CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2016-- Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) today announced financial results for third quarter 2016. Commenting on these results, Jerome A. Peribere, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "In the third quarter, we delivered strong margin performance and cash flow generation as a result of our operating discipline and focus on working capital management. As we were expecting, we experienced notable increasing demand for our protein packaging, e-Commerce and advanced hygiene solutions in North America and targeted countries throughout Europe and Asia. These positive trends were offset by macro headwinds in emerging countries, Australia and the industrial market. Despite softer sales growth in the quarter and for the full year 2016, we continue to expect performance to improve on both the top and bottom line in Q4 and throughout 2017 as we continue building a robust pipeline for our innovative solutions and capitalize on end market growth opportunities."
Peribere continued, "Since 2013, we have made significant progress improving the quality of earnings, delivering leading innovations to our customers, and building a performance-based winning culture. As we look beyond 2016, we believe pursuing a tax-free spin-off of Diversey Care and our related hygiene business is the next step in our strategic transformation and will enable us to unlock meaningful value for customers and shareholders. This transaction would create two industry-leading, publicly-traded companies with unique and compelling investment opportunities, accelerated growth strategies and disciplined, returns-based approaches to capital allocation."
Unless otherwise stated, all results compare third quarter 2016 results to third quarter 2015 results. Year-over-year financial discussions present operating results as reported, and on an organic or constant dollar basis. Constant dollar refers to unit volume and price/mix performance and excludes the impact of currency translation from all periods referenced. Organic refers to unit volume and price/mix performance and excludes the impact of currency translation and the results from the divestiture of the North American foam trays and absorbent pads business, which was divested on April 1, 2015, and the divestiture of the European food trays business in November 2015 (together "divestitures"), from all periods referenced. Additionally, non-U.S. GAAP adjusted financial measures, such as Adjusted Earnings Before Interest Expense, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA"), Adjusted Net Earnings, Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share ("Adjusted EPS") and Adjusted Tax Rate, exclude the impact of special items, such as restructuring charges, charges related to ceasing operations in Venezuela, cash-settled stock appreciation rights ("SARs") granted as part of the Diversey acquisition and certain other infrequent or one-time items. Please refer to the financial statements included with this press release for a reconciliation of Non-U.S. GAAP to U.S. GAAP financial measures.
Food Care net sales of $815 million decreased 2.6% as reported. Currency had a negative impact on Food Care net sales of 2.0%, or $17 million, and the divestiture had a negative impact of 1.8%, or $15 million. On an organic basis, net sales increased 1.2% due to favorable price/mix of 1.3% and relatively flat volume growth. Volume growth of more than 3% in North America and positive trends in EMEA were offset by weakness in Latin America, and Asia Pacific. Adjusted EBITDA of $173 million or 21.2% of net sales was attributable to favorable price/cost spread and restructuring savings, which were partially offset by higher non-material manufacturing expenses, unfavorable currency translation and divestitures of non-core assets.
Diversey Care net sales of $497 million decreased 0.8% as reported and increased 1.5% on a constant dollar basis. Currency had a negative impact on Diversey Care net sales of 2.3%, or $12 million in the quarter. Price/mix of 2.8%, which was favorable across all the regions, was partially offset by lower volumes of 1.3%. North America, Europe and Asia Pacific delivered positive volume trends that were offset by declines in MEA and Latin America. Diversey Care's Adjusted EBITDA was $65 million or 13.0% of net sales. Adjusted EBITDA performance was attributable to favorable price/cost spread and restructuring savings, which were offset by targeted investments in marketing and research and development, salary and wage inflation and lower volumes.
Product Care net sales of $389 million in the third quarter were relatively flat as reported and on a constant dollar basis. Currency had a negative impact on Product Care net sales of 0.5%, or $2 million. Sales volume increased 2.6%, which was offset by unfavorable price/mix of 2.3%. North America volumes were up 6% as a result of continued strength in e-Commerce offset by rationalization efforts and ongoing weakness in the industrial market. Adjusted EBITDA was $88 million or 22.7% of net sales. Adjusted EBITDA performance was primarily related to higher volumes.
On October 17, 2016, Sealed Air announced a plan to pursue the tax-free spin-off of its Diversey Care division and the food hygiene and cleaning business within its Food Care division (together "New Diversey"). The tax-free spin-off would create two independent companies, New Sealed Air (the remaining Sealed Air business) and New Diversey, each with an enhanced strategic focus, simplified operating structure, distinct investment identity and strong financial profile.
Under the spin-off plan, if effectuated, Sealed Air's shareholders would own 100% of the common stock of New Diversey following completion of the spin-off. The spin-off company would be led by Dr. Ilham Kadri, currently President of Diversey Care. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2017, subject to final approval by Sealed Air's Board of Directors, as well as satisfaction of customary conditions, including the effectiveness of appropriate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and it is intended to qualify as a tax-free distribution to Sealed Air shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Sealed Air anticipates filing a Form 10 relating to the transaction with the SEC as early as the first quarter of 2017.
Net sales of $1.7 billion decreased 1.7% on an as reported basis. Currency had a negative impact on total net sales of 1.8%, or $31 million, and the Food Care divestitures had a negative impact on total sales of 0.8%, or $15 million, in the third quarter 2016. As reported, net sales in North America increased 1.6%, EMEA declined 5.8% and Latin America and Asia Pacific also declined 2.9% and 0.6%, respectively.
Net income on a reported basis was $163 million, or $0.83 per diluted share as compared to $87 million, or $0.42 per diluted share in the third quarter 2015. Net earnings in the third quarter 2016 were favorably impacted by $24 million of special items, primarily related to the release of certain tax reserves, as described more fully below, partially offset by restructuring charges and other restructuring associated costs. Net earnings in the third quarter 2015 included $57 million of special items, primarily consisting of restructuring and other restructuring associated costs, as well as a tax reserve recorded in relation to the tax refund received on the Settlement agreement (as defined in our 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K), partially offset by the release of certain tax reserves recorded at the time of the Diversey Holdings, Inc. acquisition, for which the statute of limitations had expired.
The effective tax rate in the third quarter of 2016 was 5.5%, compared to the effective tax rate of 31.3% in the third quarter of 2015. The effective tax rate was favorably impacted by $32 million related to the release of certain tax reserves recorded at the time of the Diversey Holdings, Inc. acquisition, for which the statute of limitations had expired.
Net sales on an organic basis increased 0.9%. On a constant dollar basis, Latin America was up 8.7% followed by North America, which delivered constant dollar sales growth of 1.6%. Volume growth in North America and Europe were offset by declines in MEA and Asia Pacific. Organic sales in EMEA and Asia Pacific declined 0.5% and 3.1%, respectively.
Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter 2016 was $304 million, or 17.7% of net sales. This margin performance was attributable to a favorable price/cost spread and restructuring savings, partially offset by $4 million of unfavorable currency translation, divestitures of $3 million as well as salary and wage inflation and higher non-material manufacturing expenses.
Adjusted EPS was $0.71 for the third quarter 2016. This compares to Adjusted EPS of $0.70 in the third quarter 2015. The Adjusted Tax Rate was 23.1% in the third quarter 2016, compared to 18.8% in the third quarter 2015. The Adjusted Tax Rate in the third quarter of 2016 was negatively impacted by an increase in valuation allowances on foreign tax credits.
Cash flow provided by operating activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $470 million, which is net of $51 million of restructuring payments. This compares with cash provided by operating activities of $701 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015. In March 2015, the Company received a tax refund of $235 million related to the payment of funds in connection with the Settlement agreement. Excluding the tax refund, cash flow provided by operating activities in the first nine months of 2015 was $466 million, which is net of $72 million of restructuring and $20 million of SARs payments.
Capital expenditures increased to $190 million, as planned, in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and compared to $112 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Free Cash Flow, defined as net cash provided by (used in) operating less capital expenditures, was an inflow of $280 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016. This compares to an inflow of $353 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015, excluding the tax refund related to the payment of funds in connection with the Settlement agreement.
Compared to December 31, 2015, the Company's net debt increased $132 million to $4.3 billion as of September 30, 2016. This increase in borrowings primarily resulted from a use of working capital, higher capital expenditures, and amounts paid for share repurchases and dividends.
During the third quarter 2016, the Company repurchased approximately 3.5 million shares for approximately $165 million, and paid cash dividends of $31 million. In the nine month ended September 30, 2016, the Company repurchased 4.7 million shares for approximately $217 million, and paid cash dividends of $90 million.
For the full year 2016, the Company expects to achieve Net Sales of approximately $6.8 billion and Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $1.17 billion. Currency is expected to have a negative impact of approximately $225 million on net sales and $35 million on Adjusted EBITDA. The outlook for Adjusted EPS is expected to be approximately $2.60. The outlook assumes an Adjusted Tax Rate of 24%. Adjusted EPS guidance excludes the impact of special items. The Company continues to anticipate 2016 Free Cash Flow to be approximately $550 million, including capital expenditures of approximately $275 million and cash restructuring payments of approximately $90 million.
In this press release and supplement, we have included several non-U.S. GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted Net Earnings and Adjusted EPS, net sales on a "constant dollar" or "organic" basis, Free Cash Flow, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Tax Rate, as our management believes these measures are useful to investors. We present results and guidance, adjusted to exclude the effects of certain specified items ("special items") and their related tax impact that would otherwise be included under U.S. GAAP, to aid in comparisons with other periods or prior guidance. In addition, non-U.S. GAAP measures are used by management to review and analyze our operating performance and, along with other data, as internal measures for setting annual budgets and forecasts, assessing financial performance, providing guidance and comparing our financial performance with our peers and may also be used for purposes of determining incentive compensation. The non-U.S. GAAP information has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for U.S. GAAP information. It does not purport to represent any similarly titled U.S. GAAP information and is not an indicator of our performance under U.S. GAAP. Non-U.S. GAAP financial measures that we present may not be comparable with similarly titled measures used by others. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on these non-U.S. GAAP measures. For a reconciliation of these non-U.S. GAAP measures to U.S. GAAP and other important information on our use of non-U.S. GAAP financial measures, see the attached supplementary information entitled "Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows" (under the section entitled "Non-U.S. GAAP Free Cash Flow"), "Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Net Earnings and U.S. GAAP Net Earnings Per Share to Non-U.S. GAAP Adjusted Net Earnings and Non-U.S. GAAP Adjusted Net Earnings Per Share" "Segment Information," "Reconciliation of Non-U.S. GAAP Total Company Adjusted EBITDA to U.S. GAAP Net Earnings from Continuing Operations," "Components of Change in Net Sales by Segment," "Components of Changes in Net Sales by Region," "Components of Organic Change in Net Sales by Segment," and "Components of Organic Changes in Net Sales by Region." Information reconciling forward-looking non-U.S. GAAP measures to U.S. GAAP measures is not available without unreasonable effort.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 concerning our business, consolidated financial condition and results of operations. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by such words as "anticipates," "believes," "plan," "assumes," "could," "should," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "potential," "seek," "predict," "may," "will" and similar references to future periods. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release regarding our strategies, prospects, financial condition, operations, costs, plans and objectives are forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding expected future operating results, expectations regarding the results of restructuring and other programs, anticipated levels of capital expenditures and expectations of the effect on our financial condition of claims, litigation, environmental costs, contingent liabilities and governmental and regulatory investigations and proceedings. The following are important factors that we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from those in our forward-looking statements: the tax benefits associated with the Settlement agreement (as defined in our 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K), global economic and political conditions, changes in our credit ratings, changes in raw material pricing and availability, changes in energy costs, competitive conditions, the success of the spin of the Diversey Care division and food hygiene and cleaning business, the success of our restructuring activities, currency translation and devaluation effects, the success of our financial growth, profitability, cash generation and manufacturing strategies and our cost reduction and productivity efforts, the success of new product offerings, the effects of animal and food-related health issues, pandemics, consumer preferences, environmental matters, regulatory actions and legal matters, and the other information referenced in the "Risk Factors" section appearing in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and as revised and updated by our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Any forward-looking statement made by us is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
(4) Based on changes to the Venezuelan currency exchange rate mechanisms, in the first quarter of 2015, we changed the exchange rate we used to remeasure our Venezuelan subsidiaries' financial statements into U.S. dollars. Starting June 30, 2015 through to December 31, 2015, we concluded that we would use the SIMADI rate to remeasure our bolivar denominated monetary assets and liabilities since it was our only legally available option and at that time, our intent on a go-forward basis to utilize this market to settle any future transactions based on the then current facts and circumstances. As a result of this evaluation, we recorded a remeasurement loss of $1 million and $31 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.
In the first quarter of 2016, based on further changes in the Venezuelan exchange rate mechanisms whereby the SIMADI rate was eliminated and replaced by the DICOM rate, we used the DICOM rate to remeasure our bolivar denominated monetary assets and liabilities. As a result of this evaluation, the Company reported a remeasurement loss of less than $1 million and $3 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.
(7) The Company early adopted ASU 2016-09 on a prospective basis as required, related to the recognition of excess tax benefits to the income statement which were previously recorded in additional paid-in capital, effective January 1, 2016. This resulted in an additional 377,130 and 370,090 diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, and recognition of excess tax benefits of $1.8 million and $12.4 million in income tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. As a result, net earnings per share increased by $0.01 per share and $0.06 per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.
(8) Net earnings per common share are calculated under the two-class method. See our Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2015 for more information on the two-class method.
(2) During the first quarter of 2016, the Company adopted ASU 2015-03, Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs ("ASU 2015-03") and ASU 2015-15, Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30), Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements ("ASU 2015-15"), which resulted in a decrease in other assets of $36 million and a decrease in long-term debt of $36 million as of December 31, 2015 on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Additionally, amounts related to asset retirement obligations were recorded as of December 31, 2015. This resulted in an increase to property and equipment, net and other liabilities of $15 million.
(2) For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, certain amounts related to the settlement of a net investment hedge and foreign currency gains and losses were misclassified on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. The reclassification of these items in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 resulted in an increase in cash provided by operating activities of $22.3 million, a decrease to cash provided by investing activities of $14.7 million, and an decrease of $7.6 million due to the effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash.
Additionally, certain amounts related to compensating balance arrangements were misclassified in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. The reclassification resulted in $15 million decrease in financing activities, $36 million decrease in Cash and cash equivalents beginning of period, and $49 million decrease in Cash and cash equivalents end of period.
(3) 2016 primarily consists of depreciation and amortization of $161 million, share based compensation expense of $45 million, profit sharing expense of $30 million, charges related to ceasing operations in Venezuela of $46 million, a remeasurement loss of $3 million and loss on sale of businesses of $2 million. 2015 primarily consists of loss on bond redemption of $111 million, depreciation and amortization of $162 million, share-based compensation expense of $49 million, and a remeasurement loss of $31 million partially offset by a gain on sale of business of $36 million.
(5) The Company early adopted ASU 2016-09 on a retrospective basis related to the classification of excess tax benefits on the Statement of Cash Flows, effective January 1, 2016, which resulted in an increase in operating cash flow of $6.8 million and a decrease in financing activities of $6.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. There was not a material impact on the nine months ended September 30, 2015.
(2) Other special items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 primarily included a reduction in a non-income tax reserve following the completion of a governmental audit partially offset by legal fees associated with restructuring and acquisitions. Other special items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 primarily included legal fees associated with restructuring and acquisitions.
(3) For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, the special tax items including the release of certain tax reserves recorded at the time of the Diversey Holdings, Inc. acquisition, for which the statute of limitations had expired. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the special tax items including the release of certain tax reserves recorded at the time of the Diversey Holdings, Inc. acquisition, for which the statute of limitations had expired and the Grace settlement.
(2) As of January 1, 2016, our Kevothermal business was moved from Other to our Product Care Segment. This resulted in a reclassification of $4.6 million of net sales and $0.9 million of adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and $10.3 million of net sales and $2.3 million of adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.
(3) Other special items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 primarily included a reduction in a non-income tax reserve following the completion of a governmental audit partially offset by legal fees associated with restructuring and acquisitions. Other special items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 primarily included legal fees associated with restructuring and acquisitions.
Includes share-based incentive compensation of $15.6 million and $46.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and $15.9 million and $49.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.
(1) For the nine months ended September 30, 2016, restructuring and other charges excludes $0.3 million related to severance and termination benefits for employees in our Venezuelan subsidiaries.
(4) As of January 1, 2016, our Kevothermal business was moved from Other to our Product Care division. This resulted in a reclassification of $4.6 million of net sales and $0.9 million of adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended September 30, 2015.
(4) As of January 1, 2016, our Kevothermal business was moved from Other to our Product Care division. This resulted in a reclassification of $10.3 million of net sales and $2.3 million of adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.


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Summer is full on now, no dew in the mornings, and warm breezes through the night, with lots of eating out of doors, watering of gardens, and chatting in the shade. The cows hunker down in the copses in the valley for the afternoon, flicking their tails, and chewing their cuds. The three horses all gather in our big walk-in shelter, waiting until the afternoon heat subsides. In the late afternoon, we take the dogs down to the beach for a swim and retrieve session, cooling us all down. July on the Gulf Islands is only surpassed by August on the Gulf Islands.
We gather more often for casual meals in the summer, most likely because it's easier. No one wears much of anything anyhow; flip-flops and cut-offs are our A-list of fashion. It feels easier to drop what you're doing, come on over, get a cold beverage, and visit while dinner gets ready.
I have no concerns about braising meats in the summer. It doesn't really matter if the oven's on low for several hours, as we'll be eating outdoors anyhow. One of my favourite summer meals is ribs & coleslaw, we usually have some bread or rice to accompany it, and maybe some pickles, and if we're really being fancy, a tossed salad. The ribs get braised for 3 hours, and can be cooked just before finishing them, or the day before, ready to be glazed with the BBQ sauce. They still taste wonderful, and the meat falls off the bone. I put out a big dish of them, letting folks take as many as they want, with lots of napkins to clean off sticky fingers.
Last weekend we were catering for a large group, with multiple meals. Menus were gone over carefully making sure we weren't duplicating anything, and that each meal would be memorable on its own.
Dish selection for buffets can be quite difficult, when you've got the same group of people back again the next night. The two most useful meats for a buffet are chicken & pork. If you go to other poultry or red meat, there should be an alternate. Time and space constraints were at play last weekend, as well as sticking to a tight budget.
We served chicken the first night as part of a casual Indian inspired buffet. The second night was to be a bit more formal, so we did herb crusted pork loin with roasted potatoes, glazed carrots, broccolini, and Waldorf salad after some appetizers and before a dessert of blackberry compote filled Pavlovas with orange cream and pistachio crumb.
We used to raise pigs. We started with two, Murdoch and Ogilvie. Each year they would arrive in the spring, and be butchered in the late fall. The next spring we'd go pick up that year's version. And so on. Until we decided three would be better. The third became McIntyre, named for our dear Saeko's publishing company.
When my sister was writing "The Lotus Eaters", she morphed the names into Mortimer and Ogilvie for the film's two pigs, and her production company. At some point the three pigs, became Mortimer, Ogilvie and McIntyre.
The joy of raising a few pigs is their personality and stubbornness. They are funny, smart and bond to their handlers. We also were able to have exactly what cuts and curing we desired. There is something very special about smoked jowl. The sticky sweetness of it cannot be replicated.
Our pig years ran simultaneously to our dairy goat years. The pigs loved the goat's milk, which we'd mix with crushed barley, apples and malformed carrots. They grew beautifully on this feed, and the meat had a richness that we've never tasted since.


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South Korea Proposes Pension Reforms
Four policy options for revising the income replacement and contribution rates for South Korea's national pension (Korean) will be debated by the parliament in the coming months. The options are:
Maintaining the current national pension. The income replacement rate would be reduced to 40% by 2028, 0.5% down each year from the current replacement rate of 45%. The contribution rate would be set at 9% and a basic pension of KRW 0.3m would be payable. Also, the range of beneficiaries for a basic pension would be expanded to include those with income levels of less than 70% by 2021.
Securing the basic pension. The current national pension would be maintained, and the basic pension would be increased from 2022 to KRW 0.4M.
Securing the old-age income. The income replacement rate would be 45% from 2021, and a 12% contribution rate would be payable from 2031, increasing by 1% every five years from 2021.
Securing the old-age income. The income replacement rate would be set at 50% from 2021, and a 13% contribution rate would be payable from 2036, increasing by 1% every five years from 2021.
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I've written about digital technology for 35+ years, most of the time in Silicon Valley. Over the decades our evolving devices, and what we can do with them, have dramatically transformed almost every facet of our lives -- from how we bank, travel, and shop, to more abstract realms like how we derive a sense of self-worth, how we forge and sustain relationships, and how we choose to spend our attention. I think the first step to getting a human and humane handle on this rapid transition from a nature-based to a digital-based society is for us all – individually and collectively; technologists and the public - to step back from time to time, catch our breath, and re-visit our relationship to technology from a more conscious and empowered place.
To me this involves engaging in the 4 P's. Put simply, it's about taking the time to Pause. Perceive. Pray/Meditate. And Practice.
One of the greatest threats to our well being now is the incessant barrage of marketing "noise" we receive from our consumer electronic (CE) devices. It's estimated that the average person sees about 5000 ads a day -- that's over 80 percent of the messages we get each day -- and most of that resgisters sub-consciously. Much of the digital content we get every day is designed to frighten us, titillate us, and make us greedy and envious. And we don't even know this is happening. Might that have something to do with the coarsening of society that we sometimes experience?
We are constantly at the receiving end of a tsunami of destabilizing content. But we are under no obligation to accept it, or take in any more of it than what serves our aspirations and highest purpose. We can control how much we choose to expose ourselves. Pause and think about that. Pause to develop composure within yourself. To focus on the signal of meaning in your life, and minimize the noise and blather that comes at you constantly -- much of it delivered by our always-on devices.
Throughout history, science and technology were largely concerned with things in themselves: stars, atoms, levers, microprocessors. And philosophers and poets were more interested in connections between things: love, mercy, justice. But in the last century the physical and life sciences have focused more on relationships. The theory of relativity measures everything in relation to the speed of light. Big Bang and evolution theories show how the present state of the universe and the biosphere are the result of measurable processes over time. The life sciences reveal that the mind (psyche) and body (soma) are extremely interdependent.
Perceiving and appreciating the interconnectedness of all things is no longer for mystics or poets alone, but also for hard-core physicists and microbiologists now. Involvement in the web of existence is not an optional activity.
Whatever holds existence together – whether we call it God, Tao, super symmetry – it deserves our awe, attention and, respect. So when we pause, we need to also perceive. And that means to see as well as to look; to hear as well as listen. Perceive the interconnections that are all around us and within us and without us.
If we hope to reintroduce notions of virtue and values back into the scientific and engineering enterprises, mindfulness is the stepping off point. All spiritual traditions practice this: the cultivating of a keen awareness of what a given situation is, how to respond to it, and what will result from that response.
That's also the definition of engineering, rightly understood. As we practice mindfulness we develop an understanding of our interconnection. We absorb the reality of our interconnectedness into the core of our being using the ancient spiritual technologies of stillness and silence. Whether you call it prayer or meditation or something else entirely, it is a priceless tool.
We can make effort to be mindful and composed when using our tools -- at work, home, school -- and intend the outcomes to leverage kindness. It can't be done all the time, but we can start and build on the practice: be calm; be kind.
Be conscious of your actions and thoughts so that from among all the options before you, when you use a tool, you choose the one most likely to produce kindness. In the past that was called virtuous behavior. And it's called a practice because it takes work over time, but with more practice the process gets easier.
To the extent possible, every time you use a tool – whether pencil or supercomputer – practice doing so in a composed frame of mind, and intend that the outcome of the effort is an act of kindness. This isn't possible much of the time, of course, but it's a start to rethinking technology as if people matter.
Pause. Practice. Pray or Meditate, and Practice. These four simple approaches have the potential to transform our relationship to technology.
Nature is how universe-mind touches our own mind.
Author Tom Mahon has observed the growth of the digital revolution from "ground zero" in Silicon Valley for the last 40 years. He's written various books, and is now working on solutions to ensure that we don't become the tools of our tools.


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Biografia
Heath nacque il 30 gennaio 1884. Cominciò la sua carriera come giornalista al Baltimore Herald.Dopo aver scritto alcune commedie, nel 1919 passò alla sceneggiatura, andando a lavorare a Hollywood. Fece attivamente parte dell'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, da cui fu eletto nel 1929 nel comitato esecutivo.Il suo adattamento più famoso è quello che scrisse insieme a Samuel Hoffenstein per la versione del 1931 de Il dottor Jekyll di Rouben Mamoulian, lavoro che, l'anno dopo, valse ai due sceneggiatori la nomina all'Oscar (vinto quell'anno da Edwin J. Burke con il film Bad Girl. La sceneggiatura del film venne ripresa (non accreditata) per il remake del 1941, diretto da Victor Fleming.

Heath morì a Hollywood all'età di 49 anni, il 9 febbraio 1933.

Filmografia

 Lasca, regia di Norman Dawn (1919)
 Burnt Wings, regia di Christy Cabanne (1920)
 The Chorus Girl's Romance, regia di William C. Dowlan - sceneggiatore (1920)
 The March Hare, regia di Maurice Campbell (1921)
 One Wild Week, regia di Maurice Campbell (1921)
 Her Face Value, regia di Thomas N. Heffron (1921)
 The Love Charm, regia di Thomas N. Heffron (1921)
 First Love, regia di Maurice Campbell (1921)
 Too Much Wife, regia di Thomas N. Heffron (1922)
 La gabbia dorata (Her Gilded Cage), regia di Sam Wood (1922)
 The Truthful Liar, regia di Thomas N. Heffron (1922)
 Una donna impossibile (The Impossible Mrs. Bellew), regia di Sam Wood (1922)
 The Huntress, regia di John Francis Dillon e Lynn Reynolds (1923)
 Girls Men Forget, regia di Maurice Campbell e Wilfred Lucas (1924)
 A Roaring Adventure, regia di Clifford Smith (1925)
He Who Gets Smacked, regia di Lloyd Bacon (1925)
Don't Tell Dad, regia di Gilbert Pratt (1925)
Let's Go Gallagher, regia di Robert De Lacey e James Gruen (1925)
Good Morning, Madam!, regia di Lloyd Bacon (1925)
The Wyoming Wildcat, regia di Robert De Lacey - storia (1925)
Hotsy-Totsy, regia di Edward F. Cline - scenario (1925)
Forbidden Waters, regia di Alan Hale - storia (1926)
The Dice Woman, regia di Edward Dillon - storia e sceneggiatura (1926)
Smith's Baby, regia di Edward F. Cline (1926)
The Sonora Kid, regia di Robert De Lacey (1927)
Fashions for Women, regia di Dorothy Arzner (1927)
Ritzy, regia di Richard Rosson (1927)
Rolled Stockings, regia di Richard Rosson (1927)
Tell It to Sweeney, regia di Gregory La Cava (1927)
Two Flaming Youths, regia di John Waters (1927)
Naufraghi dell'amore (Half a Bride), regia di Gregory La Cava (1928)
Quello che donna vuole... (Red Hair) di Clarence G. Badger - adattamento (1928)
Una donnina energica (Three Weekends), regia di Clarence G. Badger (1928)
 Close Harmony, regia di John Cromwell e A. Edward Sutherland (1929)
The Man I Love, regia di William A. Wellman (1929)
Un tocco di scarlatto (Slightly Scarlet), regia di Louis J. Gasnier e Edwin H. Knopf (1930)
 Safety in Numbers, regia di Victor Schertzinger (1930)
The Border Legion, regia di Otto Brower e Edwin H. Knopf (1930)
Amor audaz, regia di Louis J. Gasnier e A. Washington Pezet (1930)
Nel regno della fantasia (Let's Go Native), regia di Leo McCarey (1930)
L'Énigmatique Monsieur Parkes, regia di Louis J. Gasnier (1930)
Piccolo caffè (Playboy of Paris), regia di Ludwig Berger (1930)
Solo gli scemi lavorano (Only Saps Work), regia di Cyril Gardner e Edwin H. Knopf (1930)
Lo stroncatore di gang (The Gang Buster), regia di A. Edward Sutherland (1931)
I gioielli rubati (The Stolen Jools), regia di William C. McGann (1931)
Dude Ranch, regia di Frank Tuttle (1931)
Il dottor Jekyll (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), regia di Rouben Mamoulian (1931)
No One Man, regia di Lloyd Corrigan (1932)
From Hell to Heaven, regia di Erle C. Kenton (1933)
Il dottor Jekyll e Mr. Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), regia di Victor Fleming (1941)

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John Askey: "I want success for the football club."
Matty Roper
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After guiding Port Vale to safety in Sky Bet League Two during the 2018/19 campaign, John Askey is excited to see what the future holds now he has signed a three-year contract extension which will see him continue in his role as manager until 2022.
He and Dave Kevan initially joined the Valiants in February 2019 following the departure of Neil Aspin, and they made their mark on things to improve performances and secure the club's Football League status by a margin of eight points.
Now with a full summer ahead of him, Askey is eager to put solid foundations in place prior to the 2019/20 campaign getting underway in August, and he acknowledges just how important recruitment will be over the coming months as Vale look to push on.
He said: "I'm really pleased to extend my stay here. To get the job initially was great for me and things have gone reasonably well.
"When I came in I reiterated that the most important thing is that the club does well. If we'd have gone down with me in charge, I'm not sure I could've lived with myself.
"Now being able to start fresh before the season, I want to do well for myself, but most importantly I want success for the football club.
"The players that we've got remaining have been good for Port Vale and I'm sure they'll perform next season, but recruitment is massive now and hopefully we can get the players in that we want.
"The summer is the busiest and most important time as a manager, but hopefully we can acquire the right characters who want to play for Port Vale.
"I've been speaking to lots of players and hopefully a couple will come in today, but it's ongoing now and we need to get the timing correct - it's about holding your nerve."
with over 1,000 supporters already signing up to be a part of the new era at Vale Park with the purchase of their season tickets, Askey is determined to build on the feel-good factor around the club, but he also wants people to be patient during the rebuilding period.
Following the last few years of instability, the manager and the rest of the staff want the club to form an upward trajectory so that it can move forward and progress. Despite knowing the size of the task at hand, Askey is keen to make things work during his tenure in the dugout.
He said: "Season ticket sales have rocketed since Carol and Kevin bought the club, and hopefully that can continue because it's really important that everybody gets behind the football club now.
"There are no excuses to hide behind and the more sales that we have, the better we can do on the pitch.
"Supporters will have to be patient with me and the owners because it's going to be a long-term plan. It would be great if things happen overnight and we start well so that things can snowball.
"If it doesn't, we'll continue working hard and eventually things will go right. It's all about the first game of the season and getting things in place before that now."
On signing a new deal alongside Askey, Dave Kevan added: "I'm delighted to sit here and I'm really looking forward to it. I've enjoyed the time that I've been here already, so it's exciting to be a part of this as we look to push the club forward.
"We just want to make the training intense so that players work hard every day and improve as footballers, so it's very important that we get the work into them as early as possible."
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The United States Air Force's 119th Command and Control Squadron (119 CACS) is a space control unit located at McGhee Tyson ANGB, Tennessee. The unit augments the operations of USSTRATCOM on a continuous basis.
The 119th Command and Control Squadron was one of the first Air National Guard units to become a part of the United States Space Command (later United States Strategic Command). Its mission is augmentation for USSTRATCOM's global operations center (GOC) which coordinates and directs the use of the Department of Defense's military space forces.
The 119 CACS was originally activated as 119th Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron in 1950. Since its inception, the 119 ACS had always operated tactical (mobile) radar systems, but was slated to lose its mission and association with Air Combat Command. This provided a fortuitous opportunity for the unit to be associated with USSPACECOM as a direct supporting unit. In the mid-1990s, USSPACECOM commander Gen Howard Estes III directed the command to expand the role of guard and reserve forces in operations from two percent to 20 percent.
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It's mind-boggling to realize that it has been seven years since Heath Ledger left us.
As we celebrate what would have been the Australian actor's 36th birthday today, we are thrown down memory lane.
From the number of successful movies Ledger left behind—10 Things I Hate About You, Dark Knight, Brokeback Mountain, A Knight's Tale to name a few—to his charm and unforgettable smile, Heath will continue to live on in our hearts and in the memories of all of those who had the honor of knowing him.
So let us remember this fallen star who left us way too soon while celebrating his special day through looking back at his life in pictures.


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Look beyond the lights and remember the poor, pope says on Christmas eve
(In paragraph 6, fixes typo to say "than," not "that)
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, leading the world's Roman Catholics into Christmas, said on Friday that people who are indifferent to the poor offend God, urging all to "look beyond all the lights and decorations" and remember the neediest.
Francis, ushering in the ninth Christmas of his pontificate, celebrated a solemn vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for about 2,000 people, with participation restricted by COVID-19 to about a fifth of the size of pre-pandemic years.
Minutes before the Christmas Eve Mass started, Italy reported a second successive record daily tally of COVID-19 cases, with new infections hitting 50,599.
Francis, wearing white vestments, wove his homily the around the theme that Jesus was born with nothing.
"Brothers and sisters, standing before the crib, we contemplate what is central, beyond all the lights and decorations, which are beautiful. We contemplate the child," he said in the homily of the Mass con-celebrated with more than 200 cardinals, bishops and priests. All but him wore masks.
Francis, who turned 85 last week, said the baby Jesus born in poverty should remind people that serving others is more important than seeking status or social visibility or spending a lifetime in pursuit of success.
"It is in them (the poor) that he wants to be honoured," said Francis, who has made defence of the poor a cornerstone of his pontificate.
"On this night of love, may we have only one fear: that of offending God's love, hurting him by despising the poor with our indifference. Jesus loves them dearly, and one day they will welcome us to heaven," he said.
He quoted a line from a poem by Emily Dickinson – "Who has found the heaven – below – Will fail of it above" – and added in his own words: "Let us not lose sight of heaven; let us care for Jesus now, caressing him in the needy, because in them he makes himself known."
Saying that working people – the shepherds – were the first to see the baby Jesus in Bethlehem, Francis said labour had to have dignity and lamented that many people die in workplace accidents around the world.
"On the day of Life, let us repeat: no more deaths in the workplace! And let us commit ourselves to ensuring this," he said.
The United Nation's International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that there are more than a million work-related fatalities every year.
On Saturday, Francis will deliver his twice-yearly "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing and message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.
(Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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Marvel's "Thor: The Dark World" continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel's "Thor" and "Marvel's The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos...but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. To defeat an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor sets upon his most dangerous and personal journey yet, forced into an alliance with the treacherous Loki to save not only his people and those he loves…but our universe itself.
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Marvel's "Thor: The Dark World" is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by Kevin Feige, p.g.a., from a story by Don Payne and Robert Rodat and screenplay by Christopher L. Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, and is based on Marvel's classic Super Hero Thor, who first appeared in the comic book "Journey into Mystery " #83 in August, 1962.
Marvel's "Thor: The Dark World" continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself.
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Fetterman Returns to Senate Campaign Trail in Pennsylvania
ERIE, Pa. — Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, returned to the campaign trail on Friday evening for his first major public event since he suffered a stroke in mid-May.
Mr. Fetterman was by turns emotional and brash as he addressed an exuberant crowd, acknowledging the gravity of the health scare he faced while also slamming his Republican opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician, and pledging to fight for "every county, every vote."
"Tomorrow is three months ago — three months ago, my life could have ended," said Mr. Fetterman, who spoke for around 11 minutes and then greeted some attendees. At another point, his voice appeared to break as he added: "I just got so grateful — and I'm so lucky. So thank you for being here."
The rally in Erie — in a swing county in what is perhaps the nation's ultimate swing state — was an important moment in a race that could determine control of the Senate. It was Mr. Fetterman's first official in-person campaign event of the general election as he runs against Dr. Oz, who squeaked through the Republican primary with the endorsement of former President Donald J. Trump.
Mr. Fetterman's stroke occurred days before the Democratic primary in May, and in early June, his doctor said he also had a serious heart condition. His wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, introduced him on Friday as a "stroke survivor."
In recent weeks, Mr. Fetterman has started to emerge, greeting volunteers, granting a few local interviews and attending fund-raisers and events, including with senators and other Senate hopefuls.
Several people who have spoken with him or heard him speak at private events described him as eager to return to the campaign trail, though some have also said it was evident when he was reaching for a word. He has acknowledged that challenge, and it was at times apparent on Friday when he started a sentence over or spoke haltingly.
"I'll miss a word sometimes, or I might mush two words together sometimes in a conversation, but that's really the only issue, and it's getting better and better every day," Mr. Fetterman recently told KDKA-TV, the CBS station in Pittsburgh.
But onstage on Friday, Mr. Fetterman also came across as high-energy, and his remarks sometimes took on the feel of a stand-up routine, fueled by a supportive crowd of 1,355 people, according to an organizer whose information was provided by the campaign.
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"There's a lot of differences between me and Dr. Oz," Mr. Fetterman said to laughter, as he wondered how many mansions his opponent owned.
Before the event, the line to get into the convention center snaked deep into the parking lot, drawing both older voters — including at least two who said they had voted for Mr. Trump in 2016 — and a young woman in a glittering sash, who said she had chosen to spend her 19th birthday at his campaign rally. Several attendees of varying ages cited abortion rights when discussing their votes in the Senate race, after the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
"To watch, at my age, to have it taken away from my great-granddaughters, my granddaughters, my daughters, is just so upsetting to my heart, that I'm here for Roe v. Wade," said Judy Pasold, 80, who thought Mr. Fetterman sounded "very well." "That's why it's going to be Democrat all the way through. Probably. Because most of the Republicans have gone the other way, so far the other way."
How Times reporters cover politics.
We rely on our journalists to be independent observers. So while Times staff members may vote, they are not allowed to endorse or campaign for candidates or political causes. This includes participating in marches or rallies in support of a movement or giving money to, or raising money for, any political candidate or election cause.
Mr. Fetterman's remarks were light on policy, though he nodded to his support for issues including abortion rights, raising the minimum wage and eliminating the filibuster.
Public polling has shown him with a strong lead over Dr. Oz, and he has far outpaced the Republican nominee in fund-raising. Outside spending from both parties is expected to be significant, though, and many strategists expect a close race in a narrowly divided state.
Despite his absence from the campaign trail, Mr. Fetterman and his team have pushed to define Dr. Oz as, essentially, a carpetbagger, casting the Republican as more comfortable in New Jersey — which had been his longtime principal residence — than in Pennsylvania, where he says he now lives in a Philadelphia suburb. It was apparent at the event that the focus on residency had broken through with some voters.
"I can't consciously vote for Oz — he's not a resident of this state," said David Mongera, 70, who said the last Republican he voted for was Mr. Trump in 2016. "It's a political move."
Dr. Oz, for his part, has faced some challenges consolidating his base after a bitterly divisive and competitive primary earlier this year, alarming national Republicans.
But he has sought to project a vigorous presence, posting pictures from diners — he visited Capitol Diner in Harrisburg, Pa., on Friday, his campaign said — and criticizing Mr. Fetterman over his absence from the campaign trail.
"Dr. Mehmet Oz is relentless in campaigning across the Commonwealth, listening and sharing concerns of the people he meets, and showing up for Pennsylvanians," Brittany Yanick, a spokeswoman for Dr. Oz, said in a statement.
He has unveiled a site calling Mr. Fetterman a "basement bum," and challenged his rival to commit to debates. Dr. Oz said on Friday that he had committed to five.
"It's time for Fetterman to show up," Dr. Oz wrote on Twitter. "Pennsylvanians deserve to hear from their candidates."
Dr. Oz has also tried to link Mr. Fetterman to President Biden, who has struggled with anemic approval ratings, and to Senator Bernie Sanders, whom Mr. Fetterman backed in the 2016 presidential primary, working to cast the Democratic nominee as too liberal for the state.
Joe Calvello, a spokesman for Mr. Fetterman, did not commit to a specific number of debates but said Mr. Fetterman planned on debating Dr. Oz.
Democrats in Pennsylvania have been anxious to see Mr. Fetterman return to making more public appearances. Mr. Calvello said the "pace will be picking up" as the candidate continues to raise money and plans events like meet-and-greets this month.
Mr. Fetterman opened his event by mocking Dr. Oz's criticism of him and later challenged him to hold an event of similar size.
"Are we in Erie?" he asked. "Or have I fit 1,400 people in my basement?"
Mr. Fetterman, who has pledged to campaign in areas that are often regarded as inhospitable to Democrats, also spent significant time during his speech emphasizing the political importance of Erie, which is closely divided.
"If you can't win Erie County," he said, "You can't win Pennsylvania."
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NIH Awards $4 Million for Research on Inhaled Corticosteroids for SCD
by Janet Stewart, MSc
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $4 million to the departments of emergency medicine and hematology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City to test a creative new approach for treating sickle cell disease (SCD).
The strategy involves inhaled corticosteroids that will deliver the anti-inflammatory medication directly to the patient's lungs.
The lungs are the only organs in the body that can reverse the sickling of red blood cells. The lack of normal hemoglobin in SCD causes red blood cells to adopt the sickle shape characteristic of the disease. It is thought that the sickling of red blood cells causes inflammation, leading to pain attacks, infections, stroke, or worse.
Patients with symptoms of inflammation in the lungs are four times more likely to die prematurely. The grant will fund the IMPROVE 2 study, a one-year randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to test the new treatment in 80 SCD patients.
In Mount Sinai's first study of inhaled steroids for SCD, IMPROVE-1 (NCT02061202), 52 patients were treated with inhaled steroids that are FDA-approved for other conditions.
Inhaled steroids can reduce systemic inflammation, hemolysis (the destruction of red blood cells), and daily pain. Partial results of a study that showed that were in the article "Inhaled steroids reduce pain and sVCAM levels in individuals with sickle cell disease: A triple‐blind, randomized trial," published in the American Journal of Hematology.
"In sickle cell disease, the interaction between the lung and red blood cells represents a potentially high-value therapeutic target," said Jeffrey Glassberg, MD, in a press release. He is an associate professor of emergency medicine and of medicine (hematology, and medical oncology) at the Icahn School of Medicine.
"Hydroxyurea is the primary FDA-approved drug for treatment, but it is underutilized due to side effects, stigma, and fertility concerns. Other promising drugs are coming, but their costs, efficacy, and scalability are hard to predict at this point. Inhaled corticosteroids offer a creative new approach with the potential to dramatically improve patient outcomes," he said.
The Mount Sinai Health System is New York City's largest integrated healthcare delivery system that includes seven hospital campuses, a leading medical school, and a broad network of outpatient practices throughout the greater New York region. The system employs about 6,600 primary and specialty care physicians.
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By at least one measure, Rockets, Thunder, Pelicans, T Wolves and Bucks all had terrible performing benches last season. Did any really fix this issue? I'd guess no in all cases.
Pretty much true. Bucks' bench got better but just barely above the bottom third.
Atkinson gets / gives an interview to The Athletic. May invoke some more sympathy & support. He has already had imo great / sympathetic press. But... in 2 seasons the Nets are only modestly better and still quite bad. Underperformed expected wins by 3 -4 wins each season. Time to achieve more.
Shot distribution became much more Moreyball in 2016-17 but then shots at rim reverted sharply back to below average last season. 3pt and fta are still good but efg% is short of average and not enough to do anything. Offensive efficiency is still well below average ad probably won't reach average this season. Defensive efficiency hasn't broken out of bottom 10 and showed almost no improvement overall last season.
Actual wins already 3 worse than expected. Offense better, defense worse. Shot selection is pretty good from a Moreyball perspective but the efficiency is average.
By SRS, the current Hawks are the worst performing team relative to their league in 7 years and the 12th worst relative performer of all-time.
Nets started lineup with RHJ and Crabbe that I suggested on Sunday.
18 players with a plus 3.75 or better on RPM estimate. 4 teams (GSW, TOR, MEM and MIL) have two. So 14 teams have one. Can you win a title without one? Possibly. But likely the winner will have one. Having two seems like an important advantage.
Clips, Nuggets, Rockets, TWolves, Jazz are reasonably close to having 2. Nuggets have 3 over plus 3. Hornets close to having one. Thunder, Pelicans, Magic, Mavs and Kings with one or close. Sixers and Pistons further off. Toronto and Milwaukee have 4 over plus 2.7. Spurs, Wizards, Heat not that close. Clips have a pretty good 3rd. Pelicans and Blazers have a pretty good 2nd guy.
Leaguewide, less than 60 guys estimated over plus 1.5. You better have 2 to be decent. 3 or 4 or more to be good or great. Celtics barely have 3 over plus 1.5. Raptors 5, Bucks, Warriors, Clippers, Nuggets and Thunder 4. Lakers, Pelicans, Blazers, Rockets and Sixers 2. Pelicans 3. T Wolves almost 3. Griz and Jazz 2. Magic close to 3. A half dozen teams with one.
Only 6-7 teams have enough good / great talent to be considered contenders by these numbers, imo. Some other teams might be able to pull off an upset but seem unlikely to do it several times.
Capela's RPM estimate has fallen from plus 2.1 last season to minus 1.3. Fallen almost 4 full points on DRPM. Examine everything. If he doesn't look like an impact player in 1-2 months, look closely at trading him. Don't have time for doubts or major decline.
Looks good in box score. But shot defense is largely missing from the boxscore and handled imprecisely / poorly in most box score metrics. Need to check luck adjusted and lineup data.
Among the top 20 most used lineup in league, the Rockets' starting unit is the 4th worst performing. Will it change- the lineup or the results?
Start Gary Clark? I'd give it a try.
Holy cow. Just looked at their 5-man lineups, his top 3 lineups minutes wise are all over +40.
He's the only common factor in their the top 5 +/- lineups in their top 20 minutes used.
And he's not even playing tonight... How can they not see this?
Starters used less than 6 minutes per game for season and mildly negative. Next two lineups used about 2 minutes per game and really horrible. Everything else near dink and dink.
85% of the 20 most used player pairs are negative. Meanwhile half the rest of pairs are positive. So Pop is missing badly on the big choices while doing better with the smaller ones probably involving mostly transition and heavy bench lineups (under 8 minutes per game for season, typically only 2-3 minutes / gm).
261 different lineups used in 25 games. Only 31% with positive results for season. Only 11 used in 1/3 or more of the games and few in slightly more than half. The other 250 are thus not "essential". Only about 60 used more than twice. About 120 used just twice, 80 used just once.
So a typical set of lineups for Pop in a game would be a handful he has used more than a few times, about two handfuls of lineups he has used just once before and a final handful he has not used before this season. And just 1 lineup with any claim imo for meaningful sample size.
Bucks make changes to bench.
Kawhi Leonard's DRPM is worst of his career. Some called his relatively low DRPM in 2016-17 a fluke or, stronger, a failure of DRPM. Well, different team, even bigger issue. Problem more with DRPM or Kawhi? I guess luck adjusted measures would add more numbers to consider.
Lakers start out 8-6 then go 7-3. Biggest change I noticed was to FTAs but shooting them poorly. Change in luck, coaching, clutch play? What do you think?
Pistons, Hornets, Magic, Wizards, Heat. 3 make playoffs, 2 will not. Which do you like to make it and not?
Gentry's 17 most used lineups, plus 178. Everything else -113. Weak bench but weak dinking too. Probably could do better with more lineup concentration. 12 of those 17 were outstanding performers... but not the only one used over 2.5 minutes per game for season. After the 17 most used, Gentry getting positive returns from less than 28% of the other 250 lineups. Same old story.
Clark has too few minutes for the early results to be that moving. He is best with Harden and Tucker. There are hot and cold lineups and sub-lineups. Cool with Paul. Random or something wrong in those or some of those lineups? What do the folks paid the big bucks know, think and are doing about it? I'll probably look into it further later.


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wai0937 October 2, 2021, 2:53am #1
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Legacy_of_Power_A_Po October 2, 2021, 3:24am #2
Robbie from London, Ontario. We didn't watch SD, as usual, but Rampage was a fun watch! I continue to love seeing the return of the American Dragon, seeing him win with the Cattle Mutilation once again definitely popped me. The three way was fun, and was happily surprised to see Jade continue her undefeated streak and seeing her pin Thunder Rosa was another nice surprise. The main event, although a fun match did the least for me, the result was never in doubt but still a nice end to the show. Have a great night guys. 9/10
katred October 2, 2021, 3:32am #3
I'm not sure how you'd do a proper draft in wrestling, where things are predetermined, but this was not it. It was confusing that they never listed the pool of available talent for the night and I don't get why Raw gets the same number of picks despite being a longer show. (They did a 3 to 2 ratio before.) Not looking forward to three hours of this on Monday.
Rampage was solid and although they once again booked it as if they were anticipating the audience dropping throughout the show, the super-mega-group-hug at the end was a very nice moment. I'm guessing Hangman is the Joker in the ladder match on Wednesday and that he'll win, thus giving a sort of workaround for him losing his ability to challenge Kenny for the title. Any other names spring to mind?
Thanks for everything you do. I hope John is feeling a little better.
jordanbeatwell October 2, 2021, 4:37am #4
Jordan Goodman from the wellness show. Crowd was about 2/3s full but hot all night. Roman and Brock were the clear stars but the crowd stayed engaged for most of the show. WWE is is closer to Disney than AEW in presentation. There were 3 matches during Smackdown proper. The outcomes to each match seemed to be of no consequence so it was hard to care, but I seemed to be in the minority. The crowd was really diverse in age and race. I found that to be impressive. Crowd was way more into booing Corbin than cheering Owens. Dark matches had the big guy in Hit Row over someone. Xia Lee beat Dakota Kai. Based on the barely-there music for Xia I assumed she was the heel but she worked as the face. BEARCAT squashed a guy and was the crowd treated him like a star. Drew and Street Profits over Roman and Usos after the taping. Again. Roman was the clear star and no one came close in the match. I recently watched all of Saved By The Bell: The College Years on Peacock. It has 9% on Rotten Tomatoes. I fucking love it.
TheBenjamin October 2, 2021, 5:15am #5
I learned many years ago to not care about the draft. Vince doesn't watch real sports and thus the show makes no sense. Of course, they never laid out any rules beforehand and just felt completely random. So why should anyone care?
I wonder how USA Network feels about NXT "developing" Hit Row and then they go to FOX. I don't see the group sticking together. Top Dolla will get pushed because he's big, the woman is wayyyy too green for the main roster and the other two are too small (which is too bad because Sweve is awesome).
The show was not great. Owens loses to Corbin (lol) and the main event was very sloppy.
Dynamite was solid and the Jackson/Danielson match was better than anything on SD. Wasn't crazy about the women's match because Jade is still very green and her selling is not good. I don't see how she doesn't get a title shot now after that win.
Main event was decent but AEW could use less Matt Hardy. His current role just isn't over
McGuire72 October 2, 2021, 1:08pm #6
I actually had some feedback last night but unfortunately SmackDown was so boring it made me fall asleep half way through
Did anybody get a stop watch on the Seth Rollins segment inside Edge's house? How much TV time was wasted, and what was accomplished? This Rollins heel character is so fake and over the top. And all of this to set up a rematch nobody is clamouring for. This felt like one of those all time bad segments in the history of not just wrestling, but all of television.
Rated_R_Poster October 2, 2021, 1:42pm #7
Luckily no one in WWE will read that feedback and actually take it serious. That is actually one of the dumbest things I've read. It isn't even close to one of the worst segments they have ever done and I think it's one of the few rivalries lately, that people are actually looking forward to their rematches.
You might not like the Rollins character, but this is absolutely the stuff they need to be doing more of. Get the fuck out of the arena more often and give us fresh segments and areas that we don't see all the time.
Man that segment went on forever. Getting out of the arena isn't a bad concept, but there is also something to be said for execution. Brian Pillman with a gun this was not. This was awful. Rollins has no clout as a maniacal heel so it's not surprising his idea of a reign of terror was sipping orange juice out of the bottle.
As for people being interested in the rematch, Edge was drafted to RAW, right? He could potentially be having matches with any number of people. Karrion Cross or the big ole Bearcat Keith Lee. Literally anybody except Edge vs. Rollins for the 11th time. There are actual fresh matchups that would be interesting, but instead we get what felt like 10 minutes of Rollins doing a house tour and fake pretending to be evil. Blech.
An Edge match with Kross or Bearcat sounds dreadful. He's had like 2 matches with Rollins and both were far better than most matches they put on.
I don't think the segment was some all timer. The worst part of it though was Edges acting after the fact and Pat calling him out on commentary for not calling the cops was amazing.
McGuire72 October 2, 2021, 2:24pm #10
Genuinely curious why you think Keith Lee vs. Edge would be awful. Keith Lee is a great wrestler and they seem to be pushing him more in a heel direction. Edge could work as the underneath babyface and this could put a huge spotlight on Keith Lee.
Shouldn't this be the point when you bring a guy like Edge back? He is only going to be able to have so many more matches, and so many more opportunities to give a younger guy the rub. It would be a shame if Edge's entire return run was spent between Rollins, Reigns, and Orton (three guys who are already at the top of the business).
Like I'm sure when we heard Punk was going to AEW we weren't salivating over a potential matchup with Hobbes. And yet we got a 10 minute TV match out of it that was good, and now Hobbes' star is brighter than it's ever been, even without beating Punk. That is the correct usage of a guy like Edge or Punk in my opinion.
Rated_R_Poster October 2, 2021, 3:47pm #11
Well for one, I don't think Keith Lee is a great wrestler. He's a 300+ pound guy who does some of the most basic "high flying" that you can possibly do, but because he's 300+ pounds, people mark out over it. Bigelow and Vader were doing that stuff over 25 years ago and were better all around.
Lee has nothing more in his arsenal. Plus, if he's a heel, that isn't the stuff he should be doing. So he'll be working a slower pace, which will give people more to complain about.
TheBenjamin October 2, 2021, 4:07pm #12
Totally agree about the Seth Rollins stuff, it was completely embarrassing and a waste of time. The guy cannot act, stop making him act. None of it made any sense either - Beth was getting groceries and left the door unlocked LOL.
Rollins and his "character" have been total death since he came back. He is so much less over and all the talking has exposed him as a horrendous promo
My biggest gripe with the Rollins segment is it was typical WWE - with zero punchline. What was the result of Rollins there? What changes now? What do I have to look forward to after this segment?
The guy walked in, took an apple, drank orange juice from the bottle (germaphobe Vince sees this as a big heel act) and then sat on a chair in room.
There was no tension, no climax, no conflict. Just a time filler with no real point. I am fine with them leaving the ring but it has to have a point and feature people capable of acting. This was neither


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That's great, but what was the research? What were the remarkable results? Work with clients is not research, it's work with clients. If that work produces remarkable results those results can be the starting point for research.
Then the authors say they asked themselves what leaders need beyond mindfulness, and they surveyed and assessed over 30,000 leaders from thousands of companies and over 100 countries. They interviewed some leaders. And then they say this.
That's a good statement of what they concluded, but it's not a description of what they did and how they reached their conclusion. It's sloppy and self-promotional.
The authors use common leadership terms in unconventional ways. They say internal drivers of intrinsic motivation are "meaningful engagement, connectedness, and feeling valued." That ignores the work of Edward Deci and Richard Ryan, who have been researching intrinsic motivation since the 1970s. According to their research, and other research supporting their Self-Determination Theory, key drivers of intrinsic motivation are autonomy, relatedness, and competence.
There's no reason the authors of The Mind of a Leader have to agree with that. They can come up with something different. If you're writing a business book where what you say conflicts with other, well-established, research you owe it your reader, to tell me how you differ and how you reached your conclusion.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the researcher who coined the term flow, defines flow as total absorption in what you're doing. That's very different from being on autopilot. Again, there's no reason the authors can't differ with Csikszentmihalyi. Just tell me why you differ.