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03 April 2012

When You Find That 1940 Census Enumeration

The obvious goes without saying (but we'll say it anyway):

  • save the image
  • transcribe the information
  • look for clues to other records
  • cite the document
But have you thought about taking that 1940 census enumeration where you find your parents/grandparents to them and asking them about the names of the neighbors? Using those names as a springboard to discussion  may get their memories working in ways they haven't before. Prompting them with names of people can be better than asking some of the typical questions we ask.

Just something else to do with those enumerations.
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Program Overview

Recycled water used in city mediansThe City pumps recycled water through a system of purple pipes that are completely separate from the potable (drinking water) pipes.

The City pumps the recycled water to customers like golf courses and parks, where they use it to irrigate their turf and shrubs.

Utilizing recycled water for uses such as landscape irrigation reduces the demand on the potable water system. This creates a more reliable water supply for the entire City. Not only does recycled water use reduce the demand on the potable water system, recycled water is not subject to the effects of drought.

Recycled water is produced from a steady supply of wastewater. Because of this, the City can keep parks and golf courses green and beautiful even during the driest years.

There are financial benefits to using recycled water. The recycled water rate is set at 50% of the potable water rate. In addition to this discount, users do not have to pay a connection fee associated with recycled water. A connection fee is a fee charged to connect to the City’s utility system. These fees can be several thousand dollars.

Currently the City delivers approximately 1,900 acre-ft (619million gallons) to its recycled water customers, the largest being parks and golf courses. Customers irrigate turf and other landscaping with recycled water in the same way they would use potable water.

Regulations and oversight are in place to insure recycled water is used safely and correctly. As the City grows, so will the use of recycled water. In the future nearly all new developments will use recycled water to irrigate commercial landscaping, including schools, parks, and corridor landscaping.

Recycling water is the most reliable and economical water supply available to maintain the City’s future non-potable water needs.

As the City grows, so does the need for a reliable water supply. Recycled water is an important component in the City’s water portfolio.

History of Recycled Water in Roseville

  • 1993 – Developed the Recycled Water Master Plan
  • 1996 – Developed and submitted Engineering Report for recycled water to the California Department of Health Services
  • 1997 – Obtained a Master Reclamation Permit from the Regional Water Quality Control Board
  • 1998 – Developed the City Ordinance for the Rules and Regulations for Use of Recycled Water
  • 1998 – The City’s first delivery of recycled water, to Woodcreek Golf Club
  • 2004 – The City delivers 619 million gallons of recycled water to irrigation customers

    For more information on the City of Roseville's Recycled Water Program, contact Charles Aycock at (916) 746-1711.

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Saturday, 2 April 2011

Benefit Global Beauty Authorities Maggie & Annie in Singapore

Earlier today, Benefit organised an intimate lunch for beauty bloggers to meet their Global Beauty Authorities, Maggie and Annie Ford Danielson, earlier today at Washi Lounge in Grand Hyatt Hotel. The daughters of Benefit's co-founder, Jean Ford, were on a jaunt through Asia that had already taken them to Korea and Malaysia. Their next destination following Singapore was Sydney, Australia.

Maggie (the elder of the two) is based in New York while Annie (in dark blue) is based in San Francisco where she does product development. The sisters, who were extremely friendly and warm, also frequently appear on the Home Shopping Network for Benefit. Their love and enthusiasm for Benefit was inculcated from their childhood days with their mother and aunt mixing up new products in their kitchen.

They explained that Benefit continued to be a very consumer-oriented brand, rather than being driven by trends. Benefit's goal was to create effective, user-friendly products that met the beauty needs of women around the world. This very focused approach means that Benefit has a well-edited line of just over 200+ stock keeping units (SKUs), whereas other makeup brands often have over 1000 SKUs. The product names and packaging also reflect the brand's sense of fun and humor. It is striking that Benefit does not spend on expensive advertising campaigns or celebrity spokespersons. Instead, they focus their resources on developing products that their customers want. For example, Benefit customers had been asking for a skincare line for many years and hence, Benefit developed its new b.right! skincare line, which was three years in the making. The skincare products were designed to work well with Benefit's makeup products.

According to Maggie and Annie, Asia is a top market for them and they do take Asian skintones and concerns into consideration when developing their products. While the topselling Benefit product varies by country, the top 10 list of Benefit products is pretty much the same across the various countries, e.g. BADgal mascara, Benefit, Posie Tint, Some Kind-a Gorgeous. In Asia, "That Gal" Brightening Face Primer is their #1 seller while in the US, it is BADgal mascara. In China alone, Benefit has about 100 counters. It has also been very successful in South Korea and Hong Kong but has yet to enter Japan, which is a notoriously difficult and expensive market for beauty brands to break into. Within Southeast Asia, Singapore is surprisingly the largest market for them, ahead of Malaysia and Thailand, despite our smaller population.

As it was their first visit to Singapore, it was also interesting to hear their impressions of Singapore and the things that they were looking forward to trying, such as the fish spa (where tiny fish eat the dead skin off one's legs - Annie's horrified expression was priceless!) and our famous chicken rice.

Really envy how statuesque the lovely sisters are!

Later in the afternoon, Maggie and Annie also did makeup demonstrations in the windows of Tangs Orchard. Using their most popular products like Posie Tint, Benefit, Browzings and PoreFessional etc, they showed how easy and quick it is create fresh, natural looks. Fans of their tints will be pleased to know that Benefit is set to release a new Cha Cha Tint in July.

Here's a short video clip that I shot with my camera. It shows mainly Annie working on the model although at some points in the video, you can hear Maggie speaking as she works on another model in another window. (Apologies for the shakiness as my arms got tired holding up the camera so as not to capture the passing pedestrians.)

A hunky Benefit model handing out flyers.

Afterwards, Mag, Kas and I trooped off to Ion and Wisma Atria for a much needed cold drink and shopping!

Many thanks to Benefit for organising the event!

Anonymous said...

you look like a child beside both of them! :D -h.

Haru said...

I know! I'm only 1.6m tall and I think they are nearly 1.8m (5'9")?

Anonymous said...

Saw the three of you outside Tangs yesterday but was too shy to approach! xP You were so lucky to get invited to have lunch with Annie and Maggie!

Haru said...

Do say hi next time! We're all very friendly people :-)


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Royals agree to terms with outfielder Mitch Maier on a one-year contract for 2012

The Royals announced today that the club has agreed to terms on a one-year Major League contract with outfielder Mitch Maier for the 2012 season, avoiding arbitration.  Consistent with club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.  The Royals now have four remaining arbitration-eligible players: pitchers Luke Hochevar, Felipe Paulino and Jonathan Sanchez; and outfielder Alex Gordon.

Maier, 29, hit .232 with four doubles, three triples, seven RBI and 19 runs scored in 45 games last season as the Royals fourth outfielder.  Selected by the Royals in the first round (30th overall) of the 2003 Draft, Maier is a career .253 hitter in 327 games.  Beginning his 10th season in the organization, he is the longest-tenured Royals player on the club’s 40-man roster.  Maier and his wife, Karrie, have a daughter, Avalynne, and reside in South Lyon, Mich.

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Putin calls for tougher migration laws

Published time: June 13, 2012 14:26
Edited time: June 13, 2012 18:26
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President Vladimir Putin has approved the toughening of Russia’s migration policies by signing a new concept in the field.

“We now have all the legislative opportunities to implement tougher migration rules, and we must do so,” the president said during a meeting with the head of the Federal Migration Service, Konstantin Romodanovsky.

Among others measures, the new document proposes increasing the duration of the entry ban for people who have repeatedly violated Russian law or have been deported under a court ruling.

Another suggestion is to toughen punishment for organizing illegal immigration.

Putin added that all amendments in migration legislation should be subject to public discussion, including national Diasporas.

“We have to listen to and to hear all people and all viewpoints in order to take the final, balanced decision as here we are talking about social well-being of significant categories,” the president pointed out.

He instructed the official to prepare necessary legislative initiatives as soon as possible.

It is noted in the document that the new Migration concept aims at stabilizing Russia’s permanent population and providing for the country’s national security.


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Ham in pig's bladder/Photo by Donna Turner Ruhlman

I’ve been learning from the hog all week it seems. It just keeps giving.  Making salami, curing all parts.  Tenderloin and loin and coppa.  I’ve made a lot of fresh sausage and the headcheese is underway, the last of the hams are coming off the cure.

Including this one, a portion of the ham, from the culo, stuffed into the pig’s bladder, which James and I blew up to dry earlier in the week.  Once it had dried in its expanded shape, I reconstituted it in water, cut it open, and sewed up the salted ham inside.  I’ll do my best to tie it up neatly so that it will hang well.

I’ll keep an eye on it, but figure it will cure in about 6 months. What a wonder the pig continues to be.

If you liked this post on pig’s bladder & salumi , check out these other links:

© 2011 Michael Ruhlman. Photo © 2011 Donna Turner-Ruhlman. All rights reserved

30 Wonderful responses to “Whole Hog: Ham Stuffed in Bladder”

  • Linda

    So what does curing it in the bladder add? What will emerge? Fascinated.

    • ruhlman

      it protects the outer layer of the ham, which would otherwise become leathery. the interior once dry cured will be like prosciutto.

  • Austin Val

    Keep it away from the kids during football season.

  • Mantonat

    Does culo mean the same thing in Italian as it does in Spanish? The junior-high kid in me is having a good laugh at that.

  • rob fettig

    I recently missed a great opportunity to get my hands on a bladder and make a ham. I bought a share in a whole Large Black Hog and the bladder along with others tasty bits were tossed. There was no chance to break down the pig with my friends and that saddened me. The butcher that the farmer insisted on using did not get it through his head that I really wanted the whole hog. Plan B is working fine with some bung caps I sewed together from butcher- packer. Hey Mark, do you know where to source bladders?

  • John K.

    Where will it dry? Is there a temp/humidity range that will work best?

  • Casey

    When you make your headcheese try slow roasting rather than boiling. Just place the head in a large roasting pan and cover with tin foil, cook at the lowest your oven will go probably around 250 until tender. Shred and mix in roasting juices. Comes out more pinkish with a higher yeild than a traditional boiling.

  • Kim Graves

    So you get a cured (fermented) ham that is still moist while the salt keeps it from rotting?

  • Christopher

    This makes me want a basement to do all this stuff in… The wife is simply not keen on me hanging this stuff around our tiny abode. Neat post.

  • Natalie Sztern

    This is totally fascinating to me. Mrs.Wheelbarrow you scared me for a second as I had to read your sentence twice; my mind went somewhere entirely different :))

  • former butcher

    Michael, you’re out of control! Ham, pig’s bladder, the peculiar color! What next? It’s like watching a mad scientist at work. And for that we thank you! I would have made some kind of sweet cured (maple) ham (don’t have the facilities for a true dry cured ham), smoked it New England style (corn cob and hardwood), and left it at that.
    Curing it and aging it in a pig’s bladder is way out there. I hope the results are worth the effort. We expect a full report..
    I’m guessing that culo is not the same as chitterlings. From that general area there really isn’t a whole lot of meat, not enough to fill a hog’s bladder. Is it just cured, or is it seasoned as well? I should consult your Charcuterie, now that you have me thinking along these lines.

    • mantonat

      Seems like there are some misunderstandings about the specific salumi in the photo. Although not mentioned, this is most likely a culatello. It’s a whole muscle from the pig’s hind leg. The only offal is the bladder itself, which is used in the same way that intestine is used for encasing sausage (only the culo is kept whole, not ground). So there’s no “chitterling,” not much craziness going on. Mostly just a proscuitto-type ham with the addition of a casing (and absent the leg bone). Here’s some more good info from another good pig guy: http://www.salumicuredmeats.com/salumist/content.htm

      • emilia

        You are correct. The salumi item in the photo is culatello, AKA the heart of the prosciutto.

  • Steve

    Where do you do your curing? How are you able to control temp and humidity during the summer? I would just like to start curing meat, but am worried about starting in the summer in Southern California.

  • sarabeth levine

    I am going to be dreaming about how it will taste! The only problem is the wait. You have opened the eyes of a baker into the world of curing meat. You never fail to amaze me with your quest for doing new and adventurous things with food. Thank you for ahring the experience. Oink Oink!

  • Zack Agopian

    hey ruhlman.. I am in Portland, OR and need to find numerous hog bladders. Any Suggestions?

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Friday, March 30, 2007

Crappy Run and Good Swim

Thursday 10.0 miles/1:29:12/8:55 average pace

Continuing with my week of skipped/shitty runs, yesterday's run sucked. I had a side stitch the ENTIRE time. I hoped it would go away, but it did not. I took walk breaks, I hydrated, I ran slow, I focused on my breathing, nothing.

I believe the problem was that my stomach was kind of weird all day, and just wasn't up to the jostling and sloshing that comes with running. In addition to being kinda crampy/gassy (sorry, too much information I know) to begin with, I decided this would be the day I will drink gatorade while running! I NEVER drink gatorade, because.... you guessed gives me stomach problems. I guess I kinda forgot that. So I drank a few big gulps of straight gatorade before I started, then I carried a gatorade/water mix in my bottle, and drank it while I ran.

After my sixth sucky mile, and seeing that I was way late to meet Zach at the gym (with all my walking breaks slowing me down), I decided "F#%@ this" and just jammed out the last three and a half miles. The side stitch hurt worse but at least it was over faster.

8:59 (let's get this over with)

I did arrive at the gym later than planned, so I only did a short upper body weights workout, plus abs, and stretched out good.

This morning I got up and went to the pool. I swam 10 laps =500 m in 15 minutes. I felt really relaxed the entire time and loved every second of it. I hardly rested at all!! I would have swam longer but I had to get to work. :(

When I take a deep breath, I can still feel a little twinge where my side stitch was yesterday. It better be gone tomorrow. I can't wait to get this week over with and start fresh next week. I need to be pumped up for Boston! At least if I had to have a "bad week" I got it over with now. I am getting SO excited for Boston. The list making has begun, the weather-checking is underway, I even have different lists for different weather. Weeeee!

Chad in the Arizona Desert said...

Well, two weeks out from Boston would seem like the perfect time to have a "shitty" week. You have all of your long runs in and you still have time to get some confidence building short/fast runs in before the race.

By the way, was the run more shitty, crappy or sucky? Just wondering. ;-)

Michele said...

The fact that you could run as fast you did those last miles when you felt crappy, is just amazing!!

Great swim!

Bob Gentile said...

Momma says "we will get days like these", it's just a little test to see how you will respond :-) u passed!

GOD does have a great sense of humor and just keeping you in line to keep focused... Hey, the side stitch did get ur attention & focus right :-)

Have a great week Miss 111,


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Four Thoughts On Memphis’ Season-Opening Debacle

Posted by mlemaire on November 19th, 2014

Another day, another nationally televised disaster for one of the presumed best teams in the AAC. Less than 24 hours after Gonzaga blitzed SMU in Spokane, Wichita State mugged Memphis in a game where the Tigers only looked good once Shockers’ head coach Gregg Marshall emptied his bench in the 71-56 win. Although neither SMU nor Memphis should be particularly proud of the way they played, at least SMU can say it ran into a buzzsaw in a hostile environment at The Kennel. Memphis, on the other hand, lost to a team that didn’t even play particularly well and they did it in relatively embarrassing fashion. The Shockers are a good defensive team, but the Tigers only cracked 40 percent from the field once Wichita State had entered its scrubs. The Tigers also turned the ball over 24 times, many in embarrassing fashion, and they only managed four assists for the game. I wish I didn’t have to think about Memphis’ performance again, but since I sat through the snoozefest, I will toss out some observations anyway.

Josh Pastner Should Be Ready For Criticism After Yesterday's Disaster. (Photo/Memphis Commerical-Appeal)

Josh Pastner Should Be Ready For Criticism After Yesterday’s Disaster. (Photo/Memphis Commerical-Appeal)

  1. Wherefore Art Thou Kedren Johnson? It would be one thing if Johnson had just missed a bunch of shots and turned the ball over because he was being aggressive, but the transfer junior, who was supposed to be the anchor of Memphis’ young backcourt, played just 12 minutes, missed his only field goal attempt, and turned the ball over five times without recording an assist. That’s not a tough-luck performance; that’s just a really, really bad performance. I am no fitness expert, but Johnson looked wider than I remember him and appeared very slow off the dribble. Josh Pastner couldn’t justify keeping him on the floor because he couldn’t stay in front of anyone defensively. Opposing point guard Fred Van Vleet is one of the best in the country at his position and he is an absolutely pest thanks to his quick hands, but Johnson is an experienced player with a proven track record of success in the SEC. The fact that he looked so bad doesn’t bode well for the Tigers, even if it is still really early. Read the rest of this entry »
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AAC Exhibition Impressions: Part I

Posted by Mike Lemaire on November 13th, 2014

College basketball exhibition games are no different from preseason games in any other sport. Coaches like to use the inferior opponents as a chance to test strategies on both ends of the floor and evaluate fringe candidates for the rotation through extended minutes. For these reasons and the fact that exhibition opponents are usually Division II/III or NAIA teams with almost no real size, deriving meaningful observations from these performances is usually a fruitless endeavor. These games are a nice opportunity for players to get some run against a team other than themselves, but they don’t mean a whole lot in the grander scheme of the full season. Some AAC teams choose to not even play exhibition games. We say all of this so that we can look at least somewhat self-aware when we dedicate the rest of this post to drawing meaningful conclusions from the smallest of sample sizes.

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Josh Pastner Continues to Feel the Heat in Memphis

Memphis Will be Much Better Than They Were on Wednesday. The Tigers played terribly in their overtime loss to Christian Brothers on Wednesday night, but let’s not rush to any big-picture conclusions. Head coach Josh Pastner explained afterward that he used the game to experiment with a few things; the team’s two best players – Shaq Goodwin and Austin Nichols – looked very sharp; and you better believe that Kedren Johnson won’t often shoot 1-of-4 from the field and turn the ball over six times. Still, losing to a Division II oppoent is not a very good look for a team with a bunch of question marks this season. Aside from Goodwin and Nichols, the Tigers shot just 31 percent from the field and 22 percent from downtown. Throw in 21 turnovers against an overmatched opponent and you can see why folks that closely follow this program might be worried. The bottom line is that nobody should be panicking in Memphis just yet, but the Tigers have a lot of room to improve.

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One on One: An AAC Preview With Jason Smith

Posted by Walker Carey on November 6th, 2014

RTC interviews one on one

Rush the Court is back with another edition of One on One: An Interview Series, which we will bring you throughout the preseason with previews of each of the major conferences.

With the college basketball season nearly upon us, we thought it would be a good idea to gather some expert opinions on the nation’s major college basketball conferences. As part of our national preview with the AAC, RTC correspondent Walker Carey (@walkerRcarey) recently had the pleasure of speaking with an AAC expert in Jason Smith (@TheCAJasonSmith), the Memphis Tigers beat reporter for The Commercial Appeal.

Rush the Court: Defending national champion Connecticut obviously lost a lot from last season’s team with dynamic guard Shabazz Napier now a member of the Miami Heat. Nevertheless, the Huskies are still expected to contend for the league title. What is it about Kevin Ollie’s squad that has the unit in position to contend in the first year of the post-Shabazz era?

Jason Smith: It starts with Ryan Boatright, who was a great complementary player to Shabazz Napier last season. They are expecting him to be a Shabazz-type as their go-to-guy this season. I am not sure if Boatright is a guy who can shoulder the entire load like Shabazz or like Kemba Walker did in 2011, but Connecticut does bring back some other pieces that should help with things. They have one of the best rim protectors in the country in Amida Brimah, the sophomore seven-footer. A lot of people are excited about Daniel Hamilton, the five-star freshman who was named conference Newcomer of the Year. People are expecting a lot from him. At this point last year, I do not think a lot of people thought Connecticut was a team that could win a national title and they obviously proved us all wrong. A lot of the credit has to go to Kevin Ollie, and with him back in the fold, Connecticut has to be a team that you should expect to compete for the league title.

Who Will Step Up For the Huskies This Season?

Who Will Step Up For the Huskies This Season?

RTC: SMU clearly took a hit when it lost blue-chip recruit Emmanuel Mudiay to eligibility issues. Despite this loss, the Mustangs figure to be a contender in the conference. With Keith Frazier, Nic Moore, and Markus Kennedy returning to the fold, what is the ceiling for SMU in year three of the Larry Brown era?

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AAC M5: 11.03.14 Edition

Posted by Mike Lemaire on November 3rd, 2014

  1. News from last week’s Media Day is still trickling out and that means that we continue to gather evidence that says SMU coach Larry Brown is ready to take on all comers. The Dallas Morning News published a brief but illuminating interview from the event and it features a lot of Brown at his finest. He called the AAC an underrated conference. He called college basketball the “best minor league system” in the world. He challenged Mark Cuban over whether college basketball or the D-League is better at developing players, and he admitted that he wasn’t “excited” about the precedent Emmanuel Mudiay might have set by opting to play professionally in China. On the topic of college basketball v. D-League, I’m with the folks over at College Basketball Talk on this one. Each player is different and there is no right or wrong place for that player to be. It seems almost a little absurd to have this argument in the first place. The other big takeaway here is that Brown has been around for too long to care about mincing words anywhere, which is going to only make this season even more fun to follow.
  2. For now, it’s safe to pay only a little attention to news that Memphis forward Shaq Goodwin suffered a recent groin injury. But the Tigers’ other projected starting forward, sophomore Austin Nichols, is dealing with a shoulder strain, meaning that Memphis’ frontcourt is awfully banged up going into its huge season opener against Wichita State. The team expects its junior leader to only miss about a week of practice — and reports are that he should be ready to go when the Tigers square off with the Shockers — but let’s just say that the Tigers absolutely need a healthy Goodwin if they want to be successful this season.
  3. Temple head coach Fran Dunphy has obviously been keeping close tabs on this microsite because he is clearly cribbing from our analysis when he recently said that his team’s improvement has to start on the defensive end. Okay, so it’s doesn’t take a basketball genius to realize that the Owls were terrible defensively last season, so maybe Dunphy came to the idea independently. At least he was right. The Owls ranked No. 257 in defensive efficiency last season and that is totally unacceptable for any team that wants to sniff the NCAA Tournament. The piece rightly points out that one reason to hope that the team’s defense will be better this year is that they are deeper and more athletic thanks to transfers like Jaylen Bond and healthy returnees like Daniel Dingle. It’s always smart to trust in Dunphy, so if he recognizes that his team needs to be better defensively, they should be able to get at least some things fixed on that end of the floor.
  4. As Mick Cronin continues to try to rebuild Cincinnati into the type of perennial national contender it once was, one of the next steps is to improve the team’s local gym. The Fifth Third Arena, where the Bearcats play all of their home games, isn’t exactly a beloved venue, and now word has leaked that the university is taking the first steps to rectify that situation. Reports in recent months have said that the university filed paperwork with the state about renovating the arena, but on Friday athletic director Mike Bohn basically told everyone to pump the brakes. The plan has not been approved by the Board of Trustees and Bohn seemed particularly cagey when discussing whether it might be approved at all. A renovation would help modernize the building and make it more fan-friendly, but it will also be really expensive — like $40 to $70 million expensive. It could provide a big boost in recruiting, though, so if Cincinnati is serious about competing in basketball nationally, the school may get it done sooner than later.
  5. It’s basically old news at this point, but the season still hasn’t started so I am cutting myself some slack. UCF landed a big recruit, both literally and metaphorically, when 7’6″ center Tacko Fall pledged his services to the Golden Knights. A native of Senegal, Fall’s best basketball trait is that he is absolutely enormous and affects the way opposing offenses run just by being on the court. He is hardly fleet of foot, but he does move deceptively well for a man his size and may not be totally hopeless on offense. Now the question is whether coach Donnie Jones will ever get to see this recruiting class on campus — adding incredible size always helps, so long as you can stay around to coach it.
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Five Coaches to Watch in the AAC: Pastner, Brown, Sampson, Haith & Cronin

Posted by Mike Lemaire on October 31st, 2014

In the coming week or two, we will be posting as much preview content as possible. We are continuing today with coaches to watch. There is still plenty more to come.

There are only 11 teams in this league so, in theory, you should be able to watch all of them closely without too much difficulty. But what makes coaching such a difficult and unique experience is that no two seasons are alike. Sure, old hats like Jim Boeheim and John Calipari probably know what to expect because they have seen so much in their careers. But even for those guys, every new year presents new challenges, and the same can be said for the coaches of the AAC. Some of this group are dealing with disgruntled fan bases; some are dealing with large rebuilds; and some are trying to replace key players with inexperienced ones. We tried here to choose the five coaches who are dealing with the most interesting problems this year. Bonus points were awarded for coaches who are dealing with more than one problem.

Josh Pastner, Memphis

 Josh Pastner has Memphis in the Third round for the Second Straight Year. (Photo: Spruce Derden/USA TODAY Sports)

This Could Be A Make Or Break Year for Memphis Coach Josh Pastner
(Photo: Spruce Derden/USA TODAY Sports)

It’s safe to say that the no other coach in the conference has as much going on a national stage than Pastner. The sixth-year coach is not only trying to satisfy a restless fan base by finding some success in the NCAA Tournament, but he is also trying to replace his entire backcourt this season and is of course still trying to reel in what is currently a top-ranked recruiting class for next. It’s tough to say whether Pastner deserves to be on the hot seat after winning at least 24 games in each of his five seasons, but when you flame out early in the NCAA Tournament as often as the Tigers have, the fans are going to grumble. That’s especially true when those fans had gotten used to watching yearly national title contenders under previous head coach John Calipari.

The talk of his job status remains just whispers at this point. But if Pastner can’t deliver another successful season, it will be tough to prevent those hushed conversations from growing louder. The good news is that the cupboard is hardly bare here. The frontcourt is stacked with experience and depth, led by returning starters Shaq Goodwin and Austin Nichols; throw in some incoming junior college talent as well as rising sophomores Nick King and Kuran Iverson, and Pastner has plenty of options up front. Pastner also got the veteran backcourt presence he so desperately needed when Vanderbilt transfer Kedren Johnson became eligible to play this season.

The last thing that may save his job is that – thanks in no small part to Pastner’s “nothing to see here” assistant coaching hire – the Tigers have some game-changing talent committed to the program. Whoever coaches at Memphis probably won’t struggle to recruit talent, but it’s always nice for job security to basically ensure that the top local kids stay home.

Larry Brown, SMU

Larry Brown has received a bunch of kudos from Internet denizens since taking over as the head coach at SMU, and now he needs to start making good on all of that hype. In fairness to Brown, he deserves much of the praise he has received for rebuilding the Mustangs. The program had finished above .500 just three times from 2002-12, but he led the Mustangs to a 27-10 record in just his second year at the helm. Before his arrival, the program was an afterthought on the college basketball landscape, but now it has become an appealing program to much of the area’s top talent.

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Morning Five: 10.23.14 Edition

Posted by nvr1983 on October 23rd, 2014

  1. It seems like every time we are almost about to forget about North Carolina‘s academic scandal another report comes out. The latest comes from a report commissioned by the school that alleges that the school’s academic counselors directed “student”-athletes to the sham courses. The courses, which have already been well-described in this space and many others like it, were designed to keep players eligible with a minimal amount of work. According to the report (all 136 pages of it), the classes were available to all students, but 48% of those enrolled were athletes in what has been described as an 18-year scheme that dates back to 1993. The school and the independent report appear to be shielding the coaches from this (you can figure out who the coach was back in 1993), but it seems like this would certainly fall under the “lack of institutional oversight” that the NCAA has used to nail schools to the wall in the past. It remains to be seen whether the NCAA will actually go after the school, but it would seem like they have plenty of ammunition to do so.
  2. Social media is great for making viral, but it is not very effective in correcting errors that have gone viral. One prime example of that were reports that Texas had decided to give its student-athletes a $10,000 stipend to cover their cost of attendance and for using their likeness. That was based on many people misreading an article from The Dallas Morning News that referenced a conversation the school’s athletic director had speaking hypothetically about the possibility of it if the NCAA lost its appeal on the Ed O’Bannon case. Some publications were cognizant enough to temper their reports of it, but many essentially wrote that the school was already set to begin the payments. The school has subsequently clarified the reports to say that those were just hypothetical plans, but we wouldn’t be surprised if you woke up today believing that Texas was going to give its student-athletes a $10,000 stipend.
  3. It doesn’t seem like that long ago when there were reports that opposing coaches were using Billy Kennedy’s reported early-stage Parkinson’s as a tool to convince recruits not to go to Texas A&M. Now it appears that he has put together what will likely be a top-five recruiting class for 2015. With Elijah Thomas‘ announcement that he was committing to play at Texas A&M, the Aggies now have three players in”s top 35 recruits (Thomas, D.J. Hogg, and Tyler Davis) with a fourth who is ranked #64 (Admon Gilder). It is a rather remarkable accomplishment when you consider that Kennedy is barely above .500 overall at Texas A&M (49-47) and an abysmal 19-35 in the conference play. Despite his poor on-court record at Texas A&M, Kennedy’s job is likely safe as long as this class still plans on matriculating.
  4. There was quite a bit of news in the past few days on the injury front. Wyoming got a big piece back earlier this week when Larry Nance Jr was cleared to begin practicing again. Nance, who tore his ACL on February 18, led the Cowboys in scoring (15.4), rebounding (8.4), blocks (2.1), and steals (1.4) so his impact was obvious even before you consider that the team was 17-9 with him and 1-6 after his injury. Wyoming does return four starters so they should be competitive in the Mountain West if Nance can stay healthy. As for Nance, who was first-team All-Mountain West and All-Defensive team despite missing the last month of the season, it appears that the Mountain West media certainly believes he will come back at full strength as they named him the Mountain West Preseason Player of the YearMemphis sophomore Austin Nichols suffered a shoulder sprain (confirmed by a MRI yesterday) that is expected to keep him out of practice for a week. Nichols, who averaged 9.3 points and 4.3 rebounds per game last season while picking up American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year honors, is expected to be 100% for the team’s season-opener against Wichita State. Houston guard L.J. Rose was not as fortunate as he will be out for two months as he continues to recover from surgery for a broken foot. Rose (8.9 points and 5.5 assists as a sophomore) broke his foot in the summer and underwent surgery in early July, but his recovery has not gone according to plan and instead of being ready to play at the start of the season he will likely miss the team’s first 11 non-conference games. The Cougars are expected to start junior college transfer Cavon Baker in Rose’s place until he returns. Meanwhile, Oregon continues to wait on the return of junior college transfer Michael Chandler from a nagging knee injury. Chandler, a top-50 recruit coming out of high school, has yet to be cleared to practice even after having an arthroscopic procedure on his knee back in July.
  5. New York’s Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s ruling to dismiss a lawsuit by Bobby Davis and Mike Lang against Jim Boeheim. Davis and Lang, two former Syracuse ball boys who accused former Syracuse assistant Bernie Fine of molestation, had sued Boeheim for slander after he accused them of being liars out for money (comments he subsequently backed off of) when their allegations against Fine were made public. The lower courts had ruled that Boeheim’s comments did not assertions of fact, but were instead a matter of opinion, which would not be subject to defamation laws. The Court of Appeals ruled that the lower courts erred in that assumption. It is unclear if and when the lawsuit will be brought back to court or if Boeheim and the school might try to settle out of court.

EXTRA: Make sure to check out rushthecourtTV on Youtube for video M5s as well as plenty of other coverage throughout the season.

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Why Josh Pastner Really Needed Kedren Johnson

Posted by Mike Lemaire on October 9th, 2014

It’s only October, but newly eligible point guard Kedren Johnson may be the key to helping Memphis coach Josh Pastner keep his job. It’s now been five full seasons since Pastner took over for John Calipari, and the 37-year old coach has done an admirable job filling those sizable shoes by winning at least 24 games in each. Pastner has proven what everybody already knew — that he was an excellent recruiter — and Memphis has never lacked talent during his tenure. But the years of padding win totals in Conference USA are over, and Pastner’s two NCAA Tournament wins and zero Sweet Sixteen appearances pale in comparison to Calipari’s achievements. The fans are starting to get restless.

 Josh Pastner has Memphis in the Third round for the Second Straight Year. (Photo: Spruce Derden/USA TODAY Sports)

Memphis has five 24-win seasons under Josh Pastner, but lack of postseason success is making his seat warm. (Photo: Spruce Derden/USA TODAY Sports)

Rumblings about Pastner’s job security began as far back as the beginning of last season, and although the team showed promise during an extremely competitive conference schedule, it was the same old story in the NCAA Tournament as the Tigers were whipped by #1 seed Virginia in the Round of 32. The upcoming season is unquestionably an important one for Pastner, which is why yesterday’s news that Johnson can play point guard for his club this season must be music to his ears.

Johnson was Vanderbilt’s leading scorer as a sophomore in the 2012-13 season and is the rare guard with size who is also a true point guard and above-average distributor. He averaged 13.5 points, 3.6 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game that season and was among the top 100 players in the country in assist rate (30.4, according to KenPom). He is a versatile talent who can bully smaller point guards with his size and strength but has also proven he can shoot (35 percent on 157 attempts from behind the three-point line as a sophomore). He is good, but Memphis needed him for more reasons than just his talent. If Johnson’s waiver to play this season wasn’t accepted, the Tigers were going to start the season – in prime time against Wichita State, mind you – without a single backcourt player with any Division I experience. That is why Johnson may be not only one of the most important transfers in the conference, but also the country. Memphis doesn’t want Johnson so the Tigers can simply be better, they need him so the Tigers can be good.

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AAC M5: 02.27.14 Edition

Posted by Ross Schulz on February 27th, 2014

  1. Cincinnati guard Sean Kilpatrick, arguably the front runner for AAC player of the year, has come a long way since being redshirted by Mick Cronin as a freshman. He was redshirted because Cronin didn’t think he would get enough minutes, an idea that took Kilpatrick a couple days to get used to. Now, five years later, Kilpatrick is thankful for his Cronin’s insight. Kilpatrick said he wouldn’t know the things he knows now without the redshirt season. Bearcat fans have seen a theme take hold this season: reserving the second half for a big performance from Kilpatrick to take control and will Cincinnati to victory. After one such effort, Cronin labeled his star a first-team All-American. “I want to know who’s better than him. I’m not talking about a freshman five years from now, I’m talking about right now,” Cronin said. Cronin also said that Kilpatrick stands tall with many of the former great guards at Cincinnati such as Nick Van Exel and Steve Logan.
  2. Memphis freshman big man Austin Nichols needs to become a leader instead of a follower. And he’s beginning to do so in recent games. Coach Josh Pastner said Nichols was hesitant at the beginning of the season and wanted to just fit in and sit in the back seat of the vehicle. “And I told him he needs to be the driver. We need him to be going after everything,” he said. It appears to be sinking in. Nichols earned Rookie of the Week honors in the conference last week after averaging 13.5 points, 8 rebounds, and 3.5 blocks in two wins including his first double-double in the overtime win against Temple. Memphis needs that production to continue because after tonight’s tilt at Houston, the Tigers finish with three ranked opponents: No. 7 Louisville, at No. 11 Cincinnati, and No. 23 SMU.
  3. Connecticut is running out of time to define themselves and play “UConn basketball” as coach Kevin Ollie put it. That has been a slogan for players and coaches all season and it means quick tempo, crisp ball movement and ball pressure from the guards. A few teams have shut that style off for Connecticut, who failed to shoot above 37 percent from the field against SMU twice, Cincinnati, and Louisville. Connecticut is 0-4 against teams ahead of them in the standings in the AAC. Unfortunately, the Huskies have two games remaining against the top teams in the conference, Saturday at home against Cincinnati and the following Saturday in the season finale at Louisville. If Ollie’s team can’t get a win in either of those games or make a strong run in the AAC tourney, they may find themselves in the dreaded 8/9-seed slot of the NCAA tournament.
  4. Louisville freshman guard Terry Rozier has played without fear lately in helping the Cards in their current six-game winning streak. But off the court, there is something that strikes instant fear for Rozier: squirrels. Rozier said he’s afraid of all squirrels because he was nearly attacked by one at a young age. He’s said they’re sneaky and untrustworthy. His fear even hindered his basketball growth because a neighbor growing up used to put bird food out that the squirrels would love to eat. The squirrels would congregate in Rozier’s back yard where his basketball goal stood. Luckily, the bird feeder eventually broke and Rozier was able to return to honing his game that has become as much a part of Louisville’s success as anything.
  5. A Real Sports feature on SMU coach Larry Brown aired on HBO Tuesday night. Of course, as the former coach of Allen Iverson, Brown was asked by host Bryant Gumbel about practice. Brown, who has always gotten along well with Iverson, said he liked the practices better when Iverson wasn’t there because he got to coach the other guys. Brown said, at 73, SMU will be his last coaching stop and he still loves to be on the sidelines. The Mustangs are in position to make their first NCAA tournament since 1993.
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AAC M5: 01.15.14 Edition

Posted by Mike Lemaire on January 15th, 2014

  1. Cincinnati took care of business last night against Temple in the only conference game played, and everyone who ordered themselves a $70 ticket earned a $10 ticket credit toward a package next year because the Bearcats once again held their opponent under 70 points. The team actually allowed the Owls to shoot better than 40 percent from behind the three-point arc, but they also forced 15 turnovers and Temple made just 9-of-18 free throws to keep Temple away from the magic number. They have now held their opponents under 70 points in 25 straight games, and boast one of the country’s 10 most efficient defenses according to KenPom. Under Mick Cronin, defense has become the program’s identity as it has finished among the top 25 in efficiency in each of the past three seasons. This year’s team has never really had a second scoring option behind Sean Kilpatrick, yet they do have several long and physical athletes who have bought into what their coach is teaching them. It will be interesting to see how this defense-first approach will work in March, but it’s the primary reason why the Bearcats will be playing in March at all.
  2. Devout college basketball fans don’t need to be told that Memphis forward Shaq Goodwin has vastly improved his game from last season, but just in case you weren’t paying attention, Josh Pastner doesn’t mind telling you how much different sophomore Goodwin is from freshman Goodwin. When folks talk about Memphis, they usually start by mentioning the four senior guards, but Goodwin’s emergence as an all-conference caliber player has been just as big a reason for the team’s success. The article astutely recognizes that Goodwin isn’t just a polished offensive player and solid rebounder, but he is also one of the best passing big men in the conference,  instrumental in helping his teammates get open looks and freeing up space for fellow forward Austin Nichols to get easy looks. I hope he stays in college for at least one more season because I don’t think his game translates well to the NBA just yet, and also because he is a lot of fun to watch. The Tigers found out against Cincinnati that shooting a ton of threes is not the best way to win, as Goodwin took just five shots in that game. The unit’s firepower obviously resides in the backcourt, but the offense also needs to go through Goodwin sometimes to keep opposing teams honest.
  3. Since we are on the subject of Josh Pastner talking about things, it’s worth mentioning that in the UConn Blog for the Hartford Courant there was a little note tucked in where Pastner is quoted saying that the AAC is “one of the three best conferences in the country” and should get as many as six bids to the NCAA Tournament. We have no context for the quote but if he was asked a question about where the conference stood, it shouldn’t be surprising that he decided to toe the party line. That said, uhhh Josh, we probably appreciate the conference enthusiasm as much as anyone, but you can’t just say things like that when they clearly aren’t true. The Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and ACC all are clearly better conferences and plenty of people would argue that the Big East and Atlantic-10 are better top-to-bottom as well. As for six bids, Pastner better hope that Houston stays hot because the Cougars are pretty much the only hope the conference has for a sixth bid. Did we mention that this team has lost to San Jose State already and has beaten just one team (UConn at home) of any consequence? At least he didn’t try this nonsense next season.
  4. Admittedly, I have never really considered Rutgers swingman J.J. Moore as a combo forward and have always thought of him as someone who could play guard and forward. It turns out that he can play both positions, as he has been great at guard for the Scarlet Knights ever since Jerome Seagears went down with an ankle injury. The Pittsburgh transfer is third on the team in scoring at 11.9 points per game and adds value defensively with his ability to defend multiple positions. Unfortunately, his talents will be lost in Piscataway because the Scarlet Knights will be very lucky to make any postseason tournament. I am sure he had his reasons for transferring, but the Panthers are among the ACC’s best teams and I bet Jamie Dixon would enjoy having Moore at his disposal for this stretch run.
  5. Kevin Ware‘s feel-good comeback story stalled weeks ago as he struggled with a shin injury and has played sparingly and made very little impact on the team this season. Well now it looks like the story has come to a full stop, as sources are telling the Louisville Courier-Journal that the shin injury may cause Ware to miss the rest of the season. Ware wasn’t on the bench during the team’s recent win over SMU after re-injuring it, and it looks like his season is over. The silver lining is that the sources seemed to refute message board buzz about Ware leaving the program permanently, and it also seems likely that Ware will apply for a medical redshirt which would allow him to retain another year of eligibility.
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AAC M5: 12.19.13 Edition

Posted by Mike Lemaire on December 19th, 2013

  1. We weren’t the only folks who thought Memphis‘ effort Tuesday night was commendable. The Tigers played very well in a one-possession loss to almost-full-strength Florida and came back from multiple large deficits to make a game of it. Rob Dauster is right; this loss shouldn’t feed in to the “Memphis can’t win the big game” narrative because the Tigers are much better and tougher and experienced than they have been in the past. Their recruiting class outside of Austin Nichols has done little this season, but that hasn’t been a big deal because all of Memphis’ veterans are playing so well. Joe Jackson was terrific and he has outplayed expectations slightly this year as the leader of Josh Pastner’s band. The Tigers showed a lot of moxie in fighting back against one of the most athletic teams in the country and they proved they are a legitimate Top 25 team along the way.
  2. UConn was anxious to get back to work last night against Stanford after 12 days off and maybe the extended break wasn’t a good thing as the Huskies couldn’t shoot the ball at all in the second half as the Cardinal held on late for a two-point win. UConn’s high-wire act was bound to bite them at some point and Stanford is a good team, but it was still disappointing considering the Huskies led by as much as 13 in the game. Shabazz Napier had his worst game of the season offensively and neither Omar Calhoun nor Ryan Boatright picked up any of the slack. The Huskies need to shoot well to win and that unpredictability is why many still don’t consider them a true national title contender despite the fact that they have still only one loss. You’ve got to give uneasy credit to whomever put together UConn’s schedule this season, because things don’t get any easier when the Huskies cross the country this weekend to play at Washington.
  3. I agree and disagree with what Kevin Ware had to say about the Louisville-Kentucky rivalry being “old and boring.” The larger point he is making is true. The rivalry is about the fans more than anything else, and the media obviously overhypes it. The fringe of both fan bases is the closest thing to SEC football lunacy in college basketball and I’m not sure there have been more “that’s sounds like it could be true” rumors that have passed through the ether of the message boards. I am not complaining, it’s a fantastic rivalry to write about and watch, but I’m not buying Ware’s “most players aren’t from here” remarks. The players may hail from the Southwest or the Northeast but I just can’t believe that this game doesn’t mean more to them than any other non-conference game, and nearly all conference games as well. I will buy that players don’t hate each other as individuals, but they are competitors and they will be more hyped to play the Wildcats than they were to play Missouri State, even if they couch their quotes in feigned indifference.
  4. When Richard Pitino took the job at Minnesota, you just knew that father and son were going to find a way to play each other. Well now it’s happened sooner than most expected as the two teams will open next season on a military base in Puerto Rico and the Pitino family television pieces are already writing themselves. The two have played each other before when Louisville thumped Florida International last season, but the younger Pitino should have considerably more talent at his disposal in Minneapolis next season. Yeah, it is a little bit cheesy and the novelty will wear off eventually, but I am all for a little father-son rivalry, so maybe I will be secretly pulling for the Golden Gophers.
  5. Cincinnati’s offense this season can be best summed up by coach Mick Cronin explaining that he thought it was better in the team’s 44-43 win Tuesday over Pittsburgh because they rebounded more of their missed shots. Offensive rebounds are nice and all, but the Bearcats aren’t going to win a lot of games by fiercely grabbing offensive rebounds only to be followed by another missed jump shot. They aren’t exactly an offensive machine, but Cronin also hinted that some of his inexperienced players like Jermaine Sanders and Shaquille Thomas need to become more confident shooters. Of course it would also be nice if senior leader Justin Jackson played with some consistency too.
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Memphis vs. Florida: Four Key Storylines at The Jimmy V Classic

Posted by Mike Lemaire on December 17th, 2013

Here’s a look ahead to the Jimmy V Classic game between two Top 25 teams in Memphis and Florida.

Shaq Goodwin will have his hands full with Patric Young tonight.

Shaq Goodwin will have his hands full with Patric Young tonight.

  1. The Tigers have one very obvious Casey Prather-sized problem heading into tonight’s match-up. Prather has been an offensive revelation this season and is the Gators’ leading scorer. He will be the Gators’ primary small forward tonight and that spells trouble for Memphis. The senior is too big, strong, and fast for any of Memphis’ three guards to defend, but his athleticism and length make him a problem defensively for the Tigers’ smaller guards. Prather still isn’t much of a shooter, so the Tigers would be wise to cut off his penetration at all costs. Memphis matches up with Florida nicely at every other position on the floor, so finding a way to exploit or at least not get exploited in that specific match-up will be important to the team’s success.
  2. Get excited to watch two of college basketball’s better big men battle it out in this game because Patric Young and Shaq Goodwin are going to be seeing a lot of each other this evening. Goodwin has emerged as the Tigers’ best and most consistent player, and Young knows a thing or two about consistency as well. The two players are not entirely alike, however, as Goodwin has been the much more refined offensive player this season while Young has the edge in strength (as he always does) and athleticism. Young’s shooting percentages are well below his career marks and the Gators have better offensive options to look to first, but Goodwin hasn’t faced an opponent with Young’s combination of size and athleticism (apologies to LSU’s Johnny O’Bryant) so he will need to be more creative and active on the glass if he wants to get the better of this match-up. Read the rest of this entry »
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AAC M5: 12.17.13 Edition

Posted by Mike Lemaire on December 17th, 2013

  1. Tonight is a big one for the AAC as two of the name-brand programs that will actually still be in the conference next season are playing in New York as part of the Jimmy V Classic. There are few stages at this point in the season that are bigger than the Jimmy V Classic and to represent half of this year’s field is a big deal. Both games are big tests for Memphis and Cincinnati but there is one team with a lot more at stake at Madison Square Garden — Mick Cronin’s Bearcats. Cincinnati hasn’t beaten anybody worth talking about and they were mildly embarrassed in the Crosstown Classic by Xavier over the weekend. We have harped on the Bearcats’ offensive struggles, but perhaps surprisingly, the team’s biggest issue is an apparent lack of toughness. I am still putting the finishing touches on my white paper Advanced Methods of Quantifying Toughness, so it’s easier to just say they weren’t great on either end of the floor against the Musketeers. Still, toughness is ostensibly supposed to be one of the Bearcats’ hallmark competencies and they didn’t do a great job on the glass or defending the three-point line, so it would probably help if they toughened up in those areas.
  2. As a college basketball fan, it would have been awesome to see Florida’s much-hyped freshman Chris Walker suit up for the Gators tonight, but I bet Memphis fans are breathing a sigh of relief. Well okay, so it wasn’t likely that Walker was going to light the world on fire, but Memphis only plays two real big men in Austin Nichols and Shaq Goodwin (and Florida already had a size and athleticism advantage to begin with). The game will obviously be competitive, but it will be especially interesting to see how the personnel decisions on both sides shake out. Memphis will want to play three guards and the Gators will probably want to rotate Casey Prather and Dorian Finney-Smith at small forward — both of whom are too big and athletic for the Tigers’ guards. Josh Pastner is going to have to bring his A-Game to face a coach as good as Billy Donovan, and it will be fun to watch them match wits tonight.
  3. Although it will have no effect on the 2013-14 season, the news of UConn guard Rodney Purvis‘ shoulder surgery still made headlines on a slow news day. Purvis transferred from North Carolina State and is sitting out this year anyway, so it makes sense to fix a torn labrum in his left shoulder now so he can be ready for next season. I know… fascinating stuff. But it gives us an excuse to talk about Purvis, a former McDonald’s All-American who started 23 games as a freshman for the Wolfpack. He transferred without much fanfare but he is an athletic 6’4″, 200-pounder, who scored in double figures in 12 games last season. Granted, most of those games came before conference play and he was a bit more inconsistent as the competition improved, but he will be expected to take on the lion’s share of the load Shabazz Napier leaves behind. I don’t really know how what I just wrote has anything to do with his impending surgery, but that’s fine. Just log those few sentences away for now and call me out when I self-plagiarize for an impact transfer preview for next season.
  4. The conference’s banner program will also be in action tonight as Louisville hosts Missouri State. The Bears aren’t the same mid-major headache they once were, but they are 8-1 on the season and their only loss was on a neutral floor to Virginia, so they will be dangerous. Head coach Rick Pitino is especially worried about their potent three-point shooting ability, and while he is overstating their offensive brilliance a bit, he would be wise to make sure his team defends the three-point line. In the end, there is little chance that Missouri State has enough defensive ability to hang with the Cardinals on the road, even if Louisville is still missing scoring point guard Chris Jones. The bottom line is that the Bears will probably make it interesting in the first half but Louisville has more than enough horses to pull away in the second 20 minutes.
  5. The South Florida Bulls play host to Dunk City tonight as Brett Comer, Chase Fieler and the rest of the Florida Gulf Coast will be in town for an intrastate match-up. Although they are probably the less recognizable team, the Bulls will play as the favorites as the Eagles are struggling to recapture the magic from last season and have lost three of their last four games. Of course they are still the more compelling storyline for and thus Myron Medcalf wrote a worthy profile of life after last season’s NCAA Tournament run that is worth reading. It’s not AAC news necessarily… or like …at all. But we are equal-opportunity providers and when we see a good story with some connection to the league, you better believe we are posting it.
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On The Money: State’s Late Payment Penalties Cost Taxpayers

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By Mike Luery

California taxpayers are paying millions of dollars in penalties each year – for something they haven’t even done. A CBS 13 investigation reveals the State of California is habitually late in paying its vendors who provide goods and services. Under California’s Prompt Payment Act, the state must pay penalties, whenever invoices are more than 45 days overdue.

John Riley’s Sacramento Technology Group is all too familiar with the late payment process. The State of California was more than 90 days past due on paying his bill.

“It was about $20 thousand dollars,” Riley told CBS 13. “But it’s been as high as half a million – if not higher – about three quarters of a million.” Riley added. Riley did eventually get his payment –
for $19,458 – from a billing he sent out five months ago – in April.

To Riley, it hardly seems fair. “The state can be late paying us, but we sure can’t be late paying our employees,” Riley told CBS 13.

The delinquent client was the Department of Health Care Services. On The Money combed through public records and found DHCS was late 357 times in paying vendors statewide for fiscal year 2009-10, the latest years for which data is available. DHCS had to pay $536,671 in penalties for being late. The Department declined to be interviewed on camera, but spokesman Tony Cava sent CBS 13 a statement saying, “The units responsible for the processing of invoices have been identified, and measures are being taken to address this issue.”

Cava added, “The measures are designed to improve staff performance and ensure that invoices are processed timely and in accordance with departmental standards. Staff in the units are being counseled on the requirements of the prompt payment act through direct meetings and via departmental memo. In the upcoming penalty report from the Department of General Services, you will note that there is significant improvement in the department’s timely payment schedule to vendors. We regret that invoices were not processed in a timely manner, and we are working diligently to ensure this situation is resolved.”

The Department of Health Care Services paid the second highest penalties on the list, topped only by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. CDCR was late paying bills more than 14,000 times in 2010, with late fees totaling $2.6 million, according to public records.

“We recognize that it’s a massive impact on the community and it’s clearly an unacceptable outcome,” said Stephen Amos of CDCR.

And the problem is about to get worse. On The Money has learned CDCR’s late penalties for 2011 will total more than $8 million.

One big reason is because the California legislature was more than 100 days late in passing a budget last year, rendering every state agency powerless to pay bills on time. In fact, the California legislature has failed to pass an on-time budget 13 times in the past 20 years. And when that happens, “We don’t have the authority to spend money, nor do we have the cash to spend money,” Amos noted.

In all, 83 California state agencies were late in paying their bills for the 2009/2010 fiscal year. That means taxpayers shelled out $5,154,802 in late penalties.

“Taxpayers are being told that we need every cent we can get. Well here’s millions wasted because of unnecessary fines and penalties,” said Jon Coupal of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.

CBS 13 has learned that California’s tax collecting agencies are also on the delinquent list. Stay tuned for that story in Wednesday’s 6 p.m. newscast.

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How to Build and Lead a Sustainable Safety Culture (Part 1)

In our recent blog and vlog series on safety culture, we talked about how to promote safety as a core value instead of a high priority, and we looked at why it’s important to view safety in that way. Remember, if a principle or ideal is imposed upon me externally, I’m not likely to embrace it as my own. I may comply with it under normal circumstances; but it doesn’t command my full commitment because it never quite makes it beyond the level of external priority.  And because of that there’s really nothing inherent in that ideal or principle to motivate me to comply with it if there is pressure to comply with a competing priority.

But if, instead, I “catch” it, and I thereby embrace it as my own, it then becomes internalized and part of my make-up–it becomes a value and belief that I hold. Then, when I’m in a situation that forces me to choose between safety and some other high-urgent priority, since they are no longer in the same category (one is a priority and the other is a belief), I now have something that provides internal motivation to do the right thing.

But how exactly do we get people to embrace safety as their own core value? We’ve already talked about a numbers ways to do this. We know, for instance, we need to tie it to other core values and beliefs they already hold, and we have to make the connection for them. We have to change the way we communicate, the way we coach and the way we lead safety. But what else is required?

In this series, I’m going to show you just how to pull all those pieces together to help you build and lead a culture of sustainable safety culture.  And I’ll start by showing you an overview of a multi-step process that I myself typically use when I work with a client to improve their safety culture.

Let’s assume for the sake of this scenario that we’ve already conducted the necessary pre-assessments, interviews, gap analysis, etc.  And let’s assume we now have a good picture of their safety climate and the issues they’re facing. What do we do next?

Although I tailor this to each client I work with, the process I use is built and executed on the same four basic principles.  In short, the program or process must be:

  1. Values-based: we must impart a new way of thinking about safety, and we must provide a venue that is conducive to a paradigm shift in what we think and believe about safety.

  2. Performance-based: we must develop real competencies in those whom we have entrusted to lead safety in their areas (this goes well beyond training).

  3. Outcomes-based: we must have a clearly defined overarching goal and a proven avenue to reach it.

  4. Sustainability-based: we must build capability into the program stewards so that they can continue running the program long after we’re gone.

So what does the process actually look like? The process template we use includes five main areas of focus:

  1. Safety Leadership Training (target is operations, production, engineering, EHS and corporate leadership)

  2. Process Stewardship Training (target is EHS, safety committee members, anyone responsible for leading safety)

  3. Field Coaching Development (target is operations in partnership with EHS)

  4. Corporate Integration (it’s not a true culture unless the entire organization is included)

  5. Ownership hand-off (here’s where we officially pass the mantle to the program stewards)

These are the high-level components. There are other things that we may or may not include in this process, depending on the implementation. And bear in mind there are other things that we always do in the background to ensure success, such as change management and working with executive leadership. But we’ll save that for another series.

In the meantime, starting with our next video blog we’ll begin addressing each one of these in detail to show you what it looks like and how it’s executed. Until then, please enjoy our video blog below; and be sure all your safety initiatives are built-in, not bolted on.

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    that wull make the greatest changes. Thanks for sharing!

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December 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage

December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between Blacks and Whites. It was first celebrated as the “Dingaans Day” and stood for the triumph of the Voortrekkers against the Zulu army led by Dingaan at the ‘Battle of Blood River’. It became a powerful instrument in the arsenal of the White Afrikaner drive to build Afrikaner Nationalism when in 1952 it became the ‘Day of the Covenant’. Since the 1920s, the day was also used by the ANC, SACP and other political organisations to mount protest action against White minority rule and was used in 1961 to launch uMkhonto weSizwe.

Dingaan's Day

Initially 16 December was celebrated by Afrikaners as Dingaan's dag (Dingane's Day.) This was in celebration for what Voortrekkers viewed as a 'victory' over Zulu warriors near the Ncome River in KwaZulu Natal. On that day an estimated 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's generals Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi attacked about 470 Voortrekkers at dawn. With the advantage of gun powder Zulu warriors were repelled with an estimated 3000 warriors killed. The blood of casualties flowed into Ncome River turning its water red earning it the nickname "Blood River". This earned the confrontation between Voortrekkers and Zulu regiments the name "Battle of Blood River". December 16 remained a rallying point for the development of Afrikaner nationalism, culture and identity.

Day of the Covenant

During their trek into Natal Afrikaners were led by .W.J. Pretorius and S.A. Cilliers, "to enter into a covenant with God". Thus, when the Zulu attack was repelled by the Voortrekkers, it was viewed as a confirmation of God's ratification of that covenant. This resulted in the establishment of Day of the Covenant. For instance, in 1864 the General Synod of the Afrikaners' Natal Churches agreed that 16 December would henceforth be celebrated as an ecclesiastical day of thanksgiving by all its congregations. The following year the Executive Council of the South African Republic declared that 16 December must be a public holiday in this Boer Republic. In 1894 the Government of the Free State also declared 16 December to be a public holiday.

After South African War the unification of the Cape Colony,  Natal  and the two Afrikaner Republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State, an act was passed by parliament in 1910 enacting 16 December as a national holiday (Dingaan's Day) throughout the Union of South Africa with effect from 1911. In 1952 the name of the day was changed from Dingaan's Day to Day of the Vow (Day of the Covenant).

Counter events and protests on 16 December

From 1910, Africans who felt excluded from the benefits of universal suffrage after the end of the South African War launched counter events on December 16. These events were meetings and protests aimed at challenging racial discrimination and expressing disdain at continued subjugation of black people. For instance, on 16 December 1929 anti pass demonstrations were organized by the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Potchefstroom in the Transvaal. One meeting  addressed by Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana and John Beaver Marks was invaded by a group of white people and a gunshot meant for the leaders of the CPSA resulted in the death of one person. Subsequent to the meeting, a general strike that lasted until 1930 was called In the 1930s the CPSA continued to hold anti-pass campaigns and meetings on 16 December. For instance, the meeting held on 16 December 1930 culminated in the burning of passes.  On 16 December 1934 the CPSA organized nine separate meetings in the townships to challenge the restrictions of the Urban Areas Act. From 15 December to 18 December 1935 the All-African Convention (AAC) was held in Bloemfontein to protest against the racial policies of Prime Minister Hertzog. Thus, the 16th of December, particularly in the 1920s and the 1930s became a day that highlighted divisions in the country. For white people, particularly Afrikaners, the date symbolized a 'victory' over African people, for those opposed to white domination and racial discrimination; the date became a rallying point for protests.

Formation of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) and launch of the armed struggle by the ANC

The African National Congress (ANC), (together with the South African Communist Party (SACP), the South African Indian Congress, the Coloured People's Congress (CPC) and the Congress of Democrats (COD), had been engaged in peaceful acts of resistance which aimed at forcing the government to eventually recognize the rights of Black people in South Africa. However, in the 1950s and early 1960s the South African government reinforced repressive measures to further isolate the country's black people by passing various pieces of legislation. It was the implementation of these repressive measures by the state which precipitated the need to change tactics and the manner in which the ANC, SACP and the Congress Alliance had been approaching the struggle for freedom and equality.

In the early 1960s the ANC, the SACP, COD, CPC and the SA  C mooted the idea of an armed struggle. At an ANC Working Committee meeting in June 1961 Mandela presented the proposal for a military wing for discussion. On 16 December 1961 uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) (Spear of the Nation) the military wing of the ANC announced its existence by launching its first acts of sabotage. On that date several acts of sabotage were committed through bomb blasts against government structures in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Durban. For instance in the Eastern Cape, an electrical substation was blown up in New Brighton, the building of the New Brighton Labour Bureau and offices of the Bantu Administration Board were also bombed. In Johannesburg, Joe Slovo became instrumental in bombing the Johannesburg Drill Hall. Jack Hodgson, Lionel 'Rusty' Bernstein also successfully planted explosions in Pretoria and Johannesburg.

Between December 1961 and June 1963 more than 200 installations were attacked with a majority of these being in the Eastern Cape. This may be because Port Elizabeth was the centre of sabotage training for MK cadres. The first casualty of MK was killed by his own bomb and another also lost an arm. MK continued to engage in armed struggle by recruiting and sending people for military training outside the country and redeploying them back in the country. On 1 August 1990, MK suspended the armed struggle as negotiations for a democratic South Africa gathered momentum.

Day of Reconciliation

After the first democratic elections in 1994, December 16 continued to form part of the history of post apartheid South Africa. On 16 December 1995 the name was changed once more and was celebrated as a public holiday known as the Day of Reconciliation. The establishment of December 16 as a public holiday was an attempt to strike a balance between a divided past and promoting national unity and reconciliation in a new political dispensation.


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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Valentine's Day Advice

Not from me.  No siree.  But from slate--which movies to avoid.

Of course, this article does suggest a basic challenge--is the early date supposed to be part of the vetting process?  If so, then do take a person to a movie that might alienate someone who is not the perfect soulmate.  If the aim is a bit more, ahem, short-term, then different criteria come to the fore.

Any readers have any suggestions?  Obviously, this blog would recommend Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, or a Zombie movie, given past posts....

For romance, the HP to see is Half-Blood Prince, with the Ron-Lavender-Hermione triangle and the Harry-Ginny courtship, although Order of the Phoenix has the Harry-Cho romance.  Both books end in death, but, in Phoenix, romance dies due to perceived betrayal.  So, HBP > OP.

For Indiana Jones, Raiders uber alles.  Karen Allen and Harrison Ford have the best chemistry, and no bouncing nuked frig in this one.

Star Wars: Empire. There is some relevant romance in Return, but Empire has the best response to "I love you" that I can remember.  And, of course, "Who you calling scruffy-looking?"  Of course, you have to ignore the brother-sister kiss, but that is early enough not to spoil things.

Zombies: Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland both have a nice combo of comedy and romance.  And the scary stuff just might work to get a couple closer together.

Of course, there are other options. Say Anything is a classic, but only if neither viewer has either been stalked or been picked up for stalking.

Any suggestions from spew-fandom?

Oh, and some more advice for dining out on V-Day.

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Samsung releases Pink Galaxy S in South Korea

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Well here it is. As we had expected Samsung has launched Pink-colored Galaxy S for its home market. The new color will appeal to women that is said to give a “romantic and cute” look. South Koreans can now buy Samsung’s top-end Android smartphone in three colors — Black, Snow White and Femme Pink.


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Restored Chinese prints unveil turbulent history from everyday eyes

Bill Morse （左）講述關於他祖父拍攝的關於中國的舊照片。（照片由黃靈美提供。）

All Bill Morse wanted was an old photo of the Appian Way in Italy, lost somewhere in his parents’ attic.
He never imagined he would discover more than 4,000 photos of China, taken by his grandfather William Leete who was a missionary and teacher for more than 40 years. He traveled to northern China up to Liaoning and went down to Suzhou to study the nation. During his travels, Leete documented the Forbidden City of Beijing, the Buddhist Longmen Grottoes of Luoyang and everyday life for the Chinese. Continue reading


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De Anza College Student Sexually Assaulted In Campus Restroom

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CUPERTINO (CBS SF) — A 19-year-old college student was sexually assaulted on the De Anza College campus in Cupertino earlier this week, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District police chief said.

The rape occurred Monday between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. at the college’s Media and Learning Center building in the first-floor women’s restroom, Chief Ron Levine said.

The school is located at 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd.

The suspect is an 18 to 20-year-old man who is a De Anza student, Levine said. He has not been arrested yet.

“We are hoping to be making an arrest soon,” Levine said. “We should have a suspect in custody in the near future.”

The student and the assailant are familiar to each other, Levine said, but he would not disclose more details about their relationship.

The victim reported the assault Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. to a faculty member. She was taken to the health services office where personnel contacted campus police.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office is also investigating the rape.

Levine said there are no other suspects and no weapons were used in the attack, which is believed to be an isolated incident.

(Copyright 2013 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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Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use a variable from my controller in my Sass file?

No. Sass files aren’t views. They’re compiled once into static CSS files, then left along until they’re changed and need to be compiled again. Not only don’t you want to be running a full request cycle every time someone requests a stylesheet, but it’s not a great idea to put much logic in there anyway due to how browsers handle them.

If you really need some sort of dynamic CSS, you can define your own Sass functions using Ruby that can access the database or other configuration. Be aware when doing this that Sass files are by default only compiled once and then served statically.

If you really, really need to compile Sass on each request, first make sure you have adequate caching set up. Then you can use Sass::Engine to render the code, using the :custom option to pass in data that can be accessed from your Sass functions.

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TMCNet:  Iams Home 4 the Holidays Helps Nearly 1.3 Million Animal Adoptions and Provides 5.5 Million Meals to Shelter Partners in 2012

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Iams Home 4 the Holidays Helps Nearly 1.3 Million Animal Adoptions and Provides 5.5 Million Meals to Shelter Partners in 2012

MASON, Ohio --(Business Wire)--

Iams Home 4 the Holidays, one of the world's largest pet adoption drives, announced that nearly 1.3 million pets were placed in forever homes between Oct. 1, 2012 and Jan. 2, 2013. As part of the annual drive Iams has donated more meals than ever before, with 5.5 million bowls of food going to homeless pets, surpassing the original goal of 5 million donations. More than 8.3 million pets have been placed in forever homes since Iams and founding partner Helen Woodward Animal Center, along with thousands of animal organizations across the globe partnered to do something about shelter overpopulation when the program first started in 1999.

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Wyatt, a tiny kitten was abandoned and found near death was nursed back to health and found his forever home through Iams Home 4 the Holidays. (Photo: Business Wire)

"We're celebrating the fact that in just three months we helped save the lives of almost 1.3 million animals," said Mike Arms, founder of the adoption drive and president of Helen Woodward Animal Center. "We're proud of the work we've done and we're especially proud of the hard work the partner organizations continue to do every day. Take the story of Wyatt, a tiny kitten who was abandoned and found near death. Wyatt was nursed back to health by dedicated cat rescue volunteers and has since found his forever home. Stories like these show us the importance of promoting pet adoption and how a program like Iams Home 4 the Holidays can make a huge difference in the life of a pet."

Homes were found for:

  • Dogs 684,896
  • Cats 553,550
  • Other 26,663 (including rabbits, reptiles, horses, birds and more)

Adoption wasn't the only way people got involved this year as the program also focused on providing proper nutrition for pets still awaiting families. Consumers were able to share their passion for pets and help Iams donate food to participating animal shelters by buying specially marked bags of food, taking part in the Digital Dish Drive on the Iams Facebook (News - Alert) page ( or joining the Iams Life Long Rewards program at local shelters or online ( Meals donations were also triggered through the Iams YouTube (News - Alert) page ( with every view, like or share of YouTube sensation Andrew Grantham's Singing Pets Holiday Video.

"From the millions of families and pets who have been impacted over the years, to the more than 15.5 million bowls of food Iams has donated in the past three years alone, we're very proud of the work we've accomplished," said Ondrea Francy, Iams general manager. "We think premium nutrition like Iams is an important part of the pet-adoption process to keep pets looking and feeling their best until they're adopted."

About Iams Home 4 the Holidays

As one of the most successful pet adoption programs in the world, Iams Home 4 the Holidays partners with thousands of animal organizations dedicated to finding forever homes for orphaned pets. Founded by Helen Woodward Animal Center and supported by Iams, the campaign began in 1999 with just 14 participating animal shelters in San Diego County. Since it began 14 years ago, Iams Home 4 the Holidays has helped more than 8 million families experience the joy of pet adoption, including nearly 1.3 million pet adoptions this year alone. For more information, please visit

About Helen Woodward Animal Center

Helen Woodward Animal Center is a private, non-profit organization where "people help animals and animals help people." Founded in 1972 in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., the Center provides services for more than 57,000 people and thousands of animals annually through adoptions, educational and therapeutic programs both onsite and throughout the community. Helen Woodward Animal Center is also the creator of the international Home 4 the Holidays pet adoption drive and the Animal Center Education Services program, teaching the business of saving lives to animal welfare leaders from around the world. For more information, follow us on Twitter (News - Alert) at or visit us at or

About P&G Pet Care

For more than 60 years, P&G Pet Care (NYSE:PG), the maker of Iams and Eukanuba, has enhanced the well-being of dogs and cats by providing world-class quality foods and pet care products. To learn more about Eukanuba® and Iams® Dog & Cat Foods or general pet care and nutrition information, call the Iams Consumer Care Center at (800) 525-4267. You can also visit us on the Web at or

About Procter & Gamble

P&G serves approximately 4.6 billion people around the world with its brands. The Company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Pampers®, Tide®, Ariel®, Always®, Whisper®, Pantene®, Mach3®, Bounty®, Dawn®, Fairy®, Gain®, Charmin®, Downy®, Lenor®, Iams®, Crest®, Oral-B®, Duracell®, Olay®, Head & Shoulders®, Wella®, Gillette®, Braun®, Fusion®, Ace®, Febreze®, Ambi Pur®, SK-II®, and Vicks®. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 75 countries worldwide. Please visit for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.

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Saudi exhibition on Arabian horses opened in Kentucky

May 28, 2010

Steven Beshear, the Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky, and Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd, the Vice President of Youth Welfare, opened a five-month exhibition entitled “A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse” in Lexington, Kentucky last night. The event, which cost $2.3 million, is being sponsored by the Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation and will feature more than 350 pieces of art and artifacts collected from museums and individuals around the world.

In press statements following the inauguration, Prince Nawaf highlighted the strength of Saudi-U.S. relations. He noted that the exhibition, which took three years to prepare, is the world’s largest display of the history of horsemanship.

“A Gift from the Desert” will run from May 29 to October 15 at the International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park.


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It would be faster to undo local changes only on files affected by the archive's changes.

This would be a considerable optimization when the local changes are important and the patch to apply is trivial.

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