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Warren Richter
Senior Executive for ICT & Business Transformation
Q&A: Using data visualization for evidence-driven policy decisions
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare gets real-time access to data
What types of injuries result in hospitalization? How does dental care in remote areas compare with that in urban regions? Is Australia's medical workforce growing to meet the demands of society?
When Australian policy makers ask these types of questions, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) supplies the answers. As the country's national agency for information and statistics about health and welfare, AIHW aims to improve the wellbeing of citizens through better use of information and statistics. Governments and community leaders use information from AIHW to discuss, debate and design policies for health, housing and community services.
Warren Richter, Senior Executive for ICT & Business Transformation at AIHW, recently took some time to discuss the importance of visual analytics in the policy development process, and to describe how big data is affecting the agency's work.
The Australian government's new statistical data integration arrangements enable more information to be made available for research and analysis. This is going to be of great benefit to the community over time. We are using SAS and SAS Visual Analytics to explore this data."
Warren Richter
Why is data exploration important for The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare?
Our mission is clear: To provide authoritative information and statistics to promote health and wellbeing. That's what we're all about. We collect, analyse, and disseminate information in the areas of health, age care services, childcare services, housing assistance, child welfare, and other community-related sectors. We have also produced some performance indicators and targets for national agreements.
Today, it's not so much what we do with analytics; it's a question of what we want to do. We have a long history of linking large and complex data sets for research and statistical purposes, and we have recently become one of the first two organisations accredited as an integration authority under the very strict Australian government arrangements for integrating data sets containing sensitive information about individuals. That means, after approval by an independent ethics committee, we are able to produce detailed information for research and analytical purposes.
We take this role and our responsibility to preserve privacy and confidentiality very, very seriously. We undertake around 90 data integration operations every year, some of which are extremely complex.
These accreditation arrangements enable the Australian government to make more data available for research and analysis. This is going to be of great benefit to the community over time.
We are using SAS and SAS® Visual Analytics to explore this data.
There is a neat convergence of data and capability here – rigorous confidentialisation and accreditation arrangement to free up data combined with the very exciting capabilities of in-memory analytics packages such as SAS Visual Analytics.
How does big data influence your work?
Statistical agencies like ours have dealt with big data for a long time, and we can continue to do the traditional analyses with existing tools. But the availability of large and more complex data sets is transforming what we are able to do. In our case, it's come about not through the Internet, but through the willingness of the Australian government to make more data available for analysis under strict conditions.
But getting data from the Internet is also going to be relevant to us, because we are starting to explore opportunities to access real-time data as a byproduct of administrative operations as they occur, not just as they occurred in the past 12 months or so. Some statistical agencies around the world are taking direct feeds from point of sales terminals, for example, so you're measuring the economy as it's happening. We think there will be opportunities to do similar things in the health sector.
Why did you select SAS for visual analytics?
It boiled down to value for us: whether SAS Visual Analytics could handle the size and complexity of the data sets, whether it was easy to use, and then, of course, whether it supported the analytical techniques and visualisation approaches that we require.
Instead of focusing on every last whizbang, pushbutton feature, it was more important for us to be able to use SAS as an extended platform so we can manipulate the underlying data sets and expose the analyses behind the visualisations. It's about the value for money and enhancing our existing data exploration capabilities.
Increasingly, we're being asked by government agencies to develop such things as clearinghouses of information – not exactly data warehouses but dashboards – that expose a particular sector or area within a sector for access by decision makers. SAS supports that vision.
We also want to support decision makers and policy analysts in our client agencies, such as the Department of Health and Ageing. We need to work with agencies on policy problems, providing them with the data they need, when they need it and helping them draw insights from that data with visualisations. We don't want to continue just doing what we've traditionally done, which is to report on something. We're getting ready to support them as they explore and understand the data and to help them apply the right analyses. We want to provide more value add than we currently do.
Essentially, we aim to help analysts to get the information they need in real time as they do their jobs, rather than make them wait 18 months for a report, which may not even fully answer the question at hand.
Can you give a few specific examples of policy areas that will be using SAS Visual Analytics?
Increasingly, we're supplementing more of our publications and cubes with visualisation. And we plan to extend it to develop some new service offerings for our clients to support their decision making.
One area that AIHW is already using visual analytics is in the development of new approaches for presenting decision makers with information about mental health services. We are very excited about the way we can quickly and easily produce dashboards with rich visualisations from very complex and rapidly changing data sets and make them available online. We will be extending this capability to other subject areas very quickly.
How might visual analytics be used to identify new types of questions and explore data differently?
You know, if you have a small data set and you want to do some visuals using old fashioned, run of the mill analytical techniques, you can do that fairly easily. Even in a spreadsheet, you can run a simple regression on a small data set, but it's not as easy when you've got a very large and complex data set to explore. It's very valuable to be able to say, "Here's the data – bang – you've got it. Let's start to look at it without having to determine what sampling or subsetting technique to use, and determine if that is valid." We just don't have to worry about that now.
Before visualisation, you had to know exactly what analysts were looking for before you could build your cubes. Now, we can make the whole data set available to everyone all of the time, subject to privacy and confidentiality considerations of course. It's terrific to be able to get something going very quickly across large and complex data sets as they are created.
In conclusion, can you summarise your long-term goals for visual analytics?
We want to use the data that we currently have to shed more light on issues, to describe the real world better by using visualisations, and to support our key clients directly via visual analytics as they make policy recommendations and formulations using real world data as it is created. We think we can help them formulate better policy proposals by giving them a much more intimate relationship with and a better understanding of the data. The ability to access a very large and complex data set easily and to do a what if train of thought analysis together with our clients is very exciting and we are looking to develop this as an ongoing high-value-add service.
To add to AIHW's armoury of analytical services and take advantage of recent accreditation to access sensitive data sets. Data exploration capabilities that handle the size and complexity of the data sets, while being easy to use and supporting the analytical techniques and visualisation required by AIHW.
Analysts are able to get the information they need in real time as they do their jobs, rather than make them wait 18 months for a report, which may not even fully answer the question at hand. AIHW is now able to extend the analytical services provided to clients.
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It's a busy week, not to mention a rewarding series of days, for Kansas State's Collin Klein as he left Wednesday morning for the land of Mickey and Goofy, will then jet to Baltimore on Friday, and finally arrive in New York City on Saturday.
Klein left Wednesday for Orlando, Fla., and the Home Depot College Football Awards Show Thursday night at 6:30 on ESPN from the Atlantic Dance Hall on Disney's Boardwalk at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Klein is up for the Maxwell Award, symbolic of the nation's premier college football player, and the Davey O'Brien Award that goes to America's top quarterback.
The Wildcat quarterback won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award on Monday, which will be officially presented on Friday in Baltimore. On the Unitas recognition, Klein said, "It's a tremendous honor. Anyone that is familiar with the game of football recognizes that name. I'm just happy to represent Kansas State, our team and what we've been able to accomplish this season."
Klein is the first Wildcat to pick up the honor and the fifth from the Big 8/12 since the award's inception in 1987. With the award, the Loveland, Colo., product earned K-State's first major college football award since Terence Newman won the 2002 Jim Thorpe Award.
Saturday, Klein will travel to New York City where he will be one of three finalists for the prestigious Heisman Trophy. That televised event will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday on ESPN from the Best Buy Theater in Times Square.
"I'm just honored with this opportunity that the Lord has provided me here at K-State," said Klein. "I'm so proud to represent K-State in this because I feel like my road is very synonymous and in line with the K-State way. It has been a process, it has been a journey. There have been a lot of ups and downs, as well as a lot of hard times and growing pains through it. I'm just very proud to represent the K-State family and our heart and spirit in this environment."
The other Heisman finalists are Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M and Manti Te'o of Notre Dame Asked if had made it a point to watch the televised Heisman ceremonies in past years, he said, "I've watched it on some years, but I've never been consumed by it. It's an honor to be mentioned in that conversation and I know what the award stands for, but our Kansas State team always comes first."
Of the lifestyle in New York City, he added, "I remember some from the Pinstripe Bowl (2010). It's a busy place … pretty crazy."
Asked if he's ever struck the Heisman pose, he said, "Oh no. That's not me. Or if I did, I was real young and don't remember it."
Heading into the Baylor game, Kansas State was 10-0 and Klein had a good grasp on being the favorite for the Heisman.
Then came a 52-24 loss to the Bears with Klein being intercepted three times. With those results, K-State fell out of contention for the national championship, and Klein went from first to third in most of the Heisman projections.
"I don't think so, but that's just my opinion," said Klein when asked if one game late in the year should have such an impact on picking America's best two teams, and college football's best player. "The greatest of players and teams have never had perfect seasons, or even a perfect game. That's just the way it goes."
While up for the Maxwell Award and the Davey O'Brien Award Thursday, Klein admits, "If there's one you would want to win, it would be the Heisman. It's what every player is shooting for. But honestly, whatever is supposed to happen will happen."
To coach Bill Snyder, whatever happens in the Big Apple on Saturday is insignificant to what Klein has meant in the Little Apple.
"Everybody feels strongly about Collin because of the humility he represents and his commitment to helping others," said the Wildcat coach. "Collin is the most visible because of what he does on the field, but he is a very quality young person who is dedicated to helping other people."
Snyder added, "No one has been more meaningful to his team than Collin has to ours."
Klein ranks in the top 10 in school history in rushing touchdowns (1st; 55), touchdown responsibility (1st; 84), scoring (2nd; 336), total yards (3rd; 7,028), passing efficiency (3rd; 141.05), rushing attempts (3rd; 588), rushing yards (5th; 2,455), completions (5th, 353), passing touchdowns (t6th; 29), passing yards (7th; 4,573) and pass attempts (8th; 572).
His 55 rushing touchdowns also rank fourth in Big 12 history and second among quarterbacks. Hosted by the likes of Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit of ESPN, awards Thursday will include the Maxwell Award (most outstanding player), the Chuck Bednarik Award (defensive player of the year), the Biletnikoff Award (most outstanding wide receiver), the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award (most outstanding placekicker), the Ray Guy Award (most outstanding punter), the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award (best quarterback), the Outland Trophy (most outstanding interior lineman), the Jim Thorpe Award (most outstanding defensive back) and the Doak Walker Award (most outstanding running back).
SNYDER FINALIST FOR Eddie Robinson COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD:
Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder is one of nine coaches to be named a finalist for the 2012 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) announced today.
It is the second coach-of-the-year award Snyder is in the running for as he was named a semifinalist for the Maxwell Coach of the Year Award last month, in addition to being named the Associated Press' Big 12 Coach of the Year.
This year's designation marked the second-straight season Snyder has been a finalist for the award and the fifth overall (1993, 1995, 1998). The FWAA has honored a major-college coach with its Coach of the Year Award since 1957. In 1997, the FWAA coaching award was named after Eddie Robinson, the coaching legend at Grambling State University for 55 years. The late "Coach Rob" is the second winningest coach in Division I history (408 games).
Joining Snyder as a finalists for the award are Gary Andersen (Utah State), Dave Doeren (Northern Illinois), Brian Kelly (Notre Dame), Urban Meyer (Ohio State), Will Muschamp (Florida), Bill O'Brien (Penn State), David Shaw (Stanford) and Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M).

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OK. I haven't posted in a while. Been busy.
Next week I get to go to the OReilly P2P Conference. Should be REALLY awesome. I will be hacking on code until them. We need to release by Wednesday, the day of the conference.
I can't believe I am about to say this... I think we need another programming language. I usually consider myself VERY conservative in this respect. I see many programming languages with almost NO significant reason for existance.
I can hack anything in 12-15 languages. You name it. I only try to hack on 2 - 3 at a time. Java, Lisp (for Emacs), and XML (if you consider that a language) are my current choices.
Basically it would be a combination of Java and Python.
- would remove bad things from Python. - no operator overloading - no multiple inheritance - enumerations - Java/Python Exceptions - lambda - format strings - fully Open Source with a strong document for the language specification. - Java bytecode support (for Jython and Java) - GNU Java Compiler support so bytecodes can be compiled. - regexp support from day 0 - better core debug (my JavaCore project) - Java/Python syntax blend - maybe the format requirement from Python. I kind of like this. Awesome way to enforce language settings
Of course this won't happen. I am just writing it down so that I can clear my head. Work is too busy right now for me to start such a huge project.
I am going to setup slashcode on my openjava.org site. Hopefully after the P2P conference. The GNU Java effort is really going to make things MUCH better.


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The Observer episode hasn't aired yet. It's either this week's episode or one of the next couple weeks'.
The Observer episode hasn't aired yet. It's either this week's episode or one of the next couple weeks'.
The observer episode was last night, and it was great. This is now the best show on television.
To summarize, the observers have been around forever, watching humanity and, well, observing, key historical and/or tragic events. An observer who looked a lot like Galen from the Babylon 5 series Crusade ('cause it was the same actor) abducts a grad school girl. The team scrambles to find her, armed with only a mysterious journal this observer left at the scene.
The team then discovers that grad school girl was supposed to be on a plane that crashed overseas. The observer saved her life by snatching her up.
There was a lot to like here, from Walter's interaction with the observer (which adds weight to my theory that this universe's Peter died as a child, and Walter abducted the alternate universe's Peter and raised him), to the observer's own interactions with each other. Edward Woodward's performance was subtle but effective enough to earn him a nomination for whatever category the Emmys have for guest actor.
I hope other people are watching this show--it's excellent and deserves a larger audience.
I really should be working. Really.
I agree! This may be one of my favorite episodes yet. I really dig the Observers, and it's great seeing Peter Woodward somewhere other than the history channel again - I really do think he's a fantastic actor that deserves more exposure (I was very sad to hear that his dad passed away this week - RIP Equalizer!)
It was a good episode, but I wish the reason he tried to save her was because of she actually was important instead of love. Up until his finals words in the car, I had no idea they were basically androids (no emotions).
Nowhere in your incoherent ramblings did you come anywhere close to the answer. Thanks to you, everyone in this room is now stupider having heard you. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul. -Billy Madison-
A good Walter-based story. It goes into his efforts to become more independent, and shows a bit of his relationship with Peter, and with Astrid.
Oh, and also, there are giant tape worms.
In the end, Water implants a tracking device in his neck. As I saw this, I actually said out loud, "Plot point." They'll certainly come back to this tracking device in a later episode. . .
I really should be working. Really.
The Walter stuff nearly had me choked up. Very good episode. Makes me extra disappointed that John Noble didn't get that Emmy. I've also started noticing exactly how good an actress Anna Torv is! She never seems like she's acting. It always looks to me that she's a real person, in a real situation. Also...so HOT!
The SUV they were driving this week... anyone else catch it? The licence plate was "1C3P01".
Still, it would've made me feel better. : )


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Hi Aleksey!From a distance, this drawing looks fine, but when I look a little closer, I see a few problems with the graduations not flowing as smoothly as they should. Hence, (sorry), this drawing should be redone. :o(I have prepared an image for you (Aleksey 3) that will show you the sections of shading that appear to have hard edges rather than a smooth transition of values.While you are working on this new drawing, I thought it would be appropriate to also fix a few problems with perspective. Hence, I have prepared a second image for you with a short perspective lesson (Aleksey 2). You may find it easier to understand the perspective lesson if you find a cylindrical object and refer to it as you read my comments. Perspective has to be understood to be accurately rendered! :o)I shall examine your tulip drawing tomorrow! :o)Brenda
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Last summer, Justin, my 7 year old, fabricated a gobbler out of an old hen decoy, sharpie marker, turkey fan and beard and shot his own hunting video in our backyard.
Jump ahead to the first week of Wisconsin's turkey season. Spent Weds. evening watching the local boss Tom chase off another gobbler and two jakes while ignoring our jake and hen decoys.
Reading "Deadly Dekes" on the T&TH website convinced me to at least carry Justin's gobbler decoy with us the rest of the week but couldn't quite convince myself to put it out. Saturday evening we set up at 5:00 P.M. and by 5:15 had two gobblers, a couple jakes and several hens feeding in the corn stubble in front of us. At 7:00 the birds were still in the field but never came closer than 75 yards and pretty much ignored us. I finally had an opportunity to belly crawl and get the gobbler deke set up about 5 yards in front our blind. The first gobbler was well over 100 yards out when he saw our decoy and started heading our way in full strut. A second gobbler came over the hill and we suddenly had two Toms racing our way. Shot the first one to get within 25 yards right over the top of the decoy.
Check out the photo of the decoy. He isn't as pretty as the ones in the articles but he worked. I will be adding a gobbler deke to my arsenal before next season.
Justin will be happy to send anyone instructions on how to build your own gobbler.


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I'm a geek with an interest and background in software and hardware design and implementation. I like sailing, aikido, scuba diving, reading and chess, amongst other things.
I have had a small level of involvement with some software stuff. Look at the URL I gave if you're interested. I'm fairly despondent about that project though. I tried to set up a bazaar-like place to gets bugs fixed in the Linux version of FBB... The author doesn't seem to be all that interested in that version.
He initially mailed me and seemed to be interested, and bug reports are forwarded to him etc. I think the only way out of this is for me to implement some very cool stuff and attract people to it that way. I modified the code to sit on top of a garbage collector. It showed up one or two bugs and the patched version is really stable. I need to add features though.
I have just recently moved from South Africa to Seattle, USA, so it'll be a while before I get up to speed again.
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Comings and Goings is a blog written by Theology, Formation, and Evangelism Director Charles B. "Chip" Hardwick as he travels throughout the church. God is on the move out and about in the world, working to redeem all things in Jesus Christ. As we join this mission, by the power of the Spirit we see God on the move. This blog contains glimpses of how Chip finds this to be true in his comings and goings.
You can follow Chip on twitter (@chiphardwick) or find him on Facebook (Chip Hardwick).
I was very glad to co-author with Rev. Sarah Sarchet Butter an article that appeared recently in the Presbyterian Outlook. The article is about leadership development and the ways that seminaries are working to expand the ways in which they go about this task. In particular we discuss the merits of a partnership between Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
In a recent blog post I wish that I had made more explicit my friend and colleague Rev. Sarah Sarchet Butter's contributions to a conversation with faculty and staff from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and to the topic of expanding leadership training beyond seminaries through the non-profit management departments of business schools.
Earlier this month I was in Chicago and met with a representative from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, an institution of the United Methodist Church, two coordinators for executive non-profit education from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, at the invitation of my long-time friend and colleague, Rev. Sarah Sarchet Butter.


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Family Injection
Vehicle: '93 Dodge W-350
Owner: Anthony Kiszka, Jackson, MI
Tires & Wheels: 37x12.50 MTRs on modified H1 wheels
Suspension: 4-inch Skyjacker
Drivetrain: NP205, Dana 60 front, Dana 70 rear
Performance Mods: 5.9L Cummins, 50hp injectors, custom turbo, larger intercooler, and tuned injection pump
Other Doodads: Buckstop bumpers, Mile Marker winch
Funniest Wheeling Incident: After pulling a late-model Duramax GMC off of a sand dune they asked me what programmer I was running. I laughed and politely told them that my truck has mechanical injection. They didn't have a clue!
Does everything work the way you want?: Yes
Anything you would change?: Gears and lockers
Anything to add?: This was my dad's truck and was handed down to me. I hope to be able to keep the truck alive long enough to hand it down to my boys as well.
Rad Rado
Vehicle: '07 Chevy Colorado
Owner: Lee Morrison, Trevor,WI
Tires: 30x9.50 Dayton Timberline Mud Terrains
Suspension: Stock
Drivetrain: Stock
Performance Mods: K&N air intake, custom cowl snorkel, custom ECM tune
Other Doodads: Custom sway bar disconnects
Funniest Wheeling Incident: Dragging a broke F-250 off the trail!
Does everything work the way you want?: Yes
Anything you would change?: Needs a winch
Mo Dough
Vehicle: '01 Ford Sport-Trac
Owner: Justin Gleim, Hummelstown, PA
Tires & Wheels: 37x12.50 TrXus Mud Terrains on 17x9 Moto 951s
Suspension: Custom solid-axle conversion via front coilovers, 8-inch rear springs
Drivetrain: Dana 44 front, 8.8-inch rear, 4.88 gears
Performance Mods: Stock
Does everything work the way you want?: Still working out the front driveshaft issues
Anything you would change?: 4.6L
Anything to add?: I need more dough so I can make it bigger!
Walla Toy
Vehicle: '90 Toyota
Owner: Dustin Johnson, Walla Walla, WA
Tires: 36x12.50 TSLs
Suspension: Solid-axle conversion with 4-inch springs
Drivetrain: '85 Toyota front axle, welded front
Performance Mods: 22RE, K&N air filter, Flowmaster exhaust
Other Doodads: Bobbed bed 12 inches
Does everything work the way you want?: Getting there
Anything you would change?: 3.4L, 5.29 gears, a winch
Mud Mixer
Vehicle: '74 Chevy K-20
Owner: Kosta Kafalias, Sherwood, OR
Tires & Wheels: 36x13.50 Iroks on 15x10 chrome wheels
Suspension: 4-inch front springs, ORD rear shackle flip
Drivetrain: TH350, NP205, Dana 44 front, 14-bolt rear with a spool, 4.56 gears
Performance Mods: 350ci, Jet Performance carburetor, Edelbrock Performer intake, roller rockers, headers, and a Flowmaster exhaust.
Other Doodads: 3-inch body lift, ORD steering brace, Optima batteries, Auto Meter gauges, Mile Marker winch, onboard air, Hi-Lift jack
Does everything work the way you want?: Not yet
Anything you would change?: High steer, more lift, and 39.5-inch TSLs
Anything to add?: Deep mud and open differentials don't mix well!
JJ's Co
Vehicle: '91 Jeep Comanche
Owner: Josh and Jen Haddox, Huntington, WV
Tires & Wheels: 33x12.50 Baja Claws on 15-inch steel wheels
Suspension: 5-inch Rocky Road Outfitters
Drivetrain: AX-15, NP231, Tom Wood's drivelines, Dana 30 front, 8.8 rear, 4.10 gears
Performance Mods: 4.6L Titan stroker engine
Other Doodads: Nth Degree oil pan skid, Bushwacker flares, custom bumpers, Smittybilt winch
Funniest Wheeling Incident: Before I put on the new bumpstops the high-steer linkage punctured the oil pan. I tried to drive out of the trail as quick as I could, but hit a rock and blew a tire!
Does everything work the way you want?:Needs lockers
Anything you would change?: Rocker protection, lockers, and an olive-drab paint job
Anything to add?: Special thanks to my friend and technician Alex Webb, who did most of the work.
Running Start
Vehicle: '89 Toyota 4Runner
Owner: Alec Stouwie, Vacaville, CA Tires: 32x11.50 BFG A-Ts
Suspension: Rancho shocks
Drivetrain: Limited slip rear, welded front
Performance Mods: 22RE
Other Doodads: Custom battery box
Does everything work the way you want?: Getting there
Anything you would change?: Winch and solid-axle conversion
Anything to add?: I'm 16 and slowly building my rig on a budget
Simple Red
Vehicle: '87 Dodge Dakota
Owner: Mike Sulkowski, Shanksville, PA
Tires & Wheels: 30x.9.50 Tread Wrights on Grand Cherokee wheels
Suspension: Stock
Drivetrain: Stock
Performance Mods: 3.9L
Other Doodads: Swapped in seats from a Dodge Stratus and made a custom center console
Does everything work the way you want?: For the most part
Anything you would change?: Bigger engine with fuel injection and a straight-axle conversion with a Dana 44 front axle.
Coastal Comp
Vehicle: '02 Chevy Tahoe Z71
Owner: Marshall Mishoe, Myrtle Beach, SC
Tires & Wheels: 38x15.50 Nitto Mud Grapplers on 20x10 KMC wheels
Suspension: 6-inch Pro Comp
Drivetrain: Stock
Performance Mods: 5.3L
Other Doodads: 3-inch body lift, Pro Comp skidplate
Does everything work the way you want?: For now
Anything you would change?: Straight-axle conversion and 42-inch tires
Mud Prince
Vehicle: '77 Ford F-205
Owner: Kevin Girroir, Prince George, B.C., Canada
Tires & Wheels: 35-inch BFG M-Ts on 16.5-inch wheels
Suspension: 4-inch Rough Country
Drivetrain: Stock
Performance Mods: 390ci, K&N air filter
Does everything work the way you want?: For what it is, it works great.
Anything you would change?: More lift, bigger tires, and a winch would be a good start to my long wishlist.
Reno Low
Vehicle: '98 Jeep Wrangler
Owner: John Crabtree, Reno, NV
Tires & Wheels: 37x13.50 Toyo Mud Terrains on 17-inch Robby Gordon beadlocks
Suspension: 3.5-inch Rubicon Express
Drivetrain: TF999, Dana 30 front, Dana 44 rear, ARB Air Lockers, 4.88 gears
Performance Mods: 4.0L, throttle body spacer, header, custom exhaust
Other Doodads: Trent Fab hood, high-line fenders, body armor, skids, and cage; powertrain raised 2 inches to accommodate flat-belly skidpan; Gen Right oil pan and gas tank skids
Does everything work the way you want?: The low stance works great!
Anything you would change?: Dana 44 front axle
Gazaway Bros
Vehicle: '00 Dodge Dakota
Owner: Aaron Gazaway, Mapaville, MO
Tires & Wheels: 38x12.50 MTZs on 20x10 American Racing wheels
Suspension: Custom solid-axle conversion with radius arms and Fox coilovers up front and custom leaf springs with Fox shocks in the rear
Drivetrain: 46RE, Dana 44 front, 9 1/4-rear
Performance Mods: 5.9L, Procharger, Spearco intercooler, Aeromotive fuel pump, Flowmaster exhaust
Other Doodads: Custom front bumper, transmission cooler, Auto Meter gauges
Does everything work the way you want?: Yes
Anything you would change?: Four-link rear suspension
Anything to add?: With the exception of the Viper Red paint job, all work was done by my brother and me
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Normally what we do is called "Fishing." Today, it should of been called " Catching." And catch they did. We had multiple double and triple hook-ups on the flats today with Sean, Paul and Kevin. The funniest thing today was when all 3 of my guest's rods were doubled over at the same time on the flats while WADE sight fishing into 3 feet of water. I normally dont fish when I guide, but I simply could not resist the temptation to cast at a school that was 30 feet in front of me. Couple'a strips and all 4 of us were tight to a fish.
Today I used mostly more realistic sand lance patterns than the usual white and chartreuse clousers. The Blues and Bass ate'm with eagerness. 12 to 16 pound tippets working fine. Hope this helps.
A few of the many landed fish from today's outing on the flats.
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Congrats to you all!
The below adventure comes from a freind and client from Cuba. It's a must read.
Cuba was fantastic. We flew to Havana via Madrid and had a day there. We met one of the party who spoke Spanish and he showed us round. We went to the Cigar Factory-very interesting, the make 7000000 cigars a year in all.
Next day we were up at 5am for a bus ride, flight of one hour and then bus and finally a three hour boat ride 50 miles into the open ocean to the islands of the Jardinsdel Rena or the Islands of the Queen. No one lives there and they are truly tropical islands. We lived on a house boat which had been abandoned by the French Govt , it was originally used for ocean research. It was very smart and the food, always fish was wonderful! We had lobster every day!
We went out with a guide every day at 7.30 am and fished till 6pm with a lunch break. We caught bonefish barracuda snapper jack cravalle by spinning fly fishing and bait fished at night. Some times we were out fishing till 2am in the morning! I hooked and lost a tarpon and Michael hooked and lost four tarpon. We saw turtles dolphins iguanas a Cayman (a type of crocodile) and a rat that lives on the mangroves. It was quite an experience being so far out to sea and it must be one of the most remote places on the planet. The fishing was truly fantastic mainly because no one else fished it and it a was a huge area, as big as the Keys in Florida .
The photo shows my first Cuban barracuda
We returned to Havana for another day and then flew home. We had a good trip back except for British rail having problems on the line from London to Wakefield . It took us six hours to do a 2 hour Journey! I arrived in at 155 am on the Monday having set off from Cuba at 5.30 on Saturday night! I did have a sleep on the plane.
Everything is now back to normal,
All the Best
What an incredible experience!! As I was reading your story, my jaw hit the floor. Sounds amazing! Congrats on your fine adventure. Im sure you will have many pleasant dreams.
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Back in March, I wrote about the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC's) state-by-state attack on renewable energy. The attacks contribute to ALEC's growing reputation as a "shadowy right-wing front group,"; funded by the likes of Koch Industries, ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy, the largest private-sector coal company in the world. ALEC's legislative efforts were aided by the Heartland Institute, a "free-market think tank" and notorious climate change denier.
ALEC has a clear motive: to serve the interests of dirty fossil fuel power plants and block progress towards greater use of clean, homegrown energy.
I'm happy to announce that ALEC and the Heartland Institute's efforts to roll-back individual state's renewable energy goals decisively failed in legislatures from West Virginia to Kansas. In total, 26 bills designed to remove renewable energy standards (RPS) for eight states were denied, according to a report from Colorado State University's Center for the New Energy Economy.
Now, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin will continue on the path towards a clean energy future. Even better, some states increased their energy guidelines, namely Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland and Minnesota.
This news comes as a resounding victory for the climate, consumers and Americans who want to see the nation make progress in the $2 billion global clean energy economy.
Renewable energy is not only a vital component of the national plan to address climate change, but also a bargain for consumers. For example, Texas' RPS, established in 1999, led the state to become an international powerhouse for wind energy. Texas has already reached its RPS goal, set for 2015, and now boasts more than 1,300 companies, employing more than 100,000 workers, in industries directly and indirectly related to renewable energy. On top of that, renewable energy is driving down the energy costs for consumers. A Public Utility Commission report to the 81st Legislature states that "prices are lower [ERCOT]-wide when there are large amounts of wind energy being produced."
Texas' experience with wind energy is no outlier. Colorado proclaims that the state's RPS will save customers as much as $100 million over the next 25 years. Just last week, Xcel Energy, the state's largest utility, moved to purchase another 700 megawatts of wind energy, saving its customers over $590 million in fuel costs over 20 years. Colorado will reap the benefits from a reduced reliance on foreign oil imports, stable prices and reductions in harmful air pollution.
In a way, ALEC and the Heartland Institute's failure to stop progress in these states is no surprise. Carbon-free sources, like renewable energy and energy efficiency, are the key to addressing climate change and lowering energy costs.
The American people understand these fundamental benefits—despite the propaganda ALEC and the Heartland Institute like to promote. A resounding 92 percent of voters, including 84 percent of Republicans, support an increase in renewable energy.
While this is a huge victory, we can't rest our laurels just yet. ALEC will be back for their attack on the clean energy, low carbon economy. We must be just as vigilant if we are going to keep up the momentum to accelerate the transition to becoming a clean energy nation.
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The All-Beilein Teams: Bench Mob
In fine form. [Marc-Gregor Campredon]
Previously: All-Bench
John Beilein has spent ten seasons in Ann Arbor. As of the most recent, he's the winningest coach in program history with 215. He snapped Michigan's post-sanction tournament drought in 2009, the first of seven NCAA appearances with the Wolverines, three of which have extended at least into the second weekend.
In recognition of the above, as well as the need for offseason #content, I've put together a series of All-Beilein teams, inspired by this twitter post and the ensuing conversation. My guidelines:
- I'm attempting to put together the best possible lineups, which isn't necessarily the same as picking the best individual players at each spot.
- I'm choosing individual player vintages (i.e. 2013 Trey Burke). A player can only be chosen once for each category, but different player years (i.e. freshman bench gunner 2014 Zak Irvin and well-rounded senior 2017 Zak Irvin) can be eligible for separate categories. The same player/year can be chosen for multiple categories—for instance, 2013 Mitch McGary making the All-Bench team doesn't exclude him from making the final All-Beilein team.
- Eligibility for certain categories may be slightly fudged because of the limited pool of players.
I'm not putting too many constraints on myself for this exercise since the point is to let our imaginations run wild. Speaking of running wild, this team is a little different than the others: today's group is comprised of the best contributors to the Bench Mob.
The only member of the Bench Mob to merit his own highlight video. Dakich peaked in this role in 2013-14, when he could be the exuberant youngster instead of an assistant coach in the making. He's the ideal captain of a Bench Mob: he'll dance in the pregame huddle, be the first off the bench to greet players after a timeout, make a scene after a big shot, and coach up the point guards on the best way to approach the high ball screen. It won't be easy to fill (and leap out of) his seat.
Honorable Mention: 2012-13 Josh Bartelstein. Another walk-on who became a team leader, Bartelstein isn't your traditional hyper-excited bench fixture. Anyone with ESP, however, deserves serious consideration for the first team.
If we were ranking legendary Bench Mob moments, this would be at the top.
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Michigan's NBA Draftees: How Do They Fit?
I promised I'd write a post this week on how Michigan's latest crop of NBA players fit in with their new teams. When I said this, I forgot a fundamental aspect of the NBA offseason—namely, that the post-draft free agency period is complete and utter chaos, so projecting what teams will look like in October can be rather difficult. Adding to the difficulty: two of the three Michigan draftees went to teams whose front office decisions are often summed up with a hearty ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Undeterred, here's my best effort.
Nik Stauskas, Sacramento Kings
In three of the last four years, the Kings have attempted to pick their shooting guard of the future, first with BYU's Jimmer Fredette in 2011, then Kansas' Ben McLemore in 2013, and now with Stauskas. Fredette is now on the Bulls. In related news, the Kings haven't been very good, winning just 34% of their games in each of the last two seasons. They're also a team with a lot up in the air at the moment: they just signed point guard Darren Collison, making it very likely restricted free agent PG Isaiah Thomas will play elsewhere next season. The Kings have rumored interest in Detroit's Josh Smith and several others; after a very disappointing rookie season, McLemore could even be on the table as trade bait.
It seems unlikely, however, that the Kings would give up on the #7 overall selection from last year's draft so quickly, even with the brutal 7.8 PER McLemore posted last year (the NBA average is 15). Sacramento needs both shooting and bench scoring; Stauskas obviously could provide both, and coming off the bench as a rookie in need of some development, especially defensively, may be the best situation for him anyway. That's how SBNation's Sactown Royalty sees Stauskas getting used in year one:
But the "good news" for the Kings is that their needs are many, including production from their starting shooting guard and wing production from the bench. And this is where Stauskas could potentially help the Kings in a big way.
The drafting of Stauskas is not a death knell for Ben McLemore. Based on how McLemore finished the season, I am guessing that he has at least a slight leg up on Stauskas right now. I'm not saying that the starting job has been given to him by any means. I am saying that he is likely ahead of Stauskas in the here and the now. But when it's all said and done, one of these guys could start and one could get some serious burn off the bench, including in three guard sets. The Kings have a definite need at the positions that Stauskas could fill.
The Kings have a lot of holes left to fill, so this outlook could change dramatically even in the coming hours, depending on what they do with Thomas and McLemore. A Microwave-type role seems ideal for a rookie Stauskas, however, and once he gets used to the NBA game there's a good chance he challenges McLemore for the starting spot at the two.
Mitch McGary, Oklahoma City
McGary has the most obvious fit among Michigan's draftees, though it's one that'll likely have him riding pine for much of his rookie year—not necessarily a bad thing for a guy coming off back surgery. Landing on a great team that doesn't need immediate help up front is a great situation for McGary; he'll be able to ease his way into playing time, and down the road there should be opportunity for much more.
Right now, OKC is pretty much set in the frontcourt. Serge Ibaka is a star, coach Scott Brooks has a baffling affinity for the plodding Kendrick Perkins, Steven Adams had a breakout playoff season as an energy/tough guy with a good deal of untapped potential, and Nick Collison is the wily veteran who provides solid rebounding, defense, and a little scoring touch while possessing the versatility to play the four or the five.
Collison's role is the one McGary projects to best, and given Collison's minutes have waned over the last couple seasons, he'll have an opportunity to carve out a small role on a title contender this year—an Adams/McGary pairing off the bench could be a heck of an energy boost. (Also, a potential riot-starter.)
The real opportunity for playing time should come in 2015-16. Collison and Perkins are both entering the final year of their respective contracts; entering this season at 34 years old, it's unlikely Collison will be back. Perkins should be either gone or in a reduced role; even Brooks finally realized last season that he needed to dial back the big man's minutes. A big man rotation of Ibaka-Adams-McGary should be something to build around for the future—you know, alongside those Durant and Westbrook fellows—and that future may not be far off.
Glenn Robinson III, Minnesota Timberwolves
We're well aware that Robinson needs significant development before he's ready to thrive in the NBA. Not only does his defense need work, he's going to have to improve either his jump shot or ballhandling (preferably both) to be a reliable player in halfcourt sets. GRIII's transition game is the one aspect that won't be questioned from the beginning—he can run, fill a lane, and finish with the best of them.
No matter what, Robinson should have a limited role in his rookie season. He's transitioning from playing the four at Michigan to being a small forward in the NBA, which means guarding a wholly different type of player—most rookies struggle with defense as they get used to the higher level of play, and GRIII will be no different. The Wolves don't have a lot of talent on the wing, but they've got enough to allow a second-rounder to ease his way into the rotation.
While the role should be relatively small regardless, it's tough to project anything further with Minnesota considering the current state of the team. Their superstar power forward, Kevin Love, is going to be traded this offseason; he has a player option for 2015-16 that allows him to opt out of his contract and Minnesota has little-to-no chance of re-signing him, so they must act soon or they'll lose one of the league's most valuable players for nothing. They've been in serious trade talks with Golden State; if those fall through, several other teams will line up for a shot at Love, especially once free agent Carmelo Anthony lands on a squad.
Jordan Morgan, Minnesota Timberwolves (Summer League)
J-Mo's situation is pretty simple. He'll play for Minnesota's summer league team, and in doing so he'll hope to earn a training camp invite from any NBA team and/or impress an overseas squad enough to get a shot for a more guaranteed contract. If Morgan is looking for job security, the latter route is the most preferable.
If that doesn't work out, I think Morgan will land on his feet just fine.
NBA Draft Recap: Stauskas #8, Beilein Scoops Everyone
While Michigan didn't quite end up getting their entire starting five from the 2013 national title game into the first round, last night's NBA Draft proved a major success for the program. Here's an overview of what went down last night; next week, I'll take a closer look at how each U-M draftee fits in with his new team.
Nik Stauskas, #8 Overall, Sacramento Kings
Nik Stauskas went off the board at #8 to Sacramento, becoming the highest Wolverine selection since Dallas picked Robert Traylor (RIP) sixth in 1998 before trading him to Milwaukee. Stauskas, resplendent in a suit that probably cost more than my car, immediately celebrated with a perfectly executed three-goggle handshake with his dad. (His subsequent handshake with John Beilein wasn't quite so flawless.)
Afterward, Stauskas was asked about Michigan by someone who clearly never went to Michigan, because Zingerman's is way too expensive for students and the Art Fair takes place when almost nobody is on campus. He handled it well:
Q. Nik, Michigan is a very good school academically, great campus like Zingerman's, the art festival in Ann Arbor. Was it an easy decision? There must be a tough decision to say, I want to leave early, because it is a great school. Was there part of you that said, I should get my degree here and then go to the NBA?
NIK STAUSKAS: I definitely thought about it, but the biggest thing for me after this season was I felt like I was ready. I thought I had improved enough throughout the year, and I had made a lot of strides in my game and made the necessary improvements to make that jump to the next level.
Like I said, this has been a dream of mine my entire life. The fact that I had the opportunity to do it now, I feel like this is the right time. I understand that I could always go back and get my education after, which I fully plan on doing.
It's great to hear that Stauskas plans to finish earning his degree down the road. And yes, Nik, you were ready.
In the end, it turned out Stauskas separated himself quite a bit from the two players believed to be his biggest competition as shooting guards projected to go in the mid-to-late lottery. Kentucky's James Young went to the Celtics at #17, while MSU's Gary Harris surprisingly plunged all the way to #19—he'll end up in Denver after a draft-day trade with Chicago.
Mitch McGary, #21 Overall, Oklahoma City Thunder
One of the most entertaining aspects of draft night is watching Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski announce every pick on Twitter well before the actual picks are announced, sometimes getting so far as three picks ahead of the telecast. Rarely does anyone scoop Wojo; when they do, sometimes it's because they're wrong.
So when John Beilein tweeted this out minutes before Oklahoma City selected Mitch McGary at #21 overall, it'd prove to be the second-greatest thing Beilein did last night (TEASER):
Another Wolverine about to go up on the board. #GoBlue #WeWork
— John Beilein (@JohnBeilein) June 27, 2014
John Beilein is better at your job than you are. There's no shame in this. Just accept it.
Meanwhile, MLive's Brendan Quinn passes along this fantastic quote from OKC GM Sam Presti, generally regarded as one of the best in the business:
"The last thing that is really, really impressive to us, and the reason that we value him even more, is that he's an incredible teammate -- just an incredible teammate," Presti said. "That was on display during the season when he missed a significant amount of time.
"I felt like I was scouting him on the bench while he wasn't playing. The way that he engaged with his teammates, his support was unwavering, his enthusiasm was unwavering. Combine that with his skill-set and and his intangibles, and that's a Thunder player."
If the Thunder don't use a future pick on Andrew Dakich, I'll be sorely disappointed.
Glenn Robinson III, #40 Overall, Minnesota Timberwolves
Wojo cruelly tweeted that Oklahoma City was considering GRIII with their second pick of the first round, which was not to be. In a really deep draft—Wichita State's Cleanthony Early lasted all the way to #34—he dropped to the tenth pick of the second round, but the team that nabbed him valued him much higher than that:
Robinson III 26th or 27th on #Twolves board, per Flip.
— Darren Wolfson (@DarrenWolfson) June 27, 2014
At GRIII's draft party, his mother took a moment to note that this was the plan all along:
When the waiting was finally over, after the Timberwolves had finished the drama, Clay [Robinson's mother], along with Robinson took the podium.
She read a letter he wrote in high school about how he was going to miss school but that he was onto bigger and better things.
That in a couple of years, he would be playing in the NBA.
He called it.
With Robinson's selection, Michigan—as expected—ended with three players taken in the draft, tied with UCLA for the most among any school. However...
Jordan Morgan, Undrafted Free Agent, Minnesota Timberwolves
...that didn't mean Beilein's night was over. The last person remaining in the green room, Michigan's coach waited out every pick in the hope that a team would take a second-round flier on Jordan Morgan:
John Beilein will not leave until all of his players are drafted. pic.twitter.com/dH6WCBK1ba
— Daniel Feldman (@danfeldman31) June 27, 2014
John Beilein is the best. The absolute best.
Morgan didn't get picked, but he'll get a chance to earn a roster spot alongside GRIII, as he told Quinn today that he's joining the Timberwolves as an undrafted free agent. He'll get his shot on Minnesota's Summer League squad; they start play on July 12th, and you can find the whole schedule here. Even if Morgan doesn't get a spot on the Timberwolves, it's a great opportunity for him to audition for other NBA teams and scouts from other leagues.
How About The Pistons?
While Detroit lost their first-round pick (don't ask, or this vein in my head starts doing funny things), they used their second-rounder on Colorado guard Spencer Dinwiddie, considered a potential first-round prospect last year before coming back to school and suffering an ACL injury. How would I grade the pick?
NBA Draft Primer: Three Michigan First-Rounders?
Michigan's trio of early entrants will learn their NBA Draft fates tomorrow night, and it appears there's at least a puncher's chance Nik Stauskas, Mitch McGary, and Glenn Robinson III all find their way into the first round. Here are the most recent projections and rumors for the three Wolverines as they await the moment they officially realize their professional dreams.
Nik Stauskas
It doesn't appear Stauskas will fall any further than the #13 pick (Minnesota), and there's a solid chance he cracks the top ten. The Philadelphia 76ers own two lottery picks, at #3 and #10, and Stauskas appears to be an ideal fit for their second selection. CSN Philly states Stauskas would fit the team's needs "perfectly," as they lack shooting, which you may know Stauskas does rather well:
The Sixers are in desperate need of shooters to complement Michael Carter-Williams, Nerlens Noel and whomever they draft with the third pick. Nobody in this draft shoots the ball better than Stauskas. Defenses always have to account for a shooter like Stauskas when he's on the floor. This would open up driving lanes for Carter-Williams and create more room inside for post players like Noel to operate.
Stauskas and Carter-Williams would form a dynamic backcourt. Both have good size and their skill sets complement one another very well. Stauskas is a solid enough ballhandler and decision-maker to play point guard in a pinch. Brett Brown would also have the option of bringing Stauskas off the bench. He would thrive in that role, providing instant offense the minute he enters the game.
The two other prospects who fit that mold and are expected to go in the same range are MSU's Gary Harris and Kentucky's James Young. After pre-draft workouts, Stauskas and Harris have seemingly separated themselves from Young, and Stauskas is consistently projected to go a spot or two above Harris.
A Sixers squad featuring MCW, Stauskas, Thaddeus Young, Nerlens Noel, and the #3 pick could be a really exciting young team to watch.
Mitch McGary
McGary has taken a cautious approach to the pre-draft process as he recovers from back surgery, as he detailed after working out for the Milwaukee Bucks, per UMHoops:
"It's a little different, my situation with the surgery and everything else going into (the draft)," McGary said. "I thought this was was the best possible outcome for me — having a couple of limited workouts and getting my body back to where it needs to be and have the best chance in the draft. I talked to the assistant GM and the GM and they're definitely interested in me."
The Bucks own the #2 pick (not happening) and the first pick of the second round, but it appears they'll have to move up if they want to snag McGary. According to ESPN's draft insider, Chad Ford, there's good reason why McGary hasn't pushed himself through workout after workout:
I'm confident Mitch McGary has a promise in the 1st round. He's done just 1 workout. He's healthy. His camp has gone radio silent.
— Chad Ford (@chadfordinsider) June 24, 2014
Hearing Hornets at 24 most likely destination for Mitch McGary to land. Source says they are the culprit of his draft workout shutdown
— Chad Ford (@chadfordinsider) June 24, 2014
That's a little higher than the most recent spate of mock drafts had McGary going, but not by much: he was projected to go anywhere from the Miami Heat's pick at #24 (Ford) to the Dallas Mavericks' selection at #34 (CBS's Gary Parrish, who seems to think the marijuana thing will actually matter to the NBA, so... grain of salt) before Ford unveiled the info above.
While the Hornets don't have the NBA's most talented roster, they have some promise in the backcourt (namely PG Kemba Walker), a consistent 20-10 guy in center Al Jefferson, and a big hole at power forward filled last year by Josh McRoberts (an unrestricted free agent) and Cody Zeller. If McGary landed there, he'd have every chance at playing time once he's 100%, and he'd fit in great as an energy guy alongside the older, more polished Jefferson.
Glenn Robinson III
This is where it gets interesting, as nobody seems to have a great idea where GRIII could end up; he's projected to be picked anywhere from #21 by Oklahoma City (NBADraftNet) to the LA Clippers' second-round selection at #39 (Parrish). Most, however, have him right on the edge of the first round; ESPN's Jeff Goodman has him going to the Clippers at #28 overall, while his colleague Ford has Robinson playing for his father's old team after Milwaukee selects him with the first pick of the second round.
The Clippers seem like an ideal landing spot for GRIII. He wouldn't be asked to do too much right away on such a good team, but there could be opportunity for some early minutes at the three if Danny Granger doesn't re-sign after opting out of the final year of his deal, and at the very least Robinson would provide another high-flying fast break threat for Lob City.
Homerism caveat granted, I believe it'll be difficult for a player with Robinson's athleticism, pedigree, and potential to slip out of the first round, especially since most of the teams picking at the back end of the draft can afford to grab a guy who needs some development before being a major contributor. The development of his midrange game during his sophomore season could prove the key to him being the third Michigan first-rounder in this draft.
Unverified Voracity Checks Verascity
It's cotnagnous. Last week we learned that red squigglies are turned off in Ann Arbor when Mikey Weber posted a photoshop he'd been sent; this week we find out that red squigglies are also off in Columbus.
"DEILVER." Didn't they have a WR named that recently?
And we all had a laugh at this funny old world and moved on. Except perpetually aggrieved DJ Byrnes, who rushed to his damsel's defense, sword in hand, reporting that anything without an Official Urban Meyer signature was fake. Weber, who probably didn't even notice the typos—the mind tends to gloss over such things—responded that an Ohio State coach sent it to him. So of course the thing to do in that situation is double down and call a recruit a liar.
So, there are three scenarios: 1) Stan Drayton is moonlighting as a graphics designer. 2) They're now sending out work lacking all the hallmarks of his other work. 3) Weber is fibbing to save himself some embarrassment.
Buckeye Occam's Razor insists that a Michigan fan posing as a Buckeye coach made this terribly embarrassing photoshop as a false flag operation, and that Weber is in on it. JenniferLawrenceOkay.gif.
Meanwhile in somehow less embarrassing responses to this event, the Free Press claimed Weber was vouching for the "verascity" of the photoshop. Well done, well done.
HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS. Because Spellgateoff is a national crisis, The D Zone interviewed Weber about it. Weber says that minor typos on fake magazine covers are not going to impact his decision.
"Really my opinion on it is it really isn't a big deal. I know people make mistakes. It was kind of ironic, but it isn't something to blow out of proportion," Weber (5-foot-10, 200-pounds) said today in an interview with The D Zone.
Come out of the bunkers, everyone. It's over. It's finally over.
Hooray, but please still redshirt. Incoming DE Lawrence Marshall is a larger man these days:
Michigan commitment Lawrence Marshall tells me that he's up to 6'4"/250 as of today.
Marshall will enroll at Michigan in a little less than a month and is considered a player who could potentially play early depending on how things shake out at defensive end.
Taco Charlton's move to SDE complicates things but Michigan still has Ojemudia behind Clark and for pants sake just redshirt somebody at some point. With Clark, Ojemudia, and Ryan sliding down for nickel duty Michigan is set at WDE.
Robinson moving up boards. Chad Ford says that Glenn Robinson III is impressing in the bits of NBA draft testing he was always going to, and that this is reviving his flagging stock:
Robinson III was one of the four or five players who helped themselves the most at the draft combine. His elite athletic abilities, a slimmed-down physique and some very solid shooting numbers in the drills all gave him a boost in the eyes of scouts. Not to mention the fact that according to multiple GMs he absolutely nailed the interviews.
So what does Robinson have to do now? Show that he can apply those skills to actual basketball.
Ah, that. Robinson did develop a highly reliable elbow jumper that NBA teams are going to like a lot, and he's been shooting it well in workouts and such. Ford says teams in the mid-first are poking around and that he should go in the 20s.
The big ol' preview. Bill Connolly previews Michigan, and hits upon a salient point:
Michigan faces only three teams projected better than 37th, and they're all on the road. The Wolverines face seven teams projected between 37th and 78th, and five of the seven are at home. And 2014 Appalachian State is in no way 2007 Appalachian State. This is about as low-variance a schedule as you'll ever see. Whether Michigan ranks 20th or 45th, the easiest result to project is about 9-3.
I would have said "about 8-4", but yeah. This is a year where being outside of that 8-4, 9-3 range would be a major shock. Unfortunately, 8-4 and 9-3 are the kind of records that keep Michigan in limbo about Hoke's future. It is what it is.
And then there's the fact that you should probably just predict 9-3 every year for accuracy's sake. Predictions are bad like that.
Latest eyerolling opportunity. Ticket sales are not going well—you can see the relative enthusiasm for Michigan football in graphic version at right, where our HTTV kickstarter is struggling to get over the hump. You know it, I know it, let's not belabor it even further. But I have to highlight this from the inevitable ticket packs (200 bucks for PSU, Miami(not that Miami), and any other game, a… deal?):
Michigan football fans can choose from three ticket-pack options with the 'Go Blue' Pack, the Fan Choice Pack and the Family Pack presented by WWJ Newsradio 950 as well as a new group sales option.
Check "ticket packs" off the list of things that haven't been sponsored yet.
Etc.: Barking Carnival has a boot camp series that will teach you football things. Gap and force responsibilities in this one. Kansas State releases Letitia Romero, so they have nothing to show for this latest PR debacle except terrible PR.
One Frame At A Time: GRIII's Greatest Dunks
Rudimentary photoshop skills + advanced dunking ability = this
Yesterday's post on Glenn Robinson III actually began as an attempt to compile his greatest GIFs, only to morph into something different when the process of narrowing down my list of favorites proved extremely difficult. If you haven't, read that for an impassioned discussion of GRIII being much more than Just A Dunker.
With that said, the dunks were pretty fun, you guys. I've combed through my hard drive and picked out my 20 favorite GRIII dunk GIFs. These aren't necessarily his 20 best dunks as a Wolverines—I didn't (quite) GIF everything from the last two seasons—but it's a pretty great sampling nonetheless. Throw on the Space Jam soundtrack and let's do this.
Click on the still frames to open each GIF in a lightbox, and don't forget to vote for your favorite at the end of the post.
20. Beilein +2
Not the most elaborate dunk, though the elevation always impresses. This just happened to be the best view of John Beilein's offense at work—watch Caris LeVert make a subtle cut across the lane just as Mitch McGary sets a sneaky pick to give GRIII an uncontested run to the rim. It's a gorgeous play with a pretty nice finish, too.
19. The Genesis
I had to include the first Robinson alley-oop, from the season-opening exhibition against Northern Michigan in 2012. The first, and by no means the last, time that GRIII dunked through significant contact with no call, which will be a running theme throughout this post.
Also, the title of this GIF on my computer is "griiialleyoop.gif" because I lack foresight, apparently.
18. Style Points
Trey Burke's pass may be the prettiest part of this—if it isn't the uniforms—but Robinson makes this look so smooth, especially with the way he spins through the landing.
17. Nope
Another running theme: defenders seeing GRIII tear through the lane and freezing like deer in headlights. Austin Hollins wanted absolutely none of this. The next dunk on the list validates this course of action...
16. Late Contest Blues
Included because (1) dat pass, (2) oh, just casually dunking all over some schlub, and (3) the look of devastation of Sasa Borovnjak's face as he realizes how damn idiotic it was to try and stop this from happening.
[Hit the appropriately named JUMP for the top 15.]


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your a bunch of dumbasses, I have a picture of a duck with a gators head on it that is as real as that picture.....
no wonder bho got elected
this should say everything that needs to be said
Brown was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1982. She served five terms, gaining wide recognition in the Jacksonville area, and served as a delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.[citation needed] After the 1990 census, the Florida legislature carved out a new Third Congressional District in the northern part of the state. This district was designed to enclose an African-American majority within its boundaries. A horseshoe-shaped district touching on predominantly African-American neighborhoods in Jacksonville, Gainesville, Orlando, and Ocala,[2] the Third District seemed likely to send Florida's first African-American to Congress since Reconstruction, and Brown decided to run.[3]
Does anyone wonder why the White House wants to control the census
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Corey Burke
Matt McKenzie
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it." Henry Ford
The following is from the Daily Kos, but is consistent with information from other sources:
"No state, however, saw a more partisan, less democratic gerrymander, both at the Congressional level and the state legislative level, than the state of Florida. Florida has become famous for being a toss-up at the presidential level (most famously in 2000), and generally competitive in statewide races as well. Democrats actually outnumber Republicans in terms of registration within the state.
Yet the Republican legislature created a Congressional map after the 2000 census which included 18 Republicans against only seven Democrats.
The situation is even worse at the legislative level, where Democrats are in a virtually hopeless minority in both houses. Republicans control the state House with a 76-44 majority, and control the Senate with 26 seats to the Democrats' 14.
In a state essentially split down the middle between Republicans and Democrats, this kind of single-party dominance is as absurd as it seems on its face."
The primary tactic used to achieve this type of imbalance is to create districts like the 3rd.
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As an alumnus of UF, I'm embarrassed that Corrine Brown went to school there and is a fan. She's an embarrassment to the school, to Florida, to mammals and to all sentient life. BBG is dead on...her district is a gerrymandered joke that meanders 120 miles through every black neighborhood from Jacksonville to Orlando...often not much wider than a highway easement. In 2000, while doing some volunteer work for the GOP I got to meet and talk w/ Brown's GOP opponent. A black lady who had just retired as a Lt. Commander from the Navy. She promoted self-reliance and personal responsibility. She was smart. She was articulate. She was hot lookin'. And she got trounced by that corrupt ignoramus Corrine Brown.
BTW, what's the first thing a Georgia teenager says upon losing her virginity?
Wait for it....
"Daddy, get off me! You're squishin' my smokes!"
so you disagree that is why the white house wants to control the census? see jeff you do have to always take the other side. I never mentioned who established the black districts in an effort not to make it dem vs rep. I only pointed out that is why this woman is in office. Who made the districts is not really an issue in this, is it?
BTW- just for fun and you direct me to the information you are used to say that it was republicans who controlled the redistricting? I am not saying they did not, I just don't know....you may be right
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Corey Burke
In Florida, the redistricting process is controlled by the legislature as a matter of law. Republicans won control of the senate in 1992 and of the house in 1996. The initial redistricting plan was developed and implemented for the 1994 elections. One of the issues addressed was that Florida was under investigation because of the absence of any minority representatives. A number of safe black districts were created as part of a settlement of litigation. The effect of this was the creation of an even larger number of overwhelmingly white districts. This helped increase Republican control of the legislature and left it completely unchallenged in its control of the redistricting process following the 2000 census. The results of that are shown in the edited comments in my prior post, but have basically given republicans two-thirds control of the legislature despite having only 50% of votes in any statewide elections. By the way, the third district was itself the subject of litigation through 1996 as a racially gerrymandered district. Ultimately the courts punted, leaving the question until after the 2000 census. The Bush supreme court then chose not to hear further challenges. Of course, by then it had become apparent that the Republican party was the primary beneficiary of the newly created "black" and "hispanic" districts. I have posted a lot of sources since most of the information concerning 1990 came from a variety of court filings throughout the 90's. I can point you to more readily accessible sources for the 2000 redistricting if you are interested.
The Bush supreme court? I was under the impression that the President and the Supreme Court were in different branches of government. Was there a justice named Bush?
Matt McKenzie
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it." Henry Ford


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One of the questions surrounding the Eagles all season was the chances Mike Vick would return to Philadelphia. The chatter got louder as soon as Chip Kelly was hired as coach. Today, the question was answered when the Eagles kept Vick and restructured his deal.
Predictions have been loud and frequent since Kelly was hired, but it seems that Chip Kelly thinks that Vick can run his offense. It will be interesting to see how the former Oregon Ducks head coach will change his offense and tactics for the NFL, but the athleticism of Vick was something he must have felt he could not let go. Vick has a long history of pulling the ball down too early and being unable to read defenses at a level needed to be a top notch signal caller. Kelly's offense, if successful, should be able to allow Vick to know when he has to run or cut down on his reads.
This won't be the last interesting move that Kelly makes this season. After all, Peter King reported that he had hired the first "sports science coordinator" in league history. Said King:


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Chapter 1: Independent and Dependent Event
Probability is present in many parts of our everyday lives. When you say it is raining and your numbers came up in the lottery, you are talking about 2 independent events. The fact that it is raining is not dependent on the fact that your numbers came up in the lottery, and vice versa. If you say that you have the flu and you are taking medicine, you are talking about dependent events. The terms independent and dependent in mathematics are the same as those found in the English language. In order to determine probabilities mathematically, we need to understand the differences between the definitions of independent and dependent. Independent events are those where the outcome of one event is not affected by the other, and dependent events are events where the outcome of one is affected by the other. Other terms, such as mutually inclusive and mutually exclusive, are also important. With mutually inclusive events, the concept of double counting is taken into account in the calculation of probabilities when using the Addition Principle.
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Independent Events
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Dependent Events
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Mutually Inclusive and Mutually Exclusive Events
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We've uncovered a weird phenomenon in movies and TV: You cast two actors to play a parent and child, and yet they're only a few years apart! Jack from Will & Grace (via TV Tropes) sums it up best: "This is just like The OC, except without twenty-five-year-old teenagers and thirty-five-year-old parents." Since Hollywood values age, there's a weird suspension of disbelief where we have to go along with the assertion that these actors are totally old enough to be parents.
And for some reason, it's all mothers — I was hard-pressed to find any male actors playing dads to peers of roughly the same age.