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If you want to go the traditional route and whip up scratch gravy while your roast beef or bird sits, here's your recipe. The flavourful pan juices, known as drippings, and the browned bits on the bottom of the roasting pan, are building blocks of intense gravy. This recipe is somewhat freeform, since the amount of drippings from a roast will vary. (A confession: To eliminate last-minute stress and guesswork, and ensure there's enough gravy, I actually prefer to make Land of Plenty Gravy, a pan gravy supplemented with Hasty Gravy prepared in advance.) Need an all-purpose gravy guide? Hop on My Gravy Train.
Drippings from roast beef or bird
About 3 cups (750 mL) low-sodium chicken or beef stock
1/2 to 1 cup (125 to 250 mL) dry wine (red/white) or unsweetened hard cider, to taste
1/2 cup (125 mL) all-purpose flour
1 tbsp (15 mL) soy sauce/worcestershire sauce
1 tsp (5 mL) or more kosher salt
1/8 tsp (0.5 mL) ground white pepper
Browning to taste
Scrape drippings from roasting pan into gravy separator. Let sit 5 minutes, or until fat separates from juices. Pour juices into large measuring cup. Add enough stock to equal 4 cups (1 L).
Add wine or cider to roasting pan. Scrape up browned bits on bottom of pan. Whisk on medium heat 1 minute, or until almost evaporated. Add stock mixture, reserving measuring cup. Boil 1 to 2 minutes, scraping pan with whisk. Place fine-mesh sieve over reserved measuring cup. Pour mixture through sieve. Discard solids.
Add 1/4 cup (60 mL) fat from drippings to roasting pan. (Discard remaining fat or save for other impromptu gravies.) Heat on medium. Whisk in flour 1 to 2 minutes, until turning golden. Remove from heat. While whisking constantly, gradually add stock mixture until smooth. Whisk in soy sauce or worcestershire, 1 tsp (5 mL) salt and pepper. Heat on medium. When liquid comes to full boil, reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer 3 to 5 minutes, until thickened and bubbly.
Remove from heat. Adjust salt. Stir in browning.
Makes 3-1/2 cups (825 mL).
Tool Time: Using a gravy separator (a small jug with a spout at the bottom) is the easiest way to separate drippings. The fat floats on top of the juices.
Bright Ideas: Instead of wine or cider, use marsala or sherry cut half and half with stock.
Kitchen Secrets: To prevent lumps, its important to add stock gradually and to stir until smoothly combined before adding more.
Oh No: Never cover the pan to keep your gravy warm. It will thin out if steam attacks it.
B is for Browning: Sugar so darkly caramelized that it has lost its sweetness is sold as browning. It is used as a food colouring in everything from gravy to cake. Supermarkets sell browning.
Make-Ahead: This gravy is usually made when the roast comes out of the oven. However, it can be reheated.
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Omit flour. Make sure stock is cold. In medium measuring cup, stir together 1/2 cup (125 mL) stock mixture and 6 tbsp (90 mL) cornstarch until smooth. After adding fat to pan, give cornstarch mixture a big stir and whisk it in carefully (it will sputter). While whisking, pour in remaining stock mixture. Whisk in soy sauce or worcestershire, 1 tsp (5 mL) salt and pepper. When mixture comes to full boil, cook, stirring often with whisk, 1 minute, or until thickened. Remove from heat. Adjust salt. Stir in browning.


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Iowa's Peter Jok gets prestigious Nike invitation
In revealing May 20 that he would return to Iowa for his senior basketball season, Peter Jok said he wanted to up his game to the point where he earn distinction as the Big Ten Conference's player of the year.
That same day, Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said he would do everything he could to help Jok become a first-round 2017 NBA Draft pick.
Monday's news certainly helps with both goals.
Jok has been invited to the prestigious Nike Basketball Academy, which runs July 24-28 in Los Angeles and features NBA stars LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis.
The annual event since 2007 includes the top 20 to 30 returning college stars, and for the third straight year includes a Hawkeye. Aaron White (2014) and Jarrod Uthoff (2015) were previous participants, and both parlayed the skills camp into first-team all-Big Ten seasons.
Jok's training was sidetracked slightly by a thumb injury he suffered during an NBA workout with the New Orleans Pelicans before he decided to return to Iowa. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard will be the only fourth-year senior on the Hawkeyes' roster and is the only returning starter.
Overall, it's been a big summer for Jok already. In addition to positive NBA feedback, he was chosen Sunday night with the No. 1 overall pick in the Prime Time League draft (though he'll be in L.A. during the PTL playoffs). And now the Nike news.
"Nobody's worked harder since the season ended than Peter Jok — on his body or on his game," McCaffery said in late May. "I've been really proud of his leadership."
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The New York Times yesterday reported that the Bush administration said it would "strenuously resist" plans to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which funds California's Healthy Families.
They annoyingly "expressed concern about a sharp increase in the proportion of children covered by public programs in the last decade."
If businesses wouldn't keep dropping family coverage or making it harder for workers to cover their families, then maybe fewer children would need to be enrolled in public programs.
During the economic downturn, from 2000 to 2002, the number of businesses covering children dropped by 2.5 percent. In the same period, state and federal government saw a 2.9 percent increase in children enrolling in public programs. In spite of this administration — and their friends in the business community, these programs have continued to grow.
Now, Bush is unwisely trying to restrict growth in these programs by reauthorizing the bare minimum ($30 billion over five years) for SCHIP, and making fewer children eligible. Meanwhile he's doing nothing to encourage more coverage on the other end.
Advocates, on the other hand, say we need about $85 billion over the next five years to do a good job. Surely, we can find $17 billion A YEAR for children's coverage if we've been able to find $413 billion for war the past five years. According to this fun calculator, we could have covered about 250 million kids by now.
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Trump travel ban may affect international enrollment
The current anti-immigrant rhetoric in the U.S. has collided with the economic challenges of source countries, creating a perfect storm for international student enrollment.
Many institutions that have benefited from the rising demand from key source countries such as China, India and Saudi Arabia, will be the first to lose in the possible decline in international student enrollment for 2017-18.
A conservative estimate shows that a decline of just 5 percent in new international student enrollment can result in a direct loss of $250 million in tuition and fees for U.S. higher education institutions in one year alone. This can have some serious implications on the financial sustainability of the universities.
The dramatic financial impact indicates that institutions must move toward more informed strategies, rather than merely react to the external changes.
Over the next few years institutions must prepare for an environment of hypercompetition and turbulence. Institutions that are not perceived to be among the elite, for example, or that are in unpopular destinations, will be the first to experience international enrollment declines.
Going forward, institutions must innovate to grow international student enrollment and provide the support services that advance student success.
Given the proposed immigration barriers, colleges may also have to find new ways of reaching international students through technology and cross-border modes of delivering education. In addition, institutions have to find more effective ways of meeting career expectations of international students, whether in the U.S. or in their home countries.
Facing reality
While the diversity and quality of the American higher education system are unparalleled in the world, the political environment is diminishing the attractiveness of the destination. The fundamentals of American universities and colleges are strong, and many of them recognize the importance of hosting international students on their campuses.
Many institutions are concerned that anti-immigration rhetoric will dampen students' aspirations for finding work opportunities through optional practical training and H-1B visas.
The majority of international students aspire to study in the U.S. not just for learning experiences but also for life and for career opportunities. Often international students aim to recover a part of their high investments in studying in the U.S. by gaining work experiences before returning home.
President Trump's executive order on immigration (currently blocked by a federal judge) asks for "reforms to help ensure that H-1B visas are awarded to the most skilled or highest-paid petition beneficiaries."
This will likely raise the minimum salary threshold for becoming eligible for an H-1B visa. Given that a majority of international students come here with little or no work experience, they usually start with roles offering lower salaries than mid-career professionals.
The direction of government policy does not favor attracting and retaining global talent. International student pathway programs remain one of the most effective ways of bringing that talent to this country.
Future policies must ensure that American higher education continues to command the leadership of the most preferred destination for the talent around the world.
Rahul Choudaha is a higher ed consultant and CEO of DrEducation.


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Eavesdrop on LBJ's calls and more at renovated library
The LBJ Presidential Library is unveiling major new exhibits this weekend after a year-long renovation.
The Dec. 22 opening coincides with former first lady Lady Bird Johnson's 100th birthday (if you're in the area from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., drop in for cake and spiced tea).
New technology-driven exhibits have been added to the library's three public floors to add context to the sweeping legislation enacted during the tenure of Lyndon Baines Johnson, a "largely misunderstood president," says LBJ Library director Mark K. Updegrove.
Among the enhancements: a downloadable app and multilingual audio guides, access to the president's private conversations, and new theaters featuring films on civil rights and other elements of LBJ's legacy.
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Finally, an arbitrator who did more than split the difference between a club's submission and the player's. Finally, an arbitrator who did more than color by numbers upon reaching his decision.
Michel Picher, the arbitrator who heard the case of the Predators vs. Shea Weber, did all that in awarding Nashville's 25-year-old captain and Norris Trophy runner-up $7.5 million after the club came in at $4.75 million and the defenseman requested $8.5 million for 2010-11.
According to the transcript of the decision, obtained by Slap Shots, Picher dismissed the club's attempt to use Phoenix's Keith Yandle ("Keith Yandle simply does not present as a player who can be responsibly compared to Mr. Weber") and Winnipeg's Dustin Byfuglien ("While Mr. Byfuglien, like Mr. Yandle, is an excellent player, he has logged only one season in the NHL as a defenseman") as comparables, and instead zeroed in on the only two comparables submitted by Weber — Chicago's Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook.
Furthermore, the arbitrator reached his decision based on the compensation due Keith and Seabrook this coming season, including signing bonuses, rather than on their respective cap hits over the course of their long-term contracts. This was not about a multi-year deal; this was about compensation for 2011-12.
Keith, who won the 2010 Norris Trophy, will earn $8 million this season on the second year of a 13-year contract under which he is scheduled to take in an average of $5.5 million per. Seabrook, Keith's partner in Chicago and on the 2010 Canadian Olympic Team (which also included Weber), will earn $7 million this season on the first year of a five-year contract, under which he is due to receive $5.8 million per.
Would you trade Seabrook for Weber? Anybody would. Would you trade Keith for Weber? Almost anybody would.
"All that I can know is that in the coming season, Mr. Seabrook, who in my view has not achieved to the level of Shea Weber, will receive $7 million," Picher wrote. "I find Mr. Weber's position relative to Duncan Keith to be somewhat more problematic, [but] I am satisfied that Shea Weber should be placed slightly below Duncan Keith in the compensation market for the coming season."
Hence, an elite defenseman is receiving a just reward of $7.5 million by virtue of a decision rendered by Picher that should become a model for any future arbitrator.
Ah, but would you trade Marc Staal
, Derek Stepan
or Artem Anisimov
and a No. 1 for Weber, who has two years to go before he can become an unrestricted free agent under the current CBA that expires before the start of 2012-13?
Brad Richards
will skate into camp as coach John Tortorella
's favorite son, everyone gets that, but there's no need to memorialize the relationship by giving the Rangers' captaincy to the 31-year-old center, who played the first 10 years of his career off Broadway.
The captaincy of this team of Bluebloods should go to a Blueblood. The captaincy should go to Ryan Callahan
, who has been an alternate captain the last two seasons, who served as de-facto captain much of last season in Chris Drury
's absence, and who is the personification of the Black-and-Blueshirt mentality that identified the 2010-11 Rangers.
A home-grown captain for a home-grown team.
Richards will lead by example. Richards will be leaned on by Tortorella. But Broadway Brad not only doesn't need the captaincy, he hasn't earned it here the way Callahan has. Beyond that, there's no need to stamp the scarlet letter on Richards, whose relationship with the coach already is on a different plane than everybody else's on the team.
The concept of having all penalties served in their entirety that would thus allow clubs to score multiple goals on a single two-minute power play would be worthy of consideration except for the fact it would dramatically increase the referees' influence on the outcome of games.
Given the fact officiating is by far the weakest component of the game, this automatically eliminates the proposal from consideration.
Yes, definitely. Unless the Devils definitively know Zach Parise
is bolting after the season, he's the captain for Pete DeBoer
's team. No question.
Wonder what Brian Burke
thinks about the NFL dramatically adjusting its rules on the kickoff — one of football's most exciting plays — to protect its players from grievous injuries?
'Cause you know, Burkie, that football fans jump out of their seats, too, when a returner is laid out for the count.
Must be a bunch of wimps over there running that flag football league.
The ultimate referendum on the Islanders will be the one-man vote cast by John Tavares
when it comes to deciding whether to re-up long-term upon conclusion of his entry level contract this season.
This just in: Brian Cashman
thinks all the stuff about Wade Redden
was way overblown.
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Chicago Magazine article on Kalven case
The August issue of Chicago Magazine contains an article by David Bernstein on Jamie Kalven's legal confrontation with the City of Chicago over the subpoena demanding his notes. Bernstein places the controversy against the background of Kalven's effort as a young man to complete the manuscript on the American tradition of freedom of speech on which his father, Harry Kalven, Jr., was working when he died.
Judge denies City motions in Kalven case
On June 27, Judge Arlander Keys ruled on two City motions seeking to compel Jamie Kalven to turn over his notes and answer certain questions in connection with the Bond case. Judge Keys' opinion denied the City's motions, except insofar as they apply to notes relating to his conversations with the plaintiff Diane Bond–i.e., matters about which he has been willing to testify. The City has filed a motion for reconsideration of the ruling. Kalven has also filed a motion for partial reconsideration, arguing that his notes on his conversations with Ms. Bond are "journalistic work product" and hence protected. The parties have until July 28 to reply to one another's briefs.
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Dunbar United 4v1 Tranent Juniors
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Saturday 1st March 2014
Dunbar is a town on the East Lothian coast, situated exactly at the halfway point between Edinburgh and the English Border at Berwick-upon-Tweed, being 28 miles each way. The former Royal Burgh takes its name from Brythonic roots; Dynn Barr and means 'summit-fort', which gives an indication to its origins and its history involving the castle situated over the harbour.
Scotland and England often contended for possession of the castle, which withstood many sieges, until the structure was slighted in 1568. The second Battle of Dunbar in 1650 was fought during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms between a Scottish Covenanter army and Cromwell's English Parliamentarians. The Scots were routed, leading to the overthrow of the monarchy and the occupation of Scotland.
The town later flourished as an agricultural centre and fishing port despite turbulent times in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Dunbar gained a reputation as a holiday destination in the 19th century, as a seaside and golfing resort - The 'bright and breezy burgh' famous for its 'bracing air'. Dunbar is also the birthplace of naturalist author John Muir and the home of the Belhaven Brewery since 1719.
Dunbar United formed in 1925, winning their first honours in the Edinburgh & District League in 1927-28 and the East Lothian Cup the following season. The club also won the title again in 1961-62 and added more trophies in the East of Scotland Junior Cup in 1961 and 1964 and the Brown Cup in 1963.
The Seasiders greatest achievement came in 1961 when they won the top prize in Scottish Junior Football beating Cambuslang Rangers in the final of the Scottish Junior Cup at Hampden Park, but after the successful era of the 1960's the club had a lean spell without honours. In 1990 they lifted their third East of Scotland Junior Cup and won three East Region Division Two titles, the last of which in 1997-98. The last piece of silverware came in the Brown Cup in 1999-00 and the club currently play in East Region South Division.
United moved to New Countess Park in 2001 which is a sports complex within Hallhill Healthy Living Centre. The ground is quite tidy, having a diminutive perimeter wall which separates the football from the rugby, with both sports sharing the large clubhouse found within the Living Centre.
There's room for about 2,500 spectators which is open on all sides apart from an overhanging roof at the main end, along from the changing rooms and refreshment bar. The paying entrance block is at the railway end, with perspex dugouts at the far side and eight floodlight pylons.
Dunbar were up against their neighbours from further west along the A1 (and a future tick) - Tranent Juniors The visitors withstood some early pressure before grabbing the lead, when a long ball found Bob Berry who produced a neat finish to chip the advancing keeper in the tenth minute. The Seasiders turned it around before half time, when a hard low cross was met by defender Richard Fairnie whose diving header flew past his own 'keeper, then Sam Young was on hand to give his team a well deserved lead.
The hosts had further chances to extend their one goal advantage but left it late to assure the three points. With a quarter of an hour remaining substitute Keith Tait finished off a good passing move to fire home a right foot shot into the corner of the net and with three minutes left Ross Colquhoun fouled Sam Young in the box, who stepped up and made no mistake from 12 yards to seal a convincing victory.
The journey up to Dunbar took an hour and three quarters (You were right Stevie Charla...Eddy) Those of you who might have read about my trip to Stamford at the end of January will remember "Wor Al" - that mackem tosser of a car I had, let me down big style, which resulted in a 40 mile tow home and me heavily out of pocket. Since then we've welcomed a new four wheeled member to the family, a bonny little Hyundai i20 named Simon. Today's road trip was our ground bagging debut, which is hopefully the first of many enjoyable days out together of the coming years, including seeking more matches and new grounds just north of the border.
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Aol Releases Googles most prized Keyword List... Google is gonna get mega spammed.
Aol Releases Googles most prized Keyword List... Google is gonna get mega spammed.
Discussion: Web Publishing Blog
Mike / Techdirt:
Forget The Government, AOL Exposes Search Queries To Everyone
Forget The Government, AOL Exposes Search Queries To Everyone
Discussion: John Battelle's Searchblog
Zoli Erdos / Zoli's Blog:
AOL Just Did the Unthinkable - Boycott AOL?
AOL Just Did the Unthinkable - Boycott AOL?
Discussion: TechSpot and AccMan Pro
Harold Eckstein / TechSpot: AOL Releases User Queries Then Takes It Back
Dennis Howlett / AccMan Pro: AOLS MONUMENTAL MOMENT OF MADNESS
Dsifry / Sifry's Alerts:
State of the Blogosphere, August 2006 — Three months have passed since my last State of the Blogosphere report, so time for an update on the numbers. For those of you who just want the most interesting tidbits, I've tried something new this time sround - I've put in boldface the most significant information.
Dan Farber / Between the Lines: Latest stats on the blogosphere
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy: It's Alive! Two New Blogs Created Every Second
Darren Rowse / ProBlogger Blog Tips: Dave's State of the Blogosphere
Shel Israel / Naked Conversations: Sifry Reports on State of Blogosphere
Tim Finin / UMBC eBiquity: Sifry's state of the Blogosphere
Stowe Boyd / Message: Dave Sifry on State of the Blogosphere, August 2006
Steve Safran / Lost Remote: Technorati: 11 of top 90 media sources are blogs
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration: A New Blog is Created Every Half a Second, Blogging Time is 10-2 PM
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion: Technorati: Most Blogging is During Biz Hours
David Weinberger / Joho the Blog: Technorati state of the blogosphere
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Live from WWDC 2006: Steve Jobs keynote — 8:23AM PST - Alright everybody, we're kicking off over here at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Be sure to book mark this URL, as even though we're doing a little pre-game coverage now, this is where it's all gonna go down when Steve takes the stage at 10:00AM.
Discussion: Gizmodo, ZDNet, dailywireless.org, Paul Colligan's …, Gadgetell, Download Squad, Between the Lines, Tech Digest, Nyquist Capital and Infinite Loop
Adam Berger / Gadgetell: Gadgetell Live Blog: Apple's WWDC 2006 keynote address
Jordan Running / Download Squad: Liveblogging Steve Jobs' WWDC keynote
Dan Farber / Between the Lines: Apple WWDC live
Andy Merrett / Tech Digest: Apple WWDC06: Steve Jobs' Keynote Speech coverage
Andrew Schmitt / Nyquist Capital: The Master of the Tech Universe is Speaking
Charles Jade / Infinite Loop: Apple WWDC Rumor Mill Recap
Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: TUAW Chatcast Coverage of the WWDC keynote
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Wordpress.com Rising: Stats After 8 Months — Wordpress.com, a free, hosted blog service, turns eight months old this month. CEO Toni Schneider shared some of the current stats of the service with me over the weekend at a conference they held in San Francisco.
Discussion: Changing Way
Andrew / Changing Way: WordPressCamp
Michelle Quinn / Mercury News:
Ex-Microsoft blogger starts on a new media adventure — If the public perception of Microsoft has softened recently, Robert Scoble may be partially responsible. — Over the past three years, Scoble has gained fame as the ``Microsoft blogger,'' a Microsoft employee writing online about Microsoft and its products.
Discussion: Scobleizer and powered
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer: Already found the geeks and the wifi in Montana
David Carr / New York Times:
Investors, Including Bono, Buy a Piece of Forbes — SINCE the death in 1990 of the legendary publisher Malcolm S. Forbes, his four sons and a daughter have sold his cherished assets here and there — his private jet, the collection of Fabergé eggs, a handwritten copy of Lincoln's last address.
Discussion: B2Day, SiliconBeat, GigaOM and Romenesko
Erick Schonfeld / B2Day: Forbes Gets Cash Infusion From . . . Bono!
Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat: Elevation, Bono grab ownership stake in Forbes
Om Malik / GigaOM: Roger McNamee, Bono buy a piece of Forbes
Jim Romenesko / Romenesko: Bono's private equity group buys over 40% of Forbes Media
Los Angeles Times:
Underwhelmed by It All — For the 12-to-24 set, boredom is a recreational hazard. — With their vast arsenals of electronic gear, they are the most entertained generation ever. Yet the YouTubing, MySpacing, multi-tasking teens and young adults widely seen as Hollywood's most wanted audience …
Discussion: Rough Type and Ypulse
Anastasia / Ypulse: Young, Bored & Underwhelmed by It All
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Google to distribute MTV clips with ads — NEW YORK — In a further reach for online video, Google Inc. will begin distributing clips from MTV Networks' shows to other Web sites through its budding video service in a model that offers content creators a new source of distribution and revenue.
Discussion: SiliconBeat and John Battelle's Searchblog
Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat: Google's grab for videos
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog: MTV, GOOGLE FOCUS ON LEADER YOUTUBE
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Google Joins Viacom in Web Test of Video Ads
Google Joins Viacom in Web Test of Video Ads
Discussion: Beet.TV, Good Morning Silicon Valley, Techdirt, Screenwerk, New Media Musings and Search Engine Watch Blog
Plesstv / Beet.TV: "Millionaire/Wife Swap" …
John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley: We tried to bring Adam Curry back for this, but he was busy
Joe / Techdirt: Google Wants Its MTV
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk: Google to Syndicate Video — Content
JD Lasica / New Media Musings: Google, Viacom test video ads
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Watch Blog: Google & Viacom Partner In Video Ad Test
Abbey Klaassen / AdAge:
McKinsey Study Predicts Continuing Decline in TV Selling Power — Cites 50% Drop in Viewers, 40% Hike in Prime-Time Ad Spend Over Last Decade — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — A study is about to give Madison Avenue a fresh pummeling: McKinsey & Co. is telling a host of major marketers that by 2010 …
Discussion: Connecting the Dots, BuzzMachine, Socialtwister 2.0, Communities Dominate Brands and AdJab
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine: Exploding TV: McKinsey as doomsayer
Alan Moore / Communities Dominate Brands: McKinsey Study Predicts Continuing Decline in TV Selling Power
Chris Thilk / AdJab: AdAge In 60 Seconds — A new report from McKinsey & Co …
Eric A. Taub / New York Times:
Picture Tubes Are Fading Into the Past — The bulky, squarish, heavy picture tube, the standard television technology for more than 60 years, is heading for the dustbin of history much faster than anyone expected. — This year, the number of TV models in the United States …
Discussion: VC Confidential and 1080eye
Mbmccall / VC Confidential: Venture 101: Plasma Inflection Point
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Topix.net Intros Enhanced Blog/News Search — Topix.net, which crawls thousands of news sites and blogs and categorizes them into different topical pages, has unveiled a cleaner look and some enhancements to its search capabilities. Topix is owned by newspaper giants Gannett …
Discussion: Somewhat Frank, Topix.net Weblog and ProBlogger Blog Tips
Frank Gruber / Somewhat Frank: TOPIX UNVEILS NEW DESIGN, SEARCH FEATURE
Darren Rowse / ProBlogger Blog Tips: Topix Adds News Trend Tracker
Yahoo! Search blog:
Announcing Yahoo! Search Builder — Look Ma, My Own Search Engine! — It's always great to help a friend. A friend of mine who is a diver wanted a specialized search engine for his website focused on diving. At around the same time, an engineer at Yahoo! built a prototype that made building specialized search engines a snap.
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal: Yahoo! Launches Yahoo Search Bulider
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion: Yahoo! Search Builder Moves Into Rollyo's Turf
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Watch Blog: Yahoo Launches Search Builder
Robert Levine / New York Times:
The Many Voices of Wikipedia, Heard in One Place — As hard-core Wikipedia contributors gathered here during the weekend to consider the next phase of the online encyclopedia's life cycle, Jimmy Wales, the site's founder, said that the emphasis going forward would be on quality, not quantity.
Discussion: Rough Type
Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
WWDC 2006 Live Keynote Coverage — That's right, TUAWers, we'll be offering live coverage of his Steveness' WWDC keynote today, which starts at 1pm EST. What goodies will Steve be talking about? Well, we know for sure that a preview of Leopard will be shown, I am sure iPod sales will be recapped …
Discussion: Infinite Loop and Confessions …
Justin Thorp / Confessions of an Undercover Geek: Today's Steve Jobs Keynote
Ryan Block / Engadget:
WWDC tomorrow at 10:00AM PST / 1:00PM EST. Be there.
WWDC tomorrow at 10:00AM PST / 1:00PM EST. Be there.
Discussion: CNNMoney.com
Owen Thomas / CNNMoney.com: Rumors abound as Apple developer bash opens
Joanna Glasner / Wired News:
Mitch Kapor Thaws Fossilware Fave — Mitch Kapor made his fortune designing the first PC spreadsheet, but his favorite creation is an obscure personal information management app called Lotus Agenda. — Its draw: Unlike most calendar tools, which require users to input data in a particular …
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A modern reproduction of a very famous silver wine label, the Leopard's Pelt originally made by Paul Storr in 1809. The label, which was made to commemorate the Queen's silver jubilee, has very good detail, and is a faithful reproduction of the original, complete with Leopard's pelt draped over the label, surrounded by vine leaves and bunches of grapes. It is engraved "Brandy", and has clear hallmarks, including the silver jubilee hallmark only used in 1977 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II. The label is die stamped, and has a silver chain. The original is described as "one of the classics of the period, derived from an element of the Warwick Vase" (Wine Labels 1730-2003, pg 164, pg 160 and 161 for images). Also quoting from the Wine Label, book, "The Lion's pelt detail on the Warwick Vase (marble vase discovered at Hadrian's villa in Tivoli in 1770) led to the famous Paul Storr label of this name" (pg 32, and figure 31). It is interesting that the book adds confusion by referring to both the Leopard's Pelt and Lion's pelt , the official name is Leopard's pelt, but we feel it looks much more like a lion than a leopard. The Wine label Circle Journal also refers to Leopard's Pelt (Vol 12, No 8, 2010, pg 394, part of an excellent article on Paul Storr wine labels by Gordon Procter (we highly recommend both the journal and the book for collectors of wine labels). An original Paul Storr Leopard's pelt wine label recently sold at auction for GBP 2800, and is available for sale at www.steppeshillfarmantiques.com for GBP 3500, so a valuable label - this reproduction provides an opportunity to add a Leopard's pelt to a collection at a reasonable price.
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ReMap 4
Various venues, Athens, 8–30 September
By Kimberly Bradley
IIn 2007, a time before the global financial markets crashed and when
the world still seemed whole, Berlin-based gallerist Javier Peres asked
his Athenian friend Iasson Tsakonas an interesting question. Would it be
possible for Tsakonas (a real-estate developer, art collector, and
architecture aficionado) to hook Peres up with a temporary gallery space
in Athens for Peres Projects, his gallery? Tsakonas – who owns multiple
buildings in the inner-city Athens districts of Kerameikos/Metaxourgeio
(KM) as well as a company, Oliaros, dedicated to developing them –
certainly could. But the idea quickly grew into something much bigger:
an urban art project called ReMap, in which local and international
galleries and independent art projects occupy (for lack of a better
word) some of the vacant spaces in this troubled district with art
exhibitions for a few weeks.
ReMap's first edition coincided with the first Athens Biennale, but now
it's evolved into an event of its own – and just keeps getting better,
despite the fact that Greece is in its sixth year of deep recession.
ReMap 4 launched on September 8 and runs until September 30; amid the
brothels and ruins (nearly 50 per cent of the neighborhood is vacant)
are nearly 60 exhibitions tucked into storefronts, apartment buildings,
1970s housing projects, basements, courtyards, empty lots, even an
unused bar. International blue-chippers like Eva Presenhuber from
Zurich, Modern Institute from Glasgow, Maccarone from New York and
Lorcan O'Neill from Rome have mounted shows alongside local galleries
Melas/Papadopoulos, Rebecca Camhi, The Breeder, Eleni Koroneou, CAN
Christina Androulidaki, and others. A scad of independent projects from
around the world are showing. The Deste Foundation is taking part this
year for the first time, more than 30 photography students from the
Vienna Academy of Fine Arts produced some remarkable on-site work, and
Gagosian will even be mounting a James Turrell piece in the district on
September 19. The anchor of it all might be the local Kunsthalle Athena
(run by Greek curator-about-town Marina Fokidis in a neoclassical
building owned by Tsakonas), which invited the Greek artist collective
Daily Lazy to curate an expansive group show called In the Studio –
which I expected to be a sprawling mishmash but worked beautifully,
weaving works by Mathieu Mercier, Yudi Noor, Georgia Sagri, Angelo
Plessas and a long list of others into the Kunsthalle's "permanent"
I'd been to ReMap 3 two years ago, but this edition (again spearheaded
by Effie Komninou) seemed even more cohesive. Was it because I knew my
way around – this time I managed to completely avoid the sight of
junkies shooting up, perhaps pure luck – or that there's more good work
to see? There's Swiss artist Kilian Rüthemann's brilliant columnar
plaster sculptures standing in a landscape atop a crumbling narrow
building, Hanna Liden's blobby hanging heads at Maccarone, showing in an
empty apartment, and intriguing image manipulations by young British
artist Alex Dordoy at Modern Institute. John Bock's installation at
Eleni Koroneou integrates elements from a 2009 performance on an Athens
bus. Melas/Papadopoulos shows Caitlin Keogh's delicate painted
renderings of needlepoint in a courtyard hall, and Rebecca Camhi has
Paul Desborough's sweeping "paint-skin" works in her own space a block
away. At Italian gallery T293 are intriguing manipulated towels by young
Norwegian artist Henrik Olai Kaarstein. Always a sucker for textile
work, I was blown away by the webs and columns of knotted yarn created
by visually impaired artist Blind Adam at The Breeder (even if the show
itself was a bit, well, decorative).
The numerous group shows are a bit overwhelming, but standouts are Sensual Abstraction,
a tightly edited show highlighting both Greek and foreign artists and
curated by Deste Prize 2013 nominee Alexandros Tzannis. Metaphoria II (curated
by Lab'Bel) juxtaposes disparate pieces by Ceal Floyer, Karin Sander,
Lawrence Wiener and other big-name visual artists with poetry by Rui
Costa in a vertiginous top-floor indoor/outdoor space. A true jewel-box
of a show is The Cabinet/From Darkness to Light,
an oversize hollow cube filled with tiny works by a very large group of
mostly Greek artists, visible only through holes and slits. A cabinet
of curiosities.
ReMap 4 has far more to offer than this (one project even highlights
the art of immigrant children in Athens, and events continue until ReMap
closes with a silent auction in late September; oh, and even the
event's info point is a relaxing courtyard that new architecture firm
Mark Office transformed into a kind of 1980s Athenian commons), but I
risk turning this post into a mere list. After considering the art, one
can only think of the larger issues brought up by this unusual
biennale/fair-in-the-ghetto model. Does culture always lead the way to
urban renewal? Can it here, under these circumstances? Does ReMap, which
turns this derelict district into a vibrant street party on opening
night and beyond, affect long-term change even after it closes every two
years? Athens mayor Giorgos Kaminis even showed up (the first time a
mayor attended a ReMap opening), apparently stunned at the streets'
transformation and inspired to make good on his recently announced
commitment to supporting the area. KM has incredible potential, but such
a long way to go, and Tsakonas' efforts – tenacious and very smart,
even though, as he's said to me in the past, it's "sometimes like
swimming up a waterfall" – are often seen as controversial in a city
where private initiative and investment is suspicious at best. While
those of us in central and northern Europe grumble about gentrification
and corporatization changing the nature of art production, it's
intriguing to witness pre-gentrification and culture's first steps into
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With more than 9500 UK Service personnel deployed in Afghanistan, the need for a reliable transport hub to move troops and equipment across the globe is at its greatest since the Second World War. RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire is at the centre of all international troop movements for UK forces, and it would be inoperable without the RAF Fire & Rescue service.
The 84 men and women of Brize Norton's firefighting wing are on hand around the clock to provide rapid response for air crashes and domestic fires. They take their skills to operational theatres worldwide; an integral feature of the armed forces in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Daily life for an RAF firefighter consists of constant training to ensure crews are always ready to save lives. In addition to this training, the crews also have the chance to study for an apprenticeship in Aviation Operations, which is offered by a partnership between Sector Skills Council, GoSkills and City & Guilds, and is mapped to the RAF training that the firefighters undertake.
Talking to the members of the Brize Norton crew, it's clear the qualification is well received.
Flight Sergeant Lee Goupillot, second-in-command of Brize Norton's firefighting unit, joined the RAF in 1989. He believes that a change in attitude towards qualifying servicemen and women has helped boost job satisfaction.
'Getting recognised in the form of qualifications is the best thing that's happened over the past couple of years. When I signed up, we got nothing. The mentality was, "If we give people qualifications, they'll leave". But it's had the opposite effect – the guys and girls love that they're getting qualifications for doing something they enjoy.'
The life of an RAF firefighter is as varied as it is challenging. During operations in Afghanistan, the firefighters are often at the main operating base, Camp Bastion. Here, crews provide crash fire support for the variety of attack and transport aircraft operating out of the base, as well as performing domestic firefighting duties and flying out to recover casualties from downed aircraft.
The varied skills that the firefighters learn during their careers give them support for an unclear future, as they acquire recognised and transferable qualifications. Proposed defence budget cuts may lower the number of personnel serving in the UK Armed Forces, but the quality of training given to the men and women of the RAF Fire and Rescue Services ensures that a door to future employment will be kept open.
'I've been a firefighter for three years, and I used to be an army driver,' says Teresa. 'Having already left the forces to try and work in the civilian world, I've realised you need to get recognised qualifications under your belt.'
Teresa is one of 15 female firefighters in the RAF, all of whom are trained to the same standards as their male counterparts. 'The most challenging situation I've been in so far was in Afghanistan,' recalls Teresa, 'when a hotel had collapsed in Lashkar Gah and we had to dig casualties out of the ruins.'
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El Nino intensifies; hurricane season's outlook
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Today kicks off hurricane season for the Eastern Pacific, and even though we are in the Central Pacific, we need to keep an eye to the East for any development, especially with the rise of a strong El Nino year.
Last season, strong winds, battering waves, record rain and the first landfall in decades impacted Hawaii Island due to Tropical Storm Iselle originating over the Eastern Pacific.
As we get later in the season, systems like Iselle and Julio track towards the islands, and those can be threats.
As we head into a new season, forecasters are raising the odds of El Nino to intensify this year.
They are going for an 80% chance -- that is pretty high for them -- that El Nino will last all the way until 2015.
For Hawaii, that will likely mean an increased surge of moisture during the summer months, bringing above average rain to the state.
But as we head into the winter, the trend flip flops with lighter periods of winds and drier weather that could lead to drought conditions.
The one thing I think everyone is really interested in this time of year is of course: What is hurricane season going to bring? We know in past El Nino events, warm waters is one factor generating hurricanes in the Central Pacific.
There are already signs of El Nino, and the latest outlook suggests it will be a strong El Nino. The Climate Prediction Center meteorologists say it could potentially be one of the strongest ones in almost two decades, but there are so many factors to consider when it comes to hurricanes.
The 1997 El Nino created a lot of tropical cyclones in the basin. There were 9 tropical depressions and storms, but there were no hurricanes at all anywhere in the Basin, so what that tells us is that there is more to it than just looking at El Nino.
Right now, the Western Pacific is seeing a lot of activity.
Typhoon Dolphin is a reminder that the hurricane season is starting to spin up. Essentially, the westerly winds along the equator are helping to generate these typhoons, and if that sort of pattern were to spread in the Central Pacific, it may be favorable for development in our basin too.
A strengthening El Nino would also bring relief to a drought-stricken California and here in Hawaii.
With the Central Pacific Hurricane Season kicking off in June, we should take this time to prepare.
"Aug, Sept, Oct... When we typically see the most threats to Hawaii."
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While owning a racehorse seems like an excellent experience, it should be one that you know you can 100 percent financially handle. One thing is certain and that is that you and your check book will be addressing each other by your first name after the first year's end – because the average racehorse owner spends around $60,000 annually with boarding, training, and all the other expenses on the list.
So, if you're thinking about investing in a racehorse and are unsure of the costs, this is a layout of what you might be spending (rough estimate):
– The Day Rate will pay for training, housing, and feed while your horse is at the tract which can go anywhere from $40 a day to $120 – per horse.
– Shoe costs go anywhere from $100 to $400.
– If your horse suffers an injury, an anabolic steroid injection can be as much as $60.
– If you are paying a jockey, then they usually make around $35 to $100 per race.
– Plus there is the cost of insurance, taxes, licenses etc.
However, if you invest in a racehorse partnership you can cut all those fees in half and watch the winnings roll in. Need to know how much money you can potentially make?
Seattle Slew, a racehorse purchased in 1975 for $17,500 won its owners $1,208,726 in his career – which includes 14 first place trophies. So, it could be worth the investment if you are passionate enough about horses, but why wouldn't you be? They are well-crafted machines made of pure muscle.


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Let's get ready to rumble! What is this the WWE? It will always be the World Wrestling Federation to me ... thank you Hulk Hogan!
-Wes Matthews was a game-time decision tonight and we see him up and bouncing around in his warm-ups for the Blazers. And Chris Marlowe let's us know he'll start ... Joel Freeland is an Englishmen, nice! J.J. Hickson was a highly touted high school prospect, a good college player, he washed out of Cleveland and Sacramento and now is thriving with the Blazers - good to see.
-Danilo Gallinari has his serious face on - I hope that's a good thing! George Karl is struggling with his voice as he's battling a little illness, like the team (flu bug). I remember it was a good thing for Willie Beamon to puke during games in Any Given Sunday, maybe Kenneth Faried can make that a thing too!
-Scott Foster is reffing tonight --- I don't think that is good!
1st Quarter:
-Koufos wins the tip and the Nuggets turn the ball over on a horrible pass from K2 out to Lawson ... very AC like pass into the crowd. Let's hope that doesn't continue. Blazers miss their first shot at the rim, good board by Koufos. Andre Iguodala misses a three and Nicolas Batum nails a three. Gallo brick and Hickson gets an offensive board putback - 5-0 Blazers. Bad energy by Denver thus far ... that will have to change.
-Nuggets first hoop is an Iggy alley-oop to Faried, the Portland crowd gets more time to let the anger sharks swim about their team not drafting the Manimal and it's 7-2 Blazers. Nuggets still struggling to do anything positive on offense ... the oop came just before Faried almost overthrew Iggy on a long outlet pass.
-Matthews is 2-2 from deep - he KILLS the Nuggets and it's 15-8 Portland. Faried prevents the Rose Garden crowd from erupting as he meet Hickson at the rim and rejects the dunk attempt. Wowzah!
-McGee came in just a minute ago or so and now Timofey Mozgov, Corey Brewer, and Andre Miller check in ... hockey line change-esque ... McGee pulled in favor of Moz after a McGee jumper missed ... pulled for that? Maybe something on the defensive end? The Nuggets are getting killed ... 19-8 ... no focus offensively and no energy on defense. The second unit not looking very good either ... how can 9-10 guys all be out of it at once? Yikes. Matthews is now 3-3 on the night and has an assist alley oop to Myers Leonard and it's 21-10 Portland.
-Evan Fournier checks in over Jordan Hamilton. J went HAM two games ago and has been rewarded with a benching against the Spurs and seeing Brewer and Fournier play ahead of him tonight ... remember that song How Bizarre?
-Matthews is now 4-4 with three threes ... 23-10 Blazers. Anthony Randolph checked in with Fournier too ... he bricks a shot from above the foul line - not his spot. This game is a disaster and I wish I was further behind on the DVR (only behind by 12 minutes of real time) so I could FF this one.
-After a timeout Hamilton is in ... we have Miller, Fournier, Hamilton, Randolph and Moz. Timo finishes with a dunk after the inbound from Miller ... 23-12 Blazers. Matthews missed his first shot and it leads to an offensive rebound, but Fours steals the pass back and finds Ham on the run for a nice layup! Miller with a LAZY turnover as he was falling out of bounds under the hoop and just lets go of the ball to three Blazers, Hastings calls out Moz for backing away, but that was a lazy pass from Miller - no excuses for that from the veteran guard.
Quarter recap: 25-14 Blazers. Well, the players and coach are not the only thing that is sick ... Wes Matthews had 10 of the Blazers 25 points and the Nuggets stunk the joint up.
2nd Quarter:
-Fours missed a three, but came back and drove to the rim for a bucket. I like this rookie. It's 30-16 Blazers as they continue to be unconscious shooting the ball. Mozgov with a nice offensive board and lay-in and it's 30-18 Portland. Another three from Luke Babbitt (2-2 now from deep) as Randolph just walks over to him as he gets into his motion, lazy close-out - if AR wants to play he should play when he's on the floor. Babbitt hits another three and he's 3-3 ... are you kidding me? Randolph again with little to no effort on the closeout and it's 36-18.
-Mozgov runs back to help Miller as Portland is on a 3-on-1 ... the alley oop from Batum to Hickson is stuffed by Moz! Now that is some hustle! Leads to Miller finding AR for a dunk - 36-22 Portland. Uphill battle and a big one, but Denver can do it as the Blazers are young and restless. Randolph stuffs Hickson on a dunk attempt and Miller finds Brewer for a fastbreak dunk and it's 36-24 Blazers (7:45 to go until the half). We have a rec-league game on our hands as it's up and down and fast and furious pace.
-Mozgov was playing well, so of course he goes to the bench for Koufos who doesn't get back to his man and allows a Hickson dunk off a pick and roll and it's 38-24 Blazers. Why take Moz out there? Show me something big here K2, mountain big!
-Gallo at the foul line and the Nuggets need a run before the half - get it down to single digits! He goes 2-2 and the Nugget will need another big night from him - consistency. Brewer gets a turnover on Hickson and the Nuggets have it ... Iggy cleans up an ugly pass from Gallo to Koufos and he gets a layup ... 38-28. Batum bricks a three and Brewer gets the board at the foul line and goes coast-to-freaking-coast for the dunk ... 38-30 - I like it ... 4:26 to go! Lawson with a pretty pass to Gallo on a 2-on-1 fastbreak ... behind the back as he's in the air and Gallo jams it ... 38-32 Blazers - that 14 point lead is now just 6 points. Effort and defense getting the Nuggets back into this damn thing.
-Wes Matthews is playing on one leg - I love that guy.
-It's 43-32 as the Nuggets tried to put things in cruise control ... uh ... um ... huh? No please.
-Iguodala injuries his right forearm and the Nuggets refuse to take a timeout as Brewer bricks a three and Gallo gets stuffed at the rim on a layup attempt. Batum nails a three and the lead is back to 13 points at 48-35. This game is junk again. ::smashing head into wood coffee table::
-Hastings tells us the Nuggets are 0-12 outside the paint tonight ... I think that is bad. Is that bad?
Quarter recap: 50-40 Blazers (26-25 Nuggets in the quarter). Well, 10 points isn't too bad. This lead could be 25-30 points for the Blazers ... so at least the Nuggets will give it the old college try in the final two quarters. Denver is 0-8 from deep, I swear they are the only team in the effin' league that goes hot and cold as a team - how is that even possible. Blazers are 7-16 from beyond the arc. Nuggets and Blazers each have 5 turnoves ... not bad. Both teams are shooting 37.5% and each are 18-48 from the field ... the difference is the long ball thus far. Crazy game.
No Nuggets player has double digit points, while Hickson has 12 and Matthews has 10 points.
3rd Quarter:
-Hickson is dominating this game on the glass. He has 11 rebounds and 3 of those are offensive boards ... 56-42 Blazers. Nuggets are not going to win this game as the starters cannot hang tonight.
-I still firmly believe that all the open looks the Nuggets give teams at the beginning of games on the perimeter lead to teams staying hot as they get early makes and get their confidence up. Matthews buried his fourth three of the night (4-8) and it's 61-47 Blazers.
-Gallo is 1-9, Faried 3-10, Lawson 3-9, and Iggy 4-9 shooting ... this is why the Nuggets are losing. They have still to make a single shot outside of the paint. Unreal. Blazers have gone cold too as it's 62-49 with 5:31 left. Denver has to get it down to 7-8 points before the quarter is up ... good luck.
-Karl brings in Brewer for Faried. Let's see if playing fast will happen.
-Iguodala makes a layup without dribbling as he got the ball at half court ... that was awesome. 62-52 now and Denver is up 19-5 on fastbreak points. Pretty pass from Iggy to McGee as two Blazers chased him across the paint, leaving JaVale with a wide open dunk on the backside ... 62-54 Blazers. Portland misses again and Iggy throws a bad outlet to Brewer ... turnover. Leonard with a massive travel, no call and McGee gets a foul on the play ... refs have been letting things get physical, but they blew that call (and many others, both ways) ... Leonard hits the freebie and it's 65-54 ... big turn there. Brewer bricks a three ... just go to the paint!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Lillard tosses a cross-court pass to Babbitt in the corner and it lands 3-4 rows up into the crowd. Rookie of the Year my butt! Kidding ... he is awesome.
-Hamilton and Miller back in with McGee, Iggy and Brewer ... Miller to Brewer for a dunk and it's 65-56. Can Denver just break that damn 8 point hump?
-Miller to Hamilton on a slow move transition bucket and he makes the layup and the foul in traffic, rush hour traffic! Ham misses the free throw to break the 8 point hump and he commits the foul after being shoved into the ball handler ... Babbitt to the foul line ... just the way the night is going ... 67-58 Blazers ... ::smashing face into wall::
Quarter recap: 69-61 Blazers (21-19 Denver in the quarter). Sloppy effort and some of the worst shooting I've ever seen from a Nuggets team, from an NBA team for that matter. Crazy how cold the Nuggets are from outside the paint ... all of Denver's points have come from the paint and the foul line.
4th Quarter:
-Hamilton bricks a three to start the fourth ... Denver now 0-14 from deep. U-G-L-Y night for the Nuggets. Miller with a layup off the break and it's 69-63 ... how is Portland not up by 45 points? Brewer with a crazy layup and it's 69-65 Portland.
-We have Lawson, Miller, Brewer, Hamilton, and McGee in there for Denver. Lawson bricks a three and Denver is 0-15 ... a two there would have been awesome.
-Corey Brewer vs. Will Barton ... it's almost as if cloning is a thing ... 75-67 Blazers as Ronnie Price picks Brew's pocket and gets a wide open dunk.
-The Nuggets can't close the gap and the Blazers make Denver pay every time they get it within 3-4 points ... it's 97-87 Blazers and this one is O-V-E-R.
Game Recap: 101-93 Blazers win (32-32 tie)
Well, if you throw out the horrid first quarter by the Nuggets (where they were out-scored 25-14) they would have won the game. Denver out-scored Portland in two of the final three quarters, but their inept shooting doomed them.
Views you can use:
-The Nuggets broke an NBA record by going 0-22 from deep on the night. A record this Blazers team set a week ago or so by going 0-20. The Portland crowd cheered loudly with Iguodala's miss and Lawson bricked another as time expired.
-The Nuggets made only one jump shot on the night outside of the paint with Lawson's jumper mentioned at the top of this post.
-The Nuggets should have lost this one by 20+ points ... no clue how they kept it as close as they did, but it also never felt close.
-Nuggets back in action on Saturday against the Bobcats in Denver. Hopefully they can get the broad side of barn in that game.
|Final - 12.20.2012
|Denver Nuggets
|Portland Trail Blazers
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