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HOUSTON -- Astros reliever Josh Zeid has been fighting through pain in both of his feet for most of the last year and a half, opting to push himself on the pitcher's mound while trying to ignore the discomfort that constantly reminded him that something wasn't quite right.
That has all come to a halt in light of the news that Zeid will undergo surgery on both feet, six weeks apart. The procedure, called a sesamoidectomy, was scheduled to take place on his left foot on Wednesday at The Methodist Hospital Outpatient Center.
The second surgery, on his right foot, will take place in six weeks after the first one. Ideally, the recovery period will be three months, at which time Zeid should be able to resume pitching-related workouts.
"This could be a reccurring problem every year, for the next 10, 15 years if that's how long I can play," Zeid said. "Everyone made the right decision. The doctor thought that was the best choice for us, stopping now and start the process."
Zeid was placed on the disabled list on Friday with bilateral sesamoiditis. Though it's unusual to come down with the same malady in both feet, there is no genetic reason behind why he has this issue. Zeid said the doctors were surprised to discover the same injury in each foot.
"No family reason, no medical reason why it should be in both feet," he said. "Baseball is a violent sport on your feet, [with] metal spikes, and I'm a bigger guy. There's a lot of beating that goes on your feet."
Catcher Jason Castro had the same procedure on his left foot over the winter following the 2011 season.
Zeid will be on crutches for a while, which he predicted will be "super annoying."
"Having to use crutches for more than a month, month and a half combined, with both feet, you're just really limited," he said. "They say I'm going to have to learn how to use my toes again. I know how to use them pretty well now, but everything's going to change."
If there is a silver lining, it's that the timing of the surgery should allow Zeid to be healthy when it's time to report to Spring Training.
"If we waited any longer, and it was something that was done at the end of the year, looking at the amount of time that he would need to recover, it would linger into next year," manager Bo Porter said. "You just look at all the parameters around it -- it was continuing to bother him more and more, we just felt like getting it done now and go through all of the recovery and be ready for Spring Training next year."
Zeid said he apologized to his teammates for trying to pitch through the injury, which likely affected his performance.
"I hated going out there and not giving my team what they deserved," he said. "Just playing through it -- they deserved better than that. I look forward to next year and putting my best foot forward -- both my feet forward -- and just being able to help out."
Alyson Footer is a national correspondent for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @alysonfooter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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11:56am Wednesday 23rd April 2014
DUDLEY Sports boss Tony Gore has praised his players after they recorded three wins on the bounce.
After a 2-1 away cup win against Bilston Town last Wednesday, Sports then chalked up back-to-back league wins. They beat Bromyard 3-1 away last Saturday before a 3-1 home victory against Ellesmere Rangers.
Gore was full of praise for his side and reflected on what he thinks has been a very good season now they only have a few games left to play.
He said: "It has not been easy to put a side together in recent weeks due to injuries and other absences so I can't praise they players enough for how they have performed.
"They have shown a good attitude and lots of commitment and desire. It really was important we finished the season well and built up some momentum, so I'm delighted with the last three wins.
"It has been a good season for the club and we have achieved a lot considering we are up against teams with big budgets. We now have something to build on for next season if we can keep some of the players we have."
Dudley will look to continue their fine form when they travel to take on Wolverhampton Sporting Community on Tuesday, April 29.
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Samaritan's Purse that seeks to provide children all over the world with simple Christmas gifts.The organization sends kids colorfully wrapped shoeboxes filled with hard candies, small toys, school supplies and personal hygiene items, such as combs and soap.Killion recounted the story of a girl who received a bar of soap as part of her package."She wouldn't use it, because she knew it would be gone," Killion said. "The little girl smelled it every day, and said it made her feel pretty."Volunteers said they were touched by such anecdotes. "It's amazing what something little can do for someone," said John Stephensen, who has volunteered for Operation Christmas Child for six years.Margaret Hayes and Paula Williams spoke of their devotion to the project as the two packed large cardboard boxes with gifts. The church already received several long folding tables full of them by Monday afternoon."It means everything to me," Hayes said. "I just can't even imagine not having soap or a washrag. We take that for granted."Williams is a Sunday school teacher at the church and said Operation Christmas Child hits close to home. "Our children are so blessed and these kids have nothing," Williams said.While these simple tokens can mean the world to a child in need, Williams said, there is a bigger goal in mind: spiritual nourishment."Yes, we might give someone a gift like this, but the gift of Jesus Christ is a lasting gift," Williams said. "That's something that's not going to go away."The church is one of 10 throughout the region that are collecting boxes from its members and community, Killion said. The biggest contribution Rand First Church of the Nazarene makes is its organization and packing of the shoeboxes, he said."It's a zoo in here," Killion said of the process.Monday was the church's first day collecting boxes, and it will continue to do so until Nov. 25.Those who wish to donate can fill shoeboxes with small gifts -- Killion said a box could be filled for less than $25, depending upon how thrifty the donor is -- and bring them to one of the collection locations along with a $7 shipping donation for each box.Shoeboxes should not have gifts that contain liquid or war-related items, Killion said. Boxes are sent to 130 countries, some of which may be experiencing periods of turmoil."If we can show some of these kids love in war-torn areas, maybe ... they could grow up with a new mindset," Killion said.Area Operation Christmas Child collection centers include: First Church of the Nazarene, Rand; Oakwood Baptist Church, Charleston; Cross Lanes Baptist Church, Cross Lanes; Walton Union Church, Walton; Summersville Baptist Church, Summersville; Christian Faith Center, Van; Highlawn Baptist Church, St. Albans; Hillcrest Baptist Church, Spencer; Switzer Church of God, Switzer; Lovers Leap Baptist Church, Ansted; Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Hurricane; Mount Zion Baptist Church, Ashton; Milton Presbyterian Church, Milton; and Parchment Valley Baptist Church, Ripley.Churches will take donations until Monday, but hours vary. For information, call the church or visit www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/drop-off-locations/Reach Rachel Molenda at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5102.


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Texas Desert Bighorn Sheep Restoration Hits New Milestone
Big Bend Ranch State Park Release Is Next Step in Species Comeback
ALPINE – About 40 desert bighorn sheep will be captured at Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area using a helicopter and moved by trailer to Big Bend Ranch State Park the week of Dec. 20. It's the latest phase of a multi-partner wildlife restoration project begun in 1954, and the first bighorn reintroduction at a Texas state park.
The wild mountain sheep have become a keystone species helping to drive cross-border wildlife conservation in Northern Mexico and Far West Texas, but their future wasn't always so bright.
In the late 1800s there were perhaps up to 1,500 sheep in the rugged mountains of Trans-Pecos Texas. However, due mainly to unregulated hunting and diseases from domestic and exotic livestock, Texas bighorn numbers dwindled to about 500 in 1903 and by the 1960s they were gone.
Today bighorns are coming back, thanks to decades of work by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, wildlife conservation groups, private landowners and others. TPWD biologists this September observed 1,115 sheep in Texas, up from 822 in 2006 and 352 in 2002. This steady climb back from the brink is due in part to relocation of wild sheep into areas where bighorns had once been extirpated.
The Bofecillos Mountains of Big Bend Ranch State Park are next on the list of priority areas of historic bighorn range in Texas where sheep have not yet been restored. Establishing sheep in the park will increase numbers and diversity of the bighorn population in Texas, help restore the park's native wildlife ecology and provide an outstanding new visitor wildlife viewing opportunity. In years to come, public hunting in the park may also be possible, although that is not the primary restoration goal.
"This puts an animal in its rightful place," said Ruben Cantu, TPWD Wildlife Division regional director in San Angelo. "Its home is mountain ranges in West Texas. This is a desert mountain icon, an important component of the ecosystem."
Big Bend Ranch bighorn restoration is a collaborative effort between TPWD's Wildlife and State Parks Divisions.
"It's huge; this is a bellwether species," said Mike Hill, TPWD state parks regional director in Fort Davis, who said bighorn restoration at the park has been years in the making. "More and more people are discovering Big Bend Ranch State Park as an adventure travel destination, but this shows how state parks have an important conservation mission too."
A coalition of partners is helping. In fact, bighorn sheep are the focus of a recently signed binational agreement between TPWD, Texas Bighorn Society, Wild Sheep Foundation and the Mexican-based global cement company CEMEX, which is conducting habitat and wildlife restoration supported by scientific research across the Rio Grande in Mexico.
"The parties to this agreement recognize that the Big Bend region of Texas and northern Coahuila and Chihuahua, Mexico, form an important zone of biological diversity that transcends political boundaries," reads the conservation agreement. It goes on to say the region "is at risk because of potential adverse impacts by humans," and that "binational restoration and management of desert bighorn sheep will provide a flagship species initiative that will benefit natural communities and help restore and conserve the region's biological diversity."
Across the river from Big Bend Ranch State Park, Big Bend National Park, and Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, several Mexican federal protected areas form a vast land area under varying degrees of conservation management. These areas are not regulated like U.S. parks, and include small towns and ranches. But within one of them, the Maderas Del Carmen protected area, is CEMEX's El Carmen conservation project.
CEMEX has under direct ownership and through agreements with landowners close to 400,000 acres of desert and mountains dedicated to wildlife habitat conservation. This includes an 11,000-acre bighorn breeding facility protected by a high, predator-proof fence. Into this criadero, CEMEX has brought bighorns from Sonora and in recent years has begun to move sheep out of the criadero into the wild. In December, biologists estimated more than 200 bighorns in the criadero, and more than 40 in the wild.
At Big Bend Ranch State Park, the department and its partners are taking various steps to prepare for the reintroduction of bighorn sheep, including control of exotic species and construction of "water guzzlers" to catch rainwater for sheep to drink.
Water guzzler construction, captive rearing facilities and other Texas efforts have been paid for or built with volunteer labor donated by the Texas Bighorn Society. Since its founding in the early 1980s, the group has provided materials, volunteer labor and funds for bighorn restoration worth several million dollars.
"Our mission is to restore bighorn sheep to all of their native range in Texas," said Robert Joseph of Lubbock, Texas Bighorn Society president. "Why do we care? They're a magnificent species. If they're viable in a habitat, it seems for the most part every other animal there is doing well too. Some biologists call them a keystone species. If you've got the proper habitat for sheep, you've got the snakes and the horny toads and javelinas and everything all the way to the top of the mountain in good shape."
Hunting provides most of the money to restore bighorns and their habitat. Every year the Wild Sheep Foundation and Dallas Safari Club auction permits to hunt wild bighorn sheep in Texas, which sell for $70,000 to $115,000 per permit. Money raised goes to support research and habitat management for Texas bighorn restoration.
The last two years Texas has issued 16 sheep hunting permits annually. Permits depend on annual population surveys and are issued for state and private lands where harvestable rams are observed. A harvestable ram is an older, 7-to-12 year old male that has "done his thing" and is deemed surplus to the population. Through this system, TPWD typically receives 20-to-25 percent of sheep permits for public hunts on the Black Gap, Elephant Mt. and Sierra Diablo WMAs, with private landowners receiving the remaining permits.
TPWD also offers a chance for anyone to hunt bighorns through the Texas Grand Slam in the agency's Big Time Texas Hunts program, which sells $10 entries for random drawings to award "dream hunts." The grand slam winner gets guided hunts for all four of the state's top big game animals, including bighorn sheep.
Besides its importance for natural and cultural resource conservation, Big Bend Ranch State Park is a premier adventure travel destination. In recent years, the park has opened more than 200 miles of new or newly accessible jeep roads and hike and bike trails, plus 50 new backcountry campsites in remote scenic areas, opening up large new areas of the 360,000-acre park that visitors could not access easily before. Among other attractions, Texas's largest state park is becoming international known for mountain biking.
In October, the International Mountain Biking Association designated the Fresno-Sauceda Loop Trail at Big Bend Ranch an "Epic" ride. IMBA has designated fewer than 50 Epic rides in the U.S. and Canada. The Big Bend Ranch ride is the only mountain-bike ride designated as Epic in Texas, and one of only two in the southwestern U.S.
Big Bend Ranch has an array of brochures, web pages and YouTube videos covering mountain biking, camping, backcountry driving and more. Downloadable brochures include "Big Bend Ranch Biking Guide — The Other Side of Nowhere" and "Roads to Nowhere — A guide to unmaintained 4x4 high clearance roads in Big Bend Ranch State Park." The new video "Mountain Biking Big Bend Ranch State Park" on TPWD's official YouTube channel follows an Austin newspaper reporter experiencing part of the "Epic ride" trail. The park's downloadable "El Solitario" quarterly newsletter offers detailed articles, photos and practical tips for enjoying the park.
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- http://tpwd.texas.gov/spdest/findadest/parks/big_bend_ranch/
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VB: UNC Knocks Off No. 11 FSU, 3-1
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Chapel Hill, N.C. — UNC rebounded from a set one loss to beat No. 11 Florida State 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-21) Saturday in front of a great crowd at Carmichael Arena. Four Tar Heels finished with double-digit kills, led by senior Emily McGee who tallied 13 kills and 16 digs, while freshman Paige Neuenfeldt and sophomore Chaniel Nelson each had 14 kills and three blocks for UNC.
"This was a huge win for us, the biggest win of the year for us and possibly the biggest in the past couple of years," UNC head coach Joe Sagula said. "To beat a team that's really good, a final four team last year, a team we have a lot of respect for, shows how far we've come this season. I could not be prouder of how this team stayed together."
"After that first game we could have faulted, but they showed some great character. This means a lot to every single person on this team, and it's a testament to and validates all of their hard work. It means a lot to everyone in the program as well, every person that works with us, from our coaches to all of our support staff, to our alumni and fans watching us out here and on ESPN3 tonight. They all share in this victory tonight, and they know what this win means and how hard it is to get this."
"This is a program win," Sagula said.
Despite an early lead by the Tar Heels, Florida State took the opening set 25-23. Nelson and junior Kayla Berringer each had four kills, while sophomore Ece Taner had six digs, and McGee added three kills with four digs for UNC. Florida State's Mara Green had six kills and two blocks, and Katie Mosher added nine digs.
UNC bounced back in the next frame to win 25-20 as Berringer, Nelson and Neuenfeldt each had four kills, and McGee recorded five digs. Senior Cora Harms had eight assists and three digs to help the Tar Heels. The Seminoles' Fatma Yildirim and Neff tallied three blocks each, but the FSU defense wasn't enough to stop the Tar Heels, who hit .282 in the second set.
Both teams were matched pretty evenly in set three, but North Carolina took the 26-24 win behind four kills from Berringer and four blocks by senior Tia Gaffen. UNC hit a strong .341 with an added three kills apiece from Neuenfeldt, McGee and freshman Leigh Andrew. Taner had five digs, and McGee also added two blocks, as UNC had just two errors to FSU's seven in the third frame.
Up 2-1 going into the fourth frame, the Tar Heels carried their momentum to claim the match with a final 25-21 set win. McGee had six kills and three digs, and Neuenfeldt had four kills, two digs and two blocks to carry the Tar Heels through the set. Harms had nine assists, and Nelson added four kills as UNC limited Florida State to a .143 attack.
With a 3-0 sweep over No. 23 Miami on Friday in addition to today's win, the Tar Heels improved to 21-4 overall and 12-3 in the ACC while defeating the top two teams in the conference this weekend.
UNC travels to Georgia Tech for a match on Thursday at 7 p.m. and then faces Clemson on Saturday at 6 p.m. Stay tuned to GoHeels.com for more information on the UNC volleyball team.


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POLICE have released an e-fit in relation to a woman who called on a house in Quedgeley posing as a social worker.
The incident happened on Deerhurst Place at around 2pm on Wednesday April 23.
The offender, who said she was from Gloucestershire Social Services and was carrying a false badge, visited a mother at the address and asked to check on her four-month-old son, saying there were concerns for his welfare.
While no physical contact took place between the bogus social worker and the baby, she did check the baby's heart beat with a stethoscope.
The woman is described as white but with "slightly tanned skin", of slim build, in her late 20s to early 30s, 5ft 6ins to 5ft 7ins tall, with dark shoulder-length bobbed hair. She had freckles on the left side of her face.
She wore a black trouser suit with a cream 'V' neck blouse with frills on the front, and was carrying a black zip-up A4 folder.
Anyone who may recognise the woman is asked to contact Gloucestershire Police on 101, quoting incident number 256 of April 23.
Detective Inspector Andy Dangerfield said: "We don't know what the motivation for this was but clearly it is very concerning.
"Our inquiries are ongoing. We have visited houses in the area to warn local people and would urge everyone to be vigilant.
"Remember, do not accept people into your house unless you are 100% sure you know who they are. You can always tell them to stay outside until you have made your own inquiries and if you are suspicious in any way then call police.
"We have liaised with our partners at Gloucestershire social care services and they have alerted their staff to this incident."
A spokesperson for Gloucestershire County Council said: "When a social worker calls at your house you will be shown an ID badge, and the reasons for the visit will be explained to you. If you doubt whether the visit is genuine you should call Gloucestershire County Council on 01452 425000 and the visit will be verified."


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Does a Decrease in Height Indicate Osteoporosis?
I had my annual check today and found out I`ve lost half an inch of height (I was 5 feet 4 inches) in the past year! I had a DEXA Scan three years ago and it showed just a bit of osteopenia in my hip. I am female and I will be 53 next month. Is it normal to lose half an inch of height in a year?
The best way to monitor height in a medical office is to use a stadiometer. A stadiometer is permanently attached to the wall and has a perfectly level arm that slides up and down to sit directly on top of a person's head. The person should stand barefoot with heels against the wall and shoulders against the wall if possible. Measuring devices that are attached to scales are not highly accurate.
It is important to know that people can be slightly shorter in the afternoon than they are in the morning, presumably because the spine "settles". Furthermore, as we age our disks between the vertebrae flatten such that most of the early height loss people experience is due to disk compression and not osteoporosis.
Other phenomena that play a role in height loss are posture and scoliosis, both of which can get worse as we get older. It would behoove all of us to work on our spinal extensor muscles as we get older to help us maintain our erect posture.
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Podcast #205 - News from Computex 2012! - Ultrabooks, Trinity Motherboards, New products from Corsair, and much more!
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PC Perspective Podcast #205 - 06/07/2012
Join us this week as we talk about all of the news from Computex 2012! - Ultrabooks, Trinity Motherboards, New products from Corsair, and much more!
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No one played on it, so we stopped paying. :)
Saving money? thats crazy talk
lol @ josh.. For the brilliant throat clearing intro.
I just got myself a pair of Sennheiser HD280 Pro Headphones, and while listening for the first time using said headphones was appreciating the crystal clear audio and the new Low Bassier sections of Ryan's intro bit, Intro music.. When! karrrhmmm..retch...hahummmmcracweaze.
[Pissed myself laughing, if only it was in Dolby 5.1/DTS]
Awesome headphone test... Cheers Josh and well done... ;-) Great show
I've just thought of a use/reason for the 180 degree hinge on that laptop; If you're stood up or near a low table and you want to use the touch screen - you'd need two hands (one to hold the screen to provide resistance and stop the whole laptop rocking backwards). If the screen was flat it'd be fine with one hand. You need low tables though.
I also thought of being in bed with knees up and putting it flat against your thighs, but I think , so the wife doesn't break it is better. I don't compute in the bedroom, but the wife does.
I want to AX a question.
Jeeze...how about some English here...
Sounds like you're speaking from the hood...Yo...
ref: podcast #205, 1:00:38, for one instance of literally thousands.
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text: Hartley earning praise in new role By Doug Smock April 4, 2013 Story Share HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- For a size mismatch between position coach and his players on the Marshall team, it's tough to beat Alex Mirabal and his offensive linemen. But Todd Hartley and his tight ends would rank a close second.Hartley, who was shifted from the secondary, is several inches taller than Mirabal, perhaps 5-foot-10, but may be more slender. As the joke goes, he might have to run around in the shower to get wet."Sometimes, especially in the winter, we'd do some hitting drills," said 6-6 Eric Frohnapfel, a first-teamer this spring. "He would be the defender and we had to go a little easy on him, because if you hit him too hard, he'd just take off in the air."Jokes aside, Frohnapfel and nearly everybody else in the Thundering Herd program has high praise for Hartley's energy. Frohnapfel says he "gets up in your face, but in a good way."Hartley is also the new recruiting coordinator, taking over those duties during the last cycle. He has been knee-deep in special teams throughout his two-plus year tenure, and is now in charge of the punt team and the kickoff return unit.Head coach Doc Holliday knew Hartley also had offensive experience as a graduate assistant. With that in mind, he was confident in bringing Hartley across the line of scrimmage."Number one, he's an exceptional young coach," Holliday said. "He can coach either side of the ball, and that will only help his career. When he was with me before [at West Virginia], he coached on offense. He can coach anything."It was important to me to get another guy that had coordinator experience in here, and [linebacker coach] Adam Fuller gave us that. Also, Chuck [Heater, defensive coordinator] wanted to coach the secondary, which he's done his entire career. It was a move that, number one, Todd's done a great job recruiting, did a great job as recruiting coordinator throughout January. He's just a great young coach." Hartley began his career as an offensive/special teams undergraduate assistant under Georgia coach Mark Richt from 2006 to 2008, when he went to WVU as an offensive quality control coach. He went back to Georgia as a defensive graduate assistant, and Richt made him interim defensive backs coach for the Bulldogs' 44-20 win over Texas A&M in the Independence Bowl.He joined the MU staff in March 2011."I feel like I've touched a majority of these kids," Hartley said. "A lot of these kids have been in my room and been in my meetings, they're very familiar with what I've done. Now, I've been on defense and on offense."It's kind of weird. I'm going into my third season and I'm one of the 'savvy veterans' on staff. Right behind [offensive coordinator Bill] Legg, which is crazy."Hartley's position has an almost-perfect distribution in experience. Watching is Gator Hoskins, who caught 10 touchdown passes last year but is out with shoulder surgery and back problems. He is expected to rejoin full conditioning in June. Frohnapfel is working with the first unit, following his 13 catches for 129 yards with two touchdowns in his sophomore year. Walk-on Joe Woodrum, a sophomore from Bluefield, is getting a lot of reps this spring.That leaves Stefone Grace, the 6-3 sophomore who has been looking for a position to call home. He signed in February 2010 and came to MU from prep school in January 2011, and began his career at linebacker. "I think they were just trying to figure out the best spot for me to help the team," Grace said. "I like it. 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Rakeem Cato had some big throws, including a long sideline throw to Tommy Shuler and a sweet touchdown lob to Shawney Kersey. Kevin Grooms also did his thing, zigzagging through the defense for what would have been a 65-yard touchdown run. D.J. Hunter showed a little bravado by scuffling with an offensive lineman or two. And Cato danced around the field to celebrate once or twice."We want to score. Every time we get the ball, we want to score. We're going to score," said a confident Cato.There was one injury of note: Linebacker Kent Turene hopped off after injuring his left foot.nnOne reminder about Saturday's practice: Fans are to use the northeast entrance at Joan C. Edwards Stadium and sit on the stadium's east side. They will notice the steel going up on the skybox expansion project, which has closed the west side. 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Why won't this thread just die already?
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...so we just threw away Bruce Bowen? Wow.
Rush's stats his last season with the Pacers. last year with the Warriors, Rush was a consistent 3 pt shooter. but this thread pertains to his last season here with indiana. the stats do not lie. i think my point has been proven.
i cannot embed these stats into the post here, but look it up.
Rush had two good games in november out of 12-15. his best game was in a blowout win.. shocker right??
he improved in december but half the good games again were blowouts.
january he was awful. one good game shooting from 3 and guess what ... it was in a blowout win.
feb - INCONSISTENT
march- INCONSISTENT except for one or two blowout wins
april - he sucked. one good game in a blowout.
if someone can embed these stats i would appreciate it.
so far all i have heard about is his 3% but taking a closer look it becomes clear; rush was very inconsistent with his 3 the final season he played for the pacers. of his 20 some good games, 75% of them were in blowout victories.. when the defensive effort from the opposing team was at its worst.
review the stats. his previous season with GS.. he played much better and in fact was consistent. however his last year here with the pacers he was not consistent.
i believe this thread can now be closed. the final verdict is Rush was not a 3 pt shooter his final season with the Indiana Pacers.
end of discussion.
Last edited by PacersPride; 08-01-2012 at 08:18 PM.
Or should we really get this thread hopping by bringing in Dunleavy to the conversation?
Rush > Dunleavy
Brandon Rush final year with the Indiana Pacers: 93-223 (.417)
Brandon Rush first year with Golden State Warriors: 99-219 (.452)
I refuse to believe you are serious about this.
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Not in over-all basketball. Dunleavy really helped the offense flow. Rush was a much better defender.
You know a thread deserves to be closed when the discussion of Rush vs Dunleavy rises from the dead again.
Silly. What NBA player isn't inconsistent from 3 point range, game to game? You're just flat out asking for the impossible. Do you only shoot layups when you play basketball? Nobody is consistent from 23 feet from the rim.
The year of Brandon Rush you're singling out these are his 3 point percentages in each month.
32%, 47%, 39%, 43%, 38%, 52%
One single month under 38% from 3 point range. How horribly inconsistent.
Just for fun, I looked at Kevin Durants season last year, since it was a normal 82 game year. Here were his %'s per month.
23%, 41%, 35%, 31%, 45%, 24%
Steve Nash in the last 82 game season?
31%, 40%, 46%, 30%, 47%, 25%
It's too bad those guys were inconsistent bums. I might want them on my team otherwise. I guarantee if you look at their game logs you'll see the same "inconsistency" you see from Rush. When you're talking about a sample size of 2-6 shots, it's going to be inconsistent from that distance. Go outside and measure your consistency in 6 shot increments, and see how consistent you are with nobody even guarding you.
This thread can be closed now, it's obvious how silly this is.
End of discussion.
Last edited by xBulletproof; 08-02-2012 at 05:51 PM.
Brandon Rush
Oct: Overall .324
Above 50% 2 games
above 40% 3 games
Above 30% 4 games
Below 30% 6 games
games played 11
10.7 ppg
28.2 mpg
Nov: Overall .478
Above 50% 6 games
Above 40% 10 games
Above 30% 12 games
Below 30% 3 games
Games Played 15
13.1 ppg
31.7 mpg
Dec: Overall .387
Above 50% 5 games
Above 40% 6 games
Above 30% 8 games
Below 30% 3 games
Game Played 11
8.1 ppg
26.4 mpg
Jan: Overall .429
Above 50% 3 games
Above 40% 4 games
Above 30% 5 games
Below 30% 1 game
Games Played 6
6.0 ppg
21.0 mpg
Feb: Overall .379
Above 50% 5 games
Above 40% 5 games
Above 30% 10 games
Below 30% 6 games
Games played 18
6.7 ppg
24.5 mpg
Mar: Overall .526
Above 50% 3 games
Above 40% 3 games
Above 30% 5 games
Below 30% 1 game
Games played 6
8.0 ppg
18.5 mpg
Post: Overall .750
Above 50% 2 games
Above 40% 2 games
Above 30% 2 games
Below 30% 1 games
Games played 5
11.0 mpg
max variance FG% .097 3pt% .426
average variance FG% .041(.043 without playoffs) 3pt% .193(.097 without playoffs)
max variance in mpg 20.7
average variance in mpg 5.2
and a comparison Kyle Korver
Oct: Overall .438
Above 50% 8 games
above 40% 10 games
Above 30% 10 games
Below 30% 3 games
games played 13
10.3 ppg
24.7 mpg
Nov: Overall .358
Above 50% 7 games
Above 40% 8 games
Above 30% 8 games
Below 30% 8 games
Games Played 16
8.2 ppg
20.8 mpg
Dec: Overall .387
Above 50% 7 games
Above 40% 8 games
Above 30% 10 games
Below 30% 4 games
Game Played 16
7.3 ppg
18.6 mpg
Jan: Overall .477
Above 50% 5 games
Above 40% 6 games
Above 30% 10 games
Below 30% 1 game
Games Played 11
8.5 ppg
19.5 mpg
Feb: Overall .379
Above 50% 6 games
Above 40% 7 games
Above 30% 11 games
Below 30% 5 games
Games played 16
8.6 ppg
18.1 mpg
Mar: Overall .321
Above 50% 4 games
Above 40% 4 games
Above 30% 4 games
Below 30% 4 game
Games played 8
7.6 ppg
19.6 mpg
Post: Overall .423
Above 50% 8 games
Above 40% 8 games
Above 30% 10 games
Below 30% 5 games
Games played 16
17.3 mpg
max variance FG% .16 3pt% .156
average variance FG% .051 (.045 without playoffs) 3-t% .076 (.071 without playoffs)
max variance in mpg 19.8
average variance in mpg 2.03
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Last edited by Eleazar; 08-02-2012 at 06:36 PM.
When comparing these two you will see that Korver is more consistent from month to month on average. This can be explained for two reasons. At the end of the season BRush exploded into a .526 3pt% which is high for anyone's standard, and a .750 for the playoffs (small sample size). This causes Rush's average variance from month to month to be high at .193. If you disregard the playoffs, that drops down to a .097 which is greater than Korver's .071, but not by it is a lot closer. There are also some other factors you need to look at such as, Rush suffered an injury in the middle of the season which kept him out for about a month (give or take), which can have an effect on a players consistency. Also Rush's average variance in minutes from month to month was almost 2.5 times higher than Korver's. Korver pretty much stayed relatively equal in minutes per game over the course of the season while Rush varied much more. Anyone who knows anything about sports understands that consistency in minutes means consistency in production, and inconsistent minutes means inconsistent production. Finally the last fact that needs to be considered is that we are comparing Rush's 3rd season to Korver's 9th season. It is typical for a younger player to be more inconsistent than a veteran. I would imagine if you went back and looked at Korver's third season he would be about as consistent as Rush.
The Great Brandon Rush...
Who said Brandon Rush is great? What are you reading?
I guess you can exaggerate what is being said if it makes you feel better.
nobody even reads much of anything else someone has to say. i have made so many valid points throughout this thread and im done repeating them. everyones minds are already made up and its like talking to a wall in alot of ways.
lets make this simple shall we. my original comment was during a game thread way back. i stated rush is not a good shooter or 3 pt shooter, something like that. p4e took offense to the comment and so here we are.
i probably should have clarified but heck with it.. i think i was aneibrieated of some kind watcching the game somewhere and prob misspoke to some degree. the premise was simply that for all the talk about rush's shooting abilities, he is inconsistent. if rush is as consistent as many of you have voted than i do not understand why this guy is not an allstar or getting offerred more than 4M a season which is almost equivalent to a guy who played over in europe for several season and had half a good season and is paid appoximately the same as rush.
if rush is a knock down 3 pt shooter than why is he not starting. he is better defensively and more athletic than many of the other above average shooters in this league. i mean even rashard lewis got paid a max and the only thing i know that guy can do is jack up 3's. if rush per the votes is a consistent shooter from deep, than he neeeds to start firing em up at will so he can get paid.
anyways. as i was eluding to earlier. i prob shoulda just said rush is not a consistent shot. i mean the guy flippin airballed a wide open 3. i remember like it was last season. i have nothing against rush but the guy was a total dissapointment here. i like many held Obrien accountable.. and even hoped rush would return as primary backup off the bench at both sg/sf - his size is an advantage.
the title of this thread is irrelevant because its next to impossible to define consistent in this context.
lets just ask the question, is rush a consistent shooter overall. i without hesitation say no. in fact, rush always seemed uncomfortable unless he was shooting from deep wide open. even his 12 foot jumpshots just felt like they were not going in most of the time.. i can understand this because there are some spots on the court a player is not as skilled, heck even rush was bad at ft's.
is rush a consistent shooter overall.. NO. is he a good 3 pt shooter, i guess, but the majority of his good shooting games were with large leads. i def believe rush is more talented than he has demonstrated at least w the Pacers, but his play was always lackluster 75% of the time, but he would play good defense most nights.
bottom line:
rush is good shooter when he can set and get his shot off. dont expect him to come off a screen and score, or even create his own. is rush a good shooter ... at times, but he can dissappear from one game or 5 game stretch at a time. maybe it was Obriens style.. tho it would tend to benefit rush one would think?? never knew what to expect from rush..
granted players have off nights, but too often rush would contribute little off the bench vs weaker opponents.
for the sake of argument; i will say rush is a above average to good 3 pt shooter when the right circumstances is presented. i just do not see rush ever in a role of even a korver, where he can come off the bench and light you up.. throw jj reddick in that group as well. korver/reddick those guys will take more aggressive shots and its probably the reason they have lower %s than rush.. but i would take them over rush anyday as that shooting specialist off the bench.
who would you all have chosen to have during the heat pacers semi conference finals.. they all play pretty much the same position. rush's defense is the only reason he is even included in that conversation, but strictly shooting, its not even close.
sure rush's % is solid, its because he only takes good shots within the flow of the offense, which is fine, but for whatever reason it is that i cannot put my finger on.. i still trust a guy like korver or reddick over rush even tho the %s indicate otherwise.
i still do not see him as consistent but thats okay.. and its okay you all believe he is consistent.. just have different POV's and defined meanings of consistent that vary.
in unison im sure many of us see rush the same way. as primarily a wing off then bench that can come in and give you solid d, and every 1 game out of 4 will score. nothing special, and not a guy i see making a significant impact in the postseason.
lastly, i also do not understand with all the skill rush possesses why this guy was so difficult to trade. any of the many yes voters feel welcome to shed some insight on any of the above mentioned statements.
I won't quote or address the entire post before, but how many players are all stars because they're consistent from 3 and play good D? Not to mention play in a small market.
Goodness, I know people didn't like Rush, but I figured most agreed he could knock down a deep shot and D up.
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this from a guy who is on record as saying ryan anderson is equal to or better than david west. vnzla i bet gets a real kick out of not being considered the village idiot for a change.
you ever find your ball**** to post again on the "Legend will win EOY" thread.
Last edited by PacersPride; 08-02-2012 at 10:57 PM.
can i change my vote to "Kill me. Kill me now"?
The only thing that will ever be "consistent" about Rush is that he will always have a decent year when his contract is expiring.
Kind of like the sainted McRoberts and a few dozen other players in the league.
Sorry, I didn't read this whole thread, because I haven't had much time to even be on here lately, but I will say this as someone who really likes Brandon's game.
The idea that anybody is a consistent three point shooter is contradictory. You are asking for consistency from the least inconsistent shot in basketball? Nonsense.
But I digress... Brandon is a fantastic three point shooter, because he typically takes smart shots within the offense. He continues ball movement when the shot isn't there and knocks down a hell of a lot of threes when he is open. I am looking forward to seeing Brandon in GS this year playing next to Curry. I think Curry is easily the best PG that Brandon will play with. He didn't get a huge sample size of games to get comfortable with Curry. I think we will see a better Brandon Rush this year, because this offense is going to suit him much better than anything we had or a team with Monta Ellis holding the ball until there are two seconds on the shot clock. I think Brandon's career would be looked at much differently if he had found a team that fit his skill set better. Hopefully this GS offense is better than what they were doing last year.
Brandon is a championship caliber first wing off the bench, who is a very capable starter on half the teams in the league. His three point shooting is very good, IMO. Much of this has to do with his form and his excellent balance. Now if he would be a bit more aggressive playing to a more diverified offensive game, then he would give you more like 15 ppg and great defense. He has a good mid range shot that he doesn't utilize nearly enough, especially considering his balance and leg strength are his greatest asset as a player. I just hope he continues to grow as a player. I know I will be rooting for him to do well against everyone but the Pacers.
I'm still going to look into getting Green across my Pacers #25 jersey, though.
"Your course, your path, is not going to be like mine," West says. "Everybody is not called to be a multimillionaire. Everybody's not called to be the president. Whatever your best work is, you do it. Do it well. You cease your own greatness when you aspire to be someone else."
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Yea I hate to lock threads but this is just starting to spiral out of control.
I am certain I've spoken to a couple of you before but again could we please stop with the insulting of one another. It does no good for anyone and does not advance your point of view forward at all and in fact distracts from it generally.


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GCSE bitesize does not work at all for me, but I saved up some money from working as a waitress and went all out at WHSmith! Honestly, I paid £10.99 for a "filing book" - sounds like a lot, and it is... but it's so worth it! Education should not have to compromise, it's got thin ruled lines and margins and the pages are so beautiful... sounds odd but it's the biggest motivator I've yet had to revise. I now find myself wanting to get out a pack of highlighters and go crazy! Drawing also helps me with revising, I'd recommend getting a good revision pad that you can divide up with a few subjects and really work hard.
I "borrowed" (effectively stole considering the school don't know, although I shall return it soon!) this big text book with questions labelled "D/C/B/A/A*" and I went through the exercises and wrote out notes in a new maths books and have filled up about a hundred pages, but it's helped so much! In class i'm so good now, start early guysss - best advice!
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My joke was on Physics.... wait, no, that doesn't make me sound any better.
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Did you like how I destroyed your philosophical pedantry on the year 11 thread? I see you haven't replied yet.
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You said 'amount of typos' instead of 'number of typos'.
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1) Look at the things you need to revise, order them in terms of priority. If your like everyone else, you'll immediately try and revise what your good at - avoid that, you want to revise what your not so good at to make yourself better.
2) Lay out all your revision materials for your most prioritised subject. Get your pens, calculators, rulers, and the rest of the blergh out, because it'll just get on your tits when you realise that just as you've gotten comfortable to sit down and do some revision, you've left your calculator downstairs.
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WHEN Sonny Barker left school with an E in his art GCSE, becoming an artist might have seemed unlikely.
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Sonny, of Avondale Road, struggled with his school work at St Bede's in Blackburn, but went on to study at Manchester Metropolitan University anyway.
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He said: "I didn't do so well in art when I was at school but what I do now is not really what they teach in schools.
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Sonny, whose ON:Paper exhibition will run for another week in King William Street, has been working with students at University Centre at Blackburn College (UCBC).
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With all the Isiah talk, I just wanted to bring up a thread commenting on Zeke's work with the Knicks. I really haven't talked about it both in this forum or in the Star's. I live in NY, and it's weird to hear NYer's POVs on Zeke and compare them with Hoosier's views on the man.
I'll start by saying that although I liked Zeke as a coach in Indy, he is NOT doing a good job in NY with the Knicks. Yes, the team is better. Yes, he walked into THE most difficult job in the NBA. Yes, he was handed an impossible task. Still, I disagree with how he's doing things, though his methods may have a lot to do with what his owners are telling him.
Stephon Marbury is HIGHLY overrated. Bad PG with all the defensive skills of a slug. He is whiney, lazy, and often blames teammates for his own shortcomings. He was brought in soley to energize the NY fan base. He is a proven loser who will get fat and full of himself in NY.
Penny Hardaway, Allan Houston, Tim Thomas-- medicore to bad players making as much or more money than KOBE BRYANT. All three are bad defenders and rebounders. All three can shoot the ball.
Muhammed and Vin Baker. Lazy post defenders with potential. Muhammed gets pushed around a lot and Baker has addicition problems.
If you look at it, these trades and additions have done very little to help the Knicks both now and in the long run. They morgaged their futire to get Chumpbary (lots of draft picks), and they are an astounding $80 million over the cap.
If Donnie Walsh or Larry Bird ran the Pacers like this, they wouldn't make it out of the parking lot. I see no present or future success with this team. They stink, and since they play in the Garden (home of the HORRID NY Rangers hockey team) they stink, on ice!
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vinasp wrote:Hi everyone,
Here is my current understanding of the stages of the path.
The Stages of the Path.
tathagata, arahant 2
[eliminated: five higher fetters, the five aggregates ]
non-returner, arahant 1, asekha (non-learner) ----- noble path ---
[eliminated:three asava's ,fetters 4 and 5, six sense spheres, five clinging aggregates]
sekha (learner), stream enterer, noble disciple --- noble eightfold path ---
[ asava of views eliminated, first three fetters eliminated ]
worldling (puthujjana) ----------------------------- wrong eightfold path ---
Regards, Vincent.
vinasp wrote:
Both the non-returner (asekha) and the tathagata are called arahants
"There is the case, householder, where a monk, withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful qualities, enters & remains in the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born from withdrawal, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. He reflects on this and discerns, 'This first jhana is fabricated & intended. Now whatever is fabricated & intended is inconstant & subject to cessation.' Staying right there, he reaches the ending of the mental fermentations. Or, if not, then — through this very Dhamma-passion, this Dhamma-delight, and from the total wasting away of the first five Fetters[1] — he is due to be reborn [in the Pure Abodes], there to be totally unbound, never again to return from that world."
vinasp wrote:Hi Cittasanto,
Quote: "what is an Arahant 2 & 1?"
If you read it from the bottom up it is easier to follow.
Both the non-returner (asekha) and the tathagata are called arahants.
So the non-returner is the first arahant stage attained, so I called it arahant 1.
The tathagata is the second arahant stage attained, so I called it arahant 2.
Quote: "...but all except the enlightened ones are training."
Yes. All except the fully enlightened ones are still on a path of practice. But the
term 'learner' (sekha) refers to the learners course, and excludes the asekha, although
he does of course still have work to do.
Regards, Vincent.
vinasp wrote:Hi Cittasanto,
From your first post:
Quote: "The world-ling doesn't necessarily have the wrongfold path, but they are not firmly upon it and can be someone learning such as the Dhamma-follower or faith-follower."
You are correct. I tried to keep it simple, with some details omitted.
I will attempt to re-work it to include the eight noble persons, the four pairs of
persons. This would result, for the stream enterer, in something like this:
2. stream enterer (fruit), sekha (learner), noble disciple --- noble eightfold path.
---[ asava of views eliminated, first three fetters eliminated ]
1. stream enterer (path)
0. worldling (puthujjana) ----------------------------- wrong eightfold path.
The numbers 1 to 8 are the eight noble persons, in the order of attainment.
Numbers 1 and 2 are the first pair.
The first noble person is the one 'working to obtain the fruit of stream entry.'
The second noble person is the one 'who has obtained the fruit of stream entry.'
Question: Is it the one who has obtained the fruit who is called stream enterer, or
is it both persons? If anyone has any information on this point, can they please post it.
In the example above, I assume that both are called stream enterer.
Regards, Vincent.
The idea here is that the obtaining of any of the fruits can be rapid compared to
the time spent on the path to the fruit. And that one can enjoy ones success for as
long as one likes, before applying oneself to the next path/fruit.
"When each of the four ways (magga) had been fully mastered it was said to yield a
fruit (phala). The fruit of one way was not immediate attainment to the next way,
but was the gaining of definite subsequent states (fully stated in the texts). n.1
These states had to wear out before entrance to the next way, if this was destined,
could take place."
The Early Buddhist Theory of Man Perfected, I. B. Horner, 1936, page 206.
Regards, Vincent.
vinasp wrote:
Nowhere in the Nikaya's is the asekha defined as one who 'has no more work to do.'
vinasp wrote:
The arahant (asekha) who is on the path to the fruit of arahantship clearly still has work to do.
SN22.76 my rendering wrote:"The understanding of one beyond training arises - "This is the final body."
So whoever fully lives the chaste life, does not need the support of others."
vinasp wrote:
One of the arahants is an
asekha, but the other one is not.
"Of those, right view is the forerunner. And how is right view the forerunner? In one of right view, right resolve comes into being. In one of right resolve, right speech comes into being. In one of right speech, right action... In one of right action, right livelihood... In one of right livelihood, right effort... In one of right effort, right mindfulness... In one of right mindfulness, right concentration... In one of right concentration, right knowledge... In one of right knowledge, right release comes into being. Thus the learner is endowed with eight factors, and the arahant with ten"
vinasp wrote:
On #1: What I say is that, 'the one on the path to attaining the fruit of arahantship', is
called an arahant.
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Medical Care
A member of the FPU athletic training staff will be present during each session. All medical information on the application must be completed.
Please check your email regularly as this is our primary way we communicate. Any additional information that we need to convey as the camp draws closer will be passed on to you via the e-mail address that you supplied when you signed up for camp. Please make it a habit to check your e-mail daily, this will eliminate any confusion and or miscommunication.
Please check in 30 mins prior to the start time of your session.
Waiver form will be attached to your e-mailed receipt and is available here. Please print fill out and bring to the camp.
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What if I have to cancel a camp?
We do not offer refunds on cancelled campers, just a future camp credit if you decide to cancel, but we do have what is called "Cancellation Protection". We offer basic Cancellation Protection to allow participants some peace of mind in case plans change. This allows us to keep our prices low and provide the best service possible. Due at the time of registration, Cancellation Protection entitles you to a full refund of camp fees should you cancel your registration more than 14 days prior to the start of an overnight camp, and 7 days prior to the start of a day camp. If you cancel within 14 or 7 days of the start of your session, we will give you a camp credit for all money paid. The credit is valid for three years from camp date at any of our national locations. Credit with insurance is transferable to family members or friends, and good toward a future camp.
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