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Somewhere on the Pacific a small lifeboat shared by two unwilling and unlikely passengers rolled with the waves. Pi knew he could do more than just survive once he realized that Richard was dependent on him. Pi could fish. A Bengal Tiger, king of his own ecosystem, would die at sea without the help of the seventeen-year-old. The book really ended there; it didn't matter after that what was truth or fiction. Pi's understanding of power in everyday life was his new reality.
Speechless refers to both the writer and reader. At one level it's about a writers' block being blogged. At another level is refers to deafening silence that occurs when one speaks with too much feeling or mentions an uncomfortable idea in a nice place, a unpleasant reminder in polite company, a divergent idea in a space of group think, another perspective than the Renaissance perspective. But it also refers to robust conversations among political philosophers who understand the power of language and everyday life. Socrates, Plato, Derrida called for renewals in philosophy. They examined what we do with words, the role of memory. Speechless alludes to Derrida's urgent appeal for a renewed democracy, for a revitalized philosophy from a cosmopolitical point of view.
The human eye can distinguish 16 values of grey but that's not including the subtle differences in the colours of grey. We just don't have the time to see the variations.
I began speechless on October 16, 2006. Two months later I have learned what a permalink is and how to make one. It's the equivalent to the old web page's index.html. Now I have to learn where to use it.
The cloud of tags below has grown organically since I first began using WordPress as my main blog host on October 16, 2006. I am building my customized clouds of folksonomies by working on and learning from a number of Web 2.0 feeds. This includes a Flickr account for photo blogging which attracts alot of viewers. I have only a couple of dozen images but one image alone uploaded on October 22, 2006 was viewed 1,179 times over a period of 64 days! I reworked this image again and posted it on speechless under "Wave Algorithms."
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Benign colonialism is a term that refers to an alleged form of colonialism in which benefits outweighed risks for indigenous population whose lands, resources, rights and freedoms were preempted by a colonizing nation-state. The historical source for the concept of benign colonialism resides with John Stuart Mills who was chief examiner of the British East India Company dealing with British interests in India in the 1820s and 1830s. Mills most well-known essays (1844) on benign colonialism are found in Essays on some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy. Mills' view contrasted with Burkean orientalists. Mills promoted the training of a corps of bureaucrats indigenous to India who could adopt the modern liberal perspective and values of 19th century Britain. Mills predicted this group's eventual governance of India would be based on British values and perspectives. Those who adopt benign colonialism as a truth claim argue that education, health, housing and employment possibilities improved conditions for indigenous peoples as settlers, merchants and administrators also brought new industries, liberal markets, developed natural resources and introduced improved governance. The first wave of benign colonialism lasted from c. 1790s-1960s. The second wave included new colonial policies such as exemplified in Hong Kong (Liu 2003)), where unfettered expansion of the market created a new form of benign colonialism. Political interference and military interference (Doyle 2006) in independent nation-states, such as Iraq (Campo 2004 ), is also discussed under the rubric of benign colonialism in which a foreign power preempts national governance to protect a higher concept of freedom. The term is also used in the 21st century to refer to American, French and Chinese market activities in countries on the African continent with massive quantities of underdeveloped nonrenewable envied resources. Literature that challenges the assumptions of benign colonialism claiming colonialist project as it actually unfolded placed First Nations, Inuit and Métis at higher risks of vulnerabilities to catastrophes, to social exclusion and human rights abuses, have not been as widely publicized.
For more see Flynn-Burhoe (2007).
There is a widespread Canadian mythology that First Nations, Inuit and Métis are among those who benefited from settler colonies prempting, improving, managing and governing aboriginal lands, resources and educating, training, developing, serving, monitoring and governing its peoples. Those who adopt benign colonialism as a truth claim argue that education, health, housing and employment possibilities improved conditions for the indigenous peoples since the arrival of settlers. Literature that challenges the assumptions of benign colonialism claiming colonialist project as it actually unfolded placed First Nations, Inuit and Métis at higher risks of vulnerabilities to catastrophes, to social exclusion and human rights abuses, have not been as widely publicized. The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) addressed these claims but the term benign colonialism is still a convenient truth for many. Celebratory and one-sided social histories of the Hudson's Bay Company, the RCMP, and various government leaders such as John A. MacDonald or civil servants such as Indian Agents, northern adventurers, when viewed through the lens of settlers while ignoring the perspective of First Nations, Inuit and Métis contribute to on-going dissemination of distorted histories. Museums, maps and census contribute to these distorted histories by grave omissions.
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"Today, Mill's most controversial case would be benign colonialism. His principles of nonintervention only hold among "civilized" nations. "Uncivilized" peoples, among whom Mill dumps most of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, are not fit for the principle of nonintervention. Like Oude (in India), they suffer four debilitating infirmities – despotism, anarchy, amoral presentism and familism — that make them incapable of self-determination. The people are imposed upon by a "despot… so oppressive and extortionate as to devastate the country." Despotism long endured has produced "such a state of nerveless imbecility that everyone subject to their will, who had not the means of defending himself by his own armed followers, was the prey of anybody who had a band of ruffians in his pay." The people as a result deteriorate into amoral relations in which the present overwhelms the future and no contracts can be relied upon. Moral duties extend no further than the family; national or civic identity is altogether absent. In these circumstances, Mill claims, benign colonialism is best for the population . Normal relations cannot be maintained in such an anarchic and lawless environment. It is important to note that Mill advocates neither exploitation nor racialist domination. He applies the same reasoning to once primitive northern Europeans who benefited from the imperial rule imposed by civilized Romans. The duties of paternal care, moreover, are real, precluding oppression and exploitation and requiring care and education designed to one day fit the colonized people for independent national existence. Nonetheless, the argument also rests on (wildly distorted) readings of the history and culture of Africa and Asia and Latin America. Anarchy and despotic oppression did afflict many of the peoples in these regions, but ancient cultures embodying deep senses of social obligation made nonsense of presentism and familism. Shorn of its cultural "Orientalism," Mill's argument for trusteeship addresses one serious gap in our strategies of humanitarian assistance: the devastations that cannot be readily redressed by a quick intervention designed to liberate an oppressed people from the clutches of foreign oppression or a domestic despot. But how does one prevent benign trusteeship from becoming malign imperialism, particularly when one recalls the flowery words and humanitarian intentions that accompanied the conquerors of Africa? How far is it from the Anti-Slavery Campaign and the Aborigine Rights Protection Society to King Leopold's Congo and Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"?
Here Doyle is referring to John S. Mill cited in "A Few Words on Nonintervention." . 1973. In Essays on Politics and Culture, edited by Gertrude Himmelfarb, 368-84. Gloucester, Peter Smith.
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Campo, Juan E. 2004. "Benign Colonialism? The Iraq War: Hidden Agendas and Babylonian Intrigue." Interventionism. 26:1. Spring.
Doyle, Michael W. 2006. "Sovereignty and Humanitarian Military Intervention." Hoover Institute.
Falk, Richard. Human Rights Horizons: the Pursuit of Justice in a Globalizing World. New York & London: Routledge.
Flynn-Burhoe, Maureen. 2007. Benign colonialism. >> Speechless. Uploaded January 14th, 2007
Liu, Henry C. K. "China: a Case of Self-Delusion: Part 1: From colonialism to confusionLiu 2003." Asia Times. May 14, 2003.
Kurtz,Stanley. 2003."Lessons from the British in India." Democratic Imperialism: A Blueprint. Policy Review.Mill, John Stuart. 1844. Essays on some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy.
Of these Essays, which were written in 1829 and 1830,
Current debates on colonization and human rights (Falk 2000) raise questions about the notion of benign colonialism. The dominant language, culture and values of colonizers imposed on colonised peoples is often narrated as salutary. Dominant social and cultural institutions contributed to faciliating the entry of indigenous peoples trapped in unsustainable subsistence economies. Previously colonised peoples claim that the colonization process resulted in a parallel process of the colonization of the minds of indigenous peoples. The process of decolonization of memory (Ricoeur 1980), history and the spirit is crucial for the social inclusion (OECD) of indigenous peoples and nations within nations, such as Canada.
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As many of you have seen/heard, we will now be adding Viking Kayak to our lineup. These boats are imported from over in New Zealand and we're very excited to be the first US retailer to offer them.
We plan on carrying 2 of the Viking Kayak models: the Profish Reload and the Profish 400 with 2 color choices per model. The Reload will come in a Yellow/Black combination called Yellow Mist as well as a Gray/Black combination called Shades of Gray. The Profish 400 on the other hand will come in Green/Black called Lime Mist and also Orange/Black called Sunrise Mist.
The Profish Reload measures a hair over 14.5 feet, is 29.5″ wide and weighs in a 63 pounds. This kayak is ideal for tackling large bodies of water, but drafts shallow enough to handle the flats with ease. The center console, called the Tackle Pod, comes with the boat and provides an enclosed area for on-board tackle management. The pod also allows for the easy mounting of a fish finder. A recess on the bottom of the pod provides a safe tucked away location for the transducer to ride up in too. A replacement center console can be purchased to replace the Tackle Pod, and it provides a flat deck space with an included child seating area.
The Profish 400 measures just under 13.5 feet, is 31″ wide and weighs in 53 pounds. Unlike the Reload, the 400 has a molded in well in the center of the boat that can be used for gear storage or even as a live bait well. Due to its wider stance, the 400 is relatively easy to stand in and provides a great sight casting platform.
We will also be selling various Viking Kayak accessories that go with the new boats. The Chill Pod is a very easy to open ice box for kayak anglers looking to keep their catch cold. Both the 400 and the Reload's rear tankwell will accept this cool product. A rudder kit is available for either boat, but it is a little different than what we are used to here in the US. This particular rudder does not extend down past the bottom of the boat, but in no way does that detract from its performance. These boats will turn very quickly due to the surface area of the rudder blade. Other accessories we will carry will be a Viking branded hatch bucket with screw on lid, additional flush mount rod holders, and a clear center pod lid for the Profish 400.
We are very excited to have Viking on board and hope you are too! These are now available for pre-order and will actually start shipping near the end of April. Let us know what you think by commenting below.
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We're down to 25 days until a referee whistles the start to the 2014 World Cup. MLSsoccer.com continues its build-up to the world's greatest sporting event in Brazil by getting the all-time favorite World Cup memory of Portland Timbers and Canadian national team captain, Will Johnson.
As an 11-year-old in 1998, Johnson witnessed one of the greatest goals in World Cup history during the England vs. Argentina second-round knockout match in Saint-Etienne:
France '98 was the first time I really had memories of a World Cup, but it was definitely highlighted by the Michael Owen goal against Argentina and then seeing France win on their home soil and all the parties that followed.
I want to say were on vacation in Florida somewhere, Orlando maybe, because there were tons of British people everywhere. I can't remember exactly where we were, but that sounds about right. Being a Liverpool fan as well, it was a special time when Owen broke onto the scene. Like I said, the memories are kind of blurred a little bit, but that definitely stood out.
I was a little striker at the time, and he was a young player at the time, so I was just trying to be him.
I then remember Argentina doing that little trick play behind the wall and tying it up [just before halftime] and I remember just being devastated. But yeah, those were some good memories.
Editor's Note: Owen's goal put England up 2-1 in the 16th minute after both teams exchanged early penalty-kick goals. Argentina equalized 2-2 just before halftime and there wouldn't be another goal for the rest of regulation and extra time. England, who saw David Beckham get famously sent off for a kick on Diego Simeone, would be foiled again in the ensuing penalty kick shootout.
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HOUSTON (KTRK) – Thanks to a first of its kind transplant procedure, a Texas baby born with missing areas of skin can now be held by his family.
Over the summer, Ja'bari Gray received life-saving treatment at Texas Children's Hospital. He was born weighing just 3 pounds on New Year's Day, and he was missing large areas of skin.
"From the neck down, from the front and back, nothing – there was no skin and even parts of his legs. He had no skin," said Ja'bari's mother, Priscilla Maldonado.
Thanks to the transplant, the 10-month-old now has skin covering 100 percent of his body, allowing his mother to finally kiss her baby boy.
"Now, you can kiss him, touch him, do all that stuff. He got to wear his first set of clothes now, so he's getting there," Maldonado said.
Ja'bari's skin was grown inside a Boston lab that specializes in burn victims. His case was a first.
"That was the first transplant ever that's been done in his situation and on a baby his age," his mother said.
Maldonado recalls the first time she got to embrace her son skin-to-skin, 10 months after he was born.
"It was heartwarming because he was crying when he was laying down, so as soon as I picked him up and had the skin-to-skin contact and put him on my chest, he just stopped crying," she said.
Ja'bari's siblings are also getting in on the love. His big brother Jaden held him for two hours Wednesday.
Given little chance at birth by doctors, Ja'bari now weighs nearly 18 pounds. He is off his pain medication and breathing on his own.
"If it wasn't his purpose to be here, he would have been gone from birth or even before birth, so he does have a purpose in this world. We never know what it is until the future," Maldonado said.
Ja'bari's mother admits he still has a long road to recovery, including corrections to several areas that have fused. After two surgeries to open his eyelids, they reclosed. Both arms, his right hand, right foot and neck will all require surgery to separate them.
Maldonado is staying positive, though, celebrating each infant milestone. She says Ja'bari's name means "fighter" or "warrior," and that's exactly what he is.
"Making coo sounds that normal babies would do, he's interacting with us. Even though he can't see us and stuff, he's still interacting," she said.
Doctors told Maldonado only two other babies like Ja'bari have been born in the U.S., and neither of them survived.
The mother says there were no signs of anything wrong during her pregnancy, and they only discovered the abnormalities after Ja'bari was born.


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In all the presidential candidates' speeches made at this year's pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC conference in Washington there was a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner in the race for president promised to bring the ties between the U.S. and Israel to "the next level". She said the United States can "never be neutral when it comes to Israel's security or survival."
Clinton condemned Palestinian violence and suggested the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement was "anti-Semitic", while making almost no mention of Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Republican front runner Donald Trump stepped away from earlier stances of neutrality in the conflict, saying Israel is the United State's "most reliable ally." He blamed the Palestinians for stalled peace talks and vowed to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which he called "the eternal capital of the Jewish people."
The Republican candidate Ted Cruz said as a president he will "not be neutral." He said he would veto any United Nations Security Council resolutions that recognized Palestine as a state outside the context of talks with Israel. He also criticized Trump for referring to the Palestinian Authority as "Palestine".
Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders was the only candidate who decided not to appear at AIPAC's conference. Instead, he delivered a speech on foreign policy outlining his Middle East agenda in Utah on Monday.
Sanders pledged to be friendly toward both Israelis and Palestinians if elected president, and condemned the continued building of settlements in the West Bank, as well as Palestinian attacks against civilians.
"Peace has to mean security for every Israeli," said the democratic candidate. "But peace also means security for every Palestinian. It means achieving self-determination, civil rights, and economic wellbeing for the Palestinian people. Peace will mean ending what amounts to the occupation of Palestinian territory, establishing mutually agreed upon borders and pulling back settlements in the West Bank."
The democratic candidate expressed concern over the "recent expropriation" of lands in the West Bank, and condemned the Netanyahu government's decision to "withhold hundreds of millions of Shekels in tax revenue" from Palestinians. He also criticized the Palestinian president for calling for the "abrogation of the Oslo Agreement when the goal should be the ending of violence."
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The dining room walls of the Twisted Harp are emerald green. Gorgeous crystal chandeliers glisten. Dishes arrive flavored with sauces made with Irish whiskey. You could almost forget you were in a Nottingham shopping center.
Yet, if you look out the dining room window, you see, not more than a shillelagh's throw away, the neon glow of a Wendy's. But this is America — specifically, the 8700 block of Belair Road —where cultures meld.
On the pub side of the Twisted Harp, which bills itself as a gastro pub, there is a bar with big-screen televisions, ample libations ($4 drafts) and live music several nights a week.
The quieter side is the dining room, home to polished wood, soft lights and the "gastro" part of the equation. Here is where you find appetizers such as rockfish bites ($10.99), morsels of rockfish covered with a little too much tempura batter, fried and served with an aioli so spicy it raises your eyebrows.
Here, too, are "lollipops" made with bangers and mash ($7.97). These are small sausages that have been rolled with mashed potatoes and covered with panko crumbs. The lollipops are fried, skewered with sticks and served with an Irish whiskey and mustard sauce. The fried ovals did indeed resemble brown lollipops, even if the sticks couldn't support them. I ended up eating them with a fork. They tasted like potato pancakes.
The menu takes the big-tent approach to Irish sandwiches — offering items like a corned beef panini, a banger sandwich made with sausages sauteed in Guinness and a burger that becomes "Irish" when it's topped with Irish cheddar cheese.
We chose more substantial fare — just how much more substantial was a surprise. I had the Gaelic steak ($18.99), broiled sirloin topped with a sauce of mushrooms, onions, cream and Irish whiskey. The meat was cooked just as I requested, medium rare. So often, kitchens seem afraid of rare meat. Not this one. The sauce was more creamy than pungent. The portion was massive and came with an acre of crisp, sauteed green beans and a mountain of colcannon.
The sirloin did not thrill me, but the colcannon did. It was a winning mixture of potatoes, milk, cabbage and bacon. The combination of steak, green beans and colcannon seemed like too much food. But somehow I polished off the excellent colcannon.
The chicken Jennifer entree ($17.97) that my wife ordered married two grilled chicken breasts with lump crab meat, served over mashed potatoes and dotted with more crab. Again, the portion was gigantic — enough food to feed Dublin. The flavors, however, were somewhat shy.
For dessert, we split a pleasing, house-made bread pudding ($2.99).
Service was spotty, though. Our waitress seemed to forget about us from time to time. A glass of cabernet ($7) that I wanted to sip with my steak did not arrive until the steak was almost gone, some 15 minutes after I had ordered it. So, too, with a request for a glass of water. It eventually appeared, but long after my thirst had slackened.
The pub part of the Twisted Harp seems solid; the gastro component less so. The portions were very large, but with the exception of the colcannon, the dishes were not distinctive.
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The traditional birthplace of Jesus is celebrating its merriest Christmas in years, as tens of thousands of tourists thronged Bethlehem on Friday for the annual holiday festivities in this biblical West Bank town.
Officials said the turnout was shaping up to be the largest since 2000. Unseasonably mild weather, a virtual halt in Israeli-Palestinian violence and a burgeoning economic revival in the West Bank all added to the holiday cheer.
By nightfall, a packed Manger Square was awash in red, blue, green and yellow Christmas lights.
Merrymakers blasted horns, bands sang traditional Christmas carols in Arabic, boy scout marching bands performed and Palestinian policemen deployed around the town to keep the peace.
A group of 30 tourists from Papua New Guinea, all wearing red Santa hats, walked around the nearby Church of the Nativity, built on the site where tradition holds Jesus was born. Both church officials and the Palestinian president voiced hopes for peace.
Pat Olmsted, a 64-year-old teacher from Sugar Land, Texas, was celebrating her first Christmas in Bethlehem and broke into tears as she stood in Manger Square. "It just gives me a whole true meaning of the Bible. As I read the pages, it will mean so much more to me," she said.
Bethlehem used to attract tens of thousands of tourists from around the world for Christmas celebrations, but attendance dropped sharply following the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000.
As the fighting tapered off over the last five years, attendance steadily climbed. The town's 2,750 hotel rooms were booked solid for Christmas week, and town officials say more hotels are under construction.
Israeli officials have said they expect about 90,000 visitors in Bethlehem during the current two-week holiday season, up from 70,000 last year.
But the bloodshed has left its mark. Visitors entering the town must cross through a massive metal gate in the separation barrier Israel built between Jerusalem and Bethlehem during a wave of Palestinian attacks last decade.
The Roman Catholic Church's top clergyman in the Holy Land, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, crossed through the gate in a traditional midday procession from Jerusalem. Later, he celebrated Midnight Mass, the peak of the holiday's events in town.
In his homily, Twal issued a conciliatory call for peace between religions and urged an "intensification" of dialogue with Jews and Muslims.
"We need to unite and integrate the many values we have in common: prayer, piety, fasting, almsgiving, and ethical values," he said.
"Our hope for Christmas is that Jerusalem not only become the capital of two nations, but also a model for the world, of harmony and coexistence of the three monotheistic religions," he added. "During this Christmas season, may the sound of the bells of our churches drown the noise of weapons in our wounded Middle East, calling all men to peace and the joy."
The crowds continued to swell throughout the day. By Friday night, Israeli military officials, who coordinate movement in and out of the West Bank, said the number rose to some 70,000 people on Christmas Eve alone, compared with 50,000 last year.
Raed Arafat, the 40-year-old owner of the Stars and Bucks Cafe, played Christmas songs over loudspeakers and handed out free Arabic coffee at his shop near Manger Square. Tourists snapped photos and bought mugs emblazoned with the cafe chain's green logo, modeled after the American Starbucks company.
"There are more people this year," an ecstatic Arafat said. "Christmas this year is not like every year because now there is more quiet."
The holiday had its surreal moments. Many visitors were local Palestinians, including a large number of Muslim women whose faces were covered by veils. The loud Muslim call to prayer from a mosque next to Manger Square briefly drowned out the celebrations.
"Because of the hard situation and the pressure we are living in, we take advantage of any joyful moment and bring our children to play," said Khitam Harazallah, a veiled Muslim housewife from the nearby Deheishe refugee camp who came with her two young children.
Today, just one-third of Bethlehem's 50,000 residents are Christian, down from about 75 percent in the 1950s. The rest are Muslims.
The Christian population throughout the Middle East has shrunk in recent decades as people flee violence or search for better opportunities abroad. Christians make up roughly 2 percent of the population in the Holy Land.
With the end of fighting, the West Bank has undergone an economic revival in recent years, illustrated by new shopping malls and widespread construction projects in the bustling city of Ramallah.
But a deadlock in Mideast peace talks between Israel and the West Bank government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, along with a flare-up in violence between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip, threatened to cast a pall over the celebrations.
Abbas, a Muslim, traveled to Bethlehem to greet the revelers, saying he hoped the coming year will finally bring peace. He also said the Palestinians were issuing a special postage stamp honoring Bethlehem.
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Israel maintains an embargo on Gaza, which is governed by Abbas' rival, the Islamic militant group Hamas. In a goodwill gesture, Israel allowed 500 members of Gaza's tiny Christian community to travel to Bethlehem.
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Dampening the holiday cheer, Israeli authorities said three Italian pilgrims were killed Friday afternoon when their car crashed into an electric pole near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. Two other women in the car were hospitalized. Israeli officials said the women were in the Holy Land to celebrate Christmas.


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Naturally, plumbing in a USB flash drive wasn't a problem and dropping in my iPad's Three micro Sim with a full-size adapter was promising too – shame there's no Three UK usage monitoring app for Win8 yet though. Yet on the road, occasional dropped connections didn't always re-establish and so it was necessary to 'disconnect' and then reconnect to fire up the mobile broadband again. Lenovo's spec mentions 4G support too, but making do with 3G browsing certainly wasn't sluggish with a half decent signal. Back home or in the office, you can revert to Wi-Fi which supports both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands.
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With the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2, you end up with is an extremely likable Windows 8 Pro tablet due to its capacity to function with typical PC peripherals when you need it to. As a standalone device though, even if you get by reasonably well wedded to the Modern Interface, its Desktop mode shortcomings soon present themselves as you're bound to end up in there sooner or later. ®


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The fallacy of the pass first PG as the key to winning and offensive production
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this is about raps offense which has struggled mightily since gay was acquired and the argument "we need pass 1st PG."
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....but if the Raptors are ranked 12th in the league in offence, that puts them at above-average on that side of the ball. So can we even say that the Raptors' lack of wins is due to offensive problems? How do they rank in terms of defensive efficiency?Last edited by afrocarter; Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:03 PM. Reason: rephrasing
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The fallacy of the pass first PG as the key to winning and offensive productionOf late there is a lot of good discussion on the Raptors PG situation. I am of the opinion years of watching Jose Calderon play has warped Raptor fans sense of reality of what constitutes good point guard play. Do not get me wrong, I am not implying Calderon is not a good point guard - far from it. What I am saying is years of rosters comprised of players needing to be spoon fed to get theirs has created a false sense of what is "good" PG play. I do believe Lowry is a good point guard - not elite but very good.
Take a look at the following table. It is organized by current number of wins - top 16 teams in the league. All stats came from Basketball-Reference.com.
Current Playoff Team Assists/FG made Assisted FG% Offensive Rating/rank San Antonio 1509/2372 63.6% 109.6/6th LA Clippers 1428/2336 61.1% 109.5/7th Miami 1267/2188 57.8% 112.9/1st OKC 1276/2222 57.4% 112.8/2nd Denver 1455/2431 59.8% 109.7/5th Memphis 1199/2057 58.3% 104.1/19th Indiana 1208/2069 58.4% 103.5/21st New York 1064/2005 53.1% 110.7/3rd Brooklyn 1075/2066 52% 106.7/10th Chicago 1330/2055 64.7% 103.0/22nd Golden State 1326/2236 59.3% 106.1/11th Atlanta /1387/2129 65.1% 105.0/15th Utah 1344/2182 61.6% 106.8/9th Houston 1406/2318 60.7% 110.1/4th Boston 1338/2145 62,4% 102.4/25th Milwaukee 1251/2115 59.1% 102.9/23rd Toronto 1255/2124 59.1% 105.9/12th
First things first, it should be noted Toronto is not a 'bad' offensive team based on the season. However, the offense has certainly struggled since the acquisition of Gay.
A few things that stand out from the table, in my opinion:
1) 3 of the top offenses in the league (MIA, OKC, NYK) have an assist rate per made field goal lower than Toronto - with NYK having the least number of assists in the league but the 3rd highest offensive rating.
2) You can still be very competitive with bad offense (Chicago, Indiana, Memphis all bottom 1/3 offense in the league).
3) A high assist percent per field goal made does not mean there is great offense being run. Of playoff teams with over 62% assisted field goals, 3 of those teams have below average offense (Atlanta 15th, Chicago 22nd, Boston 25th).
4) Some of the best offenses in the league are run by "score first" point guards. Parker leads the 6th best offense in San Antonio with 7.6 assists per game but he also leads the team in shots per game at 15.5. Westbrook leads the 2nd best offense with 7.8 assists per game but he also leads the team in shots per game at 18.7. Lawson leads the 5th best offense with 7.1 assists per game but he also leads the team in shots per game at 13.7. Felton leds the 3rd best offense with 6.0 assists per game but he is practically tied for 2nd in shots per game at 14.6 (JR Smith has 14.7). Curry leads the 10th best offense with 6.5 assists per game and leads the team in shots at 17.3.
5) Some of the best offenses in the league are run by "shitty" point guards. Chalmers starts on the best offensive team in the league with just 3.4 assists per game and his backup is 1.7 assists per game (very special and unique circumstances with Wade and LBJ, I know, and it is easily argued *and agreed* Chalmers does not run the O). Lin is the starting PG on the 4th best offensive team in the league and he is hardly setting the league on fire (6.2 assists per game). Utah is probably the best example; since Mo Williams was injured December 23rd, the Jazz have still managed the 9th best offense and assist per field goal rate of 61.6% with Tinsley, Watson, Hayward, Foye, and Burks all running the offense.
6) Of the teams listed (all playoff teams) there is only one team with what I would call a true pass first PG and that is Paul with the Clippers but even they are "just" the 7th best offense in the league.
Some conclusions I have drawn:
1) Lowry is not the problem with the offense in Toronto. Lowry's problem in relation to the offense is he is not playing the way that has made him successful in the few seasons leading up to his arrival in Toronto. I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it again: he has been neutered. Another way to look at it is he is a square peg trying to be jammed in Calderon's circular hole (that was for you Heinz).
2) Talent is what matters in the NBA. I think Calderon is a much better floor general than Lowry but I think Lowry is a much more talented player. The Knicks have the least assists in the league but have the 3rd best offense. It is not only the players that need to adjust to suit their team - the coaching staff need to adjust to suit the talent on their team. With years of watching guys need to be spoon fed in Raptor land, there now appears to be players who can create their own offense (Lowry when uninhibited, Gay, and DeRozan in the post plus guys like Amir and JV on the offensive glass after penetration). Also when some of the most ball stagnant offenses in the league (with NYK being the poster child) have the 3rd best rating it tells you talent matters.
3) The Raptors offensive game plan is predominantly side to side and needs more in and out or vertical movement attacking the hoop.
4) Jack is full of poop when it comes to his nonstop "look at the assist total and the field goals!" That is not necessarily a sign of good offense.
5) Player movement/Ball movement VS. Player movement/Ball non-movement.
This is the biggest issue and I saved it for last. The Raptors coaching staff has implemented an offense whereby if the team can't score in transition off their defense, then the ball stops moving and players start running off screens (or of late Gay/DD take the ball and go ISO). In my opinion that is 100% crappy, crappy, crappy, crappy, crappy offense. I was always taught from a young age the ball moves faster than you can - so use that to your advantage. In my opinion the best example of this is San Antonio. Watching how the ball moves with the Spurs is beautiful and it shows why they can sit 4 starters and still compete with the champions (but at a cost of $250K). Also interesting is how San Antonio has evolved from 2007/08 at 28th for OffRtg to being 2nd last year and 6th this season.
Bottom line: the Raptors offensive problems of late start and end with game plan/strategy resulting in poor usage of players talents and strengths.
**The threads of the last few days (coaching and Lowry) got me thinking and this is what came of it. I'd be interested to read other perspectives or if there are serious flaws with my thinking here that I am missing.**Tags: None


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