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Hardware Review: ThinkPad W520 Notebook
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As my design and engineering careers have evolved, so have my computing needs. Computers for design and engineering applications have also evolved and have kept up with my needs, while relative cost has actually decreased significantly. Although I still depend on a desktop platform while in the office, my additional need to be mobile while doing a wide variety of computer work has also significantly influenced my leaning toward mobile computing platforms, so a machine's physical characteristics enter into the equation. In other words, truly portable, not just luggable. Remember, it wasn't all that long ago that the
biggest compromises when choosing portability were performance and additional cost compared with desktop computers. To a large extent, those compromises have faded, and the Lenovo ThinkPad W520 notebook is testimony to this continuing trend.
Lenovo designates the ThinkPad W520 as a notebook computer. That's OK, but we wanted to test it to find out if it was really a mobile workstation capable mechanical design and engineering work. The ThinkPad W520 for this review came with an Intel Quad Core i7 2920XM CPU, 16 GB RAM, an NVIDIA Quadro 2000M video card, and Windows 7 Pro (64-bit). The unit weighs in at 5.95 pounds and measures 14.7" x 9.7" x 1.3", so it's pretty thin and not too heavy – so truly portable. The AC adapter is another story – it's a fairly big and bulky brick that's got to weigh over two pounds
– so the AC adapter weighs about a third of the computer itself. A smaller "travel" adapter is available as an option, but why not supply it as standard to promote mobility for the overall system package?
For those not familiar with the ThinkPad family, Lenovo touts the W Series as its mobile Workstation class. This claim is what we'll be putting to the test.
Quality Build
For many years (during both the IBM and Lenovo eras) I have appreciated the build quality of ThinkPads on many levels.
One of the most popular features of ThinkPads has been the positive tactile feel of the keyboard, and the W520 continues this sentiment. Keyboard feel is great, but layout of some keys (such as Delete) is a challenge at first and may annoy some users because of unconventional placement. Also, there is no dedicated numeric keypad, not a big deal for me personally, but some users may take exception. The real estate area normally devoted to the numeric keypad is occupied by speakers on either side of the main keyboard. Is it a good tradeoff? That's a personal opinion, but I did not miss the numeric keypad nor appreciate the
quality of the speakers.
The keyboard is spill resistant and the unit actually has a drainage system that funnels liquids into reservoirs on the underside and drainage holes on the bottom. I'm a big coffee drinker when using a computer, so for me this is a welcome "preventative measure."
Being a mobile system, it will inevitably receive some hard knocks. This is idea behind the ThinkPad's Active Protection System that uses an accelerometer to park the hard disk if the ThinkPad is dropped. When the shock sensor detects that its environment is stable again, it turns the hard disk back on.
Behind the scenes, the ThinkPad W520 is protected by a magnesium roll cage in the bottom shell that provides internal reinforcement to reduce system board flex, as well as dispersing internal heat. Speaking of cooling . . .
Cooling is not an area that most of think too much about, but for the ThinkPad, I didn't really have to think about it at all. It has two exhaust vents on the side and back, as well as additional air flow vents on the bottom. The uniquely designed cooling fan blades minimize turbulence and are quiet. The fans also run at five speeds (compared with three found in many competitors), so the transition between speeds is more gradual (and noticeable).
I liked that the W520's USB ports were 3.0 – providing 50% more power for connected devices and (at least theoretically) 10x data transfer. I don't know about 10x, but data transfer was noticeably faster than 2.0.
Battery life was also pretty impressive. The W520 was supplied with a 9-cell battery that extended almost an inch beyond the back of the computer, but I was regularly able to get over seven hours of productive work (CAD, word processing, spreadsheets, etc.) with WiFi turned on.
The W520, like all ThinkPads, has a well-integrated Power Manager for controlling energy use. For example, with a simple slider bar you can move from "high performance" to "long battery life" (to conserve and maximize battery life) or to "high energy savings" (when plugged in to AC power). As you adjust the slide bar, the system dynamically adjusts display brightness and other parameters according to the new settings.
The 15.6-inch 1920 x 1800 matte display provides 90-degree left and right viewing angles. It's also extremely bright with brilliant color – very nice for displaying animations and renderings.
The ThinkPad W520 has a number of software vendors who have certified the W520, including Autodesk (AutoCAD and Inventor), Dassault (SolidWorks and CATIA), PTC (Pro/ENGINEER and CoCreate), and Siemens (Solid Edge and NX). Although we did not test all of these certifications, the fact that the W520 is certified for these applications strongly indicates that it lives up to its claim as a mobile workstation. I did, however, run SolidWorks 2011 and Inventor 2011 on the ThinkPad W520, and was quite impressed by the levels of performance with larger assemblies, simulations, animations, and rendering. Overall, performance was
Portability and Power
The ThinkPad W520 starts at $1299 and the system we received nicely configured was $2539. This is roughly in line with competing systems and should not be a detriment for those of you shopping for a mobile workstation that is truly mobile, as well as having capabilities for MCAD applications. Battery life also makes it suitable for field work untethered to AC for extended periods of time.
Is the Lenovo ThinkPad W520 perfect? Not exactly, but as a mobile workstation for a wide range of MCAD users, it's very capable, truly portable, and an overall good value.
Lenovo ThinkPad W520 Notebook
Class: Mobile Workstation
Pluses: Performance, great display brightness and color; build quality; runs relatively cool
Cons: Large, heavy AC adapter; layout and position of some keys
Price (as supplied): $2539. Pricing starts at $1299 for the W520.
Overall Grade: A-
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|2010-06-21, 03:53
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9S <Nine S> <ナインエス>
Okay, this is some information about a light novel series known as 9S, which stands for:
The Security System that Seals the Savage Science Smartly by its Supreme Sagacity and Strength
Story Synopsis:
The world of 9S is something like Type-moon's Tsukihime, and Metal Gear Solid, with plenty of Full Metal Panic, put together in a rather original way, I think. The story is set in an age of science, but not in too distant a future. The Mad Scientist, Crazed Genious or whatever you want to call him, Mineshima Yujiro, has dissapeared several years previous to the where the story begins. The inheritance he left behind, the technology and object he had created, were given the codename Legacy, and are highly sought after by government agencies and terrorists, for reasons both good, and...not so pleasant. One of these 'objects' he left behind, was his daughter, imparted with a mental calculating capacity that dwarfs supercomputers, combined with her physical body, which makes for a devastating combonation.
-Touma is an outcast member of an ancient family, who have refined their destructive impulses into a weapon. However because such a personality would not fit in society they developed a masking personality which hides their killing impulse. Touma awakened to his killing impulse due to training from his father years ago and struggles to suppress his other personality
-Mineshima Yu is the daughter of Mineshima Yujiro. Kept under constant surveillance by ADEM, an anti-terrorist force dedicated to keeping guard over 'Legacy,' she has never been outside since her father disappeared, and she was taken captive.
In Volume 1, Touma is the only one to escape during a terrorist attack, and is taken to ADEM's headquarters, and there meets Yu. ADEM forms a reconaissance mission, and the novel takes off. Touma struggles with his families bloodline, and the task he needs to complete, while Yu is simply thankful for the opportunity to see the outside world for the first time in over 10 years. Together it's a race against time to stop the terrorists, and regain control of the "Legacy," which is made more complicated when the leader of the opposition is...
I also wanted to say that according to a pretty thourough check, there seems to be no english publication or translation, so I'm opening the doors to free translation. What this means, is that if you want to actually read this novel, like most novels, all you need to do is check out:
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|2010-06-21, 05:45
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I read up to volume nine.
It is interesting with a lot of action packed fights and WTF revelations which completely steers the plot into left field in an interesting way.
The super weapons are completely mind boggling and the villains are also "Special" in many ways through out the series.
|2010-06-21, 12:53
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The only qualm about this series I had was that the illustrator changed for the latest volume, which has aboslutely nothing to do with the content itself; therefore, I'm definitely supporting this translation.
Plot wise, I first thought this is just really action packed and gore, but the Heaven's Gate arc show these guys can be really creative too. Character wise Yuu is freaking win and awesome, her interactions with Maya are all sorts of hilarity, then there she and Touma~~~<3. I think if you like Ghost in the Shell you would like this, same if you disliked GiTS.
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after reading 10 vol and the side story i have to say it has an excellent plot. sure they did have to change the illustrator in the latest volume but thats no big deal. and the fact that the main character fights like Shiki Nanaya might feel like a rip off for some but the plot is very original.
|2010-06-23, 08:53
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Just wanted to say thanks to the two previous posters, I'm really looking forward to continue reading the series myself ^_^
Also, 12% of chapter 1 has been uploaded, for any who are interested in checking it out.
|2010-07-06, 15:03
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Wow, didn't noticed there is a thread for 9S! Thanks for making one. Its really hard to search for it in any search engine with its name. Didn't expect to find this when i was googling Mineshima Yuu for fun xD.
This is in fact my favourite light novel among all that i have read so far. I love the character settings and how they interacts. Story and plot setting wise, the authors really did well in setting the stories and the Legacy related stuffs. There are many things that people normally wouldn't expect or think that detailed.
Spoiler for Legacy that I really love but might spoil:
|2010-07-07, 01:24
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Oh man would be so epic if 9S gets an anime. Kinda bummed lately there haven't been that many bloody series.
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I would love it if 9S gets an anime. But somehow I doesn't want it to be animated too... its been intriguing within my head. As almost all light novel adapted anime would have to cut off and summarize the story within limited episodes.
I enjoyed almost every single moment of 9S and its kinda hard to imagine how much content will be removed. (Btw, 9S is also the thickest light novel I ever had xD). Maybe it would be better if it was adapted into OVA or movie...?
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I heard that there's a drama CD version of this one. I check in the Japanese wiki that the male lead is voiced by Akira Ishida.
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similar scholarship offers. Biochemistry BS, interested in pursuing IP. KU ranked higher but STL area is more prominent in biotech. If i pick SLU I'm aware I'll be competing with WUSTL grads. Are the difference in rankings large enough to be a significant factor in my decision? Thoughts/ other factors I should consider? Thanks guys
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First off please realize advice from anonymous internet posters on boards such as this mine included should be taken with a major grain of salt.
With that said I have gone through law school and can tell you some very important things to consider when choosing a law school and one of the LEAST important considerations is what "U.S. News" a for profit-unregulated magazine thinks.
In my opinion these are the factors any 0L should consider in this order. (1) Location (2) Cost (3) Personal Feeling about the school (4) Understanding the reality of legal education (5) Last AND Least U.S. News Ranking. I will analyze why this factors are important below.
1) Location:
This is far and away the most important factor when choosing a law school. Whether you attend law school in Lawrence Kansas or St. Louis, Missouri will change your life. You will spend a minimum of three years in either of these places and make friends, get an apartment, find restaurants, likely enter into a romantic relationship, etc. On top of that if you go to law school in Kasnas you will likely take the Kansas bar if you go to school in Missouri you will take the Missouri Bar so your career will be in that state. On top of that if you attend law school in Kansas 9 months of the year you will be located in Kansas and only able to do internships in Kansas so all your legal connections will be in Kansas.
I have never been to either Lawrence or St. Louis, but I am guessing Kansas is much more of a college town and St. Louis is a bigger city, which will make for a different experience over three years. Just really understand the importance of location in this decision you may also want to consider any personal connections you have if your from Kansas leaving your friends, family, etc during law school will be tough.
I also emphasize that while law school is difficult you will still have free-time so live in a location that suits you.
2. Cost & Scholarship Offers
Next thing to consider is cost whatever school you attend you will leave and whether you attended Harvard or Cooley the creditors will want their money make this number as small as possible. With that there are two factors to consider in your decision.
A) Scholarship conditions
I noticed you stated you had "similar" scholarships at both schools, but pay attention to the CONDITIONS of the scholarship. Typically it will say something along the lines of maintaining a 3.0 GPA. As a 0L this sounds like a piece of cake, but typically schools require you to be in the top 35% of the class you have a 3.0 GPA that is the "curve" you will hear so much about. The reality is everyone at an ABA school is smart, hard working, and motivated and 100% of them are sure they will be in the top 35%, but 65% won't be, which means there is a 65% chance you will lose your scholarship for years 2 & 3.
Every schools conditions differ, but ASK what they are and negotiate for better terms this NY times article does a better job explaining the scholarship conditions than I can
B) Tuition differences between KU & STL
I noticed that Kansas offers in-state tutiion of 15k per year. I don't know if you have residency or can obtain it, but this will be significant savings with or without the scholarship over STL, which charges 35k per year. That is a savings of 60k over three years in tuition so if you can obtain in-state tuition and you don't mind living in Kansas that may be the better option.
3) Personal Feeling About the School
When I was a OL I visited many schools and as a law student I participated in mock trial competitions. I can tell you some schools I liked others I hated, but that was my opinion. It is very possible you will like what I hated and love what I hated. To determine YOUR personal feelings I highly encourage you to visit both campuses, interact with students, talk to professors, admins, etc. You will get a gut feeling about each and maybe you will like both schools equally, but you may also hate one and love the other, but really listen to that gut feeling where you attend law school is three years of YOUR life, $100,000 of YOUR money, and YOUR legal career and don't let a magazine or anonymous internet poster overrule your gut feeling.
4) Reality of Legal Education
The realty is what you learn at an ABA school is pretty much identical. Your first year will consist of torts, civil procedure, property, contracts, and criminal law. In these courses you will read Supreme Court cases and they do write separate opinions for different schools. You will read Palsgraff in Torts for proximate cause, Pennoyer v. Neff in civ pro to learn about notice etc .
You might have a few electives here and there, but the majority of your legal education will be identical no matter where you go. As for your IP courses I know in the Bay Area where IP is everything schools over a few IP courses, but realistically you can only take 4-5 specialized law school courses based on availability, scheduling, etc.
On top of that you can't really know what you want to do until you start law school. I honestly though IP was what I wanted when I started, but after the one course I dropped it and really liked trial advocacy, which all schools offer.
Bottom line is at any ABA school you will learn the same thing.
5) U.S. News Ranking
You are making the common mistake that many 0L's myself included make by basing a life altering decision on a magazine. It is very important to realize that U.S. News is a for-profit, unregulated, magazine offering an opinion. Furthermore, their opinion changes from year to year
As you can see from 2009 until 2013 Kansas has gone from 65 to 86th and if you had been a 1L in 2009 you would have been attending the 65th best school, but somehow by the time you graduated in 2012 it became the 86th best. There is no rhyme or reason for this and review this chart to see how drastically schools change from year to year
. You can see Depaul is 80th then in the 90s, then back to 80's and this year in the 100's nothing has changed there over the last few years.
To further illustrate this point U.S. News ranks more than law schools New Mexico is the best place to live
. Are you going to move there because U.S. News says so? I imagine not surely there is something good about New Mexico, but I would not alter my life because U.S. News says New Mexico is a great place to live. Similarly I would recommend not making the life altering decision on where to attend law school based on this magazine.
You can certainly use it as a tiebreaker and if you were debating Harvard or St. Louis then it might be a different story, but truly nobody cares about the ranking difference between the 65th or 80th best school especially since it is very possibly St. Louis could be ranked higher than Kansas by the time you graduate.
I cannot possibly tell you what is best and neither can anyone else on this board. However, your main question is the difference in rank worth it I really do not think so. Really consider the location, cost, and your personal feelings about each school. It will be a life altering decision and some magazine writers in Pennsylvania should not be the basis of it.
Congrats on getting into law school and good luck in your legal career.
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EPA Releases Reports from Air Toxics Monitoring Near Four Schools in Alabama
Release Date: 07/07/2011
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(ATLANTA –July 7, 2011) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made available its analysis of air monitoring data collected near four schools in Alabama as part of a national initiative to evaluate levels of toxic pollutants in the outdoor air at schools.
Air samples and meteorological data were collected at the Riggins School, North Birmingham Elementary School, and Lewis Elementary School in Birmingham, and at Tarrant Elementary in Tarrant. The data were collected as part of a short-term screening study of toxic air pollutants outside the schools.
At Tarrant Elementary, concentrations of benzene, arsenic, lead, and benzo(a)pyrene were found to be below levels of concern. As a result, the air toxics monitoring study will not be extended at this school.
Average pollutant concentrations measured in the short-term study at the Birmingham schools were also below the health-based comparison levels. However, due to inconclusive findings related to potential long-term concentrations of benzene at the Riggins monitoring site and manganese at the Lewis site, EPA and the Jefferson County Department of Health (JCDH) have determined that additional monitoring is needed. Monitoring will be conducted for one year at four locations in the community. The additional year of data will help EPA and JCDH better define levels of pollutants in the air and assess whether the pollutants, when considered as a mixture, pose a health concern for people in the community. This study will measure concentrations of multiple air toxics in the North Birmingham area, including the Fairmont, Harriman Park, Collegeville, and North Birmingham communities. The additional monitoring began in June.
EPA has monitored outdoor air quality at 65 schools in 22 states and two tribal areas. Outdoor air at each of the schools was monitored for a minimum of 10 daily samples over at least 60 days. Initial monitoring at all the schools has been completed. Reports are being written as the data are analyzed. EPA has posted data collected at each school on its website at www.epa.gov/schoolair.
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Alternative Amusement: The Quirkiest Theme Parks In The U.S.
Yes, dear readers, that is indeed a garlic carnival ride, just one of the many wonders to be found in our nation's lesser-known theme parks. Why go to Disneyland like everyone else when you can hit Mukluk Land this summer?
Here are a few of the more unusual theme parks that our great nation has to offer:
- Gilroy Gardens, Gilroy, CA: I was intrigued when my doctor said he was taking his daughter to "a vegetable-themed amusement park" — we agreed it sounded fun and weird. After reading SF Gate's review of the park, it seems we should have added "enchanting".
- Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, TN: Oh, how I long to go to Dollywood. I love Dolly Parton's music, her autobiography, her cookbook, and her whole Dollyness. NPR makes Dollywood seem even better than I imagined, and I'm so happy that somewhere in the world there's a sign that says, "Management is not responsible for any sudden urges to wear rhinestones and flashy clothes."
- Mukluk Land, Tok, AK: Gold-panning ("guaranteed genuine gold!"), skee-ball, "large Alaska cabbage", and a giant Mukluk can all be found at Mukluk Land. I do really like cabbage..
- Hemingway Home and Museum, Key West, FL: Love literature and cats? There's finally a place just for you! Hemingway Home and Museum is home to between 40-50 six-toed cats, many of them descendants of Ernest Hemingway's cat, Snowball.
- Creation Museum, Petersburg, KY: And now we enter the religious portion of the tour, starting with the Creation Museum. BuzzFeed called it "70,000 square feet of evolution-denying good times".
- Holy Land Experience, Orlando, FL: That photo pretty much sums it up, right? With proper scheduling, you could hit Disney World and the Mother Nature Network-"recommended" Wilderness Tabernacle in the same day. This concludes the religious portion of the tour.
- Dig This, Las Vegas, NV: The UK has four Diggerlands, so earth-moving machine fanatics should probably head on over there eventually, but for now there's Dig This. I think they're pretty spot-on when they say, "You know you've always wanted to play on the huge equipment you see on construction sites."
I know there's some I've missed, and I wonder if some of the most interesting theme parks don't even have a website — that's where you come in! I want to hear about your favorite weird amusement parks, and if you've visited any of the parks above, I definitely want to hear all about it.
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Two arraigned in Norwalk murder
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STAMFORD -- Two men accused of killing a man driving a scooter while also shooting his passenger in the back in East Norwalk two weeks ago, were arraigned on murder charges Tuesday.
Kyle Freitag, 21, of Seaview Avenue, Bridgeport, and Terrence Baxter, 22, of 44 Bayview St., Norwalk, appeared for brief hearings at state Superior Court in Stamford as their attorneys weighed whether or not they should ask for a probable cause hearing to determine if police had enough evidence to charge them with murder.
According to numerous police reports contained in their case files, Freitag, a former Norwalk resident, told police he shot at the passenger on the scooter on Oct. 30 because he believed the man was about to shoot at him.
Freitag said he was a passenger in his Dodge Caravan at 4:30 p.m., headed to get some carpentry tools.
As the van was driving south on Fort Point Street, Freitag said he spotted Bancroft Daley on the back of the scooter; he then saw Daley pulling a hoodie over his head and reaching into his waistband, a police report said.
Freitag told police he had to "take control" of the situation and fired his gun twice, saying he was acting in self defense, the police report said.
At least one witness heard two pops and saw the scooter drive onto a curb and flip over. The scooter driver, Dajon Johnson, 19, was found unresponsive and bleeding from the head, neck and mouth. He was pronounced dead at the hospital after his arrival, the police report said.
Daley, 18, who had been shot in the back, said he saw Freitag, known on the street as "K9," pull up in the Dodge Caravan, pull a gun and fire at him and Johnson, the police report said.
State Police pulled over Freitag and Baxter, who was driving the minivan, at Exit 18 off Interstate 95 in Westport.
Freitag told police where to find the gun, a black revolver with a brown handle that was under the passenger seat with two spent shell casings in the cylinder, police said.
"I shot that (expletive deleted)" Freitag allegedly told police at the highway exit.
Daley and Johnson are known members of the Rolling 20s MG gang and Freitag believes that the gang has killed his close friends Joseph Bateman, 20, in February and Amos "A.J." Brown, 18, in August 2010, police reports said. The homicides remain unsolved.
Brown was arrested for the murder of Tykwan Hunt, 16, of Bridgeport, in January 2008. He was acquitted of the charge after his public defender Howard Ehring convinced a jury Brown stabbed Hunt in self defense.
"Freitag says he lives in constant fear that he will be killed by this gang of people," a police report said.
After Tuesday's hearing, Ehring, who is now defending Freitag said, "This has been an ongoing disagreement for a number of years now since the Tykwan Hunt, A.J. Brown tragedy. I think there has been threats going back and fourth. I think some people have suffered physical damage, property damage. There have been allegations of shots being fired at individuals. It is a tragic thing with young people taking justice into their own hands. Unfortunately some of these things are coming to an end in the deaths of these young kids and the prosecution of others."
Baxter's attorney, Frank DiScala, said there was nothing in the police reports that indicated his client did anything to hasten Johnson's death and the meeting of the four appeared to be totally random.
The two, who are being held on more than $900,000 bond, are to return to court Dec. 14.


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A food allergy is the body's immune system reacting abnormally to food or drink consumed. The FARE (Food Allergy Research and Education) estimates that 15 million Americans suffer from allergic reactions to food or drink and one out of every thirteen children in the U.S. live with food allergies. These allergies affect the skin, respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract or cardiovascular systems. There are some foods which trigger reactions stronger than others. Also when on a diet routine you should find out all the needed information so that you can learn how to lose weight successfully while being safe. Below are eight of those foods you should be aware of :
* Eggs
* Wheat
* Soy
* Cow milk
* Shellfish
* Peanuts
* Fish
* Tree nuts
Reactions caused by allergies
The reactions one suffers vary from mild to severe. They may also be immediate upon consumption or take several hours to develop. An immune system can react to a small amount of allergen and can often be life threatening. Reactions to the respiratory system can be especially dangerous. People who suffer from asthma have an even greater risk of a fatal allergic reaction to food. Mild symptoms may include:
* Stuffy or runny nose
* Rash
* Stomach cramps
* Diarrhea
* Itchy, watery eyes
* Sneezing
* Swelling
Severe symptoms may include:
* Hives
* Dizziness or faintness
* Vomiting or nausea
* Difficulty breathing
* Swelling of lips, tongue or throat
Allergic reactions to eggs
Children are more susceptible to egg allergies. While some may outgrow the allergy others remain allergic to eggs their entire life. There are some who are only allergic to the yolk, some only to the whites and some to both. There is a certain protein in eggs that cause these reactions.
Allergic reaction to peanuts
One allergy that children seldom outgrow is one to peanuts. This allergy usually becomes a lifelong disorder and can be potentially dangerous. Peanuts are a common ingredient used in many snack foods, oils, candies and more and make the potential risk of coming into contact with them that much more likely. Anaphylaxis (restricted breathing) is rare; but can be a result of a person who is allergic to peanuts coming into contact with them. This possible reaction requires one who is severely allergic to carry an EpiPen with them at all times to administer a shot of epinephrine if a reaction starts to occur. If the EpiPen is necessary, the person should be watched for several hours to make sure reaction symptoms don't return.
Allergic reaction to milk
Whey or casein is a protein found in cow's milk and is responsible for many allergic reactions. This is different than lactose intolerance. Studies have found children who develop a reaction to cow milk are much more likely to develop allergies to; soy, peanuts and eggs. They have also been found to develop other diseases such as; eczema, asthma or allergic rhinitis.
How allergies are diagnosed
Depending on how severe one's reactions are will determine the diagnosis. If the symptoms are mild then the doctor will probably recommend a food diary be kept to list all foods consumed to find which one is causing the reaction. If the symptoms are severe; skin or blood tests may be needed to find which one is causing the reaction.
Avoidance is the best practice once a food source for reactions is identified. When purchasing food from restaurants or grocery stores you will need to be aware of all ingredients used. Mild symptoms may respond to over-the-counter antihistamines; while more severe may respond to steroid medications, but these could also cause serious side-effects.
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With the Xeon 7600 line, Intel is finally using the 'R' word: RISC. It's targeting the mission-critical market dominated by Sun SPARC and IBM Power with the new chips, a first. Can the Xeon E7 processor deliver Intel's final blow to the RISC market, which includes its own Itanium?


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Real-Life Mother Goose
By: Legacy Staff
6 years ago
Lynn "MotherGoose" Shenefield was a professional storyteller who waddled around Florida for over 24 years telling stories, singing songs, and imparting gentle life lessons to children and adults, according to the obit her family placed in the Orlando Sentinel.
Her eclectic style was evident in her colorful, elegant costumes and her amazing sense of humor and whimsy. She proudly worked for the Orange County Library System where she encouraged learning language and literacy while she created a fun atmosphere for children to learn listening and social skills.
Mother Goose, a.k.a. Shenefield, who died of complications from breast cancer Jan. 24 at age 62, suggested this as her final epitaph: "Tell them that the Goose has been cooked."
The obituary ends with: Her friends and family love and miss her and even though her earthly chapter has ended we know a new one has begun. To be continued......
Orlando Sentinel reporter Ludmila Lelis expanded Shenefield's story in the form of a news obituary and explained how the former massage therapist became Central Florida's Mother Goose.
In 1988, she was injured in a terrible car accident and stopped working as a massage therapist, Lelis wrote. While recovering, she attended a storytelling event at the Oviedo library and was entranced.
She became a professional storyteller and fulfilled a lifelong desire to travel and meet people.
Children came to know her as the real Mother Goose and she had 36 costumes to play up her flamboyant persona. "She'd walked into the room, with these great hats, big hoop skirt and big earrings and necklaces," her daughter said. "She was very striking, very colorful."
This post was contributed by Alana Baranick, a freelance obituary writer. She was the director of the Society of Professional Obituary Writers and chief author of Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers before she passed away in 2015.


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'Melo leads Knicks into battle with Durant, Thunder
Kevin Durant has won the scoring title in each of the past three seasons. His reign at the top is being challenged by Carmelo Anthony.
The two scoring artists clash Sunday afternoon with the New York Knicks taking their season high 11-game winning streak to Oklahoma City for a battle with the Thunder.
Anthony has scored 40-plus points in each of the previous three games, averaging 43.7 points per game in that span, and is second in the NBA with 28.3 ppg. Durant is slightly ahead with 28.4 ppg. Anthony leads the league with eight 40-point games this season and is the first Knick to score at least 40 points in three straight games since Bernard King in 1984-85.
"It's a great class to be a part of," Anthony said. "It's a great honor."
New York has been riding Anthony all season and used his 41 points on 17-of-28 shooting in Friday's 101-83 win versus the Milwaukee Bucks. He also grabbed 14 rebounds and J.R. Smith had another solid game off the bench, registering 30 points and 10 boards. Smith has scored 30 or more points four times in the past seven tries.
But Anthony's deluge has been something special.
"Right now I am in one of those zones. As a team we are in a real good place, a real positive place," said Anthony, who's first in the NBA with 9.0 ppg in the first quarter. "The energy is good on and off the court. Our confidence is growing each day. The best thing is we get to focus on the game we are in."
The Knicks haven't lost since March 17 at the L.A. Clippers and will put their five-game road winning streak to the test. New York is 21-16 on the road and owns a 5 1/2-game lead over Brooklyn for the Atlantic Division lead. The Knicks are second in the East standings, two games ahead of Indiana.
The last time the Knicks won 50 games in a season was 1999-00 (50-32). New York won 12 games in a row during a 15-game run in 1993-94 and is averaging 102.7 ppg during the recent win streak. It has been just as tough on defense in the previous 11 games, holding opponents to 89.7 ppg.
Knicks center Marcus Camby (foot) and forward Kenyon Martin (knee) are doubtful for Sunday's game.
Oklahoma City is in a battle with the San Antonio Spurs for the West's top seed and is just one-half game off the pace.
The Thunder have won three in a row and six of seven games, including Friday's 97-75 victory over the Pacers. Durant scored 34 points and Russell Westbrook delivered 24 for Oklahoma City, which holds the tiebreaker with the Spurs for the top seed and is 3 1/2 games ahead of Denver for the Northwest lead.
"We just want to continue to play good basketball and hopefully we continue to do that. It's a great opportunity for us," OKC coach Scott Brooks said of possibly getting the top seed.
Durant has scored 20-plus points in each of the last 14 games for an OKC team that has won three in a row at home and is 33-5 as the host. The Thunder are third in the NBA with 105.8 ppg.
After the Thunder entertain the Knicks, they will play three straight on the road against Utah, Golden State and Portland. Oklahoma City recently defeated New York, 95-94, on March 7 as Durant's go-ahead free throws in the fourth quarter sealed the deal.
Oklahoma City has won three straight and nine of the last 11 meetings with New York and is unbeaten in the previous five encounters as the host.


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David Moyes was furious after another late goal saw his team slip to a 2-1 defeat away to Norwich at the weekend, and left the Toffees without a win in their last four outings.
The fiery Scotsman will be desperate to see his side get back to winning ways on Sunday, when they are overwhelming 1/6 (1.17) favourites with Paddy Power to ease past their League One opponents.
In contrast, the Latics are currently enjoying the longest winning streak of their league season, and may fancy their chances of causing what would be a huge upset at odds of 14/1 (15.00).
With 13 stalemates in 32 games this season, the Toffees have earned themselves an unwanted reputation as draw specialists, and you can get odds of 13/2 (7.50) on this match finishing all square.
The Merseysiders' main downfall in an otherwise promising campaign has been a lack of defensive rigour, which has seen them keep just five clean sheets in 32 competitive matches.
This generosity at the back is sure to be tested by a visiting side that have hit the back of the net in each of their last six games, and usually reserve their most prolific performances for the cup.
With 13 goals in five cup ties under their belt, Oldham will be confident of getting on the scoresheet at Goodison Park, but are unlikely to become the fifth team to keep out their Premier League opponents in 32 games this year.
A bet on both teams to score would have paid out in 23 of the hosts' last 26 games, and is therefore great value at odds of 11/10 (2.10).
Great things were expected of Jose Baxter when he became Everton's youngest ever player five years ago, but the 21-year-old never quite managed to live up to his potential for his boyhood club.
Despite this, he is now leading the goal-scoring charts for Oldham and attracting attention from several bigger clubs. The former England youth international will be eager to impress back on his old stomping ground, and is well worth backing at odds of 10/3 (4.33) to score anytime.
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Despite a record crop of navel oranges looming on the horizon for 2007-2008, leaders at Sunkist Growers were upbeat about profit prospects for 6,000 grower members at the cooperative's 114th annual meeting recently in Visalia.
The official projection for the 2007-2008 U.S. navel crop was revised upward by 10 million cartons to 95 million cartons. If realized that projection would be a new record.
Sunkist President Tim Lindgren said the cooperative is well poised logistically, operationally and in the marketplace to move the large volume for California and Arizona growers, in large part due to efficiencies and consolidations the company has implemented in the last year.
Lindgren said that the freeze year of 2006-2007 coincided with a "top-to-bottom review" of Sunkist operations from its citrus juice and oils business to its sales and marketing and research and technology divisions that have made the cooperative more efficient and effective and helped improve returns to growers.
Operational restructuring will simplify the sales process, generate additional revenue, create opportunities to improve efficiency, and invigorate the Sunkist brand through its global licensing business, he said. Already, realignments have helped the cooperative reduce expenses by 22 percent this year, while at the same time selectively gaining volume.
Lindgren said Sunkist has set a goal of adding 2,000 acres of citrus annually to fit strategically into the cooperative's marketing programs and easily hit that mark last year.
Despite last year's freeze, Nicholas Bozick, Sunkist chairman and grower with Richard Bagdasarian Inc. in Mecca, Calif., said last year in fact proved to be a banner year for those Sunkist growers who had marketable fruit remaining on the trees.
"Last season's results, which could have been disastrous for most, were instead, excellent for many," Bozick said. "Growers with harvestable fruit enjoyed very good returns."
He credited Sunkist staff and directors with leading the industry through a unique and challenging year.
"As a company, we faced unique challenges the last few years and operated under very difficult circumstances and I'll be the first to admit that it wasn't easy," Bozick said.
In the end, with the help of Mother Nature and industry leadership, most growers fared well, he said.
Bozick said an unexpectedly large volume of marketable fruit remained on trees after the freeze and the growing, packing and distribution chain did a good job keeping low quality fruit out of the marketplace to bolster strong market support for remaining fruit in both fresh and juice channels.
Even though 70 percent of the state's navel crop was still on trees when the freeze struck in January, Sunkist ended up shipping roughly 60 percent of the prior year's navel volume and generated about 87 percent of the same year's revenue.
"The industry worked together to get quality fruit in the hands of consumers and keep fruit in the system to properly pace the distribution of quality fruit to market," Lindgren said. "We walked a fine line to maximize returns to our growers and maintain long-term relationships we have in the marketplace."
Lindgren said 2006-2007 sales approached $1 billion despite the freeze, and member growers enjoyed strong returns. As a result, Sunkist growers saw their fresh fruit assessments for 2007-2008 reduced to 55 cents per carton, a 19-percent drop from last year and the lowest assessment in several seasons. Growers in 2007 received a 5-cent refund and Lindgren announced there would be no 13th assessment in 2007-2008.
Lemon growers in particular had a strong year last year with strong demand and record revenues for their crop. The cooperative shipped 3 million fewer cartons of lemons in 2007 but still generated revenues of $380 million, topping the previous record by about 11 percent. Lemon growers were also helped by anti-dumping action against companies in Argentina and Mexico, resulting in a suspension agreement by the U.S. Department of Commerce that set competitive price floors for South American lemon juice.
Lindgren said the freeze year provided a challenge and an opportunity to Sunkist's Citrus Juice and Oils Division, which suddenly found itself operating 24/7 to handle a record tonnage of post-freeze fruit.
"The post-freeze navel processing tonnage surpassed the record set the previous year and achieved the best pay price in five years," Lindgren said.
Sunkist embarked on a major consolidation of its juice processing plants last year, closing its lemon processing unit in Ontario and moving it to Sunkist's facility in Tipton, which has traditionally handled oranges and tangerines. The efficiencies and economies of scale of the consolidation, which will be financed through land sales of the Ontario property, will pay for itself several times over, Lindgren said.
The division's new Vice President Ted Leaman expects the move will increase capacity 15 percent during heavy production years and provide overhead savings in lean years.
Sunkist is also on-track to become the nation's largest supplier of citrus bi-products and is exploring technology to convert peels into energy.
"This will allow us to improve our returns while eliminating our waste products in an environmentally friendly way," Lindgren said.
Russ Hanlin Jr., senior vice president of sales and marketing for Sunkist, said the cooperative is creating a more centralized and strategic model for its sales program to satisfy increasingly consolidated buyer demand.
"It will not be 'pick, pack and sell a size at anything-better-than-juice' approach," Hanlin said.
Bozick said the restructuring of Sunkist's businesses during the freeze year has helped provide better service to growers and customers and create efficiencies and cost savings in its operations.
Despite a generally upbeat assessment for 2007-2008, Sunkist officials were cognizant that it has not been an easy road for all citrus growers. Many growers are still trying to recover after having little post-freeze crop to harvest. And Valencia growers were caught between a long 2006-2007 crop and early 2007-2008 crop with more than a million cartons of Valencias never making it to juice markets and both quality and prices down.
One grower in the audience from the Fillmore-Piru area reminded directors that "the wheels have come off the cart" for growers in that area as the size structure in the global market changed and growers, particularly those with older Valencia trees, found themselves with fruit the market did not want.
But judging by the mood and general lack of comment during the question-and-answer session following the business meeting, most Sunkist growers appeared upbeat.
In addition to the business meeting, growers and affiliated attendees reviewed new technologies and services for the citrus industry in the exhibition hall. Several also were photographed with their "Sunkist Smile," posing for the camera with an orange wedge in their grin in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Sunkist brand.
The images, along with photos of licensees, consumers and employees, will be part of a montage of "Sunkist Smiles" photos, culminating with a billboard in New York's Times Square.
"For one day, anyway, we will turn the Big Apple into the Big Orange," said Hanlin.
Hanlin's father, Russ Hanlin Sr., former Sunkist president, was among those spotted posing with a Sunkist Smile at the annual meeting.


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Intelligence Community Villifies Whistleblowers Like Snowden, While Barely Mentioning Actual Spies
from the which-one-is-more-of-a-threat dept
As German notes, Delisle isn't a one-off situation either.
So how come most people have never heard of Jeff Delisle? He is, after all, an admitted Russian spy who compromised US signals intelligence for almost five years before his arrest in 2012 and whose dismissal from the Canadian military was revealed in court last week.
Don't blame Canada; American officials have been strangely silent on the matter. As part of his duties as an analyst assigned to an "intelligence fusion centre", Delisle had access to a top-secret US Defense Intelligence Agency database – part of the intelligence-sharing arrangement among the so-called "Five Eyes", the US, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand. He volunteered his services to Russian intelligence as an embassy walk-in, then used thumb drives to steal classified material that he disseminated to his spymasters through a shared email account. He was prosecuted in Canada, and sentenced to 20 years in prison – 15 fewer than Manning received.
Delisle isn't the only spy you never heard of. Defense Intelligence Agency analyst Ana Montes spied for Cuba for 17 years before her 2001 arrest. Former US Marine Leandro Aragoncillo spied on behalf of the Philippines for five years while serving as an aide to Vice President Cheney and then an FBI analyst, before his 2005 arrest.But we don't really hear about those folks. And, as German points out, they actually caused a lot more damage. And that leads one to the inevitable conclusion. The anger about Snowden and the others has little to do with national security. It's much more about the uncomfortable reality that these whistleblowers are shining a very bright spotlight on questionable policies that were approved of and supported by these politicians:
I think to some extent it goes further. Defenders of the intelligence community understand spies who sell out to other countries. It's part of the espionage game. Whistleblowers, however, they don't understand at all. It makes them uncomfortable in a very different sense. They're used to keeping secrets. The idea of "going public" with something goes against basically their entire life's work. And, even worse, whistleblowers reflect directly back on them in a way that spies selling out to other countries don't. Spies who give information to foreign governments aren't making any kind of comment on those who didn't do that. Whistleblowers, on the other hand, are by default highlighting exactly what the rest of the intelligence community has been doing and the fact that no one else was willing to step up and call out obvious wrongs.
If the US government's crusade against Snowden reflected a genuine concern about leaks that do serious harm to the our nation's security – rather than a public relations response to disclosures about controversial surveillance activities – one would expect to hear the names Delisle, Montes and Aragoncillo brought into the discussion as well. And often.
When spies reveal information to foreign powers, however, there are no angry tirades in Congress – no vote-grabbing tactics – that might draw public attention to this counter-intelligence failure. The silence helps them avoid uncomfortable questions about whether such broad information-sharing was really in our national security interests, or whether our intelligence agencies were negligent.
And that's why they freak out so badly when true whistleblowers come along and treat them worse than actual spies and double agents.


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I am primarily interested in studying how children learn, both in an effort to better understand how the mind works and as a means of improving early education. What mental constraints and mechanisms drive learning? What role do structures in language play? To begin to answer these questions, I am currently focusing on how children learn number words and ultimately develop an understanding of the symbolic number system.


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Alicia Keys' nonprofit to honor Oprah Winfrey
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey is getting a tribute from Alicia Keys.
Keys announced Tuesday that her organization, Keep a Child Alive, will honor Winfrey at its Black Ball event on Nov. 1.
Key says in a statement that the media mogul is "a personal inspiration to me because her philanthropic work truly comes from the heart."
Winfrey's humanitarian efforts include building schools in South Africa.
Keep a Child Alive was founded in 2003. It assists those affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. Keys says this year's Black Ball will pay "special tribute to the empowerment of women -- the heartbeat, soul, and backbone of the AIDS movement."
The ninth annual event will take place at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. Past honorees include former President Bill Clinton, Sir Richard Branson and Bono.
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Glencore to Buy Back Shares as It Swings to a Profit
CEO Glasenberg Signals Possible Interest in Mines BHP is Spinning Off
Glencore PLC said it would buy back $1 billion in shares, underscoring its commitment to returning cash to shareholders rather than spending it on expensive expansion projects.
"Growth for growth's sake isn't for us," said Ivan Glasenberg, the chief executive of the mining and commodities trader. He did, however, signal possible interest in some mining assets that BHP Billitonplans to spin off.


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This site has been prepared as a public service to give you an overview of some of the activities performed in the Property Appraiser's Office and to provide insight into how this office, the various taxing authorities, and you the property owner, interact in the ad valorem tax process.
I hope you find the site helpful, and we are always open to suggestions for improvement.
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150 jobs expected for Time Warner call center at Sheehan site
About 150 jobs are expected to be created over five years at a multimillion-dollar call center that Time Warner Cable plans to build at the former Sheehan Hospital site on Michigan Avenue in Buffalo.
Company and state officials are scheduled to announce the company's expansion today.
The 270,000-square-foot Compass East site at 425 Michigan Ave. had been rumored in recent weeks to be in competition with several other sites on the East Coast. It won the bid for the new call center that will service Time Warner's expanding "Business Class" service.
The facility is expected to open by the end of the year.
"Time Warner's decision to expand and create 150 new jobs in Buffalo is another vote of confidence in Western New York being a haven for businesses to stay and grow," Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement.
The governor called the announcement by Time Warner "a testament to New York's growing reputation as the place to do business."
"Buffalo is a natural choice for our expansion," said Ken Fitzpatrick, the company's east region president for Time Warner Cable Business Class, which services businesses with telephone, Internet, cable television, security and other services. "We have a strong employee team today. There's a terrific local workforce as we add 150 new jobs."
"And our new facility will allow us to deploy the technology and training necessary to provide great service to our customers across the United States," Fitzpatrick said in a statement.
Time Warner employs more than 1,000 people in the Buffalo Niagara region and has more than 10,000 employees statewide.
The New York City-based cable giant is the second-largest cable provider nationally and was the subject of intense lobbying efforts by area leaders at the local, state and national level for the facility, including Cuomo, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Mayor Byron W. Brown and other local officials.
The call center is expected to be built on the first floor of the former hospital.
A source earlier told The Buffalo News that the call center would occupy a "pretty substantial" portion of the building.
The property, which was acquired by McGuire Development Co. last year for $2 million, includes tenants from its parent, McGuire Group, and a pediatric dentistry business.
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From Server Manager click Roles in the Sidebar
As you can see under the Remote Desktop Services Role, Licensing is not installed on the Remote Desktop Session Host machine. You may or may not want to install it on the same machine, but for this walkthrough that's what we will do.
Click "Add Role Services".
Select Remote Desktop Licensing and click Next.
Next click the checkbox for "Configure a discovery scope for this license server".
You will need to select the appropriate scope based on your environment. For most purposes, "This Domain" is selected.
Click Next.
Click Install.
Now that Remote Desktop Services License Server is installed it will need to be activated through the Remote Desktop Licensing Manager console. This can be found by going to Start > Administrative Tools > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Licensing Manager.
From here you will see a red bang on the server. This is because it is not yet activated. To activate, right click the server name and click Activate Server.
A wizard follows asking how you want to activate.
We will be choosing "Automatic connection".
Fill in appropriate information and click Next.
Click Next.
Upon successful activate you are given the option to start to install licenses.
This will need to be done before more than two connections can be made.
Note: RDS CALS can be installed per device or per user as per the type of licenses that were ordered. Correct configuration is important to avoid breaking your license agreement.
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In Memoriam: Margaret Kien
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of long time volunteer Margaret Kien on May 4, at Royal Nursing Home in Falmouth.
Margaret volunteered at the Institution for many years in the Information Office as well as helping out with Institution mailings. She always had a friendly smile on her face and enjoyed interacting with the public. Margaret was passionate about the Institution and the work done here. She regularly attended the weekly Peanut Butter Club presentations until her health declined. She will be sorely missed.
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The point guard has been watching Rajon Rondo closely during his first season in the NBA and picking up tips.
BOSTON – Phil Pressey was actually rooting against himself as the NBA Draft was winding down last June.
The point guard from Missouri didn't want to get picked late in the second round, hoping to avoid landing on a team that might send him overseas or waive him.
Pressey figured he would be better off picking a team to sign with as a free agent so he could know the situation.
There had been talk that the Celtics, in need of depth at point guard, were looking to get Pressey on their roster when the draft was complete.
"About the 48th or 49th (pick), I talked to my agent and he was like, 'It's almost better for you not to get drafted,''' said Pressey. "I knew the Celtics were very interested in me and they didn't have any more picks.
"That was the hardest decision I ever had to make, hear my name called and go to a team that will probably send you overseas or cut you or just wait and go undrafted and go to a team that really wants you.''
No team drafted Pressey and he quickly signed with the Celtics, then made the team in training camp.
Pressey has done more watching than playing this season, but he is picking up valuable experience as an understudy first to Jordan Crawford and now Rajon Rondo.
"It's a good opportunity for me,'' said Pressey, who made his seventh start on Wednesday night when the Celtics lost to the New York Knicks, 116-92. "Me being in this situation the whole year is a great fit for me.
"I got to watch Jordan play early and when Rondo came back I'm doing the same and the little bits and pieces I've been allowed to play. I'm just blessed to be here.''
With Rondo unable to play on back-to-back nights, Pressey got the call against the Knicks and had nine points, five assists and five rebounds in 36 minutes.
Pressey is averaging 14 minutes in 60 games and he has gotten to observe Rondo up close since mid-January.
"The most I've learned from him is leadership on the court, how he manages the game offensively and defensively,'' said Pressey. "When he's on the court, everything is where it needs to be.
"Guys are in their spots. Guys are competing at a high level. His leadership is unmatchable out there. That's probably the biggest thing I've learned.''
Pressey is the son of former NBA player and assistant coach Paul Pressey, who gave him plenty of confidence.
"My dad had the utmost confidence in me from day one,'' said Pressey. "He knew I could play at this level. There was no questions asked.
"Me having him, knowing he has played and coached at this level and him knowing I could play here, that gave me all the confidence I needed. What anybody else said didn't matter.''
Around the rim: The Celtics entertain the Phoenix Suns on Friday night. ... After Rondo had 18 assists on Sunday night, the Celtics failed to reach that total in the last two games. They had 16 at Indiana on Tuesday and 15 against the Knicks. ... Avery Bradley is likely to return from his ankle injury on Friday night. ... The Celtics are 3-3 in the games Rondo has sat out to rest since returning to the lineup on Jan. 17.
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