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Harden would have been an incredible pick up for the Pacers
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Harden would have been an incredible pick up for the Pacers
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When you compare Paul and Harden at age 22, Paul this year vs Harden last year, you have Harden shooting a better 2P% and drawing more fouls (coming off the bench with Durant/W'brook as teammates) but rebounding less, blocking less and getting about the same steals.
Harden was moved to the primary guy when he went to Houston and his FG% dropped from the 49% level to 43%, and that 43% is in line with his 1st and 2nd seasons which makes the 49 the anomoly so far. Add to this a noticeable drop in 3P% with it falling to 34.5%. So while he's finally gotten to a 25 ppg season with Houston (so far), it's come at a usage cost. This is not to say Harden is not a good #1 option, it's just that if you trade Paul for Harden you have to expect a SITUATION IMPACT to Harden's numbers just like you see happening with his move to Houston.
So you won't be getting "off the bench with Durant and W'Brook as primary threats" Harden. I love BAMF and Hill, but they aren't the threats that those 2 are. So when I see Paul starting to have his offense really click, matched with already decent early career numbers, I think that we have a similar level of talent guy here already and swapping him + another item of value for Harden is just a bad deal.
Harden's p36 Points/eFG%
15.6 / 48.4
16.4 / 51.8
19.3 / 58.2
23.1 / 49.1
Paul's p36 Points/eFG%
13.5 / 50.5
14.7 / 51.0
16.5 / 49.8
And by the way, since the 0 points game Paul has put up these numbers
24.4 ppg
59.6% eFG
7.6 Reb
3.8 Ast
Based on how he played last night, using his cross step to drive to the rim with confidence, I'd say that Paul has had a "click" moment and is starting to figure out who he is in the NBA. That would match the type of improvement we saw Harden take last year, but in a 6th man role that was more favorable to quality shots.
Sort of, but as my last post details, I don't see these guys as different enough to pay a price for a trade. Harden has been a more confident scorer in general, but Paul's height and hops give him a big rebound and defense advantage. Harden's sharp, but he and Paul are about the same age so both are really the same guy in the "win now" mode, which is the younger guy just getting his feet wet at the start of the team's run. He's the guy that becomes the "build with him" guy, a bit like Rose was in 98.
Harden is not Nash, he's not the proven win-now leader, he's been the proven win-now bench star.
Trading Paul for Harden would seem like paper shuffling to me, slight tweeks that improve offensive firepower a bit with a trade-off of slight defense and rebounds. The Pacers don't need that, not with Granger here. What they need is Granger himself. Then Paul/Harden isn't in the primary scoring role.
In fact if Roy would figure things out and with West and Hill already here, the Paul/Harden role teeters on 5th option status, and prior to this fall that's where things appeared to be. Even now I think we've seen West and Hill assert themselves as the go-to guys with Paul backfilling and finding his way. It's only in the last 5 games that we've finally started to see Paul becoming a true dribble-attack scorer with effectiveness.
Harden for Granger, sure. That's adjusting positions to get Paul to SF, getting younger and getting healthy. But no one would do that deal, so you'd have to pay and you'd probably have to pay "West" kinda value. So you start getting pushed back into "maybe we should just wait for Danny to return" because it's kinda expensive to buy your way out of a 3 month injury (unless it's surprisingly much worse).
Sure he woud have been. But not for Paul George. Seth has it right in his numbers evaluation. PG on Oklahoma would have made it unfair to the rest of league defensively. Yikes.
Agree with all of that. While I'm probably guilty of simply stirring the pot more than anything, I still think that right now, Harden is a better individual player. George is a better fit for our team, and has a chance to be one of the top 10 players in the NBA. I don't think Harden has that kind of upside. He's a top 10 scorer already, but he'll likely never be a top 10 player.
First we have people claiming Hibbert is as good as Marc Gasol... now we have people saying Paul is as good as Harden. C'mon guys, I know its a Pacers board so we're gonna have bias, but let's try to make it at least sorta feasible. A team with Gasol and Harden is not struggling to be .500 playing our super weak schedule.
That is what I think and I would have made that deal and made sure that Harden was going to resign.... I don't think the Pacers could stomach an $80 contract but that is the only way for them to get a superstar. They aren't available that often..... ...
And Neither will PG..... ...
I would make that deal, just to get Harden...... ...
Sorry, but it is pretty evident you don't actually watch the Grizzlies play. They have a dominant rebounding team and Gasol is a big part of that. There are only so many rebounds to get between Gay grabbing 6.5, Marc grabbing 7, and Zbo getting 13. He is a much better rebounder than Hibbert, shoots 10-15% better from the floor, and plays solid defense. It isn't close. There's a reason the Grizz are 14-5 playing in the much tougher West, were competitive without Zbo 2 years ago and competitive without Gay last year. Marc is a boss.
Harden is crushing his first chance at starter, I'm really not sure how much more you can ask of a guy averaging nearly 25/5/5.
Personally I would keep PG. PG is a better rebounder, passer and much better defender. Sure Harden might be a better scorer, but theres more to basketball than just scoring. Either way, PG seems to be scoring well the past few games also
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
Paul George has many things going for him. Great defender, dominant rebounder by position. A above average passing game is not one of them. Harden is 10 times the ball handler and passer that PG is, and it hurts your credibility to suggest otherwise. Paul George is a very nice player. There is no shame in being worse than a player putting up 25/5/5.
Btw, for a guy who's "10 times the ball handler and passer that PG is," while Harden is averaging 1.9 APG more, he also turns it over 1.8 more times per game more. For a team that scores 13 points more per game than us, so there's more assists to go around. So while I agree that Harden is better, it's not by as significant margin as you seem to be saying.
Above average league wide, or above average for a starting 2 guard I guess is the question there. He's probably average for a starting 3, he's below average if he gets shifted back to 2 by Granger. We'll have to see how that develops. 3.5 assists for 2.5 turnovers is certainly not the numbers you'd look for to define a good passer, and I've watched pretty much all of our games, our team ball movement is bad and PG is a part of that.
But he makes good passes and his decision making has gotten a lot better over the season as he's adjusted to having the ball in his hands more often. I think he's an above average passer for a wing in general, but only slightly.
My real point was that Harden isn't as good as you're saying, I believe our views on George are a bit closer. Harden's got 5.4 APG and 4.2 TOPG, so he's not exactly efficient. He just has the ball a lot, and he's looking to score first.
I'd take Harden for any player on this team. Bonafide superstar, #1 option, super quick, and not to mention crafty playmaker.
Also, harping on a guy's TO/game doesn't say much when Harden didn't even have a training camp with Houston, he literally showed up and played the afternoon he was traded.
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I don't know what Paul's usage rate is the past 5 games, but he has been shooting it at about the same rate as Harden for the season while averaging 1.8 TOs and 3.8 ASTs on well over 50% shooting, and averaging about the same amount of points. All the while being one of the top defenders at his position. It is only 5 games though, could easily just be an anomaly (I don't think anyone should expect Paul's shooting % to stay above 50%), although if it isn't George would already be a clearly better player than Harden.
Are you sure you aren't overreacting a bit? And a bit off-topic as well; I never said PG was better than Harden or even as good as Harden. In fact, in the paragraph you cut off, my opening sentence asserts that Harden is the better playmaker. You're arguing against me saying that Harden isn't 10 times a better ball handler and passer than Paul George. Which he isn't. I happened to use rudimentary assist and turnover stats because they show that Harden has flaws in the area just the same as Paul George.
And I think anybody who turns the ball over 4 times a game deserves to be harped on for such. Houston leads the league in turnovers, so let's not pretend that the turnovers there are solely a cause of a lack of training camp time for him. We're 20 games into the season, if he was going to lower his TOs this season drastically with familiarity he would have done so.
Also, his usage rate isn't really that much higher. It's 28.3 for Harden compared to 22.7 for Paul George.
I don't get what you're saying about being competitve without Gay last year. Rudy played (and started) in 65 games last season according to basketball reference (http://www.basketball-reference.com/...g/gayru01.html). It was ZBO that was out for the year and played only 28 games (started at 8 of them).
Yes, Memphis was good without ZBO and is now even better with him. But they had decent big man depth last year that was able to replace him (Speights, Cunningham).
I'm guessing that you're letting Hibbert's performance this year to cloud your judgement over his career numbers?
Roy's worse shooting year was 46.1%. At the moment, he is shooting 37.5%. That's almost 9% lower than his career low. It's a statistical outlier so far. I expect it to change and normalize at mid 40s (44-45%).
Roy Hibbert: 11.0 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 1.7 BPG, 1.6 APG, 0.4 SPG. Also, 1.7 Turnovers and 3.2 Personal Fouls. In 24.7 MPG.
Marc Gasol: 13.2 PPG, 8 RPG, 1.5 BPG, 2.5 APG, 0.9 SPG. Also, 1.9 Turnovers and 3.3 Personal Fouls. In 33.7 MPG.
Marc has the advantage in every statistical category except for blocks. But he also plays 9 minutes more than Hibs. Should we take a look at their per 36 numbers and compare how they do when they get equal minutes?
Per 36 career numbers:
Roy Hibbert: 16.1 PPG, 9.5 RPG, 2.5 BPG, 2.3 APG, 0.6 SPG. Also, 2.6 Turnovers and 4.3 Personal Fouls.
Marc Gasol: 14.2 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 1.6 BPG, 2.7 APG, 0.9 SPG. Also, 2.0 Turnovers and 3.5 Personal Fouls.
This time Hibbert has the upper hand in every statistical category except assists and steals. However, he is also proved more turnover prone and more foul prone in higher usage. But he's still scoring, rebounding and blocking in higher volumes according to those numbers.
I'm sure that few people are going to cringe in the usage of per 36 stats for Hibs as he doesn't play big minutes often (and has been cited to have asthma issues that could prevent him from playing big minutes).
But that really is the only way to compare the two players in equal footing. Hibbert had to fight for his minutes here. He played 14.4 MPG in his rookie season and 25.1 in his second season. Marc didn't have to fight for his minutes. He played 30.7 MPG in his rookie season and 35.8 in his second season.
Do you ask why? Well, simply put the Grizzlies had to play Marc. He was the most important asset that they received for Pau Gasol and thus he had to get major playing time. And it worked out great for them as Marc seems as the better Gasol at the moment. On the other hand, we didn't have to play Roy and we didn't. Therefore, a per 36 comparison is probably the fairest.
Per 36, Paul George is averaging 2.7 APG and Harden is averaging 3.5 APG.
Those numbers prove Harden as a better playmaker and passer than PG. But the difference between the two is not as big as you seem to think. It certainly isn't "10 times better".
So Nuntius... you want to use THIS year's numbers for rebounding, but CAREER number's for offensive production? Could you be anymore disingenuous? I mean, that's fine, cherry pick all day, but don't expect me to not roll my eyes and ignore you afterword. Per 36 numbers are pointless, Roy has shown he is not able to be on the floor that much. He simply doesn't have the conditioning. That's a valuable point, because a team wants their best players on the floor as much as possible in must win situations. Game 7 Marc can give you 40 quality minutes. Roy can only give you 32. This is a legitimate knock on him.
The season is a quarter over, Hibbert is shooting 38%. A quarter season is not a slump. A quarter season is, "this is the player we have now."
Memphis has played the 8th most difficult schedule. The Pacers have played the 29th most difficult schedule. They are 14-5 beating playoff teams, we are 11-11 beating bottom feeders. That's reality.
I got my years backwards on Zbo and Gay, Gay only played 54 games 2 years ago, either way, they've missed him 40+ games in 2 years and been good anyway. Point stands.
Even if Gasol has a relative low average rebounds per game,he compensates that by being 4 and 5 times better than Hibbert on offense this year.The stats may not show that completely but it only takes once or twice to watch them this year to see the difference.Roy i think is better at D and more dominant but i would gladly have Gasol over Roy.Don't foget though it's only a 22 game slump.He is coming out of it any time now...It's ironic saying it(coming out of the slump) but i would give everything to actually see it.His latest offensive performance against Cleveland was almost despicable.
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DH is the chef in the house, so he's the one making sure I have plenty of steak & eggs! He did ask that I stop calling his veggies "rabbit food". I guess I was being a bit mean...
Originally posted by cori93437 View PostI love it when 20yr olds come on MDA and are all... but I eat wheat products and feel fine!
Yeah. I did too... and then I woke up one day with an incurable autoimmune disease and no one told me that it was autoimmune because this was 15 years ago, and it's a rare disease that doesn't get much funding, and they hadn't even done that research yet... so 12 years later I got another autoimmune disease from continuing to abuse my body with wheat.
And I'm not that rare a case... it's getting more and more prevalent every year. All the fibros and lupus, and more really young people getting diagnosed. And doctors are not telling patients to change their diets to reduce their symptoms.
Meh. /end rant
I'd like to have a talk with those young pups in a couple of decades about how "fine" they are feeling.
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DH is the chef in the house, so he's the one making sure I have plenty of steak & eggs! He did ask that I stop calling his veggies "rabbit food". I guess I was being a bit mean...
This is Perter at Hyperlipid's take on rabbit food: Hyperlipid: Fruit and vegetables
Originally posted by cori93437 View Post
I love it when 20yr olds come on MDA and are all... but I eat wheat products and feel fine!
Yeah. I did too... and then I woke up one day with an incurable autoimmune disease and no one told me that it was autoimmune because this was 15 years ago, and it's a rare disease that doesn't get much funding, and they hadn't even done that research yet... so 12 years later I got another autoimmune disease from continuing to abuse my body with wheat.
And I'm not that rare a case... it's getting more and more prevalent every year. All the fibros and lupus, and more really young people getting diagnosed. And doctors are not telling patients to change their diets to reduce their symptoms.
Meh. /end rant
Have a nice July everybody. We are off early tomorrow morning. Going wild and unplugged.
Bon voyage! Keep those heels in the air - um... I mean have a great time."Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it." - St. Augustine
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Originally posted by Sabine View PostWhoa! Is Paleobird going to be gone for a MONTH? That's some camping trip.
Well, I guess it's time to come out of lurking mode and admit that I've been home for a few days now. I just haven't felt like posting. I'm in rather a funk. Perhaps writing about it here will help me get past it.
The GMan and I broke up. Came home earlier than planned even.
Some deep background on Gene (Gman). He was born with a facial deformity that was really awful but was never corrected until he saved up the money to have it done sometime in his mid 30s. When you looked at him in profile, he basically had no chin with a severe overbite and massively snaggly teeth. This was a face that would scare a lady walking on the street alone. The flinch response would be instinctive.
So the face he has today is completely sculpted by plastic surgery. They relocated his whole jawbone down and forward by cutting through the mandible on both sides and then reattaching it with wires. He had a bone graft taken from his hip to create his nice square chin. Then he had some extensive cosmetic dentistry to get his teeth in line. So now he has a perfectly normal face. That must have been an incredibly painful process. (He showed me the before and after pics. Not even recognizable as the same person.)
Then all of a sudden, people started treating him differently. He was addressed as "sir" and went from being an auto mechanic to getting a job as an investigator with the state of California looking into fraudulent auto repair shops, places that overcharge or try to sell you all kinds of work you really don't need. Suddenly he was a respected gentleman wearing a shirt and tie to work.
He spent the first half of his life being a social outcast, shunned by the cruelties of school kids I'm sure. There were four kids in his family and then his Dad died when he was 15 basically leaving him to negotiate being a teenager with that face all alone since his mother was a bit overwhelmed. He never went to college because, with his Dad gone, there just wasn't money for that. He found the one place he felt comfortable (under the hood of a car) and hid out there from the world.
So, inside this caring, kind, gentleman I thought I knew, there was still a hurt, shunned, angry young man with the freak show face.
Gene would joke around about having an alter ego named Jake and I thought this was all in good fun like telling me about an imaginary childhood friend. He would say that Gene is the responsible practical upstanding citizen and that Jake is the devil-may-care risk-taking rake in him. Haha, right?
Well, on this trip I think I met Jake and he wasn't a very nice person. I know that true cases of multiple personality disorder are really quite rare, more infrequent than popular fiction would have us think but I really do think that this is one of those rare cases. I think Jake is the angry hurt young man inside him. Gene is the carefully constructed outer layer personality that goes with his new face.
What I think flipped the switch between the two was his perception that he was being criticized. Some of this had some basis in fact and some was just completely delusional. Yes, we had a few discussions about Primal vs. SAD eating but, instead of it being a difference of opinion and agreeing to disagree, he felt personally criticized.
Then there is the loony stuff. He had been jokingly telling me that he needed to have therapy to get over so many years of having been a wage slave and asking me to "give him lessons" in the fine art of being retired. So, joking along, I said that the advanced lesson in retirement was to learn to go without a watch or calendar and realize that you can sleep, eat, wake up, when you feel like doing so. All good fun, right? No, he took it as me telling him what to do and, by extension, insulting his whole retirement strategy which is managing several rental properties. Huh?
I don't care if he wears a watch or not. It was a joke!!!!!!!!
And then he was upset saying that I told him not to listen to the radio. That one is just completely made up. We never even had a conversation about that subject so how could I tell him what to do?
But, every time he felt one of these real or imaginary insults, he didn't say anything. He smiled and kept it inside festering until one day it all broke loose in a torrent. And Jake came out.
Now, Gene is a very self effacing soft spoken guy whose idea of swearing is saying "darn". Jake yells, curses a blue streak, pounds his fist on the center console between our seats in the truck, and calls me every insulting thing he can think of. Most of the insults were directed at my intelligence, education, and money, things like calling me a "stupid rich bitch who thinks she such a great scholar but never would have made it without Daddy's money". Sounds like the insecure young man who never got to go to college lashing out against someone who has been more fortunate. Pissed at the world.
Back when we were together five years ago, I never once saw this side of him. But then for a great deal of the time we were together, I was a mess with having cancer operations, chemo, etc. He got to be my strong shoulder to cry on and general knight in shining armor. He was nothing but gentle and sweet and kind through the whole thing.
Now here I am five years later, fit and trim, confident and opinionated. That is a threat. A bald fat lady on chemo is not going to leave you, she needs you.
So there we were at this gorgeous little alpine lake just north of Bryce canyon Utah. I thought we were having a grand time. Boat rides around the lake, scooter rides on the trails, hikes in the hills. And we had found a campsite that had this magnificent view of the lake and nobody around. I had no clue that anything was brewing and festering. I thought everything was hunky dory.
Then one evening we ran out of propane. His first thought was that he wouldn't be able to have his coffee in the morning, a ritual which is near and dear to him. I never have really understood that as he says he is allergic to coffee and that it keeps him from sleeping yet he drinks that chicory instant stuff along with a caffeine pill in the mornings.
Anyway, we came to the conclusion that we could do one of two things in the morning, detach the camper from the truck (to save our perfect campsite from the July 4th crowds) and go down to the highway junction where there was a diner and have breakfast there and pick up some more propane. Or we could stay put and fire up the generator to make his "coffee" in the microwave. Not as peaceful as listening to the birds but a viable alternative.
So, morning comes and I asked him which plan he wanted to go with, diner or generator. There were some practical considerations in my mind like do I get dressed with real shoes or do I hang around in camp flip flops? All I did was ask this question. And proceeded to get my head chewed off about how I am alway criticizing him, on and on and on.
He said we should pack up and go as he was no longer able to enjoy anything. I advocated in favor of staying put and talking it through but no, his mind was made up. So we packed up and set off.
All the yelling swearing and haranguing happened along the way. At one point I told him that I thought he was delusional about seeing insults in things like the watch comment and making up the thing about me telling him not to listen to the radio. I probably shouldn't have used the word "delusional". His yelled reply was, "Oh yeah? You want to see just how delusional I can get?", as he deliberately swerved the truck in heavy traffic. It was just sheer luck that we didn't get in a wreck.
I was terrified. I'm just glad I got home safely in the end. It was like he was using the steering wheel as a weapon and threatening me with it. I just stopped saying anything at that point. Holy Shit!!!! This was when I was certain that I was dealing with Jake and not just a pissed off Gene. Gene would never do something so irresponsible and dangerous as that stunt. He also had a totally different tone of voice and diction. I didn't know that guy next to me at all.
Anyway, back safe and sound now and feeling a bit like I dodged a bullet. I feel very sorry for his inner torment but, out of pure self preservation, I can't be around that ever again. I would never be able to trust him again.
Even if I had been a total bitch on wheels and had relentlessly nagged him about everything, it still wouldn't justify the yelling, swearing and deliberately scaring me half to death.
So, I'm back. And single. Again. Ratfarts!
First of all, its great to see you back and posting! I know many people on the Forum missed you. Wow, very intense situation, I'm so sorry to hear things didn't work out. Sad to hear about this man's demons, but very glad to hear you are okay.
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Oh, damn. I'm so sorry. I know longer vacations can make or break a relationship, but that's just terrible. I'm glad you're back in one piece. xoxo"Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it." - St. Augustine
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Hey Paleobird,
I noticed that you hadn't been around! I'm so sorry to hear about the SO. I've known a few Dr.Jekyll-Mr.Hydes, and your insight is right: these people need weaker ones around to feed off, and to take their crap when they choose to dole it out. You're lucky that you decided to go on holidays together so soon, and saw his dark side before you got in too deep.
Hope you're doing ok! Breakups (even when they're for the best) split the world open a little bit, and make us question and doubt everything."I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.
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European Salad
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A delightful mix of fresh salad fixings topped with sauteed chicken and a light, yet flavorful raspberry vinaigrette.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4
Cups of Fruits & Vegetables per Serving: 1 3/4
12 oz chicken breast, pre-sliced
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 tsp olive oil
3 green onions, sliced
1 large yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
16 cherry tomatoes
1-10 oz package Dole European Blend Salad
whole grain croutons (about 8 per serving)
fresh ground pepper to taste
3/4 cup Dole frozen raspberries, thawed
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp cider vinegar
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1/4 tsp oregano
1/4 tsp black pepper
- Place all vinaigrette ingredients in a blender, blend until smooth and set aside. (Note: vinaigrette can be made ahead of time and refrigerated).
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Saute chicken until cooked thoroughly; remove from pan and let cool.
- Slice onions. Toss cut vegetables with Dole European Blend Salad.
- On individual serving plates, top salad with chicken and croutons, drizzle with dressing, and finish with fresh ground pepper, if desired.
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 240
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Total Fat: 9g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Dietary Fiber: 4g
- % of Calories from Fat: 34%
- Sodium: 450 mg
- Protein: 20g
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Recipe courtesy of the Dole Food Company.
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ECO 201 Introduction to Microeconomics and
ECO 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics or
ECO 315 Economics for Administration
Behavioral science course (psychology, sociology, etc.)
Coursework equivalent to the above may be accepted upon approval by the student's advisor.
College Core (21 Hrs.)
The College Core is required of all undergraduate College of Business and Management students. Students must earn a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 across all college core courses.
BUS 302 Principles of Financial Management 3 Hrs.
BUS 312 Principles of Marketing 3 Hrs.
BUS 322 Principles of Operations Management 3 Hrs.
BUS 331 Business and Society 3 Hrs.
MIS 352 Principles of Management Information Systems 3 Hrs.
MGT 310 Managing Organizational Behavior 3 Hrs.
MGT 488 Strategic Management: The Capstone 3 Hrs.*
*Prerequisites: All college core courses, and within 12 hours of graduation or during the student's last semester. A minimum grade of C (2.00) is required in MGT 488.
Major requirements (15 Hrs.)
To earn a B.A. in Management a student must:
-Complete at least 54 semester hours from a 4 year baccalaureate-granting institution;
-Complete at least 48 semester hours of upper-division (300-400 level) coursework;
-Complete at least one half of his or her business coursework (college core and major) at UIS and;
-Earn a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 across all courses required for the major.
Students enrolled prior to Fall 2009 may substitute an equivalent 3 hour management major course for a 4 hour management major course requirement by Student Petition. All Management majors must complete 15 credit hours of Management major credit hours to fulfill the major requirements.
Choose at least one of the following:
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MGT 485 International Management 3 Hrs.
Choose at least two of the following:
MGT 422 Negotiation 3 Hrs.
MGT 431 Human Resource Management 3 Hrs.
MGT 474 Leadership and Motivation 3 Hrs.
Choose one MGT Elective (300-400 level) 3 Hrs.
Choose one CBM Elective (300-400 level) 3 Hrs.
General Electives 11 Hrs.
Engaged Citizenship Common Experience (ECCE) 13 Hrs.
*Note: Freshmen and sophomore students should be aware that the internship in the Experiential and Service-Learning Programs (EXL) is classified as part of the Engagement Experience and the Elective categories in ECCE. If you wish to do an internship during your senior year, you should not fulfill either the Engagement or the Elective requirements with lower division ECCE courses. You should wait to enroll in 6 hours of EXL, which will then fulfill these requirements.
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Plumbing Tip: Why the Water Heater is Rumbling
Posted March 5, 2013
According to Boston plumber Basnett Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning, if you hear a rumbling sound coming from your water heater, there could be a few reasons for it. One reason that they cite is hard water scale. Another reason is a buildup of sediment. Both scale and sediment can cause the water heater to overheat. An excessive amount of cold water entering the water heater tank could also cause the rumbling sound.View original post.


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By T.W. Budig, ECM Capitol Reporter
A looming legislative deadline is getting a little mushy.
Saturday, April 28, Republican leaders backed off a self-imposed Monday (April 30) adjournment date for ending the 2012 legislative session.
"It's probably on the edge," said Senate Majority Leader David Senjem, R-Rochester, of lawmakers packing up and going home on Monday.
Currently, Republicans and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton have not yet reached agreement on a bonding bill or tax bill.
Although the Vikings stadium issue has been easily the most visible issue of the session, Republican leaders point to the tax bill — that's No. 1 in the Senate Republican Caucus, Senjem explained — and to a lesser degree the bonding bill as ahead of the stadium on the to-do list.
"That's all I hear," said Senjem of talk of the tax bill in Senate Republican Caucus.
Dayton urged Republicans to take action on the Vikings stadium — House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, R-Minneapolis, promised House DFL support for half of the votes to pass the bill as currently written.
But Republican leaders criticized Dayton and Democrats for holding a press conference and urging a stadium vote.
House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, styled the Democrats' stadium rhetoric "cheap politics."
Republicans accused Dayton of being unwilling to negotiate on the tax and bonding bills — clearly the governor's top priority is the Vikings' stadium, said House Majority Leader Matt Dean, R-Dellwood.
Zellers described the Republican tax bill as offering "a nice little buffet" of tax reforms items for the governor to consider.
Republicans are willing, he indicated, to include a Dayton tax provision in the bill providing tax credits for businesses hiring veterans — Dayton wanted the job creation tax cuts to also include newcomers to the job market.
A statewide business property tax cut is centerpiece of the Republican tax initiative.
"If we can get that we'll be feeling a lot better about the possibility of a stadium vote," said Senjem of striking a deal with Dayton on the tax bill.
Republicans leaders suggest that they could move their tax bill to respective House and Senate floors on Monday even without an agreement with Dayton.
Dayton Administration spokeswoman Katharine Tinucci dismissed the idea the governor is unwilling to negotiate.
"We all know the governor is engaged," said Tinucci, adding all the legislative leaders have each others phone numbers.
There's thousands of Minnesota jobs riding on the outcome of negotiations, she explained.
There should be a vote on the stadium, said Tinucci.
Democrats are willing to put up votes, and Republicans themselves have been talking about closing the session on Monday, she said.
But Zellers, like Senjem, indicated a willingness to go beyond the self-imposed Monday end of session.
Both House and Senate adjourned Saturday until Monday at noon.
Legally, lawmakers have a small kitty of remaining legislative days — constitutionally they have just so many — they can use up before being forced to permanently adjourn by the state constitution.
Senjem said that he would available on Sunday for budget talks, but indicated there was nothing at present scheduled.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — After winning the Sprint Unlimited Saturday night, Kevin Harvick used the platform to zing the media about its coverage of Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and their budding romance.
"How are we going to get Danica and Ricky on the front page now?" Harvick asked at the start of his post race winner's interview.
"I missed you guys the other day. All of you guys were busy being TMZ. Now you have to talk to me and I'm going to be a complete prick."
Patrick and Stenhouse have been in the spotlight since they announced last month that they are dating. They stole the spotlight during Media Day Thursday with both being bombarded with questions about their personal life and relationship.
Harvick also took a shot at Patrick. When a reporter made a crack about Patrick being fastest during practice Saturday, Harvick said, "I didn't see her in the race, so she must not have won any poles or races last year."
The Sprint Unlimited is for pole winners from the previous season. Patrick ran just 10 Sprint Cup races last year and did not win any poles.
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The Trinity
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This is a topic that has been talked about many times, " what if wwe brought back the cruiserweight division ?" and while some good points have been made at various different times there is probably no better time to pull the trigger and bring back the division. Its probably been just enough time that everyone has forgotten about Hornswoggle winning the belt and with the Network coming out
I was thinking to myself today wouldn't it be cool to see this feud or that feud in TNA. I though of a whole load of feud I would like to see. So I am going to list then for you today on this blog. Tell me which ones you like and some you would like to see.
Tag teams
OK so let's do this in divisions where better to start than the Tag Team division. I only thought of one
Every one makes these for WWE but I haven't seen any TNA one so here are the candidates....
Tag teams
Beer money, MCMG and 3D....why well they all have been the biggest tag teams in TNA except from maybe LAX or 3 live crew but whats the difference..the first three teams have had successful single carers (maybe not devon) and where as I think x Division success is not the limit for
Using the money right
They have to use there money and use it right, They should get sponsor's in I wouldn't mind if they had some advert's with there star's in them. They can go back to having some logo's in the ring of there sponsor's, also start using the backstage interview again and have the background have more logo's
Who to fire and hire
Ok well I,m away and have no internet connection so I can't post this on Saturday like I,m doing for all tna and wwe ppvs now but today will do. So This is my first of a series of blogs as I said I will post for both TNA and WWE. I will put Each match highlighted in bold then say my thoughts hopes and predictions,ok so lets start
Knockouts championship match winter vs mickie james vs madison


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Greensboro, N.C. -- Tanger Factory Outlet Centers and Peterson Companies announced that construction has commenced on Tanger Outlets National Harbor, located in the National Harbor, the Washington, D.C., area's premier waterfront resort destination.
Developed by Peterson Companies, National Harbor comprises 350 acres of prime real estate along the scenic Potomac River in Prince George's County, Md. Tanger Outlets National Harbor will feature approximately 80 leading brand name and designer outlet stores.
The new outlet center will be co-owned by Tanger Factory Outlet Centers and Peterson Companies and will be branded as Tanger Outlets National Harbor. Tanger and Peterson will each own a 50% interest in the project and will jointly provide site development and construction supervision services to the venture. Tanger Outlet Centers will provide management services, leasing and marketing to the joint venture.


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Recycled water: The council voted 4-2 to complete its study of the city's Recycled Water Delivery System. Because the approval requires five votes, the council then voted 4-2 to continue the discussion to April 8. Yes: Berman, Klein, Kniss, Price No: Holman, Scharff Absent: Burt, Schmid, Shepherd
Rainbow flag: The council authorized City Manager James Keene to fly the rainbow flag over City Hall and adopted a resolution signaling the city's opposition to Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Yes: Berman, Holman, Klein, Kniss, Price, Scharff Absent: Burt, Schmid, Shepherd
Utilities Advisory Commission (April 3)
Power purchases: The commission approved three power-purchase-agreement contracts with suppliers of photovoltaic energy. Yes: Cook, Foster, Hall, Melton Absent: Chang, Eglash, Waldfogel
PaloAltoGreen: The commission voted 4-0 to approve a staff proposal to redesign PaloAltoGreen to support a community solar program that would be implemented in January 2014. The commission also voted 3-1 to pursue a second PaloAltoGreen option centered on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from natural-gas usage. Yes: Cook, Foster, Hall No: Melton Absent: Chang, Eglash, Waldfogel
Fiber: The commission discussed the current and projected revenues in the city's Fiber Fund. Action: None
Architectural Review Board (April 4)
Ronald McDonald House: The board approved a proposed expansion of the Ronald McDonald House at 50 El Camino Real. The project would add 70 rooms to the facility. Yes: Lew, Malone, Popp, Prichard Absent: Lippert Recused: Alizadeh


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What a fitting way for the Columbus Blue Jackets to win their first game. Former Sabre Geoff Sanderson scored the winning goal against his former teammates when he was fed a perfect pass from yet another ex-Sabre, Jean Luc Grand-Pierre, who hit him charging in all alone in the Sabres zone. Sanderson had one thing on his mind, payback. That is exactly what he did when his shot somehow got through Biron\'s pads for a goal with 8:56 left in the game, to help the Blue Jackets seal a 3-1 victory over the Sabres.
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Many, many congratulations to you, the library staff, and all of the people of the LaSalle community. You all understand that a library is the heart and soul of any small town. For me, the library is home, and the books are my brothers and sisters. I read to learn, to laugh and cry, to find myself, and to understand other. Books help me breathe and words flow in my veins.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Ed O'Bannon, the 1995 college basketball player of the year, said he isn't suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association to get rich. It's about fairness.
The former University of California-Los Angeles forward is challenging the right of college sports' governing body, conferences and schools to keep proceeds from selling the rights to athletes' likenesses to be used in such things as TV broadcasts, video games and clothes. The plaintiffs say the case may reduce the $6.4 billion in annual revenue that universities get from athletics by as much as 50 percent.
"It's a legitimate threat to the NCAA," said Michael McCann, a law professor and director of the sports and entertainment law institute at the University of New Hampshire. "The antitrust claims have logic behind them, namely that there are industry actors - the NCAA, college conferences, video game publishers - who have clearly made money off the images and likenesses of players. Normally in law we are compensated" for that.
A victory for O'Bannon, 40, might destroy the model that has developed since Rutgers College defeated what is now Princeton University in the first college football game 144 years ago. Schools would have to share revenue with athletes, then possibly drop money-losing sports to offset the cost. The richest football and basketball teams probably would form superconferences rich enough to play by the new rules, Duke University law professor Paul Haagen said in an interview.
"It is difficult to see how the organization could survive in anything like its current form were it to suffer a major loss in this case," Haagen said.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in Oakland, Calif., is scheduled to hear lawyers argue whether O'Bannon's suit, now combined with a lawsuit filed by former Arizona State University quarterback Sam Keller, should become a class action, allowing the plaintiffs' attorneys to sue on behalf of all college football and basketball players.
The antitrust plaintiffs are asking to represent and seek damages for all former student athletes in the U.S. who competed in Division I basketball or NCAA football's top echelon and whose images or names have been included in game footage or video games since July 2005. In their request for a court order restricting NCAA actions, the lawyers seek to represent all current and former college athletes whose images or names may be or have been included game footage or video games after they stopped being NCAA athletes.
College athletes are required to sign an agreement relinquishing their rights to profit from their images, including after they graduate and are no longer subject to NCAA rules, lawyers for O'Bannon and Keller say. The agreement is a product of the NCAA's effort to deprive them of compensation for use of their images, so it's unenforceable, the lawyers said in court filings.
The action began almost four years ago when O'Bannon sued the NCAA and its licensing company, alleging in a complaint that they agreed to block him and other former college athletes from getting paid for their likenesses in Electronic Arts Inc. sports video games after they left college. O'Bannon's case was combined with Keller's, who sued the NCAA and Electronic Arts for using his likeness in video games without his permission.
The NCAA said its agreements with athletes are legal and binding, NCAA attorney Donald Remy said in an interview.
Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch, who chairs the NCAA Division I board, has said that if revenue had to be shared with athletes, his school probably would have to eliminate some non- revenue sports, a category that includes everything except football and men's basketball at most schools, to cut costs.
"The thing that might be crippling is the issue that amateurism is now a sham; a 19th-century ideal for a certain kind of athletic competition that the court said doesn't exist anymore," Haagen said.
O'Bannon said comments like Hatch's are scare tactics. "There are billions of dollars being made," he said. "There is enough to go around."
The NCAA's revenue for 2011-12 was $871.6 million, according to the governing body. NCAA managing director of research Todd Petr said schools spent $11.7 billion on intercollegiate sports, almost twice what they brought in, and only 23 athletic departments make money on their programs, according to court filings in the case.
Michael Hausfeld, attorney for the plaintiffs, said it's time to end the arcane notion of amateurism in college athletes. The athletes spend more time in practice than they do in class, he said.
"Intercollegiate athletics is not amateur at all. It's a commercial enterprise to make money, and as much as possible," Hausfeld said in an interview. "I think the public understands that these are hybrids. You can call them semi-pros, pre- professionals, but not amateurs."
A ruling by Wilken in O'Bannon's and Keller's favor would expand the number of plaintiffs to include tens of thousands of athletes whose interests would be represented, and who could share in damages without having to file individual lawsuits.
McCann, of the University of New Hampshire, said plaintiffs claims against the NCAA have never been litigated.
"This isn't about whether college players should be paid," he said in a telephone interview. "It's about their image and likenesses, not their labor."
Remy, the NCAA attorney, said he is confident that the governing body for college sports will win.
"The facts and the law are on the side of the NCAA and its member institutions, so I am not concerned that the doomsday scenario that some paint as a product of this litigation ultimately will come to fruition," he said.
Roger Noll, a retired economics professor at Stanford University hired by the plaintiffs' attorneys to calculate damages, estimated that athletes should receive 50 percent of revenue from licenses that use their images.
Remy said U.S. law forbids college athletes from being paid based on the 1984 Supreme Court decision about football television rights. The court ruled 7-2 in a lawsuit brought by NCAA against the University of Oklahoma that the NCAA and its member universities market "competition itself."
"In order to preserve the character and quality of the product, athletes must not be paid, must be required to attend class, and the like," Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the court's majority. "The NCAA play a vital role in enabling college football to preserve its character, and as a result enables a product to be marketed which might otherwise be unavailable."
Though a loss might have major ramifications for the NCAA, McCann said, college sports would survive.
If money were placed in a fund to pay players for licensing their images, and the money is paid after they graduate, that's different than paying them a salary.
"I don't know what an appropriate definition for amateurism is, at least in today's market," McCann said. "What is amateurism in an era where coaches are paid millions of dollars, where television contracts for amateur games are worth billions of dollars?
"If players are compensated, I'm of the view that college sports would continue. It would make it more expensive for schools."
O'Bannon, after winning the John Wooden Award in 1995 as college basketball's most outstanding player, he was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the ninth pick in the National Basketball Association draft and signed a $3.9 million contract. He averaged 5.0 points and 2.5 rebounds during two seasons in the NBA. He played in Europe, then went back to UCLA to get his degree.
O'Bannon, now a car salesman at Findlay Toyota in Henderson, Nev., insisted he isn't trying to get rich with his lawsuit.
"It had nothing to do with me actually picking up a check or getting paid," he said from his office. "I thought it was illegal to use one's likeness without a person's permission or compensation.


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Of course, the redesign is more than just a new coat of paint. Most importantly, the site is now mobile-optimized, meaning wherever you read our stories — on your computer, your tablet, or your phone — the site design should be easier to read. The same applies to our new email design, which you probably saw in an email earlier this week. Hopefully, you'll find this makes stories a little more accessible.
There are a few other tweaks in the design that reflect changes since our last major redesign. First, on the front page, you'll see recent pins from our Pinterest board, videos from Baylor's YouTube page, and photos from Instagram (along with tweets from @BaylorProud, which we've had for some time). Also, if you're reading an individual story, off to the right (or at the bottom, if you're on your phone), you'll see a list of some other recent stories you might be interested in.
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Google Inc. and the University of Colorado Boulder computer science department are partnering to inspire high school and middle school teachers looking for motivating, engaging and fun ways to prepare students for college and career success during an activities-packed workshop July 10-12.
The free workshop at Aurora Public Schools' Education Center is funded by a $15,000 grant to CU-Boulder Professor Alex Repenning as part of Google's Computer Science for High Schools initiative, or CS4HS. CS4HS is a worldwide program developed to promote computer science and computational thinking in high school and middle school curricula.
Called CS4HS Scalable Game Design, this year's workshop will be targeted primarily at teachers in the Aurora Public Schools, though interested teachers from other school districts also may apply. With nearly 40,000 students in 59 schools, APS is Colorado's sixth largest school district and also one of the most diverse, Repenning said.
"APS has developed a P-20 education model based on the idea of pathways to address the Colorado paradox: The state has one of the nation's most highly educated adult workforces yet it ranks near the bottom in the percentage of college-bound high school graduates," he said.
The pathways concept motivates and prepares students for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, as well as health sciences, business, arts and communication.
Repenning and his team from CU-Boulder's computer science department and School of Education develop and test K-12 curriculum tools, including the use of video game programming as a learning tool, to address the need to develop higher level critical thinking in students and provide more computer science graduates in the workforce.
Last year's workshop, also offered in partnership with Google, was hosted at CU-Boulder. Working with Aurora Public Schools this year, Repenning and his team will learn how to best scale up their efforts to achieve a broader student impact.
"Developing a replicable way for school districts to engage students on a larger scale, district-wide, will create a turnkey curricular program that other districts around the nation can adopt," explained Yasko Endo, project manager and administrator for the Repenning team. "This systemic adaptation of the Scalable Game Design project will no doubt accelerate the rate at which schools and districts become compliant with the new Next Generation Science Standards, and ultimately will lead to a more competent, skilled, competitive workforce."
Workshop activities will include hands-on creation of games, best practices for teaching game design, discussions on new and emerging STEM standards and ways of extending computer science skills into STEM classes through simulations.
For more information on this year's CS4HS workshop go to http://scalablegamedesign.cs.colorado.edu/wiki/2013_Google_CS4HS_Workshop. To apply to the workshop email email@example.com.
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New York City was definitely due for another high-concept cafe: we're so over the Nespresso store and the Blue Bottle Special Siphon Bar With Fancy Toast (okay, lying, we're totally not over that, many of us just haven't found it yet). Lucky enough, Fair Folks & A Goat opened just in time.
Fair Folks is the third unique retail space from owners Aurora and Anthony Mazzei, who seek to combine a variety of concepts under the cafe rubric: humanitarian efforts, community, high-design furniture, and of course, coffee.
To this end, the couple have launched an unusual sort of semi-public, semi-private space which functions both as a cafe (with large pieces of purchasable furniture and other objets) as a gallery and event space, and as a more personalized space. Wayward, wandering urbanites don't have to simply pass through the doors for the occasional coffee, like a plebian: one can actually join the cafe.
The experiment is an interesting one which seeks to formalize the concept of the "regular" cafe patron, within an unusual setting. For $25 a month, members of the cafe are entitled to free coffee daily—that's brewed coffee, cappuccino, espresso, you name it (and name it as many times a day as you like)—from their full-service coffeebar. Membership contributions are, according to the cafe's website, partially directed towards humanitarian funds such as those which foster farming initiatives, or contribute to the rebuilding of New Orleans. The coffee itself is roasted by Brooklyn's Crop to Cup, a sustainability-focused importer and broker who build direct relationships with farms, specializing in East African origins.
Though the coffee isn't quite boutique-special despite the boutique environs, (though the very-large cappuccino we tried was milky enough to soothe the sweetness of the darker roast, thus tasted just fine), it's part of a new twist on a growing idea: offering co-working spaces with great coffee. (Though usually you join the co-working space first, and then get the great coffee, not the other way around.) For those who might enjoy an artisanal bow-tie or settee with their macchiatos, Fair Folks is a sunny, laptop-friendly space on an undercaffeinated stretch of Houston to call their own—and it offers a few other things that are rare in Manhattan cafes nowadays, by the way: ice cream sandwiches and wifi. But they'll have to sell a lot of throw pillows to pay for all that bottomless coffee.
Fair Folks and a Goat
96 West Houston Street, New York NY 10012 (map)
646-885-2876; fairfolks.com
About the author: Liz Clayton drinks, photographs and writes about coffee and tea all over the world, though she pretends to live in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently compiling photographs of the best coffee in the world to be published by Presspop later this year.


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A Pair of Plays Ahead of Earnings
Decker's Outdoors (DECK) has made a nice pre-earnings run, breaking out of the very large wedge formation covered back on Feb. 3. At this point, the put portion of the February $40 straddles offers nothing. No hedge. No value. No protection on the current position. Although the stock still looks very good, I don't see a huge reason to hold onto the straddle. It was a volatility trade, targeting $34 or $44 on the stock. DECK is now trading above $44, so the trade target has been reached. I continue to hold the shares though and have no intention of selling them right now.Decker's Outdoors (DECK) –- Daily Source: StockCharts.com View Chart » View in New Window »
Going into earnings, both Deere (DE) and Rackspace (RAX) have me concerned from a technical standpoint. DE has fallen off recent highs consolidating in a little rounding bottom formation, but the loss of momentum and bearish crossover in the TRIX have me looking for a retest of $89-$90 on shares. It is possible we will see a sell-the-news reaction, although I don't expect it to be terrible, so I am taking a very measured bearish position. In fact, if DE falls too far, then I risk a loss beyond the premium paid for the trade....291 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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School Gardens Grow More Than Just Food
Oregon's children are some of the hungriest children in the nation and have been last few years. Oregon also has one of the lowest graduation rates in the country; we rank 49th. Childhood obesity is at a perilous rate nationwide. Do we continue to do […]Read More →
Our Members Know How to Dish it Up
Thanks to all those who came out for our Annual Member Potluck. We were happy to see old friends and new faces. As always, we're impressed by the beautiful array of food our members concoct in their kitchens to share with our community. Having a […]Read More →
Terra Madre Dispatch: Mickey Clayton of Dot Ranch
// by Mickey Clayton // We asked Mickey of Dot Ranch to share her experience at this year's Terra Madre & Salone del Gusto, which took place in Turin, Italy, in October. You can read more about Mickey on our Terra Madre delegate page. Here's […]Read More →
Delicious Down on the Farm
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For men use to write an evill turne in marble stone, but a good turne in the dust. [More, 1513]
Words for "write" in most Indo-European languages originally mean "carve, scratch, cut" (such as Latin scribere, Greek graphein, glyphein, Sanskrit rikh-); a few originally meant "paint" (Gothic meljan, Old Church Slavonic pisati, and most of the modern Slavic cognates). To write (something) off (1680s) originally was from accounting; figurative sense is recorded from 1889. Write-in "unlisted candidate" is recorded from 1932.


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Water in the CupScience brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
A man in a restaurant asked a waiter for a juice glass, a dinner plate, water, a match, and a lemon wedge. The man poured enough water onto the plate to cover it.
"If you can get the water on the plate into this glass without touching or moving this plate, I will give you $100," the man said. "You can use the match and lemon to do this."
A few minutes later, the waiter walked away with $100 in his pocket. How did the waiter get the water into the glass?
HintThe glass will be upside-down when the water is in it.
AnswerFirst, the waiter stuck the match into the lemon wedge, so that it would stand straight. Then he lit the match, and put it in the middle of the plate with the lemon. Then, he placed the glass upside-down over the match. As the flame used up the oxygen in the glass, it created a small vacuum, which sucked in the water through the space between the glass and the plate. Thus, the waiter got the water into the glass without touching or moving the plate.
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The Marin Economic Forum is sponsoring a panel discussion on Plan Bay Area, a new long-range, land-use blueprint for the Bay Area.
Speaking in favor of the plan will be Marin County Supervisor Steve Kinsey and Napa County Supervisor Mark Luce. The opposing viewpoint will be represented by Randal O'Toole of the Cato Institute, author of "Gridlock"; and Thomas Rubin, an Oakland-based transportation consultant.
The event will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the Board of Supervisors' chambers at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael.The event will be taped and available to view at: http://www.marincounty.org/depts/bs/district-1/useful-links. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 448-0315.


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My husband and son cannot get enough of these burgers. Please enjoy my Beef and Pork Burgers.
You haven't lived till you've wrapped your lips around one of these Smokin Sweet Hog Burgers. It's like a little piece of hog heaven brought to you by the BBQ Gods.


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Up and down the Atlantic coast, states and offshore wind developers are making significant progress in advancing offshore projects, according to a new report.
The report finds up to six gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind projects have been proposed along the Atlantic coast - the equivalent of about five coal-fired power plants and enough to power about 1.5 million average U.S. homes. Based on government analysis, the Atlantic Ocean has significant offshore wind potential, with over 212 GW of wind resources in shallow waters where current technology is best suited.
"More than 980 offshore wind turbines are spinning right now in Europe and not one in the Atlantic, said Curtis Fisher, Offshore Wind Leader, National Wildlife Federation, Northeast Regional Center. "The six gigawatts of proposed Atlantic offshore wind projects are a great start, but we need a coordinated and comprehensive effort of government and the market to bring these and other projects over the finish line in a way that values fish and wildlife. This new industry holds great potential to create jobs, cut pollution, and reduce our reliance on dirty fossil fuels."
The report, Offshore Wind in the Atlantic: Growing Momentum for Jobs, Energy Independence, Clean Air, and Wildlife Protection, makes the following key findings:
"Offshore wind development presents a tremendous job creation opportunity for America, stated Stewart Acuff, Chief of Staff at the Utility Workers Union of America AFL-CIO (UWUA). "In these difficult economic times, offshore wind is perhaps the most promising game in town to grow quality, high-paying jobs here at home. Our members stand ready and willing to take advantage of these new jobs and help lead America in this exciting new direction." The report was released along the coast today in conjunction with many national and state partners including environmental, sportsmen, labor, and business organizations. These groups call on the federal government to take the following steps:
"The release of this report marks the beginning of an unprecedented regional network that supports appropriately-sited offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean," stated Catherine Bowes, Senior Policy Representative at National Wildlife Federation. "We have a great list of report cosponsors and look forward to growing the diversity and power of this network." National and regional cosponsors include : Utility Workers Union of America, Environment America, National Audubon Society, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Conservation Law Foundation, and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Download a full list of sponsors, including state groups, here (pdf).
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A company dealing in one of Bury's famous delicacies is set to expand and take on 20 new staff.
Bury Black Pudding Company is undergoing a £1.4 million investment, with a view to doubling turnover to £6 million over the next two years.
The company produces 35 tonnes of black pudding a week from its Bridge Hall Lane premises, but will have capacity to double that by leasing two adjacent units, extending floorspace from 10,000 sq ft to 25,000 sq ft.
In addition to acquiring new machinery, it has also expanded its packaging and storage capacity.
Five new members of staff have been recruited over the past year, bringing the workforce to 60, with a further 20 new jobs planned over the next two to three years.
HSBC's Manchester Commercial Centre has supported the investment project with a £460,000 funding package.
The company was founded in 2002 by Debbie Pierce and Richard Morris, who initially sold black puddings made from Richard's father's recipe on a Bury market stall.
After developing a branded product, they started selling online. The firm now generates 80 per cent of its £3 million turnover from major UK supermarkets, including Tesco, Sainsbury, Waitrose, Asda, Morrisons, The Co-operative and Iceland.
The company is now planning to launch its products into Spain, the US and Hong Kong.
Debbie, who is managing director, said: "Not only will we be able to produce more, it means we can develop new product lines such as gluten free and chilli flavour.
"We can also produce different pack sizes, as well as frozen products, which will open up more opportunities in the food service sector.
"We have received inquiries from overseas for a number of years but have been unable to produce enough to satisfy demand. This investment will change that."


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Open Label Study to Evaluate the Activity of Imetelstat in Patients With Essential Thrombocythemia or Polycythemia Vera (ET/PV)
This study has been completed.
Geron Corporation
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Geron Corporation
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: November 11, 2010
Last updated: December 22, 2015
Last verified: December 2015
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|Study Status:
|This study has been completed.
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Certification or Request for Extension to Delay Results Received:
|April 14, 2015
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I love plug-ins with Wet/Dry Mix knobs. It's fantastic when you put a carefully selected effect on the Master bus and zoom in an effect for a half of a measure. I've noticed my friends use this trick often but rarely with distortion. My tip of the day is that Ohm Force's Ohmicide distortion has a Wet/Dry Mix knob and it's pretty tasty when used properly. Is it rare that Distortion plug-ins have Wet/Dry mix knobs?
"Ohmicide:Melohman can work with up to 4 frequency bands, all four bands having their own independent knobs for Noise Gate, Dynamics, Distortion, Feedback Generator and all mixing abilities, in addition of a twist of pre- and post-processing (distortion input, high shelf output and more)." – ohmforce.com
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06-16-2009 11:11 AM - edited 06-16-2009 01:56 PM
After applying the most recent updates last night using Thinkvantage System Update, my wireless no longer connects to any wireless network and remains in "Waiting for association" stage.
On the network that is uses LEAP authentication, first "Waiting for assocation" fails with a red x, then Waiting for Authenication also eventually fails with a red X.
The network card in the machine is the 11/a/b/g, but I notice that Lenovo has replaced that driver with a 11/a/b/g/n and the old version of the driver is no longer available for download.
Has anyone else had this problem and how have you solved it?
Update: I have followed the recommended procedure of uninstalling the Power Management, Thinkpad Keyboard Customizer, the WLAN and Access Connections and then reinstalling each in the order listed.
This has had no effect and the problem is still occuring. I am still unable to associate to a wireless network.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Is there someone from the support team that I can send a log file to to assist in troubleshooting this issue?
As an alternative, where can I get the prior version of this driver so that I can downgrade and get my wireless working again?
After trying many different versions of the wireless driver with Access Connections 5.3, I was unsuccessful in getting my wireless to associate in a LEAP evironment. I still don't know what the cause of the original problem is. I doubt that I will try again until a new wireless driver and Access Connections 5.4 is released.
In order to resolve the problem I downgraded my driver to 18.104.22.168 and downgraded Access Connections to 5.02 and my wireless is working again flawlessly. No other settings were changed on the machine or on the wireless network.
My suggestion for anyone from the Lenovo Support team who may be reading this forum is to make at least the two prior versions of your drivers on a rolling basis available on your website. It took me several hours to search the web for an alternate source for the prior version 11/a/b/g driver install package I shouldn't have to take the tampering risk on a third party source just to get my machine working again.
Jim -
What version of the wireless driver are you using? I'm currently stable with ACCON 5.3 and Wireless LAN 188.8.131.52 and have not wanted to take the risk on changing my configuration just yet.
I notice that the latest version of the wireless driver is 188.8.131.52; as near as I can tell the latest version published on TVSU when I was going through these problems in June was 18.104.22.168.
Does anyone know if it is safe to install 126.96.36.199?
I'm using 184.108.40.206 - Jim
Jim -
Thanks for your post.
As an experiment, I tried to upgrade today to 22.214.171.124 using TVSU without first uninstalling ACCON 5.3. I again experienced the same problems that I had previously with failure to associate to the selected wireless network.
Following Jim's suggestion, I uninstalled ACCON 5.3 leaving the profiles in place; rebooted; connected with Windows Wireless Zero Configuration; ran TVSU; it detected the need for and installed ACCON 5.3, rebooted; ACCON 5.3 did not connect to the selected network automatically, but was able to connect when I selected the connection from the ACCON Tray Menu.
While I've never had to do this before with prior versions of Access Connections, it appears that the procedure needs to be to uninstall Access Connections prior to upgrading the wireless drivers and then reinstall Access Connections.
I'm hoping that there will be some discussion of this and the fix for it in the release notes to Access Connections 5.4
Thanks, Jim.


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ALAMEDA -- There may be growing discontent within the Raiders fan base about rookie coach Dennis Allen, but he'll have plenty of support Sunday on the opposite sideline.
Allen was on the staff of the New Orleans Saints under Sean Payton from 2006 through 2010, working as an assistant defensive line coach for two seasons before moving to the secondary for the final three seasons.
The Saints won the Super Bowl after the 2009 season, and Allen moved on to become defensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos the next year.
"I started coaching in the NFL in Atlanta, but I grew up in New Orleans," Allen said. "I've got a lot of good memories there, and we were able to win a championship. So it was a big part of my development as a coach."
One of the traits Allen admired with the Saints remains a problem in Oakland, where the Raiders are 3-6.
"The thing I think they do as well as anybody in the NFL is utilize their personnel," Allen said. "They know exactly what guys can do and put those in situations and let them do those things."
Coming off back-to-back 8-8 seasons, most recently under Hue Jackson, fans have opined on social media that maybe it wasn't such a good idea for new general manager Reggie McKenzie to turn to a first-time head coach.
"I understand that's part of the business," Allen said of the criticism. "My focus is on doing whatever I can to make this team better. That's all I can focus on."
Jackson overreached after the Raiders lost the season finale to San Diego and the AFC West title along with it, criticizing the team's performance and promising to be more active within the organization to get things turned around.
New Orleans interim coach Joe Vitt, in charge while Payton serves a one-year suspension in the Saints' bounty scandal, gave an impassioned defense of Allen in a conference call with Bay Area media.
Whether intentional or by coincidence, his analysis seemed to contrast Allen with Jackson in the eyes of new general manager Reggie McKenzie.
"Dennis Allen is smart, Dennis Allen has great people skills," Vitt said. "Dennis Allen knows how to teach, motivate and inspire. Dennis Allen is not going to go off the cuff and off the reservation by saying or doing dumb things.
He's going to have his football team focused and he's going to get them better."
As for Oakland's struggles under Allen, Vitt said, "The only reason that D.A. was hired to be the coach at the Raiders is they wanted to go in a different direction and improve their football team, and as anyone knows, you're going to go through tough times your rookie season as a head coach."
Saints quarterback Drew Brees took notice of how Allen worked with and connected with the defensive backs and thought he would be a climber, although the ascent was quicker than expected.
"You knew he was on the fast track to be a head coach," Brees said by conference call. "I don't know if we saw it happening this fast."
Saints safety Roman Harper told reporters in New Orleans he was the first to forecast Allen as a head coaching prospect.
"I was really the first that told him, I don't want to take credit, but you'll be a better defensive coordinator than you will be a DB coach. And he was a good DB coach," Harper said. "Lo and behold, the following year he's a defensive coordinator and now he's a head coach."
Said Raiders safety Matt Giordano, who played for the Saints in 2010: "Everyone knew he was fully capable of being a defensive coordinator or possibly a head coach. He understood the defense so well. I was thankful just to have him that one year as my position coach."


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Lung Cancer
Can CT show need for bronchoscopy?
Hilar & mediastinal lymph node enlargement 2 mos ago. Now hemoptysis usually in morning-small amounts. Further ct to be done next week. What radiological testing prior to broncho might show the actual need for bronchoscopy? Barium swallow? Or,if Ct of chest doesn`t reveal the source of bleeding,would bronchoscopy still be worthwhile? Would it then be done to look for hidden accessible lymph nodes to biopsy, re: granuloma characteristics?
CT scans and bronchoscopy are usually complementary studies. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy with biopsy is utilized as a means of diagnosing abnormalities in the lung, lymph nodes or airways. CT scans assist in guiding biopsy location but may not always detect sources of hemoptysis. In particular, suspected abnormalities in the airways often require bronchoscopy for localization. Bronchoscopy should be performed in unexplained cases of hemoptysis. There are several methods for lymph node biopsy including transbronchial needle biopsy, CT guided biopsy and surgical biopsy. You should discuss with your health care provider the best approach to biopsy.
Patrick Nana-Sinkam, MD
Associate Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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Phaco Versus Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS) Health Economic Study
This study has been completed.
Alcon Research
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Alcon Research
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 26, 2008
Last updated: October 26, 2012
Last verified: August 2011
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To compare the health economic parameter and clinical outcome of Phacoemulsification with small incision cataract surgery (SICS)
|Procedure: Phacoemulsification cataract extraction surgery Procedure: Small incision cataract surgery
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Twelve-Months, Single-Masked, Parallel Group, Health Economic Study of Phacoemulsification Versus Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS) in Chinese Patients With Senile Cataract.
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: CataractU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Alcon Research:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Posterior Capsule Opacification Evaluation [ Time Frame: 12 months after surgery ]The number of subjects with Posterior Capsular Opacification (PCO) for 12 months post-surgery of the study eye. PCO may occur after cataract surgery and is caused by residual lens epithelial cells that remain in the capsular bag after surgery and undergo proliferation, migration, and fibrous metaplasia. PCO was evaluated via slit lamp. A lower PCO rate is better.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Corneal Astigmatism [ Time Frame: 3 months after surgery ]Analysis of corneal astigmatism 12 months after surgery using Orbscan Topography. A lower corneal astigmatism value is better.
|Study Start Date:
|September 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Phaco
Cataract extraction surgery utilizing Phacoemulsification
Procedure: Phacoemulsification cataract extraction surgery
Surgical removal of cataract using phacoemulsification followed by implantation of an AcrySof Intraocular Lens (Model SN60WF)
Active Comparator: SICS
Small incision cataract surgery (SICS)
Procedure: Small incision cataract surgery
Surgical removal of cataract using small incision cataract surgery (SICS) followed by implantation of a Polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA) Intraocular Lens (Model MZ60BD).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient has senile cataract and require unilateral cataract extraction followed by implantation of an AcrySof or PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL);
- Pupil dilation ≧7 mm after mydrisis;
- Patient undergoing cataract surgery for the first eye;
- VA prognosis ≧6/12
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with history of ocular pathology or diabetic retinopathy;
- Patients with traumatic, subluxated and posterior polar cataract;
- Patients had ocular surgery in the past 6 months;
- Patients with significant intra-operative complications
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00762606
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00762606
|United States, Texas
|Alcon Call Center
|Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76134
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 20, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Alcon Research
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00762606 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 26, 2008
|Results First Received:
|June 7, 2011
|Last Updated:
|October 26, 2012
Keywords provided by Alcon Research:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lens Diseases
Eye Diseases
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Topic: A good death
When I saw that you had started this section I thought how sad. I never imagined that I would be one of the first to add to it.
Yesterday my beloved husband of 33 years died. Ten days ago he had his ascites drained and never really got over it. He grew weaker and weaker as the days passed and was eating and drinking nothing.
On Sat, I had a sense that things were coming to a close. I called all three children (who live in London but no longer at home) and they were with him all day Sat through to Monday. We spent quality time together, looking at photographs, massaging his back and feet and talking about our experiences as a family. The rest of the time he dozed.
On Monday four friends came to visit and he sat up in bed and talked and laughed with them. Later on Sat, he started to have new symptoms indicative of internal bleeding. I suggested we call a doctor and he was emphatic he would not see a doctor nor go into hospital. He was absolutely firm that there would be no more medical treatment.
At 10.00 yesterday morning in his own home with me, his elder daughter and a close relative who is a doctor around him, he suddenly passed away.
At Bristol Cancer Centre he had stated that he 'Wasn't afraid to die but he wanted to die with dignity.' His life was too short, - prior to the illness he was a very fit 66 year old, had just bought a bicycle and cycled to work -- but he had a 'good death' Surrounded by family and friends at home and fortunately without any pain. For the whole duration of this vicious disease he took only a few paracetamol, for that we are really thankful.
We are devasted. He was a wonderful husband and father and friend. I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and affection for him from all kinds of people. If the measure of a man's life is the number of people who are touched by his death he lived a truly good life. I feel a huge hole in the universe has opened up, one he used to fill and my life will be empty without him.
My thanks to everyone on this board who offered support help and advice. I felt comforted by the little community that grew here. In particular my best wishes to Jules and her father and I hope that the new regime works for him. I will keep visiting this site and everyone here will be in my prayers.


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Provisional Ballots : Get the Facts
Here's what you need to know about voting and provisional ballots in Ohio:
- Before you go vote, make sure you're headed to the right polling location. Visit vote.barackobama.com or call 1-855-VOTE-199 if you have any questions.
- If you're asked to vote provisionally by a poll worker because you are at the wrong polling location, remember, they are required to direct you to the correct one.
- If you're certain you're at the correct polling location and are asked to vote provisionally—vote! It will be counted.
If you have any other questions about voting in Ohio, call 1-855-VOTE-199!


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Eau Tranquility Perfume by Clarins, For those days when she wants just a trace of fragrance, this calming and natural scent for women is a perfec choice . This light fragrance has the soothing benefits of aromatherapy and is like a spa in a bottle.this is a delicate, rebalancing fragrance, formulated with essential oils and natural plant extracts. All products are original, authentic name brands. We do not sell knockoffs or imitations. ... Read More
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BilboLanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
If ten is added to bilbo minus bil, then added to the thing that an addressee gets, what do you have?
Answermailbox (ten is x in roman numerals and bilbo minus bil is bo so that would be box. and the thing that an addressee gets (mail) and you have mailbox.)
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