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T20 is the only format of the game where economy rates assume almost as much importance as wickets, sometimes more.
The real value of a bowler's performance is the combination of wickets and economy rate, and conventional stats make a mockery of trying to measure this with just wickets tallies and economy rates. It is facile also to try and combine the two outside match contexts.
Impact Index calculates the impact of economy rates relative to every match the performance comes in. So, a bowler with an economy of 8 in a match will register a negative Economy IMPACT where the average economy rate in the match is 7 and a positive Economy IMPACT where the average economy rate is 9. This gives a much truer picture of a bowler's ability of choking runs than conventional economy rates do.
These are the five highest impact T20 Internationals bowlers on Economy IMPACT:
1. DL Vettori (Economy IMPACT 1.45, 28 matches)
2. BAW Mendis (0.97, 17)
3. MH Yardy (0.93, 15)
4. J Botha (0.74, 31)
5. SE Bond (0.73, 20)
Once again, there are 4 spinners in the 5 highest Economy IMPACT bowlers. The first two would not be a surprise at all for those who have been following our lists, and T20 cricket in general. Neither would the presence of South African Johan Botha here, who is most known for his economy rate as a cricketer, especially in the T20 format.
Englishman Michael Yardy will always be remembered for forming an effective spinning combination with Graeme Swann and playing a significant part in England winning their first major world cricket title (the T20 world championship in 2010). Shane Bond, the only fast bowler on this list, goes down the path of prolific wicket-takers in other formats who become very hard to score off in the T20 format (Dale Steyn, the notable contemporary parallel).
The 5 highest impact T20 Internationals Economy Impact performances:
1) DL Vettori 3 for 6 in 4 overs v Bangladesh, Hamilton, 2010 – Economy IMPACT 4.84
In this one-off T20 match, Bangladesh started reasonably well – 39-2 in 6 overs, when Daniel Vettori came on. He bowled 3 overs on the trot for 6 runs and took two wickets, and at the end of the 11th over (when he finished his first spell), Bangladesh was 53-5, match transformed. His last over (at 64 for 7) was a maiden-wicket. New Zealand knocked off Bangladesh's 78 in 9 overs.
2) Syed Rasel 1 for 10 in 4 overs v West Indies , Johannesburg, 2007 – Economy IMPACT 3.30
In a group match playoff between Bangladesh and West Indies, a win for either of the sides meant direct qualification to the next round of the World T20 tournament. After selecting to bowl on a damp pitch, Syed Rasel made the most use of the conditions and took out an in-form Gayle in the very first over which also turned out to be a maiden. Rasel went on to bowl his four overs in a single spell and conceded only 10 runs. His economy rate of 2.50 is also the best by any Bangladeshi bowler in T20I cricket till date. Apart from Rasel, the other Bangladeshi bowlers leaked 154 runs in the remaining 16 overs. Bangladesh successfully managed to chase down the target of 164 and knocked West Indies out of the tournament.
3) Umar Gul 4 for 8 in 4 overs v Australia, Dubai, 2009 – Economy IMPACT 3.16
Umar Gul's reputation as one of the best death bowlers in T20 cricket can be singularly certified through his performance in this particular match against Australia. Playing at Dubai, on a surface not conducive for fast bowling, Australia began strongly and were cruising at 42-0 after 4 overs when Umar Gul was brought on. With his very first delivery he struck, dismissing the in-form Watson and even though he gave only two runs in his first over, he was not given a continued run.
When he came back to bowl again in the 15th over, the Australians had lost quite some steam by then. In his last spell which lasted from the 15th to the 19th over, his figures read as 3-0-6-3. He had got rid of the Australian tail with his deadly inswinging yorkers as a result of which Australia capitulated to 108 runs. His figures are till date the best by any Pakistani bowler in a T20 match. Pakistan won easily.
4) BAW Mendis 2 for 9 in 4 overs v West Indies, London, 2009 – Economy IMPACT 3.08
In this ICC T20 World Cup 2009 semi-final match at London, Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan played a whirlwind innings upfront to set West Indians a target of 160 runs in their stipulated 20 overs. West Indies on the other hand by no means entered this match as the underdogs, they had already beaten India, England and Australia in the tournament and with the likes of Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard in their ranks, any total was fair game. However, they had a terrible start and by the time Ajantha Mendis came on at the start of the 7th over they were reeling at 29-3.
Chris Gayle was still there at the crease, so anything was still possible, of course. But Mendis kept both Gayle and Pollard very quiet throughout. By the time Mendis came in for his second spell, Gayle had begun a quintessential carnage and Mendis was the only Sri Lankan off whom he couldn't hit even a single boundary. Gayle's and Pollard's strike rate against Mendis was 33 and 16 respectively and shows the leash Mendis kept on the two most hard hitting West Indian batsmen. Despite Gayle staying unbeaten on 63 (off 50 balls), Sri Lanka won by a massive 57 runs.
5) JE Taylor 3 for 6 in 3 overs v South Africa, Port Elizabeth, 2007 – Economy IMPACT 3.01each
The T20 series in 2007 (which ended 1-1) began with South Africa being dismissed for 58 (with just Botha and Extras touching double figures). The two opening bowlers – Darren Powell and Jerome Taylor both gave away 6 runs in 3 overs – South Africa were 16-6 after 6 overs – Taylor took 3 wickets, Powell 1 (which is why Taylor has a higher impact and makes it just ahead of Powell on this list) plus 2 run-outs. After being 41-5, West Indies won by 5 wickets.
These are the five highest impact T20 domestic bowlers on Economy IMPACT:
1. S Badree (Economy IMPACT 1.62, 35 matches)
2. SMSM Senanayake (1.38, 16)
3. SR Clark (1.31, 17)
4. SP Narine (1.30, 15)
5. Imran Khalid (1.25, 23)
West Indian leg spinner Samuel Badree's record for his domestic team Trinidad and Tobago has been prolific, with the ability to choke his most notable quality. Surprisingly (or maybe, not really), he was not picked up during this season's IPL auction.
Sachitra Senanayake is a Sri Lankan off spinner and recently made his debut against South Africa in the 50-overs format. His domestic T20 performances have mostly come in the Sri Lankan domestic T20 Cup for his teams Sinhalese Sports Club and Ruhuna – many brilliant performances.
Stuart Clark's recent change in action has enabled him to become more of a restrictive bowler rather than a wicket-taking one. But he has been very effective on that front.
Thanks to the Champions League T20 and now the IPL, West Indian spinner Sunil Narine is no longer an unknown entity. His performances for Kolkata Knight Riders and Trinidad & Tobago have been exceptional.
All-rounder Imran Khalid is a regular player for Faisalabad Wolves in the Pakistan domestic T20 league and is a slow left arm spin bowler. One of the many talented Pakistanis missing out – or rather whom the IPL is missing out on.
The Five Highest Impact T20 Domestic Economy Impact performances:
1) JPR Scantlebury-Searles 4 for 5 in 3 overs v Canada, Bridge Town Barbados, 2011 – Economy IMPACT 8.14
In this Caribbean T20 group match between Barbados and Canada, the latter were set a target of 140 in 20 overs. However Javon Scantlebury-Searles made sure that it was not just his name but also his bowling which troubled the Canadian batsmen. It would be fair to say that the opening over itself knocked the stuffing out of the Canadian chase as Javon Searles got rid of the top three in his very first over, which also turned out to be a maiden. In his next over he dismissed yet another batsman for a duck and by the time he was done with his spell, Canada had lost the match by a D/L margin of 33 runs, in a rain-affected match.
2) Imran Khalid 2 for 12 in 4 overs v Multan Tigers, Karachi, 2006 – Economy IMPACT 4.40
Multan Tigers, after electing to bat first on a good hard surface at the Karachi Sports Ground, got off to a decent if not a great start and were looking good enough to post a total in the ranges of 140-160 after the first 10 overs of the game. However, they didn't account for the spin bowling of Imran Khalid and within no time Khalid had completed his four overs in a miserly spell of spin bowling, taking 2 wickets as well. His bowling effort restricted the Multan Tigers to a paltry score of 122 which was then chased down by the Faisalabad Wolves in only 7.3 overs with 8 wickets in hand.
3) R Rampaul 2 for 6 in 4 overs v Leeward Islands, Antigua, 2012 – Economy IMPACT 4.28
Trinidad and Tobago, after electing to bat first wreaked havoc in the first 20 overs as they set a target of 212 runs for the Leeward Islands to chase. For such a mammoth chase, the most important thing for the Leeward Islands was to start well. They had to capitalise in the first six overs and that is exactly where Ravi Rampaul snapped the deal for the Leeward Islands batsmen.
In a spell of extremely tight bowling, Rampaul even picked up two wickets to force Leeward Islands out of the equation. He was ably supported by Sunil Narine and Samuel Badree, both of who picked up four and three wickets respectively in the match. By the time Rampaul had ended his spell, Leeward Islands were tottering at 18-5 after 8 overs. Eventually they were bowled out for 44 runs handing Trinidad and Tobago a colossal 167-run win.
4) K Santokie 2 for 4 in 2 overs v Somerset, Barbados, 2011 – Economy IMPACT 4.26
In a match reduced to a 6-over contest. Jamaica racked up a huge score of 85 while batting first. Coming out to chase, Somerset's batting line up had the likes of Jos Buttler to overhaul the target. However, they met resistance in the form of left arm seamer Krishmar Santokie. Due to the rain revised conditions, only one bowler was allowed to bowl 2 overs in the same innings and Krishmar Santokie was that bowler for Barbados.
Santokie bowled the 2nd and the 6th over of the match and came in at a time when the chances of a bowler being hit were the highest. However, in his two overs which constituted 33% of Somerset's total innings, Santokie gave away only two runs (8% of Somerset's total innings runs). Somerset eventually managed to score only 24 runs for the loss of six wickets and lost the match by a massive margin of 61 runs, given the context.
5) AR Nurse 3 for 7 in 4 overs v Netherlands, Antigua, 2012 – Economy IMPACT 4.18
Bowling in the death overs is tough for bowlers, especially spin bowlers. When Ashley Nurse came on to bowl his off spinners, Netherlands were not in a great state and were 50-5 in 12 overs. However they still had batsmen to follow and going by their previous matches in the tournament (the Caribbean T20 tournament), they had enough firepower to reach a respectable total.
However, Nurse came up with a four over spell which fast-tracked Netherlands to imminent defeat. In his four overs he got rid of the lower-middle-order and sucked the runs from the rest of the batsmen. What is quite remarkable is that he bowled two maidens in the last 8 overs of the innings. His figures of 4-2-7-3 were the best by any Barbados bowler in a T20 match.
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This topic has been addressed in several different threads over the past week or two.
My question is this, taking the Pacers team right now, without Dunleavy, with Rush and Roy being rookies just how talented is this team right now. Don't get into the potential of Rush & Roy - look at the players as they are right now. Name for me any teams that have less talent than the Pacers.
What brought this to my mind right now is the game tonight with the Clippers. The Clippers have IMO a lot more talent. Baron Davis, Zach Randolph, Camby, Al Thornton, Eric Gordon - that is a better and more talented team than what we have.
The Kings, maybe the T-Wolves, Thunder, Wiz without Gil - that is about it. I think the Bobcats have more talent, Bucks have more talent, Griz have more.
Pacers really shouldn't win anymore than 35 games and if they do - I would say great coaching job. And let me repeat a remark I've made before - effort and coaching can keep a less talented team in games - but in order to win close games it takes talented players.
I think we need to be aware of where this franchise is and what it has been through the past 4 seaons. I call it a talent purge - that is what has left here, JO, JT, Ronnie, Jax, Al......that is a lot to leave without too much to show for it


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BEER Cutting Versus Fatloss
Just had a thought.
I don't know if the title of this gets the idea across though.
I was looking through the cutting sticky and toward the end of it comments and questions pertaining to the appropriateness of "cutting" and the difference between what cutting is and what is appropriate for an out of shape and more (or severely) overweight person. I've brought this up before and I think it is really important. We've never really had an in depth discussion of it. BUT it is not something I think is generally well understood. I see everyone and their mother having too much fat and talking about cutting. I noticed that nobody but me had any reaction to the question and yet I am NOT the most knowledgable here in this area.
I know a lot of this has been said all over the forum but it would be very difficult for people to find and get at. About the only thing we have is the cutting thread and, IMO, that ain't cutting it for everyone, as great as it is for cutting :)
So if people will get involved in this I think we can come up with the right questions as we go along. So I'll start with the most basic. According to your opinion or understanding:
1. What is cutting and what is fat loss? How do we know when to utilize one or the other.
(I know this may seem basic to many of you but it is not basic to someone knew to this and just beginning to research.)
Did you add the BEER part for more views and participation? :biglaugh:
I've got some thoughts on this... I'll get a response cooked up when I have a few more minutes.
Haha, I figured Boob Cutting might not come off very good.
Thanks, IK..I thought you might have some thoughts.
Just off the top of my head.
Right now I am trying to loose some fat. While in the past I have done a cutting diet. THe only difference that I can see is the types of food you would eat.
While on a cutting diet, the fat intake was next to zero. Meaning chicken and fish for main protein source. With rice,potatoes,oatmeal as the main source for carbs...with a shit load of vegtables. Calories were about 2500
For a fat loss. (there are a few different types) depending on how heavy (FAT) a person is. But for myself it is more of a balance of protein, fat, carbs. Carbs do change depending on if I'm working out or off, then every 7th day a refeed day is in effect. ie; 200 (training days) 100 non training days, 350 for a refeed day. Protein stays at 250g/day. Total calories very also, 2600, 2300, 3300.
I think is someone is very heavy (fat) they would benifit from a very low carb diet. Then there are TCD also... Can't say much about these.
IMO the main differences are your starting point, and your goals.
Cutting to me would mean you are already in shape, have a relatively low bodyfat level, and wish to get down to "competition" shape. Primary goals are to trim off bodyfat and keep your hard earned muscle mass. This process can be slow and frustrating as those two goals compete with each other, and getting down past 10% bf is not easy to begin with.
Fatloss on the other hand could denote many different situations. If your completely out of shape, fatloss could simply be walking for 20 minutes every other night, or a change in eating habits. On the other end of the spectrum, you could be in great shape and have a decent diet, but your just holding on to a few extra lbs, and you need to tweak your routine a bit to get the look you want.
Here's my take on the differences between the two:
People who are on or are in need of 'fat loss' are those who have little to no exercise background, have higher BF levels with little lean body mass, and need to strip down size before even attempting or worrying about increasing muscle.
There are many phases to go through when doing a fat loss diet. But overall, it mainly comes down to an individual needing to learn WHAT to eat, and also portion control. Most people that need a fat loss diet are people that have little nutritional knowledge, and generally have over eaten for a period of time. So it's more about 'smarter' choices with their food. Which after time, they can move into a more advanced calorie and macro tracking program to further their progress.
Since individuals in need of fat loss programs tend to be the more sedentary type, cardio is a must. Generally it entails just getting out and doing SOMETHING on a regular basis. Burn some calories.
Lifting for these programs is essentially an extra spur in the calorie burning process. Maintaining what muscle is already there is a plus, but it's not always a main point for the program. These people aren't always familiar with lifting, so they tend to start off with what the more advanced lifter would consider fluff work. Reps tend to fall in the mid to high range. It tends to be a familiarization with the gym, the movements, the form, all that fun stuff.
'Cutting' is for the individual that already has a decent muscle base, is more experienced in lifting, and has a body fat that is already lower by 'average' standards. These people are wanting to 'lean out' to show more definition in the muscle they've already built.
The cutting diet is much more precise. Calories and macros are tracked tightly. And the macro amounts are based more on preserving the muscle rather than just being in a caloric deficit.
(And I'm going to disagree with TALO on the 'no fat' approach to cutting. I've done both ways, with fats and without, and I feel that keeping some fats in there helps in a lot of ways. But, it IS based on the individual)
Being that people who are cutting can't make drastic cuts in the caloric intake (due to the fact that they can only go so low with them, and there's the issue of preserving muscle still), cardio is the main way to add in a little extra calorie burning when needed. But this should still be kept to a minimum. Losing fat through 'cutting' should primarily be done through diet (again, with the muscle sparing... too much cardio compromises the muscle mass).
Overall training volume is reduced slightly due to the caloric restriction (to avoid over training and compromising recovery time), but emphasis still remains on doing compound movements, and working in both strength and hypertrophy ranges (with the occasional fluff rep ranges depending on the program). Continuing to lift regularly while cutting is important because... it's muscle sparing! (noticing a trend here? :biglaugh:)
^^^ IK pretty much said what I was thinking.
Just as a side note. I think the term "cutting" is just getting too much use and it is losing it's real meaning, which Hrdgain and IK have both stated in their own way. Not only that but people new to lifting see the word Cutting and just start using it not knowing the difference, which just perpetuates itself.
There's a lot of confusion with the terminology used in this field, especially with people that are fairly new to all of this. A lot of newer people see the term 'cutting' and they think it simply means, 'cut the fat.'
Awesome. Thanks for the great answers.
That is precisely what I was thinking. But unfortunately I rarely see individuals who know better pointing out the difference so that the confusion doesn't arise. I have seen overweight guys come on this forum and be told to "cut". That kind of thing has to stop.
How many people are referred to the cutting sticky on a weekly basis? And how many of them is it appropriate for?
So this leads me to my next question.
Given the definition you guys gave of cutting as that done by someone already in shape, with low bf% who wants to lean out for a comp or other reason, why are people who "want to get big" continually advised to cut and bulk. Some people, of course will want to lean out for the beach, etc, but what I want to know is that why are people being given the message that perpetually gaining and 'cutting fat' is a way to get huge, especially for the natural bodybuilder. What is the value of this for getting big? Some science to this would be great.
I just read a natural bodybuilder and 'writer', in an article about cutting and bulking, explaining why everyone needed to cut and bulk to get huge. His premise being that without steroids this was the only way to go. This struck me as slightly ludicruous since is is precisely steroids that are needed to ramp up protein utilization beyond a certain set point for an individual. Now, I'm not questioning the need to cut when appropriate and the need to eat (for God's sake) but I want to know why this endless cycle of what seems like yo-yo dieting is continually advised.
To further understand my reasoning let me say that it obviously also goes into this misuse and overuse of the term 'cutting'. An individual told to cut and bulk believes that they need to get their bodyfat down to single digits as a prerequesite to then bulk and be able to gain..regardless of their esthetic goals at the time. Even though the guy giving the advice may not actually mean precisely this.
I am not saying you can avoid putting on fat. What I am saying is that people are almost being told that putting on fat is anabolic. That is what it comes down to. You can talk around it but that is what it is. If you tell someone that eating beyond a certain point has some sort of magical anabolic effect, then you are telling them that gaining fat has a magical anabolic effect.
If a person is at 8 percent bodyfat then gaining fat will be anabolic. But most people given this advice are at average to healthy bf% if not higher. I know most of us here alude to what I'm saying when giving individual advice but I wanted to put it in a dedicated thread.
Cutting: SLOW
Fat Loss: FAST
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Davison will be responsible for acquisition, merger and divestiture activities, strategic planning and implementing high impact projects. He joined the company on January 2, and will report to Sean Connolly, CEO.
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Columbus -- David Dix, publisher of the Record Publishing Co.'s weekly newspapers and the daily Record-Courier, was recognized at the Ohio Newspaper Association's annual convention Feb. 6 as he stepped down as president of its board of trustees.
"After 16 years on the board, I am saying goodbye," Dix said, thanking members for his chance to serve and the opportunities he experienced.
"I've seen parts of Ohio I would never have seen without being a part of ONA," he said. "Ohio is beautiful. It's been an opportunity for me to professionally expand my horizons."
Dix also praised the organization and the countless ways it helps newspapers of all sizes throughout the state.
"Where would we be without the ONA fighting for us day in and day out?" he asked, noting he "very much enjoyed working with ONA Executive Director Dennis Hetzel."
Hetzel thanked Dix for his years of service. "David has been a great leader for the ONA and a terrific mentor and friend for me during his two years as Board president," Hetzel said Feb. 7. "I am certain no board president has ever worked harder or cared more about not only our industry but also the communities we serve.
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Incoming ONA Trustee President Karl Heminger praised Dix and his family for their decades of involvement in the association.
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David Dix is the fourth in his family to serve as ONA president. His cousin R. Victor Dix served as president from 1984-85. His uncle Raymond B. Dix, twin brother of David's father Robert, served as president from 1964-65. And David's grandfather Emmett Dix served as chairman of the board from 1944-1953.
David Dix was elected president at the annual convention on Feb. 9, 2012. He had served on the board of trustees since 1998.
Record Publishing Co. General Manager Ron Waite was named to the ONA board of trustees Feb. 6.
Established in 1933, the Ohio Newspaper Association consolidated two groups of publishers which had existed since the late 1800s -- the Buckeye Press Association for weekly newspapers and the Associated Ohio Dailies.
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NEW YORK | Brandon Rush walked around the TV interview room, feeling a bit lost with a Portland Trail Blazers cap on his head.
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It just wouldn't be right for Rush's draft night to go off without a hitch. When it comes to getting to the NBA, Rush only knows unforeseen twists and turns. On Thursday, the script flipped again when the Portland Trail Blazers picked Rush 13th overall and then traded him to the Indiana Pacers in a package for No. 11 pick Jerryd Bayless.
Ten minutes after the trade was announced, Rush was still looking for a Pacers cap. The trade hadn't been officially passed by league officials, but Rush didn't care.
"I might have to switch with Bayless," Rush said.
All awkwardness aside, Rush's night couldn't have gone much better. A year after tearing his ACL and wondering whether he would ever be the same player again, Rush, a Kansas City native, was selected in the draft lottery.
"People doubted I would be the same player," Rush said.
Yet, here he was on Thursday morning, hanging out with his relatively small entourage in the lobby of the Westin Times Square, looking corporate already with a white dress shirt and black slacks.
"It didn't really hit me until I woke up this morning, like, today is the day my dream comes true," Rush said. "It was taking forever for a while."
When Rush says forever, he means it. Remember, he wanted to turn pro out of high school but eventually decided to go to college. He wanted to go after his sophomore year at Kansas, but the most fortuitous injury in KU history occurred and Rush was forced to hang around for one more year. Rush has no regrets. But it still felt like forever.
"I think it was better I did it this way," Rush said. "If I would have come out of high school, my freshman year or sophomore year, I don't think I would have been in the green room. I don't think I was that type of player that would be in the green room."
Rush found out that he was invited to the green room on Sunday. That was the first tangible sign that he had moved himself into prime position during his tour of workouts over the last two months, the first sign that he had indeed made it.
On Thursday morning, that made Rush think about all the doubters back in his hometown, like a principal at Westport High School who predicted that the youngest of the three Rush brothers would "amount to nothing," according to Rush.
"She's wrong," Rush said. "Big time.
"I think this will be a nice thing to go back and slap everybody in the face for doubting me."
Rush was accompanied by his brother, Kareem; his best friend from KC, Tim Blackwell; and an uncle. Blackwell, who played with Rush as a kid and went to UMKC, said he was speechless about being in the Big Apple with his childhood buddy.
"Anytime someone makes it like this that you know, it's just amazing," Blackwell said. "I'm just happy for him."
Kareem Rush knew what it was like for Brandon, growing up in his and JaRon Rush's shadow.
"People looked at him under a microscope," Kareem said. "Brandon has accomplished more than me and JaRon both accomplished in our college careers. I'm proud of him."
Rush arrived in the green room — it is actually not a room, but a closed-off area that everybody in the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden could see very clearly — about an hour before the draft. He sat around and sent text messages on his iPhone.
"I just can't wait for this to be over," Rush said.
The last few months have been a whirlwind. Rush moved to Chicago and worked out with renowned basketball trainer Tim Grover and a physical therapist. He worked out in front of 10 teams — a very large number — and tried to leave everything he had on the court each time.
"It's a lot of pressure," Rush said. "You don't know what teams are really interested in you. Everything, I did to the extreme. I hustled every time I stepped on the court."
Rush's agent, Mark Bartelstein, said Rush impressed the Pacers from the beginning. Actually, he impressed everybody, it seemed.
"Literally, as much as anybody in this draft," Bartelstein said, "everywhere he's gone, he's done extremely well."
Bartelstein got the news of the planned pick-and-trade deal with Portland and Indiana and relayed it to Rush. It was Rush's job to field questions as if he knew nothing of the trade, which also included a swap of Indiana's Ike Diogu and Portland's Jarrett Jack. Rush handled the task admirably, talking about Portland's young talent and great organization.
When Rush was picked, he walked through a throng of fans, all trying to give him five or share pounds of the fist. Yells of "Rock Chalk!" were mixed in with pleas for the attention of "B-Rush!"
Before long, Rush would put on a different cap. Rush had already made the connection that being a Pacer meant possibly playing on the same team with Kareem, who is a free agent and could re-sign with Indiana.
"Nothing like a little sibling rivalry," Kareem said.
Brandon wasn't too worried about a possible battle with Kareem for playing time. He was thinking bigger. Much bigger.
"Reggie Miller," Rush said. "I want to try to be the next Reggie Miller. That's my whole take."


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They're in your family room, living room, bedroom, maybe even in your office or kitchen.
The odds are your dog or cat has her own pillow! So what took me so long to decide to whip up my first pillows? I have no idea. But I'm so glad I did... and I'm hooked!
I wanted something more 3-dimentional to showcase at Craft Shows this November so I thought, "Hey, should I attempt to make some pillows? Dare I try?"
Well, I tried. And it was way less painful and tedious that I thought it would be! Its more like making a couple of mini quilts! And more functional if I do say so myself.
I used the (free!) Stripe of Strips pattern and dug into my scrap pile to make the center strips. LOVE how they turned out especially with the Kona cotton in Coal added! And I broke down and used the much hoarded DS Quilts fabric for the back and binding. Binding these pillows like a quilt is not in the actual pattern, but I love how it looks so I wandered off the pattern. Shocking, I know.
Trust me, if these pillows (for some crazy reason) do not sell I will claim them for myself!
Otherwise, I'll be making a new set for the (yet to be purchased) living room... and bedroom... and Eli's room... and the entry way... and my car. And even one for Hazel!
OH and maybe they'd make good Christmas gifts for sisters and sisters-in-law?
And for those of you obsessed with fabric in the mustard range of color, or Amy Butler, or both... I actually found a shop on Etsy selling this Lotus Wallflower pattern in mustard yellow!!! And not for $16.99 per FQ!
I decided to bestow 1/2 yard to my fabric stash because, well.... just because.
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Mark Jackson is the Zen Don Nelson -- similar Warriors success, much less frantic financial agitation.
So: Jackson is not going to scheme for a bigger, longer contract this summer after leading the Warriors to a surprise playoff run, though that's exactly what Nelson did after the franchise's previous postseason berth.
If a new deal for Jackson comes before the season starts, then fine.
If it doesn't (and Jackson said there have been no serious talks as of yet this offseason) ... well, Jackson might not be 100 percent thrilled with that, but he almost certainly won't stage a Nelson-style holdout.
"I'm thrilled to have a job and to coach this group of guys -- and with great ownership, a great front office and fan base," Jackson said from Los Angeles in a phone interview Tuesday.
"I'm a guy with great faith. I know it'll work out. So I don't get caught up in it. This isn't standard 'coach line.' It's the truth. It'll work out. I do know that."
The reality is that Jackson is signed through next season, and the Warriors have a team option for 2014-15.
I presume both sides would like to take a look at a longer agreement relatively soon, but you never know when a deal can be struck.
And if Jackson has been upset by any perceived delay, I'm sure he'd let everybody know. I asked: He isn't upset.
Instead, Jackson had his mind focused directly on the coming season, the upcoming July movement period, and the long-term growth of this young team.
There was, however, one issue that seemed to spark his competitive nature -- when I asked about No. 1 assistant Michael Malone landing the Sacramento Kings head-coaching gig and the perception that losing Malone could severely hamper the Warriors' sideline brainpower.
Jackson said it's likely that No. 2 assistant Pete Myers will move up to the top slot and No. 3 Darren Erman will move into Myers' role and that he sees no need to search for a proven "X-and-O guy" to replace Malone.
And while Jackson praised Malone for all he did -- "he was great for me" -- Jackson suggested it's a fantasy to presume that Malone was the Warriors' singular strategic mastermind.
"Every decision was my decision," Jackson said. "So I had an incredible staff that gave opinions and input, but there's not a decision, whether bad or good, that I didn't make.
"Mike Malone is the head coach of the Sacramento Kings now, so he can give you the right answer on how I'll survive without him.
"He's a great coach who's going to do a great job. When it turns around in Sacramento, if and when it does, he deserves the credit."
Jackson said it's notable that the Kings, under new owner Vivek Ranadive (a Warriors minority owner under Joe Lacob and Peter Guber), have hired Malone as coach and Pete D'Alessandro (a former Warriors assistant general manager) as the G.M.
"To me, it's a heckuva compliment (for the Warriors)," Jackson said.
"When you talk about Vivek, I believe he's made it known and obviously by his actions he's attempting to do some of the things that took place and he witnessed first hand.
"That's a compliment to Joe, to Peter, to Bob, to this entire organization. And I wish them nothing but the best."
Jackson said he was pleased to see Jason Kidd hired as the Brooklyn Nets coach immediately after his playing days. And Jackson, who also had a long point-guard career but no coaching experience before landing the Warriors job, was heartened when Kidd credited him for helping pave the way.
"I've talked to him often," Jackson said of Kidd. "He reached out and thanked me, and we've had great dialogue. I just think he's going to do very well. I'm happy for him. I think it was a great hire for the Nets.
"That being said, I think it's now up to Jason to open the door for the next guy to prove that the naysayers are wrong."
Yep, Jackson knows exactly where he now fits in the NBA landscape -- he's only two years into his coaching career, but with the season he just finished, Jackson is already a fairly established figure.
That can give a guy a sense serenity ... and the ability to understand that all things and all contracts will probably work out in the end.


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David Cameron's "vague" promise of a renegotiation of Britain's membership of the European Union will damage economic growth and distract the Prime Minister's attention from more important issues such as jobs, immigration and crime, Nick Clegg has warned.
The Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister made clear the depth of division between the coalition parties over Europe, saying that Mr Cameron had announced a five-year timetable for the "so-called" renegotiation and an in/out referendum on UK membership "for his own political purposes".
But he indicated that the referendum promise would not necessarily prevent Liberal Democrats entering into a renewed coalition with Conservatives in the case of a hung Parliament after the 2015 general election.
The Prime Minister has been boosted by a letter signed by 56 leaders of industry and the City, who welcomed his renegotiation proposals as "good for business and good for jobs in Britain".
Signatories to the letter to The Times included London Stock Exchange chief executive Xavier Rolet, Standard Chartered chairman Sir John Peace and Diageo chief executive Paul Walsh.
They challenged Mr Clegg's argument that a protracted renegotiation will be bad for business, saying: "We need a new relationship with the EU, backed by democratic mandate."
And supporters of the plan welcomed German chancellor Angela Merkel's comment that she was "prepared to talk about British wishes... (and) find a fair compromise" as a sign that other European powers will be ready to engage with Mr Cameron's proposals for reform of the EU.
But Mr Clegg told LBC 97.3 radio: "I simply don't understand the point of spending years and years and years tying yourself up in knots, so-called renegotiating the terms of British membership in ways which at the moment at least are completely vague."
He added: "The things people worry about are immigration, jobs, crime on their streets. My worry is how are we going to address those concerns, which are the things people care about most, if you are going to spend the next five years touring European capitals coming up with ever more complex ways of renegotiating the status of Britain in the European Union?"
Asked if his differences with Mr Cameron over Europe would block a future Tory-Lib Dem coalition, Mr Clegg replied: "If a coalition is necessary following the votes of the British people, then we will play our part. I will always play a responsible role... to ensure this country has good government in the national interest."


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The Dallas school board meeting wrapped up around 1 a.m. Friday, after trustees spent hours arguing over the budget and other items. At times, the meeting got ugly.
Trustee Carla Ranger accused board member Nancy Bingham of deliberately trying to derail her proposals to name auditoriums and band halls for dignitaries. Trustee Lew Blackburn suggested that personnel chief Carmen Darville purposefully left out information in the salary schedule approved last night.
Trustee Bernadette Nutall all but told Mike Morath to shut up while they discussed Superintendent Mike Miles' $8.8 million plan to improve Madison, Lincoln and Pinkston high schools and the campuses that send students to them. (Nutall later voted against that plan, despite that it's designed to help students and families in the area she represents.) Nutall and Ranger also criticized administrator Kerri Holt, who was sitting 20 feet from them, about allegations that she had told people about not needing community support for that reform effort because a majority of trustees supported it. (Miles said she never said that.)
In some districts, it's news when the school board doesn't unanimously approve a proposal from the administration. Dallas ISD has never been that way. Trustees have always disagreed. They have always challenged administrators and requested reams of information.
But Thursday night's meeting was more disruptive than any in the past several years. It revealed a deep divide between some trustees, and a hostility and distrust between Miles and some of his bosses. At times, Miles appeared exhausted, shaking his head as trustees raised their voices at each other and administrators. Miles quietly encouraged Cowan, who was elected board president last month, to get the meeting under control.
And six hours after trustees convened the meeting, as only a few people remained in the audience, Cowan gave a brief statement.
"We all got to get on the same page or it's going to fail and it's going to fall apart," Cowan said. "Some of us will probably get voted out office if we don't correct our behavior."
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Pacific Southwest, Region 9: Superfund
Serving Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and Tribal Nations
Jibboom Junkyard
State: California(CA)
County: Sacramento
City: Sacramento
Congressional District: 05
Other Names: City of Sacramento Dump Associated Metals PG&E Power Plant
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Description and History
NPL Listing History
NPL Status: Deleted
Proposed Date: 12/30/82
Final Date: 09/08/83
Deleted Date: 09/10/91
The Jibboom Junkyard site is approximately 9 acres in size, although roughly 7 acres have been covered by an interstate highway (I-5). A former electric generating plant immediately north of the Jibboom site covers approximately 2 additional acres which have been addressed by State cleanup actions. The site, formerly owned by the Associated Iron and Metals Company, began operations in 1951. Operations included metal salvaging of a variety of materials such as railroad cars, army tanks, batteries, and electric transformers. Some scrap metal debris was disposed of on site, and transformer oil was poured onto the ground. Operations ceased in 1965, when the California Department of Transportation purchased the property. Following EPA's cleanup of the contaminated soil, the 2.3-acre uncovered section of the site used by the original salvage yard was transformed into a city park along the Sacramento River, the Robert T. Matsui Riverfront Park. State cleanup actions of the property north of Jibboom Park included removal of underground storage tanks and contaminated soil and fencing of some area around an historic old electric power generating plant. Approximately 10,000 people live within one mile of the site. The bicycle path on the river levee adjacent to the site receives regular traffic as a popular recreation route and during the week as a route to and from work. The city's drinking water is taken from the river along the western edge of the site. The site is in the flood plain for the Sacramento River.
The successful return of the clean Site for use as the Robert T. Matsui Riverfront Park has been acknowledged by EPA as an example of Superfund site reuse. Please click here to access this Return to Use Initiative Fact Sheet.
Contaminants and Risks
Contaminated Media
- Soil and Sludges
Groundwater and soil were found to be contaminated with lead, PCBs and other contaminants related to waste metal processing. Coming into direct contact with or accidentally ingesting contaminated soil or groundwater posed a potential threat to human health before EPA's cleanup action.
Because the site was considered available for Unlimited Use/Unrestricted Exposure (UU/UE) use after completion, no post-cleanup review was required. Region IX elected to complete a discretionary Five-Year Review after the City of Sacramento approved preliminary development plans in that could increase residential land use in the vicinity of the site. The 2007 review (attached below) concluded that the remedy at Jibboom Junkyard remains protective of human health and the environment because residual concentrations measured in the soil are within the risk range for residential use. EPA worked with the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) regarding the portions of the site buried beneath the elevated freeway built in 1965. CalTrans implemented the recommended notification procedures through their maintenance alert database and underground services alert system (see attached 9/11/2008 memorandum).
Initial Actions
Entire Site: In 1983, the site was fenced and soil samples were collected.
Cleanup Ongoing
From 1985 to 1987, over 11,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil were excavated and removed to an approved hazardous waste disposal facility. The remaining soil surface was tested to ensure protectiveness.
Cleanup Complete
Deletion from the National Priorities List: The site was deleted from the EPA's National Priorities List in September of 1991. Cleanup goals specified in Records of Decision have been met, institutional controls are in place, and all required reports and records are completed. EPA concluded that the cleanup levels of the soil at the site of the current Jibboom Park are protective of human health and the environment, and the site is available for unrestricted use and unlimited access. (UU/UE)
Cleanup Results to Date
The removal of contaminated soil and fencing eliminated the potential of exposure to hazardous materials at the Jibboom Junkyard site. All cleanup measures have been proven effective and the site was deleted from the NPL in September of 1991.
Potentially Responsible Parties
Potentially responsible parties (PRPs) refers to companies that are potentially responsible for generating, transporting, or disposing of the hazardous waste found at the site.
The PRP no longer exists (since 1965).
Documents and Reports
Public Information Repositories
The public information repositories for the site are at the following locations:
The most complete collection of documents is the official EPA site file, maintained at the following location:
Superfund Records Center
Mail Stop SFD-7C
95 Hawthorne Street, Room 403
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 820-4700
Enter main lobby of 75 Hawthorne street, go to 4th floor of South Wing Annex.
EPA Site Manager
Mail Code SFD
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
EPA Community Involvement Coordinator
Mail Code SFD-6-3
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
EPA Public Information Center
State Contact
Department of Toxic Substances Control,
8800 Cal Center Drive
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Charlie Beljan described the 10th hole at Riviera Country Club in terms that would suggest he'd take dynamite to it if he had a chance. John Merrick spoke of it with glowing reverence.
In the aftermath of a two-hole playoff on Sunday in the Northern Trust Open, it was abundantly clear which attitude had prevailed.
Merrick made a routine par on the driveable, par-4 10th after laying up, while Beljan put himself in a terrible position with driver and made bogey, giving Merrick his first PGA Tour victory in his seventh season.
When Beljan missed a 4-foot par putt at 10 that would have sent the playoff to a third hole, Merrick teafully bear-hugged his caddie, Ryan Goble, and his longtime coach, Jamie Mulligan. This was a "dream come true" for a guy who grew up in Long Beach and has been attending the tournament since before his days as a star at UCLA.
"Just putting everything together," Merrick, 30, said of the celebration, "how everything came together this week with family and friends, people shouting 'UCLA,' people shouting 'Long Beach.' To do it close to home … I live 45 minutes away. I went to school across the freeway. It's just the laundry list goes on and on, and yeah, it's cool."
Merrick was three shots behind third-round leader Bill Haas when the day began, but Haas would struggle to an eventual 73, and Merrick seized his first lead with back-to-back birdies on the 10th and 11th holes. He missed four of the last five fairways in regulation and didn't make another birdie on the back nine, but still shot 69 to get to 11-under.
Beljan, meantime, emerged from a pack of contenders that included major winners Charl Schwartzel and Webb Simpson, and he got to 11-under with an electrifying birdie from 18 feet on the 18th hole. Beljan's fist-pumping celebration of the putt that gave him a 67 suggested that he was ready to add to the much-publicized first tour win last season that he achieved after being hospitalized with panic attacks.
But Merrick made a great par from the right rough on the first playoff hole, 18, to match Beljan, and when they went to the 10th tee no one knew how disparate their feelings were about the 315-yard hole that is among the most famous par-4s in golf.
Merrick played Riviera dozens of times while at UCLA and "butchered" it frequently trying to use driver. So he was extremely confident going with a 3-iron off the tee that would set him up with a full wedge to a tucked right pin.
"I think it's one of the great par-4s in the country," Merrick said.
Beljan, who bogeyed the 10th in regulation, watched Merrick lay up, contemplated his play and then pulled driver to the delight of the gallery. But he pulled his drive left and long of the green and gave himself an impossible pitch over a bunker. Beljan played to the right of the sand, but ended up having to putt from just off the green and left himself with the tricky 4-footer.
Beljan, though trying to be diplomatic, had some harsh words for 10 afterward.
"I think you could play here 10,000 times and still not know how to play No. 10," Beljan said. "… I think it's a great hole, don't get me wrong. But it's just a tough hole to have a playoff on. We might as well go and put a windmill out there and hit some putts."
For Merrick, the win, worth $1.18 million, was a step in a progression that took longer than some of his supporters might have predicted. His first major victory came when he won the SCGA Amateur at La Jolla Country Club. At 19, he was the youngest winner of the title since Tiger Woods in 1994.
He turned pro after a strong career at UCLA, but despite two career seconds he's had to battle, including losing his card following the 2011 season.
"Unless you're Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson … they win all the time … it's really hard to win a golf tournament," Merrick said. "I'm just going to cherish this. Gosh, it's so much fun."
Two-time NTO champion Phil Mickelson shot 71 in the final round and tied for 22nd at 3-under. In five consecutive starts on the West Coast Swing, the San Diegan had one finish in the top 20 – his victory in the Phoenix Open. Mickelson is skipping the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship this week.


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11-17-2011 09:53 AM - edited 11-17-2011 09:55 AM
Is there a way to do multiple record acquisition on the 5152 that will automatically retrigger itself forever?
I currently have a multiple record acquisition set up to acquire 256 records, but the external triggers (using the TRIG BNC input) are so close together that the software cannot re-arm the scope in time for the next acquisition, and some triggers are missed.
For example, we are capturing 8000 samples at 2 MS/s, so each record is 4 ms in duration. The external trigger occurs at the start of every record, with a period of 4 ms, so I essentially am doing continuous acquisition. Every 256 records (about once per second), the LabVIEW VI transfers the data to memory, writes it to disk, displays it on the front panel, etc., then re-arms the scope for the next acquisition. It would be ideal if the scope could be configured for immediate retriggering of another multiple record acquisition (preferably in hardware), so that it could be acquiring records in parallel with LabVIEW processing and writing the data to disk.
Any thoughts on how I could accomplish this?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Alternatively, is there a way I could continuously acquire data by collecting pretrigger samples forever, but be able to fetch relative to the most recent trigger?
11-17-2011 03:50 PM - edited 11-17-2011 03:50 PM
Hi Schrockwell,
There is no way to do a Multi-Multi Record Acquisition.
For what you want to do, the short answer is yes--there's a way to set it up within the finite construct of the NI-SCOPE API, but you'll need to make sure that
1. You must Enable More Records Than Available Memory
2. You must set the Number of Records to be very very large. Since this value is an Int32, theoretically, the largest you can set this to avalue of about 2.15 billion (2^31 - 1). After that, you would need to stop and re-start your acquisition.
The total time the acquisition will continue for is:
Total Acquisition Time [s] = Total Number of Records [#] / Trigger Rate [Hz]
3. Finally, you must ensure that you can sustain the throughput across your PXI/PCI bus, and you've designed your code efficiently to sustain this.
Two major things I noticed is that you're displaying data on a graph, and you're writing to a disk. Displaying data to a graph will cause your program to take much longer to complete one loop iteration--instead, try Fetching without display data. Secondly--if you are writing to a disk, you should be using Queues to do so.
If you're already doing this, then the higher-level question is whether or not you are backlogging data on your digitizer. If so, you need to work around this so that there is no data backlog. The Fetching Throughput (data that is brought into your program using the Fetch function) must be equal to your Acquisition Throughput:
Acquisition Throughput [B/s]
= # Samples per Record [Sa/Rec] * Trigger Rate [Hz] * Digitizer Resolution [Bytes/Sa]
(Since the 5152 is an 8-bit digitizer, your Digitizer Resolution is 1B/Sample.)
If you can benchmark your fetching throughput, and then subtract that from the calculated acquisition throughput, then you should see a number (in B/s) that reflects how quickly you are backlogging data. In order for an acquisition to be sustained forever, that number must be essentially zero.
Hopefully that helps,
11-18-2011 11:17 AM - edited 11-18-2011 11:20 AM
Hi Andrew,
First off, thanks for the prompt and detailed response. It is extremely helpful.
#2 will not be a problem, as this is more than enough time for the acquisition. Throughput should also be sufficient, as I've tested continuously writing to disk with one of the example VIs and it was able to keep up with the data rate. In this case it works out to only about 4MB/s total for two channels. I did not know about Queues, however, so I will definitely read up on that.
As for the graphs, I will update the UI infrequently, maybe once every one or two seconds, so I don't expect it to bog down the fetch cycle too much.
One thing I don't quite understand is how often the fetching occurs. If I set the number of records to the maximum, then after how many records will the fetch occur? Does it just happen "as quickly as possible", where the VI takes in any records that were captured since the last fetch?
11-18-2011 02:09 PM - edited 11-18-2011 02:13 PM
I was just playing around with the example "Multi Record Fetch More Than Available Memory", which describes exactly what you were saying in terms of acquisition. I changed the trigger to be from the External TRIG source. I found that when (samples per record) / (sample rate) is close to the trigger period, then the acquisition rate gets cut in half, as if the scope is missing the (n + 1)th trigger which appears immediately at the end of record (n).
For example, Fs = 2 MS/s and # samples = 8000 => 250 records are gathered in 2 seconds (should be one second).
However, Fs = 2 MS/s and # samples = 7000 => 250 records are gathered in one second, as expected.
This unexpected behavior is making me lean towards another solution, because the above method will not work if the scope cannot re-arm itself quickly enough. After some testing, it looks like the trigger re-arm time is around 7.5 us (edit: spec says 8 us, so that's confirmed). I suppose if push comes to shove I could toss out the last few samples to give the scope time to re-arm, but it's not ideal.
11-21-2011 10:56 AM - edited 11-21-2011 10:58 AM
You are exactly correct with that Trigger Re-arm spec you mentioned for this 5152 digitzer as 8us. If you are running into this limitation with your application you may want to try and disable the TDC (time-to-digital-conversion) Circuit which will can reduce rearm time in favor for a small trade-off. If you set this property to False, it bypasses the TDC circuitry which allows the trigger to be seen as specified along your incoming waveforms. When you disable this property, the trigger will be rounded to the closest rising edge of the sample clock. If you look at the picture I have attached, you will see what I mean by the TDC calculating the trigger position based on the SampleClock edges.
Setting this niScope Property to FALSE may reduce the re-arm time but will be set at the closest SC rising edge. If you are working with the EX Multi Record Fetch More Than Available Memory.vi, drag the niScope Property Node down to expand to three properties and go to -->> Horizontal:Advanced:Enable TDC
11-21-2011 12:04 PM - edited 11-21-2011 12:07 PM
Hi Ben,
Thanks for your reply and the screenshots. I tried disabling TDC, but this did not seem to make a difference in the trigger re-arm time. In fact, when I created the constant for the "Enable TDC" property, the constant initialized as FALSE, indicating that TDC was already disabled.
Perhaps there is no difference becuase I am using an analog edge ref trigger, as opposed to a digital trigger? I don't have SMB connectors so I can't test using the PFI ports as triggers right now.
The fact that you are using an analog reference trigger doesn't make any difference as far as it's default path to the TDC (see the help file below). The fact on whether disabling the TDC will reduce re-arm time is unknown. Were you observing the same 8ns of holdoff/re-arm? If you are triggering on the the end of the SC period its possible you may see very little (or measurable) difference when you bypass the circuitry.
Hi Ben,
Yes, I saw the same 8us holdoff with TDC both enabled and disabled. I am triggering right at the end of the record, so I suppose there is no advantagein this case.
After some analysis, I will be able to tolerate the trigger re-arm delay in my data acquisition, so I will use this for now and revisit the issue if it doesn't work out.
Thanks again for all the help Andrew and Ben. I'm going to accept Andrew's reply as the solution because it sent me in the right direction.


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