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Protists = All Single-celled Eukaryotes Help
Introduction to Protists
Figure 7.1 reviews the fact that unicellular organisms belong to one of either two major kingdoms–Kingdom Protista or Kingdom Monera.
The protists include all of the single-celled organisms having a nucleus. This is a huge category, of course! And this category is distinguished from the bacteria, you may remember, which are the main single-celled organisms not having a nucleus. Recollect that the primitive amoeba is a representative member of the Kingdom Protista.
"Where Did The First Cell Organelles Come From?"
Somewhere along the vast timescale of evolutionary history, a group of prokaryote cells without nuclei eventually developed into eukaryote cells containing nuclei. Recall that the first eukaryote cells appeared about 2.1 billion years ago. These original eukaryote cells started what we loosely call the protists, literally the "very first" organisms with nucleus-containing cells. Speculation about just how these nucleated protists first appeared has lead to the Theory of Endosymbiosis ( EN -doh- sim -be- OH -sis). The concept of symbiosis ( sim -be- OH -sis), in general, involves a "condition of" (-osis) "living" (bi) "together" (sym-). The term endosymbiosis, then, means a condition of living together and "within" (endo-). In a condition of endosymbiosis, two organisms of different species live together, with the smaller organism living inside the cells of the larger organism, which act as hosts.
Study suggestion: Picture a band of gypsies living together in a group of tents surrounded by a fence. The gypsies used to live independently, but for their safety and well-being, their band has come to live together with other members of a circus. The circus compound itself, including the fenced-off gypsy area, is surrounded by a tall wall. In return for food and protection, the gypsies live inside the circus compound and entertain their hosts (circus owners) and read their fortunes! The contained gypsy band and the larger host circus compound therefore live in a condition of endosymbiosis, where each group benefits.
According to the Theory of Endosymbiosis, small prokaryote cells that used to live independently, moved into larger host prokaryote cells and achieved greater safety and well-being. (Examine Figure 7.2.) After living together in a state of endosymbiosis for a long time, the smaller prokaryote cells completely lost their ability to live independently. Instead, they evolved into nuclei and other organelles. Consider the possible origins of the mitochondrion, flagellum, and chloroplast. Mitochondria may have evolved from tiny, free-living, aerobic bacteria that were engulfed via phagocytosis by a larger anaerobic cell. Eventually, the bacteria mutated into mitochondria and became permanent residents and organelles of their larger host cell. By this means, the once anaerobic host cell became an aerobic (O 2 -using) one containing mitochondria. Suppose that the now-aerobic cell then phagocytosed ( fag -oh- SIGH -toesd) a small, fast-moving prokaryote with a whip-like flagellum. The entire small flagellated cell eventually evolved into a new organelle for the larger host cell – a flagellum. The host cell benefited by gaining increased mobility.
Similarly, the chloroplast and its capacity for photosynthesis may have evolved by endosymbiosis. Recall (Chapter 3) that tiny, bluish-green, chlorophyll-containing bacteria, shaped like threads or filaments, may have been the most ancient of living things. These bacteria were prokaryotes, lacking a nucleus. Many biologists speculate that early aerobic cells may have phagocytosed such bluish-green bacteria, which eventually evolved into slender chloroplast organelles. The large host cells would benefit by obtaining the capacity to produce energy via photosynthesis.
The ultimate result of all this endosymbiosis going on over long periods of time may well be such modern protists as Euglena (yew- GLEN -ah). This modern protist contains both mitochondria and chloroplasts as organelles, and it moves about rapidly by means of its flagellum. Commonly found in ponds, Euglena living in sunny water develop chloroplasts and become autotrophic, producing their own energy via photosynthesis. They use their flagella to scoot towards the light. In dark pond water, however, Euglena becomes an aerobic heterotroph, absorbing nutrients from the rich pond water and using its mitochondria to produce energy aerobically. Such dark-dwelling Euglena may even lose their chloroplasts!
So, is Euglena a plant (living anaerobically via photosynthesis), or is it an animal (living aerobically and using oxygen)? The answer is, "Neither!" For you see, Euglena is a protist!
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The Grammy Awards are being handed out tonight, which means we will finally learn what was truly the best that music had to offer in 2013. From amazing rap albums to brand new stars on the scene and even some undeniably catchy pop tunes, this year in music was one that we couldn't help but sing along to.
Alternative Rock and alternative music in general may still not be mainstream, but the Grammys still go out of their way to honor the genre each and every year. This year sees a clash between iconic Alt gods and relatively new kids on the block.
Trent Reznor has revived his career and has also revived his band Nine Inch Nails to the point where they're up for a Grammy. The perennial favorite though is Vampire Weekend, who likely have a lot to owe to Reznor and Nine Inch Nails.
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album was handed to Vampire Weekend for Modern Vampire of the City.
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Teams generally schedule an opponent they think they're going to beat for their homecoming game, that way they can look good in front of fans they want to impress. That point was not lost on Carolina Panthers players DeAngelo Williams and Cam Newton.
Williams said after the Panthers beat the Redskins 21-13 thathe was pretty upset when he woke up Sunday morning and saw that Washington dubbed the matchup with Carolina a "homecoming" game.
"I get over and I pick over the game day [program], and I'm looking at the [program], it's customary," Williams said, per D.C. Sports Bog. "And I look on there and it says homecoming. And I'm thinking to myself, like, this is the National Football League. Are you serious? Homecoming? Homecoming.
"And it's not like you tried to hide it. You blatantly put it on the front of the game day. And you're talking about somebody fired up today? I was pissed."
Williams says he mentioned the slight during the team's pregame meeting and that the entire squad was fired up by it.
"It was the whole team," said Williams. "It was the whole team. That was definitely motivating. I mean, you don't say you're gonna have a homecoming in the National Football League. I mean, you do it in college. It's [against] one of those teams that's just terrible. You don't book a good team for homecoming….I don't know if they had a dance or anything; I just know you don't give a team extra motivation by putting that on your program, just blatantly coming out and saying you're our homecoming game."
After the game, Cam Newton seemed to indicate he felt the same way.
According to FOX's A.J. Perez, Newton said it was "embarrassing" to be the Redskins' homecoming opponent.
Maybe that was the type of motivation Carolina needed. They won the game 21-13 and beat the Redskins well enough to make Mike Shanahan practically give up on the season.
The Redskins had more than 150 former players back for the game, and they honored the franchise's top 80 players. The best way to cap a day like that? With a big fat L. Williams and Newton probably couldn't have been happier to hang it on them.
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04.12.07 - By Matthew Hurley: Despite the fact that the majority of boxing scribes, myself included, and the betting public are predicting a Floyd Mayweather victory over Ricky Hatton on December 8th, many fighters have weighed in on the latest big match up and are leaning towards the challenger. I should clarify that I think Ricky will make this bout a much more competitive struggle than I initially felt when the bout was first announced and a Hatton victory wouldnt shock me. One of those fighters who have pegged Hatton to win is Oscar De La Hoya..
The Golden Boys assessment aside, it should be noted that not only is he Hattons promoter he is actively looking for a noteworthy opponent for 2008. Although a rematch of his May 5th bout against Mayweather is not entirely out of the question it is not nearly as appetizing from a marketing standpoint as a fight with Hit Man Hatton. Oscar has also stated that he would like for his next bout to be held in an outdoor stadium, possibly Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. A venue like that would placate the thousands of Hatton fans who have invaded Las Vegas for Hattons fight on Saturday night sans tickets. Its become a source of contention not only for Hatton fans but boxing fans in general that tickets for main events like this are nearly impossible to come by. The majority of them are giving out to the casinos, high rollers, sponsors and ticket brokers. Hatton was granted about 3,300 tickets but he has more than 10,000 screaming countryman in Vegas right now. Mayweather was given just about the same. The MGM Grand only holds about 16,000 people. On top of that tickets that were made available to the public on the MGM Grand website ran from about $1000 to $13,000. Oscar, now more promoter than fighter, is aware of the discrepancy and knows that a huge outdoor stadium will allow his rabid fan base and an attractive opponents fan base to actually see the fight live in person. And with more people gobbling up tickets the monetary gain would exceed that of a Casino fight.
Which leads us back to a possible fight against Hatton. Now, indications are that De La Hoya would gladly change venues from California to Wembley Stadium in England. The giant stadium can seat 80,000 people and would become an event not seen since the days fights were held at Yankee Stadium or the Polo Grounds. Well, at least on American soil. In Europe bouts such as the recent Joe Calzaghe Mikkel Kessler super middleweight unification match held at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales was witness to upwards of 50,000 spectators.
The chances are very strong, said Gareth Williams, Hattons lawyer, as reported by BBC Sport. We have strong links with Golden Boy (Promotions) and Oscar De La Hoya and we have had discussions with them about fighting Oscar in London at Wembley. It would be the perfect venue and it is widely anticipated we would sell over 80,000 tickets. If you look at what Oscars achieved in his career and he has done everything bar fighting in Britain and holding the record live gate. Being realistic, hes not going to achieve that in the United States and he could achieve it if he fought in the UK against Ricky Hatton.
It may seem a bit odd that news of this potential mega-bout are surfacing just at the moment Mayweather is set to defend his title against Hatton but that is both the businessman in De La Hoya and the ego driven superstar who craves attention. Its almost akin to New York Yankee Alex Rodriguezs agent Scott Boras announcing, mid-game during the World Series, that his client would (at the time) be seeking free agency. It reeks of bad taste but whether he would like to admit it or not Oscar already has the snake oil salesmanship of a Don King or a Bob Arum oozing out of him.
Williams went on to add that the proposed fight would take place regardless of what happens on Saturday night. Oscar has yet to comment as he has a final press conference to attend tomorrow hyping Hatton Mayweather.
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Dominant Strategies Implementation when Compensations are Allowed:a Characterization Fundación
AbstractDominant strategies truthful implementation of flexible social objectives involves the ability of the planner to alter the individual incentives in such a way that the externality imposed on society by each agent reporting a given type is fully internalized in the agent's final payoff. In other words, the agents' objective function must mimic the social objectives. We find that our main result is robust enough to explain why well-known mechanisms like Groves's transfers work in some contexts while some other social objectives are not implementable in dominant strategies.
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Poli Sci's Jonathan Leib Selected for Research Award
Jonathan Leib, associate professor and director of the geography program in the Department of Political Science and Geography, has been selected to receive the 2012 Research Honors Award from the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG).
The annual award is bestowed upon those who have produced a significant record of quality research and publication, and have exhibited research leadership at both an institutional an organizational level.
The award will be presented at SEDAAG's annual meeting in Asheville, N.C., on Nov. 19.
One Honors Committee member wrote that "Dr. Leib is a role model for all of us. He is a prolific publisher and scholar in the areas of political geography, geography of the South, race and ethnicity, and cultural geography. His first article to appear in a peer-reviewed journal focused on the meanings and placements of the Confederate flag and appeared in the Southeastern Geographer in 1995.
"Dr. Leib has since published 25 journal articles, 15 book chapters, three edited volumes, numerous encyclopedia entries and book reviews and is the co-author of a forthcoming book, 'Contemporary Political Geographies.' It would be difficult to find a literature review on political geography in the Southeastern United States without a reference to Dr. Leib's work."
Leib's frequent co-author, Gerald Webster, states that he is "confident that Jonathan is the foremost authority in the discipline of geography on the vitriolic debates over the meaning and placement of the battle flag on the Southern landscape. Dr. Leib has been honored with awards for articles published in the Southeastern Geography, Cultural Geographies, and the Journal of Geography."
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Jackrabbits Already Have Crown, Looking For Bragging Rights Against Coyotes Sunday
You might think South Dakota State would be approaching Sunday's regular season finale with a slightly ho-hum attitude. After all, the Jackrabbits have already secured their third straight Summit League regular season championship, and the number one seed that comes with it at next week's Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls.
But one look at the schedule tells you the Jackrabbits will be doing everything they can to win this game. It's a match-up with in-state rival South Dakota, a team that nearly knocked them off in the tournament championship game last year.
SDSU nailed down the regular season championship outright with a 14-point win at Denver Thursday night. It wasn't easy for the Jacks early, as they dug themselves an early 13-point deficit.
But midway through the first half, the 3-pointers began to fall and SDSU was back in it after a 22-3 run. In all, the Jackrabbits knocked down a season-high 12 triples in the game, putting four players in double figures, while limiting the Pioneers to under 30 percent shooting in the second half.
The Jackrabbits will be looking for a season sweep of the Coyotes Sunday, after winning by 19 at home last month. That game started with a 53-point first half for SDSU, their highest total in the first 20 minutes of a game in more than a year.
Head coach Aaron Johnston told me he expects his bench to play a key role in the rematch.
Tipoff is 2:00pm Sunday in Vermillion.


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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
I Need That Record!
Last night, after I put my son to bed, I watched a good documentary titled 'I Need That Record!' (The Death or Possible Survival of the Independent Record Store). It's a documentary that explains why thousands of indie record stores are closing nationwide. It discusses greedy record labels, digital music, big box stores, average artists that are pushed by big money, and how corporate radio pretty much decides what the public is exposed to.
This film hit home to me because growing up, I was one of those kids that just loved the indie stores (still do) and spent a lot of time hanging out there and searching for the next great band that I haven't heard yet. I knew at a young age that corporate radio would only expose me to a certain amount of music, and that in order to find anything new, I would have to discover it on my my own. It's something that has stuck with me. I still never play the radio and honestly couldn't tell you what Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga sounds like, even if they were playing right in front of me. Honestly.
That feeling of opening the package of new record or CD and popping in the player while you flip through the artwork and read the lyrics is something that is lost in the digital download world. Which is why I usually still by the actual physical disc. Only now, with the lack of indie stores around, my purchases are bought on Amazon.com where I can get it used at a very good price, or directly through the record label on-line. It's tough to beat. Don't get me wrong either, I love having the option of having an album on my computer at the click of a button too. It just isn't the same though as buying it at an indie store with like minded people working that you can talk about it with while some strange band that you've never heard plays on the radio in the background.
The independent record store is pretty much extinct now with all the Wal-Marts, Best Buy's, Borders, and Targets popping up on every corner these days. It's a shame, and I'm gonna miss them. If you're lucky enough to have one in your town, support it.
With appearances from Ian Mackaye, Thurston Moore, Mike Watt, Glenn Branca, and Noam Chomsky.
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The Cat in the Hat knew nothing of shyness and embarrasment.
But the best-selling kids' favourite is helping lead a breakthrough in literary help for children strugging with their words.
A movement that started in the U.S. has now spread north, with a B.C. cat shelter offering a first-of-its-kind program coupling children with cats.
The idea is that a child who feels uncomfortable reading out loud in front of other children and adults due to shyness or embarrasment is more comfortable reading to a patient feline.
"It gives them a very non-judgmental forum," said Candace Buchamer, branch supervisor at Fort St. John's North Peace SPCA. "It takes a lot of the pressure off the reader. They learn public speaking and it benefits the animal greatly as well."
The program is a joint venture between the SPCA and Fort St. John Public Library, conceived by library worker Kirsten Barkved.
Barkeved told The Province she got the idea from a picture she saw online of a boy reading to a cat at a U.S. shelter.
"He didn't want to get embarrassed sounding out his words in front of his classmates, so he started reading to cats at the local shelter and started noticing vast improvements," she said. "After I saw the photo all I could think was, why isn't everyone doing this?"
Barkved said Fort St John is in a unique position because despite the high incomes of many residents, child literacy levels are worse than in many B.C. communities. Traditionally, literacy levels are linked to income, with low literacy associated with low income.
She said the local program is held every Friday afternoon at the North Peace SPCA, with more people signing up each week.
"It is a great way to get people out and reading, and you are also socializing the animals," Barkved said. "The cats need socializing and this also increases their chances of getting adopted out."
Buchamer said this is the first program of its type in B.C. and the youngest reader so far is four years old.
Barkved added the cats are not picky about what is read to them.
She brings in an assortment of books. Some read murder mysteries, younger children read Robert Munsch children's books, while others read Danielle Steele novels to the cats. She even has a cat poetry book titled: 'I could pee on this.'
At the Fort St. John shelter, one sickly cat has even shown significant improvement since the reading sessions began. "The cats really enjoy the voices of people reading to them," said Barkved.
Since the books are already purchased and the work is done by volunteers, both Buchamer and Barkved said it's a cost-free program.
Richmond Animal Protection Society spokeswoman Janet Reid said volunteers come in and spend time with the shelter's 500 cats. She loves the idea of reading to them.
"The cats like being with humans," she said. "If you are reading to them you are speaking and they hear your voice."
Sorelle Saidman, director of Rabbitats, a Richmond-based rabbit rescue organization, said she had heard of people in the U.S. reading to rabbits also.
"We have been wanting to start up a program like that," she said. "Rabbits like having people read to them. They are curious and they listen."


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Definición de hopeless en inglés:
hopelessSilabificación: hope·less
Pronunciación: /ˈhōpləs /
1Feeling or causing despair about something: his situation was obviously hopeless Jessica looked at him in mute hopeless appeal
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- That delicious uncertainty has been replaced by despairing, hopeless inevitability.
- Finally, never leave the examination hall in despair, however hopeless things may seem.
- In the light of the authorities to which I have already referred, that ground of appeal was clearly hopeless.
despairing, desperate, wretched, forlorn, pessimistic, defeatist, resigned;
dejected, downhearted, despondent, demoralized
archaic woebegone
irremediable, beyond hope, lost, beyond repair, irreparable, unfixable, irreversible;
helpless, incurable;
impossible, no-win, unwinnable, futile, unworkable, impracticable, useless
archaic bootless
2Inadequate; incompetent: I'm hopeless at names
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- The staff were good on smiles and sartorial smartness, but fairly hopeless at actually doing what was required of them.
- My problem was that I was brilliant at English but hopeless at maths.
- When will governments learn they are hopeless at running businesses?
inferior, incompetent, inadequate, unskilled
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- Then she would cry great gulping sobs of despair and misery and hopelessness.
- I just feel myself sinking deeper into hopelessness and the worst depression I've ever felt.
- In these two years there has been some reflection, much sadness, some hopelessness and some hope.
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Easy Piecrust
With minimal ingredients and fuss, you can make your own crust in less time than it takes to go buy one. Prep: 10 minutes.
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Yield: Makes 2 (9-inch) piecrusts or 1 double-crusted pie
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- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- 1. Combine flour and salt in a large mixing bowl, and cut in butter with a pastry blender (or pulse in a food processor) until dough resembles coarse meal. Add 3 tablespoons ice water, and stir, adding 2 to 4 more tablespoons water until dough forms a ball and leaves side of bowl.
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(Donovan, 1806)Wingspan 18-22 mm.
One of the more distinctive and beautiful members of the Pyralidae, this is another species whose larvae are aquatic, feeding on bur-reed (Sparganium) and other water plants.
Found fairly commonly around lakes, rivers and ponds throughout Britain, the moths are on the wing during July and August.
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Entertainment Weekly has spoken, and the queen of their annual comedy issue is Plainfield native , who adorns the magazine's cover looking like Queen Elizabeth on steroids.
Here's what the article had to say:
"Bridesmaids, Mike & Molly, and a winning SNL gig have turned Melissa McCarthy into a red-hot star, as well as the cover girl for our 2011 Comedy Issue. EW sat down with the hilarious McCarthy for a little steak, a bunch of drinks, and an unexpected amount of tears. "Comedy to me is all about the bumps and bruises and weird tics," says McCarthy. "It's everything you find out about somebody when you fall in love with them that on paper is really creepy but you find adorable."
"When McCarthy was a teenager at an all-girls Catholic school in Plainfield, Ill., she stunned her mild-mannered parents by diving deep into a wickedly surly goth phase. "There was a three-year chunk as a teen where I should have been tranquilized and put in a cage," she says. If her daughters ever try to pull some of the crap she did in high school, she has a plan. "I will embarrass my kids to their core. I will threaten to show up in hot pants and a tube top. Their dad will drive me. And he'll let me and my friend Lisa get pretty drunk in the backseat and we will come into that party and just rip it up."
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This has been a nightmarish vacation ordeal.
I'm so glad this ship is docking in Mobile.
When fire broke out in the ship's engine room,
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The congested toilets emit an intolerable smell.
The overheated cabins are hotter than hell.
At a mile an hour, this ship is practically standing still.
Food poisoning is making many passengers ill.
They say it will take five hours to get everyone ashore.
You can be sure I won't be going on cruises anymore.
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Burnout Crash Hits PSN and XBLA This Fall
Posted on Thursday, July 7 @ 14:56:36 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff
Today will be known as the day Nick Tan celebrated his birth.... again. But it will also be known as the day Burnout Crash! was announced during EA's annual Summer Showcase at their offices in Redwood Shores. Criterion games is reportedly back at the wheel and they've haphazardly thrown the Burnout series into the top-down, downloadable driving game market.
Burnout Crash! will be available on PSN and XBLA this fall, and offers players the chance to cause "traffic chaos by chasing into cars, triggering explosions and destroying everything in sight". The cartoony focus on Burnout's Crash mode will offer 18 different "crash junctions" as well.
Apparently, Burnout Crash! will also support the use of Microsoft's Kinect device so that "two teams use gestural controls to play on one television in a party battle!" I guess Burnout Crash! will also be responsible for---
Goddamit, I've broken another lamp.
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Sorry, I'm bad at blogging. Lots of big changes happening, so I'm busy.
Song of the day. 'Memba this?
"Preach peace and pour from the pulpit."
Download Why?'s new "Sod in the Seed" EP from soundcloud, free. Tracks 1 and 6 are the most solid, while the rest of it… s'okay.
WHY? - Sod In The Seed (Official Music Video) (by pitchforktv)
So happy Yoni is rapping again.
Although… I hate this video. The level of hipsterdom makes me embarrassed to be a fan, not going to lie.
No really, this may be the worst video I've ever seen. You've been warned.
Just listen.
More Jai Paul! This is too demo-ish to get a good sound out of it, unfortunately.
Jai Paul - Jasmine
It's a good week for… well, I'd say music, but really, just for my favorites. Here's Tom Waits' new video for "Hell Broke Luce".
"Today's Supernatural" is the first single from the new Animal Collective album- though they've been performing and tweaking this for a year or so. Cool to see a song you didn't originally like turn into something you can't stop listening to.
It's crazy how much I want to hear the rest of their new album, Centipede Hz, out Sept. 3 on Domino. Crazy in italics- good thing someone created didcentipedehzleakyet.


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An NBA game is made up of 240 minutes. As Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin knows, each is its own little puzzle piece, assigned to one position in a five-man lineup. On a roster of 12, there are mathematically, 20 minutes available for each player, all things being equal.
But playing time, of course, is not equal, especially not on a Jazz team that boasts nine players who averaged more than 20 minutes per game last year and nine who, at some point in their careers, averaged more than 30. Then there are two young big men, Enes Kanter and Derrick Favors, who are generally expected to take on increased roles.
Therein lies Corbin's headache.
"They can do different things on the floor," Corbin said. "They want time and rightfully so. They deserve time."
In addition to returning starters Gordon Hayward, Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap, who all averaged more than 30 minutes per game last season, the Jazz added three players in the offseason who averaged more than 24.
"That's tough for any coach," said small forward Marvin Williams said, the former No. 2 overall pick who averaged 26.3 minutes with Atlanta. "But that's one of those good problems to have, when you have eight, nine guys that should be playing 20 minutes a game."
However, it is easy enough, on the numbers alone, to imagine chemistry issues arising as players, including six former lottery picks, try to shave minutes away from teammates.
Good luck getting anyone around the Jazz to say that, though.
General manager Dennis Lindsey, previously the assistant GM in San Antonio, pointed to the Spurs as an example of a team that benefitted from its depth, which allowed Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili to take on reduced minutes in the regular season.
"Tiago Splitter, DeJuan Blair, they all allow Tim to maintain his health," Lindsey said. "This is not a sprint and the goal is to be the last team standing. To have good depth, if the players are humble and unselfish, is the problem you want to have."
However, Splitter and Blair were not lottery picks, they have never been All-Stars and they have never been first or second options on playoff teams.
The Jazz entered camp on Monday with multiple positions up in the air, notably small forward and power forward. At small forward, the Jazz are weighing DeMarre Carroll and Marvin Williams — Carroll a scrappy rebounder and Williams a scorer. At power forward, the Jazz are likely being pushed toward a decision between veteran — and pending free agent — Paul Millsap and the 21-year-old Favors.
While Corbin isn't ready to announce a rotation, he said he has begun to tinker with different possibilities.
"We have an idea on paper of what we thinking different guys will give us," he said. "But against different competition on different nights, rotation, injuries, it will change some."
Foye, who averaged 11 points in 25.9 minutes per game last year with the Clippers, was brought in to bolster the Jazz's outside shooting. The combo will share time with three point guards, as well as Gordon Hayward and Alec Burks at shooting guard. He said Corbin has to find the right combinations and "whatever works you got to stick with it" but that players can't distract themselves with rotations.
"That's something they have to think about upstairs," he said. "But for now, down here, we've got to focus on the season.
Jazz minutes, 2011-12
Player Per game
Al Jefferson 34.0
Paul Millsap 32.6
Gordon Hayward 30.5
Mo Williams (LAC) 28.3
Marvin Williams (ATL) 26.3
Randy Foye (LAC) 25.9
Raja Bell 23.4
Derrick Favors 21.2
Earl Watson 20.7
DeMarre Carroll 16.4
Alec Burks 15.9
Jamaal Tinsley 13.7
Enes Kanter 13.2
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One of several interesting moments in Thursday night's Republican presidential debate was when all eight candidates were asked if they would accept a budget deal that included $10 of spending cuts for every $1 in tax hikes.
All eight of them said their answer was "no."
What's the right balance between spending cuts and tax hikes?
Total Voters: 305
Now, I have a hard time believing all eight of those candidates would really veto such a budget if they were actually sitting in the White House. The question itself, with such a lopsided and unrealistic ratio, seemed designed to lull one or more candidates into thinking they were merely being reasonable by conceding 10:1 — only to see that everyone else knew the real question was, "Do you want to be branded a tax raiser in a Republican primary?" None took the bait.
After all, while I would guess that even most Republicans would see 10:1 as a rout by the spending cutters, there are bound to be others who would say, If you could get 'em to 10:1, you could surely get 'em to all cuts, no taxes.
But it does re-raise an important question: What ratio of cuts to increases would be acceptable to most Americans? That's this week's Poll Position. Answer in the poll and in the comments thread.
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August 12th, 2011
10:27 am
I take their doctrinaire answer at face value after all they are pledged to Grover Norquist. I'm interested to know how many don't believe in evolution, as that theory is not very popular with the Republican base
August 12th, 2011
10:35 am
Cut first…show me you are serious about fixing the problem. Then after I see the need for potentially increasing taxes, I may be willing to support. Would have to be part of a comprehensive tax reform – get rid of loopholes and ease things up for the small business owners. The uber-wealthy often wind up paying less in taxes than do these hard workers who are responsible for employing people.
August 12th, 2011
10:46 am
The 10:1 idea is good…just make sure you put in a "kill switch" for the new taxes should the spending cuts disappear or not materialize.
August 12th, 2011
10:48 am
I would say that the real question to be asked is do you really want the budget balanced and the National Debt paid? I see no sign that anyone "in Washington" is really serious about cutting the deficit and paying the debt.
The December 2010 deal to extend the Bush/Obama tax cuts for 2 years reduces revenue $850 billion over the 2 year period. And that adds about $400 + billion to the deficit each year because no serious spending cuts have been made to offset the loss of projected revenue.
If the amount of money involved in the 10 to 1 deal is 10 year spending cuts of $1.5 trillion in a period where scheduled spending for that 10 years is over $35 trillion. then nothing serious is being discussed.
The Republicans seem married to maintaining tax cuts at all costs.
The Democrats seem married to maintaining entitlement programs at all costs.
No one seems married to balancing the budget and paying off the National Debt.
August 12th, 2011
10:51 am
I believe anybody not slurping a political ideology has to know it will require a combination of spending cuts and closing loopholes…. and possible a tax increase.
August 12th, 2011
10:57 am
How many more tax cuts beyond what they already have will the job creators need before they start creating jobs? Or should I say, before they start creating jobs HERE?
August 12th, 2011
10:58 am
Agree with Tea Party Hobbit. Tax increases have to be part of the mix— eventually. But first make some real cuts and show us we can trust you. When the last 80 times spending has increased, a good compromise would be to let spending decrease this one time. In the long run, 4:1 is probably as much as is possible, you can't do everything at once.
August 12th, 2011
11:05 am
I agree with Tea Party Hobbit as well. I do not trust them to fulfill their promises of cuts. I would have to see it first. And as a side note, please stop calling it "revenue", call it what it is, a tax increase.
August 12th, 2011
11:12 am
What is missing from your question is the time parameter. There should be a substantial difference between short-term and long-term measures. For the short-term, most cuts will hurt the economy and therefore make the deficit and debt problem worse. Closing some loopholes would not hurt, but real tax increase is not advisable. For the long-run, a tax reform that would increase the revenue is a must, as is dealing with the most important threat – rising health care costs.
August 12th, 2011
11:25 am
The 900 pound gorilla in the room is the Pentagon's budget. It was doubled after 9-11 so that we could expand the empire. We need to radically cut the "defense" budget to the point that we only have military defending out country (and no other).
In 2010 the IRS collected 899 billion dollars in income taxes. The Pentagon's Budget comes entirely from income taxes. The Pentagon's budget in 2010 was 737 billion, which represents 82% of your income taxes going toward the military. And for what? Defending the USA? Nope, they can't even control the borders or protect us from terrorists here on student visas from our "allies" Saudi Arabia. Instead we waste all that money in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It's no wonder we borrow money. After all income taxes were collected in 2010, 82% was used for the Pentagon's budget. The remaining 18% is for highways, national parks, welfare and food stamps, government administration, The Smithsonian, and more.
I hate to break it to you, but you can cut all welfare, national parks, food stamps and highway spending, but it won't be enough to cover the difference if we don't radically cut the Pentagon's Budget.
Or, we can do what Republicans want. Take the money from Social Security's separate system (that's income for senior citizens) and take money from Medicare (health insurance for senior citizens) and give that to the Pentagon instead.
We can call it the Bomb before Bread program.
And when we are in heaven, facing the Lord, we can tell him that executives at Boeing were a bigger priority than our nation's senior citizens, the poor, the hungry, etc.
Turns out the war against Christianity is being waged by the very people who think they're Christians.
August 12th, 2011
11:47 am
jconservative…care to add a link to where two years of tax cuts equals $850 billion. That number is simply wrong. All of the tax cuts equal about $1 trillion over 10 years or roughly $100 billion a year.
Even if you just added by the cuts for the wealthy, I think it is about $75 billion a year give or take. We would still have a $1 trillion a year deficit.
August 12th, 2011
11:49 am
While I agree the Pentagon's budget needs to be cut some (like just about everything), defense makes up about 18% of our budget which is way lower than in many years past. S.S., Medicaid, and Medicare are the 900 lb gorillas. Those are growing rapidly every year and simply must be reformed.
August 12th, 2011
11:53 am
Its just not that simple that you can just throw wild numbers or ratios out there. To balance spending and revenue should balance needs, requirements and the things that make a country great, like research, exploration and the future. It should be thought to benefit the most americans not just the few. A country of haves and have nots will sure fail.
August 12th, 2011
12:07 pm
I agree with the Hobbit, cut, cut, cut, then tell then how things are going and we will discuss raising taxes, although I think we need tax cuts in order to get the economy growing and producing revenue for the government.
August 12th, 2011
12:13 pm
Obama said it would hurt the economy to raise taxes during a recession. We are in a recession with no end in sight.
Obama said that raising tax rates would not increase tax revenues.
Obama has already raised taxes on the wealthy in Obamacare.
After the Bush tax cuts, tax revenues increased to historic numbers in '05, '06 & '07 & only decreased a tad in '08.
The top 10% of earners already pay 70% of the fed. income taxes.
Obama said he wanted to increase taxes to be "fair."
Obama wants to rob Peter for no other reason than to rob Peter, regardless of the economic impact.
August 12th, 2011
12:17 pm
I will also have to agree with the Hobbit on this one.
The problem with the debt deal is the raising of the debt ceiling in exchange for some promises to do something somewhere down the road, and a committee.
August 12th, 2011
12:41 pm
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August 12th, 2011
12:43 pm
Real John: Defense isn't 18% of the budget.
Social Security has its own funding mechanism separate from income taxes.
Medicare does too (although it's not as sustainable in its current form).
The Pentagon gets 100% of its funding from income taxes. My statistics were accurate: In 2010 the IRS collected 899 billion in income taxes, and the Pentagon's budget was 737 billion.
Social Security is not funded through income taxes. It's a separate program.
Welfare, yes. That's funded by income taxes, and welfare is abused.
But let's not make it too political. Let's make it logical: The Pentagon's budget is too big.
Put it this way, if we cut the Pentagon's budget by 85% we would be matched up with China's level of military spending, and they outnumber us five-to-one.
Our military is a giant money pit, and it's not doing much for Americans, but the media has us convinced that the military is sacred. They are no more sacred than teachers, cops, or fast food workers. They signed up to do a job.
Here's something else to think about: How many Japanese, German, Iraqi, Afghan, Turkis, Cuban, etc. soldiers are on the streets and in the cities of the United States? How many foreign soldiers are patrolling our neighborhoods?
So why are we in their nations? Why do we continue to patrol the streets of dozens of nations?
For the answer to that question, study the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
It's the same thing (and will end the same way).
August 12th, 2011
1:03 pm
defense makes up about 18% of our budget which is way lower than in many years past.
What year? 1942? Besides, it's the largest discretionary item in the budget. I absolutely agree we need to reform Medicare and SS but defense has no dedicated stream of revenue. Our return is often boxes covered with flags and a bunch of questions.
Also, veteran's benefits aren't included under the defense budget. If they were, it would be about equal to Medicare/Medicaid spending. You could drop the entire USPS, Dept. of Agriculture, and Dept. of Education into DOD spending and they'd be swallowed, with plenty of room to spare.
I'm not a cheese-eating surrender monkey, but the money we spend on defense is insane, particularly for what we get.
August 12th, 2011
1:05 pm
You left off no spending cuts for short term and ending tax breaks for wealthy and corps.as option, per the recommendation of many respected economists. So your poll is flawed.
August 12th, 2011
1:07 pm
Cut out the Obama vacations and the country could break even!
August 12th, 2011
1:15 pm
Until spending is reduced to below 20% of GDP, the problem is entirely on the spending side.
August 12th, 2011
1:21 pm
How about 15% for everybody. No loopholes, no deductions. 15%. Everyone pays.
August 12th, 2011
1:26 pm
I'm so tired of seeing all the job creators, burdened with massive profits and sitting on tons of cash to dole out to investors, continue to be denied even more government subsidies and tax breaks. We need to subsidize them some more, put grandma on the street instead of in that cushy nursing home, so AT&T can hire more people in Bangalore, so Nike can put more Vietnamese children to work! All you socialists crying and whining, you just need to empty your pockets right now so Exxon-Mobile can give more campaign money to your congressman.
August 12th, 2011
1:31 pm
Post of the Day award goes to Edward. Bravo, sir.
August 12th, 2011
1:35 pm
…and the hits keep coming for Obama. Now the 11th circuit court of appeals has ruled health care mandate is unconstitutional.
August 12th, 2011
1:36 pm
Word to President Obama – if you want to change your luck, don't try a goatee. It hasn't worked for Tiger Woods!
August 12th, 2011
1:37 pm
"Now, I have a hard time believing all eight of those candidates would really veto such a budget if they were actually sitting in the White House."
Gotta love the U.S. primary system, in which the way to get ahead is to out-loony your opponents. "By god if I'm president I'll eliminate ALL taxes! We'll fund the government by grinding the bones of Muslims into beads & shekels, which we can trade for the sylvan isle of Manhattan. And we'll not only outlaw abortions, we'll also eliminate the letters A, B, O, R, T, I and N from the alphabet. Church attendance will be mandatory, and every American will be issued a fully automatic firearm upon his or her 18th birthday. God bless the USA."
August 12th, 2011
1:40 pm
In all the political heat, has anyone ever considered that creating jobs and cutting federal spending are contradictory aims? The federal deficit is about 10% of our GDP. Except for an infinitesimal amount of foreign aid, every cent of government spending goes to Americans, and creates or supports jobs.
So, which do you want: a smaller federal deficit and fewer jobs, or more jobs and a bigger deficit? You can't have both.
August 12th, 2011
1:51 pm
Holmes – any different from the Democrat primaries hearing cries of seizing profits from international corporations, eliminating carbon dioxide, and making 1% of the population pay the nation's entire tax bill? Partisan rhetoric is indeed ridiculous at times, but at least it lets you know we are working with all amateurs, so choose carefully…
August 12th, 2011
2:01 pm
I think much of the conflict over our budget is that it is funded by only half of our citizens. The upper half says "no more", while lower does not care where it comes from as long as it does not impact them. I think that in order to get everyone interested in lowering our deficit that ALL should pay taxes of some sort beyond SSI. Then, all will be interested in solutions that positively impact the entire country.
August 12th, 2011
2:15 pm
I am a doctrinaire republican. But…
i would support spending cuts of a significant degree…trimming entltlements and escalations.
I would support an overhaul of our tax code to fund reduced rates and deficits with at least half of the money going to reduced tax rates.
I woudl support tax increases at 25% of the above with the constraint that all American's must pay income taxes if they have income. We have to end systems that allows the rich to not pay taxes or half of the poplulation to be immune from tax increases.
August 12th, 2011
2:15 pm
We need tax reform. But even politicians who claim that markets need to be free of government interference fight tooth and nail for every special interest tax break that distorts the marketplace.
Cut defense significantly. We could cut the defense budget in half and still be light years ahead of all of our enemies.
Reform Medicare/Medicaid. Health care is a bottomless pit. We can't afford to put the burden of every illness of every older or poor person on the taxpayer. Repeal Obamacare and the tax on investment income, but let older Americans with the means to do so pay for some of their own healthcare.
This is just common sense, but it won't happen. Why? The tax benefits for special interests from various loopholes and credits are enormous compared to the little it takes in campaign contributions to keep them in place. Defense contractors pretty much own Washington at this point. And while health care gets played as a liberal bleeding heart issue, the health care lobby is tremendously powerful and has a vested interest in directing taxpayer dollars their way.
August 12th, 2011
2:17 pm
Are creating jobs & cutting federal spending contradictory aims?
These are the lowest unemployment rates under the last 5 presidents & spending as a percentage of GDP:
Reagan '88 5.49% 21.3%
GHW Bush '89 5.26% 21.2%
Clinton '00 3.97% 18.2%
G Bush '07 5.26%19.6%
Obama '09 9.26% 25%
These are the highest unemployment rates & spending as a percentage of GDP:
Reagan '82 9.71% 23.1%
GHW Bush '92 7.49% 22.1%
Clinton '93 6.91% 21.4%
G Bush '03 5.99% 19.7%
Obama '10 9.64% 23.8%
It seems that the exact opposite is true. The less we spend as a percentage of GDP, the lower the unemployment rate. The more we spend as a percentage of GDP, the higher the unemployment rate.
August 12th, 2011
2:20 pm
I would never support a tax increase as long as our government funds this kind of sillinesss that the FAA bill supported:
Federal statistics reviewed by The Associated Press show that in 2010, just 227 passengers flew out of Ely while the airline got $1.8 million in subsidies. The travelers paid $70 to $90 for a one-way ticket. The cost to taxpayers for each ticket: $4,107.
Our lawmakers can do better!
August 12th, 2011
2:20 pm
Just a quick sidebar here:
The metaphor is "the 800 lb. gorilla" (meaning a formidable foe or task);
"the elephant in the room" (meaning the obvious, being ignored),
August 12th, 2011
2:22 pm
I think much of the conflict over our budget is that it is funded by only half of our citizens. The upper half says "no more", while lower does not care where it comes from as long as it does not impact them. I think that in order to get everyone interested in lowering our deficit that ALL should pay taxes of some sort beyond SSI. Then, all will be interested in solutions that positively impact the entire country
While I potentially agree with your premise, it is somewhat flawed. The portion of those who don't pay any income tax(tax liabilty) aren't all those at the bottom of the economic scale. There were some millionaires in the report from the IRS that paid no taxes. The actual"poor" only amounted to about 23%. So there remainder were those who make enough but pay none. The problem with the tax code is similar to government programs, once you give it out once, everyone thinks it is permanent.
August 12th, 2011
2:31 pm
Your spending post as a percentage of GDP didn't support your argument.
1. The numbers between spending and unemployment rate are so insinifigant, from a stastical standpoint, you couldn't really claim it.
2. And from an economic standpoint, wouldn't it make sense in a time of low unemployment that the government would spend less money.I mean, thinking about the calculation for GDP and all
3. Wouldn't it make sense that in a period of high unemployment the government would spend more.Government spending is a compnent of GDP, what sense would it make for both the private sector and the government to contract at the same time.
August 12th, 2011
2:31 pm
Of course they all pledged "cuts only, no new revenue".
They have boxed themselves in out of fear of the tea party revolutionaries. If they actually said (as more than 60% of Americans believe) that reducing the deficit must include cuts in spending and increases in revenue, the tea party revolutionaries would most likely bolt and put up a third party candidate in 2012.
Do you really believe anyone from the "super 6 republicans" will risk the tea party revolutionaries wrath by agreeing to some ratio of spending cuts and revenue increases? If you do, do you really believe any republican candidate for the presidential nomination will risk the wrath of the tea party revolutionaires by endorsing this type of bipartisan agreement?
So someone will be the republican nominee who has pledged to balance the budget with no increase in revenue. That would mean mind blowing cuts in defense and entitlement programs that would allow democrats to scare the poor and aged. Then that nominee will have to somehow then expand his/her support beyond the republican base/tea party revolutionaries.
As hard as it seems to believe, the republicans are heading "full steam ahead" into blowing quite possibly the best opportunity an opposition party has had to regain the White House, certainly in my lifetime. The "purity of thought" demanded by the tea party revolutionaires will, in the end, doom the republican nominee.
August 12th, 2011
2:32 pm
We much not cut the Environmental Projection Agency's budget…they are keeping the air clean…if you cut that the peoples would be able to get a job…and then they couldn't just get a check from the government..
August 12th, 2011
2:33 pm
@Linda: I think you're ignoring the role of the economic cycle in those numbers. The ratio of spending to GDP is always going to be higher during bad times, when unemployment also is higher and revenue and gdp growth are negative or flat.
August 12th, 2011
2:35 pm
According to the statistics I posted @ 2:17, to get down to the lowest unemployment rate we had during the last 5 presidents, we need to lower federal spending to 18.2% of GDP, where it was in 2000 during Clinton when it was 3.97%.
After all this spending & this huge national debt, what do we have to show for it? Twenty more Hoover Dams?
August 12th, 2011
2:38 pm
Boortz said today, assuming he is right, that revenues from the top 5% of all income taxpayers exceeds the combined effort of the other 95%. That is an amazing statistic, if correct. So, not all those millionaires and billionaires that are accused of being scofflaws must be paying more than they are accused of.
All those people on here bashing the rich, are probably rich and don't know it. Obama uses the terms Millionaires and Billionaires for effect, he really means any small business, two income family, or well paid executive. The saps out there fall for the lets get the rich revenge, when many of them are the ones he is after.
August 12th, 2011
2:39 pm
How does extracting money out of an economy help lower unemployment.
You aren't one of those people who just throw out statistics and have no idea whatthey mean are you?(Serious question)
August 12th, 2011
2:40 pm
Rafe Hollister-
The top 20% pay 97% of all taxes…not real sure how the top 5 can pay 90…me thinks those numbers are coming out of his bum….
August 12th, 2011
2:42 pm
Not all those millionaires and billionaires are paying as little as their critics claim.
August 12th, 2011
2:45 pm
Me thinks the top 5% are paying most of what the top 20% are credited with, if you get my drift. I am too lazy to look it up, because some lib will question the site you looked at or will come up with a different number from a liberal site. I think Boortz is pretty close based on what I have seen before at the IRS site.
August 12th, 2011
2:47 pm
what@2:31, If you don't like my calculations, submit your own. Prove me wrong.
Govt. spending did not pull us out of the Great Depression. It didn't help Japan for 20 yrs. It has failed for the last 3 yrs.
All it has done is deepen our debt to the point that we have lost our AAA rating from S&P which will downgrade us even more if we do not reduce it QUICKLY by $4 T for starters.
Has it ever even occurred to you that the reason the private sector is not hiring is govt. spending & regulations? Duh?
August 12th, 2011
2:49 pm
It is kinda open to intepretation. To be in the top 1% you don't technically have to be a millionaire.
The median income is around 54k so to be in the top 1% you have to make slightly over 200k. In that percentage you have a lot of hedge fund managers that pay at the capital gains rate which is lower than the marginal rate.
August 12th, 2011
2:51 pm
The Tea Party & the Republicans have NEVER said no new tax revenues. What they have said is no tax increases. Do any liberals have a clue what this means?


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