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Soon after their game against Charlotte tomorrow night, the Hawks will trim the roster down from 18 to no more than 13 (the deadline is Saturday). They have 10 guaranteed contracts and you figure Jannero Pargo is safe. That leaves seven players with contracts that are not fully guaranteed vying for no fewer than two spots and no more than five (16 is the max roster size): Keith Benson, Ivan Johnson, Magnum Rolle, Jerry Stackhouse, Pape Sy, Donald Sloan and Brad Wanamaker.
Here is the depth chart with only the guaranteed guys plus Pargo included (and not including Kirk Hinrich):
PG: Jeff Teague/Pargo
SG: Joe Johnson
SF: Marvin Williams/Tracy McGrady
PF: Josh Smith/Vladimir Radmanovic
C: Al Horford/Zaza Pachulia/Jason Collins
What do the Hawks need most? The answer would seem to be a another guard because both Larry Drew and T-Mac have said McGrady has spent most of his time at small forward. But each time I ask Drew about the backups at positions two through four, he mentions the "versatility" of the roster.
"We've got some flexibility," he said.
In practice, that's going to mean Vlad sees time at SF and PF, Joe swings from SG to SF (or PG), Josh will be at SF or PF, Al will play C and PF, and T-Mac is at SF and SG (and PG). Drew will have to do lots of creative mixing-and-matching with his lineups, which could be a strength as long as everyone is healthy and effective but becomes problematic if any of the bench guys is unavailable/injured/ineffective/in foul trouble.
That's where the cuts come in. At some point the Hawks are going to have to play some of the guys they keep. Benson, Rolle, Wanamaker and Sloan probably could use some time in the D-League but can the Hawks afford to send guys down with this breakneck schedule?
Can they really carry just 13 guys, for that matter? I'm imagining there will be days when Drew won't know if certain guys can go until shootaround or pregame, not to mention scenarios in which he sends a guy out and discovers he just doesn't have it that night. Won't he need extra bodies available?
Do the Hawks keep Stackhouse, the only proven NBA player of the lot and a tough-minded vet? Even after adding Pargo, do the Hawks need to keep one of Wanamaker, Sloan or Sy at least until Hinrich returns?
Do they keep Rolle since Vlad is better suited for the three and he can fill in behind Smoove when size is needed (and also can be the third center on those nights when Collins is not a good option)? Is Ivan Johnson a guy they keep because, those he's a bit undersized and 27-years old, he provides the energy and grit that could provide a spark for a tired team? Would they dare take the hit of releasing either Benson, whom they declared a long-term project when they drafted him, or Sy, whom they bought out of his French league contract last year?
Also, will money influence these decisions? Sy and Rolle count the same for team salary purposes, while Stackhouse costs a bit more. The rookies are the cheapest options by about $300,000.
I'm guessing the Hawks still aren't sure about some of these issues and tomorrow's game will factor into a few of them.
"We're just in a situation where we have to make some decisions as far as who we are going to keep," Drew said. "We are using these preseason games so they can get in these games and show us what they can do."
If you are looking for clues, Drew offered a brief assessment of the youngsters in the first game:
"We will look at them again tomorrow night," Drew said. "I am sure they all want to play better."
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December 21st, 2011
8:04 pm
PG: Jeff Teague/Pargo
SG: Joe Johnson
SF: Marvin Williams/Tracy McGrady
PF: Josh Smith/Vladimir Radmanovic
C: Al Horford/Zaza Pachulia/Jason Collins
PG: Jeff Teague/Pargo
SG: Joe Johnson/Tracy McGrady
SF: Josh Smith (young POWER-3)/ Marvin Williams
PF: Jon Leuer (young STRETCH-4)/ Keith Benson/ Vladimir Radmanovic
C: Andrew Bogut/Zaza Pachulia/Jason Collins
Unless Josh Smith somehow turned into Dwight, Get these clowns Marvin and Horford out of the lineup.
This is horrible, same terrible lineups as 2007.
December 21st, 2011
8:11 pm
December 21st, 2011
8:12 pm
If Dwight's team can't take down the Heat tonight with his Not-So-Magic team? He will definitely look to greener pastures. Probably the Lakers next to ride Kobe's coat tail to a ring.
December 21st, 2011
8:13 pm
Hawks need to be one of the few teams in the league that can minimize playing ineffective washed up players.
And gotdamnit I wanted 28yo Al Thornton and Malcolm Thomas on our bench. McGrady as a post up PG sure. 12mpg you get in there put in some energy points. Sit down
McGrady – 12mpg, 4ppg———–(36mpg, 16ppg from Teague)
A. Thornton – 12mpg, 4.5ppg—–(36mpg, 18ppg from Johnson)
Marvin – 12mpg, 4.5ppg————(36mpg, 16ppg from Smith)
Benson – 13mpg, 6ppg————-(35mpg, 16ppg from Leuer)
Pachulia – 18mpg, 5ppg————(30mpg, 10ppg from Bogut)
24ppg from bench ————— 76ppg from starters. the Floor is spread and you get open looks. This team is all about getting guys shots in their favorite spots.
December 21st, 2011
8:15 pm
Guys Im finally back in the states go hawks.
December 21st, 2011
8:15 pm
If Dwight's team CAN take down the Heat tonight with his Not-So-Magic team. Then the Chicken-Hawks as constructed have a chance with their team.
December 21st, 2011
8:16 pm
hawks_4_life welcome back.
December 21st, 2011
8:17 pm
Benson, Rolle, and Sy should all make the roster without debate I would (hopefully) assume. Stack has nothing left, just make him a coach if you want his leadership
December 21st, 2011
8:19 pm
If Drew plans to play his regulars more than how does he expect to get a good evaluation of the players that's on the bubble?
December 21st, 2011
8:21 pm
Any mentions if the Hawks are looking at Bogans or Stevenson?
December 21st, 2011
8:22 pm
Say it aint so?????????
Breaking News for you Lakers fans:
Its has just been reported on NBA TV that Kobe has a torn ligament in his right wrist. Injury appears to be pretty serious. No time table for his return!!!!
Tough two weeks for him:
Wife kicks him to the curb and fixin to take half his kingdom
His best friend gets traded to Dallas
Torn ligament in shooting wrist!
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down goes Frazier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe Kim Cakes can cheer him up? I'm just askin…….
December 21st, 2011
8:26 pm
No Kobe tonight?
Clippers by 35+!
December 21st, 2011
8:29 pm
I'm not a fan of any of the potential bigs (Rolle, Benson, etc.). I'd go with a wing at this point since the minutes at C and PF will likely be divided up mostly amongst Smith, Horford, and Zaza. Collins would be a situational player. One more big man as a stop gap in case of injury would be nice to have, but I doubt Benson or Rolle will give us much at this point.
From a potential standpoint, I'd go with Sy. He is, by far, the most physically gifted out of our signees, and likely would have the highest ceiling if developed properly. Now, on a team where he likely won't see many minutes, I don't know how much he would contribute this season. He has all the physical tools to be effective, but he lacks fundamentals and experience, and Drew probably won't give him much of a chance anyway.
One other option would be to go with Stackhouse, simply for a behind-the-scenes locker-room presence. Since whomever is signed likely won't see much on-court time, Stack may be the most useful off the court since he could play a veteran leadership role.
December 21st, 2011
8:32 pm
Marvin can not starte, just make more sense 2 bring him of bench to balance the team, why can't LD see that ?
December 21st, 2011
8:34 pm
I assure you that every decision will be decided by what is the cheapest option. That is the only criteria being used.
The ASG is horrible for Atlanta and the Hawks.
December 21st, 2011
8:35 pm
Horford starting at center, DAM DAM DAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When will coach LD wake up ?
December 21st, 2011
8:35 pm
I'd like to mention one other thing. I know L.D. loves to go on and on about our team's "versatility", and although it is a strength, sometimes it also plays against us because guys don't know their roles. Josh, for example, often gets caught up trying to do much or thinking he can do everything, and that makes him very ineffective at times. When he's trying to be the do-it-all player, it makes him a liability at times. Similarly, when you try to put scorers at the PG position, it ruins the offense. It's fine if Drew wants to utilize the team's versatility, but he needs to be more strict about defining roles. We can't have a couple guys trying to play PG, SG, SF, PF, and C all at the same time.
December 21st, 2011
8:37 pm
scrathin my head… How do these guards think they are going to make the NBA and stick w/o a jumpshot?
Sy? et al…….
Benson is our new designated SHOT BLOCKER! Get him more playing time please Coach!
Wow, Sheldon William still has an NBA job with the Nets????????????Huh????
December 21st, 2011
8:37 pm
December 21st, 2011
8:39 pm
I say we keep Benson. 3 Blocks in limited work is nothing to sneeze at. We can always use defense when these starters decide to take a day off. We all know as Hawks fans they do take days off.
December 21st, 2011
8:44 pm
I agree we need to sign Bogans right away he wont be available for long. between bogans and pargo we get the same points and way better defense. Marvin and Horford…..Sigh
December 21st, 2011
8:45 pm
If you bring Marvin off of the bench, who are you going to start in his place? Marvin might be better suited for a bench role, but he's the only true SF on the roster, and unless we move JJ to the 3, he's the only guy reliable at defending that position. If you put T-Mac in the starting lineup, you lose some of his play-making ability which he'd be able to utilize with the second unit. You also downgrade defensively. If you start Radmanovic, he may compliment the starters well on the offensive end by stretching the floor, but he also slows down the running game and he gives us another defensive liability at the 3. Aside from that, we don't know who else will be signed.
There aren't a lot of better options for who to start at the 3 than Marvin. This isn't a deep team, and even if Marvin is subpar, he can at least defend his position on a consistent basis.
December 21st, 2011
8:45 pm
same points that JC gave us
December 21st, 2011
8:52 pm
For those of you complaining about the Hawks starting a small lineup:? What do you expect the team to do? It's not like we have many reliable big men.
What do you want to do? Start Zaza and then give the team zero depth inside? Start Collins and allow teams to play us 4 on 5? It's not like we have many options. You can blame management for that.
If I were coaching, I'd be starting Horford at the 5 too, simply because we don't have much of a choice with this roster, and it's not like Horford gets dominated by his matchup every night. Even if he'd prefer to play the 4, Horford at the 5 is better than most centers in the NBA. I'd rather gamble with him than play some scrub at the 5 or sign another washed up vet to hold down the middle.
Until we get a starting-caliber 5, I don't see that L.D. has many better option than using the "small" lineup.
December 21st, 2011
9:02 pm
I say send Benson to D-League and keep Stack, Sy, Johnson, and Wannamaker/Sloan (put their two names in a hat and pick one).
I've said this since the schedule was announced…Drew has to play EVERYONE on the roster this year. No more of this BS about so-and-so is playing well and then we never see so-and-so on the floor. The guys all have to play. This schedule does not do any teams any favors. It's going to be even harder on teams with coaches who try to stick with a 7-8 man rotation.
I've never been big on Pargo. I understand why he had to be signed, but I have less than zero expectations for the guy. Always thought he was way overblown as a shooter and really did not have much to offer. At best, he will be like a 5th starting pitcher in baseball. Even though he isn't good, he eats innings. Pargo, though not good, can eat minutes, give guys rest. If he can do that, I'll be happy.
December 21st, 2011
9:04 pm
Eric This team need a different look, big lineup give this team more toughness and better defensive present in paint, PAPE, TMAC, MARVIN, VLAD, ZAZA is a better bench than Coach LD BENCH PARGO, ? TMAC, VLAD, ZAZA. And plus Marvin starting will force Josh at PF and Horford at C that will allow teams to dominate in the paint with this smallish front court, last year the Hawks was rank 28th in rebounding and enough is enough.
December 21st, 2011
9:09 pm
Since we are starting Al at the 5, Collins and Zaza should be enough big men for us if we are headed to a 13 man roster.
The backcourt needs help; Teague/Joe/Pargo isn't enough. Sy and Sloan probably should stay even though there isn't a lot of Sy I like and Sloan needs a jumper in the worse way.
That leaves Josh/Marvin/T-Mac/VRad/and probably Benson, but Rolle looked okay as well.
Watching QRichardson being a punk with LeBron tonight…..
December 21st, 2011
9:11 pm
December 21st, 2011
9:18 pm
59% – er!
Dwight goes to the line every 59 seconds and shoots 59 percent! IF, only Al could live in the paint and go to the line every 59 seconds?
He would be Dwight! IF, Al blocked shots too.
One, can only wish.
December 21st, 2011
9:19 pm
Why did we not sign Reggie Evans? The guy averaged 11.5 rebounds a game last year before he got hurt. He would be a great big man off the bench to provide some toughness to our weak ass lineup. He just signed with the Clippers for the minimum. God this team is stupid!
December 21st, 2011
9:21 pm
I wouldn't have minded seeing Larry Hughes on our bench this year…I think he will make the Magic roster.
December 21st, 2011
9:28 pm
I'd love to see Bogans signed.
Keep Sy, Benson & Johnson. Ivan has the tenacity we need on our bench.
Make Stack a coach we can call in for 10 day stints if needed.
December 21st, 2011
9:39 pm
Sec 303,
"I've never been big on Pargo. I understand why he had to be signed, but I have less than zero expectations for the guy. Always thought he was way overblown as a shooter and really did not have much to offer. At best, he will be like a 5th starting pitcher in baseball. Even though he isn't good, he eats innings. Pargo, though not good, can eat minutes, give guys rest. If he can do that, I'll be happy."
Co-sign. Until Hinrich gets back.
December 21st, 2011
9:41 pm
When Kirk gets back, we'll actually have a pretty decent top 9, and a hell of a starting lineup if Drew decides to play..
PG Teague
SG Kirk
PF Smoove
C Horford
My guess is it will all depend on how Marvin plays up until the time that Kirk is ready to play.
December 21st, 2011
9:46 pm
Would somebody hypnotize All NBA and program him to pound the boards like 6′10″ Moses Malone used to? For the Love of Basketball he needs to grab 12-15 per night! Don't care about his set shot!
Rebounds Rebounds Rebounds please…….
December 21st, 2011
10:01 pm
Keep Sy and Benson
I would be surprised if they did anything else. Especially if MC's depth chart is right, Sy would slip in right behind JJ. Hopefully Pape can get some heavy minutes tomorrow night and get his jumper going. If he hit 2 of this 3 jumpshots at the end of Mondays game, they would have won and Sy would have looked very good. Right now he's definitely a turnover machine, but I've seen improvement. He was a foul and turnover machine in France but Monday he played solid defensive without fouling.
December 21st, 2011
10:04 pm
@i_am_soulstar, I really like the idea of playing Kirk at SG and Johnson at SF but we all know LD will not do that.
@Slimjr, I just hope Al gets atleast one rebound more then he did Monday. lol
December 21st, 2011
10:04 pm
Brain Freeze!
"We've got some flexibility," he said.
In practice, that's going to mean Vlad sees time at SF and PF, Joe swings from SG to SF (or PG), Josh will be at SF or PF, Al will play C and PF, and T-Mac is at SF and SG (and PG). Drew will have to do lots of creative mixing-and-matching with his lineups, which could be a strength as long as everyone is healthy and effective but becomes problematic if any of the bench guys is unavailable/injured/ineffective/in foul trouble." -MC-
What a mixed bag of ish.
Who are we?
What are we worth!
7 players and 2 spots? Does anyone trust management to make a good decision?
December 21st, 2011
10:07 pm
Jon Leuer sucks.
December 21st, 2011
10:10 pm
Big Ray,
What is so frustratingly baffling about Gearon is the fact that he wants to hoard this core all to himself and not break it up, but he refuses to even listen to his own GM (who, as I heard it told, wanted Dwayne Casey for HC) when it comes to acquiring a totally different guy who might actually be able to get more out of these guys than anyone else has..
Let's not forget that this same owner would not allow the previous GM (BK) to fire the HC (Woody), and promote the assistant (LD), which is the same assistant they end edup promoting 2 years later.
They should have let BK fire Woody, give LD until the end of the season to audition, and then make the decision. Who knows how our fortunes may have been changed if they had let it play out how BK wanted.
But they don't like making decisions unless they are backed into a corner and have no choice (in their mind).
December 21st, 2011
10:11 pm
I think they should keep one of the PGs (Sloan or Wanamaker) until Hinrich comes back, because contracts are not guaranteed until Feb (if I'm not mistaken), so they can waive them at that time.
December 21st, 2011
10:24 pm
Team sucks bottomline. No reason to watch game 2morrow night if Teague does not play.
1 of these 3 will go Benson, Rolle, Johnson
1 of these 2 will go Wanamaker, Sloan
Everyone else will stay for the time being.
My bets are on Rolle and Wanamaker getting cut before the week is out unless they make bigger impressions 2morrow nite
December 21st, 2011
10:29 pm
If Teague is out tomorrow it will really give us a bigger look at the other PG, because LD has to try them out the whole game. Yes, it will be annoying to watch but maybe someone will actually pop out.
December 21st, 2011
10:31 pm
In bigger news. Dalembert signs for $7 million per year which is less than Hinrich's 8 million this year or $9 last year, less than Marvin, and only about $1.5 million more than what Zaza will be making next year. Once again, I have no mercy when it comes to calling it like it is with this team. They don't spend wisely.
December 21st, 2011
10:33 pm
Lets just hope this is the last season for Sund and LD.
December 21st, 2011
10:36 pm
I wish the NBA had stayed on strike!!!
December 21st, 2011
10:38 pm
Roster cuts imminent:
1. Kirk Hinrich $8M for 3 months work in two years…
2. Hawks won't "eat" any salaries…
3. What's the goal? Championship, 2nd rd, East Finals?
4. Deep playoff run in short season favors veterans…
5. 2nd rd exit w/ cap space favors rookies…
6. Donald Sloan is a lock, makes Teague expendable…
7. GM ego will keep Benson and Sy around…
8. Ivan, Magnum probably deserve spots but…maybe next year…
9. Stackhouse will be interesting, would like him around….
10. Cut downs will see alot of good players fall, cant keep everyone…
December 21st, 2011
10:49 pm
I am tired of trying to guess what the Hawks are going to get it gives me headache all we do hope at some point the team will be sold we have no control what happens now .
December 21st, 2011
10:55 pm
"In bigger news. Dalembert signs for $7 million per year which is less than Hinrich's 8 million this year or $9 last year, less than Marvin, and only about $1.5 million more than what Zaza will be making next year. Once again, I have no mercy when it comes to calling it like it is with this team. They don't spend wisely." – superiorblogman
Then they want to blame the fans when they get blown out at home in game 6 of the playoffs. We need new leadership.
December 21st, 2011
11:14 pm
when do we get a report on marvin like this on what he has done to up his game?
when does he begin to take on the responsibility of going to the next level?
for all the criticism of hinrich can anyone really validate the cost of bibby for what he did? how about 30 mil from the basg? wonder if they will take him to court as well?


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Hi, what version of the Blog are you using. Version 0.4.1's new entry date defaults to today's date on my installation.
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The default date is for the Blog is set in the BlogEntry.php file on line 65.
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by David Harrower.
Siblings Morna and Athol haven't spoken to each other for fourteen years. As they recount their troubled history, they tell the story of modern Scotland.
Athol lives in Houston, round the corner from where the Glasgow Airport bombers planned their raid in 2007. He believes that only Scotland could produce such 'crap terrorists'. Dyed-in-the-wool SNP supporter Morna remembers the good old days of well-intended protest. As they talk, their differences - political, social, even musical - begin to seem less important.
David Harrower is one of Scotland's leading playwrights. His work includes BLACKBIRD, KNIVES IN HENS and 365 as well as many adaptations and translations. BLACKBIRD was an astonishing tour de force and has received international acclaim. His play, GOOD WITH PEOPLE and his translation of Schiller's MARY STUART have recently been broadcast on radio.
Director ..... David Harrower
Producer ..... Gaynor Macfarlane.
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The following is a guest post from my friend Julio Ojeda-Zapata. He is a technology writer for The Saint Paul Pioneer Press (my hometown paper), geek, and all around great guy. You may also know him from his appearances on This Week in Tech.
I think there are many out there who struggle to find the same control over their workplace computing environment as they do their home. For most, there is less choice at work over the tools you are given to use. As someone who works for themselves, I wanted to have someone speak to this quandary and tell their story. Thankfully, Julio was happy to step up to the podium.
My cubicle at work made me uneasy for years, and I couldn't put my finger on why. This year, it dawned on me what had bothered me for so long — It was my computer stand.
You probably know the kind. It's an adjustable metal apparatus with dual surfaces, one for a PC and monitor, the other for the keyboard and mouse. The surfaces slide backwards and forwards with a yank or a shove, as well as upwards and downwards via a rubber-sheathed metal crank.
My workplace has dozens of the stands, positioned alongside cubicle desks. My co-workers toil on the stands without complaint. In a bit of an epiphany, though, my long-suppressed hatred for these Rube Goldberg contraptions bubbled to the surface — and I knew I had to be rid of mine.
To grasp why this stand bothered me so much, you need to know how I work in my home office.
I have the simplest of desks, consisting of a sturdy rubberwood table my wife and I picked up at Pier One Imports for a pittance when we were newlyweds. It was our cozy dining-room table for a long time, until we bought something larger and more appropriate for entertaining our friends.
Then it became my workstation. It was too tall for typing, but my wife — who, unlike yours truly, can be trusted with power tools — fixed this by taking inches off the legs and reattaching them.
Thus transformed, the table became a single, broad work surface for a succession of all-in-one Macs, with plenty of room to spare for peripherals and the printouts I fan out when I am writing.
The table is typing and mousing heaven, with an obscenely ample area for my optical rodent to roam unimpeded, and curved edges that cause no irritation to my underarms and wrists during my marathon work sessions.
Commercial computer tables don't measure up. These range from cheapo OfficeMax versions with ridiculous slide-out keyboard trays, to hyper-expensive variations from the likes of Anthro and Biomorph. Sure, the latter are elegant and ergonomic — even electrically powered, in some higher-end cases, for raising and lowering with push-button ease — but I'm not about to spend hundreds or thousands for such Lexus-like furniture.
My rubberwood desk adheres to the Minimal Mac ideal: It does its duty with absolute simplicity, maximum efficiency, minimal cost, extreme elegance and complete comfort.
My PC stand at work offends me in many so ways. The faux-wood typing surface is barely wide enough for the keyboard, with little extra room for a mouse. Its legs are enamel-painted metallic tubes ending in ugly, jagged-edged openings; the rubber covers intended to camouflage this are always missing. So is that absurd hand crank, forcing me to go in a frantic hunt for a substitute.
A couple of months ago, I reached my breaking point and had the stand banished. I needed no replacement brought in, as it turned out. I already had one: my cubicle's desk.
This surface was too tall for comfortable computing, but I knew it could be lowered to precisely the right height. I'm sure millions of cubicles around the world have the same flexibility.
With my stand gone and my desk adjusted, I sighed in relief as I rolled my computer chair up to the ultrawide typing station and got busy (on a Mac, of course). This felt just like my rubberwood table back home. All the mechanical complexity was gone; a single, exquisitely positioned work surface remained. I like my job, and this allowed me to like doing it.
My new computer setup, though, made me something of an office oddball. Visitors to my cubicle would become flustered as they sensed something amiss — it took them a second or two to see that the PC stand was gone. No one at my office, to my knowledge, has ever done such a thing.
But I'll never go back. This is what freedom feels like.
Some of the old timers may remember one of Apple's most famous ad campaigns – "What's on your Powerbook?". In it, celebrities and some regular folk were pictured with their Powerbooks and revealed in text were some of the things they used it for. Even back then, I was highly fascinated by the tools people use and how they use them and this fed that crave quite nicely.
With the new release of Simplenote, I thought it might be fun to list just a few of the notes I have in mine with the hopes that others will share theirs as well. If you do decide to post yours up somewhere, @reply me your name and a link to your list on Twitter and I will update this post with it as my time allows. Sound fun? Great, here we go…
What's in my Simplenote?
Bits of words and wisdom – Where I keep nice phrases and well written sentences I run across on the Internet.
Yay me! – Where I keep a little list of meaningful accomplishments. I look at this whenever I'm feeling down about myself. It also came in handy for performance reviews back when I had a "real" job.
Home Stats – Any measurements I take around the house I keep in here so that, for instance, I always know how big the dining room is or the cubby holes in my office desk hutch. Things like that.
My wife's standard order at Chipotle – So I don't have to call first if I'm picking some up for dinner or lunch.
My personal manifesto – Things I believe in.
OK, your turn. What's in your Simplenote?
Jack Mottram (who, as usual, displays mad ninja skills)
I have been a dedicated user of Simplenote for quite some time. Almost everything you see here on the site is either synced to it via Notational Velocity or written directly in the iPad or iPhone app.
The new version was just released and it is nothing short of amazing. They have chosen just the right features to add, and the right polish on the UI, while still maintaining what brought its users here in the first place — Simplicity.
Some of the new features that matter to me are the ability to "pin" notes you select to the top of the list, word and character count, full screen mode on the iPad version in landscape orientation, and versioning.
Seriously nice work. If you have not tried it yet, well, I'm rather surprised you have bothered reading this far.
I want to talk about something very important. Something that, I feel, has gone increasingly unnoticed – in fact abandoned in many cases – on the internet today. It's increasing disappearance is akin to that of an endangered species. It's so small that, when its population dwindles, people stop noticing. Pretty soon, we will look up one day and it will simply be gone. If we do not take action now, only those of us who remember the early days of the Internet will remember it. Then it will be too late. For this reason, I plan to take drastic action now. What is this rare yet important part of the online ecosystem?
The "via", as we online writer types call it, is what you see at the bottom of a post giving attribution to the source where you found the link. For instance, take a look at the recent via I gave for this link to Scott Adams' The Less Feature:
(via Chris Nuccitelli)
Not only did I acknowledge who pointed me to the article. If you click the name, I link directly to the exact place and words he used to point me to it. Obviously, I can't do that in every case. But where I can, I will.
Here is another example from one of my other websites, The Random Post:
(Though I saw this in my own feed, I'm giving the via to Randy Murray, who linked it on Twitter and reminded me I had something to say)
I made it very clear the events that happened that led me to not only the link, but also the fact that I initially saw it and passed it over but then, thanks to a trusted source linking to it, gave it secondary consideration.
Then, there are cases like this:
(via Ben Kogan who, despite my offer, said it was not necessary to link. He was just excited to share it.)
Ben sent me the tip off for the link via email. Therefore, I could not have linked to the exact source. Even though I asked if he wanted me link to his personal site or some other place when I gave him the via, he told me he did not. Guess what? I still need to make it clear why I am not linking to the source.
Attribution and acknowledgement of sourcing are not only the right thing to do, the honorable thing to do, they are the very strands in the thing we call the web. They are what connect it all together. They help to explain how I got here from there and why. They also help you navigate back down that thread and, hopefully, onto other places filled with wonder, curiosity and delight.
Many on the web have become far too relaxed at doing the simplest of vias:
(via Minimal Mac)
I wont call out any specific examples. It really does not matter. What does matter is that I not treat my vias with the same lack of care. Therefore, I feel I must overcompensate for my own transgressions in this area. To make it up not only for the ones I have failed to do, but to make it up for the rest of those who do not. Especially those who fail to link this site in that chain of knowledge, thus potentially robbing their readership of examining the threads herein. Therefore, you will be seeing a lot more hyper-explanatory vias from me. I will not be perfect at them. I will forget and fail. In fact, the iPhone photo from my friend Jorge that I linked earlier failed to receive a proper via. It will go like this:
(via Ian Hines. Despite Jorge being my friend, and I a reader of his photoblog, I failed to see this photo before)
See, one less missing via. Baby steps.
Today is the first year anniversary of Minimal.
Well, technically it started on Feb. 2008 with Hackable Minimalism (as some readers might remember), but Minimal started one year ago.
Thanks everyone for the support!
Happy blog birthday, Uri.
It was somewhere early on in the design of the of the new Minimal Mac theme that I realized why designers as talented as John Rust must hate working with someone like me…
I'm a minimalist.
You see, I often am not sure about what I want. I am far more sure about what I don't. Therefore, I will give someone like John a very general and nebulous idea of what I think I am looking for, they will go off and deliver exactly what I asked for, then I will say, "Wow. That's great! Love it! Now, just change this, and this, and remove this, and move that, and make this tighter and…"
Just like the logo, all I knew was that I wanted a modest change. Nothing drastic. Just an improvement and polish all around. I mean, frankly, the site has "minimal" in the title so there are only so many ways you can go, design wise. That said, "modest change" does not clearly communicate anything really. What separates designers like John (and Aaron for that matter) is that they listen to my indecision, misdirection and generality with patience and professionalism. They let me know when I am wrong without making me feel stupid. But, more then anything else, they deliver what I am thinking of far better then I can ever articulate it myself.
John went above and beyond the call of duty in every way and even thought through and delivered things I had not even considered that made the overall experience for the reader that much better. For example, if you have an iPhone go ahead and load up the site in Mobile Safari. Seriously, do it now. I'll wait… See that? Yep, John went and made a custom theme for the iPhone that blows away the default Tumblr iPhone theme. It retains the look and feel of the site while optimizing it for the iPhone. I did not ask for this, he just did it. Why? Because that is what great designers do, they think of the things you didn't know you even wanted.
Some other things to note about the new theme. It is designed to look great on the Mac, iPhone and iPad (the last one really sucked on the iPad). Also, the icon looks great on the iPad/iPhone home screen. Post pages now have descriptive page titles. This should make life much easier for users of Instapaper, Del.icio.us, Pinboard, etc. (Special thanks to Pat Dryburgh for his post on this). Also, I wanted the theme to be fresh. The site is well past the time it needed to grow up and stop using an off the shelf design.
Finally, this theme is a custom theme made just for Minimal Mac. You will not find it in Tumblr's Theme Garden. Please don't copy it. I want a look and feel that is unique to this site. If you would like a custom theme of your own, I would urge you to get in touch with John. You will find few designers who can do an equivalent job as he, let alone better.
I'm honored today to share a guest post from Dave Caolo. Dave is an Editor and regular contributor at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW). He also writes long form pieces about Apple and related subjects at his own 52 Tiger, which I have linked to here several times before. I really appreciate the fact that a big time blogger like he has taken the time to show up on my little project here.
The other day, he shared a photo on Twitter of his writing setup. I was especially intrigued by his keyboard and asked if he would share a bit about it and why he uses it. As you know, one of my driving principles here is that if a piece of technology works for you, even if it is just enough to get the job done, one should use it until it hurts. It looked like Dave was far from hurting and was, in fact, thriving with this mechanical wonder from the last century (as his recent iBooks opus proves).
Without further delay…
The first Mac I ever used was a SE/30. It was compact and tidy with an internal hard drive and ethernet port. Definitely an enviable machine in 1990. Connected to it was a forgettable mouse and an Apple Extended Keyboard II. That massive battleship of a keyboard was an homage to beige plastic, and laughably oversized for the Mac.
I loved it. So much so that I still use one today. In fact, it will have a place on my desk for as long as it works (and as long as Mac OS X continues to recognize it). Here's why.
First is the sound. That lovely wooden-stick-on-a-hollow-log "thonk" that announces each keystroke is yet to be duplicated. It's satisfying in a way that affirms your productivity. Much like the jackhammer operator feels content at the end of a noisy day's work, I feel that I got much accomplished with all that thonking and clacking.
It's also intimate. Over the years I've noticed that some keys have their own pitch. For example, the Space Bar has the highest pitch, the Return key has the lowest and the Period Key produces a solid whack that's especially satisfying at the end of the day.
I also love the keyboard's feel. Apple's Bluetooth keyboards are nice, but the keys barely move when pressed. In contrast, the Extended Keyboard's keys just drop when pressed, providing wonderful tactile feedback. They then spring back with perfectly appropriate force. I've used some keyboards that either repelled my fingers on the upstroke or yielded like cold oatmeal when pressed. They've all made me long for the ancient artifact in my office.
Finally, I love this keyboard's longevity. It's nearly 20 years old and working flawlessly. Once a year I take it apart and give it a good cleaning, and that's the only maintenance it's ever required. When reassembled it looks great and is ready for duty. In fact, the keyboard on my MacBook Pro has lost keys while the Extended Keyboard works as it did the day I unboxed it. Also, the Griffin iMate I use for ADB to USB connectivity years ago still works, and Mac OS X (so far at least) is happy to let me use it.
Any job is more pleasant when you can use tools that you love. I've used other rigs over the years, but when I'm sitting in my own quiet office with the Extended Keyboard II beneath my hands, I feel that I could write forever.
– Dave Caolo
Look! Up on the page! It's a new header logo for Minimal Mac!
Designed with love, care, and a lot of fiddling due to my misdirection and honest attempt to finally have a staring spot on Clients from Hell, by Aaron Mahnke of Wet Frog Studios. In all seriousness, Aaron does amazing work and delivered exactly what I requested in a header logo for the site – a modest but fresh change to what was already there. He delivered quickly and was kind enough to both listen to, and give, feedback when requested or warranted. I can't say enough good things about him. If you have any venture that requires such work, it would be foolhardy not to consider him.
This is just the beginning of some of the changes I have coming up for the next year of Minimal Mac. Stay tuned.
Minimal Mac recently rounded the corner of it's first year in existence. I think I can safely say that everything about it has exceeded my expectations, mostly because I really had none at the start. I thought I would come up with this little project that a few people might enjoy that discussed the merits of having "enough" when it came to technology and, with extrapolation, life. It went from that thought to execution in 24 hours. Here we are, almost 900 posts later, still doing this thing. I won't discuss the numbers but, let me suffice to say that more than a few of you show up every day to see what I post and, as a writer and curator, it makes me equal parts humbled and proud.
I hope the coming year will bring even more of the same, yet better. I want to continue to make sure I am working every day to bring a level of quality to the work I produce here that is consistent with my beliefs and abilities. I want to make sure that the subject matter is both topical and rational. I also want to work hard to make sure that anyone who chooses to give me even a moment of their valuable time and attention walks away feeling it is a fair trade and square deal.
I'm also hoping to spruce the place up a bit. Perhaps a fresh coat of greyscale paint. Make it look even better on those new fangled devices all the cool kids carry these days.
I thought, especially for those that have not been here since the beginning, an appropriate way to celebrate would be for me to call out some of the posts I think are not only a good overview of the year that was, but are also a reflection of what we believe in:
Welcome – The very first post.
The forgotten cost of features – Wherein I use a simple piece of paper to explain that every feature has an often hidden associated cost.
The "What if" Myth – The lies we use to excuse ourselves from bad behavior.
My Pledge To You – What Gizmodo did not learn as children. Also, the things I learned.
Down With Minimalism! Clutter Is The Productive Way Forward! – There is no "right way".
Happy Birthday iPod – Wherein I use the iPod's Birthday to tell you a story about how to beat stereotypes.
Dancing to the rhythm, walking to the walk. – Not everyone noticed, but I like to think the content on the site changed quite a bit after this post.
Doing it wrong – Sometimes, if you want to be successful, do opposite of what people tell you.
The Season of Stuff – Not just for the holidays.
Unclutter Your Mac in One Week – Day 1 – The first part of a 7 part series. If there is anywhere to begin with getting your Mac clutter under control, start here.
Computing Simplicity? – Just so we are clear about what I believe in.
What Apple Sells… – Just in case you thought it was computers.
It's not a bargain if you don't need it – How's that Tweetie 2 for Mac workin' for ya?
Faith in The Future – My replacing my Macbook with my iPad for a mobile machine is going just fine, thank you. Writing this post on it.
The Future – My favorite photo I've ever posted to Minimal Mac was my own.
The Simple Life – Though this one is a very close second.
iPhone Shot – Most Tumblr popular thing I ever posted (3608 notes). Still not quite sure why.
Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing – Because even a washing machine matters.
Want not, waste not. – Because it is so fundamentally important to everything we believe in.
via Bill Westerman
Of the 30 million tons of digital junk, about 70% ends up in poor nations. And increasingly, that garbage ends up in West Africa. Countries like Ghana, Nigeria and Ivory Coast get this garbage through illegal imports. This is called digital garbage by importers of semi new but in fact, 80% of computers that arrive there are outdated and broken.
If such images and information do not compel one to use the technology they have for as long as possible, I don't know what will. Seriously, go read and look at the rest of the photos. Now! I'll be here when you get back…
That shiny new phone you want, you don't want bad enough yet. That system that is getting "a little slow" is not yet slow enough. Even if it is too slow for you, it is more than most of the world could ever dream of having. Seriously, use your technology until it hurts – badly. Because the pain all of this consumption is bringing to a world that is just beyond yours is immeasurable.
Then, when you must (and only when you absolutely must), please make sure you reuse (first preference) or recycle all of your technology in the most humane and responsible way possible. Here are just a few of the possibilities:
Free Geek – If there is a Free Geek program in your area, consider using it. They are a non-profit organization that will refurbish your electronic equipment and give it new life and use by giving it to those who could not otherwise afford it. Anything they can't refurbish they recycle according to the strictest standards.
Best Buy – Best Buy will take up to three electronic items, per household, per day, for responsible recycling. They do this as no charge for most items (those with screens, TVs, monitors, etc. are charged a nominal fee that is refunded on the spot in the form of a Best Buy gift card). I have done this with many items and it's a pain free, no questions asked, experience.
Apple – When you buy a new Mac, Apple will take your old computer for recycling for free.


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Wilmington police also plan to revise policies and procedures to increase efficiency and the amount of time officers are on the streets.
Wilmington has been plagued for years by gun violence, but Williams said the downtown area also has seen excessive panhandling, loitering and disorderly conduct.
Williams plans to discuss the new police deployment plan at news conference Tuesday in Rodney Square.
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The prestige enjoyed by the agnostic solution today does not stand up to colder examination. As a pure theory, it may seem exceedingly illuminating. But in its essence, agnosticism is much more than a theory: what is at stake here is the praxis of one's life. When one attempts to put it into practice in one's real field of action, agnosticism slips out of one's hands like a soap bubble; it dissolves into thin air, because it is not possible to escape the very option it seeks to avoid. When faced with the question of God, man cannot permit himself to remain neutral. All he can say is Yes or No—without ever avoiding all the consequences that derive from this choice even in the smallest details of life.
Christianity and the Crisis of Cultures, 88-9
Reflection – Well, we've been down this road before on this blog – click the agnosticism label at the bottom of the post if you want the full story. But it bears saying again and again; we cannot really suspend judgment on the question of God.
Intellectually, yes we can, of course. It is clearly not psychologically impossible or logically unsound to say 'I don't know' about the God question or any other question. But the God question, unlike, say, the wave/particle nature of light or the average wing span of a swallow (European or African? I don't know… auggggh!), has direct practical implications for what you and I are going to do today, doesn't it?
If there is a supreme being—that is, One who created you, holds you in being, and who is the author and end of your life—then you had better be talking to Him/Her/It today, right? If there is a God, you had better be asking this God to show you how to live, right? If there is a God, then prayer is a priority for each one of our lives, without exception.
So if you don't pray, you are acting as if there is no God. You are a practical atheist, even if you insist that you are an agnostic. It seems to me that there are very few agnostics who end up adopting theistic practice—a rigorous, disciplined life of prayer—while most self-declared agnostics end up living as atheists.
But this whole prayer business opens up for us a whole stance to life that does not stop when we get up off our knees. If there is a God, then the truth, the meaning, the goodness, the point of virtually everything in the universe is not ours to decide. It is ours to discover, but that's entirely different.
'discovered' Columbus North America; he did not invent it. There is a whole attitude towards life that
emerges from practical theism as opposed to practical atheism, a reverence, a
listening spirit, a deep humility.
I will never forget the shock I had one day when I, still a layman at that point but already in my final promises in Madonna House, realized that by and large I was living as a practical atheist. Generally speaking, I made up my own mind about stuff without much serious reference to… you know, the Big Guy. It was actually a key moment of repentance in my life that led me in a circuitous sort of way to my current state of affairs (where I at least once in a while check in with Him about stuff!).
Anyhow, agnosticism is a bust, practically speaking. Either there is a God or there is not one, and our whole way of life either is based on the existence of God or it is not. It is fairly simple, even though practical atheism can slip into our hearts in myriad subtle ways. And perhaps (realizing that most of my readers are churchy-type people) that's a good focus for this post—are we living as theists or as atheists? Is God the center of our lives… or something else? Something to ponder…


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Born Helen Mariano in Baltimore, she was raised on Stricker Street and attended Baltimore City public schools. She later lived with family in New York City, where she became a nurse and worked for the Veterans Administration.
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We are related to some passionate bicyclists (affectionately known by us as "bike nerds") who have dedicated several garages and a basement or two to their love... but that's in middle America, where space like that actually exists. Bike enthusiasts in the city have to be a little more creative in order to accommodate all their toys. Enter this hacked bike rack.
We like this set-up, made out of what appears to be a stripper pole (those Swedish are so forward-thinking!) and some brackets. It taps into the last bastion of spacial real-estate in an apartment - the upper wall, and looks pretty sharp to boot. As a bonus, we think you're bound to get pretty ripped having to lift your bike up there to the top spot.
And fine, so maybe it's not actually a stripper pole, but we're sure if you have a spare one that would work, too.
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all i can think of is rain in boston and how dirty my place would get if i had to rely on this for storage...
i just bought a bike rack that works very similar to that. found a guy who had one but it didn't fit his bike so he sold it to me. Now i just have to get the spare couch out of the office to set it up.
So fun things like this only work if you ride a guys bike huh?
Anyone have any suggestions on how to hack the hack to make a girls bike hold?
someone on ikeahacker suggested turning one of the hooks upside down so the bike tilts, heavy side to the 'correct hook' lighter side supported by the upside down hook. that might work with a lady's bike.
Another option for those with more than two bikes is getting a heavy duty garmet rack and big hooks. It works great!


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Rain on Saturday had made the field in which the battles were to take place too wet to use, but re-enactors, vendors and the public were already at Underwood Family Farms, where the event takes place, so instead of canceling the entire event for the day, the organizers made the decision to let the rest of the event move forward, lowering the admission fee for the day to $5.
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One recent film that stuck by its NC-17 was "Killer Joe," a revenge drama starring Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch. The movie, directed by "The Exorcist" helmer William Friedkin, received the NC-17 primarily because of one graphic scene of violence tinged with an unconventional sexual act. Although McConaughey told The Times that he thought the film should wear the rating as a "badge of honor," the movie has had minimal commercial traction.
Director Jennifer Lynch, whose upcoming action thriller "Chained" was handed an NC-17 this year, grudgingly decided to cut her film so she could get an R. "I think it's clear by now that the NC-17 is not accomplishing what the MPAA hoped it would when they moved away from the X," she said. "If you know blue as blue, you'll always know it that way, whether you call it orange or any other color."
Confusion reigns
If theater chains and audiences have failed to embrace NC-17 films, it may be in part because there's no clear, specific set of rules about what type of violence, sex or language prompts the MPAA to award the rating. Though many moviegoers know, for instance, that multiple uses of the F-word can turn an otherwise PG-13 movie into an R film, the boundary between R and NC-17 is much less distinct.
The MPAA says NC-17 ratings can be based on "violence, sex, aberrational behavior, drug abuse or any other element that most parents would consider too strong and therefore off-limits for viewing by their children." The group says an NC-17 "does not mean 'obscene' or 'pornographic' in the common or legal meaning of those words, and should not be construed as a negative judgment in any sense. The rating simply signals that the content is appropriate only for an adult audience."
But many adults won't go to an NC-17 movie, convinced that they're going to watch smut.
Neither the public nor filmmakers are privy to how MPAA raters arrive at their decisions, and when a film is given an NC-17, the MPAA provides only a limited description.
In 2011, for instance, "Shame" got the marker for "some explicit sexual content" while another movie, "A Serbian Film," was given the rating for "extreme aberrant and sexual content including explicit dialogue." But descriptions of R-rated films can sound similar: A movie called "Arena," for instance, was described as having "strong brutal and bloody violence throughout, graphic nudity and language."
In 2001, the MPAA gave Solondz's "Storytelling" an NC-17 for a graphic sex scene. As it turned out, Solondz had a clause in his contract that allowed him to release the movie with the scene intact, providing a large red box was placed over the anatomy to allow the revised film to receive an R. Moviegoers were then given an unusual object lesson in the content that can prompt raters to jump a movie from an R to an NC-17.
In 2010, more confusion came when the Weinstein Co. and director Derek Cianfrance found themselves facing an NC-17 with their romantic drama "Blue Valentine," for an oral sex scene that featured no nudity.
They were eventually able to persuade an appeals board that the movie should be rated R. But the incident prompted head-scratching, particularly since an oral sex scene of about equal duration in that year's "Black Swan" received an R. Cianfrance called the NC-17 "a form of censorship" and said he was "confused and baffled" by what he saw as a double standard.
Debating a fix
Even some critics of the NC-17 acknowledge that the ratings group has been at the mercy of changes outside its control, such as cautious theater owners and media outlets.
"I don't think it's the MPAA's fault that the NC-17 has become what it is," said Ethan Noble, a consultant who aids filmmakers and distributors in their dealings with the MPAA. "But it is its responsibility that this is continuing. The MPAA needs to find another path."
Bernard of Sony Pictures Classics and others have suggested a new adult rating that specifically excludes exploitative pornographic content. Asked about this possibility, Graves replied with a familiar MPAA refrain: The group does not want to get into the business of adjudicating art. To split an NC-17 rating into a more serious rating versus a pornographic one, she said, is to wander into the choppy waters of aesthetic judgment.
(Graves said there has been no serious consideration of splitting the NC-17, though there has been discussion about dividing the territory now encompassed by the R rating — that is, creating two ratings that distinguish between "harder" and "softer" versions of the R. The R rating, after all, has become a catch-all, encompassing movies as wildly diverse as the über-violent "Saw," the racy comedies of Judd Apatow and the gentle drama of "The King's Speech.")
And then there's another, perhaps more fundamental question: whether any rating that bars filmgoers outright is a good idea. After all, the MPAA's own mantra is that it simply wants to guide parents, not legislate social policy.
"I suppose ratings will always be imperfect," Solondz said. "But when it comes to children, parents should be determining what's appropriate. I don't like the idea that if you're under 18 you're de facto not allowed to see a film."
The NC-17 seems to face a Catch-22: To produce more hits, the NC-17 needs to be on more movies. But few distributors want to release a movie with an NC-17 until there are established hits.
"Theoretically there's no reason the most restrictive rating should carry a scarlet letter," said John Fithian, president of the National Assn. of Theatre Owners. "But ... we have yet to have a big, serious commercial movie released as an NC-17."
Filmmakers and their advisers, however, say they'd be more willing to use it if they didn't feel theater owners had a resistance to playing it. "I've worked with hundreds of clients and have never counseled anyone to take an NC-17," Noble said. "It's simply not worth the risk."
Graves said that though she thinks the media is partly to blame — "Why do they always refer to it as 'slapping with an NC-17?'" she asked — she acknowledged that there were, at the least, failures of communication on the MPAA's part. "We need to be educational about it more than anything else," she said.
Others aren't convinced that would work. "We need a new system," Bernard said. "But I think it will be a long while before there's any will to do something about it."


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Hundreds of Volunteers Still Cleaning Up Katrina Destruction on Mississippi Gulf CoastBy Rhonda Miller | Published 16 Jul 2012 05:01pm |
Even though it's been seven years since Hurricane Katrina, 5,000 volunteers are still showing up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast every year. MPB's Rhonda Miller reports.
On a hot, humid morning in Biloxi, 40 high school students and 10 adults from Minnesota are in jeans, work shoes and masks tearing down a one-story house, piece-by-piece. They bang an old air conditioner out of the window, take down shutters and hand out pieces of drywall through the windows.
Twenty-one-year-old Jay Kiel is a youth minister at First Lutheran Church in Little Falls, Minnesota.
"We're here with a group of about 400 students, total. When we found out it was Mississippi, we couldn't be more excited to help out and be able to work in a place that really needs the help and at times we feel maybe gets overlooked."
This is the third mission trip for 15-year-old Haley Olson.
"It's really cool. We get to help a lot of people." (Have you ever demolished a house before?) "No, I haven't, it's really crazy." (What have you done, so far?) "Picked up some nails. You can't do anything without gloves, there's not enough gloves, but I held a ladder. I drank a lot of water. "
When Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Mississippi Gulf Coast seven years ago, 5,000 volunteers came to help. Executive Director of Hands On Mississippi, Holly Gibbs says, 5,000 are still coming every year.
"We go out and solicit with non-profits and churches, youth organizations, Boys and Girls Clubs, you name it, to find the groups that want to volunteer, want to take some time, away from what they're normally doing, do some outreach, get involved in the community and make a difference."
Gibbs says volunteer labor is valued at about $22 an hour. Since Katrina, volunteers have contributed more than one million hours on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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