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The Saint Mary's cheer and dance teams, sports band, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) reps, and Director of Athletics Mark Orr participated in the Second Annual WCC Kidz Day powered by Zappos.com on Monday morning prior to the WCC Women's Basketball Championship game. "Being able to be a small part of this community service effort was a privilege for me personally. The commitment to community service aligns directly with the colleges LaSallian mission," said Orr.
Over 500 youth from the Greater Las Vegas After-School All-Stars Program were bussed to the Orleans Arena to attend the game and participate in Kidz Day. The kids from the All-Stars program are kids who come from at risk schools. "We call them our At Hope Kids-kids that kind of deserve a little extra break," said Jackie Locks with the After School All-Stars.
When each bus arrived, they were greeted by the sounds of the SMC Sports Band. Then each kid got in line to receive a brand new pair of shoes courtesy of Zappos.com. A lot of these kids didn't even know their shoe size since many get hand-me-downs from older brothers and sisters.
When it was their turn to get a pair of shoes, each kid was escorted by a volunteer who helped size them and would then help them pick out a pair of shoes. The volunteers from Saint Mary's included Mark Orr and SAAC representatives Ashley Dernbach of women's soccer and Missy White of volleyball. "It was nice to see the benefits of the WCC Shoe Drive put into action. To see the excitement in the eyes and the smiles on the face of each kid as they stepped off the bus made me feel good about our efforts. My favorite part of the day was seeing all of the kids in the stands at the game cheering not for one team but for everything because they were just happy to be there," said White.
Once each kid received their new pair of shoes, they were entertained by the Saint Mary's cheer and dance teams, by playing games and putting on tattoos, while they waited to enter the arena. "It made us all feel good about what we were doing because each kid was so proud of their new shoes. We tend to take things like a brand new pair of shoes for granted, but to these kids it meant the world to them", said dance team captain Alyssa Quam.
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Shane Victorino and the Hunt for the Elusive 9-3 Putout
According to his SABR bio, "Wild Bill" Johnson, the Tigers' ace at the dawn of the last century, was described by sportswriters at the time as both a "slant ball pitcher" and "a giant (who) pitches, hits and fields equally well." In his six postseason starts in 1907, 1908, and 1909, he had a 2.88 ERA but never did live up to that second portion.
The career .193 hitter went 0-for-16 in the postseason. He almost had a hit in Game 4 of the 1907 World Series, going up against Orval Overall—who was also in the news when Anibal Sanchez tied his previously unmatched record of four strikeouts in a postseason inning.
Wild Bill hit one to Cubs right fielder Frank "Wildfire" (no relation) Schulte, who denied him that base hit by fielding the ball and throwing to first for the out.
That's the 106-year-old history that Shane Victorino stares down every time he fields a ball in right and thinks hey, there might be a shot at this. Nobody has achieved the 9-3 putout since in the postseason, though Lord knows Victorino has tried.
He tried in the ALCS against Jose Iglesias, who responded with a dismissive wave. In Game 1 of the World Series, he nearly ended the night by coming up throwing on David Freese, who slid in and was safe by a minuscule fraction of a second.
Red Sox manager John Farrell said it's not something that Victorino and first baseman Mike Napoli have any sort of code for, just a feel for each other that the outfielder might come up throwing any time a ball is hit hard.
"The one thing that our guys have become accustomed to is what other guys in the lineup or on the field at the same time are likely to do," Farrell said. "So they anticipate a certain play and that's one."
It's not a play that typically works on the likes of Freese. Not that he's anything special in the speed department; it's just that Wild Bill was more the target demographic.
Four of the last five 9-3 putouts have been with pitchers running the bases. In addition to pitchers not being blessed runners, a good part of it is the fact that right fielders tend to play shallow when pitchers are batting, with little fear of a ball going over their heads.
The last five 9-3 putouts are available for embed on MLB.com, so I've pulled them all here because they're really all special in their own ways. It's delightful viewing to notice that moment in the announcer's mind when he realizes the same thing the outfielder has already recognized, sometimes even before fielding the ball.
September 13, 2012: Carlos Beltran gets Josh Beckett
September 7, 2011: Jeff Francoeur gets Michael Taylor
July 28, 2011: Jayson Werth gets Edward Mujica
August 15, 2010: Angel Pagan gets Kyle Kendrick
August 9, 2010: Hunter Pence gets Mike Minor
In all, there have been 27 putouts of the 9-3 variety since 1990, and 19 of the victims have been pitchers. But look through all of them, and you'll notice that there are no good hitters here (maybe Tony Fernandez 20-something years ago qualifies).
Here's the list, with a huge abundance of Larry Walker, who had three in a row from 1992-95.
The list appears to lend credence to some element of respect in letting a guy who "earned" a hit get a hit. How is there no Molina of any kind here? No Prince Fielder. No Pujols, injured or not injured? It's remotely possible that there were no opportunities, but more likely this play isn't out to get them. It's out to prey on the weak, the pitchers who dare put a competitive at-bat together and the hitters like Taylor who need welcoming to the majors.
There's also some small thought, though the Cardinals made no issue of this in their press briefings, that it's not kosher in an 8-1 game. Nineteen of the last 27 were either in tie games or one-run games when that run means so much.
Victorino will go at pretty much any player at any time, though. He even took a shot at Miguel Cabrera during the regular season.
Some day before he retires, he'll get his man. The only thing that might slow him down would be if the overqualified right fielder moves to center next year should Jacoby Ellsbury leave town. But hey, there's been a putout at first from left field, so nothing's impossible.
Thanks to Rob McQuown for copious research assistance.
Zachary Levine is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @zacharylevine
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Did Byrd get Ortiz in the All-Star Game a few years ago? Or was that second base?
Oct 25, 2013 04:45 AM
I remember Pablo Ozuna of the White Sox throwing out Sean Casey of the Tigers from LEFT field a few years ago Now that's embarrassing!
Oct 25, 2013 10:17 AM
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There's a link to a video of that play in the last paragraph.
Oct 25, 2013 10:21 AM
John Carter
It looks like Mujica slowed down to avoid running into the first-baseman. What's the rule on that? Should Mujica have kept running full speed and crashed into him? Obviously, he didn't want to injure himself (or the first-baseman). Should he have run along the side of the base and argued that he couldn't touch the base because the first-baseman was in the way - and leave it up to the ump to decide if he would have reached it in time?
Oct 25, 2013 11:26 AM
How much is it OF positioning? OFers come in closer for the pitcher than any professional hitter. That would be my guess for the reason, rather than a social norm against throwing hitters out at first.
Oct 29, 2013 08:24 AM
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A survey of agricultural lenders across the United States conducted by Kansas State University indicates that lenders expect loan interest rates to rise, non-performing loans to increase slightly and farmland values to fall in the longer term.
The purpose of the survey, which is conducted twice per year, is to provide farmers with an idea of the current and future state of agricultural credit conditions. In response to volatile commodity markets, the survey was created in spring 2013 to track and forecast credit condition developments.
According to the survey, in the past three months, loan interest rates increased for farm real estate and decreased slightly for intermediate and operating loans. Respondents indicated that interest rates will increase in the short and long term for all three types of loans.
Survey respondents were asked about non-performing loans in both the crop and livestock sectors. Non-performing loans for corn, soybeans, wheat and nursery crops decreased in the past three months, but lenders indicated an expectation that non-performing rates in these sectors will increase in the long term. With regard to non-performing loans for the beef, dairy, hog and poultry sectors, respondents indicated an expectation for a slight increase in nonperforming loans.
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Green Garbanzo Hummus with Sweet Mini-Pepper Dippers
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4-6 T tahini (I used the full 6 T, but I really like tahini)
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The Bluebirds are looking forward to joining their Welsh rivals in the top flight after clinching the Championship title with a 1-1 draw at Burnley on Saturday.
However Mackay is reluctant to draw parallels between the two clubs with the Swans now established in the Premier League under Michael Laudrup who has built on the foundations laid by Brendan Rodgers.
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China Baby-Formula Maker Buying Arsenic Debt Shows Trust Risks
A Chinese baby-formula maker selling imported Australian milk to safety-conscious parents invested in the risky debt of lead, arsenic and cadmium refiners, seeking higher returns for its cash.
The uncollateralized investment, sold by a middleman known as a trust, promises to pay Ausnutria Dairy Corp. (1717) about double China's benchmark savings rate. It's an example of how companies are undermining government efforts to cool lending that has led to soaring property prices and inflation of 6.2 percent, near a three-year high.
Chinese trusts, investment vehicles once championed by Deng Xiaoping, are part of a shadow-banking system that now accounts for about 50 percent of all new loans in the country, according to Fitch Ratings Ltd. They gained prominence after the central bank increased the amount of deposits banks have to keep on hand, limiting what they can lend. Ausnutria is typical of businesses investing in trusts, which make loans at rates as high as 25 percent, spreading the risk of a potential credit crisis.
"When companies neglect their core business and start speculating in hot sectors they know nothing about, it's a sure sign the market is out of whack," said Patrick Chovanec, an associate professor at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management in Beijing who has advised private-equity funds.
Metals, Wine
More loosely regulated than banks because they don't hold deposits, trusts have attracted 3.7 trillion yuan ($582 billion) from investors with promises of high returns. At first, they bought debt from banks seeking to move it off balance sheet. They now invest in everything from metals refining to real estate, even bottles of fine wine. They're also making loans, circumventing restrictions on lending between individuals and companies. Western banks including Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS), London-based Barclays Plc and Morgan Stanley in New York, as well as large Chinese companies such as China National Petroleum Corp., have bought stakes in trusts.
Firms listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen have announced at least 100 trust loans this year through September totaling almost 23 billion yuan, according to Bloomberg calculations based on data supplied by Shanghai-based Wind Information Co. The average interest rate was 12 percent.
Ausnutria, which expects a return of about 6 percent on its investment after fees and doesn't hold any collateral against a default, according to company filings, said in an e-mail that the deal is "in the interest of the company's shareholders."
'No Regulations'
Lending by non-bank institutions such as trusts, leasing companies and pawnshops, which accounted for 4 percent of loans in China in 2002, according to estimates by Barclays Plc (BARC), could rise to 55 percent of the total next year, Fitch estimated in a July report. The ratings firm said all new lending in 2011 will increase to 18 trillion yuan from 16.5 trillion yuan in 2010.
"Trusts are facilitating the movements of assets off the balance sheets of banks -- there are no regulations on where it can go," said Charlene Chu, a Fitch analyst in Beijing who co-wrote the report. "When there aren't enough guidelines, who knows what's going into this stuff?"
The shadow-banking credit boom could lead to a new pile of bad debt. Almost half the money managed by trusts is invested in infrastructure and real estate projects, according to figures from the China Trustee Association, an industry group. Local governments had 10.7 trillion yuan in debt borrowed through financing vehicles at the end of last year, according to a June report by China's National Audit Office. Nearly a third of those entities are losing money, according to a study by Beijing-based analysts Zhang Xu at Guosen Securities Co. and Qiao Wei of China Asset Management Co.
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Regulators have tried to curb a real estate boom by raising down payments on home loans and limiting purchases of housing in some cities including Shanghai, where prices have almost quadrupled in the past decade. Trust loans to developers increased 150 percent to 605 billion yuan in June from 235 billion yuan in March 2010, after a clampdown on bank lending, according to a report by UBS AG. (UBSN)
The true figure is probably much higher, said Du Jinsong, a Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) analyst in Hong Kong, because trusts are bundling new real estate loans with other financing to get around orders from regulators. That leaves trusts vulnerable to defaults by developers under government pressure to ratchet down property prices, which could have a ripple effect on other parts of China's informal lending system.
"If trusts aren't going to be sustainable, they'll also stop lending to other industries," said Du. "It could be the beginning of a domino effect for the whole shadow-financing system in China."
Debt Ratio Rising
Lending is rising faster than China's economy is expanding. The proportion of China's total debt to gross domestic product, taking into account corporate, local government and household borrowing, increased to 188 percent in the first half of 2011 from 146 percent in 2008, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley. (MS) That's an indication borrowers aren't paying off loans as quickly as they're getting them.
"This points to a potentially significant rise in loan delinquencies," Chu wrote in the Fitch report.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission, which oversees trusts, has issued regulations to slow their growth, raising the capital they're required to keep on hand relative to assets under management. Last year trusts were told to report on risks in their 2011 financial statements. The CBRC didn't reply to phone calls or e-mails seeking comment.
Premier Wen Jiabao called for greater oversight of non-bank loans, including collateral and capital requirements, in order to prevent risks from spreading, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Oct. 5.
Ausnutria Deal
The structure of Ausnutria's deal is common to many trust arrangements. The company, based in the southern Chinese city of Changsha, is the country's 13th-biggest pediatric-formula retailer by market share, according to London-based researcher Euromonitor International. Founded in 2003, Ausnutria listed in Hong Kong six years later.
Sales of imported baby milk have climbed since 2008, after domestic formula tainted with the chemical melamine killed at least six children, and could reach 62 billion yuan by the end of this year, according to Euromonitor projections.
In April, Ausnutria invested 200 million yuan in Yunnan International Trust Co., according to regulatory filings. The trust, based in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, and one-quarter owned by the local government's finance department, used the money to buy four loans from China Merchants Bank Co. (3968), the country's sixth-largest lender by market value.
Two of the loans are to Hunan Nonferrous Metals Corp., a subsidiary of state-owned China Minmetals Corp. that refines lead, cadmium and arsenic. The other loans are to Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co. and Hunan Bismuth Industry Co.
No Collateral
After paying 1.5 million yuan in fees to Yunnan International, Ausnutria expects to earn at least 11 million yuan, the company said in filings. In March, Ausnutria netted 10 million yuan after buying loans of Hunan Provincial Expressway Construction and Development Co. in a similar deal with Hunan Trust and Investment Co., the company said.
The returns aren't guaranteed, and Ausnutria doesn't hold any collateral, according to filings. That raises the question of who's liable if a borrower defaults and the trust can't deliver returns to clients. Hunan Nonferrous borrowed money from China Merchants and has no financing arrangements with trusts or Ausnutria, Janice Liu, a spokeswoman for the metals company, said in an e-mail.
Parallels to 1907
Ausnutria conducted "a thorough study on the terms of the agreement and assessed the benefits and risks arising from the transaction prior to the investment," Karl Cheung, a spokesman for the company, wrote in an e-mail to Bloomberg. He said the deal "is in the interest of the company's shareholders." He declined further comment.
Executives at China Merchants didn't respond to phone calls, and no one answered the phones at Yunnan International.
The rise of trusts in China has parallels to the role they played in the U.S. bank panic of 1907, said Ellis Tallman, an economics professor at Oberlin College in Ohio and a former Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta vice president.
"Historically, there is always a tendency for innovation around financial regulations to get financing to rapidly appreciating assets," Tallman said.
Second Life
This is a second life for trusts in China, which trace their origins to 1979, when the government, led at the time by Deng, founded China International Trust and Investment Corp. to attract foreign investment. By the 1990s, there were about 1,000 trusts owned by local governments that speculated in real estate using foreign money.
After Guangdong International Trust & Investment Corp. defaulted on a $200 million bond in 1999 -- the first Chinese company to do so since the Communist revolution of 1949 -- Beijing unwound the businesses, and they mostly lay dormant until reforms in 2007. About 60 have been relicensed.
One of the reconstituted trusts, Suzhou Trust Co., was built on the rubble of an investment company owned by the government of Suzhou, an eastern Chinese city. In 2008, Lenovo Group Ltd., maker of ThinkPad laptops, and RBS, Europe's seventh-largest bank by market value, bought a 30 percent stake in the restructured trust from the city.
"The investment in Suzhou Trust allows RBS to expand into China's non-banking financial-services sector and broadened our presence in the world's fastest-growing economy," Sherry Liu, chairman and chief executive officer of RBS's China operations said in an e-mail.
Spokesmen for Barclays and Morgan Stanley declined to comment on their trust investments.
Swelling Deposits
In their revived form, trusts can't take deposits or invest their own money. Instead, they're supposed to act like asset managers for companies and affluent individuals.
The trusts are tapping companies flush with cash following the government's stimulus lending program, which helped the economy expand 25 percent over two years beginning in 2008. Bank deposits swelled more than twice as fast during the same period, by 53 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund.
After China's regulator imposed lending quotas in 2010, banks started pitching private wealth-management products such the ones being offered by trusts to investors, offering better returns than the government's 3.5 percent benchmark deposit rate. In some cases, banks distributed loans repackaged by trusts directly to private-banking clients, promising rates of return of as much as 25 percent in text messages, according to trust executives.
More Millionaires
"Offers at 12 percent or 13 percent were common last year," said Winston Ni, an entrepreneur in Shanghai who bought a 3 million-yuan stake in a trust that promised a 9 percent yield backed by a mall in Tianjin, a city 70 miles (113 kilometers) southeast of Beijing.
The number of Chinese having more than 10 million yuan in investible assets will reach 585,000 this year, almost twice as many as in 2008 when the stimulus started, according to a study by consulting firm Bain & Co.
"If you limit what banks can do, there's still demand for loans," said Zhang Liwen, president of Suzhou Trust, sitting in an office on the second floor of a cement-and-glass building on a leafy street in Suzhou, 50 miles west of Shanghai. "The market still needs capital."
Zhang presides over an empire that grew to 15.7 billion yuan in assets under management in 2010 from 11 billion yuan in 2009. By mid-2011, the fund added another 7.5 billion yuan, as affluent Chinese and other institutions invested in his products, including loans to businesses.
Liquidity Worries
Last year, Zhang invested 48.9 percent of Suzhou Trust's funds in infrastructure, mostly bonds issued by financing vehicles set up by local governments that pay between 7 percent and 10 percent. The trust has since reduced its infrastructure investments and raised its holdings of real estate debt to one-third of the total, Zhang said.
Government restrictions make him worry about liquidity, he said. His firm has run stress tests looking at the impact of a 50 percent drop in the value of its real estate holdings.
There are signs the real estate market is already cooling. While new-home prices rose in August in all 70 cities monitored by the government, sales volume is falling in Beijing and Shanghai, according to SouFun Holdings Ltd., China's biggest real estate website, which tracks 20 cities.
Hungry for cash, some developers are borrowing at 12 percent to 25 percent, higher than the benchmark lending rate of 6.56 percent, according to regulatory filings. Trusts thrive because the government's low interest rates discourage banks from lending to the private sector, Tsinghua's Chovanec said.
Wuhan Towers
Founder BEA Trust Co., a trust set up by Hong Kong-based Bank of East Asia Ltd. and Founder Group, owner of one of China's largest computer makers, has raised 40 billion yuan and is lending to real estate developer Wuhan Central Business District City Construction Development Co. at 12 percent. The company is building luxury apartment towers in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. The units, fitted with Siemens appliances and Kohler bathroom fixtures, went on sale in August.
"Medium-sized property developers appear to have borrowed heavily for short-term and bridge loans," said Il Houng Lee, the IMF's senior representative in China. "Property developers' strains could hit trusts."
Chilling Effect
Shares in Chinese developers plunged in Hong Kong trading for two days last month on concern that tightened access to loans will force them to cut prices. Greentown China Holdings Ltd. (3900), a builder in the eastern province of Zhejiang, has fallen 37 percent since Sept. 21 amid reports by Credit Suisse analysts that the banking regulator was looking into trusts that had loaned the developer 5 billion yuan.
Greentown, based in Hangzhou, said it has no trouble financing its loans and that the company hasn't been questioned by the regulator.
"Our reliance on trust loans is not that heavy," Simon Fung, chief financial officer, said in a phone interview.
Any sign of weakness in China's real estate market could have a chilling effect on trusts and their investors, said Jason Bedford, a manager at KPMG LLP in Beijing.
"Imagine that you have a real estate product and suddenly the real estate markets start to plummet," Bedford said. "What was a liquid product suddenly becomes very illiquid as investors pull out and can't be replaced."
Bank analysts, including Michael Werner at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in Hong Kong, are concerned that a mismatch between trust loans and investments could exacerbate damage if declines in real estate volumes spread. Loans are often for two years or more, while investments are usually for one year.
'Wealth Destruction'
"It will cause a significant amount of wealth destruction," Werner said. "The party goes on until someone turns on the lights and you can't roll over these assets. There will be wealth destruction. The question is how much."
There is no sense of panic at the headquarters of Noah Holdings Ltd. (NOAH) in the Pudong section of Shanghai, where customers sip coffee and browse glossy brochures while sitting on leather and chrome sofas.
The firm, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, was founded in 2005 by two former private bankers at Xiangcai Securities, a brokerage in Changsha, where Ausnutria is also based. It offers wealth-management products including those issued by trusts to clients who the company says invested an average of $1.3 million last year. On Noah's website is a quotation from Chairman and CEO Wang Jingbo: "The world revolves around money, and it makes its own rules."
"Right now is a period of innovation," Shang Yan Chuang, head of investor relations, said in an interview. "We're looking for innovation with controlled risk."
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hom many of the survivalists here know it is easier to get flora than fauna? or which is and isn't edible?
there was a 'famine' in Sweden years ago and there was plenty of food, just no one knew what was edible from the land, so now there is still a program teaching people what is. well that is what my brothers Swedish wife told me!
EDIT - I remember that there is also eating natural death, animals who have died from natural causes or by accident, I have been told and I may of misunderstood, that in Sri Lanka meat from a natural death is actually more expensive? possibly because it is not associated with any black Kamma


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Todd Gleeson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder and chair of the search committee for provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, announced today that Robert J. Sternberg has withdrawn as a candidate for the position at CU-Boulder in order to pursue a pending offer at another university.
"The search committee regrets it is unable to recommend any candidates at this time," said Gleeson. "The search for provost and executive vice chancellor is suspended for the remainder of this academic year. CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano will consult with key constituents, consider how best to proceed with the provost position, and announce his decision within the next few weeks."


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A Riverton man is accused of abusing his wife, a multiple sclerosis patient who allegedly was found badly neglected with untreated sores and serious infections.
In charges filed Tuesday, police wrote that the woman, 55, was taken to a hospital May 8 for severe sepsis and encephalopathy. The woman's body had multiple open sores, including a bedsore about 5 inches in diameter on her back and feces on her body, investigators wrote. Her bedding was stained and appeared not to have been changed for days; her catheter was clogged with pus, police wrote.
The woman's children told police that her husband is her caretaker, and that he had isolated their mother from them, according to charges.


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Nosta wrote:Wow!
Where can i found more information about that?
I just do a very small number of recitations! I feel bad, like if my practice is not enough, but i cant abandon my life and doing recitations all the time
Many Pure Land temples offer a 1 - 7 day retreat, you may feel like finding one by you. I'm sure it would be very beneficial. I know there is a description of a Pure Land retreat in Tanka and Payne's book "Approaching the Land of Bliss." I forget the author's name, but it is the last chapter.


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Key takes 100-year-old whisky back to the ice
Shackleton's whisky is back on ice, with the prime minister returning three bottles of century-old whisky to Antarctica last night.
"I think we're all tempted to crack it open and have a drink ourselves now," John Key joked to media and about 35 Scott Base staff at the hand-over ceremony.
"In a way, they are kind of a time capsule of what took place here 100 years ago."
He carefully plucked one of the precious bottles wrapped in yellow-aged tissue and symbolically handed it to former Antarctic Heritage Trust chairman Rob Fenwick. It almost completes a remarkable journey for the historic drop. Three years ago, trust conservators excavated five crates of liquor found buried in ice under the hut's floorboards that had been bought for Anglo-Irish polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1907-09 unsuccessful expedition to the South Pole.
Three crates contained Mackinlay's whisky and two crates of brandy but it was the whisky bottled in 1898 that sparked international intrigue.
One whisky crate was flown to New Zealand and its 11 whisky bottles carefully thawed.
Three bottles were flown to Scotland for scientific analysis by Scottish distillery Whyte & Mackay, the Mackinlay brand's owner.
Tiny samples were extracted by syringe through the bottles' stoppers to allow master blender Richard Paterson to create a replica blend, called Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky.
Once the 50,000 bottles sold out, they produced a second version, called The Journey, and are donating a portion of sales back to the New Zealand-based charity, which could equal almost $1.5 million. The original bottles will be returned to Shackleton's Cape Royds hut by March, where the other crates are back in their original spot.
Yesterday, Key spent a busy second day in Antarctica in -12°C weather, visiting some of New Zealand's science projects and its Crater Hill wind farm, which is providing power to New Zealand and United States' Antarctic bases on Ross Island.
The project has reduced New Zealand's fuel needs by 50 per cent and by about 15 per cent for the US, saving millions of dollars.
He was supposed to visit the South Pole yesterday but bad weather forced its cancellation.
However, there is a chance that visit will go ahead tomorrow with weather forecast to improve on the frozen continent.
"It's totally weather dependent. We'll take a look tomorrow and make a call on it," he said.
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Vallejo firefighters responded to three, two-alarm "suspicious" structure fires within a half-mile and 12 hours of each other, Vallejo Fire Department officials said Thursday.
All caused major damage but no injuries, they said, and are being investigated as possible arsons.
"It's the night that never ends," Capt. Matt Fenzl said, standing outside the scene of the third blaze at York and Amador streets and Solano Avenue, at the vacant AAA Pet Clinic building.
Fenzl, Battalion Chief Raymond Jackson and Fire Chief Paige Meyer said the three fires appear deliberately set, and also related, though they're all under investigation.
"They're definitely suspicious," Jackson said. "We have a proximity situation. I don't know if they're connected, but if it walks like a duck. ..."
The first fire broke out in a vacant house in the 1500 block of Alabama Street at about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday. The second gutted the Village Cocktail Lounge on Tuolumne Street near Alabama Street at about 2:45 a.m. Thursday, and the third, at the vacant pet clinic, came in about five hours later, at 7:30 a.m., officials said.
"You could see the bar fire from the house fire," Jackson said.
All three of these fires are also within a short distance of the recent blazes at Mayor Osby Davis' Tuolumne Street office, a vacant Victorian music school on Amador and a vacant mortuary on Couch Street. A suspect was recently arrested in two of those fires.
The rash of suspected arson fires also kept Greg Marshall of Premier Construction busy boarding up burned out buildings, he said. He said he had a crew working on The Village bar even as they prepared to head to the pet clinic site.
Unlike the other two recent fires, the one at the bar destroyed a working business and cost four jobs just before the holidays, bar owner Raul Salaice said.
"The most disappointing thing is that my employees are out of work now," said Salaice, a five-year Vallejo resident who bought the bar just three months ago. The lounge hosted a presidential debate event weeks ago, he said.
Salaice and several patrons who came by Thursday morning to survey the damage said the bar's been operating there at least since the 1970s.
"There were about 10 really old collectible beer signs," as well as new TVs and a newly remodeled restroom, he said. It's not the first fire nearby, either, he said.
"The building behind me has been lit up three times," Salaice said, adding that this fire appears to have been started from the alley behind the building.
"It's one of those things that happens," Salaice said. "Life throws you different punches at different times."
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Spiny O'Norman wrote:rowyourboat wrote:But what if you teach something which is beyond your current state of practice - and someone further along the path than you, benefits?
Good point. I'm sometimes surprised by the connections that people make. Though trying to communicate Dharma both accurately and at an appropriate level can sometimes feel like a real challenge.
I think you just got to try your best, and 'let karma take care of the rest'.
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I find my drives maxing out around 400. Wondering what I should try to get past this mark.
I took everything faster than a Firebird out of my bag at the suggestion of some people here.
I drive with various Wizards for anything under 300, up to 330 if the teepad has elevation. Buzz is used for 300-350, again longer if elevation is there (Use it for a 375ft anny drive with elevation for example). Can take the buzz out to 375 flatground but I find it difficult to control at that distance, I don't usually throw it for drives past 350-360 if it's flat ground. Use the fairway drivers for 350+ usually, sometimes 325-350 if it will hit a certain line better than my buzz would.
For drives long enough to grab something faster than a wizard or buzz, I'd say I use my 175g Star Leopard 50% of the time, 171g Star Teebird 35% of the time, and 175g Pro Firebird 15% of the time. I find I usually get the fairway drivers within 5 feet of the Firebird, so I usually stick to them, with the impression that maybe the Firebird is too fast for me or the heavy weight + overstability is making it fade too hard too soon compared to the lighter, more worn Teebird.
I can consistently line drive the fairway drivers straight for 375 feet. 400 feet I can do 85% of the time, still anny out once in a while with the Leopard at this distance and once in a while throw too nose up to hit 400 feet. But right here seems to be my max distance on the course, hitting lines.
I've been keeping very few discs in my bag and trying to concentrate primarily on technique and form than what disc I'm throwing. Keeping the nose down, clean release, strong snap and proper hyzer / anny angle. I've developed a lot of control but I still have trouble trying to park a 450 ft drive.
I typically just throw with a tiny bit of hyzer, so that the disc sits up flat, drifts slightly to the right, then fades down where I want it to. I'm happy with the control I've developed but I'm wanting to be able to hit 450 feet flat ground.
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In these pages, we've written about the impacts of faulty memory on criminal cases. We've talked about faulty lie-detectors and faulty software used to find lies in "emotional speech." We have also written about false confessions. We've even written about unexpected reactions to violent situations, reactions that, as it turns out, do not fit the TV prescription for guilt or innocence.
Since these behaviors are often fundamental to the arrest and conviction of criminals, they are essential to any consideration of the criminal justice system. When they go wrong, justice is thwarted.
That's where DNA comes in. It wasn't that long ago that DNA testing was introduced into criminal proceedings (and I recall my co-author asking at the time what cops could do to challenge it). Now, some twenty plus years later, it is "taken for granted" as a scientific way to show the guilt or innocence of someone accused of a crime.
As the Innocence Project reports, since 1989 there have been 281 post-conviction exonerations in the U.S. In 45% of those cases, the DNA identified the true suspects or perpetrators. According to the Innocence Project, moreover, we find that:
About 80 percent of wrongful conviction cases overturned through DNA testing were single perpetrator crimes. About 75 percent of the single perpetrator crimes involved eyewitness misidentifications (60 percent of the total), and about 75 percent of them were non-homicide cases. In about half of the single perpetrator cases, the real perpetrator has been identified.
Sounds pretty much like a slam dunk. Find the DNA and let somebody wrongly accused go free. Turns out it's much more complicated. You knew that, right?
Let's consider the case of Michael Morton, who served 25 years in Texas prison for his wife Christine's murder. Morton has consistently maintained his innocence, saying his wife was murdered by a third-party intruder. He said that DNA testing would prove it.
For more than six years, the Innocence Project has been seeking access to DNA testing on a stained bandana that was found on an abandoned construction site approximately 100 yards from the crime scene… On June 20, 2011, a testing laboratory issued a report finding that the bandana contained the DNA of a man other than Michael, along with Christine's blood and hair. The male DNA was put though the national DNA database and has been linked to a convicted offender.
Why did it take so long? Texas District Attorney John Bradley blocked the introduction of DNA evidence. Worse, it now appears that other evidence was suppressed. Exculpatory evidence that pointed toward a third-party intruder. It seems that the prosecution had already made up its mind that Michael Morton had beaten his wife to death because she refused to have sex with him on his 32nd birthday.
Ok, not as bad as the "witch" accusations and "sex-starved-she-devil" tag that Italian prosecutor Giuliano Mignini put on Amanda Knox, but… That pesky DNA turned up there, too, didn't it?
More interesting to this crime writer, though, is what such old, old, old evidence does to the prosecution of the criminal case. As Brandi Grissom, writing for The Texas Tribune, notes in her spot-on coverage of the Morton case, "Key witnesses may have moved or died, documents could have disappeared, and evidence-collection standards are now much stricter."
The new defendant's lawyer, Russell Hunt, Jr. — who has the task of defending his client against a 25-year-old crime — concurs, saying: "People change over time. People's memories change over time… Physical evidence gets moved. Physical evidence is stored in different ways."
It won't be a slam dunk. But it should have been. Should have been, except for cops and prosecutors making up their minds and putting blinders on to prevent any doubt from creeping in. Stop it, already.


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Midwifery Today, Issue 106, Summer 2013
Theme: Breech Birth
Cover photo by Emily Robinson
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As UK midwife Jane Evans says, breech birth is unusual, but it is not abnormal. For many mothers, a breech baby automatically means a cesarean. What has happened to cause vaginal breech birth to be a disappearing phenomenon? In this issue of Midwifery Today, readers will be educated on breech skills, such as how to resolve obstructed breech birth by Gail Tully. Seven mothers share their own experiences in a special section dedicated to breech birth stories. Along with more breech information from experts like Michel Odent and Cornelia Enning, prenatal nutrition and the important topic of microbes will be discussed. Enjoy!
Poetry: Welcoming an Inuit Child
The editor-in-chief of Midwifery Today magazine shares a few of her experiences with breech births and what she learned from them.
Marion's Message: Studying Neonatal Mortality
"For a midwife to study a baby's death, to go over the pregnancy and labor in detail is, I believe, a healthy practice."
More departments: Networking, Tricks of the Trade, Media Reviews, News, Classified Advertising, Calendar, Photo Album, Cards & Letters
First Twin: Breech
Gail Tully, known for her work with Spinning Babies' workshops, teaches us lessons on breech via a twin birth story.
An Introduction to Waterbreech
German midwife Cornelia Enning shares why for more than 30 years she has assisted breech births exclusively in water.
The Disappearing Art (but Increasing Prevalence) of Breech Birth
With experience in more than 6000 births, midwife Diane Goslin shares why the incidence of breech babies has been increasing over the years. Goslin then goes on to tell a couple of breech birth stories that illustrate how to handle breech complications.
Babies Are Born Where They Are Born: A Conversation with a Midwife about Not Handing Babies to Their Mothers
A wonderful argument about the importance of not disrupting the first moments after birth, but allowing the mother to meet her new baby in her own way and on her own time.
Breech Birth: Abnormal or Unusual?
"Babies, whatever their position, are guided by the internal structures, bones, muscles and ligaments of the mother's pelvis, along with the movements both mother and baby make, working as a dyad from life in the womb to life in the outside world. These positions (ROA or OP) are unusual, not abnormal for birth and all are possible, though not necessarily optimal."
Breech Presentation at Term: Beyond the Dominant Strategies
French obstetrician and natural childbirth advocate Michel Odent shares the importance of concepts, such as planned in-labor cesareans and the fetus ejection reflex, in regard to breech birth.
A Journey to Health during a Twin Pregnancy
What seems to be a precariously unhealthy start to pregnancy ends happily thanks to the dedication to health by a pregnant mother and her midwife.
Identifying and Resolving Obstructed Breech Birth: When to Touch and When to Be Hands-free
An educational article that not only covers the signs of obstructed breech birth, but also teaches the skills that best deal with resolving the situation.
The Breech Index Scoring System
This article gives midwives a practical way of determining the feasibility of attempting a breech delivery.
The Birthing of a Midwife
A powerful account of how one woman found her way into midwifery.
Breech Birth in a Taxi
Set in the Philippines, this is an exciting story of a breech birth under not-so-ideal circumstances.
Breeching Protocol
A mother tells the story of how she gave birth to her breech baby in a hospital.
Surprise Breech from a Mother's Perspective
Though not quite the kind of birth she had envisioned, author and mother Leah Laben shares what she learned from her son's surprise breech birth.
VBAC Breech Hospital Birth: The Story of Ezra
Moments before a cesarean is to be performed, a mother is given the opportunity to push her breech baby out vaginally.
'Never in My Wildest Dreams': A Vaginal Breech Homebirth
An unexpected breech presentation ends with a fairly quick labor and empowering homebirth.
The Best Dream Ever: Otto's Breech Birth
An enjoyable story of a family's amazement at the beauty of an unexpected breech homebirth.
A Surprise Breech at Home
A mother tells the story of her son's unexpected breech birth at home.
The National Birth Center Study II: Research Confirms Low Cesarean Rates and Health Care Costs at Birth Centers
A new study shows the health and financial benefits of using a birth center as opposed to giving birth in a hospital.
The Microbiota Battle
"Without a doubt our arsenal of antibiotics has saved many lives, but with very limited understanding of our declared enemy, which is the vast pool of microbiotic life, are we creating terrible and dangerous beasts?"
Doulas: Action vs. Activism
Author and Ob/Gyn Ricardo Herbert Jones discusses the doula situation in Brazil and his hopes of balancing political activism with thoughtful and appropriate childbirth assistance.
The Latest Research on Preconception and Prenatal Nutrition
With plenty of research to back-up her claims, author Cohain provides a thoughtful look into the importance of exceptional prenatal care that centers on nutrition.
Protecting the Sisterhood: Thoughts from Midwifery Today's Human Rights in Childbirth Summit, April 2, 2013
An attendee of the recent Midwifery Today conference in Eugene, Oregon, Valeii shares her thoughts on the current situation in midwifery regarding the persecution many midwives face.
Gentle Methods to Prevent and Turn a Breech Baby
Two traditional Chinese medicine practitioners are interviewed in this insightful article that provides a gentle option for mothers carrying breech babies.
Daisy C.H.A.I.N. Creating Healthy Alliances In New-Mothering
An organization that offers free breastfeeding and doula services shares how they organize their business and their philosophy behind it.
Family-attended Birth
Birth is an amazing event to witness—even for a teenage brother.


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You've seen Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas and all the other holiday standards that fill your head with pipe dreams of the perfect Christmas. Sorry to break it to you, but that magical Christmas ain't happening. Let us paint a more accurate picture of what you can expect come December 25th. Good luck with the relatives…
You've probably got thoughts of wonderful gadgets like floofloovers, whohoopers and iPhones in your head.
If you're depending on Santa, you most likely won't get any of that.
Sorry, the truth hurts.
It's best not to float all your wishes and dreams on a guy in a fake beard at the mall.
Shopping for loved ones is going to have it's rough spots.
The Christmas spirit is generally vacant on the roadways.
And folks in the stores may not always offer a joyful hello.
Plus, shopping can be rather exhausting and leave you feeling like this…
As draining as the holidays may seem, remember there's somebody out there who's got it worse than you.
And your relatives will soon be coming by for a visit. Better get ready.
If you're lucky you won't have to see them again until next November.
…Or their annoying offspring.
Still, they WILL expect you to impress them with a full-blown Christmas.
Did we mention their kids are probably going to annoy the crap out of you?
But that's what holiday hooch is for.
Drink enough and you won't even notice that dry turkey.
Just shovel more food in your face and you won't even half to make awkward conversation with your strange 2nd cousin.
And try to avoid getting stuck at the kids' table.
The holidays can often be a anxious and painful experience.
Just remember that you're not alone in the Christmas suffering.
Maybe you'll even get lucky and actually get what you asked for this year.
But probably not.
Put on your grown-up pants…
And wish your loved ones a happy New Year as you bid them farewell.


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i'm officially on the westbrook bandwagon. i like what i'm reading.
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i'm officially on the westbrook bandwagon. i like what i'm reading.
I completely agree. Westbrook is exactly what we need and we could turn the corner as a team with a player of his abilities. I like Augustin but there's no question that defense is our biggest weakness. In either case, we have to take a point guard without a doubt.
I'm really torn on the idea of drafting Westbrook. He could be a steal or a complete dud.
1) He does not have the size to be a great defender at the 2 guard, IMO. While he will be able to bother some guys with his quickness, others will abuse him with thier strength advatage. Seems to me that if he is going to be worth the 11th pick, he has got to be able to play PG. He does intrigue me as a PG prospect, and could be a Rajon Rondo type lead guard. But I haven't seen him enough to feel comfortable with us taking him.
2) He has not played enough point guard to be able to tell if he can play it at the NBA level. PG is one position where there is a huge leap from NCAA to NBA. The draft camps and workouts will go along way to help make the determination, but it's still a complete guessing game.
3) If he can't play either position effectively, you cannot have him on the floor. Therefor, his defensive abilities are a complete waste. An example of this is Greg Buckner, who is a tenacious defender. But he does not have the size or skillset to play either position well enough to be a major contributor. And whatever team he is on can't play him down the stretch of important games because of his glaring weaknesses, when his defensive abilities are needed most.
I agree that if he can play the point effectively, he fills some glaring weaknesses we have very well. I hope he's there so we have the choice. But if he looks like he needs a lot of work to be able to play the point, I would rather us take Deandre Jordan and put the time in development into him.
Wow. I think Westbrook can be a good player, but I certainly don't see him being a star. Not even close.
It's a sign of a bad draft when everyone is talking about trading down.
Come to the Dark Side -- There's cookies!
Hey, if he drops to 11 I'll be thrilled. Basically somebody has to drop. I just hope it's not Augustin.
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I see Westbrook, at worst, as finding his niche being a defensive stopper. Hopefully he develops some kind of consistent jumper and becomes a great perimeter player on offense as well.
westbrook has the physical abilities to be a legit all-star. few pg's in the league would have his size and athletic ability. the minute he's drafted, he's already an above average defender at the point position. he literally shut down guys like mayo and bayless all season long. all he needs to do is develop pg instincts and a jump shot. everything i have read says he is a gym rat, which tells me that that development is possible.
augustin is a nice player, but he's not a starting pg on a contending team. he's a rich man's jameer nelson. pg's like arenas, billups, williams, etc would eat him for lunch.
i'm willing to take the risk on westbrook. at worst he's a defensive stopper off the bench.
No small feat.
Nobody's worried about his defense at the 1 spot, or even his ability to score on opposing PGs. We need more than that from a point man, though. You don't learn to run a team by working out in a gym.
Not saying he can't (and I'd be glad to draft him) but it's not a sure thing.
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Augustin at #6? Really?
And I still say we need to trade into a late first and nab Chalmers, even if we take Augustin/Westbrook at #11. In fact, especially if we take Westbrook, because he's more of a SG anyway.
I'd be fairly happy if we could get Westbrook.
the pacers really need to try to steal that #13 from portland...foster for pryz + #13?
EDIT: or maybe some sort of deal involving jo and that #13 pick being the key...i'd be less inclined to want granger gone if we could somehow acquire a solid pick without giving him up...
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Lopez is slipping a lot. He was projected to go around 3 a few months ago. I hope he keeps dropping, I would rather have him than a PG
You know i'm not a fan of most of the bigs in this draft but if we take one we might as take that French big. Trade for a later pick maybe.
I never seen him play but there are just so many question marks surronding most these bigs this french big man sounds as good as any of em.
I've stuck up for Westbrook other than the non-PG thing, but at the same time I don't see it as a HR pick. I'd be far more thrilled with Love and his game smarts. It's just that I do see the athletic ability in Westbrook and think that part is legit.
However I think he might have the impact of an Augman perhaps, though it's Weaver who reminds me most of SA in terms of body type and playing style.
Not necessarily at 11, but the guys I most want to be Pacers after watching them play at least a couple of games, in order:
Love, Mayo, Rush, Chalmers, Arthur, Weaver, Lee, Westbrook, Walker
Rose and Beas I didn't even bother naming, and I almost left Mayo off too. EJ and Lopez I'd be fine with at 11 but I wouldn't trade up to go get them. There are some other potentially talented guys out there but most of them didn't grab me as someone I really want on the team (or don't want for that matter, more like meh).
Some guys on my list I like more specifically because I think the Pacers could get them with their 2nd pick or trading back into round 1/up from their 2nd pick.
You want highlights try this instead of 'brook dunking on a guy that should have had the charge taken.
Love, taking it out of the net on a make, 2 hand chest pass instant fastbreak. You don't need to run to be part of a running game...
BTW, he did this EVERY game I saw him play.
Everytime I see Russell Westbrook -I see Fred Jones -- sorry that doesn't thrill me at all.
yup, that's about how westbrook scored half of his baskets...only if love were a 7 footer. no question he'd be the #1 pick in the draft and would probably go down as an all-time great. 6'8 1/2" without shoes does scare me. again, if i HAD to chose between love, westbrook, and augustin at #11, i'd take love. if we came out of this draft with love, walker, and lawson, i'd be happy...
One more, Weaver pulls a Prince and runs down Westbrook. Weaver plays a little wing point and is a monster defender, and can be had in the late first or maybe even early 2nd. He's also got a really solid family situation and work ethic that puts him in line with Augustin somewhat. Wingspan is probably an issue, as is consistent offense, but he does give you a lot of what you want from Westbrook for a lot cheaper.
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As I keep saying, Love scores from below the shoulders already, he pushes off, steps away or just gets things up quick. This is why I compare him to McHale. Watch the YouTube of Love's output vs Oregon and compare to the McHale footage ESPN Classic is running for the BOS/LAL series.6'8 1/2" without shoes does scare me
It's very similar in a "he got stats doing it THAT way" style. He didn't use height or speed at UCLA to have success, so it doesn't bother me that he won't have those to lean on in the NBA either.
I actually worry more when I see the Westbrook leaner dunk on a guy almost taking a charge because at the next level I don't think he gets that play. However I think Westbrook is great in the loose ball/improv situations so I still like him.
naptown - but do you really believe that style can translate to the nba? i'm not sure i can name you one successful big man with love's size, body type, and athleticism in the nba right now...he could be THE exception, but it'd definitely be a risk hoping he is.
i still don't understand the infatuation with westbrook. it seems those who watched him extensively at ucla, are a little down on him. those going by the scouting reports and camp results are obsessed with him.
He is big, athletic, capable of defending, hard worker, coachable, teamplayer, etc. He is a fairly safe pick. Compared to the bigs like McGee, Jordan they have some serious question marks. There is really no safe big man to take in this draft aside from Michael Beasley.
I'm not someone who is obsessed with Westbrook by any means. But I do like him as a prospect. I also don't expect him to be a top player. I always like to think of him to be similar to Antonio Daniels.
If Pacers want a home run type of pick they better move up to get Eric Gordon or look at DJ Augistin (better chance of being a star than Westbrook IMO) or look at maybe Donte Greene or one of the big guys.
Westbrook, IMO, is a safe pick.
That would be great... not sure it will happen, but the dude is dropping. Not a flashy pick, but more than solid at #11.
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but yes, really any time you have a hard worker like westbrook they are ultimately safe picks and tend to improve through the years. this is the reason i like joe alexander so much. the pacers need the fire and intensity they've lacked since ron was here. if we do indeed draft westbrook, hopefully he can bring that. for that same reason, i don't like ej. ej just has never been disciplined off the court, almost never shows any sort of fire (typical of most indiana high schoolers), and just doesn't have that great of a work ethic.
i crave for that competitve spirit in players. guys who i've seen with the passion and work ethic you speak of imo are (in order): oj mayo, joe alexander, russell westbrook, derrick rose, anthony randolph, kevin love, jerryd bayless and then the drop off...
i'd say you are correct about the bigs. the bigs in this draft have potential, but there really is no safe pick there. the safest bigs would probably be jason thompson and joey dorsey ("safe" lol) based on where they're likely to be drafted and their potential roles on the teams who draft them.
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Downey said it would be easier to surge equipment than to restart a terminated program. "You've been building a widget for 100 years," he said, by way of example. "You have institutional knowledge and memory on it; you have people qualified for it; you have factories and equipment to do it. It's a pretty big and expensive proposition, and all of a sudden the Pentagon says, 'Starting now, we're going to taper off until we're not doing this widget anymore.' The first impact would be industry would lay off or fire the people who do that. The facilities where it's done would become excess. [Companies] would probably either convert those [facilities] to other uses or divest them altogether, and all of the tooling that went into it would either be warehoused or sold off."
The concept of reversibility will likely continue to raise troubling questions. "It's not clear to me that we understand all of the single points of failure," Downey said. "For example, would it mean that a supplier of a particular material would go out of business entirely? If that were the only provider, there would be no source. I don't know that we understand what all of those impacts are at this point."
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Fred Downey is right. If faced with a significant threat, no meaningful supply "surge" will be possible in a defense industry restructured by $487 billion in cuts. A crisis can reach globally dangerous levels in a matter of days. Restarting a mothballed defense industry will take years.
Despite his claims to the contrary, President Obama is about to make the same strategic mistake so many of his predecessors have made by calling it a day and drastically shrinking US military resources and capability.
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