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A tragic 2006 car bomb that blinded an Iraqi police officer led to a new life for English/Arabic translator Aqeel Abdulaalee.
Abdulaalee left his wife and infant son in Iraq to travel to the United States as a volunteer guide and translator for the blind officer, Salah Nasir, who was receiving therapy and treatment at the famed Lions World Services for the Blind in Little Rock, Ark.
This act of international volunteer service led to educational and professional opportunities for Abdulaalee, who graduated with a Master in Liberal Arts from the University of St. Thomas on May 15.
Abdulaalee parlayed his bachelor's degree in English and Arabic comparative literature into a career as a translator. Early collaborations include translating for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and American journalists visiting Iraq. Abdulaalee assisted Newsweek journalists reporting on the Jessica Lynch story. Lynch was a Private First Class in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps serving in Iraq during the 2003 invasion by U.S. and allied forces. On March 23, 2003, she was injured and captured by Iraqi forces but was recovered on April 1 by U.S. special operations forces.
In his role as translator, Abdulaalee said he conveys more than the spoken word to his clients. He tries to serve as a cultural guide. Many translators in the field, he said, do not paint a completely accurate picture of conversations because they omit the cultural context of what is left unsaid.
"As a translator, you serve as a bridge between two cultures," Abdulaalee said. "Many people who come to Iraq don't know anything about the country. If you translate the whole truth and the story behind the story, you help people to understand the big issues. There is often a misunderstanding between the two cultures, and I try to foster a dialogue between the cultures instead of a clash between the cultures."
After helping Nasir in Little Rock, Abdulaalee knew it was not safe to return to Iraq. The decision to stay in the United States meant a prolonged separation from his wife and son, who is now 5 years old. Abdulalee's family joined him in the U.S in September 2009. Abdulaalee left Little Rock to join friends in Houston, where he discovered the University of St. Thomas Master in Liberal Arts program while searching for master's program on the Internet.
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This is THE book on Hadoop!
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When I was assigned to a new Hadoop project, I had just a week to pick up. I knew just the basics concepts of big data and map reduce. This book helped me get up to speed with the rest of the team wherein I was not merely following the conversations but leading some of the discussions as well. My team was impressed with how much I had picked up in such a short time but I have no option but to thank this book for covering almost everything that I needed to know to lead my project. The concepts and examples in the book are really good and I would recommend anyone starting with Hadoop to grab this book.
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Awesome book, some statistics are old
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Hadoop is today a industry-standard software for the Big Data and this book it's the industry-standard book for Hadoop. This book is able to bring you from no knowledge about Hadoop and the Big Data to a full knowledge of Hadoop and it's usage.The book is split in 16 chapters and 3 appendix for a total of 628 pages of contents. This make ~33 pages for chapter so it's easy to read and to find what you need. This is very important since – even if it's possible – it's rare that this kind of book is read cover-to-cover.The author, Tom White, does not limit himself to Hadoop itself, but does help the reader to understand the Hadoop ecosystem and White speaks a lot about some products of the Hadoop ecosystem giving to each of them a full chapter. These products are: Pig, Hive, HBase, ZooKeeper and Sqoop.The last chapter is a "Case Studies" chapter. In this chapter is shown the usage of Hadoop in some situations you could have thought were difficult or impossible to handle for Hadoop.At first I was perplexed by the author choice of constantly use the same example (Weather data), but after a couple of chapters I did see the value that this choice was creating.The only down-side I've seen in this book is that, even if the last edition (3rd at the time I'm writing) has been published in May 2012, a lot of statistical data are outdated reporting data and sources of 2006-2008. I would suggest this book to anyone is interested in Hadoop and in the Big Data world.Disclaimer: I received a free electronic copy of this book as part of the O'Reilly Blogger Program
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In todays technical world big data and large deployments are standard to a key I.T. infrastructure. Hadoop has come a long was and is very usable for all your date managing needs. This book is jammed packed with Information and you will need to read carefully so you don't miss it. The benefits of reading this book are great. You will save time with the knowledge you gain from reading as well as the confidence you get from knowing all there is to know about this great platform. I recommend this book to everyone interested in getting started in the Hadoop world!
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Really, the definitive guide
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Good update to the previous edition, covers variety of supporting Hadoop Platform Open Source Products. Though it is covering a lot of information, a good read and jump to quick hands-on of the platform. Examples of codes to call MapReduce functions with some use cases are informative.Though it calls for Analysis at Internet Scale, the Analytics is not covered as expected.
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There's a lot of detail here and I think it could benefit from being split into two parts; concepts and implmentations. I also didn't really like the writing style which at times I found to be overly verbose.
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I called my family to ask for advice and Dad says to euthanize him. 'Once a dog attacks other dogs it's only a matter of time before he attacks you.' I think that sounds a bit extreme. I love Roscoe. He's never been any trouble before. Today though, fighting with the heeler, nipping the dane, and then mauling the GSD...I'm at a loss.
Unless you know what you are doing can see the signs, read your dog, or know hes not posessive the following as you have seen can trigger a fight.
Toys (especially when a dog is using one with you in some sort of play interaction)
A third dog entering the fray when two dogs are already paired up playing especially if it turns into a two dogs chasing one situation.
A dog ignoring the "lets stop" signals during play and contining to harass.
Standing too close to your dog while it is playing with another dog
If a dog your dog is not very familiar with attempts to jump on you or play in a way that might be misconstrued as an attack.
Hotspot competition over water or food bowls or a bed
There are others but thats all i can think of atm
I guess I'm a few days late to this thread; everyone else has pretty much already summed it up.
1. After an altercation, it's best to just take the dog home and let them chill out. You're likely to get a domino effect if you continue play... as you very well found out through trial and err To have bitten the other dog's nose that bad means your dog was very ramped up. Most altercations leave scraps and puncture wounds... I'm interested to know how he managed to do that much damage... were you pulling the dogs apart as he had ahold of the other dogs muzzle?
2. Euthanasia is not necessary. Training, on the other hand, is... I'd recommend finding a trainer that is fluent in dog body language so he/she can let you know if there are subtle things going on that your dog is trying to communicate.
3. A dog that shows aggression to another dog is not necessarily going to ever show aggression toward a person. They are completely separate types of aggression.
4. A dog that shows aggression to dogs outside its house is not necessarily going to ever show aggression to those dogs inside its house. (I had a shepherd who loved the indoor cat, but if he ever saw a cat outside he'd probably chase it down and kill it! I trusted him 100 percent with the house cat)
How's your dog? How's the other shepherd doing? Any updates??
You've gotten some good advice, and some that seems dodgy, so please don't try to implement EVERYTHING you've read here. Here's the stuff I agree with (in my somewhat limited real life experience and tons of reading-learnings): There is absolutely no need to consider euthanasia at this point in time. Don't allow your two dogs alone together unsupervised at all, and create positive opportunities for them to have some limited interaction. Hand feeding them on opposite sides of your body if they seem to be comfortable with it is a great way to help make the connection that the other dog = good things stick in their heads more solidly. Talk to a trainer who has experience with aggressive dogs, and preferably one who uses more of a positive approach to working with them (and a proactive approach, as in keeping them apart unless supervised etc). Empty softball fields, playgrounds, whatnot are good places in cold weather to get some exercise. With my huskies that could NOT be offleash at all, I had 50 or 100 ft leads so they could get some running in. For this dog, no dog parks at all anymore. In fact, this is a good candidate for a dog that should simply learn to ignore other dogs completely, and doesn't particularly need dog/dog playtimes.
Something else I wondered, are you sure he actually did nip/bite Brutus? Either way, it was probably more due to his stress hormones being ramped up high, and less to do with something you did terribly wrong (we sometimes have to learn things the extra hard way, and I'm sorry you're learning this now). Hopefully you're either splitting the bill or paying outright for the other GSDs injuries, as that would be the ethical thing to do (in my opinion). And hopefully the other dog is okay as well.
One last thing... take it easy on yourself, you might already be blaming yourself like mad and so on, but keep in mind that all too many of us have been through this or something similar. Do something to relax yourself, and then spend a little time just being relaxed and chilling with your dog. Flirt poles kick butt, and wear dogs out.
First -- no, do not even think of euthanizing your dog. Your is right to be concerned, but putting him to sleep is a bit to extreme.
I have recently been in your exact same situation with my 8 mo male pup, Titan. I took him to dog parks due to the lack of space in the city. I let him off leash because he was super friendly with all dogs and humans alike. I chatted away with owners while my dog played with other dogs. All good until one toy-possessive lab bit him over a stick tug. Now, Titan is reactive and goes after every dog he sees. I live in a dense apartment complex laden with off leash ill-mannered dogs that get at Titan's face all the time. It was never an issue, but now, it is a living nightmare. He is going back to his breeder (also a very accomplish working line GSD trainer) to chill of for a few weeks and get his obedience upped so he is more manageable.
Few important lessons I learned very quickly:
- No dog parks. I expect almost no one to be responsible there because responsible owners don't go to dog parks.
- To that end, off-leashing is okay only when you have a 100% recall and there are no other dogs present. Even then, it is a very calculated risk. If something spooks the GSD, most of than not, the first line of defense is attack. That, especially for a smaller dog could be fatal very quickly.
- Your dog really does not need to "play" with other dogs to live a very happy, fulfilled life. He needs to learn to be tolerant and not stressed about them. If he can play, that is great, but it is not a requirement. YOU are his best friend, his playmate, his everything. And the best times he has is when he does everything he loves, with YOU. So make sure you become the person, your dog thinks (wants) you are.
- Structured training is of utmost importance. My pup is 82 lbs (and quite lean) at 8 months. He needs to be in absolute control all the time or it wont end well for other dogs who get at his face, which in turn means misery for him, and me. It is a ticking time bomb without training.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
|i don't think i would ever play fetch with my dogs with others around. they are to ramped up, i would go somewhere and play where there aren;t any dogs around.
One thing that concerns me is that he attacked the second dog which if I read correctly is a female. It is rare for males to attack females and, to me, this is an indication that the dog may, indeed, be generally dog agressive.
I got the impression that you and the other GSD owner were facing one another talking - this gave me the impression that the dogs were facing one another too. Not comfortable for dogs. Especially given the day...
Anything more I have to say has been said by others.
|Don't know where your at but I would take my guys to industrial parks on the weekends.
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So wait... get a trainer or "no training for one month at least"?
I'm willing to do whatever I can to help Roscoe, and I know there will be differences of opinions, but I'm caught here.
Do I go slow and give him a few weeks to have the adrenalin come down or contact a trainer and start working right away?
Any ideas of where you guys exercise your dogs that are free of other pooches would be much appreciated. Like I said our backyard is tiny and not much good for anything other than taking care of business.
Thanks for all the advice so far! Keep it coming
Only thing I don't like here is feeding your guys within striking range of each other! Food aggression is bad news not saying that is an issue but why take the chance?
Just feed them separately is what I would do. Yes give the dog a break for awhile, look for a trainer and no Petco won't get it.
And I would absolutely stay away from dog parks,.,no ,it's empty now,no there are not other dogs around now etc etc. Your dog has already sent another dog to the hospital!! Isn't that message enough?
That's why I don't take my dogs to a dog park. Your dog should not be around other dogs until something changes! Just don't.
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Smartpost sucks, no more Woots for me
lespaul75 wrote:Smartpost sucks, no more Woots for me
Actually I have not had a problem with Smart Post other than having boxes arriving in shreds (contents amazingly OK). $5 shipping is a bargain, though, because when I send something up to Atlanta or out to the West Coast myself, I inevitably spend plu/minus $10.
Kbronco wrote:letter I wrote to woot ..please add your own story and email them ,maybe they will stop using Smart post and use real fed ex or UPS ... F the post office they are terrible and part of the problem with smart post.
Stop shipping Fed ex smart post!!!!! people are getting very angry about this service. If and when we know items with be shipped out with this service you will lose business. I can guarantee it. I never got my mp3 player I ordered a while back and now It says that the package i just ordered was delivered , but i never got it. There is no way to track anything smart post.. People spend there money they too many cookies the things they buy to be hanging out in limbo not knowing where they are. Come on , you are a company that should care about the people who order items from you , so they will want to order again. Make sure they get what they order and ship it with a tracking number from your door to mine. It is not just buying stuff and hoping it shows up , it is a experience also. Some happy person see's something cool on your site and wants to get it , so they spend thier hard earned money to get it. We do watch the progress of the package from your place with tracking as far as they can until it reaches our hands. But with dumbpost , it is a lazy way for fed ex to drop off who knows how many packages at the post office ( who is stinks also ) and say ok I am done. And the fed ex tracking goes only to the post office and not to me the customer. So now we have to HOPE that the post office can some how go 5 miles in less than 3 weeks to deliver your package without any kind of signature , tracking number or anything. SO right now i am waiting on 2 separate things i ordered , one says it was delivered ( not to me it wasn't )and still did not get it yet , so i am still waiting and hoping it comes , and the other is still in transit. And i have to hope i get that one too.
SO please do all of us and WOOT a favor unless you want to be out of business like lots of other places , get rid of the fedex smart post!! for all our sakes.
A very angry customer who just wants his stuff
Agree, Agree, Agree. I\'ve been waiting 15 business days for one package & 12 for another. Both packages are coming from retailers of nearby states. What a joke. And accountability- NONE. Your left out in the cold. The retailers shipped & the post office has not received. Just wait they all say. So as if I have a choice, wait-wait-wait it\'s been. Half a month & still empty handed, empty wallet, EMPTY PROMISE. SMARTPOST \"PONYEXPRESS POST\". Fedex should be embarrased to be associated with such a flop.
Last woot-off i ordered the Razer Orochi Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse. It was supposedly delivered on the 21st of October. After getting the runaround from the post office for over a week, I contacted support and explained the situation. They did gave me a refund, but i'm still a little too weary to buy anything.
Smartpost is the absolute worst shipping method, it's slower than regular parcel or first class mail. I'd rather be paying 7-8 bucks for priority mail or ups ground. $5 smartpost is only good if you purchase something that is really large. $5 smartpost for something like a a small mp3 player is a rip off since they only pay like 50-75 cent to ship.
I'm sure a company like woot, with their large volume of shipping, could make a deal with UPS for cheap ground shipping that would be around 5 bucks or less. As it is right now, woot is probably making an extra $4 for every $5 they charge for smartpost.
adriyyah wrote:Last woot-off i ordered the Razer Orochi Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse. It was supposedly delivered on the 21st of October. After getting the runaround from the post office for over a week, I contacted support and explained the situation. They did gave me a refund, but i'm still a little too weary to buy anything.
30% of my SmartPost orders claim they are delivered but I never got them. The post office is woefully incompetent. They are no help either, they say they are going to look into it and call me back but that never happens. I am in your boat, no more Woot for me unless there is a way around this SmartPost bs.
I would happily pay a couple of dollars more for UPS. It's faster, more efficient, and completely trackable. One poster asked how does Amazon do shipping so well -- one acranym answer -- UPS! Smart Post is NOT smart! Its bottom of the barrel cheap and thus unreliable, slow, and generally sucky.
Sadly I am now in the same boat; waiting almost a month now. I called the post office and they're no help. Sadly my brother won't be getting a sweet woot shirt for xmas, just a sob story about how sucky smart post is.
Tracking results as of Dec 12, 2011 9:29 AM CST
Date/Time Location/Activity
Dec 10, 2011 7:52 AM COPPELL, TX/In transit
Nov 30, 2011 9:03 AM PARKVILLE, MD/Out for delivery
Nov 29, 2011 2:14 PM PARKVILLE, MD/At U.S. Postal Service facility
Nov 29, 2011 7:30 AM PARKVILLE, MD/In transit
Nov 28, 2011 10:19 PM FEDEX SMARTPOST MARTINSBURG, WV/Departed FedEx location
Nov 28, 2011 3:20 AM FEDEX SMARTPOST MARTINSBURG, WV/Arrived at FedEx location
Nov 28, 2011 12:00 AM /Shipment information sent to U.S. Postal Service
Nov 24, 2011 2:07 AM FEDEX SMARTPOST DALLAS, TX/Departed FedEx location
Nov 23, 2011 7:25 PM FEDEX SMARTPOST DALLAS, TX/Arrived at FedEx location
Nov 23, 2011 4:30 PM /Shipment information sent to FedEx
According to my Fedex tracking number, my item is on it's way to the main location. Well that was on January 28th. Same status as of February 4th. SMH
Some sort of dedicated shipping service like Shoprunner would be great for frequent wooters.
hint hint woot...
I agree, I ordered the valentines card combo and what I got was a brown envelope and it looked like someone took a huge bite out of it...nothing else. They delivered the envelope and kept the contents. Woot monkeys were helpful and refunded me my $$$ but now I didnt have any vday cards to give to friends or enemies...smart post sucks and apparently they eat the mail. Maybe it could be free smart post or add $3 for regular ups...
Shipping via USPS is awful, taking over 4 days to get 90 miles once handoff made from FEDEX. I am an active Wooter and would pay a shipping premium to avoid the USPS.
I seem to be quite lucky because I never ever had trouble with Smartpost. In fact, my new shirt arrived a day earlier than FedEx expected it. In my area I would rather avoid UPS because of such incompetent fools that throw tablets over my fence.
Smartpost makes me want to kill kittens. I would gladly pay an extra $5 if there was an option to choose an alternate shipping method. You hear this, woot!? Something tells me a LOT of people agree with me.
Give us a $5 and $10 shipping option. Please for the love of all that is holy.
Now, don't get me wrong. Feel free to ship my Elvis oil painting SP. But my $250 Xoom? Come on.
mbrickell wrote:Smartpost makes me want to kill kittens. I would gladly pay an extra $5 if there was an option to choose an alternate shipping method. You hear this, woot!? Something tells me a LOT of people agree with me.
Give us a $5 and $10 shipping option. Please for the love of all that is holy.
Now, don't get me wrong. Feel free to ship my Elvis oil painting SP. But my $250 Xoom? Come on.
Yes, but I doubt it would be cost effective, you are going to be talking at least ten.
FenStar wrote:Yes, but I doubt it would be cost effective, you are going to be talking at least ten.
$5 additional + $5 original = $10
Adding my voice to the angry mob with pitchforks:
Woot mailed May 15
No delivery as of today, May 30
Four visits to PO, they cannot find the package though the tracking information indicates that they received it on May 17.
What else can I do? I have left two messages with Woot Service.
FedEx handles it's part of the job just fine. The USPS is the one dropping the ball on these shipments as it's handed off to them when it's within a certain range of the destination.
I caught my mail-lady trying to jam an 8" box into my considerably smaller mailbox and asked her a number of questions pertaining to both her way of logic and the USPS' interpretation of Smartpost.
Accd'g to her, Smartpost is still being tested and delivery really is not the responsibility of the USPS (DOH!) She said FedEx makes all the money and the postal workers "do all the work".
Since there is no accountability for deliveries on the part of the postal service, I say the whole system be abolished.
Having an issue myself with smartpost.
Jun 2, 2012 2:55 PM
Package delivered by U.S. Postal Service to addressee
Jun 2, 2012 9:08 AM
At U.S. Postal Service facility
Arrived at local Post Office - Allow one to two additional days for delivery
I work for USPS. There's no way a package we just received in our facility at 9:08 a.m. is going out with a carrier that same day. Its a shipment we receive after our cut off time... by the time the clerks sort the packages, the carriers would already be headed for the street to deliver. So, that 2:55 p.m. delivery is bull****. Anything we receive after our cutoff time is held until the next delivery day. Also, there would be an "out for delivery" scan that our clerks input when they sort the packages into our individual route gurneys. There is no such scan on my history.
Woot PLEASE... listen to your customers!!!! SmartPost is an oxymoron. They are the worst shipping service offered. It's not the Post Office, it's the foolish foolic FedEx part of this disservice that screws it up. I live in central Texas, (near Austin). I am now waiting for the 4th or 5th time for a package shipped from Woot in Dallas to get to me in Austin. This time it's gone through Houston... in the past I've had packages go from Woot/Dallas to Me/Austin by way of SACRAMENTO!!!!! FedEx's SmartPost people are foolish fools... The postal Service would get my woots to me in half the time it takes FedEx! 9 days from Dallas to Austin is unacceptable and happens far too much.. I could ride my bicycle round trip to Dallas in less time!
I have had 100% luck with woot shipping until my last shirt order.
It was decided by the shipping company that the address that I have been using on woot perfectly fine since almost day 1 is magically invalid and they sent the shirt back to woot.
I'll be e-mailing service.woot
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'"I thought we played pretty solid last game," Lemieux said. "Their first two goals were kind of flunky goals. I thought overall we had a good effort. We could have won the game. We just have to keep plugging."'
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Green Bay's Memorable 2013-14 Season in the Books
By: Andrew Gavin (@GBGavin)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Throughout the 2013-14 Green Bay men's basketball season, the phrases "first time since," "most since," and "record breaking," became commonplace.
Under fourth-year head coach Brian Wardle, Green Bay posted a 24-7 overall record and rolled through Horizon League play to claim the program's first regular season title in 18 years. The Phoenix hosted the conference tournament for the first time since 1998 and hosted a game in the National Invitation Tournament for the first time in program history.
"We made a big step forward as a program this year," said Wardle. "We won a lot of games, set some records and did some things that haven't been done in this program for a long time. We did some things this year that we can build on, and I'm very proud of the group of players and coaches in our locker room."
The season ended with a sour taste for the Phoenix, with home losses to Milwaukee and Belmont ending Green Bay's appearances in the Horizon League Championship and National Invitation Tournament, respectively. Injuries played a factor in the losses, with star point guard and conference player of the year Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) either hobbled or in street clothes in the two games.
"The last two weeks were disappointing for our program and our fans, but we will not let those games diminish the hard work and good play we had throughout the entire season," said Wardle. "Our program has improved and is in a better place today than it was a year ago. We are never satisfied and have a lot to work for this offseason as we look towards 2014-15."
Those months of hard work and good play that Wardle speaks of created a laundry list of accomplishments for the program. A Horizon League title, votes in national polls, media attention, wins over conference champions, 10 Horizon League Player of the Week awards, a sweep of the league's major postseason honors and the opportunity to host the Horizon League Championship and the NIT are just the cusp of the Phoenix highlights in a memorable season.
Non-Conference Play
The cancellation of the scheduled HBCU Tip-Off Classic in Atlanta changed plans at the beginning of the season, but Green Bay welcomed Wisconsin on Nov. 16. Sykes poured in 32 points in front of a record-breaking crowd of 9,906 people at the Resch Center, but the Badgers pulled out a 69-66 win.
Senior Alec Brown (Winona, Ill.) registered a triple-double on Nov. 23 before the Phoenix traveled to the Great Alaska Shootout. After a loss to Ivy League champion Harvard in the semifinals, Green Bay secured third place with a 67-59 win over Conference USA champion Tulsa.
Phoenix Hall of Famer Tony Bennett brought his Virginia team to the Resch Center on Dec. 7, but junior Greg Mays (Chicago, Ill.) scored a career-high 24 points to help ruin Bennett's homecoming as Green Bay won 75-72. Bennett's Cavaliers went on to win the regular season and tournament titles in the ACC and earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
With 21 points and 10 assists, Sykes did something in the win that not even Bennett accomplished in a Phoenix jersey. He became the first player in the program's Division I history to score 20 or more points in six consecutive games.
Wins in the final five non-conference games were part of a 12-game winning streak which began on Dec. 14 and included Brown's 40-point game against Fairfield on Dec. 21.
Horizon League Play
Green Bay won its first seven Horizon League contests to take early command in the standings and stretch a winning streak to 12 games with a win over Detroit on Jan. 25, the longest since 1995-96. The Phoenix began receiving votes in the Associated Press Top-25 poll on Jan. 26, but saw its streak end at Valparaiso with an injured Brown watching from the sidelines.
After two more wins, a home loss to Milwaukee dropped the Phoenix to 9-2, but the resiliency of the group showed during a five-game winning streak to end the regular season.
The streak started with dominating road wins at Youngstown State and Cleveland State, with Brown averaging 21 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game on the Ohio sweep. The following Monday, he was named Horizon League Player of the Week for the fourth time in 2013-14. That number was bested only by a teammate, as Sykes earned the weekly honor a Horizon League and program record six times during his junior campaign.
On Feb. 20, Green Bay had the chance to clinch its first Horizon League title in 18 years, and the Phoenix delivered with a 67-53 win over visiting Valparaiso. Sykes scored 19 points and Brown added 14 points and eight blocks on one of the most memorable Senior Nights in Green Bay history.
Green Bay polished off the program's best road record since – you guessed it – 1995-96, with a sweep of Oakland and Detroit on the final weekend of the regular season. Sykes had his 15th 20-point game in the finale at Detroit, scoring 29 points while making five three-pointers and all six of his free throws. Sykes broke his own single-season record (188) and the Division I career record (415) for free throws made.
Green Bay's regular season title secured the right to host the Horizon League Championship in Titletown for the first time since 1998. In the semifinals, Brown and Sykes were left hobbled in the opening 10 minutes, and a hot-shooting Milwaukee squad forced overtime and won 73-66.
Sitting securely on the middle of the bubble, Green Bay's hopes of an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament were dashed on Selection Sunday when the Phoenix was part of the group making up the first four out.
With an invitation to the NIT for the first time in 22 years, Green Bay hosted Belmont at the Resch Center on March 18. Still hobbled from the injury, Sykes was forced to watch in street clothes as the Phoenix lost 80-65 to the Ohio Valley Conference champions.
League Awards Sweep
When the Horizon League awards were announced on March 3, it came as no surprise to see Green Bay collect some hardware. With Wardle voted Coach of the Year, Sykes tabbed Player of the Year and Brown named Defensive Player of the Year, the Phoenix became only the second team (Butler, 2009-10) in league history to sweep those three major honors.
Wardle is the third Phoenix coach in its Division I history to earn Coach of the Year accolades (Dick Bennett, 1990-91 and 1991-92; Mike Heideman, 1995-96). Likewise, Sykes becomes just the third player (Tony Bennett, Jeff Nordgaard) in Green Bay's Division I program history to earn conference player of the year honors and the first since Nordgaard in 1995-96. Brown joins Terry Evans (2007-08) as the only two Phoenix players to win Defensive Player of the Year.
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They are smart enough to know that all running are career politicians including Paul. That is why they are not excited. But the real battle is still to get conservatives (notice I did not say republicans) in charge of both houses.
The truth is he has been running for president since 1988 and has never come close and is more of a libertarian than a conservative. I don't need to be set free I already have and that is why I am not a RP groupie. You can only be a leader if you convince enough folks to follow you and he has failed over and over at that. He will never be president period.Last word for me on this absurdity.
I said I would not talk with RP groupies any more but this is just crazy. How do you figure RP is second in delicate count. He has 46 and is dead last. You have to win some states to get a lot of delegates and he has not done that.http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/delegates
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Arsenal Football Club Supporters Consultative Forum 2007/2008 Season
Meeting held at 11 am - the Red Zone Saturday 18th October 2008
Borthwick, Ian - Family Enclosure
Brindle, Mark - Arsenal Supporters Club Branch
Clifford, David - Gold Member
Docherty, Amanda - Arsenal Brent, Graham - Club Level F.C
Friar, Ken - Arsenal F.C
Frost, Ben - AISA Representative
Grainger, Nicola - Silver Member
Harrold, Ian - Arsenal Supporters Club Branch
Hayward, Richard - Gay Supporters Representative
Irwin, John - Gold Member
Manek, Ameesh - Ethnic Minority Representative
Miles, David - Arsenal F.C.
Miller, Raymond - Red Member
O'Brien, Michael - Arsenal F.C.
Osipiuk, Rob - Silver Member
Pattinson, Dave - Red Member
Roberts, Elliot - Electoral Reform Services (Chair)
Smith, Jill - Arsenal F.C.
Swed, Meredith - Arsenal Supporters Club, Overseas
Thater, Rosie - 16 - 21 Year Old Representative
Worsell, Ivan - Arsenal F.C.
Ford, Adrian - Arsenal F.C
Williamson, Edward - Disabled Supporters Representative
Matters arising from the last meeting
Please see below for an update on plans to commemorate supporters.
Please see below for an update on the Arsenalisation of the stadium.
Club Membership / Ticketing
How many fans didn't re-new their season tickets for this season?
Approximately 500 fans relinquished their season tickets this season, which is slightly down on the figure last year. There are various reasons as to why this happens, fans moving away etc - we're not overly concerned by this as we have a season ticket waiting list of about 47,500. We also have a substantial waiting list for club level tickets. The club originally offered a number of different offers ranging from a one season to a four Club Level Season ticket deal, therefore they are not all up for renewal at the same time. We have over 70,000 Red Level Members.
There are fans that go to lots of away games but have difficulty getting tickets for home games - is there a possibility of reviewing the membership status of these fans?
Travel club membership is purely aimed at people who want to go to away games. There are people who are Red Members who've have been on the list for a long time (previously as members of the Ticket Registration Scheme) and upgrading Red Members on the Travel Club Membership scheme maybe be perceived as being unfair.
How accurate are the published attendance figures? Sometimes figures announced are close to capacity, but sometime there are lots of visible empty seats.
The figures announced are the number of tickets sold for a particular game. i.e. tickets we've received the money for. There are obviously occasions when people who have a ticket are not able to attend a game, which is why we set up the ticket exchange scheme so that opportunities are available for these tickets to be used. We are actively promoting this scheme. Last year, we averaged about 300 tickets being sold via this route and we've nearly doubled that this year to just under 600. We've cut the deadline for this scheme from 1 week to 72 hours before the game for this process - this ensures that we have enough time for all the relevant data and access points to be updated. As it works via electronic access cards, it can't be expanded to away tickets.
We are able to gather information on those who have purchased a ticket and haven't ultimately attended and have specifically marketed them in the promotion of the ticket exchange scheme. We're continually aiming to improve the usage of the scheme. We're aware that some people think it's a complicated process but in reality it is pretty straightforward. Currently, people who use the scheme don't see an instantaneous benefit, in that discounts are applied when fans want to renew their season tickets - we're looking at other, more immediate ways in which fans could benefit. We want to give as many people as possible the opportunity to come and watch a game and this scheme is a good way of achieving that. We're have been offering the opportunity for fans to use the telephone whereby they will be guided through the process of how to use this scheme - more and more of our customer support staff are now able to deal with ticketing queries.
We're also aware that season ticket holders sometimes want to but tickets for friends and family and we're looking at ways to incorporate this into the membership scheme, so where tickets may go on general sale, at least some of these could initially be offered to season ticket holders.
Why are the club stopping the Cannon Club Membership scheme?
In reality, the Cannon Club scheme hasn't been used in the way it was initially designed for - the vast majority of holders have only been buying tickets outside the enclosure. Therefore we were receiving many complaints from members as they had to wait until the family enclosure had sold out before they could buy elsewhere.
There have been occasions where ticket touts have got junior gunner membership, sold the tickets on and over time have been upgraded to silver members. We've been focusing in on this and from now on, anybody who is an existing junior gunner, to upgrade to Silver membership, they need to have been a member for at least 2 years.
For tickets that go on general sale, can the club not offer these at discounted rates to younger supporters?
There has been a slight increase in the number of tickets that go on general sale and the Board will look at the pricing of these. Part of the reason that more have gone on general sale is that we haven't gone back to Red members as frequently in making sure people are aware these are available. We have to bear in mind that there are numerous groups who we could offer discounted tickets to e.g. those that are unemployed or Senior Citizen Supporters.
Current Board Structure & Shareholder Representation
Can the club give an overview of its current financial position?
We announced our annual results in late-September. We've increased both our turnover and our profit situation. Match day revenue has increased and we've also substantially increased our revenue via TV rights and these will be at the same level for the next few seasons. Our salaries account for just over £100 million of our expenses, but as a proportion of overall turnover, it is comparatively low and lower than the figure we had last year. Everyone is aware about the looming recession and Arsenal will obviously not be immune to that, but we have built good foundations. We are careful about how we manage the organisation.
Will the slide in property prices have an adverse effect on Highbury Square?
The Highbury development is totally ring-fenced from the rest of the Company - it has a separate loan attached to it. We have currently sold 92% of the apartments in the development and 100 apartments have been fully completed and paid for. There are no signs yet of any major problem and the project is due for completion by June of 2009. The prices of these houses may not be what they where expected to be previously, but accounts don't as such include expected future values of assets and therefore have not had a negative effect on them. We hope to sell them all and with the profit we can either reduce the bank loan or re-invest within the club on aspects such as buying new playing staff. The vast majority of the money for the development has been paid to Macalpine and we are now starting to see large flows of revenue from the final sales of the properties. The major construction costs have already paid for and the monthly payments we make to Macalpine, which are due to finish shortly, are getting smaller There have been some stories about people pulling out - we've only had 2 thus far and these occurred over 6 months ago. Everyone who has signed a contract must fulfil their obligation - if we have to sell a property that an individual has reneged on purchasing, they have a legal obligation to make good on any shortfall, as well as losing their initial deposit.
Is it true that the rates that you've negotiated on your loans with creditors are comparatively good?
Yes, we negotiated very good rates last year on our loans which obviously mean that our interest payments on them are less than they would have been had we re-negotiated them more recently.
Can the club comment on the delay in appointing a new Managing Director - Are the club looking for someone with business or football experience?
The current situation is that we are hopeful to have someone to take the position by the end of the year. We can't guarantee that they will be in place by the end of the year, as some candidates have a long notice period in their current employment. We believe there needs to be a link between the manager and the Board but I (Ken Friar) personally don't believe that a Director of Football, who may also get involved in the buying and selling of players, is the best way to take on this role. Whoever gets this role has to develop a good working relationship with the manager and indirectly the players - if this relationship doesn't work well then the whole future of the club suffers. The position has to be taken by someone who has good experience of both business and football. We've employed a recruitment agency called Spencer Stewart and they've been working on a list of potential candidates and Arsène will have input into who is ultimately chosen.
What is Stan Kroenke's role as a non-executive Director on the board?
He hasn't been given a specific role as non-executive directors usually perform a wide range of functions e.g. sitting on the nominations and remuneration committees - what he will bring is a wide range of experience in business and sport more generally. His family is the Walmart (who own ASDA in the UK) family in America and we feel he can contribute greatly to the development of Arsenal F.C. (He was formally appointed to the Board on Thursday 23rd October)
Has Mr Dein's exit from Red and White holdings softened the relationship with them?
The reason for why Mr Dein has left them is purely a matter for them - we have a relationship with them but don't need to know the specifics about their internal decisions. Our Chairman has stated more generally that he wants Arsenal to be self-sustaining. We all want to be successful and win championships but we don't want to do at the cost of potentially bankrupting the club.
The Stadium
The Arsenalisation of the stadium is taking longer that expected - can the club please update us on this.
We had a follow-up meeting last Thursday with 20/20 and they've come back to us with further designs and costings. We've given them a brief to combine historical and modern elements of the club. In terms of the designs they have come up with - some of them are pretty good and have taken on board what we think will work with fans. The next step is to get the costings related to these designs and then make a decision based on those. We have heard of the suggestion of re-naming the quadrants and this is something that we will look into, maybe as part of the 125th anniversary in the 2011/12 season. (see below)
Have there been any developments about the Memorial?
It was something that was thought about in the initial design of the stadium - people have talked about using bricks but as you know, the Emirates stadium is not brick based. We are looking at potential locations and have had discussions with an organisation called Brickonomics. We are aware that a lot of fans have enquired about it; however, people must be aware that if it is to develop, there has to be an understanding that there will be physical limit as to how many we can have. We'll hopefully have some more information for the next forum.
The Mike Ashley incident had a lot of coverage and for some fans highlighted the differing treatment of home and away fans, especially around the issue of standing at games.
We took it up with the Police and their response was that none of them saw the incident, other than what was shown on the screen. Once they were aware of it, the Police and our staff got Mr Ashley out onto the concourse and gave him a verbal warning for his actions. We spoke to the Police after the game and their view was that in law, if they had tried to prosecute, they would have failed as no officers saw him with his drink in his hand - we wrote to Newcastle F.C to make a complaint. He was treated in exactly the same way as any other fan would have been.
In terms of fans standing, we have our policy on this and all our fans should be aware as to what it is. It's more difficult to enforce this policy on away fans as they are obviously only here once or maybe twice a season and it is more difficult to identify who the culprits are. There is a decision to be made on whether it may create more public disorder to try and aggressively enforce this policy on a group of 5,000+ fans. If they all act in unison, in reality, it would be very hard to enforce it - some of you may go to away games and probably encounter similar situations.
Have there been any developments in moving towards a cashless stadium?
It is something that we will be looking at in the next year to 18 months. When moving to the new stadium we didn't want to introduce too much new technology simultaneously, but it is something that may develop.
A lot of fans are upset at the lack of white sleeves for the home kit for this season - what was the thinking behind this?
What us and Nike tried to do is incorporate the history of Arsenal but introduce a contemporary twist to the design of the shirt. We advise fans that are unhappy about it to let us know and we'll obviously factor this in when coming up with future designs. We got feedback from the forum in the past for the last kit at Highbury and if feasible, we'll ask for your input next time around. We do have to bear in mind however that there are stipulations from the Premier League about what is and isn't acceptable re: design.
What are the plans to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the club during the 2011/12 season in terms of the shirt?
We will start to look at the anniversary shirt towards the end of next season. This will be part of a wider process of celebrating the anniversary. Obviously it is in its early stages but we hope to come back to the forum with developments and potential ideas. We feel that the shirt for the last season at Highbury was commercially successful, but more importantly, accurately captured the sentiment that surrounded the history of the club and Highbury. In terms of the game around the anniversary, we hope to have some influence on what fixture takes place. There are lots of different options that need to be discussed and developed and we'll revisit this at the forum in due course.
Are there any other musical concerts/international football games planned for Highbury?
There's nothing coming up immediately but we have had great success with international fixtures and pop concerts in the past (e.g. Bruce Springsteen) For concerts especially there are limited time-windows available due to the technical requirements of these, but they do put our stadium and club in a good light and we will always look for opportunities. The promoters of these events state they are very happy with the facilities we can offer.
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Discussion in 'October 2008' started by max, Oct 11, 2008.
Well, that went to hell fairly quickly.
Starters came into the 3rd with bad blood flow.
4th quarter Lu, Redd, Gadzaric, Can't spell that one, Villanueva Stuck, Afflalo, JMAX, Bynum, Brown Bynum misses. Billups has ankle problem, out for night. Gadzaric gets fouled, makes both, 80-76 us Afflalo hits long 2 pointer Lu makes. Stuckey misses jumper Villanueva hits. Has 20 Afflalo hits. 5-7 so far. Villanueva misses triple. Gadzuric fouls on rebound. Bogut back in for Gadzuric Ridnour back in. Bynum runs over Bogut. Offensive foul on Bynum. 84-80 Timeout 8:58 to go Redd partially blocked by Afflalo? JMAX loses it, but Bynum puts it in. Brown blocks. Maxiell dunks. 14 points and 6 rebounds off bench. Hammond being interviewed. Likes that Jefferson showed some life. Got to play harder. Guys are not in good enough shape. Bynum steals. Afflalo lays it in. Talking about Afflalo in good light. Sessions bad pass. Afflalo makes another layup. Bynum fouls Bogut, helping out Kwame in post. 3rd team foul. Side out. We foul again. Villanueva throws it away OB. Afflalo nails long two. Afflalo gets steal. He gets fouled, does not make layup. He Lu hits. 95-82 Brown travels. 5:59 to go Villanueva hits. 22 for him. Bynum makes off balance leaner in lane. Villanueva hits. They hit again. 95-86. We make. Hammonds still talking, not announcing game at all. Bogut makes. 97-88 Johnson gets dunk off pass from Stuckey. Bynum knocks it away. Afflalo hits triple. 23 points. 9-11 so far for him. 102-88 Villanueva, Bogut still both in for Milwaukee, Sessions, can't spell, Brown, Afflalo, Stuckey, Amir, Bynum Afflalo misses, but was fouled. Makes both. Villanueva makes. Stuckey down lane. Passes to Amir who is fouled. Villanueva out. Gadzuric in. Amir makes one of two. Still more Hammonds talking than anything. Gadzuric at line. 105-92 105-94 Bynum misses teardrop. Frije is in. Sessiions misses on drive. Frije hits. 105-96 Brown gets blocked. They miss but "Mabute" gets fouled. 105-97 Afflalo hits another triple. 10-12 now, 28 points. Stuckey gathers bad pass and lays it in. Sessions misses. They get bound. Lu misses. 110-97 End of game. Bynum gets fouled, makes both. Lu hits jumper. 111-97 final.
this is better than the chat room! leecap live!!!!!! LOL And i, too, can hear the game.
Kwame Brown STILL having a helluva game, best big on the floor tonight, and that's not easy to do tonight because Maxiel and Dyess also playing well, AMir OK, Sheed...????? He's aiight on the boards.
Sounds like the second team is playing a little more spirited than the starters. Alf 8 of 10 shooting and Max 6 of 8....
Wondering, will Lee record the audio? Will he listen to twice and listen to Mark Champion in slow audio? Will Lee prove that not only do our eyes decieve us but our ears also, because he listens to the audio in slowness over and over again.
waddup BlackMoses? sounds like the old 'junglecats' out thee as aA, Bynum and Stuckey are causing havoc!
Older schooler, your avatar looks like you just coming back from a long summer vacation...
see how u always GET IT??!! (btw...that was made in the rainforest)
Nice games from Stuckey, and AA. Afflalo: 28pts (10-of-12), 2 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals Stuckey: 15pts (5-of-11), 3 boards, 10 assists(!), 5 steals (!)
Some people have technical difficulties trying to hear the game. Trying to be helpful.
great job, leester!
Got to add Maxiell to the list. 6-8, with 6 bounds and 2 assists.
He seems to have the most trouble adjusting to the new offense esp since he's being used alot differently in alot of sets, but i love the rebounding. I think i might propose to Arron Afflalo . .
me , too!
68 points from the Det guards tonight. 5 steals for Stuckey! 0 turnovers for Chauncey and Afflalo. Our rebounding spreads have been really nice so far this year too. What a bench we have all of sudden.
AA 28 points???? And he is one of the three (with Hermann/Brown) to get the leftover minutes based on 'match ups'??? love it. can't wait for the real season to start so I can watch some of these games. Good to see that Amir scored some in this one, too bad only 2 rebounds. It's really hard to appreciate what he is doing without watching the games....really hoping it's better than it looks, or that Curry is willing to make the investment to allow him the growth he needs.
This was a much better game to listen to rather than the one a night ago. Arron is awesome offensively this preseason and hopefully it'll carry over to next year. Amir has to stop fouling. He got fouled out this game and last game he was perfect in the PF section. Their scoring in the first half got me outta my seat cause I was quite happy that they didn't score/shoot in Washington. I can't wait for the season to start in 16 days!!!
I'm officially concerned about AA. He's playing too well.
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