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|View Poll Results: Toradora! - Episode 5 Rating
|Perfect 10
|9 out of 10 : Excellent
|8 out of 10 : Very Good
|7 out of 10 : Good
|6 out of 10 : Average
|5 out of 10 : Below Average
|4 out of 10 : Poor
|3 out of 10 : Bad
|2 out of 10 : Very Bad
|1 out of 10 : Painful
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|2008-10-30, 18:46
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Its rare I'll say a group is *bad* since they're supposedly doing it for the joy of it all (some clearly aren't though).
When I review subs, I'll generally focus on just describing the translation style and perhaps the fonts and colors chosen. Then people can make their own choices. Its rare anymore to see bad timing or other problems. I'll download everyone who's subbing it tonight during "capless happy hour" and try to review them tomorrow.
UPDATE: the only ones even remotely keeping up with the airings are Paradym and Aero. The others are behind so deferring on their work for now. Aero keeps playing around with their release formats in terms of containers, encodes, and default size --- they are OTOH offering nice compact MP4 files. Paradym's files are a bit large but consistent. I have these two on queue for download and I'll do a comparison of fonts & translations tomorrow since it looks like I'm too sick (bleh, cold virus) to go to class.
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|2008-10-30, 18:47
|Link #43
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 36
Kushieda small scene in this episode is just priceless ^^.
|2008-10-30, 18:58
|Link #44
User of the "Fast Draw"
Though maybe he knows Ryuugi and Taiga are the main characters and thus feels he should leave it to them .
|2008-10-30, 19:23
|Link #45
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Finally decided to give ep 5 a "9" (for the crime of being too short). Nice episode, the relationship webs are growing in a quite interesting mesh.
Minorin's note seemed a bit odd given she's supposedly been cleared up on Taiga's and Ryuuji's relationship but then ... that's Minorin.
|2008-10-30, 19:25
|Link #46
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 32
She is amazing, one of a kind.
Min Min Minorin, yay yay yay!
|2008-10-30, 19:40
|Link #47
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
But not sure I want to torture people...
"When her eyes meet your glance, and you realize you're entranced - that's Minorin!"
oh, ick..... I'll stop now. If I'm further assaulted by the voices in my head, I'll post it in the Minorin thread.
|2008-10-30, 20:06
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I must say, this is the best episode from this series so far and I can't believe how much I am enjoying "watching" Taiga's character right now. I think it fits her all the way and whats more, she doesn't come across as annoying anymore! One thing that was off putting about watching this series at the start was that this might as well have ended up like a clone relationship of Saito x Louise.
Lets just thank god that it didn't happen and instead we are given some delightful stories. Heck, it doesn't even seem like Taiga and Ryu are developing any feelings for each other yet which is already out of prediction. I thought they might have gotten together as an unofficial couple quite early, but it is a good thing that this isn't the case. The attention is still more focused on their first loves which is something I want to see happening.
The introduction of Ami was just as expected...she is an annoying, two face girl but nothing pleases me more than watching Taiga own Ami with her usual character (one which I usually hate watching). Bravo Taiga, I like you just that bit more now
|2008-10-30, 20:54
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Senior Member
By saying Saito x Louise you are not saying bad thing to novel readers you know. It is pretty good pairing actually. Now anime is a totally different matter...
And I hope Ami will start doing what she likes to do - pick up on Taiga, so that that bitch would feel what does it feel when people are mean to you.
Though next episode looks like it will be Taiga's time.
|2008-10-30, 21:37
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Join Date: Apr 2003
It means "Yeah.... NOT!"
In Japanese correct answers are circled "O" and incorrect are crossed out "X" so she motions a circle (maru) then switches to cross (peke).
It takes a bit of getting used to since at least in my school, they would always circle correct answers and put an X through wrong answers.
|2008-10-30, 22:46
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Can someone out there clarify this airhead here?
|2008-10-30, 23:11
|Link #58
Join Date: Nov 2003
Spoiler for Novel-version spoiler:
Spoiler for Anime-version spoiler:
Pick whichever one you like.
Back to the episode-
I am glad JCStaff decided to keep the Taiga's crying scene. Taiga is crying because she is feeling inferior towards Ami.
Ami is the polar opposite of Taiga- Ami is thin, tall, popular with everyone, is a friend with Kitamura, even has a name close to Mercury from Sailor Moon (ie cute)- things that Taiga are not.
This is why Taiga asked Ryuji all those questions. Why does Ami possesses such a horrible personality, yet has all the things Taiga lacks.
JCStaff made this sub context very subtle in the anime, but it is there, and man am I glad.
BTW here is a breakdown of the characters
Ryuji- Fearsome on the outside, kind on the inside
Taiga- Beautiful and wicked on the outside, kind on the inside
Ami- Beautiful and kind on the outside, wicked on the inside (but not evil)
One will notice that personality wise, Taiga and Ami are again polar opposite (there are many cases of character foils in this author;s stories).
Taiga does not try to control her feelings. The feelings that do make it out are neurotic behaviors that frighten everyone. Of course this is more like a habit of her to hide her inner self so that she wouldn't be hurt by others again (spoiler censor).
Ami also has trouble expressing her feelings. But inside of letting her emotions run wide, Ami chooses to hide all her real emotions behind a "natural airhead" front so that people will accept her- an act that Taiga can never brings herself to do.
Which is why when Taiga hears Ami the first time, she instinctively dislike her- Ami is against everything Taiga believes in.
Ryuji is an even stranger case compared to those 2 girls. Ryuji is not beautiful, nor does he needs it; he is very kind and understanding. Something that those 2 lack. Naturally, the 2 girls are drawn to him as such. Maybe, just maybe that they too can become something similar to Ryuji's personality. Then they would not need to put on such acts (whether it's running wild or hiding true emotions) and people will accept them as who they are.
Kitamura probably understands Ryuji's influence as well, so he tries to get Ryuji to know Ami in hopes of such possibility. Kitamura has ran out of ideas.
These three characters make a great character study, I am telling you.
1/Most of the stuff above are just my deductions. They may or may not be true. It is hard to tell.
2/I hope I am not spoiling too much stuff.
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"We deplore the incident that took place at the Algerian chancellery in
The embassy was surrounded by more than 300 Libyans on Sunday who ripped down the Algerian emblem,
Arabic-language daily Ennahar said the Libyan fans also shouted hostile slogans and burned an Algerian flag.
The protest lasted for more than three hours without the intervention of the Libyan security forces, the
"We hope that the appropriate measures are taken, conforming to international conventions, to ensure the protection of our diplomatic and consular missions in this brotherly country," Belani said.
At the stadium in
Independent daily El-Watan blamed the unrest on stadium officials for selling too many tickets and on youths under the influence of drugs, saying 30 people were taken to hospital, some of whom had been attacked with knives. –
More on the
tragedy: Port Said
The Egyptian Football Federation on Tuesday delayed domestic league games indefinitely because police have not given assurances they can secure matches.
The federation's deputy chairman Hassan Farid told The Associated Press that the Interior Ministry has not guaranteed it can safeguard the games, which were scheduled to start in August. The season was delayed several times over the past two months due to protests by die-hard fans and issues related to corporate sponsorships.
Fans are demanding justice for 74 people killed in February when supporters of Al-Masry, in the Mediterranean city of
, stormed the pitch and bleachers where Port
Said 's
Al-Ahly team players and fans were positioned. Stadium lights were shut off and
doors barred shut during the melee, causing a suffocating stampede. Witnesses
said they saw Al-Ahly fans being thrown off bleachers, stabbed and undressed. Cairo
Local rights groups say security forces stood by to punish fans of
most popular team, Al-Ahly, for their high-profile involvement in protests
against the former regime and the transitional military rule. Among 73 people
who have been charged in the incident are nine senior police officers. Egypt
The so-called Ultra supporters of Al-Ahly team have since rallied outside stadiums where friendly cup matches were played without spectators, demanding that those charged are found guilty. They have also stormed the federation's offices in September, firing flares at the building, smashing cars belonging to employees and walking away with trophies to denounce a decision that the league would start in October.
The supporters have also held large-scale marches in
and painted murals of those killed along a major downtown street. Cairo
Federation head Gamal Allam said the Interior Ministry has not provided a written confirmation it can protect league matches.
Ahmed Megahid, a board member of the football federation, said it is ''not responsible for the environment surrounding the matches'' and that security must be provided by the Interior Ministry.
''We will not play based on a verbal vow,'' he told the AP. ''We require a written letter from the Interior Ministry with its approval for the start of the league.''
Police shot and killed two protesters in Suez, Egypt, early Friday, a health official said, the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a soccer stadium killed 74, as sports violence spiraled into a new political crisis for Egypt.
Protesters blame police for failing to control the riot after the soccer game in
. In Port Said ,
thousands demonstrated Thursday in front of the Interior Ministry, which
oversees the police. Demonstrators threw rocks, and police responded with
clouds of tear gas. Hundreds were treated by medics. Cairo
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. Here's
a look at the tragedy from the soccer stadium in Egypt . Port
witnesses said about 3,000 people demonstrated in front of police headquarters
after news spread that one of the victims in the Suez
riot was from their city. Port Said
Police responded with tear gas and then opened fire, witnesses said. Health official Mohammed Lasheen said two men were killed by bullets. Fifteen other protesters were wounded, he said.
The deaths of 74 people Wednesday night in a post-match stadium riot in the Mediterranean city of
fueled anger at Port Said 's
ruling military and the already widely distrusted police forces. Many in the
public and in the newly elected parliament blamed the leadership for letting it
happen - whether from a lack of control or, as some alleged, on purpose. Egypt
Survivors of the riot described a nightmarish scene in the stadium. Police stood by doing nothing, they said, as fans of the winning home team, Al-Masry, attacked supporters of the top
club, Al-Ahly, stabbing them and throwing them off bleachers. Cairo
A narrow exit corridor turned into a death trap as crowds of fans fled into it, only to be crushed against a locked gate as their rivals attacked them from behind.
A network of zealous Al-Ahly soccer fans known as Ultras vowed vengeance, accusing the police of intentionally letting rivals attack them because they have been among the most aggressive of
revolutionaries. Ultras were at the forefront of the anti-government uprising -
first against toppled leader Hosni Mubarak a year ago and now against the
military that took his place in power. Egypt
''Either they will die or we will die,'' one Ultra said, referring to the police, as he joined a march by some 10,000 people on the
headquarters of the Interior Ministry, which oversees the security forces. He
would only give his first name, Islam, for fear of reprisal by police. Cairo
The march turned into a call for the ruling military council of generals, led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, to surrender power.
''Say it out loud, the council must leave!'' the marchers chanted, shouting to people in residential buildings along the way. ''Get down from your balconies, Tantawi killed your children!''
The military has faced protests for months led by secular and liberal youth groups demanding an end to its rule - and the soccer riot added to criticism that the generals have mismanaged the transition from Mubarak's rule. Opponents accuse the generals of being as autocratic as the ousted president and of preserving much of his regime. They say elements in the police and former regime figures have been working behind the scenes to undermine the revolution and prevent real change.
''We dreamed of change. They fooled us and brought us a field marshal instead,'' protesters chanted Thursday as they reached the Interior Ministry, near
Tahrir Square.
Some called for the execution of the military rulers. Many raised flags of the
Al-Ahly club and Zamalek, another top
team with its own group of Ultras. Cairo
The crowds approached the ministry from multiple sides. Some tried to dismantle walls of large concrete blocks that had been erected on streets leading to the ministry after November clashes. Others tore away barbed wire barriers.
Protesters hurled stones at lines of riot police, who responded with heavy barrages of tear gas that sent the crowd scattering, some passing out and falling. Protesters set tires on fire, sending up black smoke as motorcyclists ferried away the injured. One young man who climbed atop a traffic light waving a flag was unmoved even as he was engulfed in a cloud of gas.
''We are just across the street from the ministry,'' said one protester, Taha Mahfouz, wearing a helmet and waving a club that he had taken from riot police. ''They can't protect their own stuff. How can they protect the country?''
The Health Ministry said 388 protesters were injured, most overcome by gas.
In an emergency session of parliament, several lawmakers said the police failure to stop the rioting was intentional, aimed at stoking insecurity since Mubarak's ouster on
11, 2011. The aim, they said, was to create instability to justify
maintaining strict emergency laws.
''This is a complete crime,'' said Abbas Mekhimar, head of parliament's defense committee. ''This is part of the scenario of fueling chaos against
.'' Egypt
More on the
tragedy: Port Said
Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri told parliament he had dissolved the Egyptian Soccer Federation's board and referred its members for questioning by prosecutors about the violence. He also said the governor of
province and the area's police chief have
resigned. Port
Tantawi told reporters Wednesday that the country's transition will not be derailed by the violence.
is going down the path we planned,'' he said. ''We will continue down this path
and we will get through this transition.'' Egypt
Security officials said 47 people were arrested in
. Ismail el-Iskandarani, a researcher with the
private group Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights who was in Port Said,
said 17 of the dead remain unidentified and at least three of those killed were
residents of Port Said, and not Al-Ahly sports fans. Port
The soccer violence - the world's deadliest in 15 years - began when Al-Masry pulled out a surprise 3-1 victory over
's most powerful
club. Al-Masry fans stormed the field, rushing past lines of police to attack
Al-Ahly's Ultras. Al-Ahly,
''I saw death with my own eyes. I saw people take their last breath,'' said Samir Saad, a 27-year old Al-Ahly fan who was stabbed in the leg as he fled into the stands. ''The security opened the doors for Al-Masry fans and closed (them) in our face.''
Others reported Al-Ahly fans being thrown from the stands or jumping to escape. Some said Al-Masry supporters carved the words ''
'' into the bodies of stricken fans. Port
Authorities shut off the stadium lights, plunging it into darkness. In the exit corridor, the fleeing crowd pressed against a chained gate until it broke open.
''Everyone was pushing. Under me were more than three people and I am being pushed. Everyone is pushing trying to breathe,'' said Mahmoud Ibrahim, who was trapped in the corridor. He spoke at
main morgue where many of the dead were taken, including two of his friends. Cairo
There was bad blood between the two teams even before the match, and many were itching for a fight. Early in the game, Ultras raised a banner reading, ''
is a
garbage city and has no men,'' before it was quickly taken down. Port Said
Ultras accused police of failing to do the usual searches for weapons, and witnesses reported fans in the Al-Masry stands had clubs and knives. El-Iskandarani, the rights worker investigating the violence, said witnesses reported that some of those carrying knives were known locally as thugs-for-hire.
Pedro Barny, a Portuguese assistant to Al-Ahly coach Manuel Jose, complained of a lack of security as the tensions mounted during the game.
''The atmosphere was very aggressive. It was very intimidating for our team,'' Barny told Radiotelevisao Portuguesa. ''There were opposition fans walking up and down unchallenged in front of our bench during the game and the police did nothing.''
He said there was a charge across pitch toward the Al-Ahly fans that collided with the players and coaches. ''I ran and ran to get away from it.''
He said he was punched and kicked as he sprinted for the tunnel.
The Ultras are among
rowdiest fans and are proud of their hatred for the police, who were the
backbone of Mubarak's authoritarian rule. During matches, they are known for
their obscenity-laced anti-police songs and chants, which usually go viral on
the Internet, an expression of the hatred many Egyptians feel toward the
security forces. Egypt
The network is highly organized across the country, but they were long apolitical, resenting the police for friction at soccer matches. When the uprising began, the Ultras used their years of experience in clashing with police at stadiums to help defend protesters against attacks by security forces and regime supporters.
After Mubarak's fall, they joined protests against the military, and in November and December, they fought back against troops cracking down on demonstrations in clashes that left dozens dead. Ironically, the revolution has united the Ultra backers of the Al-Ahly and Zamalek clubs, the country's most bitter soccer rivalry.
Ahmad Saqqar, a 22-year-old Ultra wearing a red Al-Ahly shirt, said the Ultras are ''all about resisting police suppression.''
''The military plotted yesterday to take revenge on us,'' he said. ''We know how to respond ... after we recover from our wounds.''


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Sterlington 79, Ferriday 68
There was nothing easy about Sterlington's 79-68 road victory over Ferriday on Tuesday night in the District 2-2A opener for both teams.
Trailing the entire game, the Panthers fell behind by as many as 13 in the third quarter and were staring at a 51-43 deficit entering the final period. Furthermore, Brandon Douglas played the final 12 minutes with four fouls.
Yet somehow, the Panthers found a way to win. Then again, scoring 36 fourth quarter points is a near-foolproof formula in achieving a desired result.
"We were fortunate (Tuesday) night," Sterlington coach Kevin Caballero said. "I'm not going to say we were lucky, but it was a lot closer than the score indicated. It would have been a long ride home from Ferriday in the rain after a loss. It was long enough as it was."
Brandon Douglas scored 19 of his 27 points in the second half and Matt Allred made 9-of-10 free throws in the fourth quarter to finish with 23. Bouncing back from a scoreless first half, Lance Richard buried four 3-pointers to finish with 16. Jaylon Wade provided a spark off the bench with eight points, including a pair of key trifectas in the fourth quarter.
Caballero says the Panthers' experience and challenging pre-district schedule made the difference against Ferriday (5-10).
"We've played a tough schedule and we've played a lot of games on the road," Caballero said. "You could see that it helped us in the third and fourth quarter."
As for the experience factor, Douglas, Allred, Richard and point guard Derek Price have all been fixtures in the starting lineup for the past three years.
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International community needs to ensure emergency support reaches the families and children
Beirut, Rome, Washington DC, 15 March 2013 – As the conflict in Syria enters its third year, the protection and well-being of Syrian children continue to be gravely compromised. Despite the best efforts of local and international organisations, the almost total collapse of critical infrastructure is hindering the delivery of key services. The present situation is exacerbated by the lack of sufficient funding for humanitarian assistance. The Jesuit Refugee Service urges the international community to ensure emergency support reaches the families and children most in need.
The education of nearly all Syrian children, comprising nearly half of the population, has been interrupted in some way by the conflict. In addition to suffering from the trauma of war and the shortages of food and basic services, the well-being of young people is further threatened by a lack of access to education. The resulting risks to the well-being of young Syrians have been clearly detailed in the latest UNICEF report.
"The disruption of education has a negative impact on the well-being of children, affecting their self-esteem, social interaction skills and ability to express themselves. The combination of educational and psychosocial support is crucial to helping children cope with loss and trauma", said JRS Middle East and North Africa Director, Nawras Sammour SJ.
As the level of destruction increases, Syrians are forced to flee to other cities and countries. More and more schools and other public buildings are needed as shelters. In the northern city of Aleppo, for instance, only six percent of children are enrolled in the handful of available schools.
The educational and psychosocial support provided to children in Damascus, Homs and Aleppo in the JRS Syria centres and school-shelters clearly illustrate both the benefits of education and the difficulties of providing it during a crisis. In Aleppo, JRS is directly responsible for four school-shelters in which up to 200 displaced families live. Unable to use the buildings for classrooms, JRS has set up tents in school yards, where children attend classes taught by volunteer teachers.
In many cases such emergency services have been the only education Syrian children have received in nearly two years; in places where regular schools continue to function, supplemental support provided by JRS also serves as an important psychosocial cushion for those traumatised by the conflict.
"The support we provide for children is not only important from an educational perspective, but also because we provide a safe-haven for a few hours a day, taking pressure off parents trying to cope with the realities of conflict. The centres offer routine and stability in the midst of chaos, a place where children can feel safe. In this kind of environment they are able to learn and express themselves better", added Fr Sammour.
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As the region becomes engulfed by the humanitarian crisis arising from Syria's conflict, JRS is responding with emergency relief in the form of blankets, mattresses, winter shoes and clothes, food baskets and hot meals, basic medicine, shelter and educational and psychosocial support. In addition, JRS also provides transport, school-kits, light meals for the children and school materials to some public schools that are struggling to cope under the circumstances.
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The Blueprint: How the Denver Nuggets can reach 50-wins
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- A player cannot simply replicate his numbers when moving from one team to the next by sliding in place of the starter for whom he's been traded. Despite numerous projections from the game's most renowned and well-respected experts, the game of basketball is much too complex for statistically driven forecasts to hold much weight.
- Iguodala's impact in Denver defensively is going to be drastically reduced because of two factors:
- Doug Collins' 76ers were the third-best defense in the league last year. Not all of that was due to Iguodala's presence. Some of it, for sure. But much of it had to do with with Philadelphia's team philosophy on both sides of the court.
- The 76ers' roster was built from the inside-out by a coach who seemingly had much more say in the direction of his team than George Karl does in Denver. For example, Collins refused hiring an advanced analytics specialist until this past September when new team General Manager and 22-year veteran Sixers employee, Tony DeLeo, made it known he intended on doing so. In terms of building Philadelphia's roster before trading for Andrew Bynum, Collins chose Spencer Hawes and one of the most underrated bigs in league history, Elton Brand, as the team's inside foundation. The reasons for this are many, with the main concern being that if a team can't rely on its interior, it can't rely on anything. The Nuggets' roster as currently constructed, especially following the Nene trade, has for all intents and purposes been built from the outside-in. Lawson is the team's engine; as Lawson goes, so goes Denver. Their hyper-fluid motion offense dependent on dribble penetration highlights this fact. Furthermore, the Nuggets cannot rely on their interior at either end of the court. Some of this is due to the unorthodox nature of their play (ie. constant fast-break, pressure defense). But a good portion of it is because the two bigs they deem most suitable to playing that style–JaVale McGee and Kenneth Faried–are as fundamentally flawed on the basketball court (particularly defensively) as you can get. A wing defender, no matter his abilities, will not be able to make up for McGee and Faried's deficiencies inside.
Can this team live up to the lofty expectations members of the national media have bestowed upon it? What players work with Iguodala? How can each individual player actually produce what's being predicted for them? And will it all add up to over 50-wins?
How the Denver Nuggets can win 50+ games:
To get the requisite production you're accustomed to from Andre Iguodala you need to surround him with players similar to those that made him so effective — in terms of both skill-set and production. Because if there is one absolute truism it's that Iggy is not LeBron James. Andre Iguodala can't go anywhere and win games for you like the King. No one can. Living or dead.
As such, in order to make his transition as seamless as possible, we must cobble out of Denver's roster–utterly transformed and stripped-down by trades over the last two seasons–different lineup pairings to make the Mile High City's newest star shine. A player cannot simply replicate his numbers when moving from one team to the next by sliding in place of the starter for whom he's been traded–especially a starter he's not similar to in skill set. Expecting that to be the case is the very height of hubris-based ignorance. Too many things go into how a basketball team works. Thankfully, some of us are around to pinpoint potential problems and remedy them before they become a larger, more grave, concern.
When looking at Andre Iguodala's career-arc we see that as an overall player the last two years were some of his most effective (even though he's said those years in Philadelphia were among the least enjoyable of his career). In 2011-12, he had the second-lowest turnover rate, second-highest steal-rate, second-highest defensive rebound rate, and the third-highest effective field goal percentage of his career. In the 2010-11 season, Iguodala posted the highest assist rate of his career in conjunction with his second-lowest turnover rate and fourth-lowest usage. What was it about those teams that made him so effective?
The answer is in player, coach and the overarching philosophy surrounding both.
Philadelphia and Doug Collins:
To understand what made Iguodala excel during his last two seasons in Philadelphia, we must first take a look at Doug Collins' coaching philosophy. Not only is it different from Iggy's new coach in George Karl, it's light-years apart.
One thing Collins was devoutly opposed to in Philly was messy, turnover-ridden basketball. It's why he demanded a slower-pace and half-court setting befitting high-percentage (yes, even those of the mid-range variety) shots that minimized long rebounds leading to run-outs and fast-breaks. It's the only way he saw a roster of his skill, youth, and talent level reaching optimum success. It was his job, after all, to figure out a way to win the most amount of games he possibly could with what he'd been given. And he hadn't been given much.
Only five teams took less 3-pointers than the Sixers last season (Pistons, Bobcats, Grizzlies, Jazz, and Hornets). Likewise, Philadelphia turned the ball over a league-low, 10.9%, while playing at the NBA's seventh-slowest pace. The second-closest team to Philadelphia's league-lowest turnover rate was Vinny Del Negro's Los Angeles Clippers, led by the best point guard in the game today, Chris Paul and its elder statesman, Chauncey Billups. The Clippers turned the ball over nearly two full percentage points more (1.8) than Philadelphia. To illustrate this discrepancy, a 1.8% gap between the Clippers and Orlando Magic/Miami Heat is separated by 21 different NBA teams.
Under Collins, the Sixers played a slow-down, methodical, possession-by-endless-possession, grind-it-out, defensive-minded game. Even still, Iguodala turned the ball over 13.6% of the time in Doug Collins' offense. Arron Afflalo, the player Iguodala is replacing in Denver, turned the ball over just 9.35% of the time in George Karl's break-neck pace the last two seasons. Some say Afflalo wasn't as responsible for creating in the same ways as Iguodala. Others posture Afflalo was nothing more than a spot-shooter. These people would be wrong on both counts. Last year, with Afflalo as a primary option in Denver, he put up a 1.4% greater usage rate than Iggy and still turned the ball over 4.3% less.
Statistics in basketball — particularly those of the advanced variety — are having the negative side-effect of divorcing decision-makers from basic, fundamental, sound logic and common sense. Because any person in their right mind would have seen the aforementioned turnover statistic on its own and thought twice about making the trade. George Karl does not advocate winning games using 'pretty' basketball. Some of that has to do with the severe lack of talent he's been given, but most of it has to do with him. Name another coach in the league that would encourage his players to turnover the ball more often rather than less. Messy basketball doesn't equal winning basketball unless it's being executed by elite or nearly-elite players (see: 2009 Denver Nuggets).
Team-building, the Denver Nuggets, and Pace:
One major mistake many general managers and team executives make in building their team is architecting it around a single over-arching philosophy. George Karl likes to get out and run in Denver's altitude. Therefore, his front office has built around that run-and-gun dictum by signing a multitude of athletes to execute it.
There are a number of different problems you encounter when building a team through a philosophy-first approach like Denver is doing now. First, you prove yourselves to be gainfully incapable in a half-court setting unless your players are incredibly skilled and focused on sound fundamentals and consistency at both ends of the floor. Sound fundamentals and defensive consistency do not come naturally to a team as laden with youth as Denver. Those sorts of things develop over time, which is why the best ways of building a team combine youth and veteran alike (see: San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Memphis, Miami, Brooklyn, Boston). Secondly, when a team emphasizes pace over everything else in the way George Karl does, any and all fundamentals go right out the window because players are too focused on moving and not focused enough on detail.
Combine Denver's lack of familiarity between teammates with their youth and George Karl's laissez-faire run-and-gun philosophy and you have the makings of a disaster. Some might disagree and point me towards Oklahoma City and the success Scottie Brooks (who learned under Karl) is having with their high-paced and open offense. The problem with that argument is its outright refusal in recognizing the disparity in talent between the Thunder and Nuggets. Ty Lawson, Danilo Gallinari, Andre Iguodala, and Kenneth Faried do not in any universe equate to Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Serge Ibaka — especially offensively. Serge Ibaka is draining 3-pointers from the wing this preseason. Kenneth Faried has a hard enough time holding onto the ball.
Oklahoma City is the benchmark. Sam Presti's shrewd drafting has earned them that right. Everyone else is just pretending, with Denver captaining the ship. Outside of Kenneth Faried in 2011, the Nuggets haven't drafted a starting capable player since Kiki Vandegwhe took Jameer Nelson in 2004. The fact Faried is undersized, can't shoot, lacks a post-game, can't defend, and is a below-average passer and catcher on top of it all, may require an asterisk besides the Manimal's name in Denver's draft history.
This is why it is imperative for teams desiring success to dispatch of this philosophy-first way of thinking. Draft the best players available so that you are able trade them for players who may end up being a better fit within your overarching philosophy later. If a franchise builds from within a half-court mindset first, they set themselves up for success beyond just the regular season. As the Spurs have so effectively illustrated over the last couple of years in transitioning to a more offensive-minded game plan, everyone can run. Half-court players can run just as much as athletes. It's the level of execution that make the difference.
Tomorrow, I lay out the blueprint for Denver's 50-win season. And I don't even advocate for someone's firing. Thanks for reading.


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September 26, 2012
Administrative Office of the Supreme Court
Bismarck, North Dakota
Present: Justice Carol Ronning Kapsner, Chair
Justice Dale Sandstrom
Judge Steven McCullough
Judge M. Richard Geiger
Judge Gary Lee
Absent: Judge Bruce Romanick
Guest: Lee Ann Barnhardt
Staff: Sally Holewa
The Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference met on September 26, 2012. Chair Kapsner called the meeting to order at 8:02 a.m.
Judge McCullough moved to approve the minutes of the last meeting. Judge Geiger seconded the motion. The motion carried and the minutes were approved.
The Chair recognized Lee Ann Barnhardt, Director of Education. Ms. Barnhardt reviewed the proposed conference agenda for the November conference. She explained that there was difficulty in obtaining a suitable location due to the number of fall conferences in Bismarck during the time frame of late October through mid-November. Judge Geiger moved to adopt the date, location and agenda as presented. Justice Sandstrom seconded the motion. The motion carried. The conference will be held November 19-20, 2012, at the Seven Seas, in Mandan. The agenda will follow the attached schedule.
Chair Kapsner recognized Sally Holewa. Ms. Holewa reviewed the proposed agenda for the business meeting. As of today's date, there are no memorial resolutions necessary. Chair Kapsner said she will contact Judge Sonna Anderson for a report from the Committee on Legislation. Judge McCullough said that Jim Ganje is currently drafting two pieces of legislation at the request of the Administrative Council. One is to abolish all the add-on fees that are attached to sentences and replace them with a single fee. The other is to make bail the property of the defendant and allow the court to take bail to apply to any outstanding monies owed to the court. These two bills will be brought before the Judicial Conference for review and discussion. Justice Sandstrom suggested that the results of the weighted caseload studies be discussed at the business meeting. Chair Kapsner said that she would add the Supreme Court budget proposal on additional resources as an item on the business agenda. Chair Kapsner said that under Item #3, Other Business, she would ask Justice Crothers to provide an update on the activities of the Court Services Administration Committee in regard to services for self-represented litigants. Justice Sandstrom moved the adoption of the business meeting agenda as discussed. Judge McCullough seconded the motion. The motion carried. The business meeting will be held on November 19, 2012. The agenda is included on the attached schedule.
Staff was directed to circulate the agenda for the business meeting and the Administrative Council bill drafts to all members of the Judicial Conference at least one week before the conference.
In other business, Chair Kapsner explained that although the appointment of a public member to the Disciplinary Board is not a matter for the Executive Committee, she is interested in getting suggestions for a replacement appointment from the members. Justice Sandstrom suggested that Nadine Lehr, who currently serves as the Pastor of Lord of Life church in Bismarck, would be a good addition to the Board. No other names were advanced.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:24 a.m.
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Fall Judicial Conference
November 19-20, 2012
Seven Seas, Mandan, North Dakota
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Human Trafficking for North Dakota Judges ( 2 CJE)
Professor Terry Coonan, Florida State University
Center for the Advancement of Human Rights
William Brunson, National Judicial College
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Interstate Compact for Adult Offenders (1.5 CJE)
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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Susan H. Wagner, LSW, Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
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Hungarian Dance No. 3
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Originally composed for piano, four hands, these dances are based on melodies of the Roma people, who contributed so richly to the cultures explored in The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna. They attracted enormous attention when published and soon were being arranged for different combinations of instruments. Their success was such that Brahms' publisher-to whose attention Brahms had drawn the work of a young rising Czech composer named Antonín Dvorák-offered Dvorák the opportunity to compose the Slavonic Dances. Dvorák not only accepted the offer, but also orchestrated some of Brahms' Hungarian Dances into the bargain. Brahms himself orchestrated Nos. 1 and 3; the fifth dance was orchestrated by Martin Schmeling.
Did You Know? Twenty-one Hungarian Dances in four books, published in two parts for piano four hands. Brahms had become interested in Hungarian music as a young musician, just beginning his career, while on a tour with the Hungarian violinist Eduard Reményi. Another Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim, perhaps the greatest violin virtuoso of the day, also became a friend and musical collaborator, and Brahms' interest in the musical idioms grew. The piano versions were then arranged...and arranged...and arranged for different instruments, different groupings, and by many musicians. One of the more unusual is Edward Laut's arrangement for cello quartet, performed by NSO members in a free concert on the Millennium Stage in 2009.


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He received the B.E. degree with honors and distinction from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India, in 1989, the M.S. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, in 1991, and the Ph.D. degree from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 1995. He was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, from 1995 to 1997. In 1998, he joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) as an Assistant Professor. He received the NSF CAREER award and the NCSA faculty fellowship in 1999, the 2001 CMES Distinguished Young Author Award, the Xerox Award and the Willett Faculty Scholar Award in 2002. He is a Subject Editor for the IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II and serves on the Editorial Board of a number of other journals.
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Having a child and getting engaged can bring about many new experiences in anyone's life. For Kansas junior Ka'iana Eldredge, these new undertakings go along with the pressures of being a Division I athlete at one of the most stressful positions on the diamond – catcher.
Eldredge, who switched from infielder to catcher during the offseason, has relied heavily on support from his family to take on these new challenges.
That family backing has recently been strengthened, as the junior from Honolulu, Hawaii proposed to his long-time girlfriend, Shelby Warren, in March. The couple, who has been dating for several years, is the proud parents of two-year-old son, Ka'iana Jakobi (K.J.).
"I guess it's a little different," said Eldredge, who is hoping to set a date for the wedding with his fiancé later this spring. "It's a change from having the boyfriend and girlfriend titles. It's definitely a life-changing moment, though. I'm excited. I think it's a good thing. I've been with Shelby for a long time and I felt like this was the right step to take."
While the exertions of raising a child while balancing school and athletics are already great, there is an added wrinkle for Eldredge. Warren and K.J. live in Cedar City, Utah while she finishes school at Southern Utah University. With the physical distance between them, it has become crucial to communicate with each other regularly in order to keep this family in tact.
"Having a family has lead to some big adjustments I've had to make over the last couple of years," Eldredge said. "And I think the biggest thing with my family is communication. We have always been good at communicating with each other and we have to be in our current situation."
Managing his busy life doesn't always come easy for Eldredge. This season, on the baseball diamond, he has focused on improving himself behind the plate. It's a familiar position for Eldredge, who also caught in high school, but one that presents great challenges.
"It's been a challenge to stay mentally focused (on baseball) through the whole process of having a family," Eldredge said. "But I feel really comfortable with where I am, as well as with where everyone else is at this point in the season. I feel good about how everything is balanced. I'm excited with the way I've progressed throughout the season so far."
Even though he resides away from his family right now with Shelby and K.J. in Utah and his parents and siblings living in Hawaii; Eldredge still has an influential support system that helps manage everything going on in his busy life.
"I always try to be there when I can and I try to take our son to see Kai as much as possible," Warren said. "We are both really big on family. Ka'iana and I try to show support for each other as much as possible."
Eldredge's bride-to-be assists him in focusing on baseball by doing everything she can to help raise their son and make sure that he is taken care of.
"I'm just trying to finish up school," Warren said. "I take online classes because I work full-time as well. I'm done in April, so I'm planning on being back out there (in Lawrence) in the beginning of May. I'm really excited and I'm glad that we can be one big happy family."
Family has always been an important part of Eldredge's life. He grew up as the oldest of five children, and even though his siblings and parents don't live close, he still tries to keep in contact with them almost daily.
As a junior, Eldredge has had time to acclimate himself to the lifestyle of a collegiate student-athlete. Being established at KU has helped him manage all of his responsibilities. Ka'iana's father, Dave Eldredge, said that his son's life experiences have helped him grow over the past few years.
"I notice it in the conversations we have," Eldredge said. "I can tell that he has matured. His first year playing baseball he did well, and last year he struggled a little. This year he has his head on straight and has developed into a better player. He has made progress and this is a big year for him. He has a lot of opportunities coming his way."
One of the opportunities thrown at Eldredge this season has been his change in position on the baseball diamond. In his first two years at KU, the junior played infield but has shifted to catcher this season.
Through the first half of the season, he has raised his batting average by nearly 50 points and thrown out 8-of-18 would-be base stealers. He was also one of 48 Division I catchers named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List in March. The award goes to the top catcher in college baseball each year.
Despite what is happening on the baseball field, good or bad, Eldredge understands that there is more to his life than just baseball. Being a Division I athlete as well as a parent gives Eldredge the opportunity to enjoy the vast different aspects of life.
"I have a family of my own now," Eldredge said. "It's been a great blessing and day-by-day it becomes more important to me. It becomes something that I cherish more. Having the best of both worlds by being a collegiate athlete at a big-time school and having a family is really awesome."
Being a student-athlete and family man at the same time may be difficult, but Kansas' Ka'iana Eldredge has his own team made up of a supportive family, including a future wife, that helps him balance all the different titles he sports: student, athlete, son, father and fiancé.


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Testimony in the Anthony Sowell murder trial began Friday with the cross-examination of psychiatrist Dr. George Woods.
Prosecutors are laying a groundwork to show Dr. Woods is a hired gun who is forwarding an anti-death penalty agenda. Woods says he has testified in over 100 death penalty cases - always on behalf of defendants and never for the prosecution.
Prosecutors asked why MRI's or other tests weren't done on Sowell to confirm the theory that he has a brain defect. They then asked about Dr. Woods' analysis of Anthony Sowell and hint he simply believed what Sowell told him without checking. The exchange got somewhat contentious.
In a 1990 prison questionnaire Sowell filled out, he talked about his loving relationship with his mother. Prosecutors believe this counters any suggestion that he was abused as a child. He also said, "my father is the best." Sowell filled in an open ended statement that began, "most women" with the ending "just tell lies."
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Sowell was convicted of murdering eleven women and burying their bodies in and around his Imperial Avenue home. The same jury that convicted him must now decide whether Sowell serves life in prison, or is put to death.
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|July 8, 2012, 04:14 PM
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Shooting Irons with No Line Bifocal Lenses ????
Well I guess my Midlife Crisis is here, I had my anual eye exam, and the Optomitrist prescribed me with No line Bifocals. I am concerned about it since I enjoy shooting Iron Sighted Surplus Rifles.
Do any of you use Bi Focal Lenses, and how does it affect you as far as shooting Surplus Rifles with iron sights ?
|July 8, 2012, 05:22 PM
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48 People have looked at this, and no one has comented, Hmm, Guess no one else has this problem. Good for them.
|July 8, 2012, 05:34 PM
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I don't need bifocals yet and hopefully never will but I will say that shooting with glasses on by themselves took me a couple years to master. one thing you could try is getting a unifocal presription that match your shooting needs and just use those glasses while shooting, but that's just me, and it's probably not all that cheap of an idea either.
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|July 8, 2012, 05:43 PM
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I still have my Single Prescription Glasses, and I shoot reasonably well with them, I may hang on to them for shooting. It will be a while till my glasses are ready, they are safety lenses. But Im concerned about it.
I just hope the Distance setting has not changed much since my last prescription. I love my Iron Sighted C&R Rifles. The only Bright Side I can see is that I may have an Excuse to give my Wife when I start my Sniper Rifle Collection.
|July 8, 2012, 06:28 PM
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If you need glasses to see things up close, bifocals or no line bifocals don't work well with iron sighted rifles.
They work with pistols, since you simply tilt your head back until the front sight is sharp and clearly in focus.
The problem with rifles is that the upper area of the lenses are for distance vision. You look at the sights through the upper inner corner of the lens and can't focus on the front sight, which will be fuzzy.
The best option for this is to have special single vision shooting glasses made.
An optometrist can prescribe a lens that will focus at the exact distance of the front sight. You'll need to tell him how far from your eye the front sight is.
When I still had prescription shooting glasses, my optometrist had me hold a ruler about the thickness of the front sight at the correct distance and he adjusted things until the edge was sharp and clear.
|July 8, 2012, 07:14 PM
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Thanks Dfaris Wheel, I will get a pair made for shooting. I really dont want to give up being able to shoot my favorite Rifles.
|July 8, 2012, 07:26 PM
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I have no line bifocals, and Defariswheel is right, they work pretty well for pistols, but are a real pain in the rear for rifle shooting. As he pointed out, you're looking through the wrong part of the lens, and they also distort the sight picture making it look like your front sight is bent.
If you just got your prescription, your optometrist will probably give you a 'script for single vision shooting glasses like Defaris described at no extra cost.
You can get some good, cheap mail order glasses here. Probably less than $10.
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|July 8, 2012, 11:37 PM
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I wear no line trifocals. However I am fortunate enough to be able to focus on front bead with clarity. Rear sight is a bit fuzzy and so is the target, but that is the way it is supposed to be. Only difference is now the target and rear sight are fuzzier than they used to be. Plain old safety glasses work for me.
Scopes on the other hand are a breeze. I can set the focus on the rear optic for clarity. Obviously, anyone else shooting my scoped rifles are going to find it difficult.
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|July 9, 2012, 07:57 AM
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Wear the bifocals upside down
Best solution is a second pair with correction suited for shooting. Cheap solution is a set of cheap reading glasses from the local drug store.
I can shoot long barrels without glasses, anything shorter than 20" is fuzzy. Anything with barrel mounted rear sight is a downright challenge. When the notch and post are both fuzzy it's a crap shoot, both figuratively and literally.
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Well, I can speak about this. I have needed bifocals (or "progressives", as they are commonly called today) for years. But, I kept putting this off. I guess I didn't want to face up to the old age thing. Stupid of me, because in the mean time, my vision got bad enough that I absolutely could NOT use iron sights on a rifle.....and could barely shoot a hand gun. I switched to a scope on my rifle (and I hate scopes).....and tried to muddle through with the hand guns. Reality finally forced me to do something about this. So, I finally made an appointment.
The long and short of it is - that was the BEST decision I've made in a long time. I now have no-line "progressives", which actually are not BI-focals.....but TRI-focals (they have three distinct focus ranges built in). After a short time to get used to them (and it DOES take a couple of weeks for most people) - I wish that I'd done this YEARS ago !
Now, I can clearly see the sights on my hand guns - and my shooting has improved immensely. As for the rifle, I have switched BACK to iron sights - and I am enjoying them more than I can say.
In technical terms, I assume that you are worried about having to move your head about, to find the right range on the lenses...and this being a problem with shooting. It has caused me NO problems. THAT is what the period of getting used to the new lenses is all about. You will, in essence, train yourself to move your head as needed. This will become "2nd nature". So, I would not worry about it, if I were you. Just go ahead and get the new lenses.....and DON'T look back. I promise - you'll be glad you did.
You can certainly have a special pair made for shooting, if you wish. Everyone is different....and that may work best for you. However, I've had NO problems with the "standard" progressives and shooting. I did discuss (that I am a shooter) with the doctor....and that I needed to be able to see at "arms length". But, I don't remember her taking any special measurements for this. You might try the normal progressives, before spending the $$ on special shooting glasses. You just might find, like me, that they will do the job.
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Thanks Guys
I apreciate all the input. I called the Eye Clinic where I got my prescription and talked to them. They told me I should be fine shooting Iron sighted Rifles and Shotguns with my new prescription, but that If I find that I would like a single prescription for shooting they would write me another prescription free of charge. I feel alot better now and really like the care I recieved from the Optomitrist and Staff. They are first rate. Again Thanks.
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Because of how I have my desk set up, bifocals won't work for me, so I went the reading glasses route.
If I remember, I take those shooting.
If I don't, well, I do the best that I can.
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I shoot iron sights w/ my progressives & have been for ~ 20 years now w/o undue difficulty; handguns on the other hand have been very difficult, I can't see the sights for ?&*%. Apeture (peep) sights on a rifle will help considerably. If you get glasses made for a fixed focal distance, i.e. your front sight you will most likely find your target to be quite blurry.
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I shoot with my progressive bifocals. I just don't use the bottom part. I focus on the target. The front sight is just a bit out of focus and the rear sight is way out, as it always has been.
I tried working out some kind of system with getting the sights aligned with the glasses, but I couldn't every find any way to do it that was comfortable. I did put peep sights on a couple of lever rifles and my Garand came with one. Those help immensely. The front sight is still slightly fuzzy, but it's very easy to put on the target.
To be honest, I can't stand my bifocals and, next time I get over to the optometrist, I'm going to ditch them and go back to single lenses. I'll just use reading glasses for close up work, like I did before.
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|July 10, 2012, 01:53 PM
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I see the sights fine now with the single lenses I have, I just have trouble reading small print.
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I had / still have the same problem as you...my bifocal line giving me two 'illusions' in the scope. Last year I had my contacts...single vision...and all was GREAT, until I had to fill out the license tag. Trying to wing my way thru it....I thought about my glasses in my bag. I used the bifocal part to finish the tag. Really weird looking thru 2 prescriptions though.
Contacts kept me with constant eye irration, so they're out. This year, my opt. prescribed bifocals that are placed lower in the lense. Havent been to shoot yet, but if it's the same, I'll have a single vision pair made @ Wallyworld, then put a cheap set of reading glasses in the bag for the tags, etc.
Maybe this will give you some ideas.
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Couple of thoughts. It has helped me to take a small file and open up the rear sight notch a bit. Then, for shooting groups, use a target that has a white or yellow bull surrounded by a black ring. For fifty yards the white needs to be about 6 in. in diameter, and 12 in. for 100 yards. With this setup you can more easily center the front sight, be it bead, blade, or inverted V in the rear notch and also in the target circle.
Another thought is to mount an aperture sight at the rear. This increases your sight radius and generally solves the problem of getting a sharp front sight picture. Not wanting to drill and tap, I have used JB Weld to bond Williams aperture sights to the receivers of Mausers and a Krag carbine. This is fairly easy to do. I realize some may not want to do this to a valuable collector piece, but mine are strictly shooters. They say you can remove a JB welded piece by heating, but I am leaving mine on because I want to shoot 'em and the peep sight is not obtrusive. If you use a target of the type described above, you will have an aperture in front of your eye and an aperture at the target plane, and your eye will do a great job of centering the front sight in both, for precision shooting.
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I use a Lyman Hawkeye diopter with my glasses for iron sights on rifles.
Looking through the the diopter aperture brings me a much clearer sight picture.
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I tried the no-line and hated HATED HATED it. Couldn't see close, mid or far. When one eye was sort of in focus, the other was a total blur. The kind sales clerks tried to get them "fit right" and none of the 3 could do it.
Went line lenses and they are far superior. I can place the line at the top of the front post so the post is clear and the target is also pretty clear. For me, the line option is working out better. It's also a bonus that they cost a lot less.
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I got my new Glasses, and dont think I will have a problem, I can see the sights and target just fine, only problem is they make me a little Dizzy. But thanks for all the good suggestions and support. Top part of the lense is about the same prescription as my Single Vision lenses I had, just a slight change in the bottom of the lense, and a HUGE DIFFERENCE in the price.
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The dizzy feeling will go away. Your brain has to adjust to the vision change.
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This is very cool. BBC.
80 million year old dinosaur feathers were found in amber deposits in Alberta. The feathers tell us not only about their shape, but suggest their color as well.
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Or, maybe they're real fossils and the t-rexes really were wearing feather boas. If the dinosaurs were gay and no humans were around to stone them to death, I guess god would have had to personally throw the stones at them. He must've been tired after that! Poor guy.
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It's not that combat is broken, because it works, technically. It's copying the Arkham Asylum/Arkham City school of free-flow combat design, assigning players an attack button, a counter, and a throw. Environmental objects, such as dumpsters, can be used to enhance the damage one does. And, while the attacks are well-choreographed, it all just feels janky and stiff. Combat in the Arkham games is satisfying because it flows logically and smoothly, sharing more with a rhythm game than with traditional brawlers. Sleeping Dogs is a brawler with a counter button that shows you when dudes are about to attack you. It's really not the same at all, and it sours one to the game as a whole.
After defeating the first group of enemies, Wei Shen encounters a second group of foes on a rooftop. He combats them and, eventually, his target, who pulls a knife. After a brief beatdown (it was impossible to get a game over in the demo; dying simply resulted in a brief pause before Shen stood back up. At the end of the demo, Shen subdues his target and is beset upon by the police.
Besides being almost pitifully short, and providing no sense of what's in the game beyond a small sampling of its on-foot combat, the Sleeping Dogs demo felt less like a piece of the game it came from and more like a proof of concept that failed to prove its concept. It's a curious question, why Square Enix thought it would be a good showpiece for their booth. As it stands, it shares much with Gearbox's Duke Nukem Forever, minus the name power that Duke Nukem presented.
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Brewer's presence on campus caps a years-long effort by members of the school district to have a police officer solely dedicated to the schools. According to Helen M. Knight Elementary School Principal Taryn Kay, members of the district's interagency School Safety Committee have been working toward that goal for at least five years.
"We didn't have any money historically to hire one on our own," Kay said.
She said the school district had approached both the Moab Police Department and the Grand County Sheriff's Department in the past.
"They were both supportive of the idea, but no one entity had the money to do it at the time," she said.
Grand County School Superintendent Scott Crane said Brewer's new duties are not related to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
"It's just a terrible coincidence," Crane said, adding that the process has been ongoing since July. "Our goal was to have someone at the schools on the first day of school in January."
A news release from the involved agencies states that the committee, which includes school staff, law enforcement, fire, EMS, hospital, other officials and parents has been active for more than 15 years.
Grand County Sheriff Steve White said providing the schools with an SRO is a goal he has been working toward for some time.
"It was one of the main issues I wanted to address when I got into office," he said. White said that the sheriff's department was able to restructure its scheduling to accommodate placing a full-time employee in the schools.
White's office teamed up with the Juvenile Justice Office and school administrators to conduct interviews to help identify the right person for the job.
"I'm really excited to have Deputy Brewer on board," Crane said. "A position like this is very dependent on the person you put into it, and I'm looking forward to working with him ... It was time for us to do it in Moab."
Brewer said he has established an office at Grand County High School, where he will spend most of his time. "It's open to everyone," he said.
In addition to the safety benefits of his presence on campus, Brewer said he is hoping to build a positive rapport with the students.
"I told them, 'This is your school. You have to be vigilant and report things,'" Brewer said.
Brewer will handle issues at any of the schools that fall outside of the scope of those schools. He said he hopes, in time, students will grow to trust him enough to talk to him if any sort of situation arises. For some students, that seems to be happening already. Brewer said that, even though he's only been at the schools since Jan. 7, he's already getting high-fives from students.
White said Brewer will also help the schools go through security plans, as well as teaching some classes, such as the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program and certain government classes. Brewer said one teacher had already approached him about talking to a class about gun violence.
"I'm excited about it," White said. "It's a huge step towards our kids' safety." White cited an active shooter drill that was done last year at the high school. During the needs assessment that followed, an SRO was identified as being highly beneficial.
Brewer said he's excited to be there as well and he has been busy. Last week, he had lunch with fourth grade students at HMK.
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Kay said that, although it's not necessarily that obvious when Brewer is at the schools, the students get really excited when they see him there. For the time being, Brewer will be on call to the elementary and middle schools as needed.
"We're still in the process of defining what his role will be here," Kay said. "He's offered to fill whatever role we need him to."
Brewer also went to the middle school last week to participate in an assembly for seventh graders, and then went around to the eighth grade classes to introduce himself. He also played in a faculty and staff basketball game at the high school.
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Risk and regulatory requirements, instruments and products have become more complex, and more transactions are automated today than ever before. In this context, market data has become an increasingly critical component for investment banks, touching nearly every aspect of their business.
Recent efforts in belt-tightening across the investment banking industry have exposed costly inefficiencies in market data management, including siloed procurement, ineffective demand/usage management, growing data costs, and inadequate technology for processing and analyzing the growing volume of data.
As a result, many organizations are beginning to recognize that market data management is a strategic function that requires the same level of attention, efficiency and governance as other key areas of operations. Accenture experience suggests that investment banks that have taken initial steps to consolidate data procurement have seen overall savings of up to 20 percent—and additional optimization efforts could potentially double that figure.
Source: Burton-Taylor International Consulting LLC
As the number of data vendors has grown and the blurring of offerings for external data feeds clouds the landscape, market data management has become a true challenge for investment banks. Ongoing regulatory change and business pressures related to cost control and compliance only intensify the challenge. Faced with ever-growing regulatory burdens, new data sources, and new financial instruments and products, chief operating officers (COOs) are asking themselves how they can control their data destiny.
Many investment banks are finding themselves unprepared to deal with the key issues at hand:
A recent trend in the industry has seen a number of organizations taking a holistic approach to market data and market data technology operations. Their goal is to develop an overall strategy based on a "fit for purpose" methodology, meaning they establish requirements and then identify market data sources. Emphasis is placed on how market data is licensed, with preference given to sources that license solely by instrument (as opposed to instrument and business activity). In this way, an investment bank avoids paying for a single instrument for a single user and application multiple times over.
The pursuit of cost reduction using traditional methods has often adversely affected the ability of investment banks to secure additional cost savings in the long term. One of the more popular cost-saving approaches in recent history has been vendor consolidation, with some organizations going so far as to rely on a single supplier. An unintended consequence of this approach is that companies are left with little, if any, leverage to negotiate lower prices. A more effective approach may be found in leveraging new technologies to consolidate distribution throughout the firm while maintaining a broader data vendor landscape.
Investment banks need to be aware of what data they require, which applications use it and how it is licensed in order to recognize savings. Simply reducing the number of data sources is no longer producing the level of savings it has in the past; in some cases, it is even having the opposite effect.
Investment banks need a comprehensive market data transformation plan that focuses on creating recurring value and developing collaborative and sustainable relationships among market data vendors, IT and business units. That means accepting that contract compliance audits are the new norm and will be part of the ongoing vendor-client relationship.
A full internal data audit is the first step in identifying usage duplication and redundancies. Ask yourself:
CIOs and COOs need to ask themselves who is in charge and adopt a clear strategy to manage vendors—or risk being managed themselves. The following questions need to be considered:
Trying to "do more with less" won't cut it as a solution. Being armed with real knowledge of your market data environment is the only way to achieve success.
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On God
It is always shocking to meet life where we thought we were alone. "Look out!" we cry, "it's alive." And therefore this is the very point at which so many draw back—I would have done so myself if I could—and proceed no further with Christianity. An "impersonal God"—well and good. A subjective God of beauty, truth and goodness, inside our own heads—better still. A formless life- force surging through us, a vast power which we can tap—best of all. But God Himself, alive, pulling at the other end of the cord, perhaps approaching at an infinite speed, the hunter, king, husband—that is quite another matter. There comes a moment when the children who have been playing at burglars hush suddenly: was that a real footstep in the hall? There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion ("Man's search for God"!) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We never meant it to come to that! Worse still, supposing He had found us!
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I was thinking about ways to stop spammers, and I thought : what if we set up fake SMTP relays?
A fake SMTP relay could be set up such that it looks exactly like the real thing, but rather than relaying the messages just throws them away.
If enough people set up servers which are indistinguishable from SMTP relays, the spammers will have a much tougher time finding real ones.
There aren't *that* many open relays anyway, and they don't generally stay open for very long (I hope). So if you managed to outnumber the real relays say, at least 2:1, then it would become much more difficult for spammers to find the real ones.
This would in turn, reflect the market price of spamming services increasing dramatically, thus discouraging companies from using this decreasingly effective method of marketing, and decrease the spam for everyone.
Good idea?
Are there existing fake SMTP relays out there?
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The day is part of a nationwide event during Library Week (April 10-16), as well as a Washington state-wide effort by libraries to to gather photos and comments to illustrate the wide range of activities and resources, many of which are be behind-the-scenes.The first photo could be at 12:01 am in the Odegaard Undergraduate Library, where UW students take advantage of 24-hour help and study space from Monday through Thursday.
UW students, faculty and staff will be invited to post photos and comments via Facebook and Twitter <#UWLibSnap11> or share photos and videos on Flickr <http://www.flickr.com/groups/uwlibsnap11/> — and to complete the sentence, "The Libraries are important to me because _______ ."— in person at any library, or electronically.
Dean of Libraries, Lizabeth (Betsy) Wilson is excited about highlighting the wide array of services through photos and patron comments, stating, "the academic community relies heavily on our resources and expertise, both online and in person. We're eager to share those moments with the broader community." She continues, "our role in the lives of undergraduates, researchers and faculty is usually without fanfare, as we are a part of the fabric of discovery and knowledge at the UW, fulfilling our mission of 'Connecting people with knowledge."
The University of Washington Libraries is a network of more than 17 units serving three campuses: Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma. Major facilities include Suzzallo and Allen Libraries, Odegaard Undergraduate Library and the Health Sciences Library, as well as subject-oriented libraries. For Libraries news, events and exhibits, visit http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/news
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