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Tbird topic: Ideas to help create a new Collective Bargaining Agreement
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In general, I hate reading columns like the one I am going to now write. I'd much rather be talking about basketball strategies, breaking down players, profiling interesting people, or discussing ways we can make the team or the league better. But today I can't do that, because with this labor stalemate looking very much like it will possibly drag on for months it is becoming more and more likely that none of the above discussions will be relevant anytime soon.
By nature, I am a problem solver who enjoys trying to come up with new concepts and ideas to help craft solutions to whatever issues are important to me. Often times as a coach that is spent trying to solve some personnel related issue, trying to find that perfect play, drill, practice plan, lineup, or defensive scheme that best hides whatever inherent problems my teams might have. I find that fun and part of the intellectual thrill that comes with coaching.
Right now, my thoughts instead head to our Pacers, who have their season and maybe even their long term future on the line with the current CBA stalemate between the league and the players. Like most thorny issues of our time, my general view is that if the parties would get beyond their normal dug in partisan ideological views that they could better use their time to find common sense solutions. I think in general common sense can solve most issues if both sides are willing to apply it…..and the ideas I have come up with today and will advocate were created with that in mind.
Maybe somewhere, someone in some players office or some league boardroom will see some of the creative ideas and discussion that comes from this, and an idea will sprout on how to solve this mess so we can have our NBA basketball back in our lives come this winter.
Below, here are some of my common sense ideas for a restructuring of the NBA's labor agreement.
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Competitive sports leagues need to share revenue in order to have a level of "competitive balance". In general, that means every team must somewhat be on a level playing field financially, so the entire cartel can grow and prosper. This isn't a normal business…..the Lakers NEED the other teams to do well financially, it ultimately harms them if others suffer….it isn't like they can just take over another team like some Wall Street baron might take over another struggling company.
So, it is time for the league itself to get a structure that can help the collective group grow the pie. That means working together more in a financial way to make everyone strong, in order to make the weakest link in the chain stronger than today.
Here are my Tbird ideas for revenue sharing and to grow the pie:
Forget about fairness, it isn't economically viable as a business model to have some teams have gigantic local TV deals while others do not. This is mainly a problem of geography, not competence…..no matter who the owners are in giant markets they will be able to sell their products easier and for more money that in smaller metro areas like Salt Lake City and Milwaukee. Again to me this is simply common sense.
Generally I think an owner should be able to keep a* percentage of his income from negotiating his own deal, that only seems fair as a fee for actually doing the work involved. But as of now all owners pocket 100% of their local TV monies, and that inherently means a giant income discrepancy right from jump street between big and small markets.
So my solution is this: Owners should keep 25% of their own local TV money, and the other 75% of that should go in a league wide pool to share with the other teams.
This makes sense to me. It isn't like the NFL, where all TV contracts are negotiated by the league itself cutting the individual owners out of the loop. Of course, in the NFL there are no local TV rights, it is all national network money. So here I am proposing letting the individual owners keep 1/4 of the money, which should theoretically still motivate them to be aggressive and make as good a deal as possible, therefore generating maximum revenue.
However, if individual big market owners won't agree to this, then I think the league should more closely follow the NFL model and negotiate all local TV deals themselves, cutting ownership out of the loop here, and then share 100% of the money instead of 75% of it.
Currently it is my understanding that each individual team keeps all the money from their home games, and gets nothing from their road games…..it is every team for itself at this point. This means a giant discrepancy in per game revenue for each team…..successful teams make $3-5 million each time their doors open, and poorer teams like Indiana make about $750,000 for each home game.
This should end. My solution is that for every home game, you keep 60% of all revenue generated, and your opponent gets 40%.
This is common sense to me, and the results would be beneficial to the smaller markets. By my calculations, this would create an additional approximate$ 12 Million in revenue for our Pacers per year. Someone can double check my math, but if the average NBA team makes approx $1.5-2.0 million per game, and Indiana makes only $750000, then those approximate calculations hold.
41 games x750000 = 30, 750,000….that is what we make now.
Assuming the average team makes 1.5 million in gate revenues then we have this:
41 games x1,500,000=61,500,000 x 40% revenue total for road games=24,600,00
41 games x 750000=30,750,000 x 60% revenue total for home games= 18, 450,000
Total revenue of 43,050,000 on 82 game nights under my plan, a net gain approximately of 12, 300,000.
Even if my guesstimate of an approximate profit amount per game for the average team on game nights is slightly off (I used 1.5 million) and even if you wanted to adjust the percentage around slightly (I used an NFL model of 60% home team share and 40% for the road team share) then you can still easily see that sharing revenue in this way makes sense.
Why I think the bigger market owners might agree to this?
I think this creates an environment where the entire pie can grow, therefore increasing net revenues in gate receipts for everyone. The leagues owners need to not think of the profit of the league as a static enterprise, instead they need to think of it as a business that can continue to grow and expand its marketshare, therefore making money for everyone.
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The key for the players in agreeing to make a smaller percentage is that the pie itself needs to grow, thereby letting everyone profit more than they are now. That means growing the game and looking for more ways to make the game both more marketable and popular….and by proxy improving the actual product on the floor.
Here are some ideas for doing that….and I look forward to hearing some your feedback in this area as well
Every year droves of fans flock to NFL training camps, to watch teams practice while sitting in the blazing sun, often driving from miles and miles away. Who knows how many new fans are created each July for our Colts while little kids clamor for Dwight Freeney autographs and Peyton Manning jerseys?
NBA training camps should be mandated to be 21 days long, should all be held outside of their home cities in a nearby market/college campus, and should be modeled to be extremely fan friendly and profit driven simultaneously. The cities themselves would bid for the right to host this stuff in my vision….it wouldnt cost the teams much at all. And imagine the fan interest and news you could generate each October by having each NBA host a public training camp somewhere in each state?
You increase the training camp length and profile, cut the exhibition season to 5 games instead of 7, and start growing even more generations of fans.
This has become somewhat of my pet peeve thru the years as many of you know. For those of you that don't, NBA rules now dictate that a franchise cannot actively market its team outside of a 75 mile radius of its home town. That means that our Pacers can't market themselves in Larry Bird's hometown of French Lick, or in the northern or southern areas of Indiana. Really now, how freaking stupid is that?
The league should eliminate this rule altogether and instead encourage teams to market outside their own city limits. How much of America isn't currently marketed to by the NBA? Instead of being so worried about marketing the league in Berlin, London, and Barcelona, maybe we should try and market a bit closer to home…..just a thought. How many season tickets or merchandise could be sold in Evansville, Cincinnati, or Louisville? Maybe it is time we found out…..
NBA teams should one home game a year to a neutral sight near them. This would help grow the national brand of the league in general and the regional brand of the team in question, and open up the league to new fans. If it goes extremely well, maybe the experiment could be expanded a bit in the future even. For our Pacers, one home game a year on a rotating basis could be played in cities like West Lafayette, Bloomington, Cincinnati, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Louisville, etc.
I believe these games could be packaged into one single weekend, or on 2 single dates in the calendar, and become a high level marketing event that the league could really sell and market, much like MLB does with interleague play. Again, the publicity, interest level, and marketing chances to create new fans would be immeasurable and give us a chance to grow the profit pie.
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Let's agree that the entire league Basketball Related Income (BRI) was the reported figure of 1.9 billion last year. Under the old agreement, the league paid the players 57% of this figure in salary and benefits. On it's face, that seems like alot of money to pay just your labor force when you factor in other costs of doing business (stadium costs, management costs, marketing costs, building and debt interest, etc). I can see where certain low income generating teams would have difficulty making a profit under those circumstances, and contrary to many I don't see the word "profit" as being a dirty word. Owners invest the money and inherit all the risks, they should have a business model that at least gives them a chance to make money.
That is why I propose such a drastic shift in income split from 57% of BRI to the players to my idea of starting it at 49%.
However, the players cannot look at it this like it is a massive loss of income. Instead, they have to look at it is taking a smaller percentage of a much larger pie that the league should hopefully be able to make happen.
My idea insures this by making this proposal:
-At 1.9 billion BRI or below, the players are entitled to 49% of that.
-At 2.0 billion BRI, the players are entitled to 50%.
At 2.2 billion BRI, the players are entitled to 51%. (At this point, the players recoup all of their losses if my math is correct.)
At 2.4 billion BRI, the players are entitled to 52%.
At 2.6 billion BRI, the players are entitled to 53%
At 2.8 billion BRI, the players are entitled to 54%
At 3.0 billion BRI, the players are entitled to 55%
Maybe the math or the percentages can change, but this is how a deal can be structured so everyone can win….owners get short term relief, while the players profit in the growth of the league to recoup their money.
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- Teams will have until July 15, 2013 to get under the salary ceiling
-Players will be now hereby be categorized in the following ways:
Here are the salary structures and rules for each category of player:
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ROOKIE CONTRACT PLAYERS (RCP) WILL BE DEFINED AS PLAYERS ON THEIR FIRST CONTRACT.* Rookie contracts will be DRASTICALLY cut in this CBA proposal.
Under my plan for rookie contract players, THE NBA DRAFT WILL BE CUT TO ONE ROUND ONLY. The 1st overall pick will earn a salary of 3.0 million flat, the 2nd overall pick will earn a salary of 2.9 million flat, the 3rd overall selection will earn a salary of 2.8 million, and so on.
In addition, all drafted rookie contracts will be 3 years in length, with the 4th year being a team option, and the 5th year being a mutual team and player option. Each RCP will be eligible for free agency after either year 3, year 4, or year 5 in the league, and all of their first 5 seasons are fully guaranteed by the team if the options are picked up.
Each team will be reimbursed by the league at 50% of the value of a contract if a RCP is released, but the player will receive 100% of their money.
ALL "ROOKIE CONTRACT PLAYERS" IN YEARS 1, 2, and 3 OF THEIR CONTRACTS DO NOT COUNT AGAINST THE SALARY CEILING LIMIT.** This is an important point…..so remember it, these RCP DO NOT count against your cap until year 4, if you should as a team so choose to keep them.* If you should exercise your team option in year 4, they would count against your spending ceiling, but you would know going in of the cost certainty you would have with them.
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"YOUNG VETS" is the name of any player who has reached the end of his RCP status, either with a contract extension mutual agreed to by his existing team or by the expiration of his rookie contract. By definition, these players will be playing in contracts that start in years 4, 5,* 6, 7, 8 of their* NBA contracts.
"YV" players DO count against your salary ceiling limit. A league minimum contract for players in this category is 1,000,000, and there would be a maximum limit on how much each individual player can make of $6,000,000. However, individual contracts would not be able to exceed 3 years in length, and would contain a standard buyout clause of 50% of the remaining value of the contract.
"YV" players can sign a contract beginning in year 8 of their career, and have it continue until the end of year 10, if such player and a franchise choose to do so.
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"PRIME PLAYERS" are players who have their contracts end after year 8 of the NBA career. Their salaries are to be set with a minimum of 3,000,000, with NO MAXIMUM AMOUNT. Teams are able to sign "PP" individuals to whatever amount they feel appropriate, as long as they do not exceed their overall salary ceiling. Contracts are limited to a length of 4 years, with the final year being partially guaranteed with a standard buyout of 50% of the remaining value of the contract.
"PP" players DO count against your salary ceiling, which is not to be exceeded.
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"FRANCHISE PLAYERS" are to be considered the top of the line, elite level superstars in the league.
"FP" individuals DO count against a team's salary ceiling. However, you can exceed the salary ceiling of 50,000,000 by 25% if you should so designate a player to be your "franchise player" for a period of 365 days. This designation is only to be given to a player who is eligible to be a free agent, and can only be given out 1 time per player.
For example, a player designated as a "franchise player" such as Lebron James last summer, would no doubt have been tagged as an "FP" by Cleveland.* In this case, the "FP" is entitled to a 1 year salary of 30% of the salary cap (15,000,000 in this case) or the average salary of the 3 highest paid players in the league, whichever is higher.
After a season being a "FP", a player is then eligible again for full free agency. If such player leaves his original team, then said team is eligible for a "sandwich" draft pick held just after the lottery teams select in the following draft (in other words, pick number #15 as a compensation pick), plus the signing teams draft pick in the following draft.
"FP" players by definition are players who are within one year of their contract expiring, and can be designated by a team on a player of any contract status. For instance, if a team wants to designate a player nearing the end of "RCP" status, they can do so as long as they have the salary ceiling room to fit the contract needed to do so.
"FP" players are by definition players in the last year of their contracts.
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"VETERAN MINIMUM" players are players who have reached the end of their contracts by the end of season 12 of service time in the league. These players DO NOT count against the salary ceiling, and can sign for a minimum of 1,000,000 and a maximum of 3,000,000 for a contract not exceed 3 years, with a standard 50% buyout and partially guaranteed the last year.
So, in summary…..
ROOKIE CONTRACT PLAYERS (players with 1-5 service time) don't count against your ceiling.
YOUNG VETS (players with a minimum of 4 to a max of 10 years of service) do count against the salary ceiling, and have a mimimum and maximum salary.
PRIME PLAYERS (players with a minimum of 8 to a maximum of 15) do count against your ceiling, have a minimum salary but no maximum, and can make as much as you see fit as long as you fit them under the salary ceiling.
FRANCHISE PLAYERS (players on your roster with an expiring contract that you want to keep) can be kept for one additional year past their contract end date IF they are compensated at a minimum rate of $15,000,000 per year and if you can fit them under your "FP" ceiling of 5 million plus 50 million.
VETERAN MINIMUM PLAYERS (players not under contract with a minimum of 12 years service time) can be signed at anytime for between $1-3 million and do not count against your salary cap.
In addition, standard contracts will now have a 50% buyout/termination clause, should a team choose to exercise it. Also, at the end of every season, at the end of the 2012-2013 season, each team will be given an amnesty clause to get under the July 15, 2013 Salary ceiling required level, thereby being able to freely waive one contract from their existing books.
In addition to a salary ceiling, all teams will be required to stay above a "salary floor" of $40 million, being paid to all salary counting eligible players.
Thereby, it is estimated that the TCPS (total compensation player salary) will be $56 million per team in 2013-2014 (1.68 billion, 45 million in ceiling salary, plus RCP and VM players). If indeed that isnt the case, then teams agree to compensate the players in a general fund each year to that amount, to be paid out to the players at the end of each season.
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As revenues grow, one key suggestion is to NOT increase the salary cap…leave it at the theoretical 50,000,000 level I invented for the sake of the above example….maybe that number is too high or too low, but it felt right as I looked at it. Whatever excess the players are owed should be invested in a general fund that would be paid out at the end of each NBA fiscal year. This should add stability to franchises, give them some level of cost certainty, and protect franchises against economic downturns.
The goal here is to somehow get every franchise to generate at least $75 million in revenues at a minimum, which should enable each franchise to make a little profit and be competitive, which is the goal for the overall growth spurt the league needs. A fair profit isn't something a business should do without, a modest 5% or so profit on that much time and investment per year is reasonable, isn't it?
I think the enhanced revenue sharing, opportunities for revenue growth, and salary structures I've thrown out there make some sense and give the owners/league a chance for cost certainty, which should help them grow their businesses and enhance competition.
At least, it should create some good discussion, should any of you be able to make it thru this 3500 word manifesto.
As always, the above is just my opinion.

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I have read it. A couple of things. If you find his method works for you, then certainly wholeheartedly work with it, and you certainly do not need to pay any attention to what I or anyone else has to say, if you do not want to. One thing, however, to keep in mind is that there are those who have worked with the methods that Vimalaramsi criticized and have found them to be as efficacious in their lives as you have found Vimalaramsi's methods to be in yours. That is just one of those interesting things that helps put things into some sort of perspective.befriend wrote:read my post called breakthrough in the general theravadan section. . . .
tiltbillings wrote:http://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8655&hilit=Vimalaramsi
http://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... imalaramsi
If it offended you, my apologies. I would have to say I was offended by Vimalaramsi's rather unfortunate dismissal of other teaching monks as well as his distortion of Buddhaghosa, and one certainly could characterize my response as an intemperate reaction. If you want to continue to litigate this issue, please do so in the thread in question. There is no need to repeat all of this over again in this thread.Brizzy wrote:
I read your posts on the above links with interest, so does calling Bhante's video 'crap on so many levels' fall in line with the first part of your signature?
There is really nothing new or unique in what Vimalaramsi is teaching here in terms of meditation practice, but keep in mind, I am not criticizing his practice instructions. I am criticizing his distortion of the Buddhaghosa story and his rather flippant dismissal of other teaching monks. One could easily say to you, if you have not done these other practices, you cannot criticize them, but also keep in mind that things are never that simple.befriend wrote:tilt billings are you talking from experience when you critique bhante vimalaramsi have you meditated with his instruction? i have had insights into nonself which made me see that my hunger was not self. this is from doing metta with the relaxation step. it is samatha yoked with vipassana. try it dont try it do whatever you want, but you should know critisizing things you dont know about is ignorant.
That is not the issue. The issue I responded to in the talk I transcribed is V's gross distortion of the Buddhaghosa story in order to impeach Buddhaghosa teachings, which basically is an ad hominem attack and it lacks intgerity. Also, the snide, flippant attitude towards other teachers, both in terms what was said, how it was said and the body language. It also comes across as self-aggrandizing. It is all there in the video. That is the crap to which I am referring.I personally couldn't care less about Buddhaghosa's teachings and if they do or they don't fit into the Buddha's teachings.
The issue here, for me, is not that he is rejecting the commentaries. Ven Nanananda goes straight to the suttas, rejecting commentarial explanations, and Ven Bodhi often calls the commentaries into question, all of which is fine with me.
Do you see my point here? You do not have to agree with it, but it would be nice if you got the point I am trying to make in my criticism of V.
Khalil Bodhi wrote:Hi All,
I have heard some criticisms of late of Bhante Vimalaramsi and would be interested in hearing why some people have an issue or issues with him. I haven't heard him personally attack any other teachers so would appreciate links to the same if possible. In addition, his techniques seem sound to me but I may be wrong. I ask because I have been experimenting with his teachings so I am personally invested in knowing all there is to know about him as a teacher. Metta.
Khalil Bodhi wrote:Hi ancientbuddhism,
The main criticisms are I heard were with regard to his approach to other teachers and the commentaries. Nothing to do with his observance of the patimokkha. Mettaya.
Hi Tilt,
No need to apologise, I am not offended at all. I would point out though, that if I have ever put up a post that said 'Goenka talks crap on so many levels', I would certainly not be in a position to pm you now. Even this pm is a result of what would happen if I made the above comments in a posting.
Having said that I do not think it should be a free for all, but there should be a balance in what one 'school' is allowed to say about the other and what another 'school' is not. I think one of the main causes for contention is that people of my ilk are concerned that the Buddha's teachings are being/have been changed. I personally couldn't care less about Buddhaghosa's teachings and if they do or they don't fit into the Buddha's teachings. I would much prefer to refer to the original suttas and have contemporary teachers, who I can relate to, to explain things. I don't see the point of having contemporary teachers explaining a commentary that is meant to explain the suttas. There seems to be one level to many there. It might make people think that the Buddha was a poor teacher.
V's gross distortion of the Buddhaghosa story in order to impeach Buddhaghosa teachings, which basically is an ad hominem attack and it lacks intgerity. Also, the snide, flippant attitude towards other teachers, both in terms what was said, how it was said and the body language.
And it was not identified as being your msg and full context makes no difference to my point.Brizzy wrote:Hi Tilt,
Having stated that this subject should not be pursued on this thread, you then go and further it, using my pm!
Since you saw fit to use a portion of my pm on your post, I thought it only fair to post the full message to put it in context.
And it is a contention that I supported by V's own words and actions: http://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=7375&hilit=Vimalaramsi&start=40#p117352 And as I said, if you wish to re-litigate this, then please use the older thread. And again as I said, you do not have to agree with me, but the point of what I said in the PM was that my complaint about V was not his dismissal of the commentaries. It is, rather, as I said, his unnecessarily prejudicial dismissal of other teachers and his distortion of the Buddhaghosa story. Now, if you want to discuss these issues further, take it to the thread linked in the msg.Brizzy wrote:Your contention is that you have issue with.........V's gross distortion of the Buddhaghosa story in order to impeach Buddhaghosa teachings, which basically is an ad hominem attack and it lacks integrity. Also, the snide, flippant attitude towards other teachers, both in terms what was said, how it was said and the body language.
This is your contention, not fact.
The "smile and relax" I first heard it talked about by Joseph Goldstein during a 3 month reteat in the 70's. He said he got it from Munindra-ji.Khalil Bodhi wrote:Tilt,
Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question with great links and by pin-pointing your problem with Bhante V. I, too, find it troubling but do like the technique. You mentioned you were familiar with other teachers who employ a similar "smile and relax" method and, if you happen to remember them and don't mind sharing their names I'd appreciate it.
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Back in the 2011 Finals against the Mavericks, the Heat wrapped up the three-game road portion of the series in Dallas with a loss, putting them down, 3-2, and leaving no further margin for error in the quest for a championship.
When they got back to Miami for Game 6, they took an early lead, but watched Dallas—and guard Jason Terry, who had 27 points—take control of the game and pull away in the third quarter. The Mavs led by as many as 12 in the fourth, and the Heat couldn't catch up.
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Here we are two years later, and the Heat have put themselves in the exact position they were in during the first Finals of the LeBron James-Dwyane Wade-Chris Bosh era. They're down after five games, heading home for Game 6.
This is where we find out a little something about this Heat team. They showed very little by the way of guts in the '11 Finals. Has that changed?
"I mean, we challenge ourselves to see if we're a better team than we was," Wade said. "Same position, no matter how we got to it. We're in the same position going back home with Game 6 on our home floor. So we're going to see if we're a better ballclub and if we're better prepared for this moment."
It's not necessarily as simple as that, of course. No matter how the Heat play, they're facing a Spurs team that is deep and experienced, anchored by a star and coach—Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich—who are 4-0 in the NBA Finals.
In the last eight postseasons, San Antonio has gone 11-2 in close-out games. The numbers are obviously stacked against the Heat, and even with a top-shelf effort from Miami, the Spurs could still deny them the Larry O'Brien trophy.
Just three years ago, the Lakers left Boston down, 3-2, but won the final two home games to win the championship. So the numbers don't always dictate how these things play out. "You can't win a game with a statistic," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. "You've got to win it on the court."
It's almost impossible to compare the '11 Heat bunch to this team, if only because that team was so incredibly parsed and scrutinized. Throughout the season, the narrative was that the team couldn't get out of its own way in crunch time, that James either shrank from the difficult shots or simply missed them.
When the Heat showed signs of fourth-quarter struggles against the Mavericks, the narrative kicked into high gear and snowballed. Miami had a hard time in pressure situations, which resulted in questions about pressure situations, which led to more pressure being put on those pressure situations.
The positive for the Heat is that they've gotten much better at dealing with these things since the Dallas loss. They backed themselves into a corner in last year's Eastern Conference finals, falling behind the Celtics, 3-2—and in that situation, Game 6 was in Boston. James logged his epic 45-point outing in that one, and the Heat cruised at home in Game 7 on their way to a championship. They had a Game 7 just 14 days ago, too, against Indiana in the East finals, and won that by 23 points.
And all of this is no picnic for the Spurs, either. Trying to close out a 66-win team like Miami on the road, even with two tries, is difficult.
"It don't matter if you are up, you need one more win, or if you're at one more win and you're out," James said. "You can't sleep, especially at this point. It's a great opportunity for both teams. For them, to close this out for them to win it, and for us, to force a Game 7. So we look forward to the challenge. We've been here before. We've been on both sides of the fence."
In their first try, that fence collapsed on them. Two years later, with a championship on the line, the Heat have to prove to themselves that they can get over it.


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The big Consumer Electronics Show opened this week in Las Vegas with hot new tablets, giant televisions, and all sorts of gadgets that claim to make your life better. A lot of the big buzz this year is about electronics you can wear. According to the Consumer Electronics Association, consumer interested in wearable technology is expected to quadruple in 2014.
Examples of wearable tech devices coming out include personal sound amplifiers to help with hearing when you're not quite ready for a hearing aid, and headphones inside a headband, programmed to induce better sleep.
But the runaway trend in is in the field of fitness. Manufacturers are offering new and improved high-tech wristbands that monitor your activity during a workout. The activity monitors track your steps, distance, calories burned and more and allow you to wirelessly sync the stats to your computer or smartphone. Expect new generation models to be more lightweight, offer more color options, and have longer lasting battery power. Prices typically range between $100 and $150.
The other big buzz at CES this year is the latest TV technology- Ultra HD. UHD offers even bigger screens (how does 105 inches sound?) with higher resolution than the top models on the market. UHD debuted last year and is getting more play in 2014 with Sony, Samsung, LG and others boasting more brilliant color, 4 times better picture than regular HD and gigantic screens with curved displays- and significantly higher price tags. While some manufacturers offer UHD models for around $3,000 typical prices are more like $5,000 with some priced at nearly $17,000- so they're not exactly flying off the shelves.
UHD aside, the great thing about all the new televisions hitting the market now is retailers must make room for them. Between that and Super Bowl Sunday, which is just weeks away, retailers will be slashing prices on existing inventory. If you're in the market for a flat screen TV, mid to late January is a good time to save some money.


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Originally posted by Inactive UserHow are the prices in the Adidas originals store?
I'm looking for adidas superstar II shoes, specifically. xD
apparently more expensive than any other shop... at least for the grs. Take the green safety stan smith for example, pys and ebay has it for way less than the original store. the og store had it for 120 or 140 i forgot while it was on ebay for 80


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I've been asked to take photos at a dance concert and am a little bit worried about getting decent shots. I've never taken photos under this sort of lighting. Does anyone have any advice?
Do you have any lighting equipment?
Sorry I'm a little confused is it a concert or dance? Are you photographing what's on stage or floor? And what size is the venue?
Does the venue allow flash photography?
No I have no lighting equipment and flashes are banned. It's a dance concert on a stage. The venue would seat a couple of hundred. I have full access to the stage/ behind the stage etc.
So basically you are going to have to just roll with whatever the lighting techs throw at you. (obviously haha). In saying that there are a few things that may be your friend.
ISO - Two schools of thought here 1) crank it up! Forget about the "pixel quality" and just deal with the noise you are going to get with the high ISO, its going to give you a faster shutter speed meaning that the dancers won't be a blurred mess. The grainy look is fairly "in" with these sorts of photographs as well. 2) Keep the ISO as low as you can. So pick a shutter speed that you find acceptable and set the ISO from that. You will get less grainy images but more motion blur.
Lens Speed - Use your fastest lens. Perhaps borrow one if you don't have one. 2.8 is nice 1.4 is better haha. . . . obviously you only get the benefits if you use it wide open haha.
Spot metering - You may want to work with this. Stage lighting tends to play games with your TTL meter. IF your not sure on what this is and how to use it do some search's its a bit tricky for me to explain here.
Anyway hope that helped a bit. Hope I'm not just telling you stuff you already know! haha. If you have any specific questions just sing out
Sounds like you haven't taken photos in this sort of environment before, so, especially if you are being paid to take the photos, see if you can set up similar lighting conditions you expect in the largest room in your home (or somewhere similar) and play with the ISO and shutter speed settings to get the best exposure and least blur from moving dancers etc.
In relatively low lighting, you might have to use a tripod or fix your camera on something solid to eliminate "shake" and the consequent blurring.
Also, if you're not confident in getting the correct exposure, try playing with the AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) on your camera (before the dance concert of course).
use wide angle lens with 2.8 or better apperture. bring up your 24 or 35mm 1.8 lens, pump up your ISO. you must do your best to have high shutter speed to capture sharp photos.
First of all..
Second, you need a large aperture on your lens, for example F1.8 or higher.A tripod could help aswel to have stability with longer exposures.You can experiment with long exposures for a nice effect, with a small aperture like F 22 and see the people smoothly dance like ghosts ?
All great suggestions,
Just keep in mind that a tripod will not help with motion blur, only camera shake. (it will stop static items from becoming blury due to movement of the camera. It will not help with moving subjects like people). Image stabilisation will help you here to. Giving you a extra stop or two.
Thank you so much for the great advice guys, I'm feeling a lot more confident for tomorrow night. I'll post some results back here afterwards.
if you have a professional camera you will be able to get excellent photos even under these light conditions, there are very good cameras from Canon, Sony and others. But first of all you need a additional flash light and as many pixel as you can get
The OP said flashes are banned. I'm pretty sure that goes for 'additional flash light' too
Yes, please do.
I've done some stage/concert/performance photography. If you can get in for the sound/lighting check to get an idea of what you're getting into, or even better a dress rehearsal, you'll be better prepared for when you start. That will allow you to find the settings which will work best for you, and the environment.
For concerts I always shoot raw with noise reduction switched off at relatively high iso, as post production software can make a better job of noise reduction.
I also tend to under expose shots to get a faster shutter, and avoid blowing out face highlights in situations where the people on stage are well lit but surrounded by dark. If the stage is lit with primary colour lights you'll often blow out a single RGB channel. Again, it's easier to increase exposure in post than it is to retrieve blown highlights.
You can get some great directionally lit black and white conversions by using a single channel if the lightings like this, always worth quickly soloing channels in photoshop if you have it.
With regards to Leslie75 saying 'as many pixel as you can get' well depends on your choice of equipment but low light photography is generally best done with the largest sensor you can get, and lowest pixel density. Anybody who's ever used a nikon d3 or d4 (the best low light cameras available) knows that less pixels wins in the dark.
I often shoot manual if using a fast lens and time shots for performers to move into my preset narrow focal field (e.g in between songs will focus on the lead mic stand, tweak back a bit then fire of shots as the singer approaches the mic. This means I can get well timed shots rather than waiting for a focus lock which may be delayed if the the camera struggles to get a fix and 'hunts' in low light.
Everything depends on the camera equipment you will use, but as many already suggested push up ISO, use F/1.8-F/5.6, good if lens have optical movement stabilisation, switch it on.Most important to you is prevent camera shakes and use enough F to froze the movements on the stage. Good luck!
get a night vision camera.it will help
Since this question was asked last July and the last answer given last September, I don't see how much of anything will help the OP at this point. Please don't dig up old threads. If you have something valuable to contribute, please do so in an active thread or begin a new thread.


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We were told that they removed his bile duct and that the biopsy they did during surgery indicated microscopic cancerous cells in the liver. They did remove some lymph nodes but we don't have any final pathology report at this time.
Upon his release from the hospital (he was treated at University of Pittsbugh Medical Center) the doctor told him that he was very certain that chemo and radiation should kill the cancer cells. they did not "assign" a stage or grade/level to my dad's diagnosis.
As I read this board and other websites-- I am afraid that it isn't quite that simple. Several sites indicate that most people with CC live only a year. I want to feel good about his prognosos but worry that we should be more aggressive in pursuing other opinions.
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Are All Meter Data Management Systems Created Equal?
The industry move toward smart metering has firmly established meter data management (MDM) as a critical component to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), especially when implemented prior to a large-scale residential AMI rollout. An MDM system eases IT integration of AMI, and facilitates the distribution of the meter data across the utility enterprise by framing the volumes of interval data retrieved from the field into manageable and familiar information. Additionally, by consolidating reading data from multiple collection systems into one MDM system, utilities can set consistent validation routines to truly evaluate the performance of their AMI systems.
Most MDM systems today claim to integrate multiple collection systems, calculate billing determinates and do some level of validation, estimation and editing of meter data. But when utility business and IT departments embark on the purchase and implementation of an MDM solution, it's critical to understand the key features and true system capabilities which distinguish each, and to understand whether those features can perform at AMI scale. An MDM solution must deliver the results utilities need today and tomorrow:
- Collection system integration
- Interval data management
- Versioned data storage
- Two-way communications between customer information systems (CIS) and AMI systems
- Provide a platform to enable other AMI applications and business processes
Collection System Integration
Different read rates and multiple AMI network choices and legacy meter reading systems are just a few of the facts of daily utility life that can humble even the best utility CIS. An MDM solution that can effectively broker read requests and responses between the billing system allows the system to request and receive aggregated billing determinants and meter reads in its existing mode of operation, as if a single meter reading system were deployed even though multiple technologies may be in use.
Effective collection system integration allows merged utilities to adopt new technologies and unify billing processes without having to completely re-engineer existing meter reading processes or extensively modify the chosen billing system or billing processes.
Interval Data Management
AMI brings the need to provide what was once considered complex billing for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers to the residential market. Utilities are well accustomed to the fact that some percentage of C&I interval data will be missing, redundant or incorrect. Interval data collected from residential meters provides no exception to this rule. Data validation, estimation and editing (VEE) is a process that identifies problematic data that comes from meter data collection systems before it reaches other utility systems, and provides tools for addressing quality issues according to a utility's specific best practice rules and meter-specific parameters.
Each utility and each energy consumer is unique. Having the flexibility to handle data anomalies such as gaps, overlaps and redundancies, as well as tolerance issues between consumption reads and interval data, with a reliable, auditable process is a critical MDM feature.
VEE capabilities are critical to ensuring a utility's business and regulatory process needs are met with a successful MDM deployment. MDM vendors can vary widely on their VEE capabilities. The following are some of the fundamental validation and estimation functions that the MDM system should enable:
- Estimate interval data based on meter readings
- Replace all values with a constant
- Multiply or divide by a constant
- Add or subtract a constant
- Slide a range of interval data ahead or back in time
- Perform linear interpolation
- Split or combine intervals
- Restore a previous version
Additionally, utilities should be able to edit values using a host of standard editing functions:
- Add or replace values manually
- Modify read status
- Display or edit multiple reads
- Copy or cut/paste a string of values from one meter to another
- Copy or cut/paste values from a spreadsheet
With regard to billing, utilities have traditionally relied on external spreadsheets for the complex calculations required to convert interval data into large commercial and industrial energy charges. Time-of-use and critical peak pricing programs, for example, require unit conversions, complex load calculations and aggregations. While the pool of customers that have traditionally been billed in this manner has been comparatively small, many utilities are now looking at interval data, time- and price-sensitive rate structures for residential and small C&I customers to better influence consumption patterns and manage changing energy markets.
MDM solutions that provide an integrated calculation engine enable utilities to do away with hard-to-maintain spreadsheets and manual, error-prone methods for producing billing determinants.
A calculation engine simplifies updating and maintaining calculations. Versioning tracks the changes. Standard MDM interfaces make new and edited calculations immediately available for all utility applications. This puts an end to three problems utilities have had for years. It:
- Replaces manual data import and export processes with automated processes that are secure and auditable.
- Provides a single calculation for use by all utility systems. No longer does the same load data generate slightly different values depending on which utility spreadsheet is used.
- Provides scenario planning to run "what if" scenarios for different rate types across different customer classes or other strata.
Versioned Data Storage
Understanding what load data was "the best available" at a point in time is a critical MDM capability. MDM load data versioning maintains snapshots of each meter read associated with a time reference, making it much easier to resolve billing and settlement questions and disputes. Versioned data is also critical to maintaining data integrity as that data is shared across multiple utility systems (demand response, load research, forecasting, distribution asset analysis, etc.).
Two-Way Communications between AMI and CIS
With two-way communications to the meter, utilities can perform on-request reads to help settle customer bill disputes. With a customer on the phone, customer service representatives can request the most recent meter read for accurate and timely information relative to the disputed bill. Two-way communications allow interval meter data to be requested to fill gaps in information that may not have made it to the collection engine database.
Two-way communications also open the door for ping commands, load-side voltage checks to determine customer-side breaker issues, and remote connect and disconnect. Additionally, MDM can help initiate these events and broker the request back to CIS or other systems.
Platform to enable other AMI Applications
When choosing an MDM system, consideration should be made for other applications that can easily leverage the same software platform without a lot of custom design. Other applications that leverage the MDM database platform should be available either by add-on modules or integrated as part of an enterprise MDM approach. Some common AMI applications include revenue protection and theft analysis, end-customer analysis and presentment, and load curtailment and demand response.
Meter data is emerging as the utility's greatest asset. As utilities adopt MDM solutions to manage their ever-increasing meter data, the industry is witnessing the revolutionary impact MDM and AMI can have on operational efficiencies, customer service, energy forecasting, distribution system reliability, regulatory compliance and more. Selecting the right MDM solution is not only important to achieve a reasonable return on these investments, but critical for achieving the transformational changes that can position utilities for success in an ever-changing business landscape. If you're in the market for an MDM solution that can deliver these results, ask vendors if their systems have the key features mentioned here. Make sure the MDM solution you buy has the tools you need to deliver the full value of meter data to your utility.
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Utilities are not preparing to handle or utilize all of the functions POTENTIALLY available in MDMs, even if their AMI smart meters are equipped to provide the raw data which most state-of-the-art meters are. The only plausible explanation for overlooking them is when a utility company doesn't see a need for certain MDM functionality, they don't bother to ask for it, and typically are unwilling to pay for it even when offered in an MDM.
This begs the question why don't utilities see a need for more functionality to process meter data and utilize the AMI's two-way communications capabilities with customers available to them.
Utility companies are not particularly good at future proofing their advanced metering technology choices. It all stems from their inability to fund anything more than the bare minimum functionality they perceive they need. The only way they can pay for extra infrastructure functionality in a heavily regulated business environment is by applying to regulators for unpalatable across-the-board customer rate increases.
There is a massive lost opportunity unfolding in the transition to advanced metering. The answer to future proofing advanced metering and MDMs would be implementing much more data processing capability locally in the smart meters themselves from the outset in their design and commercialization. Built in to the meters from the start, some processing functions could be activated by software commands through their AMI networks on demand, for specific customers that need them. A direct parallel to this is in the personal computer industry. Computers are routinely sold with built-in standardized hardware and software hooks and sufficient memory capacity to later install or activate software to expand the computer's capabilities. This sad situation will never change until regulators change the business environment our utility companies are permitted to operate under.
Overall, an excellent overview of basic MDM. My only problem with it is "why should ratepayers be prepared to foot the bill for such a system (MDM + 2way meter communication) when few if any of the potential benefits of it for the customers are exploited?" Where's the discussion of 1) payments for verified demand management 2) payments for emergency demand reduction instead of outages 3) payments for power from distributed micro-CHP. 4) strategies to transfer charges for PHEV / EV charging from the meter of use to the meter of the vehicle owner? 5) customer information systems 6) customer interaction with the system 7) etc. etc. etc. see IMEUC articles this site.
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A meter changeover is going to have considerable expense anyway. This is not the time for bean counters to argue about saving a few pennies for lower capabilities. The application domain space is still unclear. Allow for lots of capability, or at least the ready expansion of that capability.
I think it's important for real-time pricing to be supported, maybe not by the second, but perhaps updates every 15 minutes.
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Sacramento police arrested Jeffrey Allen Jones in June on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after throwing a spear at a moving car. Full story (Sacramento Police Image)
Would you have guessed this guy is from Pennsylvania? Drug dealer Mark Gross, Jr. referred to himself as the uncatchable "Gingerbread Man" when taunting police. Full story (Lansdale Police Image)
Police say Darrell Reynolds, 54, from Bryan, Texas walked into a theatre pretending to have a gun to scare away moviegoers. Full story (Photo courtesy Bryan Police)
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Chicago police arrested 64-year-old David Beckman in May on suspicion that he sexually abused a peacock. Full story (DuPage County Police Image)
Samantha Goudie, better known as 'Vodka Sam,' was arrested for running onto the field during a college game, then blew a .341 BAC, and bragged about the ordeal on Twitter. (She forgot to mention the tears). (Iowa University Police Image)
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PHILADELPHIA -- Outfielder John Mayberry Jr., on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his left wrist, will begin a Minor League rehab assignment with Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Tuesday.
Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said Mayberry Jr. will rehab with the IronPigs for roughly six to eight games. The Phillies already have a crowded outfield of Marlon Byrd, Ben Revere, Domonic Brown, Grady Sizemore and Darin Ruf, so there is no need to rush. Rosters expand Sept. 1.
"With a wrist injury like that, you want to be careful with it and take it a game at a time," Sandberg said before Monday's game against the Mariners. "Possibly starting off a little bit slowly and progressing with it. Whatever is necessary, but a little more on the cautious side if anything as far as the number of games."
Mayberry Jr. has been out since July 21. He will play all three outfield positions and some first base during the rehab assignment, Sandberg said.
Austin Laymance is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jalaymance. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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text: You can clean the floor like a robot, a mechanical thing; you have to clean it, so you clean it. Then you miss something beautiful. Then you waste those moments in only cleaning the floor. Cleaning the floor could have been a great experience; you missed it. The floor is cleaned but something that could have happened within you has not happened. If you were aware, not only the floor but YOU would have felt a deep cleansing. Clean the floor full of awareness, luminous with awareness.


text: Rich Rod reveals regrets By Mitch Vingle October 15, 2013 Story Share YE OLDE notebook:I was scanning Twitter the other day and saw a tweet from writer and TV analyst Seth Davis."It's a shame West Va couldn't keep Rich Rod when Michigan called," said it. "He's a native son who should have retired there."Later he added, "No one's blameless but school dropped the ball."Which provoked one word from here: Huh? Why wasn't Davis also commenting on the release of "Transformers," Nancy Pelosi's rise to speaker of the House or Jennifer Hudson's supporting role in "Dream Girls" - also all 2007 events.Finally, I understood that Davis has an Internet show - and his guest this week was Arizona and ex-WVU-Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez.The interview was far-reaching, but Rodriguez, the Grant Town native, did toss out a few interesting quotes. Davis asked Rodriguez to recount his departure from West Virginia and opened the door for him to "clarify" an item."I heard people say, 'Well, you must have been looking for this job. This Michigan thing was going in the works before the [2007] season was over,'" Rodriguez said. "That is absolutely not true. I didn't talk to them even a week after the season. It was a week and a half after the season. I got a call and said, geez, maybe I should take this call."And I still wasn't going to take the job if I thought the administration at the time at West Virginia had the same vision as I did on growing the program."Rodriguez's choice of clarification was mildly surprising because few in the Mountain State - with the exception of the silly Rich-threw-the-Pitt-game-on-purpose conspiracy theorists - believe anything differently. Rodriguez had major disagreements with then-athletic director Ed Pastilong and deputy AD Mike Parsons. The coach received a call in the midst of those disagreements. He split. Period.The most overwhelming criticism of Rodriguez was the way he split. From the way the coach gave Pastilong notice (via a letter delivered by a grad assistant) to the way Mountaineer fans found out (not by a press conference, but by way of the Gazette's Dave Hickman) to the way Rodriguez battled WVU in a lawsuit, his departure remains the prominent beef.On that, Rodriguez commented to Davis - at least as it pertains to Mountaineer fans."If I could do one thing over again," Rodriguez said, "I would have a press conference at West Virginia and explain some of these things. I was kinda told to not do that by my next employer. They said to move on. ... But I owed that to West Virginia."I think it would have cleared a lot of things up ... It was a great [Michigan coaching] opportunity and you might not like it, but at least I've given the up-front thing. "I was told [by Michigan officials] to take the high road. Sometimes the high road is not always the best. It's the level road and talking to the people. I called a few people who supported the program and gave them the heads-up, but there were so many others who supported the program."Yes. Yes, there were. But perhaps - finally - Rodriguez is starting to understand the beef.Rodriguez's name, of course, has been resurrected in some Mountain State quarters because of Dana Holgorsen's yearlong plunge in popularity. Would WVU fans take Rich Rod back?I'll pass on even mildly speculating on it because there's no way that will happen. Rodriguez has a great gig in Arizona. WVU would owe Holgorsen a mint if it cut him loose now. And no Mountaineer athletic director would crawl that far out on a limb. (For the record, by the way, Rodriguez is 26-29 since leaving WVU.)So let's deal with something here, back on the farm, as Holgorsen continues his attempt to rebuild. As part of that attempt, he's fishing the junior college ranks. And one of WVU's most recent commitments is from offensive lineman Sylvester Townes, a 6-foot-6, 285-pound, three-star player at Coahoma Community College in Clarksdale, Miss. On Tuesday, I reached out to Coahoma offensive coordinator Kendric Travis for the skinny on the big man."He's a pretty solid player," Travis said. "He has a lot of upside, a lot of room to grow. He has technique issues, but he's a great kid and a hard worker. He wants to be great."Travis said others to offer were Florida International, Kentucky, Memphis and Middle Tennessee, but Texas Tech and South Florida were also recruiting the tackle. (Tech, WVU's football opponent this week, has a commitment from Coahoma defensive tackle Keland McElrath, another three-star guy.)"Physically, I can see Sylvester being 6-6, 300 to 310 pounds," Travis said. "I can see him being straight up and down. He has a lot of room to grow, physically and in the weight room."Travis said he received a call from one of his former coaches at Germantown High near Memphis, and went to check out the prospect."When he stood up, I went, 'My Lord,'" Travis said. "At the time he was 6-5 and 250 to 260. I saw the upside."Townes is expected to finish his work at Coahoma, sign with WVU in December and be in Morgantown in January. He'll have three years to play two."He's our left tackle," Travis said. "He's pretty good, but has technique issues. He's hasn't been able to work on football constantly until this past year. My hat's off to him for putting in the work and hitting the weight room."And finally ...Charleston will host quite a host on Nov. 16.John Kruk, the former Major League all-star and current ESPN analyst, will visit his birthplace to host - are you ready for this? - the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Culture Center theater.Music Hall rep Michael Lipton said he met Kruk in Morgantown, where they, well, batted the idea back and forth. Soon, the deal was done.Kruk, who was born in Charleston but raised in Keyser, will help induct names like Ada "Brick Top" Smith, Tim O'Brien, Peter Marshall (yes, the Huntington native sang as well as hosted "Hollywood Squares"), Eleanor Steber, South Charleston's Wayne Moss and the Swan Silvertones.Lipton said there's a slim chance Sen. Joe Manchin could be the other co-host.Which would make a heck of a pairing.Reach Mitch Vingle at 304-348-4827, email@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/MitchVingle. 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CINCINNATI -- Macy's Inc. has announced the planned locations for three new Bloomingdale's Outlet stores to open in fall 2011. They will join the first four Bloomingdale's Outlet stores opened in fall 2010 as the concept was launched.
Stores will open in the following shopping centers:
Miromar Outlets, Estero, Fla. (25,000 sq. ft.t; opening planned for September 2011);
Wrentham Village Premium Outlets, Wrentham, Mass. (24,000 sq. ft.; opening planned for October 2011);
Woodfield Village Green, Schaumburg, Ill. (24,000 sq. ft.; opening planned for October 2011).
"Customers tell us that Bloomingdale's Outlets deliver a compelling combination of fashion, quality and value," said Michael Gould, chairman and CEO of Bloomingdale's. "Our first four outlet stores have helped us to learn this business and refine our merchandising and in-store presentation. We continue to see opportunity for growth, and these three new locations will help us to extend the geographic reach of Bloomingdale's Outlets and introduce the concept to new customers."


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Monday, September 25, 2017
Sickle Cell Anemia
Symptoms of the Sicle Cell Trait
Can haveing a trait but not the disease trigger sickle cell anemia symptoms? Are there any medical complications or further testing that I should look into for my child that has the trait as opposed to the disease? Thank you for your time.
In general sickle cell trait does not lead to severe complications but under extreme stress or dehydration one can have severe problems. If playing sports your child should be aware to stay fully hydrated and stay away from severe exertion in situations of extreme heat.
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Professor of Hematology
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


text: It's easy to find the best fractional approximations for the square root of 2, based on the simple continued fraction. This gives convergents 7/5, 17/12, 41/29, and so on. However, it's not so easy to define the analagous sequence for CUBE root of 2. Lagrange proved the simple continued fraction of an irrational number is periodic if and only if the number is a quadratic irrational, i.e., the root of a quadratic equation, such as x^2 - 2 = 0. As a result, the numerators and denominators of successive convergents of the continued fraction for sqrt(N) can always be generated by a simple second order linear recurrence. This corresponds to the solutions of the basic "Pell equation" x^2 - Ny^2 = 1. On the other hand, solutions of the analagous equation x^3 - Ny^3 = 1 for cubes are less well-behaved. Nevertheless, it's always possible to construct a linear recurring sequence of integers s[0], s[1], s[2],... such that any specified algebraic number is approached by some function of the ratio of successive terms s[n+1]/s[n]. In particular, to construct a sequence for the rth root of N, let m denote the largest integer such that m^r < N. Then we have the rth order recurrence relation r / r \ (r-j) (j-1) s[n] = SUM ( ) m (N-m^r) s[n-j] j=1 \ j / with the initial values s[0]=s[1]=..s[r-2]=0 and s[r-1]=1, any by construction we have s[n] N^(1/r) = lim m + (N-m^r) ------ n->inf s[n+1] For example, to construct the sequence for the cube root of 2 we have N=2 and r=3, so m=1 and the recurrence is s[n] = 3 s[n-1] + 3 s[n-2] + s[n-3] The approximations for 2^(1/3) given by successive ratios of terms in this sequence are listed below, along side the convergents of the continued fraction generated by convergents of linear recurrence continued fraction 1/|N(N-DV)| 4/3 * 4/3 1.135 5/4 * 5/4 5.040 29/23 * 29/23 1.581 223/177 34/27 1.646 63/50 4.021 286/227 * 286/227 1.682 3301/2620 349/277 1.533 635/504 * 635/504 7.530 5429/4309 * 5429/4309 0.940 6064/4813 * 6064/4813 12.546 723235/574032 90325/71691 0.924 463753/368081 96389/76504 8.964 10705243/8496757 1054215/836731 2.298 957826/760227 2204819/1749966 1.368 52819267/41922680 3259034/2586697 3.787 15240955/12096754 * 15240955/12096754 8.806 2345474521/186104361 186150494/147747745 1.834 Those marked with an asterisk are the same on both lists. This raises the interesting question of whether infinitely many convergents occur in the sequence generated by the 3rd order recurrence. We might also wonder which of the above approximations is the "best". Obviously the absolute accuracy improves indefinitely, but we can define a notion of "goodness" by considering the ratio of how many digits of accuracy are achieved per digit of the numerator and denominator. One such measure for the approximation N/D to the value V is 1/|N(N-DV)|. The goodness of each convergent is listed in the right hand column of the table above. It's interesting that the goodness of the continued fractions never falls much below 1.0, whereas the linear recurrence approximations can have very low values of "goodness". For example, the goodness of 723235/574032 is just 0.0122. I wonder what can be said about the distribution of "goodness" of continued fraction convergents. For example, how soon would we expect a convergent with more goodness than 12.546, which is the maximum for all the values listed in the table?


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Pacheco prescribed rest for strained shoulder
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Jordan Pacheco, the Rockies' projected backup catcher, was scratched before Monday's game against the Mariners with a left shoulder strain. Rockies head athletic trainer Keith Dugger, who called the injury one of "overuse," said Pacheco underwent an MRI on Monday afternoon and would be out of action for at least two days.
Pacheco, 28, began last season as backup first baseman, but a lack of playing opportunity led the Rockies to move him back to catcher, his Minor League position. Pacheco led Major League rookies in 2012 with a .309 batting average, but hit .239 last season.
Michael McKenry, who turns 29 on Tuesday, started at catcher Monday. McKenry, who played for the Rockies in 2010 and the Pirates 2011-13, appears recovered from a left knee injury that shortened last season. On Monday, McKenry was robbed of extra bases when the Mariners' Abraham Almonte chased down his fourth-inning drive. McKenry was charged with two throwing errors, one when he nearly collided with the hitter in the batter's box after scooping a low pitch.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Chiefland Fire Rescue Chief James Harris was presented with a five-year service award by Vice Mayor Betty Walker at last week's Chiefland City Commission meeting.
Harris has said that the longevity of fire chiefs averages five years, so he has exceeded that mark.
A Chiefland foster family was among those recently honored by Partnership for Strong Families.
Every year the group hosts an event to honor what they call partner families who are an integral part of their system, Jenn Petion, MA, director of Community & Government Relations for Partnership for Strong Families said.
"We hold them to a higher standard in this area," Petion said, explaining that's why they call them partner families instead of just foster families.
Mary Gene Martin of Trenton was smiling from ear to ear after winning the raffle sponsored by the Relay for Life of the Tri-County.
She won the educator basket, valued at more than $200, created by the Bell Elementary School Team.
The Bell team also sold the tickets for the raffle. The basket included gift certificates donated by Akin's Barbecue restaurant and Libby's beauty salon and barber shop.
Albert and Lucille Rese were honored as the co-recipients of the Haven Hospice Dr. Fitzpatrick Volunteer of the Year Award for the Chiefland service area during the recent volunteer appreciation luncheon and awards event.
The husband and wife team, who are originally from New York, visit patients in a variety of settings in the Tri-Counties Area.
The Lighthouse Word Church ministers at Lancaster Correctional Institute every Monday night.
At the annual Volunteer Banquet they were awarded the certificate for donating the most hours of the volunteer groups.
Levy County Road Department Shop Manager Charlie Bedford, left, was honored for his service in keeping vehicles on the road for the Levy County Public Safety Department by DPS Director David Knowles at Tuesday's County Commission meeting, while Marty Wright, representing Dixie Auto Salvage, received a plaque of appreciation for the company's help in obtaining 20 vehicles for training for fire and emergency medical service employees.
After more than 45 years of law practice in Levy County, R. Luther Beauchamp has announced his intent to retire from the active law practice effective Nov. 1. He started his practice in Bronson in 1969 and moved to his current Chiefland office in 1975.
Beauchamp will continue to serve as general counsel for Florida Baptist Convention and will be completing matters for some current clients, which will take him beyond the Nov. 1 date.
Four graduates of Chiefland High School's Class of 2014 are entering college in the coming weeks with the help of scholarships they are receiving from the Alice Faye Henderson Scholarship Fund that is part of the Levy County Schools Foundation.
Kelsi Alexander, who was senior class president and class valedictorian, will study nursing.
Alexandra Gilliam will study to work in the field of nursing, with a specialty in pediatrics.
The engagement of Adrienne Victoria Moody to Allen Martin Beasley is announced by her parents Mrs. Owen Baynard, and Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Moody of Destin. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Pansy Robinson of Bronson. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Beasley of Ethel, La.
By Myrtice Scabarozi
The Log Cabin Quilters met Thursday, Aug 7, at the Levy County Quilt Museum at 11050 N.W. 10th Ave. Alice Mae and Janie each brought in items for us to see.
Janie brought in the Drunkard's Path that she had been working on for some time. Alice Mae brought in the square dance dress that she made in the 1970s. We were all in agreement that it was the dress that had shrunk over the years making it too small for her to wear now.
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Thinking 6-3.
3-1 pirates
2-1 zona
1-1 A's
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Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
You guys are depressing. 16-0.
I actually missed that 4th game of the Pirates series when I looked at the schedule. I thought it was a 3-game series, not 4.
2-3 so far. Probably should be 3-2. I'm looking at Patrick Corbin's stats.......9-0, 2.28 e.r.a. He's given up 21 less hits than innings pitched. He's 5-0 at home with a 1.71 e.r.a.
Lefties are hitting .141 against him. Ugh.
I hope his stuff is off today.
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
So through the first 3 weeks of a tough stretch I have the Reds at 8-10. 7 games left to go before we get to the All Star break and it will be a tough week with all 7 on the road and the final 4 coming at Atlanta. If we can finish this stretch at 12-13 I think I would be happy.
The Reds play twenty games for the rest of July. Seventeen are on the road.
The Reds are under .500 on the road.
If the Reds can make a move, sooner is better than later. I hope they don't dig a hole they can't get out of.
Talent is God Given: be humble.
Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
John Wooden
This team does need a spark of some sort. Playing decent, but not fantastic baseball in the NL Central isn't good enough. Hopefully the team comes back to life after the break. The upcoming schedule is no time to slump.
Between today and July 31 this will make or break this team. Toughest stretch of the season will only three home games. We will see if they have it or not to survive this stretch.
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A Danville man was arrested early Sunday after allegedly attacking police officers, Vallejo police said.
Officers made a traffic stop on Jordan Street and La Canyada Drive at about 1:15 a.m. Police said when the occupants, a man and a woman, were being questioned, they acted suspiciously and evasively.
Officers then ordered them to sit on the curb while they searched the car.
At one point the man stood up suddenly and attacked the officers by punching, kicking and biting them. During the struggle, he also allegedly armed himself with a folded knife, police said.
More officers were called to the scene for back up, and the suspect was finally taken into custody, police said.
The woman fled the area.
The man, Joshua Anderson, 32, was taken to the hospital and was acting erratically. He was suspected to be under the influence of narcotics, police said.
Anderson was eventually released from the hospital at about 8:30 a.m., and was booked into Solano County jail.
An arrest warrant will be requested for the woman who fled the scene, police added.


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Indiana House Republican Leader Cuts Off Negotiations with Democrats
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says it is "sad but necessary'' for the Republican leader of the Indiana House to end negotiations with boycotting Democrats.
Daniels said Thursday that Democratic representatives have forfeited their right to participation by continuing to stay in Illinois in order to block legislative action.
Daniels says Republican Speaker Brian Bosma has bent over "double backward'' to meet unreasonable demands from Democrats on education- and labor-related bills.
Democratic Rep. Win Moses of Fort Wayne said there have been good communications on those issues and that ending talks would be an arbitrary and harsh choice by Bosma.
The legislative session is scheduled to end by late April, but Daniels said he was prepared to call a special session if necessary.


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The weather is warming up, that means more time outside soaking up the sun and tidying up our yards. It also means more exposure to poison ivy. Learn how to maximize your outdoor fun while minimizing your poison ivy risk.
Most Missourians have probably heard of at least three "poison" plants to watch out for: poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans), poison oak (Toxicodendron toxocarium) and poison sumac (Toxicodendron vernix). However, only poison ivy is common in Missouri. Poison oak is rare, and poison sumac has never been recorded in the state. [Source: Missouri Department of Conservation]
The "poison," or substance that causes the allergic reaction, is an oily resin called urushiol. It only takes a small amount of the resin to cause a reaction. Urushiol can be transferred to the skin by directly touching the plant or indirectly by coming in contact with something that has touched the plant. [Source: Health and Wellness Resource Center*]
Contrary to popular belief, scratching a poison ivy rash does not cause the rash to spread. A poison ivy rash can take 24 to 48 hours to completely develop, this makes it seem as though the rash is "spreading." While scratching doesn't spread the rash it can cause the skin to become infected. So mom's admonishment to "Stop scratching!" still holds weight. A skin infection on top of a poison ivy rash is only adding insult to injury and will do nothing to speed along your recovery.
Symptoms of exposure to poison ivy:
Prevention is the best medicine. The following steps should minimize your exposure to poison ivy.
If, despite your best precautions, you still find yourself with a rash the following treatments can help to ease your discomfort:
As cathartic as it may be, it's not always necessary to wage war on poison ivy plants. This is especially true if the plant grows where it won't bother anyone. Poison ivy causes many of us discomfort, but it also has some merits. Many birds including warblers, woodpeckers, bluebirds, and vireos eat poison ivy berries. Rabbits, deer, black bear, and muskrats and other animals eat the fruit, stems, and leaves. [Source: Missouri Department of Conservation]
For further research on poison ivy, take advantage of any of these reputable sources: print resources in the Library, Health and Wellness Resource Center*, MedLine Plus, or contact your healthcare provider.
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