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1. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A group of intergalactic criminals are forced to work together to stop a fanatical warrior from taking control of the universe.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 677,280 | Gross: $333.13M
2. The Princess Bride (1987)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon
Votes: 293,296 | Gross: $30.86M
3. Schindler's List (1993)
R | 195 min | Biography, Drama, History
In Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall
Votes: 861,821 | Gross: $96.07M
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 472,640 | Gross: $59.07M
5. The Wrestler (2008)
R | 109 min | Drama, Sport
A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis
Votes: 250,934 | Gross: $26.24M
6. Enchanted (2007)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A princess, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York by an evil queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.
Director: Kevin Lima | Stars: Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey
Votes: 142,117 | Gross: $127.71M
7. The Holiday (2006)
PG-13 | 138 min | Comedy, Romance
Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.
Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black
Votes: 182,247 | Gross: $63.22M
8. In Bruges (2008)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Berrington
Votes: 306,818 | Gross: $7.76M
9. Precious (II) (2009)
R | 110 min | Drama
In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey
Votes: 86,682 | Gross: $47.54M
10. Push (2009)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two young Americans with special abilities must race to find a girl in Hong Kong before a shadowy government organization called Division does.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Colin Ford
Votes: 90,752 | Gross: $31.81M
11. Elf (2003)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel
Votes: 147,333 | Gross: $173.38M
12. Child's Play (1988)
R | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror
A single mother gives her son a much sought after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif
Votes: 61,857 | Gross: $33.24M
13. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Directors: Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchum, Terry Sanders | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason
Votes: 64,594
14. The Last Picture Show (1971)
R | 118 min | Drama
A group of 1950s high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied West Texas town that is slowly dying, both economically and culturally.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson
Votes: 31,295
15. The Nanny Diaries (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Donna Murphy
Votes: 48,313 | Gross: $25.93M
16. Flowers in the Attic (2014 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Thriller
After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.
Director: Deborah Chow | Stars: Heather Graham, Ellen Burstyn, Kiernan Shipka, Mason Dye
Votes: 6,307
17. The Polar Express (2004)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express. During his adventure he learns about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter, Leslie Zemeckis
Votes: 120,479 | Gross: $0.67M
18. Body Heat (1981)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson
Votes: 23,284
19. Snow Bride (2013 TV Movie)
TV-G | 81 min | Comedy, Family
Greta Kaine (Katrina Law) is always in search of juicy gossip. As a tabloid reporter of gossip in Los Angeles, it's her job to expose the rich and famous. So when word gets out that the ... See full summary »
Director: Bert Kish | Stars: Katrina Law, Jordan Belfi, Patricia Richardson, Susie Abromeit
Votes: 1,236
20. Mysterious Skin (2004)
NC-17 | 105 min | Drama
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Brady Corbet, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, Chase Ellison
Votes: 56,727 | Gross: $0.70M
21. Adam (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Romance
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
Director: Max Mayer | Stars: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving
Votes: 29,077 | Gross: $2.28M
22. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura, Ayami Kakiuchi
Votes: 36,037
23. Heartbeats (2010)
101 min | Drama, Romance
The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Xavier Dolan, Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider, Anne Dorval
Votes: 18,412 | Gross: $0.06M
24. Taare Zameen Par (2007)
PG | 165 min | Drama, Family, Music
An eight-year-old boy is thought to be lazy and a trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.
Directors: Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte | Stars: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tanay Chheda, Sachet Engineer
Votes: 83,922 | Gross: $1.20M
25. To Sir, with Love (1967)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama
Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
Director: James Clavell | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall
Votes: 11,786
26. Hope & Faith (2003–2006)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Hope, a down-to-earth, happily married mom of three in Glen Falls, Ohio, had her tidy world up-ended by the arrival of her celebrity sister, Faith. Faith was living the high life in ... See full summary »
Stars: Faith Ford, Kelly Ripa, Macey Cruthird, Ted McGinley
Votes: 4,035
27. Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
PG | 100 min | Action, Comedy
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Dom DeLuise
Votes: 11,110 | Gross: $66.10M
28. Valentine (2001)
R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
Five women are stalked by an unknown assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.
Director: Jamie Blanks | Stars: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Jessica Capshaw
Votes: 20,434 | Gross: $20.38M
29. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Approved | 108 min | Thriller
A young woman discovers her visiting "Uncle Charlie" may not be the man he seems to be.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers
Votes: 45,163
30. Spider (2002)
R | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave
Votes: 30,039 | Gross: $1.64M
31. Miss Potter (2006)
PG | 88 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success.
Director: Chris Noonan | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn
Votes: 23,821 | Gross: $2.98M
32. Shampoo (1975)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
Lovers undo a hairdresser from Beverly Hills around Election Eve in 1968.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant
Votes: 7,684
33. Out in the Dark (2012)
96 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A drama centered on the love affair between two men on opposite sides of the Mid-East conflict: Palestinian student Nimer and Roy, an Israeli lawyer.
Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Jamil Khoury, Alon Pdut
Votes: 4,649
34. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
G | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Santa, aka Scott Calvin, is faced with double-duty: how to keep his new family happy, and how to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.
Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd
Votes: 21,563 | Gross: $84.50M
35. Barney's Version (2010)
R | 134 min | Comedy, Drama
The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
Director: Richard J. Lewis | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Rosamund Pike, Jake Hoffman, Macha Grenon
Votes: 21,053 | Gross: $7.50M
36. Mafia! (1998)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Crime
Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, Lloyd Bridges, Billy Burke
Votes: 12,454 | Gross: $19.88M
37. 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in Los Angeles.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Charlize Theron
Votes: 15,491 | Gross: $11.11M
38. Arizona Dream (1992)
R | 142 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's ... See full summary »
Director: Emir Kusturica | Stars: Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor
Votes: 34,201 | Gross: $0.11M
39. Down to You (2000)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man wins and loses the first serious love of his life. Al Connelly falls in love with the girl of his dreams. After the summer she breaks up with him. As he tries to recover Al goes to desperate measures.
Director: Kris Isacsson | Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, Shawn Hatosy
Votes: 12,300 | Gross: $20.04M
40. Halloween 5 (1989)
X | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
One year after the events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), the Shape returns to Haddonfield once again in an attempt to kill his now-mute niece.
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr
Votes: 22,855 | Gross: $11.64M
41. Frozen River (2008)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama
Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling ... See full summary »
Director: Courtney Hunt | Stars: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 21,720 | Gross: $2.51M
42. Even the Rain (2010)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama, History
As a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.
Director: Icíar Bollaín | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Luis Tosar, Karra Elejalde, Juan Carlos Aduviri
Votes: 9,786 | Gross: $0.56M
43. Blind Date (1987)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Walter Davis is a workaholic. His attention is all to his work and very little to his personal life or appearance. Now he needs a date to take to his company's business dinner with a new ... See full summary »
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Kim Basinger, Bruce Willis, John Larroquette, William Daniels
Votes: 16,805 | Gross: $39.32M
44. The Illusionist (2010)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Drama
A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever.
Director: Sylvain Chomet | Stars: Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Duncan MacNeil, Raymond Mearns
Votes: 28,401 | Gross: $2.23M
45. Daniel der Zauberer (2004)
81 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Evil assassins want to kill Daniel Kublbock, the third runner up for the German Idols.
Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Daniel Küblböck, Ulli Lommel, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Katja Rupé
Votes: 12,633
46. Dead of Night (1945)
Approved | 77 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance
An architect senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall
Votes: 7,768
47. It's Pat (1994)
PG-13 | 77 min | Comedy
The comedic misadventures of a person of indeterminate gender.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Julia Sweeney, Dave Foley, Charles Rocket, Kathy Griffin
Votes: 8,452 | Gross: $0.06M
48. Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a five-flight New York City walk-up apartment.
Director: Gene Saks | Stars: Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick
Votes: 11,049
49. Husbands and Wives (1992)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When their best friends announce that they're separating, a professor and his wife discover the faults in their own marriage.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Sydney Pollack, Judy Davis
Votes: 21,471 | Gross: $10.56M
50. A Sound of Thunder (2005)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
When a scientist sent back to the prehistoric era strays off the path he causes a chain of events that alters history in disastrous ways.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Armin Rohde
Votes: 16,439 | Gross: $1.89M


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St. Patrick's Day Trail LbNA # 29686
|Placed Date
|Mar 17 2007
|Burnet, TX
|Found By
|Bloomin' Gramma Jo
|Last Found
|Apr 26 2013
|Hike Distance
The St. Patrick's Day Trail Letterboxes are planted in Longhorn Cavern State Park. There are 5 boxes on this trail.
Go through the gift shop at the front of the park and pick up a trail map if you like. The boxes are planted on the Backbone Ridge Trail that starts behind the gift shop and it's fairly easy to stay on track as long as you follow the directions below. If you're using the map, you'll be following the Nature Trail Loop A.
To start you off on the St. Paddy's Day trail, you might find it helpful to use a shillelagh on your walk.
Just past marker #2 you'll see a boulder on your left with a yellow dot spray painted on it. 28 steps down the trail from this yellow dot is a large rock outcropping made up of 3 boulders on the right side of the trail. Between the 1st and 2nd boulder is a narrow crevice. The shillelagh can be found in this crevice tucked a little bit under the edge of boulder #1.
Continue on down the trail. After awhile you may want to stop and enjoy a smoke on an Irish Clay Pipe.
From marker #8 walk 32 steps, passing a boulder with a yellow dot on it. Stopping at the 32nd step you should be able to see 2 cedar trees just ahead flanking the trail. Now look right. There should be a rock outcropping off trail. If you see these things, you're in the right spot. Go north for 10 steps and you'll find the pipe under the edge of a boulder.
Now that you've enjoyed the pipe you should be feeling a little more lucky. Hopefully, you'll find a 4 leaf clover up ahead!
Continue following the trail until you come to a sign that says VISITOR CENTER on it. Take a LEFT at this sign and follow the trail for another 53 steps. At step 53 you should see a fallen tree to your right, about 12 steps off trail. The shamrock box is behind this tree under some rocks.
Wow, a 4 leaf clover. That's really lucky. Maybe it'll bring you enough luck to find a Pot O' Gold somewhere in the woods!
Keep on the trail until you get to the 3 minute loop. Take the right fork of this loop and follow the trail for a short way. It will pass between 2 boulders marked with yellow dots before going a bit steeply downhill. Stop at the 2 boulders and get a reading of 230 degrees. Go 20 steps at 230 degrees. This should bring you to a leprechaun-sized courtyard surrounded by rocks with a tree on the SW side. The Pot O' Gold is hidden between the 1st and 2nd rocks to the left of the tree.
Being lucky is a lot of hard work. You deserve a nice cold beer. A GREEN BEER of course!!
Get back on the main trail and follow it until you see the marker number that corresponds with the date that St. Patrick's Day always falls on. Directly behind that marker is a large rock formation. Go west 6 steps from the marker towards the rock formation. Look left. The Green Beer box is at the back of a boulder there beneath some small rocks.
I hope you had a LUCKY DAY!!


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A number of things can cause a sewer smell to occur. Firstly, it could be that your water level is extremely low on your toilet. This allows sewage gasses to come up. But my experience is that the water level being low is usually a low cause for smells coming from your toilet. What you can count on is that if your drain is not moving the water through and down to the sewer, you will have issues with odors backing up in your bathroom. To remedy this issue, get a plumber snake after the probably congested drain. Another issue could be that your toilet is not venting properly. The vent needs to be clear and unobstructed all the way up to the roof line and if there is an interruption in the venting of the odor out, you will also have problems with sewer smell coming up and out of your toilet.
A toilet leak can also cause the sewer gases you are experiencing. Look around and see if you see any toilet stains on the ground. If you locate some then you could have a serious problem.
This begs the question, what can I do? Well, you can obviously call a plumber but you may also be able to take a few steps to prevent this from happening again.
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Definition of perspicuous in English:
1(Of an account or representation) clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid: it provides simpler and more perspicuous explanations than its rivals
More example sentences
- What the philosophers in question owe us is a perspicuous explanation of how there can be a class of entities which do not behave like particulars.
- They appreciated the high seriousness and the perspicuous aspects of his intelligence, both evident in his books.
- Montague suggested a perspicuous way to capture the principle of compositionality formally.
1.1(Of a person) able to give an account or express an idea clearly.
Example sentences
- His was a perfectly balanced personality - tolerant, truthful, perspicuous and magnanimous.
- He is now, though not wholly perspicuous, less enigmatic than he was at the beginning.
- Example sentences
- Mr Gray's claims also contradict the principle of the perspicuity of Scripture - that the ordinary Christian can understand the Bible.
- We believe in the authority, sufficiency, inspiration, perspicuity, inerrancy and providential preservation of the Scriptures.
- My reply is that the increase in risk of error in accepting the conjunction is negligible and the gain in perspicuity in accepting the conjunction is considerable.
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Socratic Wisdom: The Model of Knowledge in Plato's Early Dialogues
by Hugh H. Benson
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1.0 out of 5 stars
"Imaginative skepticism and dramatic irony"
June 14 2002
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This is a book by a professor which was written for professors. More to the point, this is a book by a disciple of Gregory Vlastos for those who take the Vlastos/Irwin mode of reading Plato to be paradigmatic. The text purports to be a reading of Plato's early dialogues (eg. Charmides, Crito, Apology, Euthyphro, etc.) with an eye towards articulating what "theory of knowledge" is articulated by Socrates within these dialogues. Ultimately, the author arrives at the conclusion that "Socratic knowledge...is a strong and complete grasp of distinct F-nesses...[t]his grasp of the respective F-ness produces correct judgements involving F-ness that yield true cognitive states consistent with the knower's other cognitives states involving F-ness as well as the ability to answer the Socratic 'What is F-ness' question in a way consistent with those other cognitive states" (p.211).
The considerable vagueness of the previous phrase, coupled with the abstract character of the language reveals the general tone of this work. It is also worth noting that the author's description of knowledge is little more than a tautology. We know what we know when we can recognize it and articulate what it is that we know. Sure. "My cat's breath smells like cat food" said Ralph of "The Simpsons." Generally speaking, Benson tends to overemphasize the discursive character of knowledge and ignore the necessary, noetic component. After all, how do we know if our articulation of "F-ness" is correct save by looking at "F?" This is one of the overarching problems in the Hippias Major: we can see what is beautiful but when we attempt to articulate why it is so we find ourselves in all sorts of trouble. The main point here being that we can recognize that something is beautiful without needing a definition of beauty (kalos). Once we couple this with his general lack of interest in the dramatic context or dialogical content of the Platonic corpus we have discovered that the author has written 260 pages but said very little.
There are other problems with Benson's reading; far more than would be productive to detail here but I will take one to illustrate my point. Benson leans very hard upon the Apology to justify his contention that Socrates' self-appointed task was in conformity with the wishes of the god of the Delphic oracle. The only problem with this assertion is that it is utterly against the text. The oracle told Socrates (via Chaerephon) that he was the wisest man in Athens. What was Socrates' response? He refused to believe the oracle's pronouncement and set out to disprove the oracle! Now, this may simply be naivete on my part but questioning the gods is not particularly pious behavior. More to the point, Socrates' self-appointed role as gadfly is taken up *against the oracle.* John Sallis makes this point quite nicely in his chapter on the Apology in "Being and Logos." Of course, this is another place where Benson stumbles: his bibliography. Though heavily footnoted (there are literally hundreds) the book contains no reference to works on the early socratic dialogues by Sallis, Tom Pangle, Christopher Bruell, H.G. Gadamer, and numerous others who read Plato with an ear tuned towards the dramatic nuances of the text. The title of this review was taken from a sentence by the literary critic, R.P. Blackmur, who spoke of the early socratic dialogues as full of "imaginative skepticism and dramatic irony." There is almost *no* recognition from Benson that any of this exists within the works. It is, quite simply, a book for a small group of like-minded individuals who are uninterested in letting the dialogues speak for themselves. Needless to say, I cannot recommend its purchase. Put your money towards Diskin Clay's "Platonic Questions" or Newell's "Ruling Passion" which will tell you far more about Plato.
Margins of Philosophy
by Jacques Derrida
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting but hardly radical
Jan. 15 2002
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Margins of Philosophy (Paperback)
One could open up this review by pointing out that the book being reviewed is not a "coherent" work in the conventional sense of the term but this would be playing into the hands of the deconstructionist. Perhaps it is best to phrase one's comments in such a fashion as to avoid the need for anything more-than-average coherence in a review. "The Margins of Philosophy" is an interesting work by this academically controversial author. Generally speaking--and what more can one do in a review--Derrida's readings are heavily influenced by Heidegger's statement that what an author keeps silent is as important as what he states. This is asserted almost immediately in the introduction as Derrida lets us know that what philosophy (and philosophers) have pushed to the margin in their work is very important to explore since its unveiling will de-center the work. Put differently, every writing undercuts itself in the end. In a series of separate, but linked essays, Derrida goes on to demonstrate how this sort of thing happens in Hegel, Saussure, Benveniste, Heidegger, and others.
I am not the first to point out that Derrida is a perceptive, subtle reader with a very keen eye for the hidden details. "White Mythology" is an interesting discussion of the role of metaphor in philosophy and its consequences for philosophy. I am also not the first to complain that Derrida's taste for exegesis runs towards the extravagant and excessive. The aforementioned essay spans 65 pages for reasons that otherwise escape me. There is also the more serious problem in Derrida that his keen eye is not keen enough and he is too clever by half in his explication. At one point in the work he connects the greek word for intuiting (ie. seeing with the soul) "theorein" with the desire for death. Strictly speaking this is a conflation of the desire to be a god with the desire to be unconscious (a leftover from the decay of romanticism?). An elementary reading of Plato's Phaedrus makes this clear. His obsession with the "metaphysics of presence" is also a problem for the work, as he hitches his interpretations to this dubious construction and the interpretations ultimately suffer for it. This is not to say that there isn't much of philosophical interest in the work for Derrida gives the reader much to chew on. He reminds us that any serious reading of a text must devote itself scrupulously to the whole of the text and not just to those parts which we think are interesting. Though, perhaps, not the best place to start one's study of Derrida it is certainly worth a serious read if only to understand what some of the shouting is all about.
Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics
by Fred D. Miller
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Weekend at Bernie's
July 27 2001
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Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics (Paperback)
Miller would like to reclaim Aristotle for the modern world. In order to accomplish this task Miller has decided that he must ignore certain blatantly obvious factors in Aristotle which clash with the way we live today. This is most obvious in his poorly argued decision to attribute a theory of rights to Aristotle. Miller cites but ignores the fact that the language of rights did not appear until around the 13th century. He also ignores the context in which that language appeared. Instead, Miller choses to rely upon an abstract definition of rights by a 20th century academic, apparently not bothering to notice the problem of relying upon the definition of an accepted entity to prove that entity's existence at a point prior in time. In other words, Miller commits the logical fallacy of assuming the consequent to prove the antecedent eg. "a theory of rights contains x,y, and z"; "Aristotle speaks of x,y, and z therefore Aristotle must have had a theory of rights". There is an additional problem with Miller's attempt to argue the existence of rights in Aristotle: the definition he relies upon is so vague as to allow us to claim that both the Torah and Hammurabi's Code contained a theory of rights. As there is no credible evidence that such a thing ever existed within those documents this procedure is absurd. Furthermore, Miller's "defense" of his "hypothesis" amounts to little more than two or three footnote citations of other professors' works with the unilluminating claim that these articles are enough to answer the obvious questions regarding his approach. He does nothing to "refute" the readings of Strauss, Macintyre, or Irwin but sniff and shuffle some papers.
What Miller ultimately concludes is that Aristotle did not believe in pre-political right but only in a particular type of political or civil right which depended entirely upon the constitution of the polis. Since Aristotle *never* used the language of rights the best we can state is that Aristotle believed that the constitution of a polis gave its citizens both *priviledges* and duties. As the existence of the polis preceeds and superceeds the existence of any of its members it is silly to claim that citizens possess "rights". Since law tries to mimic justice and give to each his own as his ability warrants, there is no place for a "right" which would override the claims of justice embodied within the law. One could ask, "why make such a fuss since what Aristotle said regarding the claims of justice because it sounds alot like what we say when we speak of rights?" It is important to be clear about these things because a certain amount of Aristotle's politics is based upon his understanding of nature and the cosmos. Everything within the cosmos operates according to a set order except for the relations between men. Nature should be our guide since it appears to guide everything else but nature is silent about the proper role of man. For Aristotle, law is the attempt to complete the work of nature by taking it as a guide. There are no "rights" in nature so it would have been absurd for Aristotle to invent such a fiction. Aristotle choses to emphasize the constitution of the polis because it mimics on a human scale the order of the cosmos.
To be fair, the book starts off quite promising and it is only when Miller begins his descent into the morass of rights that things deteriorate. One can read this work and learn a little bit about Aristotle but, in the end, it is not a terribly good exposition of what he wrote. Miller paints us a portrait of the dead philosopher dressed in some rather bad beach wear and pretends that this is still the profound thinker who dominated medieval philosophy for 1,000 years. The final chapter of the book attempts to defend the relevance of Aristotle for today by using the language of the modern university and its obsession with -isms. This may be a way to gain tenure but it makes for poor scholarship.
Aristotle's Theory of Material Substance: Heat and Pneuma, Form and Soul
by Gad Freudenthal
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Scholarly and Informative
June 26 2001
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Aristotle's Theory of Material Substance: Heat and Pneuma, Form and Soul (Paperback)
This is a slender, enjoyable book from Oxford University Press's Clarendon imprint. Gad Freudenthal (CNRS, Paris) sets out to explain Aristotle's conception of material substance in his various works. Bluntly stated, the problem (according to the author) is that while Aristotle speaks rather clearly about coming-to-be and passing-away he doesn't offer an immediately intelligible account of the persistance of things. Obviously, form (eidos) plays a large role in this but there are other factors as well and Freudenthal endeavors to uncover them. More accurately, Freudenthal states that it is "vital heat" or "pneuma" which plays the very important role of imparting form to substance. Needless to say, Aristotle is not always very clear on how vital heat does this or, even, if it does this on all occasions so it is up to intrepid commentators like Freudenthal to compare and contrast the various passages in the Aristotlean corpus in an attempt to render something like an accurate account of the role of vital heat. The author is quite up to the task as he does a lovely job of discussing the various accounts Aristotle gives us as well as advancing the provocative thesis that, with the discover of vital heat, Aristotle was trying to give a physiological account of all psychological phenomenon except for the highest type, nous (which is the priviledged possession of man among terrestrial creatures). This is not without it problems, as the author well acknowledges, and it is not without its share of controversy. The journey, however, is well worth making.
Why, then, is this only a 4-starred review? I found this work to be stimulating and accessible while still being quite intelligent and faithful to the spirit of scholarship. It was relatively "jargon-free" and light on the polemics. There are certain peculiarities, however, in the author's explication which seem to indicate that a very modern prejudice is ruling his commentary. For example, he likes to speak of Aristotle's discussion and investigation of "vital heat" as a "research programme" (182) as if Aristotle were a scientist at the NIH or a biologist at Columbia University. He tends to assume that philosophy in Aristotle's time is supposed to "systematic" ie. that all facets are supposed to dovetail with one another to reveal a comprehensive picture of the cosmos. This assumption leads him into the thicket of "developmental" interpretation where he proceeds to associate the less-coherent elements of Aristotle's vital heat with an early, immature form of Aristotle's philosophy. As there is little evidence that Aristotle changed his mind ala Wittgenstein it is problematic to assume that such must have been the case. There is a very real possibility that each one of Aristotle's works was written to address a specific problem or set of problems and it is that areas which he concentrated upon. This would mean that each work was written for a specific audience or reader and idiosyncratic statements are localized within that work, as opposed to being attributable to a garbled understanding of the world. This is not to dismiss the difficulties inherent in Aristotle's explanations but to view them as deliberate instead of unconscious or the product of an ever-changing view of the matter. I do agree whole-heartedly with the author when he states, "[a]t times, identifying Aristotle's problems may be more revealing than recording his solutions" (144). This statement is equally relevant to Freudenthal's own work, and it is well worth the effort to read this commentary slowly and carefully.
The Question of Being: A Reversal of Heidegger
by Professor Stanley Rosen
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Not for the faint of heart
May 31 2001
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The Question of Being: A Reversal of Heidegger (Paperback)
While I agree with the previous reviewer's assessment of Rosen's originality it seems that there is a bit of confusion which I think should be clarified. This book is a careful, profoundly original discussion of Heidegger's misunderstanding of Plato and how it fundamentally colored the rest of his thinking. In order to clarify where Heidegger went wrong Rosen deems it necessary to embark on lengthy, difficult discussions of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Nietzsche. He also deems it necessary to take an occasional swipe at some of Heidegger's less-talented progeny as they are oblivious to the very difficulties their misreadings imply and their influence within the Academy is undeniable. Furthermore, in the case of Plato, it becomes necessary to "save" the dialogues from their many positivist admirers and interpreters. The tone of the book is not so much polemical as exegetical, and it is studded with Rosen's subtle humor. [N.B. This may be the source of the previous reviewer's accusations of "arrogance" ie. the self-confidence of the knower as opposed to the tentative gropings of the blind.]
Rosen's "platonism" is not the neo-platonism which has been handed down to us by Iamblichus, Albinus, and Plotinus but a substantially "deeper" platonism which does not assume that the dialogues were loaded with metaphysical dogma. To paraphrase Rosen, the history of "platonism" begins with Aristotle. From this standpoint the literary structure of the dialogues are as important as the allegedly "technical" discussions of "doctrines" which have been canonized in the secondary literature. Rosen's sympathies always lie with Plato but he is very careful to cite instances where he agrees with Heidegger, Nietzsche, or Kant. Indeed, his judicious and balanced discussions of these men lay bare the fundamental problems which each philosopher was attempting to confront and overcome. He does not, however, spare any of these men when their conclusions went awry. No sound writing should avoid this responsibility, though it can be done well or done poorly, depending upon the writer.
The book engages in a lengthy discussion of Heidegger's misinterpretation of "greek ontology" and in particular with regards to Plato. Rosen demonstrates the untenability of Heidegger's claims about a "general concept of being" animating greek philosophy. He also engages in an original reading of the central section of Plato's "Phaedo" as a way of contrasting Plato's slippery discussion with Heidegger's static, professorial interpretation. In effect we are led to realize that Heidegger read into Plato (and Aristotle) what he wanted to in order to make certain claims about them later on. Rosen also spends a bit of time on Heidegger's own political nihilism which he perceives as being fundamentally grounded in his philosophy. Along the way Rosen points out how Nietzsche's claims to having overcome Plato are really just less coherent instances of a quasi-platonic teaching and that Kant's transcendental ego is fundamentally flawed.
As the title of my review indicates, this book is not for the "uninitiated." It delves very deeply into areas of philosophy which most will find baffling. If, however, you want a challenging, profound discussion of philosophy and some of its most famous practitioners this book will reward many a careful reading. It will remind the reader that philosophy isn't the logic-chopping or ethical blather which we hear so often today, but is, has been, and always will be about what is the best life and how can we lead it.
The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault
by Alexander Nehamas
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1.0 out of 5 stars
May 19 2001
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The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault (Paperback)
Arriving after so many good reviews I feel rather self-conscious, (as if I have somehow not gotten "the joke") in saying that this book is dreadful. I do not mean that this book didn't appeal to me or my sensibilities; this book is totally and utterly wrong from the first page. To paraphrase a popular saying, "it's not even wrong; it's bunk!" Let me provide an example at the very beginning of the book. Nehamas states "[My] own view...is that the philosophical life is only one among many praise-worthy ways of living." This is as effective a demonstration as I can muster that Nehamas, a professor of philosophy at Princeton, has never understood the very subject matter he claims to speak about. What one is constantly told from every major ancient and modern philosopher is that philosophy is **the only** life worth living. All other lives are steeped in superstition, ignorance, and self-delusion. I can point to Book 10 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics or Plato's Phaedrus (249ff) as adequate justification for this claim. I repeat: philosophy is the only life worth living! All other lives are radically inferior because all other lives involve blind acceptance of unexamined opinion. Nietzsche spoke of philosophy as the most spiritual will-to-power. This implies that all other types are reactive and decadent at best; prey to their own illusions at worst. With that opening salvo Nehamas has demonstrated conclusively that he does not know what philosophy is or why one should practice it. Let me put this another way: Nehamas is a relativist with a bad conscience.
I would like to praise Nehamas for finally "getting it" and realizing that Plato never cared about "aesthetics" or "epistemology" (both academic sub-fields created within the last 300 years) but was always concerned about the best life and how to live it. I cannot, however, because Nehamas believes the exact opposite of what Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Hegel, Cicero, Maimonides, Averroes, etc. taught on no other basis than it offends his egalitarian sensibilities. He has no real understanding of philosophy because philosophy is not a living option for him. It is simply one more dead museum piece which we have thankfully overcome because now, for some reason, we are superior and know that Plato's claim is an illusion. History has ended and the last man now triumphs: "'We have invented happiness,' say the last men, and they blink.'"(Thus Spake Zarathustra 1.5). Nehamas cannot understand why Plato wrote in the peculiar way that he did but Nehamas somehow cannot believe that Plato would ever lie to us. "O Plato, so much admired, I fear that you have told us nothing but fables..." (Voltaire, "Great Chain of Being", Philosophical Dictionary). He blindly asserts that Plato was hardly guilty of creating fictions and resorting to slippery ironies. Why? Because he assumes that philosophers must behave like bourgoeis university professors who worry about whether they will receive calls from The New York Review of Books. The book reeks with the failure to conceed that the greatest souls create and think upon a level which the overwhelming majority of us cannot reach. Plato is just a stuffed corpse to our Princeton professor.
Lest my animus be mistaken for personal vindictiveness, I wish to state upfront that I have never met Prof. Nehamas. Based upon my reading of his work, however, I can say that he cannot tell us anything intelligent about philosophy and its practitioners. If this book were a high-priced academic monograph, destined to moulder on the shelf of research libraries, I would not care. Unfortunately, this work has been priced and marketed to the individual consumer who is interested in philosophy and it's to him/her that I direct my comments. Do not buy this book for you are wasting your money. The favorable reviews by Lear and Nussbaum only confirm the fact that neither professor *ever* understood a word of Plato (indeed, both are pseudo-aristotleans of a peculiarly noxious stripe). If you want to learn about Plato as a living, breathing author of a radically compelling, profound vision of the world and man, buy Sallis's "Being and Logos", Rosen's "Plato's Symposium", Sayre's "Plato's Literary Garden", Bloom's "The Republic of Plato", or Griswold's "Plato's Phaedrus". All of those books are about a Plato who entreats us to change our lives from passive lemming to active seeker of the truth. All of them are about an elitist Plato who is not concerned with rescuing the rabble because he knows that such things are futile and stupid. All of them are about a Plato who is both profound and profoundly human. Leave this book to the paper pulpers who will make good use of its materials, after destroying its worthless contents.
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no es bueno
No real room for him on the roster anyway.
So in effect, the Bucks traded Tobias Harris, Doron Lamb and Beno Udrih for Ish Smith and two future 2nd round draft picks.
Boy, Hammond is a shrewd wheeler and dealer.Hide replies
LOL, Water. I just said the same thing.
Time to drink a beverage. It's gonna be a long (er than normal) season.
If you really want a reason to drink, realize that Hammond has pretty much freed up enough money now to sign Jennings to a Max deal for several years.
If so, it's going to take this franchise a long, long time to crawl out from underneath this rock.
I'm hoping the offer to Teague was a statement of value to the Jennings camp.
I don't think you could get LESS for a player than Hammondo did for Harris, so I guess that's saying something.
And ZAZA Pachulia is getting nearly THREE times as much guaranteed money as Andrew Bynum.
dphill exactly....absurd Pachulia's deal!
And one of the best wing defenders in the league, LRMAM was flipped for a 2016 2nd rounder. And....here's the best part....the right to swap 2nd round picks with Sacramento in 2018. Shrewd.
He was traded to give Antetokounmpo some playing time. He is part of the future that would not have included much time for the Prince down the road. Therefore, had to get rid of the roadblock. It wasn't about compensation.
So...we traded Harris for Ish Smith and a couple of 2nds? Sad...but Hammondable.
Wow. It just gets worse and worse. Which is saying something for this franchise.
Shivas, plus a million for the "go with six and ask for volunteers" on the other blog. Good stuff.
It's time to bring back Haislip, Gallon, and Joe Alexander and blow this thing up right!Hide replies
Wondering if Haislip, Gallon and Alexander may be an improvement? Don't want to hurt the tank chances.
Little dash of Jerad Reiner and Jiri Welsch wouldn't hurt the Tank Parade.
Got to get over the Harris, Lamb, Udrih deal. It didn't work. Don't think Hammond would disagree with that based on hindsight. However, this team is heading in the right direction. Need to get over that deal that went south. Did he learn from it? It appears he has since the dead weight is being jettisoned (Gooden, Mbah a Moute, Pryzbilla, Daniels, Ayon, Dalembert, etc).
Don't forget Jerome Jordan who might be a very good player someday. The Bucks sold him to the Knicks. I would make a trade to get him back but we wont because we got Pachulia blocking everyone who they just HAD TO HAVE....man if we could get Iman Shumpert I would be estatic to go with Mayo in the backcourt. Nice....real nice.
If you mean heading in the right direction by finally not being burdened with poor contracts, I would agree.
It all hinges on what they do w Jennings, though.
I'm not as confident of some of the analytics bunch about this team winning 40 games. BANK ON THE TANK! That is my hope...
Mine too. But can some people understand that this upcoming season is about improving the young players for the future? Can they stand not fighting for that 8th spot (certain elimination)?
Atl2010. I'm not sure you get it. Those 'deadweight' players were (1) players that hammond HIMSELF signed to long-term deals (Gooden, LRMAM); and (2) He replaced them with OLDER deadweight. How else would you describe Zaza, Ridnour and Delfino?
Those 3 are not deadweight. They all are serviceable short term solutions that don't cost much. They can contribute.
Good move! It shows that this staff won't accept limited players. Got to LOVE that!!! No more Prince. No more Ayon. Udoh better watch out cause he's dangerously close to being next (Pryzbilla will be gone, as will Daniels). Building with guys that can play both ways. Nice concept!Hide replies
describe to me exactly, how Larry Sanders is "both ways" ?
He's good for 10-12 points per game minimum. That's not bad. He has room to grow there also, but at least his 'floor' is decent.
dphill explain what? Open your eyes! Sanders is a very much improved scorer. Where have you been? The Bulls board?
This move is not at all surprising to me. We have plenty of players playing his position all ready. The waiving of Gooden and Ayon is pretty interesting. What are we going to do with this cap space? Could they make an offer to Pekovic or maybe this will free up more space for a Jennings or Ersan trade?
I have to imagine the Bucks are going to add a small forward in some capacity to this roster. I am guessing if Jennings were to come back at the Q/O that we might be set at the guard position but if he doesn't come back I think we need to add a SG than as well. This current roster is looking like it will finish somewhere between 20 - 30 wins, depending on the progress our front court makes.Hide replies
With no one else, they get 30 wins. If they do indeed add another couple players (which is a certainty), it will probably be in the 30-40 range (depending on who they are). Next year, with 3 picks and hopefully high picks, will be what puts this team in the 45-50 wins category.
It is hard to predict, but I really don't see this team being around 40 wins. I five them maybe 35 tops if they make it the whole season injury free, Mayo takes a step up and our front court takes another step forward. The only team I can see that we are definitively better than is the 76ers in the East, I would not be surprised if we were worse than any other team in the East. But, I could see us falling somewhere between 14th and 10th in the East, As presently put together, with or without Jennings.
Hams is right. The Pistons, Wizards and Cavs have all passed up the Bucks. Some might say the Raptors too. And If we experience just one injury to Sanders, Henson or Jennings...we'll be as bad as the Sixers and Magic.
I agree....this team is nowhere near 35 wins. More teams have improved then the Bucks have who have gone backwards and sideways and have new players and a new system to learn under Larry Drew. Even the Bobcats will be better if they can get someone to score. They need to move Gilchrist not Henderson.
What a crazy summer for sports. You have a new player/personnel person in the NFL getting arrested almost every week, PED's are in the news for MLB and NFL, you have tales of collusion, murder, former NFL players committing suicide, MLB is going on a witch hunt for every single significant player in its sport for the past two decades, and all I hear from people about the NBA is how poorly it is run and that is a bunch of "t-hugs". Well I will gladly take the side of the league that stays out of prison and away from all those other negative headlines. The biggest controversies in the NBA over the past few years have been where a star player decides to play basketball the next season and if a guy is worth his contract or is "clutch". I can't think of any negative publicity really since Gilbert Arenas brought a gun to a wizards game. And that wasn't to shoot anyone or sell "purple drank". (which apparently is ok, because he is Packers people) The only thing people like to bring up is that the players have tattoos! Big deal, way to go NBA and set the example for how a league should be run!Hide replies
It's such a shame what's happened to the NBA though. When LeBron took his talents to MIA, the landscape changed permanently. It set in motion the Chris Paul fiasco, set the context for the Dwight Howard nightmare. Tough-minded leaders and competitors like Duncan and Kobe are dead. It's a league of children who just want to have fun with their bestest friends and pose for the cameras in their latest hipster gear. Imagine Michael Jordan leaving the Bulls after his first 5 seasons, going to Detroit? Imagine Larry Bird later in his career going to play in LA because "his team wasn't doing enough for him to win a championship". Imagine Hakeen Olajuwon demanding a trade to NY to team up with Ewing in the truest Twin Towers when he didn't win championships in his first 8 seasons? Do you understand how much cowardice this shows? This may not be the summer's top story, but it's been a slow, methodical, ugly decline of a sport that was once an amazing team sport led by MEN trying to KILL each other on the court. Maybe Karl Malone should have demanded a trade to Chicago, huh? What a MAN he would have been.
While I see some of your points, its not like star players didn't leave a lot. Clyde Drexler joined Hakeem. Some guy named Kareem demanded to be traded all Dwight Howard style. Barkley and Karl Malone and Gary Payton all tried to join teams to win a championship. Heck, back in the day guys didn't need to leave their team because of the horrible mismanagement GM's committed back then. There were only two teams in the 80's and the 76ers and Pistons snuck a couple of wins in there somehow. The Lakers literally after winning a championship got to acquire the #1 draft pick the following season, which turned out to be James Worthy. The Celtics pulled off a similar trade where they acquired Robert Parrish the previous season and got a team's number one pick that turned into Kevin McHale. The league is at all time height in popularity in our country and the world. Should Steve Young have stayed with the Buccaneers? Should Reggie White stayed an Eagle? Deion Sanders was such a loser for leaving the Falcons. John Elway did everything he could to not be drafted by the Colts that he left to play another sport. I am sorry making fashion statements and playing basketball with guys you respect and love playing with is ruining the sport of basketball. But those are problems I would rather be dealing with as a commissioner as opposed to what is on the plate of other sports. With basketball starting to penetrate large populations like China and India, the future looks very bright for our league as those places find out how basketball is a sport that is inexpensive to play, so it can be enjoyed by the rich and poor, and a sport that can be enjoyed just shooting around by yourself or with 9 other of your friends. I totally disagree that the league is going in the wrong direction. I can not argue about the state of the Milwaukee Bucks organization but the league as whole seems very prosperous.
Sorry to dwell on the topic but this is all personal preference of a style of play that you preferred which may not be indicative of today's fan. I do not think a player is less of a man because he made a choice to make more money and have more success on the basketball court. ESPN likes to over dramatize these once simple player transactions into bigger events than the games themselves. The players haven't changed as much as the coverage of the players has and the level of scrutiny a player receives.
Agreed Harms...darn you OTL. Blame Twitter and ESPN and competing outlets over dramatizing and sensationalizing stuff.
Hockey is left out....no one makes bad press about them or hassle them either. Must be nice...
Let's add this guy to the mix. I think Oden would fit perfectly, and according to this article, he's good to go for training camp.
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I have been saying that for 3 years now on every forum begging the Bucks to do it. But they don't develop players anyways who are American born . Sanders is the only exception so far. Bogut, Ayon, Yi, Ersan they all take chances on Laugh all you want when the Pistons, Cavs, Bulls and Wizards are dragging out team up and down the court climbing over them for putbacks and throwdowns. Come back and laugh or cry then. k. If you brought this Miroslav in why not Oden?
We have no idea how to judge talent. Rob Hennigan is a bright dude and he traded Ryan Anderson for Goose with no compunction. Other factors were at play, sure, but Goose has been a solid plus win contributor on three teams now.
Hammond does enough OK things that you want to give him the benefit of the doubt at times, but he's just doing a lot of things, period. Flailing and guessing. Rinse, repeat.
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Goose doesn't defend or score. Rebounding is really all he had to offer. Is that enough? NOOOO
Hammond did not do it without Babcock's assistance and a little help from Greer. And Ayon is a scrub. He does not help any team win. What in the heck are you talking about? He played for the Pelicans and Magic. What did they win!? The Bucks need size. If he can box out and rebound and give us some hard fouls and physicality and take up space he is better then slow footed Ayon who guys jump over and around all day in Summer League. Now move Udoh before his head explodes seeing all these guys brought in here taking up his spot and we are good. I think a trade is coming. Bucks roster of foreign no name no star playears is mounting. Don't they scurt in the U.S.! Bucks still trying to outsmart us and other teams and if a guy pans out they look good. Giannis, Miroslav, Zaza, Delfino, Ersan, etc...
At least the group currently assembled will play hard and play as a team, with everyone being able to contribute. That was NOT the case last season. Last year there were way too many guys that were either defenders, scorers, rebounders, or not much of any of those. Doesn't look like that is acceptable anymore. Freeing up money is never bad. Neither is having young talent. Sanders, Ilyasova, Henson, Mayo, Antetokounmpo, and Wolters are all young and skilled. That, plus the available money and lack of albatross contracts is something to watch and appreciate.Hide replies
This is not middle school Atl2010....this is the NBA. Play to win. Period. How do you kow they were not playing hard? Yes they were,,,if only for their contracts and there is nothing wrong with that either. If you have a problem with that then then trade them at the deadline which the Bucks did not do but trade 2 great young pieces instead for 3 guys who are not even on the team right now (Redick, Jennings, and Ellis!}. None of them are back while Harris and Lamb are in Orlando. Everyone contributing means nothing if the right guys don't contribute and play well.
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Reviewed: 29 January 2016 by EmmaNicolette, a Straight Going Steady Female
Me and my partner had to buy a new pair after our previous pair broke. We thought we'd go for something a bit different and these certainly didn't disappoint!
The furry coating means they are extremely comfortable to wear as well as not hurting the wrists. The addition of keys plus the catch on the handcuffs makes for easy removal.
Would recommend these to anyone!
- Pros
- Comfortable, strong, easy to use.
- Cons
- Nothing.
- Bottom line
- An excellent purchase for anyone after some handcuffs.
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Brilliant cuffs
Reviewed: 09 July 2015 by missjackson, a Bisexual Single Female
My previous cuffs broke, so I thought I'd try a different site when buying new ones, and I was not disappointed.
These are so much better. Incredibly sturdy; both the chain and the cuffs themselves. They feel solid while on but work on a quick release mechanism, as well as having the keys, so are easy to undo if needed.
Also the fur is very comfortable, but easily removed for those who prefer it a bit rougher.
- Pros
- Felt sturdy, and they're durable and long-lasting.
- Cons
- Nothing.
- Bottom line
- A product well worth having.
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Cuffed and chuffed
Reviewed: 29 December 2014 by butterflykym, a Straight Going Steady Female
I have been disappointed with handcuffs in the past. Had some right nasty cuffs that feel like they could snap if you even twitch.
These feel sturdy and well made, the fur lining is soft to protect the wrists or removable if you like it a little rougher.
Quick release mechanism is a great comfort so you can rest assured you aren't risking being left cuffed to a radiator for a week. You also don't need to worry about losing the keys.
Excellent value for money. The bedposts will forever be adorned with these.
- Pros
- Sturdy, great quality.
- Cons
- Nothing.
- Bottom line
- Great cuffs, worth every penny.
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