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I have never used aurafil but am dying to try it. I like pack 3. Sorry I dont belong to a guildl. Havent found one locally.ReplyDelete
I belong to 2 guilds currently. I did belong to 4 last year. Too much.
I belong to the "Creative Stitchers" and "Christian County Quilt Guild".
My color choice would be the order in which you have them listed.
I am so excited to try the Auriful. I have been wanting to try it for a long time.
Thank you and thanks to Auriful for the wonderful giveaway.
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I don't belong to a quilt guild.ReplyDelete
I love #1, and I don't belong to any quilt guild..ReplyDelete
i am teaching myself to sew and quilt... sadly i work nights so not sure if i could find a guild.....ReplyDelete
I would love #4. I have a thing for verigated thread! :D
I am not a member of a guild as my schedule doesn't allow me to get to the meetings for the local one. I haven't ever used Aurifil before but that is only because the closest "local" place that sells it is over 40 miles away. I guess I could buy it online but I like to see my thread in person if I'm buying it for quilting.
Thanks for a chance to win some and see how great it is since I keep hearing about it. :D
I don't belong to a guild. I have two young children and I have never found a guild that I felt comfortable with.
I would love to try Aurifil threads and I love the colours in #2.
Thanks for sharing.
I'd love to try Aurifil thread. Unfortunately there are no Quilt guilds in Portugal.Any pack will be most welcome, as long as I win one.ReplyDelete
I don't belong to a guild. I did try to join the local one here in France, but I was not popular as I'm far too liberated for French tastes.
Trying to get hold of Aurifil in France is impossible. Like the colours in Pack 2 but love them all!
There are no Quilt Guilds in my little, teenie tiny town, but I love to quilt and follow oodles of quilting blogs to see what everyone else is making - does that count:)
I love them all but I truly love #2
Thank you
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I do not belong to any guilds, sorry, not sure if there is any here in Maine by where I live. I like either option for thread, I am not picky, I have never used this brand of thread, but would love to try it!!
I'm a member (albeit from a distance) of the Rheinland Pfalz Quilting Guild, and I've never used Aurifil before!
I like them all, but I probably like #1 the best...
I would love pack number 4 please. I used to belong to the Cardiff Quilter's Guild group but I've been so busy with work the last couple of years I had to give it up as I was never making it to the groups :-(ReplyDelete
Well, I don't belong to an actual guild.. however, I do attend a sit-n-sew at my Aunt's home once a week.. and we have such a great time! :-) If I won, I would be thrilled with any of those packs-- pretty colors in every one! Thank you so much for the chance to win! Aurifil thread is REALLY nice stuff! :-)ReplyDelete
I belong to American Quilters Society, but I think I need to renew my membership. I would like pack #2. Thank you! I have never used Aurifilbut I am always willing to try new things.ReplyDelete
I belong to Quilter's Unlimited Florida. Thanks for th chance!ReplyDelete
I belong to SouthernCross Quilters and I would love the chance to try Aurifil threads. I love pack 3 but would appreciate which ever one I might be fortunate to receive. Thanks for the opportunity.ReplyDelete
I don't belong to a quilt guild. Blanket stitch is one of my favorite appliqué finishes, so I would love to see how aurifil thread behaves. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I belong to Q.U.I.L.T.S. in Springfield, IL and LLQA, a state wide quilt. I would love to win #2.ReplyDelete
Thanks for explaining all the different aurifil threads, I would like #5 please.ReplyDelete
I appreciate that you explained the uses of each weight thread. I like pack #3 the best. I belong to Log Cabin Quilter. Thanks for a chance.ReplyDelete
Would love to try AurIfil thread! I did belong to a guild but I am moving from CT to CO this month and have not found one yet! I hope I still qualify. Love either #1 or 3.ReplyDelete
I love #2! I dont belong to any guild though
I'm a member of Common Threads Newnan, in Georgia. I tried some Gutterman and Mettler I picked up at a yard sale but never Aurifil. Unfortunately I primarily still use old Coats and Clark. I know, I know, pop my hand!ReplyDelete
I recently ordered a little sample of neutrals, but haven't really had a chance to try them out. The colors here are beautiful, and would love #4 (or ANY for that matter). I belong to the Birmingham Quilt Guild and the Evening Star Quilt Guild.
I'd like to try #5. Never used Aurifil, most shops around here don't carry it. I belong to Batty Binders, AQS, Miami Valley Art Quilt Network, and Miami Valley Quilter's Guild.ReplyDelete
Like Group 2 - currently do not belong to a quilt guild. Used to be a member of North County Quilters Association. Recently started a new group of crafters called the Moosette Crafters. The local Moose lodge is letting us meet at their facility for free, hence the name. Also belong to a group that meets weekly called the Fabric Floozies. TMI?ReplyDelete
I have been eager to try the 12wt cotton but have not been able to find it locally. I havent tried any Aurifil threads yet but I have neen hearing great things about them. I am not a member of a guild but I am very active on Flickr and participate in virtual bees and swaps.ReplyDelete
I'm a member of the Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild in Sierra Vista, AZ and of the Tucson Quilt Guild.
Any of the thread packs would be wonderful since I've never used Aurifil thread and would like to try it.
I belong to Northland Quilters Guild, Kansas City, Missouri area.
I like #2 threads.
New to Autifil, so happy to try anything :)
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I'm not in a guild, can I still enter? If so, I would like 3.ReplyDelete
I do not belong to a guild at this time. I like No 1ReplyDelete
I have never used Aurifil thread before, but would love to try it out. We don't have any local guilds in my area so I do not belong to one.ReplyDelete
Never tried Aurifil thread and don't belong to a quilt guild as no one around near me. Thanks for the giveaway and the chance to try this thread I am have heard so much about.ReplyDelete
Member of JoCo Quilters. Never sewed with Aurifil. Sample #2 if I'm lucky enough to win. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I have never used Aurifil thread, at least not yet. I don't belong to a quilt guild, but one is starting up right in my neighborhood and I'm hoping to join. The first meeting is this month. It is the North Jersey Modern Quilt Guild.ReplyDelete
I belong to Pax River Quilters Guild in California, Maryland and another group, Terra Maria Quilters, also in Southern Maryland. I think I prefer #1, but would be happy with ANY of the combos.ReplyDelete
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I like #3 and I belong to The Wirefrass Quilt Guild in Georgia. Thank you for explaining the difference in the threads. I would like to try using it for machine appliqué.ReplyDelete
Northstar Guild, I have never tried aurafil thread but have really wanted to. It would be awesome if I could win.ReplyDelete
I do not belong to a Guild. My mother and I live together and we both quilt. It is great for me to have a teacher in-house who has more than 65 years of quilty experience. Either #1 or #2 would be a nice sample to win as would like to try Aurifil thread! Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
Sorry, I don't belong to a guild, however I just stopped by to say I won a spool of this last year and it is amazing. I know whomever wins will love it!ReplyDelete
I don't belong to a guild, but I'd love a chance to win some Aurifil! I've heard wonderful things about it! I like Pack #2! Thanks!ReplyDelete
My Guild is: Olney Quilt Guild
I have never used Aurifil thread.
I like #1
I don't belong to a guild. But I sure would like to win some aurifil thread. I've read so much about them on many blogs!ReplyDelete
strange but true I am Italian, but here we don't have Aurifil threads, I'd use the Mako green spool for machine quilting.
I don't belong to any guild.
I am sorry I forgot to tell you the threads I prefer are #2
No quilt guild membership for me due to long work hours. Aurifil 50 weight is my absolute favorite for piecing and quilting. It's fabulous for detailed free motion quilting, I love it! My favorite is #1, but would be thrilled with any of them. I really want to try a thicker thread, maybe the 40 weight, which isn't available at my LQS.ReplyDelete
I belong to Valley Quilters in Hemet, CA I have never used this thread. I hear it is wonderful. Thanks,ReplyDelete
I don't belong to a quilg guild yet... I'm a newbie to quilting and haven't even looked into a joining a guild yet (don't know if there even is one here). I'd like to get a few more quilts done first... :)
I've been wanting to try Aurifil. I've heard so many good things about it and would love to quilt a quilt with some of this thread. I'd like #1 or #3. Thanks for a chance to win! :)
I have never used this thread. I would like the one for hand piecing. I don't belong to a guide.ThanksReplyDelete
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I am not a member of a guild yet. I have been itching to try this thread! #3 would be a good fit I think.
I'm in 2 guilds, Wego Quiltin' and Pride of the Prairie. I like #5 best. It's colors suit me better. Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
I've never sewn with Aurifil, but have heard lots of good things. I'd love to try -- any of these would be great, but I think #3 is my favorite, by a narrow margin. I belong to two guilds, the Busy Bee Quilters of Snohomish WA and Quilters Anonymous in Edmonds WA.ReplyDelete
I wouldnt mind trying Aurifil thread. I've only heard good things about it but I have to say that what I do use is Sulky. I havent even seen Aurifil in the quilt shops but maybe that is because I havent had to purchase thread in awhile or because sometimes I do mailorder.
I do not belong to a quilt guild at this time. Thanks!
I belong to the Outlaw Quilt Group! I like #1ReplyDelete
I have never tried Aurifil thread, although i have been wanting to. I don't belong to a guild. I like pack 1:)ReplyDelete
I used to be a member of the Nutmeg Quilters. Unfortunately, they meet at night and I am no longer able to drive at night so I limit myself to attending their show every April.
I love the colors in group number 1
I belong to Quilters Guild of the Southern Crescent, in Georgia. I'd love to win pack # 3, but would be tickled pink to receive any of them!ReplyDelete
I don't belong to a guild but I'd love to try aurifil! I like #1 and 2 best!ReplyDelete
I'm brand new to quilting and no guild yet, but that would be so much fun! I've heard but never tried Aurifil and I'd love #4.
Thanks for the chance.
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i would love to try your aurifil giveaway thread! congrats on your new sponsor ... we all love aurifil! i do not belong to our local quild as i cannot go out and about much now that i'm older and am short on energy and mobility.ReplyDelete
I was almost comment number 2 but my phone wouldn't let me click publish grrrr! so now I am in the 67ish range- maybe that's better :) I have been dying to try aurifil but havent found any nearby and am not allowed to order online this month. :) I would love to win any of them but 4 and 2 have the green that I love...
I don't belong to a guild, but my mom. sister and 10 yo niece quilt together.
I love colour 2. Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyDelete
I did belong to a local guild called Mystic quilting friends, but just didnt have time to fully commit. Hoping to give it another try this fall when they start meetings again. I have been dying to try this thread but can't find it locally--great giveaway!ReplyDelete
I'm scared of the local guild because they meet at the senior's centre...I think you have to have gray hair to join. I've only used regular sewing thread to quilt with, or cotton thread for hand quilting, so I'd love to try the Aurifil.ReplyDelete
no quild just four friends soon to become 6...like # 1ReplyDelete
I belonged to the Brownstone Guild. I would love a chance to win either 1 or 2. Thanks for a chance to win.ReplyDelete
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Through the years, many collectors around the globe started to notice some very strange marks on the surface of vinyl records and CDs. This situation was worse to those who used PVC covers. Initially one would see some blurriness and later on spots like the ones water or oil would leave behind.
Every one of us, who has loved and still loves music and vinyl records, has thought, at some point in our lives, or still continues to think of opening our own Vinyl record store. Certainly, if one manages to turn his hobby into a profession, he will never have to work ever again or, at least, that is what every one who has done so, claim. However, is it really that easy?
Released in Chile in 1974 by Emi/Odeon Records, made and distributed by Industrias Eléctricas Y Musicales Odeon S.A. (Odeon Records Chile), catalog number (S)LDC-36879
7 Heavy Metal Compact Discs that sold over 1000$
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The Story Behind the 8100$ Rare & Unique Madonna Vinyl Record
For a lot of people, vinyl records are a passion, a pleasant hobby to fill their lives. For some, though, they are their only priority. Although the following examples may seem excessive or hyperbolic, they are not far from being a reality. If you think you can relate, it would be wise to continue reading and pay attention to the following behaviors, before you lose your job.
This rare album was almost unknown to most Italian prog fans and collectors . Released 1972 under the title "Get Ready" and reissued by the Italian label Akarma. Get Ready is a great mix mix of psychedelic and folk progressive sounds with the peculiar use of the flute. The 12-track album Get ready included mainly covers (from Donovan, Chicago, Jethro Tull, Dave Mason and more) along with three originals'
Today, we are releasing our interview with RAJ (Rick Smith), founder of Soulstrut, one of our favorite and most interesting vinyl record websites. Let's leave Raj tell us everything.


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The Cisco TrustSec solution establishes clouds of trusted network devices to build secure networks. Each device in the Cisco TrustSec cloud is authenticated by its neighbors (peers). Communication between the devices in the TrustSec cloud is secured with a combination of encryption, message integrity checks, and data-path replay protection mechanisms.
The key component of Cisco TrustSec is the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). Cisco ISE can provision switches with TrustSec Identities and Security Group ACLs (SGACLs), though these may be configured manually on the switch.
Familiar with Trustsec terms802.1AE Tagging (MACsec) - Protocol for IEEE 802.1AE-based wire-rate hop-to-hop Layer 2 encryption.Between MACsec-capable devices, packets are encrypted on egress from the transmitting device,decrypted on ingress to the receiving device, and in the clear within the devices.This feature is only available between TrustSec hardware-capable devices.
Endpoint Admission Control (EAC) - EAC is an authentication processfor an endpoint user or a device connecting to the TrustSec domain.Usually EAC takes place at the access level switch.Successful authentication and authorization in the EAC process results in Security Group Tag assignment for the user or device. Currently EAC can be 802.1X, MAC Authentication Bypass(MAB), and Web Authentication Proxy (WebAuth).
Network Device Admission Control (NDAC) - NDAC is an authentication process where each network device in the TrustSec domain can verify the credentials and trustworthiness of its peer device.NDAC utilizes an authentication framework based on IEEE 802.1X port-based authentication and uses EAP-FAST as its EAP method. Successful authentication and authorization in NDAC process results in Security Association Protocol negotiation for IEEE 802.1AE encryption
Security Group Access Control List (SGACL) - A Security Group Access Control List (SGACL) associates a Security Group Tag with a policy. The policy is enforced uponSGT-tagged traffic egressing the TrustSec domain.
Security Association Protocol (SAP) - After NDAC authentication, the Security Association Protocol (SAP) automatically negotiates keys and the cipher suite for subsequent MACSec link encryption between TrustSec peers. SAP is defined in IEEE 802.11i.
Security Group Tag (SGT) - An SGT is a 16-bit single label indicating the security classification of a source in the TrustSec domain. It is appended to an Ethernet frame or an IP packet.
SGT Exchange Protocol (SXP) - Security Group Tag Exchange Protocol (SXP). With SXP, devicesthat are not TrustSec-hardware-capable can receive SGT attributes for authenticated users and devices from the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) or the Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS). The devices can then forward a sourceIP-to-SGT binding to a TrustSec-hardware-capable device will tag the source traffic for SGACL enforcement.
Points to Remember
- Trustsec is a context based firewall or access control solution.Classification of system or users based on the context [users,user groups ,role of the user etc]
- Key function of Trustsec is Classify , Propagate , Enforce
- Classification can be done Dynamically or statically .Need to keep in mind that NOT all platform support all types of static classification. It is very important to verify support on hardware and software.
- SGT information is carried in 802.1AE
- A Cisco TrustSec-capable device that is directly connected to the authentication server, or indirectly connected but is the first device to begin the TrustSec domain, is called the seed device. Other Cisco TrustSec network devices are non-seed devices.
- To prevent confidentiality and integrity there will be Hop by Hop encryption by 802.1AE
- Packets are encrypted in Ingress and decrypted in Egress
- Security Group Access Control List (SGACL) - This SGACL is not using IP addresses
Main 3 components of Cisco Trustsec are
- Authentication - Identify and access privileges
- Secure Communication - Data is transferred by secure link level encryption with 802.1AE
- SGACL - SGACL enforces security policies before allowing endpoint access to resources
All the devices in Trustsec domain need to get authenticated itself in the Trustsec network.This will help to keep away unauthenticated devices getting network access.This is done by using
Security Group tag (SGT)
- SGT uses a 16 bit tag for each individual role and device connected to a Trustsec domain. This Tag represent the privilege level across the entire domain
- SGT is added to packet header at the ingress point of the trustsec domain and SGT tag carry information that is used to endpoint access privilege
- SGT will be adding to the packet at the time of authorization process when endpoint using 802.1x method to get authenticated to the network
- SGT will be passed to a switch dynamically and later will be authenticated based on MAB /Web Auth/802.1x
- SGT will dynamically automate the process of network wired policy deployment and enforcement


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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Blues Rock Guitar Titan Joe Bonamassa To Release New Studio Offering 'Driving Towards The Daylight' In May
Recorded at Studio At The Palms in Las Vegas, NV, The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, CA and The Cave in Malibu, CA, Driving Towards The Daylight is a balanced back-to-basics album that highlights Bonamassa's signature style of roots blues with rock-and-roll guts, while honoring the traditions of the original blues musicians. "We've taken some really traditional old blues songs – the Howlin' Wolf song 'Who's Been Talkin'?' and the Robert Johnson song 'Stones In My Passway,' and we've tried to imagine how they would do them in a rock context," said Shirley. "It's a very exciting return to the blues in a very visceral way. It's vibrant and it's gutsy and it's really, really rugged."
To challenge Joe and move him out of his comfort zone, a unique group of musicians was gathered including Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford (guitar), Blondie Chaplain (guitar), Anton Fig (drums and percussion), Arlan Schierbaum (keyboard), Michael Rhodes (bass), Carmine Rojas (bass), Jeff Bova and The Bovaland Brass, Pat Thrall (guitar), and Brad's son Harrison Whitford (guitar).
Brad Whitford, speaking from the studio in Vegas, said, "This is definitely more influenced by the stuff that the guys and musicians in this room love, early '60s English and American rock and blues. I guess we'll never get that out of our system and its fun to come in here and find our own path down that highway."
The album features four Bonamassa-penned originals including the bruising opener "Dislocated Boy," the road warrior title track (and first single) "Driving Towards The Daylight," "Heavenly Soul," and "Somewhere Trouble Don't Go." Other tracks include Bonamassa's versions of Tom Waits' "New Coat Of Paint," "Lonely Town Lonely Street," by Bill Withers (Lean On Me, Ain't No Sunshine), "A Place In My Heart" by Bernie Marsden of Whitesnake (Here I Go Again), and "I Got All You Need," by Willie Dixon, widely considered the "father of modern Chicago blues." On the album closer, Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes sings lead vocals on his 1987 hit "Too Much Ain't Enough Love."
1. Dislocated Boy
2. Stones In My Passway
3. Driving Towards The Daylight
4. Who's Been Talkin'?
5. I Got All You Need
6. A Place In My Heart
7. Lonely Town Lonely Street
8. Heavenly Soul
9. New Coat Of Paint
10. Somewhere Trouble Don't Go
11. Too Much Ain't Enough Love (w/ Jimmy Barnes)
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my friend amy recently adopted the most adorable malti-poo a couple months ago. after seeing the cutest photos of him on facebook, i (and the rest of my friends) were dying to meet him. i had the chance to hang out with him while i was in so-cal for thanksgiving – and he really was the cutest thing ever! amy, andy and i went to garfield park in south pasadena, and then back to her house for a little doggie photoshoot.
here are the goods. i love how his "what am i doing? are we done yet?" expressions in half the photos, LOL.
teasing with a treat:
lol, i love his "i'm over it" expressions here….soooo cute in that elf hat, though!
look at him jump!!
amy dubbed this one "emo dog":
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A super-Earth is an extrasolar planet with a mass higher than Earth's, but substantially below the mass of the Solar System's smaller gas giants Uranus and Neptune, which are 15 and 17 Earth masses respectively.[1] The term super-Earth refers only to the mass of the planet, and does not imply anything about the surface conditions or habitability. The alternative term "gas dwarfs" may be more accurate for those at the higher end of the mass scale, as suggested by MIT professor Sara Seager, although in actual parlance, mini-Neptunes seems more common.
Definition Edit
In general, super-Earths are defined exclusively by their mass, and the term does not imply temperatures, compositions, orbital properties, habitability, or environments are cited in definitions of super-Earths. While sources generally agree on an upper bound of 10 Earth masses,[1][2][3] (~69% of the mass of Uranus, which is the Solar System gas giant with the least mass), the lower bound varies from 1[1] or 1.9[3] to 5,[2] with various other definitions appearing in the popular media.[4][5][6] Some authors further suggest that the term be limited to planets without a significant atmosphere, or planets that have not just atmospheres but also solid surfaces or oceans with a sharp boundary between liquid and atmosphere, which the four giant planets in our solar system do not have.[7] Planets above 10 Earth masses are termed massive solid planets[8]/mega-Earths[9][10] or gas giant planets[11] depending on whether they are mostly rock/ice or mostly gas.
Discoveries Edit
The Solar System does not contain examples of this category of planets, as the largest terrestrial planet in the Solar System is the Earth, and all larger planets have at least 14 times Earth's mass.
First super-Earth found Edit
The first super-Earths were discovered by Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail around the pulsar PSR B1257+12 in 1992. The two outer planets of the system have masses approximately four times Earth—too small to be gas giants.
The first super-Earth around a main sequence star was discovered by a team under Eugenio Rivera in 2005. It orbits Gliese 876 and received the designation Gliese 876 d (two Jupiter-sized gas giants had previously been discovered in that system). It has an estimated mass of 7.5 Earth masses and a very short orbital period of just about 2 days. Due to the proximity of Gliese 876 d to its host star (a red dwarf), it may have a surface temperature of 430–650 kelvin[12] and may support liquid water.[13]
First super-Earth in habitable zone Edit
In April 2007, a team headed by Stéphane Udry based in Switzerland announced the discovery of two new super-Earths around Gliese 581,[14] both on the edge of the habitable zone around the star where liquid water may be possible on the surface. With Gliese 581 c having a mass of at least 5 Earth masses and a distance from Gliese 581 of 0.073 astronomical units (AU; 6.8 million mi, 11 million km), it is on the "warm" edge of the habitable zone around Gliese 581 with an estimated mean temperature (without taking into consideration effects from an atmosphere) of −3 degrees Celsius with an albedo comparable to Venus and 40 degrees Celsius with an albedo comparable to Earth. Subsequent research suggested Gliese 581 c had likely suffered a runaway greenhouse effect like Venus.
More notable super-Earth discoveries by year Edit
2006 Edit
Two further super-Earths were discovered in 2006: OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb with a mass of 5.5 Earth masses, which was found by gravitational microlensing, and HD 69830 b with a mass of 10 Earth masses.[1]
2008 Edit
The smallest super-Earth found as of 2008 is MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb. The planet was announced by astrophysicist David P. Bennett for the international MOA collaboration on June 2, 2008.[15][16] This planet has approximately 3.3 Earth masses and orbits a brown dwarf. It was detected by gravitational microlensing.
In June 2008, European researchers announced the discovery of three super-Earths around the star HD 40307, a star that is only slightly less massive than our Sun. The planets have at least the following minimum masses: 4.2, 6.7, and 9.4 times Earth's. The planets were detected by the radial velocity method by the HARPS (High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher) in Chile.[17]
In addition, the same European research team announced a planet 7.5 times the mass of Earth orbiting the star HD 181433. This star also has a Jupiter-like planet that orbits every three years.[18]
2009 Edit
Planet COROT-7b, with a mass estimated at 4.8 Earth masses and an orbital period of only 0.853 days, was announced on 3 February 2009. The density estimate obtained for COROT-7b points to a composition including rocky silicate minerals, similar to the four inner planets of Earth's solar system, a new and significant discovery.[19] COROT-7b, discovered right after HD 7924 b, is the first super-Earth discovered that orbits a main sequence star that is G class or larger.[20]
The discovery of Gliese 581 e with a minimum mass of 1.9 Earth masses was announced on April 21, 2009. It is the smallest extrasolar planet discovered around a normal star and the closest in mass to Earth. Being at an orbital distance of just 0.03 AU and orbiting its star in just 3.15 days, it is not in the habitable zone,[21] and may have 100 times more tidal heating than Jupiter's volcanic satellite Io.[22]
A planet found in December 2009, GJ 1214 b, is 2.7 times as large as Earth and orbits a star much smaller and less luminous than our Sun. "This planet probably does have liquid water," said David Charbonneau, a Harvard professor of astronomy and lead author of an article on the discovery.[23] However, interior models of this planet suggest that under most conditions it does not have liquid water.[24]
By November 2009, a total of 30 super-Earths had been discovered, 24 of which were first observed by HARPS.[25]
2010 Edit
Discovered on January 5, 2010, a planet HD 156668 b with a minimum mass of 4.15 Earth masses, is the second least massive planet detected by the radial velocity method.[26] The only confirmed radial velocity planet smaller than this planet is Gliese 581 e at 1.9 Earth masses (see above). On August 24 astronomers using ESO's HARPS instrument announced the discovery of a planetary system with up to seven planets orbiting a Sun-like star, HD 10180, one of which, although not yet confirmed, has an estimated minimum mass of 1.35 ± 0.23 times that of Earth, which would be the lowest mass of any exoplanet found to date orbiting a main-sequence star.[27] Although unconfirmed, there is 98.6% probability that this planet does exist.[28]
The National Science Foundation announced on September 29 the discovery of a fourth super-Earth (Gliese 581 g) orbiting the M dwarf star Gliese 581. The planet has a minimum mass 3.1 times that of Earth and a nearly circular orbit at 0.146 AU with a period of 36.6 days, placing it in the middle of the habitable zone where liquid water could exist and midway between the planets c and d. It was discovered using the radial velocity method by scientists at the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Carnegie Institution of Washington.[29][30][31] However, the existence of Gliese 581 g has been questioned by another team of astronomers, and it is currently listed as unconfirmed at The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia.[32]
2011 Edit
On 2 February, the Kepler Space Observatory Mission team released a list of 1235 extrasolar planet candidates, including 68 candidates of approximately "Earth-size" (Rp < 1.25 Re) and 288 candidates of "super-Earth-size" (1.25 Re < Rp < 2 Re).[33][34] In addition, 54 planet candidates were detected in the "habitable zone." Six candidates in this zone were less than twice the size of the Earth [namely: KOI 326.01 (Rp=0.85), KOI 701.03 (Rp=1.73), KOI 268.01 (Rp=1.75), KOI 1026.01 (Rp=1.77), KOI 854.01 (Rp=1.91), KOI 70.03 (Rp=1.96) - Table 6][33] A more recent study found that one of these candidates (KOI 326.01) is in fact much larger and hotter than first reported.[35] Based on the latest Kepler findings, astronomer Seth Shostak estimates "within a thousand light-years of Earth" there are "at least 30,000 of these habitable worlds."[36] Also based on the findings, the Kepler Team has estimated "at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way" of which "at least 500 million" are in the habitable zone.[37]
On August 17, a potentially habitable super-Earth HD 85512 b was found using the HARPS as well as a three super-Earth system 82 G. Eridani.[38] On HD 85512 b, it would be habitable if it exhibits more than 50% cloud cover.[39][40] Then less than a month later, a flood of 41 new exoplanets including 10 super-Earths were announced.[41]
On December 5, the Kepler space telescope discovered its first planet within the habitable zone or "Goldilocks region" of its Sun-like star. Kepler-22b is 2.4 times the radius of the earth and occupies an orbit 15% closer to its star than the Earth to the Sun. This is compensated for however, as the star, with a spectral type G5V is slightly dimmer than the Sun (G2V), and thus the surface temperatures would still allow liquid water on its surface.
On 5 December 2011, the Kepler team announced that they had discovered 2,326 planetary candidates, of which 207 are similar in size to Earth, 680 are super-Earth-size, 1,181 are Neptune-size, 203 are Jupiter-size and 55 are larger than Jupiter. Compared to the February 2011 figures, the number of Earth-size and super-Earth-size planets increased by 200% and 140% respectively. Moreover, 48 planet candidates were found in the habitable zones of surveyed stars, marking a decrease from the February figure; this was due to the more stringent criteria in use in the December data.
On 2011, a density of 55 Cancri e was calculated which turned out to be similar to Earth's. At the size of about 2 Earth radii, it was the largest planet until 2014 which was determined to lack a significant hydrogen atmosphere.[42][43]
On 20 December 2011, the Kepler team announced the discovery of the first Earth-size exoplanets, Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, orbiting a Sun-like star, Kepler-20.
Planet Gliese 667 Cb (GJ 667 Cb) was announced by HARPS on 19 October 2009, together with 29 other planets, while Gliese 667 Cc (GJ 667 Cc) was included in a paper published on 21 November 2011. More detailed data on Gliese 667 Cc were published in early February 2012.
2012 Edit
In September 2012, the discovery of two planets orbiting Gliese 163[44] was announced.[45][46] One of the planets, Gliese 163 c, about 6.9 times the mass of Earth and somewhat hotter, was considered to be within the habitable zone.[45][46]
2013 Edit
On January 7, 2013, astronomers from the Kepler Mission space observatory announced the discovery of Kepler-69c (formerly KOI-172.02), an Earth-like exoplanet candidate (1.5 times the radius of Earth) orbiting a star similar to our Sun in the habitable zone and possibly a "prime candidate to host alien life".[47]
In April 2013, using observations by NASA's Kepler Mission, a team led by William Borucki, of the agency's Ames Research Center, found five planets orbiting in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star, Kepler-62, 1,200 light years from Earth. These new super-Earths have radii of 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, and 1.9 times that of Earth. Theoretical modelling of two of these super-Earths, Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, suggests both could be solid, either rocky or rocky with frozen water.[48]
On June 25, 2013 Three "super Earth" planets have been found orbiting a nearby star at a distance where life in theory could exist, according to a record-breaking tally announced on Tuesday by the European Southern Observatory. They are part of a cluster of as many as seven planets that circle Gliese 667C, one of three stars located a relatively close 22 light years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpio, it said. The planets orbit Gliese 667C in the so-called Goldilocks Zone — a distance from the star at which the temperature is just right for water to exist in liquid form rather than being stripped away by stellar radiation or locked permanently in ice.[49]
2014 Edit
In May 2014, previously discovered Kepler-10c was determined to have the mass comparable to Neptune (17 Earth masses). With the radius of 2.35, it is currently the largest known planet likely to have a predominately rocky composition.[50] At 17 Earth masses it is well above the 10 Earth mass upper limit that is commonly used for the term 'super-Earth' so the term mega-Earth has been proposed.[51]
Characteristics Edit
Density and bulk compositionEdit
If a super-Earth is detectable by both the radial-velocity and the transit methods, then both its mass and its radius can be determined. Thus its average bulk density can be calculated. Super-Earths with low density (Mini-Neptunes) are inferred to be composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, while super-Earths of intermediate density are inferred to either have water as a major constituent (Ocean planets), or have a denser core enshrouded with an extended gaseous envelope (Gas dwarf). The last condition would be the most usual after measuring 65 super-Earths smaller than 4 Earth-radii: there is a trend where planets with radii up to 1.5 Earth radii increase in density with increasing radius, but above 1.5 radii the average planet density rapidly decreases with increasing radius, indicating that these planets have a large fraction of volatiles by volume overlying a rocky core.[53] Calculations about the effect of the active XUV saturation phase of G-type stars over the loss of the primitive nebula-captured hydrogen envelopes in extrasolar planets, indicate that planets with a core mass of more than 1.5 Earth-mass (1.15 Earth-radius max.), most likely cannot get rid of their nebula captured hydrogen envelopes during their whole lifetime.[54] A super-Earth of high density is believed to be rocky and/or metallic, like Earth and the other terrestrial planets of the Solar System. A super-Earth's interior could be undifferentiated, partially differentiated, or completely differentiated into layers of different composition. Researchers at Harvard Astronomy Department have developed user-friendly online tools to characterize the bulk composition of the super-Earths.[55][56]
Due to the larger mass of super-Earths, their physical characteristics differ from Earth's. A study on Gliese 876 d by a team around Diana Valencia[1] revealed that it would be possible to infer from a radius measured by the transit method of detecting planets and the mass of the relevant planet what the structural composition of a relevant super-Earth is. For Gliese 876 d, calculations range from 9,200 km (1.4 Earth radii) for a rocky planet and very large iron core to 12,500 km (2.0 Earth radii) for a watery and icy planet. Within this range of radii the super-Earth Gliese 876 d would have a surface gravity between 1.9g and 3.3g (19 and 32 m/s²).
Additional studies, conducted with lasers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and at the OMEGA laboratory at the University of Rochester show that the magnesium-silicate internal regions of the planet would undergo phase changes under the immense pressures and temperatures of a super-Earth planet, and that the different phases of this liquid magnesium silicate would separate into layers.
Geologic activityEdit
Further theoretical work by Valencia and others suggests that super-Earths would be more geologically active than Earth, with more vigorous plate tectonics due to thinner plates under more stress. In fact, their models suggested that Earth was itself a "borderline" case, just barely large enough to sustain plate tectonics.[57] However, other studies determine that strong convection currents in the mantle acting on strong gravity would make the crust stronger and thus inhibit plate tectonics. The planet's surface would be too strong for the forces of magma to break the crust into plates.[58]
The new research suggests that the rocky centres of super-Earths are unlikely to evolve into terrestrial rocky planets like the inner planets of our Solar System because they appear to hold on to their large atmospheres. Rather than evolving to a planet composed mainly of rock with a thin atmosphere, the small rocky core remains engulfed by its large hydrogen-rich envelope.[59][60]
Temperatures Edit
Since the atmospheres, albedo and greenhouse effects of super-Earths are unknown, the surface temperatures are unknown and generally only an equilibrium temperature is given. For example, the black-body temperature of the Earth is 254.3 K (−19 °C or −2 °F ).[61] It is the greenhouse gases that keep the Earth warmer. Venus has a black-body temperature of only 184.2 K (−89 °C or −128 °F ) even though Venus has a true temperature of 737 K (464 °C or 867 °F ).[62] Though the atmosphere of Venus traps more heat than Earth's, NASA lists the black-body temperature of Venus based on the fact that Venus has an extremely high albedo (Bond albedo 0.90, Visual geometric albedo 0.67),[62] giving it a lower black body temperature than the more absorbent (lower albedo) Earth.
Magnetic fieldEdit
Earth's magnetic field results from its flowing liquid metallic core, but in super-Earths the mass can produce high pressures with large viscosities and high melting temperatures which could prevent the interiors from separating into different layers and so result in undifferentiated coreless mantles. Magnesium oxide, which is rocky on Earth, can be a liquid metal at the pressures and temperatures found in super-Earths and could generate a magnetic field in the mantles of super-Earths.[63]
See also Edit
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- Earth analog
- Extraterrestrial liquid water
- Gliese 163 c
- Gliese 667 Cc
- Habitable zone
- HD 85512 b
- Hot Neptune
- Kepler 22 b
- List of nearest terrestrial exoplanet candidates
- Mini-Neptune
- Ocean planet
- Planetary habitability
- Sub-Earth
References Edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Valencia, V. (2007). "Radius and structure models of the first super-earth planet". The Astrophysical Journal 656 (1): 545–551. DOI:10.1086/509800.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fortney, J. J. (2007). "Planetary Radii across Five Orders of Magnitude in Mass and Stellar Insolation: Application to Transits". The Astrophysical Journal 659 (2): 1661–1672. DOI:10.1086/512120.
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- ↑ Spotts, P. N. (28 April 2007). Canada's orbiting telescope tracks mystery 'super Earth'. The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
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Bringing the funk: How the ABA changed the NBA forever
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Forty years ago this coming October, the American Basketball Association kicked off what would prove to be its final season, before merging with the NBA in 1977. But is "merging" really the proper way to describe the melding of the two preeminent hoops entities of the day? Well, that depends on what your definition of "merge" is. If you're comfortable calling an esteemed older league absorbing a flailing younger league's only four viable franchises a merger, then sure, it's a merger.
The ABA had its own way of spinning things. So they called it a merger. Because that's the way they rolled.
From the free-spirited players to the plaid-suited coaches, from the scrappy front offices to the never-say-die league officers, from the warp-speed style of play to the whimsical logos, from the goofball mascots to the arresting red, white, and blue ball, from the sardonic announcers to the goofy pre-game festivities, the ABA was electric, delusional, brave, rowdy, pugnacious, scintillating, cocky and oftentimes hilarious.
Few, if any of those adjectives applied to Version 1.0 of the National Basketball Association.
BETWEEN 1946-58, the NBA was not a sexy place to be.
For the first decade-plus of its existence, the NBA's look and feel was, oh, let's be polite here and go with bland. Offenses were plodding and heavily-scripted, defenses boringly fundamental and awe-inspiring athletes were few and far between. This isn't to say the league's small fan base wasn't treated to some compelling basketball—the George Mikan-led Minneapolis Lakers took four titles in five years by simply pounding their opponents into submission; and even before they began racking up championships, the Bill Russell/Bob Cousy Boston Celtics demonstrated what kind of havoc could be wreaked with telepathic teamwork—but there was little grace to be found.
Things began to get a tad hotter in 1958, when the Minneapolis Lakers drafted an athletic 6'5" forward out of Seattle University by the name of Elgin Baylor. A straight-up scoring machine, the speedy Baylor was arguably the first truly modern basketball player, a strong yet graceful athletic specimen who could either own you in the post or take you off the dribble. His twisting, turning, hanging finishes at the rim were unlike anything the NBA had seen. Elgin was Michael Jordan before there was Michael Jordan.
Baylor was such an incomparable outlier with a style so rare, original, and beautiful that the NBA didn't see anybody with a similar skill set until the ABA knocked down the front door and took over the joint.
THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION was far from an altruistic venture.
The league wasn't a charity created to give players who couldn't find a home in the NBA a gig. It wasn't there to reshape and beautify the sport of basketball. No, the league's founders had two goals, and two goals only: To force a merger with the NBA, and to make tons of money.
In their inaugural season of 1967, the ABA trotted out 11 teams: the Anaheim Amigos, the Dallas Chaparrals, the Denver Rockets, the Houston Mavericks, the Indiana Pacers, the Kentucky Colonels, the Minnesota Muskies, the New Jersey Americans, the New Orleans Buccaneers, the Oakland Oaks and the Pittsburgh Pipers.
Eleven teams. Only one less than the NBA. The upstarts weren't messing around.
But considering the NBA's monopoly on the product and the general public's hot-and-coldness about professional basketball, they couldn't mess around. The chances of success were slim, but if the ABA didn't go all-in—if they slapped together, say, a six-franchise, West Coast-only league—they'd be lucky to survive a single year.
The ABA's first season was defined by empty stadiums (the league claimed to have averaged over 2,804 attendees per game, but that was, by all accounts, a huge lie), shockingly violent on-court fights (Minnesota center Mel Daniels said, "To survive the ABA that first year, you really had to be pretty tough. In my case, it was 78 games and 78 fights."), and lots and lots of scoring (The baskets began raining down on opening night, when Oakland beat Anaheim, 132-129.)
Once the new league's fans got past the fights and the pregame cow-milking contests, they were treated to some colorful, newfangled basketball: The ABA offenses were more jazz than classical, improvised rather than composed. And defensively-speaking, there was more chance-taking, more jumping in the lanes, more ball-swipes, and more fists to the jaw. The skill level wasn't up to the NBA's standards, but they more than made up for it with their breakneck playground approach to the game.
While the ABA's nightly scoring average was a tad lower than the NBA's—117.4 to 108.9—it felt as if the upstart league was putting more points on the board, thanks primarily to what would prove to be their greatest contribution to the game: The three-point basket.
THE ABA DIDN'T INVENT the three-pointer. They just perfected it.
The NCAA briefly experimented with the long shot in a 1945 Columbia/Fordham contest, but apparently nobody was impressed, because it was dropped immediately, not to be revisited for decades. In the early-1960s, two short-lived professional leagues—the American Basketball League and the Eastern Professional Basketball League—gave the three-ball a whirl; sadly, the ABL and the EPBL both folded without making a mark in the basketball world, so the three-pointer was forgotten.
That is, by everybody but Dennis Murphy and his merry band of ABA-ers.
Murphy, a sports entrepreneur who co-founded the ABA, explained to author Terry Pluto in his must-read ABA history book, Loose Balls, "The three-point play was going to be a part of our league from the beginning. Everybody involved in putting together the ABA liked the idea because it was good for the little man. The three-point shot was exactly what our league was supposed to be about: Something a little wild, a little out of the ordinary from the basketball they played in the NBA."
The ABA's first commissioner, George Mikan, in a mismatched sports metaphor, affectionately referred to three-pointer as a "home run," but he would've been better off using a weapon metaphor, something like "missile" or "bomb," because the top of the ABA's original arc was located a whopping 25 feet from the basket, while the corner shots were 22. (It was eventually determined that 25 feet was, um, nuts, so the line was moved in to its current distance of 23 feet and nine inches. The corner remains the same.)
Hubie Brown, who coached the Kentucky Colonels from 1974-76, knew how and why the trey altered a coach's entire approach to managing a game. "The three-point play is a form of mental gymnastics. All your life, you've been trained that a basket is worth two points. That was how you always played the game, how the game was always played, until the ABA made the three-point play popular. So a guy makes two field goals, you figure that's four points. But in the ABA, it could be six points and that can shake you up as a coach. It makes you constantly check the scoreboard."
Brown also noted coaches weren't the only ones who had to readjust their approach. "You have to tell your players to remember who the shooters are and when those guys are 25 feet from the basket, get in their jocks, and guard them," Brown explained. "Don't give them the 25-footer, which is something players had been conditioned to do all their lives. And as a coach, if you have a shooter with range, you have to give him the freedom to take the 25-footer, which is a philosophy that goes against what you learned as a young coach—namely, pound the ball inside. The three-point play forced ABA coaches to be more creative and to give their players more freedom."
The NBA eventually adopted the three-pointer for the 1979-80 season, and the initial reviews were mixed, many citing it as a gimmick. It took a good 10 years for the shot to be woven into the fabric of the league: From 1979-1987, the most made threes in a season came from Darrell Griffith, who canned 92 of them for the Utah Jazz in 1984-85. But once the 1987-88 season rolled around, outside shooters decided it was time to take advantage of the new-ish weapon at their disposal. Danny Ainge led the league that year with 148 made threes, and from that point on, it was bombs away.
But is the three-ball a useful weapon? Yes and no.
Since 1990, only one championship team has had that season's leader in made three-pointers on their roster—that being Stephen Curry from the 2014-15 Golden State Warriors—so it could be argued the shot isn't something that should be prioritized, as it's not a sure-fire way to help your team earn a ring.
But you know what? Last January, when Golden State's Klay Thompson nailed nine treys in the third quarter of a Warriors/Sacramento Kings game, did anybody give a damn whether or not the long-ball is or isn't a key cog of the NBA game? Nah. In-game long-distance shooting exhibitions are a joy to watch, and sometimes, as the ABA was well aware, that's all that matters.
LEGENDARY BROADCASTER Bob Costas, who got his start covering games for the ABA's Spirits of St. Louis, once mused, "The [ABA] players, their fashions and lifestyles were a reflection of the times, from the huge Afros to the beards, bell-bottom pants and platform shoes. I remember Larry Brown coaching while wearing farmer's overalls. But the real flair was on the court."
Costas was exactly right: All the external flair in the world wouldn't make one iota of difference if things weren't bubbling on the hardwood. And in the ABA, things bubbled from the get-go.
Players like the Florida Floridians' speedy point guard Mack Calvin, Indiana's silky-smooth Roger Brown and Kentucky's hard-nosed Dan Issel helped make the ABA an exciting, viable, unique product. The league's first three years were a blast, but the real fun didn't begin until the summer of 1971.
First, let's backtrack.
In 1969, after only two seasons in Oakland, the Oaks relocated to Washington DC and christened themselves the Capitols. Despite the presence on their roster of future Hall of Famer Rick Barry, savvy point guard Larry Brown (yes, that Larry Brown), and Warren Jabali—a former ABA Rookie of the Year who was acknowledged by his peers to be the meanest man in the league—the Caps couldn't sustain local interest. So they packed up their gear, drove 200 miles south on I-64 East, planted a flag on the campus of Old Dominion University, and dubbed themselves the Virginia Squires.
The Squires' first year in Norfolk was a partial success: Led by coach Al Bianchi, Virginia won 55 regular season games, but were upset in the second round of the playoffs by the 44-40 Kentucky Colonels.
That summer, word got out that the star of the University of Massachusetts basketball team was going to turn pro after only two seasons with the Minutemen, the second of which he averaged 26.3 points and 20.3 rebounds.
That star was Julius Erving. Erving inked with Virginia, and basketball was never the same.
Erving wasn't fazed about spurning the NBA and joining a band of renegades. "In some respects we were a maverick league," he said, "but so what? What was wrong with a red, white and blue ball? What was wrong with the three-point shot or creating a faster tempo so that the little man would have an opportunity to play? What's wrong with a little experimentation and encouraging an individual to excel in a team sport?"
In his first season with the Squires, Erving more than excelled: He put up numbers that, even in a league filled with statistical freaks, were eye-popping — 27.3 points on 50 percent shooting, 15.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 42 minutes a night. And he did it with style—dunking, driving and generally creating mayhem both in and out of the paint.
To this day, Bob Costas still gushes about Erving's first couple of ABA seasons, saying, "You know that play Julius made against the Lakers in the fifth game of the 1980 playoffs, where he went under Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and then under the basket and then hit that incredible reverse layup? I saw him make plays that good or better several times just in my two seasons covering the ABA."
(It should be noted we have to rely on eyewitness accounts of Erving's exploits to understand his impact, because, as Costas pointed out, "There was no ESPN or CNN to bring Julius into the nation's living room. Julius and the rest of the ABA stars performed in this netherworld of pro basketball that really wasn't pro basketball because the NBA didn't sanction it. It was almost as if the ABA players were a bunch of unappreciated artists saying, 'We may die impoverished, but one day our work will hang in the Louvre.'")
Erving's best individual work came during his five years in the ABA, two of which he spent with the Squires, and the other three with the New Jersey Nets. He averaged 28.7 points, 12.1 boards and 4.8 dimes, but the points weren't as important as his vibe, both on and off the court.
Then, as now, Erving was an enthusiastic basketball emissary, always eager to extol the virtues of both his league and the sport. Carl Scheer, Denver's team president, echoed the sentiments of the entire ABA: "The spirit of the ABA was the spirit of Julius Erving. One night, I came into the old Charlotte Arena. The game had been over for at least an hour and I saw about 50 kids in the balcony and Julius sitting in the middle of them, signing autographs and talking. There was no press around or anything like that. He took the time because he wanted to do it."
After the ABA went belly-up, Erving's spent the remaining 11 years of his basketball-playing life with the Philadelphia 76ers, and while he had an undeniably brilliant career, there's a good chance that had the ABA not given him the opportunity to let his creativity flow, he never would have evolved into the transcendent gentleman who influenced multiple generations of basketball players.
THE ABA'S FINAL SEASON was a disaster.
In most ABA arenas, there were thousands of empty seats, and the cash-flow was so limited that two of the franchises—the San Diego Sails and the Utah Stars—shut it down during the first month of the season. The remaining seven teams limped to the finish, the gimpiest being the Virginia Squires.
In his diary of the Squires horrendous 15-68 season, Virginia broadcaster Warner Fusselle related tales of late payments ("The players have said that they won't play two days from now in Indiana if their checks don't show up."), desperate attempts to raise quick cash ("[Virginia forward] Willie Wise came into a restaurant in our hotel in Denver and told us that he heard that unless 50 Squires banners were sold [for $5,000] by tomorrow, the team would fold."), and questionable business decisions ("Heard that Squires got a $250,000 bank loan to save the team.").
The league's myriad off-the-court issues began to affect the games themselves, most notably the increasing level of violence. Rod Thorn, who spent time coaching both the Spirits of St. Louis and the New York Nets, explained why the games were more brutal than ever. "With only seven teams left at the end of the ABA, rivalries became very heated and bitter because you played the same teams so often. If you had a fight with a guy, you probably would see him again next week. There was no time to cool off."
After a whole bunch of legal wrangling—some of which was of the shady variety—the NBA/ABA merger came to fruition. (It bears mentioning that the NBA refused to refer to the transaction as a merger, the ABA's general counsel, Mike Goldberg, saying, "The four ABA teams in essence bought their way into the NBA and the NBA considered it an expansion.") The NBA welcomed the four ABA teams whose rabid fan bases made them legitimate NBA cities: the Denver Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers, the New Jersey Nets and the San Antonio Spurs.
The Nuggets, Pacers, Nets and Spurs respective rosters remained more or less intact, while the remaining ABA players were made available in what was termed a "dispersal draft." With the first pick, the Chicago Bulls selected center Artis Gilmore, who went on to become a franchise cornerstone. Next came forward/center Maurice Lucas, who helped lead the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1976-77 NBA Championship. Three picks later, the Blazers snatched up future Hall of Famer Moses Malone, who, much to their eternal regret, they traded to the Buffalo Braves. Ugh. (And much to the Braves eternal regret, they traded Malone to the Rockets. Again, ugh.)
Unlike the Denver, Indiana, New Jersey and San Antonio owners—who were aware they were only a few years away from making boatloads of money—many of the ABA players weren't pleased. Not one bit.
Doug Moe, who played and/or assistant coached for four teams in his five-year ABA career, echoed the sentiments of dozens of ABA-ers when he said, "One of the biggest disappointments in my life was going into the NBA after the merger. The NBA was a rinky-dink league—listen, I'm very serious about this. The league was run like garbage. There was no camaraderie; a lot of the NBA guys were aloof and thought they were too good to practice or play hard."
For his part, Bob Costas was thrilled for the merger—but not for the reasons one would expect: "There was such pride in a league that had to endure so much simply to survive, and we wanted the world to know how great our players were. It was an obvious contradiction, but both feelings were understandable. I'll tell you this: we saw so many of our players do well after the merger, it was an incredible feeling for those of us who had been in the ABA. We could say to the world, 'See, we told you so.'"
Ron Grinker, a legendary NBA agent who represented his fair share of ABA players, agreed with Costas, saying, "The standard of excellence in the NBA was the Boston Celtics, who were the masters of fundamental basketball. Those guys would pick-and-roll you to death. They played right out of the textbook. The ABA was Julius Erving, it was glitzy, get the ball out and let's run and jump and play above the rim and we'll make things up as we go along. People weren't sure exactly what they did even after they did it. They felt something and they tried it."
They tried it. And they succeeded. And they helped make the game what it is today.
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Dungeon Command: Sting of Lolth and Dungeon Command: Heart of Cormyr, releasing today, is a NEW head-to-head miniatures skirmish game for two to four players. It features themed miniature factions designed to play as unified war bands, in a game eliminating luck-driven mechanics in favor of player-driven skill, creativity, and quick thinking. You can also customize your own warbands using multiple Faction Packs and take on other players!
Each Dungeon Command faction comes in its own box, containing twelve pre-painted plastic miniatures (plus the cards, tiles, and rules for the game). In addition to their use in Dungeon Command, these miniatures can also be used in the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game, with their cards further usable with D&D Adventure System board games (The Legend of Drizzt, Castle Ravenloft, and Wrath of Ashardalon). While each faction is meant to be played by a single player, quick-start rules allow two players to engage in a shortened version of the game using only one box.
Sting of Lolth includes such heroic miniatures as assassin, arachnomancer, sorcerer, spiders and spiderguards. Heart of Cormyr includes such heroic miniatures as ranger, rogue, knight, defenders and warriors. Each faction pack has an MSRP of $39.95.
Two more factions are set for release later this year.


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8 Feb
The Gruffalo will be part of the Imagine Children's Festival at the @southbankcentre on Monday 18th February. The G… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Ages 3+Book tickets
A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood...
Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in Tall Stories' magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
Searching for hazelnuts, Mouse meets the cunning Fox, the eccentric old Owl and the high-spirited Snake. Will the story of the terrifying Gruffalo save Mouse from ending up as dinner for these hungry woodland creatures? After all, there's no such thing as a Gruffalo – is there?
Songs, laughs and monstrous fun for children aged 3 and up and their grown-ups, in the much-loved show that's toured Britain and the world!
Running time 55 minutes (no interval)
8 Feb
12 Jun 18
"A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know?" He's coming to the Stratford Circus Arts Centre this Christmas! Tall Stories… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
21 Mar 18
#WednesdayWisdom Did you know that there are places to do #Gruffalo orienterring in England? forestry.gov.uk/gruffalo-orien…
21 Mar 18
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