewers to dedicate Bob Uecker statue in "the last row"
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Brewers today announced details for Friday's unveiling of the new Bob Uecker statue at Miller Park. Unlike the statues that surround Miller Park's Home Plate Plaza, this statue will be in the last row-yes, the last row of the Terrace Level at Miller Park.
The statue will pay tribute to the popular Miller Lite "All Stars" ad campaign which featured Uecker's famous tagline, "I must be in the front row." In those commercials, Uecker somehow always ended up in the last row-as will this statue. The statue will sit atop the Uecker Seats in Miller Park's Terrace Level (Section 422). It will feature an open seat next to it allowing for a perfect photo opportunity.
The statue will be unveiled for the first time in a ceremony open to special guests and media Friday afternoon (the unveiling ceremony is not open to the public). Prior to that night's 7:10 p.m. game against the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park, a presentation will be made on the field honoring Uecker and showcasing the statue.
The statue was designed by Brian Maughan, the artist of the four statues outside Miller Park on the Home Plate Plaza-Hank Aaron, Allan H. "Bud" Selig, Robin Yount and Uecker. The statue will be made of bronze, but will also have color effects.