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It's my understanding that WOTC is releasing a string of 4e products under a label they're calling "Essentials", that there's substantial revisions/errata attached to this product line, and that the primary goal is to provide a superior learning curve for players who are new to RPGs.

My question is this: What problems or deficiencies in the existing 4th edition architecture, perceived or real, are the Essentials revisions intended to address? Also, am I correct in understanding that all extant 4e products will be revised as needed to be fully compatable with the new version of the rules?

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I'd attach a "ddessentials" tag if there was one. Please note that I have no interest in starting a 4.5e skubwar (which is why I was suprised to note that the 4e tag reads "4.0"), and forgive me if I've totally misunderstood the scope of the Essentials line - I can't isolate the signal from the noise that WOTC PR is putting out, and anywhere else I go the subject will invariably devolve into trolling and flamewars. –  Burrito Al Pastor Sep 1 '10 at 23:02
I think this will be divisive and cause arguments, and that it'll be hard to get decent answers to it given that essentials isn't even out yet. I'd consider waiting to ask this question until anyone could answer it in anything other than opinions. –  mxyzplk Sep 1 '10 at 23:06
I took a shot because I'm a masochist. There are people with Essentials books in their hands answering questions, and some of my answers are based on what they've said. If this gets flamey I'll vote to close, but I'd like to see if we can manage to avoid Edition Wars, because I think that'd be a substantial accomplishment. Also -- added the tag because I think Essentials-only is going to be a reasonable way to want to play the game. –  Bryant Sep 1 '10 at 23:23
It's definitely a question that's historically been prone to some ugly debates, but it's still ultimately a question that I think needs answering, if only because I don't know the answer myself. More importantly, I think that we need to be able to talk about potentially divisive things, like controversial edition changes or revisions, if RPG Stackexchange is going to distinguish itself above other RPG communities. The ratings structure gives us a great way to filter out the trolls, and I think it'd be a shame if we failed to use this platform to its utmost potential. –  Burrito Al Pastor Sep 1 '10 at 23:38

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Kudos for tackling the tough subject with grace. I'll see how well I can answer this. If anyone thinks I've gotten evangelistic, please let me know and I'll try and modify my answer to reflect your concerns.

What Is Essentials?

There will be several products released this year and early next year under the Essentials banner. Here's a list of the key ones. If you get those, you will have a core set of rules that allows you to easily play and run D&D 4e.

There are few core changes or errata that originate with Essentials. Combat works the same way, magic works the same way, and so on. There have definitely been a lot of errata and rules changes over the last two years, and Essentials will include all of those, but Essentials in and of itself is not the reason for those changes. For better or worse -- and there are arguments in both directions -- WotC decided to aggressively fix balance problems in 4e. That's not new to this release.

The classes presented in Essentials -- fighter, cleric, rogue, wizard, druid, paladin, ranger, and warlock -- are not the same versions as those we've seen so far. In some cases they're pretty similar, and in some cases they're fairly different. However, they are fully compatible with existing characters of those classes, in two key senses.

First, you can take an Essentials wizard and plop her down in a campaign next to a wizard as presented in the Player's Handbook and nothing at all needs to be changed for either of them. The core gameplay is completely compatible, again. D&D 4e is designed so that classes are heavily modular; a given class can have multiple builds which function differently, and one class may gain powers differently than another, but in the end you're just rolling an attack and applying damage and/or conditions.

Second, material from Essentials serves as a resource for existing classes and vice versa. For example, you can choose Essentials wizard powers for your classic wizard without problems. Likewise, an Essentials wizard could take PHB wizard powers. No need to house rule or adjust. In some cases, this won't make sense -- for example, Essentials fighters don't have dailies, so they can't take PHB fighter dailies -- but even in that case an Essentials fighter could take a PHB fighter utility power.

All that said, Essentials is going to feel different. Fighters, for example, work much more like third edition fighters. I suspect some people will want to play Essentials-only games, and I think there's good reasons why you might want to do that. Further, if you learn to play an Essentials fighter, there'd be a slight learning curve if you then wanted to learn how a classic fighter works.

Why Essentials?

Only Wizards knows for sure, but they've talked about a bunch of things. They want to have a better entry point into the game. The Starter Kit will be sold in Target for $20, and that's a lot more accessible than telling new players they need these three $35 hardcover books.

They also clearly want to attract players of older editions. As noted, the fighter is simpler and does away with some of the immersion problems people have had. The classic 4e fighter is centered around powers, and the Essentials fighter returns to the mode of just using basic attacks -- but doing cooler things with them.

I believe that Wizards would like to have a new core rule set that collects all those errata. I don't find the PHB to be useless... but I also get most of my rules info from my DDI subscription at this point, and I'm really looking forward to the compiled Rules Compendium. It's a pain looking up finer rules points in three or four different places.

What Happens To Old Stuff?

Nothing. There is not going to be anything like the Complete Class line which made the old class books obsolete. Essentials options don't overlap with classic options; if I want to play a two-weapon fighter who gets by on mobility, the Tempest Fighter from Martial Power is probably still the right way to go. The monsters from the first three Monster Manuals are completely functional and don't need to change -- at worst, you might want to up the damage for the ones from MM1 and MM2. The campaign books don't need new editions. Etc.

Most of the books announced for 2011 are not Essentials books; they don't have the Essentials name and they don't have the Essentials trade dress. I believe the intent is that they'll be equally useful whether you have the old core books or the new Essentials books, which makes sense because it's theoretically the same game.

The proof is in the pudding. A few core rules are changing with Essentials. Racial traits are slightly different here and there, for example, but in all cases the changes are optional rather than forced. Magic items get a new rarity scheme, and I don't know exactly how that's going to interact with old magic items.

All the above wall of text is what I think, but I do want to look at the books and find out for myself.

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That almost answers my question, and I'm going to take the blame for opting for inoffensiveness over clarity. The fact of the matter is, I like 4e as a whole, but there are specific elements about 4e that I don't like, and that I wish would change, and "errata" means "changes" - the thing you mentioned about fighters working more like 3e fighters really sounds interesting to me, for example. However, I was under the impression that it was closer to release than it apparently is. I may have simply asked this question too soon. –  Burrito Al Pastor Sep 1 '10 at 23:44
I gotta admit it'll be easier to answer in about a month. I know some of the new fighter stuff, but not all of it. –  Bryant Sep 1 '10 at 23:52
That's a lot ... so it's like 4.5 that's backwards compatible ... great. –  C. Ross Sep 14 '10 at 15:37
@C.Ross: Less that, I think, than a version of 4E that's geared toward people whose favored editions were those before 3rd. From what I've seen of the Essentials stuff, it's very much "can I play a character like the one I played in the 1980s in your game?" –  Jadasc Sep 14 '10 at 15:53
Okay, good enough. Fighters hit things with swords instead of using powers? I'm sold. –  Burrito Al Pastor Sep 16 '10 at 18:34

Until we get the books in our hands we can't be sure what changes Essentials will hold for the core rules. But remember this D&D 4.0 is an exception based system. In that it is similar to Magic the Gathering. MtG is not the same as it was back when it was first released. However it is the same game. What makes it different is the mix of card that is part of the core set. Despite not playing for a number of years I am confident I can go buy a deck of magic cards and starting playing. I will definitely have to learn new strategies and new ways of building my decks. But I am still playing the same game.

And this looks to be the situation with Essential D&D. Instead of just the core Fighter there will be the Essential Fighter and so on for the rest of the classes. You will have status effects, at-will powers, encounter powers, and perhaps a few dailies. And you will still have to read the text carefully and understand the standard terms.

If they do the Essential Red Box right then it will be a lot easier for people to pick up and try 4e D&D. In addition because 4e is an exception based system that means how the game feels is dependent on the bag of powers, classes, and feats. You can have the same system but a different feeling game by altering that mix. See Dark Sun, and Gamma World for example of what they can do. We will see how good of a job they do with making the Essential version feel more like traditional D&D.

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My favorite essentials change is item rarity. I'm sure everyone has been in a game were the group finds a neat item but everyone has already used their "starter cash" to pick out the perfect gear so the item goes unused. The item rarity change puts the power back into the DM's hands (well it was always there but now its supported by rules text).

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Are we sure that is an essentials change? The rarity system is probably going to come out in Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium, which is a core book. –  Peter Seckler Sep 2 '10 at 11:38
I've heard the rarity system discussed in relation to the essentials line--MME will probably use it as well. –  Numenetics Sep 2 '10 at 12:26
It's confirmed as being in the DM Kit -- see here: enworld.org/forum/4e-discussion/…. Take the vitriol with whatever measure of salt you prefer, of course. –  Bryant Sep 2 '10 at 16:57
Aha! Well, I stand corrected!.. the way it is described sounds pretty cool as long as we get further randomized tables. I may have to write some. hmm... –  Peter Seckler Sep 2 '10 at 18:51

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Now This Is To Die For!

Or, the Ultimate Show of Fan Support

Well, now I have seen everything. While drinking my morning coffee and scanning the local news section of the Philadelphia Inquirer (I do occasionally read sections other than Sports), I came across a column explaining how you can now be sent to your eternal rest in the ultimate team-supporting style. Sports logo coffins!

phils_casket_nj_500.jpgYou can read the full article here, if you’re so inclined. The article includes a photo gallery of Phillies logoed urns that are also available, as well as options for fans of other sports, or even Star Trek. OK, an urn I can understand – it will be out in the open, on display, to be seen. But the coffin? After the funeral, no one sees it! It will get buried in the ground, or stuck in a vault. I can think of some better things for me or my loved ones to spend several thousand dollars on.

Phormer Phillie Update

Bobby Abreu has signed a one year, $5 million deal with the Angels. From 1998-2006, Bobby was the Phillies right-fielder before being traded to the Yankees. I always felt he was a bit of an enigma during his tenure here – he put up some good numbers and the fans respected his talent, but he didn’t seem to be a fan favorite in the same way as Pat Burrell or Jim Thome (at the time). Maybe because he was rather quiet, or because of his aversion to the right-field wall. I swear it had an anti-Abreu force field around it! Bobby, I wish you well this season as an Angel!

It’s Friday!

So not only TGIF, but the final entry for players sharing names with days of the week. Earlier this week I wrote about Billy Sunday and Rick Monday. There were no players named Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday in the major leagues (and there won’t be a Saturday either).

There was, however, Skipper Friday, given name Grier William Friday. Skipper had the classic “cup of coffee” in 1923, appearing in a mere seven games for the Washington Senators. But wait! There is also a Brian Friday, who has played in the Pirates minor-league system the past two years. So maybe we will eventually have another big-league Friday to blog about.

‘Til tomorrow, happy blogging!

(coffin photo April Saul, Philadelphia Inquirer; Abreu photo mine)

The caskets are funny, aren’t they? I did a post on them before you came onboard here at MLBlogs. Couldn’t believe people would spend money on them, but who knows? And LOL about Abreu’s aversion to the right field wall. When he was with the Yankees I used to laugh every time he’d get close. I will miss him though; he fit right in when he arrived from Philly and was a really good #3 hitter. He took a lot of pitches and always knocked in 100 RBIs. A very good pickup for the Angels.

Yeah – the Red Sox had their “caskets” out a while ago – it is definitely for the “ultimate” fan!

Hi Jane and Julia! Yeah, we’re apparently a little behind here in Philly. Of course, the Yankees and Red Sox fans just have so many “die”-hard fans compared to us! (yeah, bad pun, it was used in the newspaper article, too) :-)
Jane, so true about Abreu – he can really work the count, but it is always an adventure if he has to go near the wall!

The casket is TOO funny. And they even have the MLB logo on them! OMG. Maybe they’ll start branding hybrid cars next…I’d buy that :O)

Now that is what I call a “die hard” fan! Did you know you can also get cremated and have your ashes put in a container of your team? Or you can have the ashes sprinkled on the infleid dirt.
The first assignment for the project is UP!

Hi Jenn – yeah, it’s one of those items that makes you realize some people have way more money than they know what to do with – I am not one of them :-(
metsmainman – personally I think the urn is the better idea – it’s cheaper, and at least people will see it after the funeral. Do they really allow you to be sprinkled on the infield? That would be too cool!

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Be Gone, Damn Bug!

The Phillies closed out their Grapefruit League play today with a 7-6 win over the Astros, and will now head north to prepare for Friday’s season opener against those same Astros. In addition to leaving behind sun and warmth (both of which seem to be in short supply around these parts), let’s hope they also leave behind the proverbial injury bug.

The Phils’ spring clubhouse seems to have suffered a heavy infestation – Domonic Brown is out following surgery on a broken bone in his hand; Chase Utley was sidelined the entire spring with a creaky knee, with no timetable for his return to action; and Brad Lidge is likely to go on the DL with pain in his shoulder.

Additionally, Jose Contreras missed a couple days with a scratched cornea, Placido Polanco hyperextended his elbow, and Shane Victorino and Roy Oswalt luckily avoided serious injury after running into Raul Ibanez, and being hit in the back of the neck with a line drive, respectively.

Enough already! Be gone, damn bug!

But “bug” is a vague word. Is the injury bug an insect-bug?
Or a bacteria-bug?
Do we need to call in an exterminator?
Or a vaccinator?
At the moment, I don’t care which it is, I just want this team healthy! Right now!

I am already about to promote the Phillies 2011 MVP Award to go to their Trainers. Those guys will not only earner their pesos in 2011, but they will have to foresee and forego a few late night activities to attend to the rehab and prevention of more injuries.
You know there is a situation when RP Danys Baez has 2 wins in the Spring.
Hopefully it is just a faze or short term dose of mis-guided karma that will disappear by the first NL East series matchup.

Rays Renegade

Who cares about a bug when the Doc is in. Ok, that’s a bad cliche but Roy will go down as one of the best. any team with him on the mound can endure any bug.

—Mark Gauthier

I always pictured the injury bug being more like the Gravelings from Dead Like Me. If you never saw that show, they were gremlin looking things about 3 feet high, invisible to the living who wandered about setting the stage for all of the accidents and disasters that befall us. Regardless, I think you should call in both the exterminator and the vaccinator for good measure. One can never be too careful.
This is a very simple game…

It seems pennant races seem to come down to the teams who can stay healthy. The Phils have enough depth and talent that they should be ok, though. They just have to hang in there until these guy get healthy.
‘Minoring In Baseball’

I am going to be so depressed when Utley does not come out on Opening Day :O( Who will I take 300 consecutive photos of now? Guess I’ll have to settle for Doc ;o)

Renegade – I guess injuries are par for the course when you have the oldest lineup in the majors this season. Hopefully they won’t keep the trainers too busy.

Mark – I like your optimism. :-) This assumes, however, that Doc himself stays healthy.

Kristen – I’m not familiar with that show, I’ll have to check it out. Network or cable?

Mike – I like your optimism too. Both Lidge and Utley have battled injuries the past few seasons, and the Phils have still had success. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed that is the case again this year.

Jenn – Good question! Who will you take aim at is really a matter of who has the best “assets”, hmm? ;-)

A scratched cornea? Yikes! At least none of these injuries have affected the prized three of the rotation. Those three guys are the keys to the Phillies this season, so hopefully they at least can stay healthy…

Catherine, if it were up to me I’d wrap the starting rotation in bubble wrap when they’re not pitching! I think if they can stay healthy and effective, the Phils can probably weather any other injuries relatively unscathed.

I think what ya need is to call a closer… a real closer… one that won’t be hurt or scare you all the time in the 9th. Oh, and a second baseman named Utley wouldn’t hurt either ;-) Don’t worry, ya still got the pitching to git er done.

I heard they are predicting snow for the Phillies Opener. Oh no! Well, good luck! I can’t wait for ours on Thursday but in the meantime today is Opening Day Eve!

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Royal Society Publishing

Four degrees and beyond: the potential for a global temperature increase of four degrees and its implications

Mark New

The idea of an international symposium focused on ‘Four degrees and beyond’ germinated in late 2008 after discussions with colleagues who were concerned that there was a large gap between the emerging policy target of keeping global warming below two degrees and some of the emissions-reduction scenarios that were being proposed in both the academic and policy literature. Many emissions-policy scenarios had (i) underestimated the rate of increase of emissions in the last decade and (ii) been unrealistically optimistic about when global emissions might peak, given the time it takes to transition out of carbon-based energy systems. A pessimistic, or some might say realistic, appraisal of the slow progress of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, also suggested that avoiding two degrees would be highly unlikely, and that the chances of warming by four degrees in this century much less unlikely than previously thought. At the same time, the Oxford-based author Mark Lynas had just published his book ‘Six degrees: our future on a hotter planet’, and he had often commented on the scarcity of any scientific literature on the nature and impacts of climate changes larger than four degrees.

So, the Four degrees and beyond conference took place in September 2009, where we asked participants to specifically address the questions of (i) how probable a warming of four degrees or higher might be, (ii) what the consequences of such a warming might be for ecosystems and society, (iii) how to adapt to such large changes, and (iv) how to keep the risk of high-end climate change as low as possible.

The papers in this Theme Issue were written by participants in the Four degrees conference, at the invitation of the editors. In many cases, authors were asked to combine their separate conference contributions into a joint paper synthesizing multiple viewpoints and results. We appreciate their enthusiasm in taking on this challenge.

Now, as we go to press with the Theme Issue a year on from the conference, the results of the research presented in its papers seem even more relevant than a year ago. We have no comprehensive climate-change ‘deal’, and Yvo de Boer, in his final remarks as head of the UNFCCC before stepping down in 2010, said that it could take up to 10 years for negotiations to deliver a robust and effective agreement. Voluntary and non-nation state emissions-reduction commitments might give us some breathing space, but still take us closer to four degrees than is comfortable. The papers in this issue that look at impacts and adaptation challenges in a four degrees world are sobering: the possible impacts are large, in some cases, transformational, and the challenges in understanding and developing responses to these impacts considerable. Hopefully, this Theme Issue will stimulate much-needed further research that explores the implications of and solutions to high-end climate warming.

The Four degrees conference would not have been possible without financial support from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute. Similarly, Maria Mansfield was invaluable, first as conference organizer, and then as editorial assistant for the Themed Issue. My co-editors Diana Liverman, Richard Betts, Kevin Anderson and Chris West valiantly shared the load in reviewing papers, chasing revisions and making final recommendations. Lastly, thanks are due to all those who contributed to the Four degrees conference, the Editor of Philosophical Transactions A for agreeing to the idea of this Themed Issue, and Suzanne Abbot, Publishing Editor, for her support and patience throughout.


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Emmanuel Piperakis epiperak at softlab.ece.ntua.gr
Mon Sep 12 20:26:55 EDT 2005

Is this supported?

  #{tags_for(MyObj.new,:labels => @l, :values => @v, selected => 1}

or do the comments in form.rb refer to a future version?

1) I have asked before, what are "attribute metadata" of an object?
2) Can we use the tags_for for only some properties of the Object? (where
and how is "show_all" used?

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[typo] Sidebar not working under Typo 2.5.6?

Julian Yap julian_yap at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 2 05:46:00 EST 2005

Liz, That sounds like you're going better than me.

When I drag an "Available Item" to the "Active Sidebar items"
side, it just sits there.  Is it meant to integrate or do
something?  I mean I've seen AJAX demos of drag and drop.

I could possibly try installing an old version of Typo where
drag and drop of sidebar configuration is not supported but I
don't see the point.  Also, I could

Does my version of Rails matter?  How can I quickly check this
out?  I'm running this all on my web hosting provider...  OK,
maybe I should test this out on my own separate setup if I
really want to get to the bottom of it all...

--- Liz <e at latherrinserepeat.org> wrote:

> I am having a similar problem.
> I am on the trunk, on Ruby 1.8.2, Rails 0.14.2. If I add any
> sidebar
> that involves RSS (del.icio.us, tadalist, etc), they do not
> show up
> on my site. They show on the sidebar admin page, just not on
> the
> site. Any Sidebar that just involves the database (tags,
> archives,
> etc) show up fine. Installed a fresh version of the trunk, and
> it
> still has not changed. I tried this in safari and firefox to
> no avail.
> Any ideas on where to look to fix this? I am clueless...should
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LSU football: Tigers to Hire Cam Cameron as offensive coordinator

February 8, 2013 – 4:04 pm by admin

Cam Cameron

Among the more bizarre rumors we’ve been hearing over the past few weeks was the story that LSU head football coach Les Miles was courting Cam Cameron to run the team’s offense. Honestly, I heard this about two weeks ago and dismissed it out of hand as a bit of a weird connection. Apparently, Miles is just that crazy.

Jim Kleinpeter (awesome name) of the New Orleans Times-Picayune is reporting that LSU is working on a deal to hire Cameron as the team’s offensive coordinator. That is according to “a source close to the school.”

Kleinpeter claims the deal is in the works but some details are still being figured out and an announcement is expected next week.

Cameron was wildly unsuccessful as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers, and in a head coaching stint with the Miami Dolphins. Beyond that he has worked as offensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers, and, of course, was famously fired by the Baltimore Ravens this season after being the team’s OC since 2008. Many (even Cameron himself) credit his firing with the Ravens’ incredible turnaround and run to a Super Bowl XLVII victory.

The 62-year-old Cameron was also a long-time offensive assistant at Michigan, so he does have ties to the college game other than his stint at Indiana.

Miles was unavailable for comment on Friday, but current offensive coordinator Greg Studrawa is expected to move back to coaching the offensive line after two years running the offense.

LSU finished the 2012 season ranked 77th in the nation in total offense (374.2 yards per game) and 90th in passing yards per game (200.5).

I’m not sure Cameron is the right fit in Baton Rouge, but it will be an interesting combination with he and Miles on the same sideline.

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ESPN nixes scheduled Burgundy-Kind SportsCenter

December 5, 2013 – 1:47 am by Hickey

champ and will

I have just been handed and urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you to stop what you’re doing and listen: Thursday’s scheduled appearance of Ron Burgundy and Champ Kind on ESPN’s Sports Center has been canceled.

The fictional duo was scheduled to co-anchor the broadcast, but actual serious news has gotten in the way of that endeavor. With the Tallahassee District Attorney scheduled to hold a press conference Thursday afternoon to announce whether rape charges will be filed against Florida State quarterback and Heisman Trophy frontrunner Jameis Winston, the network decided it would be best to have professional anchors who will play it straight behind the desk.

Probably the right choice considering Champ Kind’s reaction to the story would likely be “And then Winston pulled off the victim’s panties and… WHAMMY!”

“Champ, I don’t think that’s the right time to use your catch phrase…”

“I’m tellin’ ya, Ron, he put some barbecue sauce on that butt and just -”

(ESPN fades to black permanently)

Of course, in the news business it is rare to have planned news. It is interesting to wonder what would happen if a major story actually broke during a show co-hosted by Burgundy and Kind — if some coach got fired, or somebody died, or the Knicks won a game, viewers might be inclined to believe they were just witnessing some sort of joke rather than an actual story. It’s a tremendously fun idea, but very tricky territory to navigate.

No word on whether they will go back to this idea, but for now ESPN made the right choice.

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Rushed Reactions: Providence 74, St. John’s 57

Posted by Brian Otskey on March 12th, 2015

Three Key Takeaways.

Ed Cooley's Game Plan Against St. John's Worked to Perfection (USA Today Images)

Ed Cooley’s Game Plan Against St. John’s Worked to Perfection (USA Today Images)

  1. Providence flipped the script on St. John’s. After getting swept in the regular season by the Red Storm and allowing an average of 79 points per game in those two matchups, the Friars locked down defensively and held St. John’s to 57 points on 31 percent shooting. Providence did not play an outstanding offensive game, but that is not where this game was won. Ed Cooley’s team kept D’Angelo Harrison and Sir’Dominic Pointer in check, as the two combined for only 14 inefficient points. It was an outstanding defensive effort and it took St. John’s out of everything it wanted to do.
  2. Do not be surprised if Providence pushes Villanova. While it would take a lot to beat a team that pounded Providence by 28 points just over two weeks ago, Providence is a team that can do it. The Friars have something that Villanova, aside from Daniel Ochefu, does not have — length. Providence uses as many as four players who stand 6’8” or taller, including two seven-footers. If that length is enough to keep the Wildcats from attacking the rim, it allows Providence to get out on Villanova’s lethal three-point shooters. Either way, it should be a fun game and more competitive than any game we’ve seen so far in this Big East Tournament.
  3. St. John’s could not get its transition game going. Steve Lavin’s team is at its best when it can utilize its quickness and athleticism in transition. Providence deserves credit too, but the Red Storm just could not get anything going on the fast break. For the game, St. John’s tallied just four fast break points and only six points off of turnovers. When this team is forced to play so much in the half-court, it struggles. After the game, Cooley talked about forcing them to play against a set defense — his team executed its game plan almost perfectly.

Player of the Game. LaDontae Henton, Providence. The Friars’ senior swingman totaled 20 points and 12 rebounds, his sixth double-double of the season. Only the second Providence player ever to score 2,000 points and pull down 1,000 rebounds in his career (Ryan Gomes is the other), Henton showed why that is today. The first team all-Big East selection is one of the nation’s most unheralded players, but the rest of the country will find out just how good he is soon enough when Providence plays in the NCAA Tournament.

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Big East Season Superlatives

Posted by Brian Otskey on March 10th, 2015

The Big East had an outstanding season, finishing the regular season ranked as the second-best conference in Ken Pomeroy’s ratings as well as the RPI. Let’s take a look at some of the best players and teams from a league that will likely send six teams to the Big Dance on Sunday.

Player of the Year

Kris Dunn, So, Providence (15.5 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 7.4 APG, 2.8 SPG) – This award could have easily gone to Villanova’s Darrun Hilliard or Dunn’s Providence teammate LaDontae Henton, but the Friars’ sophomore point guard has dazzled us all year long on one of the Big East’s top teams. Originally a part of Providence’s 2012 recruiting class, Dunn had been beset by injuries up until this season. Finally healthy, he played in all but one regular season game and led the country in assist rate at 49 percent. Also an outstanding defender, Dunn ranks fifth nationally in steal percentage. His best performance of the year came in a home win over DePaul on January 29 when he posted a triple-double (27 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists) — it was the first triple-double ever posted by a Providence player in a Big East conference game.

It wasn't an easy choice, but Kris Dunn earns the nod as RTC's Big East POY. (USA TODAY Sports)

It wasn’t an easy choice, but Kris Dunn earns the nod as RTC’s Big East POY. (USA TODAY Sports)

First Team

  • Kris Dunn, So, Providence (15.5 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 7.4 APG, 2.8 SPG) – Our RTC Big East Player of the Year.
  • Darrun Hilliard, Sr, Villanova (14.2 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1.8 SPG) – As is the case with all of his Villanova teammates, the statistics don’t tell the entire story. The best player on the best team in this league.
  • LaDontae Henton, Sr, Providence (20.1 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 1.4 SPG) – Joined Ryan Gomes as the only other Providence player to score at least 2,000 points and grab at least 1,000 rebounds over his career.
  • D’Angelo Harrison, Sr, St. John’s (17.8 PPG, 5.5 RPG) – The Red Storm’s leading scorer led an experienced team to what is likely to be an NCAA Tournament bid.
  • Sir’Dominic Pointer, Sr, St. John’s (13.7 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 2.0 SPG, 2.5 BPG) – Perhaps the best defender in the conference, Pointer was all over the floor in an impressive senior season.

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Providence’s Kris Dunn is Criminally Underrated

Posted by Justin Kundrat on February 10th, 2015

Providence hasn’t received much national media attention this season despite a 17-7 overall (7-4 Big East) record with a neutral floor win over Notre Dame on its resume. And until a recent 27-point outburst, sophomore point guard Kris Dunn worked in relative obscurity while LaDontae Henton — the Big East’s leading scorer at 20.4 PPG — received much of the credit for the team’s success. Henton accounts for a whopping 31.7 percent of Providence’s shots and 29.1 percent of its points this season, and while the senior has been a steady offensive contributor for the Friars, the primary driver behind the team’s season performance has been the play of Dunn.

Kris Dunn (USA Today Images)

Kris Dunn Drives the Providence Bus and Deserves More Credit For It (USA Today Images)

Dunn was the second-best point guard in the Class of 2012 and ultimately chose Providence over the likes of Georgetown, Louisville and UConn. There was a tremendous amount of hype surrounding his delayed arrival — he played in 25 games starting in mid-December of his freshman year — followed by disappointment upon his season-ending shoulder injury just a few games into last season. At 6’3″, Dunn has proven he can get by and shoot over his defenders, but despite a solid average of 15.0 points per game this season, he isn’t drawing attention because of his scoring ability. The redshirt sophomore instead brings tremendous value with his unheralded court vision, enabling him to dish no-look passes to open teammates or throw lead passes 40 feet down the court for easy lay-ups. His stellar passing ability is highlighted by his 7.5 assists per game, which ranks third-best in the country, and his assist rate of 50.9 percent, where he is easily first.

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Big East Weekend Wrap: Vol. VII

Posted by Justin Kundrat on January 13th, 2015

The Big East Weekend Wrap covers news and notes from the previous weekend’s games.

The Big East marched along last week, continuing its ascent up the rankings of the power conferences. It reached the #1 ranking for overall conference RPI for a bit before bowing to the Big 12 (only slightly), and the conference now stands at second overall with a sizable gap between itself and the rest. Even more impressively, the Big East has the highest average RPI among its conference members thanks to DePaul’s 3-0 start. As of this writing, the league lists nine of its 10 members among the top 100. Below is a list of four key takeaways from the last weekend’s action.

LaDontae Henton

LaDontae Henton’s Team Has a Legitimate Case to Rank Among the League’s Top Three Teams

Providence makes its push for the top of the standings. As I wrote in an earlier article, Providence has a legitimate case as a top three team in the Big East even though the Friars had largely fallen off the radar in non-conference play. They made a strong push last week, picking up a road win at Butler and then defeating Georgetown in overtime. Neither result was necessarily pretty — the Friars won both by a combined seven points — but the pair of wins catapulted Providence to the top of the league standings with a 3-1 record. Kris Dunn and LaDontae Henton continue to carry the load on the offensive end, with Dunn doing a much better job of staying out of foul trouble and remaining on the floor. The duo lead the conference in assists and points per game, respectively.

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Providence: The Big East’s Darkhorse

Posted by Justin Kundrat on December 23rd, 2014

With Villanova grabbing national headlines, St. John’s maintaining a Top 25 ranking, and both Butler and Georgetown wavering in and out of the polls, much of the focus on the Big East this season has naturally shifted towards them. Meanwhile, Ed Cooley has quietly pieced together a 10-3 season with five Top 100 wins, most notably against Notre Dame and Miami. While Providence found themselves in the Top 25 earlier this season, an unsurprising 20-point loss at Kentucky knocked them out, and a shocking home loss to Brown has kept them out. But college basketball, and the tournament selection process, are about a team’s body of work. Led by LaDontae Henton, the Big East’s leading scorer with 20 points per game, the Friars deserve more respect than they are getting.

With Henton Leading Them, Providence Is A Contender In The Big East

A quick review of Providence’s schedule shows the team has apparently gone through a number of phases. The first was the Henton-dominated early season schedule, where the Friars knocked off Florida State, Notre Dame, and Yale in just one week and Henton scored a combined 91 points in those games. Then came a down phase in which Henton scored just 28 points combined in the next three contests, all of which the team lost. Now, following a win over the previously-ranked Miami, the Friars appear to be back on the upswing. It’s a dangerous recipe, relying on one player to shoulder the scoring load, but the Bryce Cotton-led tournament team from last year would beg to differ. Henton is a dynamic player with an array of post moves and outside shooting as well as a lethal combination of strength and quickness makes him a mismatch on the perimeter and in the post. This versatility causes a tough match-up for any team, and his cold shooting nights this season appear to be more a function of his own doing and less one of getting flustered by defenses.

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Big East Weekend Wrap: Vol. III

Posted by Justin Kundrat on December 8th, 2014

The Big East Weekend Wrap will cover news and notes from the weekend’s games.

Another week of games, another week of wins for the Big East. As we move into the last few weeks of the non-conference schedule, these games gain additional significance; they represent a team’s last few chances to stockpile resume-enhancing wins before the conference gauntlet begins. A number of Big East teams were able to do just that last week. Below is a list of four key takeaways from the past week of action.

St. John's Stunned Syracuse in the Carrier Dome on Saturday (credit:

St. John’s Stunned Syracuse in the Carrier Dome on Saturday (credit:

St. John’s steals a win at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse rarely goes down easy at the Carrier Dome, but the Orange’s streak of 55 consecutive non-conference home game victories came to an end on Saturday as D’Angelo Harrison and Phil Greene IV taught the Orange a few things about three-point shooting. In the past, the Johnnies had seemingly always managed to lose these key games down the stretch by way of turnovers or poor shot selection. But this time, the more experienced group played under control and found ways to score over the 2-3 zone inside. While Harrison paced the team throughout the game, hitting timely threes or mid-range shots, it was Greene who helped to close it out, scoring 11 points in the final 4:08 of action. Forwards Chris Obekpa and Sir’Dominic Pointer were largely neutralized on the offensive end, but Harrison and Greene converted with stunning efficiency, combining for a white-hot 8-of-14 shooting night from beyond the arc. After failing to capitalize on their chance to take down Gonzaga, St. John’s made the most of its chance this time around. The historically volatile group of unbelievably athletic guards and forwards seems to be calming down and coming together this season, at long last.

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Rushed Reactions: Providence 80, Seton Hall 74

Posted by Brian Otskey on March 14th, 2014

Brian Otskey will be reporting from the Big East Tournament all week.

Bryce Cotton Has Led His Team to the Brink of a Big East Title (NYDN)

Bryce Cotton Has Led His Team to the Brink of a Big East Title (NYDN)

Three key takeaways.

  1. Providence was simply the better team. After the teams traded baskets for the first six minutes, Providence opened the game up with a quick 12-0 run and never really looked back. Seton Hall never led again and Providence kept the Pirates at arm’s length for the majority of the game. There were multiple sequences throughout this game where Seton Hall would miss a jump shot and Providence would make one on the next possession. It was that simple, as the Friars thoroughly outplayed the Pirates en route to their first conference championship game since 1994 when they beat Georgetown.
  2. Providence had fresh legs and played outstanding defense. When Ed Cooley showed zone, his team executed the game plan very well. Fresh Friars’ legs allowed the zone to rotate flawlessly and track Seton Hall’s perimeter shooters all game long. The Pirates finished the game 6-of-23 (26.1 percent) from the three-point line, a team that makes 36.1 percent on average. It was the difference in the game as Providence was able to make Seton Hall incredibly stagnant on offense for the better part of the night. Three-point defense had been a strength for Cooley’s team in conference play, and it vaulted them to a win tonight.
  3. NCAA ticket punched? Providence will not have to worry about the bubble if it wins tomorrow night, but is a run to the Big East Championship game enough on its own? One would think so. The Friars have played extremely well down the stretch after a midseason lull. Aside from a double-overtime loss to league champion Villanova and a setback at Creighton on Doug McDermott’s senior night, Providence has taken care of business in every game since losing four out of five games in early February. While the resume remains light on quality wins, one would think Providence has done enough to warrant a bid, especially when compared to other bubble teams throughout the nation.

Star of the Game: LaDontae Henton, Providence. Look no further than Henton when searching for reasons why Providence is playing for the Big East title tomorrow night. The lefty wing filled up the stat sheet with 26 points and 14 rebounds on 9-of-13 shooting. Seton Hall never had an answer for him and Henton made his name known in front of a big crowd and a national TV audience. This is a guy that needs more publicity as he has been productive in every season at Providence. He is a big time breakout candidate as a senior in 2014-15.

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Three Up, Three Down in the Big East

Posted by George Hershey on January 27th, 2014

Every Big East team played on Saturday. Some had impressive outing, while others fell flat and disappointed. Here we highlight some of the positives and negatives from the weekend’s action with Three Up, Three Down.

Three Up

The Providence Role Players, Including Denton, Are Stepping Up

The Providence Role Players, Including Denton, Are Stepping Up

  1. Providence’s Supporting Cast. Coming into the season the emphasis was placed on senior scoring machine Bryce Cotton. In the non-conference slate, the team fared well but started with a poor 0-2 mark in conference play with a bad home loss to Seton Hall and a blowout defeat to Villanova. In those early losses, players like LaDontae Henton, Kadeem Batts, Tyler Harris and Josh Fortune had rough performances. They turned the ball over too much — 15 from the starters vs. Villanova — played poor defense, and failed to make the key plays that win games. More recently, Providence has been on a roll and these players are the primary reason for the difference. In the Friars’ win on Saturday against Xavier, four starters had at least 10 points with Henton dropping 23, Harris and Batts scoring 12 each, and Fortune hitting a key three as he was fouled to stymie a Xavier run. Carson Desrosiers was also very impressive on the defensive end, with six blocks against the Musketeers. Providence has now won five in a row to move to 5-2 in league play, good for third place in the conference standings. Read the rest of this entry »
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RTC Big East Microsite Week in Review

Posted by Dan Lyons on November 26th, 2013

Happy holidays everyone! Feast Week is upon us, and the Big East has been performing pretty well across the board so far this season. There appears to be a lot of parity in the conference, and a few surprise teams like Xavier and Providence look like they may be real contenders this season. Let’s jump into the previous week of action.

Power Rankings

Xavier is Creeping up the Power Rankings Behind Semaj Christon

  • 10.) DePaul (3-2), LW (10): DePaul looks like it might be a solid step up from where it has been the last few seasons, but last night’s game against Wichita State shows there’s still a lot of opportunities for improvement.
  • 9.) Seton Hall (4-2), LW (8): The Pirates have a penchant for close games. Four of their six games have been decided by single figures, including both of their losses: a 77-74 double-overtime heartbreaker to Mercer, and an 86-85 loss to Oklahoma.
  • T-7.) Butler (4-0), LW (9): Butler is still undefeated by the narrowest of margins, winning an overtime thriller against Vanderbilt and a one-point game against Ball State last week. Khyle Marshall and Kellen Dunham are keeping the Butler offense afloat, each by averaging 15.8 points per game.
  • T-7.) St. John’s (3-1), LW (5): Phil Greene IV had a big week for the Johnnies, scoring 16 and 22 points in tight wins over Bucknell and Monmouth, respectively. Greene’s contributions in the backcourt have been very important for a St. John’s team that is struggling to score.
  • 6.) Providence (6-1), LW (6): The Friars had as good of a week as anyone, winning three games over solid competition before dropping last night’s Paradise Jam championship to Maryland. The frontcourt combination of Kadeem BattsLaDontae Henton and Tyler Harris has been as effective as any in the league in the early part of the season. Read the rest of this entry »
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Season In Review: Providence Friars

Posted by Will Tucker on April 29th, 2013

The Friars (19-15; 9-9) made huge progress in Ed Cooley’s second year at the helm of the rebuilding project in Providence. After limping through the first half of the season with injuries to key players, chemistry issues and no bench to speak of, the Friars rattled off seven of their last nine games to close out Big East play. They posted their first .500 conference record since 2008-09, and with it earned a trip to the postseason for the first time since 2008-09 as well, losing their first game of the NIT on the road at No. 2 seed Baylor.

Preseason expectations

Big East coaches pegged the Friars #13 at media day, while we slightly more optimistically ranked them #11 here at the microsite. Ed Cooley returned the Big East’s reigning two-time assists leader in senior Vincent Council, but his highly-anticipated recruiting class had unraveled in the offseason and his frontcourt remained somewhat of a mystery. In short, nobody really knew what to expect from the program that had been a dismal 12-42 (.286) in Big East play since its last postseason bid.

(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Reigning Big East Most Improved Player Kadeem Batts returns in 2013-14 (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

The Good

Ed Cooley finally got his team to play on both ends of the floor, stamping out the paper bag defense that was Keno Davis’ indelible legacy in Providence. KenPom ranked the Friars 74th in both adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency –– a figure that, while not outstanding, displayed uncharacteristic balance: Their defense had ranked outside the top 200 in two of the past three years. On paper, only Syracuse was more efficient in defending the three among Big East teams, and Providence snuck into the league’s top 10 in scoring defense as well. At the individual level, it was Bryce Cotton and Kadeem Batts who led the team’s resurgence. In his junior year, Cotton (19.7 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 2.9 APG) stepped into a leadership role few outside of Tucson, Arizona, could have envisioned for the spot-up shooter whose only Division I offer came from Providence. Cotton led the Big East in scoring and three-pointers (98 makes) despite playing more minutes per game (37.8 MPG) than all but six other players in the nation. In the frontcourt, Batts (14.8 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 47.8% FG) fashioned himself into the Big East’s Most Improved Player after an underwhelming sophomore season that left the 6’9″ forward shrouded in uncertainty entering 2012-13.

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Big East M5: 02.06.13 Edition

Posted by mlemaire on February 6th, 2013

  1. Providence hasn’t been relevant in basketball in a long time and this season has been no exception. The popular argument seems to be that in order for Ed Cooley to turn the program around, he needs the entire team to buy in to his plan. The point is a good one as the Friars have arguably as much pure talent on their roster as any other team in the conference yet still can’t put anything together. The evidence of such issues is pretty damning actually. Transfer Sidiki Johnson took a voluntary leave of absence from the team recently and two of the program’s best players, LaDontae Henton and Vincent Council, both sat to start the Connecticut game because of issues with Cooley — and you know Ricardo Ledo doesn’t care about the long-term success of the program given his recent comments about considering the NBA. Ledo is the only one with a decent excuse since it isn’t his fault he has to sit out this season, but Johnson has set new records for using up good will wherever he goes and this is hardly the first issue Council has created because of his cavalier attitude. The article is right. Cooley can stockpile the most impressive collection of basketball talent on the Eastern Seaboard and it won’t matter unless he can get the whole team to buy in to what he is selling. Until then, Providence is going to be a program that produces a few NBA players without ever winning many college games.
  2. Yes, it is just the ranting of an angry fan, but there was already plenty of buzz around the topic of whether DePaul should fire head coach Oliver Purnell and that buzz has only grown louder after the Blue Demons were embarrassed on their home court last night by a mediocre Villanova team. The loss came on the heels of two hard-fought overtime losses last week but it was also the seventh-straight defeat for Purnell’s club, which really hasn’t shown much improvement now in his third year at the helm. The school paid Purnell handsomely to spurn Clemson in the hopes that he would come in and rebuild a once proud program. Instead, his lack of ties to Chicago have hurt him in recruiting and, never one to be mistaken for a strategy whiz, Purnell’s team consistently blows winnable games and is often obviously outplayed. No matter how the team finishes this season, Purnell probably deserves to watch his first recruiting class graduate and if the team’s best players, Cleveland Melvin and Brandon Young, don’t do something silly like enter the NBA Draft, it could be the best and deepest club Purnell has coached in Chicago. But if he can’t make it work next season with a solid recruiting class and a host of returning talent, I wouldn’t bet on him making it through another full season unscathed.
  3. With questions swirling about whether super-sub James Southerland‘s season is done, the good folks at Troy Nunes Is A Magician took a quick look at why the program’s fans hate freshman guard Trevor Cooney so much. The article does a fine job of examining the issue on its own so there is no need to rehash everything, but we will say that if Southerland is deemed ineligible for the rest of the season, ‘Cuse fans better get used to seeing Cooney because head coach Jim Boeheim doesn’t have a whole lot else to work with. Would it be nice if Cooney shot better than 29 percent from behind the three-point arc and played better perimeter defense? Of course it would. But we are talking about a redshirt freshman who is receiving inconsistent minutes and still hasn’t found his range yet. Don’t get us wrong, heading into the NCAA Tournament with Cooney as our sixth man would make us nervous too, but let’s cut him some slack and give him another year or two before ‘Cuse fans angrily try to run him out of town.
  4. We have confirmation of some “needed wake-up call” talk down in Louisville where Cardinals players speaking to the media stopped just short of calling their three-game losing streak a good thing because it let the team know that letdowns wouldn’t cut it. While there is still no supporting evidence to convince me that losing three important conference games in a row is a good thing, the argument works well with a team like Louisville. Advanced metrics and eyeballs tell you that Louisville is as complete a team as there is in the country and certainly a viable national championship contender. Seeding is important and a three-game losing streak obviously has an effect on that, but if the Cardinals actually learn from their struggles and are able to maintain intensity and focus for the rest of the season, then maybe I will start buying more of the talk  about these “moral victories” and “wake-up calls.”
  5. File this under someone should probably tell Larry Brown there is no Santa Claus either, as the famous first-year coach at SMU is still holding out hope that the Big East as it currently stands will stick together for another year or two, long enough for the Mustangs to get a taste of the conference. It is possible that the Catholic 7 will be forced to play out their contracts with the Big East, but it is more likely that after some legal wrangling, the Big East gets paid and the Catholic 7 jumps ship sooner and starts collecting checks from their supposedly impending television deal. The 72-year-old Brown seems to just now be coming to grips with all of the conference realignment and you can assume by his assertion that it is “ruining every other sport” other than football that he is not at all a fan. We don’t disagree with Brown, we just think it might be time to get with the picture and realize that the Big East that SMU enters will not look the same as the Big East that SMU thought it had signed up for.
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Big East M5: New Year’s Eve Edition

Posted by Dan Lyons on December 31st, 2012

  1. Early in the season, one of the things that the 2012-13 Syracuse Orange seemed to have on the 2011-12 edition was reliable three-point shooting. James Southerland and Trevor Cooney can both act potentially as knock-down shooters for Jim Boeheim. Syracuse has struggled to score recently, and poor outside shooting is one of the main reasons for this lull. The Orange are now shooting 32% from behind the arc this season, and are just 5-of-33 since halftime of the win over Detroit. Boeheim acknowledges this issue, but doesn’t offer up much in the way of a detailed solution after Syracuse’s win over Alcorn State: “Well, it is what it is… Whatever the stats are, they don’t lie. Shooting stats don’t lie. Some people think they do. But they don’t.”
  2. With a dwindling lead against archrival Kentucky, Louisville’s Russ Smith started doing what he’s done all season – he made huge plays. Pat Forde describes how strange it is for Cardinals fans to think of Smith as their star, even this far into the season: “The improbable rise of Russ Smith as a s-s-s-star (hard to type with a straight face) has keyed everything Louisville has done last March and so far this season.” Louisville is right about where most people expected they would be, but Smith’s breakout has shifted the focus off of Peyton Siva and Gorgui Dieng, the players that people expected to lead the Cardinals to a great 2012-13 season.  Siva, Dieng, Chane Behanan, Wayne Blackshear, and a slew of other Cardinals are still very dangerous college players, and when combined with the dynamo Smith, who is averaging a shade under 20 points per game, Louisville is set to make major noise come March.
  3. GoLocalProv sports writer Scott Cordischi thinks that Providence coach Ed Cooley needs to ‘cool’ it down with regards to calling out his players after games. When asked a question about LaDontae Henton’s stretch of 24 straight points for the Friars in a loss to Brown, Cooley ignored Henton’s offensive outburst and put down his defensive performance, calling it “awful.” Cordischi also notes that Cooley alluded to the team as soft with regards to Bryce Cotton’s injuries, and earlier in the year diminished a 13-assist effort by Kris Dunn in his first collegiate game, calling it “gross.” While many coaches in all sports use the media to motivate their teams, I can see where Cordischi is concerned that Cooley is being too negative with respect to his players. Losses to teams like Brown are frustrating, but those thing will happen with a young, raw team like Providence.
  4. The transfer of Malcolm Gilbert from Pitt to Fairfield may be disconcerting to some Panthers fans, but it isn’t coming as a huge surprise to Jamie Dixon. Gilbert has always wanted to play with his brother Marcus, who is a freshman forward for the Stags, and he will have a chance to do that next season by leaving between semesters. Pitt fans may worry about this becoming a trend for Dixon’s program after losing Khem Birch last season, but the guys at Pitt blog Cardiac Hill don’t seem to be too worried, as this transfer seems to be more about an opportunity elsewhere rather than an issue with Dixon or the Panther program.
  5. USF star Anthony Collins was taken off the floor on a stretcher after being kneed in the head while diving for a loose ball during a 61-57 win over George Mason. After the game, Stan Heath said that Collins had feeling in all of his extremities, which is obviously a positive sign, but it is always jarring to see a player taken out of a game like that, especially in today’s sports world where concussions and head injuries are so prominent in the public consciousness. The Bulls also lost Victor Rudd to a concussion in the second half, and are very banged up heading into Big East play.
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May 12, 2008

Sketchcast: Week ending May 11

May 12, 2008 - Categories: sketches, weekly

Andy Piper linked to my Nintendo DS sketches and to something interesting called sketchcasting, so I wanted to figure out if I could do that myself without having to get a tablet or work with the mouse. It turns out that you can use a Java program called ColorsDraw to play back DS Colors sketches on regular computers, and you can even export to AVI. A little bit of editing later, and voila!

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Let’s see how well this works.

May 12, 2008 - Categories: cat, sketches

Hey, that worked. Good thing I still have some of my favorite sketches on my DS. Here’s the sketch I play back to myself whenever I miss my cat or feel uncreative:

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She very obligingly posed for me the last time I was in the Philippines. I miss my cat.


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March 14, 2010

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Steeped in collaboration

Real World Strategy wrote of me:

Here is somebody in their mid twenties who has already spent a decade immersed in a world of collaboration and web based networking. As William Gibson said, “The future is already here – it is just unevenly distributed”.

This is interesting, because I’m both leading and following, learning from what’s new and what’s old.

The new: I represent a whole bunch of new ideas we’re still trying to figure out. Many of the things I do helps people imagine the future. Researchers who explore how power users work using our new collaborative tools often interview me (which is great, because I get to find out what they’re working on!). People figuring out virtual leadership look at how I and other people can influence without authority.  My value is not only in the ideas and effort I contribute, but in the questions I ask and the assumptions I help explore.

The old: All that is so small, though, compared to the awesomeness of being in a company where people have been thinking about and working on collaboration for decades. The infrastructure we can build on, the critical mass of talent we have, the way we challenge ourselves to figure out how we can work better and the world can work better—I love that.

What I identify with the most is this ad:

… except I smile more. ;)

People are teaching me so much. I work on sharing as much of it as possible, and on figuring out how IBM and the world can make the most of the person they are helping me become. I don’t know enough of the organization to make that overall choice yet, but there must be something amazing we can do with the gifts people have given me.

It’ll be a great adventure!


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Sheriff’s Detectives Seek Assistance In North Highlands Homicide

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NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in the investigation into the death of a 62-year-old man killed late last month.

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Manuel Reyes was walking near his home on Myrtle Avenue near Polk Street in North Highlands on May 27 at about 10:30 p.m. when he was assaulted by unknown suspects and knocked to the ground. He suffered head trauma and died in a hospital several days later as a result of his injuries.

Witnesses saw a dark-colored sedan with two black men outside the car and a female driver. The vehicle was seen fleeing the area where Reyes was found, heading west on Myrtle Avenue toward Watt Avenue.

Anyone who saw Reyes in the area or has any information about the circumstances surrounding the attack is asked to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (916) 874-5115, Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP, or send a text message tip to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter SACTIP followed by the tip information.

Callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

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Best Upcoming Art Festivals In Sacramento

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For art connoisseurs, collectors, aficionados, artists and lookiloos, art abounds in Sacramento. In 2012, art festivals range from museum exhibits to outdoor family-friendly festivals to events in which art lovers can purchase jewelry, sculptures, paintings and more. As spring gets into full swing, get out of the house and down to one of these Sacramento art events.
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California State Capitol Museum

10th and L Streets State Capitol, Room B-27
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 324-0333

Price: Free
Hours: Mon to Sun – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Year round, displays and special exhibits are found on the calendar at the California State Capitol Museum. During the week, museum-goers can witness government in action. Sign up for one or more tours and wear comfortable shoes to enjoy art from floors to ceilings, including collections of governors’ portraits and murals. You might even see Governor Jerry Brown in person. At the Kid Zone, the children can learn while having fun.

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Elk Grove Fine Arts Center

9080 Elk Grove Blvd.
Sacramento, CA
(916) 685-5992

Price: Free
Date: April 6, 2012
Hours: Wed to Sat – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. First Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The First Friday of every month, the art center features special artists or events. A reception is held for feature artists from 5 to 9 p.m. and refreshments are served. On April 6, meet high school artists featuring their best art and sculptures; some even raffle their work. On May 4 during the Western Festival, the art center will be full with the likes of cows, horses, chickens and cowboy paintings.

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Art Spark

The Crocker Museum
216 O St.
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 808-7000

Price: $10, Seniors $8, Youth (7-17) $5,
Children (6 and under) Free
Date: April 15, 2012
Hours: Tue to Sun – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
 Thurs – 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sunday, April 15 brings Art Spark, a free Family Festival for children with disabilities and chronic illnesses and their families. The Crocker is alive with music and diverse programs and exhibits. Families are welcomed to enjoy the museum and friendly fun stations set up for children of all abilities where they can learn about art and enjoy making their won art.

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Festival de la Familia

Cal Expo
1600 Exposition Blvd.
Sacramento CA 95815
(916) 263-3000

Price: $10
, Children 12 and under free
Dates: April 29, 2012
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Festival de la Familia (Festival of the Family) is an outdoor event and one of Sacramento’s multi-ethnic art and entertainment festivals. Original ancient Inca art and exhibits of indigenous culture art and crafts form over 20 Latin cultures will be displayed to the beat of Latin music and dancers amid an array of foods. This is a fun, perfect spring event for the entire family.

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39th Annual Sacramento Music Festival

California State Railroad Museum
125 “I” St.
Sacramento Ca. 95814
(916) 445-6645

Dates: May 25 to May 28, 2012
Price: $9 adults, $4 ages 6-17, children 5 and under are free.
Hours: Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The museum shows off its grand collection of trains and art everyday of the year, but from May 25 to 28, during the 39th annual Sacramento Music Festival, the musicians perform aboard the trains and admission is complimentary to Music Festival badge holders. Ride the train form old along the river and let the kids have fun at a special children’s stage and activity area just outside Museum.

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Sacramento Arts Festival
Sacramento Convention Center
1400 J St.
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 808-5291

Hours: Friday and Saturday 10 – 6, Sunday 10 -5
Dates: November 2 to November 4, 2012
Price: $8 adults, $7 seniors,
Children under 12 Free

November 2 to 4, is the 15th is the Sacramento Arts Festival–a feast of art exhibits by over 200 exhibitors displaying their paintings, sculptures, ceramics, woodworks, jewelry and crafts. Participate in art and craft demonstrations and enjoy continuous entertainment, as well as food and drink.
Here you will find art in all price ranges; the Sacramento Arts Festival is a great spot to shop for Christmas gifts.

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Chapter LXXVIII.

Phileas 2498 a resident of that Egyptian city which is called Thmuis, of noble family, and no small wealth, having become bishop, composed a finely written work in praise of martyrs and arguing against the judge who tried to compel him to offer sacrifices, was beheaded for Christ during the same persecution in which Lucianus was put to death at Nicomedia.

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Jeff Carroll Nets Two As Pioneers Fall At Air Force 6-4

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – Freshman forward Jeff Carroll (Kingston, Ont.) had his first two-goal game of his career Friday night as the Sacred Heart men's hockey team fell 6-4 to the Air Force Falcons at Cadet Ice Arena.

Sacred Heart (6-17-0, 5-11-0 AHA) got on the scoreboard first Friday night. With 7:33 remaining in the period, Jordan Minello (Sweaburg, Ont.) forced a turnover in the Air Force zone and fed the puck to Carroll. Carroll fired a shot past Chris Truehl and into the back of the net to give the Pioneers a 1-0 lead. The goal was Carroll's third in as many games. Air Force tied the game 1-1 with 4:22 remaining in the opening period. Cole Gunner finished off a breakaway with a backhand shot off of a Chad Demers pass to level the game. The Pioneers outshot the Falcons 9-8 in the first period as both teams were 0-for-1 on the power play.

Air Force (13-6-4, 8-3-3 AHA) opened the second period with an early power play. Sacred Heart was able to keep the game tied, escaping the Air Force man advantage as Dan Weissenhofer hit the crossbar late in the power play. Coltyn Hansen (South Delta, B.C.) had an opportunity on an odd-man rush to put Sacred Heart back in the lead, but Truehl stopped his shot with 16:05 left in the period. Air Force took the lead with 13:24 to play in the second, as Jason Fabian knocked in the rebound of a Ryan Timar shot to make the score 2-1. The Pioneers went on the power play with 11:40 left in the second period and promptly tied the game. David Iacono (Newmarket, Ont.) scored his first career goal on the man advantage, blasting a shot from the blueline that went into the top corner of the goal to make it 2-2 at the 10:28 mark. Off the ensuing faceoff, Evan Jasper (Whitby, Ont.) pounced on a loose puck and scored to give Sacred Heart a 3-2 lead with 10:09 remaining in the period.

The Pioneers then found themselves in the penalty box three different times late in the second period. Sacred Heart killed the first two penalties, but Air Force finally scored on the third power play. Weisenhoffer scored the tying goal with 2:17 remaining in the period, getting assists from Johnny Hrabovsky and A.J. Reid to put the score at 3-3. The Pioneers fought off a flurry of late shots from Air Force to keep the game 3-3 heading into the third period.

Air Force kept up the offensive surge to start the third, outshooting Sacred Heart 4-2 in the first four minutes. For his part, Andrew Bodnarchuk (Saskatoon, Sask.) made every save to keep the game tied at 3-3. Justin Danforth (Oshawa, Ont.) had a chance to give the Pioneers in the lead with 15:36 to play. He got the puck in the slot right in front of the Falcons' goal but Truehl made a kicksave. Truehl had to make another big save on Chad Filteau (Regina, Sask.) one minute later. Air Force took back the lead with 10:29 remaining. Max Birkinbine forced a turnover at the Sacred Heart blue line and got the puck to Max Hartner, who fired a shot past Bodnarchuk's glove to give the Falcons a 4-3 lead.  Carroll had an opportunity to tie the game with 6:46 to play, firing a shot off a faceoff that Truehl had to catch in his glove. The Pioneers tied the game 4-4 with 4:12 to play as Carroll slammed home the rebound of his own shot.

Scott Holm had a chance to put Air Force back in front with 3:00 left in the third, but Bodnarchuk stood tall in his goal to make the save. Bodnarchuk had to make a sprawling save 31 seconds later to keep the game 4-4. Hansen had an opportunity to put the Pioneers in front with 1:58 to play but put a shot right in Truehl's glove. Air Force took a 5-4 lead with 1:30 to play as Tony Thomas deflected a Timer shot right in front of the Sacred Heart net past Bodnarchuk. The Falcons got an empty net goal from Cole Gunner with 0:46 seconds left to make the final score 6-4.

 Air Force outshot Sacred Heart 32-27 for the game, including a 13-6 edge in the second period. The Pioneers were 1-for-2 on the power play as the Falcons were 1-for-4. Bodnarchuk made 26 saves for Sacred Heart as Truehl had 23.

The two teams wrap up their weekend series Saturday night at 9:05 p.m.


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Pioneers Play in Washington Dental Thanksgiving Tournament This Weekend

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This weekend the Sacred Heart Women's Basketball Team heads west to celebrate Thanksgiving in Seattle, Wa. and play in the Washington Dental Thanksgiving Tournament hosted by Seattle University. Friday, the Pioneers face Boston College at 6:00 p.m.

Setting the Scene... Sacred Heart come into the Washington Dental Thanksgiving Tournament riding the momentum of a 79-34 win over Saint Peter's Tuesday night. The Pioneers are still in the hunt for their first Division I victory over Boston College, having lost the last three meetings with the Eagles.

Series Notes... This is the fifth time in program history that the Pioneers have faced off against Boston College. Sacred Heart won the first meeting back in 1979, 60-48, but has yet to win another. Since joining the Division I ranks, the teams have faced off three times, twice in Boston and once at the Travelers Junkaroo Jamboree in the Bahamas. The Eagles took the victory in all three of those games. No matter which team the Pioneers play on Saturday, it will be a first. Sacred Heart has not played Seattle or Portland in the program's 38 year history.

Marginal Victory... Tuesday night, the Pioneers topped Saint Peter's by 45 points, 79-34. This was their first 40-plus point victory since February 20, 2006 when Sacred Heart defeated Fairleigh Dickinson by exactly 40 points, 84-44.


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Sacrifice is a basic definition of motherhood, no matter the stage. Many mothers may even sacrifice diet, money, time and emotional stability just to get that little stick to turn positive.

A woman's body changes drastically thanks to pregnancy, but there's no reason her style and fashion sense should have to do the same. There are plenty of options for a sophisticated and stylish maternity wardrobe where comfort and flair go hand-in-hand.

Clockwise from top left:

Amy Top, Floral Chiffon: Lilac Clothing

Embellished Midi Skater Dress: ASOS Maternity

MAMA Sweatshirt: H&M

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

IHHS workers denied what is due! County liable. Give them a raise!

Charges filed by Public Employees Relations Board? Yes. Against the county for unfair labor practices by not bargaining in good faith. And not only has the county ignored an independent "Fact Finding" report that shows they can afford to give the 1,400 workers a raise under current fiscal climate,   Humboldt County will receive a refund check in the amount of $164,726.37 due to an increase in federal funding known as the Community First Choice Option. The money is there, the excuses are getting weaker.

Anonymous said...

"Henchman Of Justice" says,

Hmmm, Pro hard workers, but anti union scumsuckers.

IHSS workers should get $2 per hour more, not $1.50.

Administrators should be fired and newbies hired at lower wages and benefits.

Elected Officials are "screwing the pooch" on this issue, especially when they are overpaid to "screw the dog pound"!

At $2 per hour x 8 hours per day x 5 days a week = $80 per week, $320 per month and $3840 per year. If costs are being propped-up by government scams, but worker wages remain "kicked down", then that wide gap that eliminates "The American Dream" only gets wider. America is fallen and can't get-up! Life-alert!!!!! - HOJ

Anonymous said...

This is truly a sight to behold. Eventually, we are going to be back at the point of having State Hospitals warehousing the old and infirmed so that the State can get more money from the Feds and act like they are doing them a favor. The only thing that will fix this is when people quit working for such a nonsensical wage but that is easier said than done. I wish the people that make these decisions could spend a week doing what the typical IHSS worker does. Of course, there are families and others scamming the system but that can be fixed if the will were there.

Anonymous said...

Zzzzzzz. Wake me up when this blog comes back to life.

Julie Timmons said...

It takes a lot for PERB to bring a ULP charge. This should have much wider publicity.


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On March 6, ADL partnered with the University of San Diego’s Latin American Studies Program to present a Celebrate! lecture titled “Unwelcome Exiles: Mexico and the Jewish Refugees from Nazism.” Professor Daniela Gleizer from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City presented on this topic.

Dr. Gleizer presented her comprehensive investigation, based on archives in Mexico and the United States, where she discovered  the selectiveness and discretionary implementation of post-revolutionary Mexican immigration policy. This policy sought to preserve mestizaje—the country’s blend of Spanish and Indigenous people and the ideological basis of national identity—by turning away foreigners considered “inassimilable” and therefore “undesirable.”

Through her analysis of Mexico’s role in the rescue of refugees in the 1930s and 40s, Dr. Gleizer challenges the country’s traditional image of itself as a nation that welcomes the persecuted.


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Tech Report: Debt Debate Could Help The Smartphone Industry

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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The debt ceiling debate in Washington could benefit the smartphone industry.

One of the provisions in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan would be to raise million-of-dollars for debt reduction by auctioning off some of the airwaves.

KCBS Technology Analyst Larry Magid:

KCBS Technology Analyst Larry Magid said with the conversion from analog to digital some airwaves have been freed up.

“Senator Reid and many others want to auction some of them off for commercial purposes to companies like AT&T and Verizon,” he said.

Magid expects it’ll happen, but that it won’t be a serious discussion as part of the deficit reduction bill.

“I think the Senate has bigger fish to fry right now,” he said.

(Copyright 2011 by CBS San Francisco. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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San Jose Vigil Held To Remember Victims Of Recent Violence

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San Jose Police investigators mark evidence at the scene of a shooting on South King Road, August 23, 2012. (CBS)

San Jose Police investigators mark evidence at the scene of a shooting on South King Road, August 23, 2012. (CBS)

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — San Jose City and community leaders joined people seeking an end to violence for a prayer vigil outside city hall Monday evening.

“No more bloodshed, no more tears,” was the chant a number of activists repeated as they held signs saying, “enough is enough” and “stop violence” to passing traffic on East Santa Clara Street. A number of cars honked in support.

As the prayer vigil began around 7 p.m., the crowd formed a large circle that flanked the edges of the City Hall courtyard.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, police Chief Chris Moore, fire Chief William McDonald, three City Council members, representatives of the Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force, and community leaders gathered in a smaller, inner circle and addressed the crowd one-by-one with a megaphone.

“There’s a lot of pain here, I know. But there’s also a lot of love…we’re going to pull together and come together a stronger community,” City Councilman Sam Liccardo said to the crowd.

Chief Moore echoed sentiments of cooperation, saying, “remember that we’re one community unified against violence,” before asking members of the crowd for their help in solving crimes.

“Please call us…the information you provide today may solve a crime tomorrow,” Moore said.

After prayers led by Pastor Sonny Lara and his son Israel Lara of Star of David Ministries, a church known for its outreach to at-risk San Jose youth, the members of the crowd lit candles.

Monica Mendoza was next to speak. Her brother, 21 year-old Victor Mendoza was shot on August 13, the same day another man was fatally shot and a woman was fatally stabbed. After being hospitalized, Mendoza died in the hospital on August 15, police said.

“He was innocent,” Mendoza said of her brother. “I don’t wish this on anybody. It’s the worst pain.”

The father of 18-year-old Armando Miguel Heredia, who became the city’s most recent homicide victim after being fatally shot on Thursday night, was also at the vigil. He wore a t-shirt that displayed a photo of his son with his dates of birth and death, but declined to comment.

The evening vigil follows a string of violent crimes that have occurred in the month of August, including eight violent deaths in the past two weeks.

On Friday, city and county officials gathered after the bimonthly meeting of the Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task force to announce the allocation of $800,000 from the city’s budget to cover the overtime fees needed to deploy an additional 17 police officers who would otherwise be assigned to non-violent units such as K-9 and burglary.

According to Moore, the lack of more homicides over the weekend is a sign that the extra police deployment is paying off, though he noted, “it’s a temporary solution.”

Since hearing in recent months that the police force is understaffed, Moore said, the city’s criminals and gang members have become more brazen and confident.

“Now they feel like they’re not gonna get stopped,” Moore said.

On Friday, city spokeswoman Michelle McGurk noted that despite the recent surge in violence, San Jose actually has less annual homicides than other Bay Area cities with smaller populations, including San Francisco and Oakland.

Regarding Monday evening’s vigil, Moore said, “I’ve never seen this kind of support.”

Before dispersing to light candles, the crowd recited an oath with hands raised in the air. Kathleen Flynn of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Santa Clara Valley led the pledge.

“I promise to be a good neighbor… a good parent… and a good friend to the city of San Jose,” the crowd recited.

(Copyright 2012 by CBS San Francisco and Bay City News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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What NOT To Wear To A Wedding

Tara from CW44 asks “What the heck am I going to wear to all these weddings?”

7 Reasons Why We Can’t Agree On The Color Of This Dress

It’s become the dress we love to hate. Whether you’re in the white and gold or blue and black camp, you know what you see, and no amount of Photoshop eye-dropping tools can convince you otherwise.

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Venomous Scorpion Falls Out Of Dress When Woman Tries It On At Hayward JC Penney Store

A woman trying on a dress in a Hayward JC Penney store found an unwelcome companion in the dressing room when a scorpion fell out of the garment onto the floor at her feet.

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Disney Unveils ‘Frozen’ Inspired Wedding Dress

Disney Weddings and designer Alfred Angelo have collaborated on a gown inspired by Elsa’s now-signature “Snow Queen” frock

NorCal Teen Caught Selling Pot Brownies To Buy Prom Dress In Danger Of Deportation

A Yuba City teenager is in danger of being deported after she tried to raise money for a prom dress by selling pot-laced brownies.

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Bay Area Collector To Auction Early Version Of ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Dress

An early version of the famous Dorothy Gale dress worn by actress Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” will soon have a new owner…

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On Social Media, Jay-Z’s Jab Trumps Katy Perry’s Cleavage

On music’s biggest night, social media networks exploded with commentary, making the 55th GRAMMY Awards this year’s second-most popular event with close to 15.5 million interactions as reported by Trendrr, a social TV analytics provider […]

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Unique Elizabeth Taylor Dress On Display In San Francisco

A San Francisco restaurant is honoring the late actress Elizabeth Taylor by unveiling a dress from her private wardrobe and displaying it for several months.

CBS San Francisco–03/30/2011


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Here's one small clip of animation I created in Flash. This is from the short film Catherine and I have been working on. Our primary goal is to get it finished and submitted into film festivals, so we're using Flash to get it done more quickly.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

it's not easy...

Custom design, that is. But, it in the end it is so worth it. I had the chance to work with an amazing couple recently that I was very excited to design for.

The process of custom work generally begins with a lot of back and forth and sketches and quotes and decisions. I'm always really nervous when I actually start creating the piece(s). I sort of dread that time between starting to make something and actually seeing it take shape-the unknown, I guess.

In the end I'm usually very pleased with what I've created, but the nerves seep in again when it is time to present to a client. Wedding jewelry is so important. Will they like it? Will they love it? Will the size be just perfect?

This client was ecstatic when I presented her with her reworked engagement ring, and nothing makes me happier.

Her ring and band were inspired by one of the couple's favorite places, a river in the wilderness that they hold dear to their heart. Her rings in white gold capture the movement of water in the subtlest of ways.

His band is a good solid men's hammered ring in yellow gold.

I'm in love.

CILLA B said...

lovely pieces congrats on the design

Melissa Blake said...

those are stunning! Congrats!

Designs Good said...

Lovely as always--the groom's band is fantastic!

Lucija said...

I think you're a really talented blogger your blog is so pretty and every single post I've seen is so beautifully done.
(& I would love you to check my blog dear :))

Jessica said...

I can only imagine how scary it is to create a piece for someone, but this is absolutely stunning!

Vicky said...

Oh wow. These pieces are so wonderful!! xx

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Wow 3 rings in one! what a great design! hard work is really paid off :)

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Anastasia from Natbeesfashion said...

Great pieces, you are very talented! Visit my blog and if you like it we can follow each other :)

Mademoiselle Frou-Frou said...

That is absolutely beautiful. Wow.

Mr. Taylor and his Lady said...

i'm loving all of these pieces girl! so amazing! i want!!
xo TJ

krissy rock said...

i'm in love too! i posted a blog earlier about wedding rings and now i found you! ugh oh! looks like i left one of the best out!

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Friday, April 17, 2009

Poetry Friday: Jack Spicer

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Poetry Quote of the Day:

"One ought, everyday at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if possible, speak a few reasonable words." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Here's one good poem for the day.  I stumbled upon it, fell in love with the first line, and jumped right in.  Leave your "few reasonable (or unreasonable) words" in the comments.

BTW, I've walked a labyrinth. Have you?

"Any fool can get into an ocean"

Any fool can get into an ocean
But it takes a Goddess
To get out of one.
What's true of oceans is true, of course,
Of labyrinths and poems. When you start swimming
Through riptide of rhythms and the metaphor's seaweed
You need to be a good swimmer or a born Goddess
To get back out of them
Look at the sea otters bobbing wildly
Out in the middle of the poem

For more chances to "hear a little song, read a good poem" and perhaps "speak a few reasonable words," visit the Poetry Friday roundup,  hosted today by Becky at blbooks.

This post is part of my Poetry Quote a Day series for National Poetry Month.

  1. I love Goethe more and more as time goes by, I really do. Any fool can get into the ocean, though -- that I got a kick out of. Here's to Goddess-ness!

  2. That labyrinth in the sand is beautiful! I'm curious -- where you walked your labyrinth, Sara?

  3. In a church courtyard, Julie. They had brought in a large one painted on canvas for anyone who wished to walk and meditate or pray. At the time, I was attempting to write a book with a labyrinth in it and wanted to experience the walk.

    I also used a picture of a labyrinth like this one in a presentation about writing a novel. I talked about how you think the experience is going to be point A to point B, and winds up instead being this beautiful, twisting path that takes you nearer and then farther and then nearer to the center of the story as you steadily walk/write.

    I think this post might be a sign that I need to get back to that long abandoned novel idea.

  4. Oh, what a superb poem!

    I've been to the site of the supposed labyrinth of King Minos in Greece, also muddled my way out of the big maze at Hampton Court Palace.

  5. Jama, I've done the Hampton Court maze with my kids. Lots of fun. Guess I should add Greece to my list, too!

  6. Based on the library funding news this week, I need a labyrinth to walk. What a great photo and the poem...a perfect place to be.

  7. Ah Sara, you Goddess you! I was clicking away and forgot what blog I was reading. As soon as I started this poem I thought of you and wondered if you'd read it already. Hee Hee.

    I've always wanted to walk a labyrinth. Done it with my fingers but not my feet.

  8. Love the quote which I had forgotten about and was glad for the reminder. It's going in my memory book.

    And the poem is wonderful! Thank you for introducing me to it.

  9. "... is true of course
    Of love and memory. When you start remembering."

    The closing is what impresses me most. Of course I enjoyed the whole poem but the closing held me most of all.

  10. This is what I am doing this morning:

    Through riptide of rhythms and the metaphor's seaweed"

    It remains to be seen how I will emerge when it's time to get up from the computer and join the world for the day, but I'm pretty sure I'll be dripping wet and gasping for air! But the otters will have been worth it all...

  11. I love that poem, and love the Goethe quote, too.

    And, I'm just muddling through the labyrinth of life.

  12. Wow, amAzing picture to go along with this poem.
    Riptide of rhythms....
    Who wouldn't try to swim with the otters?!

  13. Ok, this is just a generality, but I'm not that fond of Beat poets. But I love this. I guess I think of Beat poetry as long, rambling, and (to me) not that interesting. This is focused and fabulous!

    I've only walked in "entertainment" labyrinths--hay mazes, Halloween haunted mazes, etc. Would love to try a meditative one. I think there's one here in the Twin Cities somewhere that I read about. Will have to go check!

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