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The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 11 September 1988 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza. It was the twelfth race of the  season. It is often remembered for the first win and 1–2 finish for the Ferrari team after the death of team founder Enzo Ferrari, and as the only race of the 1988 season that was not won by McLaren-Honda (what prevented it from equaling the record of victories in all the races of the category itself in a whole season, of Alfa Romeo in 1950 and own Ferrari in 1952).

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Qualifying
Qualifying at Monza went as expected with the McLarens of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost heading the field, Senna the only driver to lap under 1:26. In the first Italian Grand Prix since the death of Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari, his team's scarlet cars were 3rd and 4th on the grid, Gerhard Berger in front of Michele Alboreto. As a mark of respect for the Ferrari founder, Alboreto and Berger were allowed to be the first cars to take to the track for Friday morning's first practice session.

Showing the difference in horsepower between  and 1988, Senna's pole time of 1:25.974 was 2.514 seconds slower than Nelson Piquet's 1987 time of 1:23.460. For the most part, qualifying times in 1988 had either matched or actually beaten the times from the previous year showing advances in engine response, aerodynamics, tyres and suspension. However, on a power circuit such as Monza, the loss of some  was very noticeable.

The third row of the grid was a surprise, even at this power circuit. Ever since the item was made compulsory for turbo powered cars at the start of the 1987 season, the Arrows team had been experiencing problems with the FIA pop-off valve on their Megatron turbo engines, the problem being that the valve was cutting in too early and the drivers weren't able to exploit the full available power. In 1987 this meant that drivers Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever struggled to keep up with their turbocharged rivals. In 1988 it meant they were often only as fast as the leading atmos, and often they were in fact slower, even on noted power circuits such as Silverstone and Hockenheim which should have suited their turbo power. The team's engine guru Heini Mader had finally solved the pop-off valve problem (which turned out to be the pop-off valve being located too high above the engine, a problem Honda and Ferrari had long since solved), and suddenly with an extra 30-50 bhp at their disposal the Arrows A10B's were actually  faster than the Honda-powered McLarens across the start line and by the time they reached the speed trap before the Rettifilo, Cheever was reported to be the only car to hit  while the McLarens and Ferraris were timed at around . This newfound power allowed Cheever and Warwick to line up 5th and 6th respectively, one place in front of World Champion Nelson Piquet in his Lotus Honda. This also meant that turbos filled the first seven places on the grid. Piquet's Lotus teammate Satoru Nakajima qualified 10th, with the Lotuses split by the fastest non-turbos, the Benetton-Fords of Thierry Boutsen and Alessandro Nannini in 8th and 9th places on the grid.

Defending World Champion Piquet, the race winner in 1986 and 1987 when driving for Williams, never looked at ease during qualifying at a track where the Honda powered Lotus 100T should have been a long way ahead of at least the 'atmo' cars. Only late on in qualifying was it discovered that the team had inadvertently set up both Piquet and Nakajima's cars with the settings for the Imola circuit and not for Monza.

The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was the last race of the first turbo era in Formula One in which all cars powered by turbocharged engines that entered actually qualified for the race. The McLarens, Ferraris, Arrows, Lotuses, Zakspeeds and the single Osella of Nicola Larini all qualified at least 17th, Larini's car being the slowest, some 4.5 seconds behind Senna.

Race
With emotions running high so soon after the death of Enzo Ferrari, the tifosi had been praying for a Ferrari victory at Monza. However, with McLaren having won all 11 races of the 1988 season up to this point, hopes for a home victory seemed bleak.

Nigel Mansell was still affected by chicken pox, and was still forced to sit out. Martin Brundle, his replacement in Belgium, was asked to race again but his Jaguar Sportscar team boss Tom Walkinshaw vetoed the move, so the second Williams seat went to team test driver (and Brundle's chief rival for the 1988 World Sportscar Championship) Jean-Louis Schlesser.

Prost managed to jump Senna at the start, but as he changed from 2nd to 3rd on the run to the Rettifilo his engine began to misfire and would not run properly again. This allowed Senna to power past into the lead before the chicane. Berger followed Prost with Alboreto, Cheever, Boutsen, Patrese and Piquet running in line. Senna built up a 2-second lead after the first lap and Prost, realising after the first lap that the misfire was not going away, decided to turn his boost up to full and give chase to his teammate.

Berger had initially given chase and stayed within a couple of seconds of Prost, but before lap 10 had started to drop back in order to save fuel. By lap 30 the Frenchman had reduced Senna's lead to only 2 seconds, but as he went by the pits at the end of lap 30 the misfire suddenly got worse and by lap 35 had been passed by Berger and Alboreto and was heading for the pits and his first mechanical retirement of the season (and the only time in 1988 that a McLaren would retire due to engine failure). While this was happening Alboreto, troubled by gear selection problems early in the race, had dropped back from Berger to allow his gearbox oil to cool hoping it would come good. It did and the Italian in the All-Italian car began to charge at the Italian Grand Prix, and was catching his teammate.

Later in the race Berger and Alboreto began closing on Senna rapidly, though it was assumed that Senna was merely pacing himself to the finish, and Senna himself later said that he had things well in hand. With two laps remaining, Senna attempted to lap the Williams of Schlesser at the Rettifilo. Senna headed to the left to pass the Frenchman on the inside of the first chicane, but Schlesser locked his brakes and the Williams slid forward towards the gravel trap. Using his rallying skills, Schlesser managed to collect the car and turned left to avoid going off. Senna, who had taken his normal line and had not counted on Schlesser regaining control, was struck in the right rear by the Williams, breaking the McLaren's rear suspension and causing the car to spin and beach itself on a kerb, putting the Brazilian out of the race. BBC commentator James Hunt placed the blame squarely on Schlesser, although many felt that Senna had not given any allowance for Schlesser to come back on the track. Senna's compatriot and close friend Maurício Gugelmin, whose March-Judd had also been about to lap Schlesser and was behind the McLaren after being lapped on the run past the pits, saw the collision in its entirety. "I think he'd felt that Schlesser would go straight off, and in that situation you have to keep going. It's a difficult situation, but I don't think Ayrton took a risk."

It was generally thought that Senna had used too much fuel in the first half of the race in his bid to keep in front of Prost and that was why the Ferraris were rapidly catching him towards the end of the race, with Berger reducing what was a 26-second gap when Prost retired, to be only 5 seconds behind when Senna and Schlesser collided 14 laps later. Senna's former Lotus team boss Peter Warr commented after the race that he felt Prost, knowing he wouldn't finish the race, had suckered his teammate into using too much fuel in the hope that it would keep his championship hopes alive. He also added that if Senna had thought about it he'd have realised that to stay close to him, Prost must have also been using too much fuel and that was not something the dual World Champion usually did. Prost's tactics may have contributed to McLaren missing out on a perfect season, but they had the desired effect as Senna scored no points (after four straight wins including Britain where Prost failed to finish) and he was still in with a good chance of winning his third World Championship.

The Tifosi were beyond overjoyed as Berger inherited the win, with Alboreto taking second place only half a second behind in the first Italian Grand Prix since the death of the great Enzo Ferrari. Alboreto was actually the fastest driver on the track in the last laps and gained over 4 seconds on his teammate in the final 3 laps. American Eddie Cheever (who actually grew up in Rome) finished in 3rd place for Arrows, 35 seconds behind the Ferraris and only half a second in front of his teammate Derek Warwick in a great race for the Arrows team. Warwick had actually got a bad start and had fallen outside of the top ten. However, with the Megatron engine now producing full power the Englishman began to charge and ran the last 10 laps challenging his teammate. The remaining points went to Italian Ivan Capelli, a considerable achievement by the atmospheric March-Judd on a circuit which requires powerful engines (Capelli spent the first half of the race locked in a battle for 6th place with the Williams of Riccardo Patrese and Warwick's Arrows). Capelli's high place also showed just how aerodynamic the Adrian Newey designed March 881 was. Sixth place went to the Benetton-Ford of Thierry Boutsen.

Motor racing journalist Nigel Roebuck later reported that after the race an overjoyed member of the Tifosi had approached Schlesser, shook his hand and said "Thank you, from Italy".

Another hard luck story was Alessandro Nannini who was forced to start his home Grand Prix from the pits due to a failed throttle on the warm up lap. By the time the Benetton team fixed the problem, Senna was coming through the Parabolica on his first lap meaning the Italian, who was to start 9th, was last and almost a lap down within the first lap of the race. For the rest of the afternoon Nannini charged, setting the fastest lap of the race for atmospheric cars and finishing in 9th place.

Post-race scrutineering
In the scrutineering bay, Berger's Ferrari's fuel capacity was checked four times. The first time, FISA officials were able to refill the tank with 151.5 litres of fuel, exceeding the limit of 150 litres. A second refill and then a third were undertaken, and still the Ferrari took too much. Eventually they succeeded in adding just 149.5 litres at the fourth time of asking. Eddie Cheever's Arrows had the same problem as Berger's Ferrari when his fuel tank was at first found to be 151 litres, but further checking found it to be under the limit at 149.5 litres.

Classification

Pre-qualifying

Qualifying

Race

Championship standings after the race
Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings

Constructors' Championship standings

 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points accurate at final declaration of results. The Benettons were subsequently disqualified from the Belgian Grand Prix and their points reallocated.

References

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Kevin McCambridge, né le , est un coureur cycliste irlandais, membre de l'équipe Trinity Racing.

Biographie
Kevin McCambridge commence la pratique sportive par le hurling. Il découvre ensuite le cyclisme par l'intermédiaire de son oncle, pratiquant amateur. Après avoir obtenu son premier vélo à 12 ans, il s'inscrit au Ballymoney Cycling Club, avec lequel il participe à ses premières courses.

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 2019
  Champion d'Irlande du contre-la-montre juniors
  du Tour d'Irlande juniors
  du Tour of the North
  du championnat d'Irlande sur route juniors
 2020
  du championnat d'Irlande du contre-la-montre espoirs
  du championnat d'Irlande sur route espoirs
 2021
  Champion d'Irlande du contre-la-montre espoirs
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 2022
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 North Down Grand Prix
  de la Rás Tailteann
  du championnat d'Irlande du contre-la-montre espoirs

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Q: Runge-Kutta (RK4) for system of differential equations in Java This quation is mostly a result of this thread: Differential Equations in Java.
Basically, I've tried to follow Jason S. advise and to implement numerical solutions to differential equations via Runge-Kutta method (RK4).

Hello everyone,
  I am trying to create a simple simulation program of SIR-epidemics model in java.
  Basically, SIR is defined by a system of three differential equations:
  S'(t) = - lamda(t) * S(t)
  I'(t) = lamda(t) * S(t) - gamma(t) * I(t)
  R'(t) = gamma(t) * I(t)
  S - susceptible people, I - infected people, R - recovered people.
  lamda(t) = [c * x * I(t)] / N(T)
  c - number of contacts, x - infectiveness (probability to get sick after contact with sick person), N(t) - total population (which is constant).
  gamma(t) = 1 / duration of illness (constant)

After first not very successful attempt, I've tried to solve this equations with Runge-KUtta, and this attempt resulting in the following code:
package test;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        double[] S = new double[N+1];
        double[] I = new double[N+1];
        double[] R = new double[N+1];

        S[0] = 99;
        I[0] = 1;
        R[0] = 0;

        int steps = 100;
        double h = 1.0 / steps;
        double k1, k2, k3, k4;
        double x, y;
        double m, n;
        double k, l;

        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
            y = 0;
            for (int j = 0; j < steps; j++) {
                x = j * h;
                k1 = h * dSdt(x, y, S[j], I[j]);
                k2 = h * dSdt(x+h/2, y +k1/2, S[j], I[j]);
                k3 = h * dSdt(x+h/2, y+k2/2, S[j], I[j]);
                k4 = h * dSdt(x+h, y + k3, S[j], I[j]);
                y += k1/6+k2/3+k3/3+k4/6;
            }
            S[i+1] = S[i] + y;
            n = 0;
            for (int j = 0; j < steps; j++) {
                m = j * h;
                k1 = h * dIdt(m, n, S[j], I[j]);
                k2 = h * dIdt(m+h/2, n +k1/2, S[j], I[j]);
                k3 = h * dIdt(m+h/2, n+k2/2, S[j], I[j]);
                k4 = h * dIdt(m+h, n + k3, S[j], I[j]);
                n += k1/6+k2/3+k3/3+k4/6;
            }
            I[i+1] = I[0] + n;
            l = 0;
            for (int j = 0; j < steps; j++) {
                k = j * h;
                k1 = h * dRdt(k, l, I[j]);
                k2 = h * dRdt(k+h/2, l +k1/2, I[j]);
                k3 = h * dRdt(k+h/2, l+k2/2, I[j]);
                k4 = h * dRdt(k+h, l + k3, I[j]);
                l += k1/6+k2/3+k3/3+k4/6;
            }
            R[i+1] = R[i] + l;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i ++) {
            System.out.println(S[i] + " " + I[i] + " " + R[i]);
        }
    }

    public static double dSdt(double x, double y, double s, double i) {
        return (- c * x * i / N) * s;
    }
    public static double dIdt(double x, double y, double s, double i) {
        return (c * x * i / N) * s - g * i;
    }
    public static double dRdt(double x, double y, double i) {
        return g*i;
    }

    private static int N = 100;

    private static int c = 5;
    private static double x = 0.5;
    private static double g = (double) 1 / x;
}

This does not seem to work, because number of sick people (I) should first increse, and then dicrease to about 0, and number of recovered people should strictly increase. Total number of sick + healthy + recovered should be 100, but my code produces some strange results:
99.0 1.0 0.0
98.9997525 0.9802475 0.03960495
98.99877716805084 0.9613703819491656 0.09843730763898331
98.99661215494893 0.9433326554629141 0.1761363183872249
98.99281287394908 0.9261002702516101 0.2723573345404987
98.98695085435723 0.9096410034385773 0.3867711707625441
98.97861266355956 0.8939243545756241 0.5190634940761019
98.96739889250752 0.8789214477384787 0.6689342463444292
98.95292320009872 0.8646049401404658 0.8360970974155659
98.93481141227473 0.8509489367528628 1.0202789272217598
98.91270067200323 0.8379289104653137 1.22121933523726
98.8862386366277 0.8255216273600343 1.438670175799961
98.8550827193552 0.8137050767097959 1.672395117896858

I cannot find a mistake, please advise! Many thanks in advance!

A: Not a real programming problem I find, but I'll answer anyway.
From a quick look I would try two things:
Assuming your time unit is days, at the moment you seem to be evaluating what the situation is after day 1 (correct me if I'm wrong here). For the case you're presenting I think you want to know the evolution over several days. So you have to increase your number of loops or perhaps your timestep (but be careful with that)
Second, you seem to have a mistake here: c * x * i / N... should that not be (c*x*i)/N? Check if that makes a difference. And I think you can check by the fact that S' + I' + R' should = 0...
Once again, I did not check this very deeply, but just have a look and let me know if it changes anything.

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Jeremiah chapter 46
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The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about the nations.
Of Egypt: about the army of Pharaoh-neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, overcame in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
Get out the breastplate and body-cover, and come together to the fight.
Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make the spears sharp and put on the breastplates.
What have I seen? they are overcome with fear and turned back; their men of war are broken and have gone in flight, not looking back: fear is on every side, says the Lord.
Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphrates, they are slipping and falling.
Who is this coming up like the Nile, whose waters are lifting their heads like the rivers?
Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.
Go up, you horses; go rushing on, you carriages of war; go out, you men of war: Cush and Put, gripping the body-cover, and the Ludim, with bent bows.
But that day is the day of the Lord, the Lord of armies, a day of punishment when he will take payment from his haters: and the sword will have all its desire, drinking their blood in full measure: for there is an offering to the Lord, the Lord of armies, in the north country by the river Euphrates.
Go up to Gilead and take sweet oil, O virgin daughter of Egypt: there is no help in all your medical arts; nothing will make you well.
Your shame has come to the ears of the nations, and the earth is full of your cry: for the strong man is falling against the strong, they have come down together.
The word which the Lord said to Jeremiah the prophet, of how Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, would come and make war on the land of Egypt.
Give the news in Migdol, make it public in Noph: say, Take up your positions and make yourselves ready; for on every side of you the sword has made destruction.
Why has Apis, your strong one, gone in flight? he was not able to keep his place, because the Lord was forcing him down with strength.
... are stopped in their going, they are falling; and they say one to another, Let us get up and go back to our people, to the land of our birth, away from the cruel sword.
Give a name to Pharaoh, king of Egypt: A noise who has let the time go by.
By my life, says the King, whose name is the Lord of armies, truly, like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so will he come.
O daughter living in Egypt, make ready the vessels of a prisoner: for Noph will become a waste, it will be burned up and become unpeopled.
Egypt is a fair young cow; but a biting insect has come on her out of the north.
And those who were her fighters for payment are like fat oxen; for they are turned back, they have gone in flight together, they do not keep their place: for the day of their fate has come on them, the time of their punishment.
She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.
They will be cutting down her woods, for they may not be searched out; because they are like locusts, more than may be numbered.
The daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be given up into the hands of the people of the north.
The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on Amon of No and on Pharaoh and on those who put their faith in him;
And I will give them up into the hands of those who will take their lives, and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of his servants: and later, it will be peopled as in the past, says the Lord.
But have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and in peace, and no one will give him cause for fear.
Have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; for I am with you: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.
Isaiah Jeremiah chapter 45 Jeremiah chapter 47 Lamentations

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If you're in Operations then I'm sure you've already felt the pain of having to manage permissions on dozens of third party applications. When we decided at Lola to move our application to Kubernetes we dreaded having to implement a new set of Role Based Access Controls to manage for all of our engineers. Since we're PCI DSS compliant, we also didn't want ANOTHER set of access controls to be audited.
We stumbled upon heptio-authenticator, which allows us to assign IAM users access to assume specific IAM Roles. The users assume the Role on the command line and generate a STS token. Heptio-authenticator will determine if that Role has access to the Kubernetes cluster.
I spent a few days banging my head against my keyboard trying to figure out why the heptio-authenticator instructions weren't working for me. Everyone was recommending heptio-authenticator but no one seemed to be hitting the same hurdles we were. Our Kubernetes setup couldn't be that different from everyone else's, right?
1. Configure cross account IAM Roles with no permissions.
2. You don't have to use the default Kubernetes defined group.
When configuring the server, you have to map Roles or IAM users to Kubernetes groups. But you can put in an arbitrary group name in the heptio-authenticator configuration and then map it to a RoleBinding in your cluster.
We then created a RoleBinding that restricts access to the namespace "dev" with "edit" permissions for that namespace. If you attach ClusterRole permissions to a RoleBinding, then you can restrict access to a namespace. You can't do that if you create a ClusterRoleBinding.
3. Configure a kops hook to deploy heptio-authenticator.
For kops configuration, you need to generate the certificates that heptio-authenticator and the Kubernetes server-api will use to trust each other. Once you've generated the certs, store them in the S3 bucket you're using to store the kops state. You can then configure a hook in your kops config to pull down the certs into a directory that is shared by both heptio-authenticator and the server-api.
Then you're ready to start up the heptio-authenticator service!
4. Configure AWS CLI before you start.
I use the heptio-authenticator client to generate a token using the IAM Role I created and have it saved to my context.
I then switch my context to "katie".
And now I can run commands against our Dev namespace but not our staging or production environments!
5. It's impossible to troubleshoot error messages.
This means your token expired and you need to rerun the heptio-authenticator client command to get a fresh AWS token. The token only lasts 15 minutes so definitely set up an alias because you may be running this frequently if you don't have the Kubernetes Dashboard configured.
You can use heptio-authenticator to add any level of granularity you need by adding users to different IAM groups and adjusting various RoleBindings. During our next PCI audit we'll be able to point to the IAM console and show which users have access to our Kubernetes clusters without having to dive too deep into Kubernetes permissioning.
If you have any questions about how we set up heptio-authenticator or have any suggestions for better ways to configure it, I'd love to hear from you! Leave a comment below, or send me an email at katie@lola.com.
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Q & A with Go Joe Bruin. He Touched the Ball
January 8, 2014 UCLABen Howland, Darren Collison, He Touched the Ball, Jordan Adams, Kyle Anderson, Larry Drew, Sean Miller, Steve Alford, Steve Kerr, Tony Parkerawbutler
Since 1985, either UCLA or Arizona has won 21 of the 28 conference titles. That's 75% of the championships. That's domination. That's a rivalry. The bastions of Pac Hoops and there have been some ball games, some players, and some heat. We could play word association but I don't' want to watch Wildcat reactions to Gadzuric, Kapono, or Mata-Real.
I do, however, want to know more about these new look Bruins. Do we even call them that? Whatever they are, they're Steve Alford's baby blues now and he has two sons on the team and that's kinda cool. And their point guard leads their team in rebounding by a per game margin of 3…so yeah, I want to learn. Enter: Go Joe Bruin, the internet's most reasonable, insightful, and complete UCLA site. It's different than the other kids. And their witty twitter handle. I asked, he answered. The game is at 6pm Thursday on ESPN. The rivalry rages on.
Let's start with what Steve Alford's preferred film room temperature is…?
It depends on a lot of things. Actually, it doesn't. I bet he watches film cold. Freezingn. Cold.
I grew to appreciate LD2 a ton last year and his leadership and skill was a huge part of their success. In turn, that led many to wonder how the Kyle Anderson point guard experiment would go. Fourteen games deep, it looks to be going quite well. Tell us about how he makes UCLA better?
People were pining for Anderson to take over ball-handling duties last year and so it took a lot of time for fans to warm up to Larry Drew. They did warm up to him, but the expectation was that Anderson would be running the offense, coach be damned.
Well it happened, and I gotta say, overall, it works for me. He's got pretty remarkable vision, is really damn smooth, and is really unselfish. He's got his issues and sometimes I think he tries to do too much. The 2.27 AST/TO ratio isn't bad, though, so maybe I'm just being picky.
Most importantly (and perhaps most surprising) has been his improved scoring skills. He's got quite a few moves down low and we both know he's pretty deadly I'm the mid-range game. I think what's really scary is he can knock down threes when he's got the open look, and that's a part of his game that I haven't really seen. He doesn't do it often (confirmed by his only taking 24 three-pointers over the past 14 games) but I think it adds a dimension to his game that already makes him one of the best do-it-all point forwards I've ever seen.
Of course, there's his rebounding abilities, but I have a million more questions to get to.
You'd never guess by this photo, but Steve also has his own two sons on this team
All of that said about Slow-Mo…how awesome is Jordan Adams?
Adams is awesome. He's been awesome. He's struggled at times – and he had an uncharacteristic shooting slump not too long ago that he shook off rather quickly – but he's a stud.
I don't know if UCLA has a better shooter than Adams. He's a deadeye from there. He can stroke it with a hand in his face, off balance, in transition, on a boat, in a train, all that jazz. He's gotten better in nearly every statistical category because he's gotten *that* much better.
A little input from the fan base at large – a lot of fans felt he should've been UCLA's first option on offense somewhere close to halfway through the season, and I think that makes sense. His production outmatched Shabazz Muhammad's on a per-minute basis, and I'm sure he'd be getting so much more recognition now if that had been the case.
Another reason I love this matchup is that stylistically, the UCLA offense is built to beat the Arizona defense. The Bruins are terrific from mid-range and used that to torch AZ last season (3-0). This year, the Bruins are more effectively getting to the rim (LOVE YA J.ADAMS!!!!) but are still shooting the 5th best FG% from 2pt range. Meanwhile, Arizona's third rated KenPom defense is built to force 2pt jumpers: 54.5% of shots against leads the nation and teams shooting just 32.5%. Immovable object, unstoppable force. What makes the UCLA mid-range game so effective, if not lethal?
As much as I talk trash about the Mildcats, you're right – UCLA has all the match-ups necessary to beat Arizona, and not just once, but, oh I don't know, three times in a season.
That's not because Arizona sucks, but really, it's because they're willing to give up the most inefficient shot in the game, and that just happens to be an annoying strong-suit of UCLA's. (Although I guess you could argue the most efficient shot in the game is an open one.)
Adams is a lock to drain those open jumpers, and we know Kyle can drill 'em, too. The Wears — when they're picking-and-popping, a weapon that has disappeared since LDII left the team — can drain them. And now you've got Zach LaVine, another shooter, albeit one who is partial to threes and dunks, and Bryce Alford, who's quickly coming to his own as a shooter and floor general.
Of course, as much as UCLA was cool with taking those mid-range jumpers, it kinda feels like this team's tempo dictates more of its offense than it did last year. I don't believe they're much faster than Howland's squad last year, but they definitely attack the basket in transition more frequently than their 2012-13 counterparts.
So yeah, to answer your question, the personnel makes the mid-range game lethal. It's not as emphasized as it was last year and again, i think that's largely because LDII was so quick to penetrate on pick-and-pops, but I do think Alford should specifically vitalizes that aspect of UCLA's game against lengthy, athletic Arizona.
He did touch the ball.
He didn't. I think we should ask Sean Miller what he thinks though, so long as we tape it.
"By the way, full credit to UCLA"
The two-point jumper is one weapon, but UCLA also thrives in transition (11th highest % of their offense there). Meanwhile – and I'm about to expose this immovable/unstoppable theme – Arizona allows just the 9th highest percentage of offense in transition. How are the Bruins getting out into transition so much? How cool are Zach LaVine dunks?
I didn't know about Arizona's transition defense but I could've guessed that. They've done a good job against teams who want to get out on the break.
I think the one thing that people haven't noticed about UCLA's success in transition is the gambles they take to get out on the break, primarily on defense. UCLA is a bit ridiculous at forcing turnovers (note that they've got 150 steals through 14 games; that's third in the country), and we know what happens when the perimeter guys can force turnovers.
And it's not like UCLA is a rebounding team – this has to be the worst team in terms of rebounding I have ever seen in my life, and statistically, I'm pretty close to being right!
If Arizona really wants to stop UCLA's uptempo offense? Take care of the ball.
All-time favorite Bruin?
All-time favorite Bruin: Darren Collison, and honorable mention to unconventional one-and-done Larry Drew II.
All-time favorite Wildcat? I know you have one. Ed O'Bannon and Darren Collison are tied for my favorite Bruins.
I like Steve Kerr. As a player, a commentator, and as a friend. (I'm not his friend yet but it's definitely happening.)
Wear family?
Wear family. I don't know what else you want me to say — they're a frustrating duo that plays their asses off. I'd probably love them if they could rebound.
And talk to me about the Bruins' frontcourt. I've been underwhelmed and we've tweeted about as much. Talk about it because it's Arizona's strength:
You've been underwhelmed? Your expectations for UCLA's front court may have been a tad unreasonable.
They're pretty bad. Really bad, even, as long as we don't include Kyle Anderson. In fact, he leads the team in rebounding and rebounding percentage — he's a perimeter player.
Parker comes in as a close second in rebounding rate, but the Wear twins are well below every starter and nearly every rotation player.
I mean, they just don't have the fundamentals down. Positioning, hands, etc. They're rather 'soft' and don't necessarily do well when grinding down low with other bigs.
Is that a key to this game though? I don't think so. UCLA is annoyingly content with huge rebounding disparities and they even win convincingly in spite of them. They'll beat good teams without rebounding (see: Arizona, 0-3), and I find that shocking.
When the rebounding is even, it's almost a surefire UCLA win because they just don't do it on a regular basis. When they're getting boards, they create opportunities in transition and they also stop the opposing team from earning second chance shots.
But it doesn't happen often. I don't need stats to tell you that, and no, I'm not too lazy to look them up!
The Bruins have settled into a zone for much of their defensive season and this question is two-fold: 1) How does that make you feel? 2) Which zone has it been, primarily, and do you think it's effective?
One of the narratives surrounding Ben Howland's downfall was his stubbornness on defense. He kept saying his teams weren't athletic enough to compete but he refused to play zone. We know zone defenses can mask a lot of deficiencies, and UCLA's lack of athleticism is a deficiency that the zone can ease.
That said, too much zone, and teams adjust. The well-coached teams dismantle it within a couple of possessions, sending a ball-handler to shoot those gaps on the perimeter and make the defense collapse with penetration.
Alford doesn't always allow that to happen – he's been good about switching up his defenses to throw different looks at opponents. Aside from a basic man defense and and a 2-3 zone, he's totally willing to roll with a 3-2 zone, and he's just as willing to play ultra-aggressive man defense in both the half-court and full-court. It depends on the situation.
So why does UCLA suck so bad defensively on paper? Well part of it is that UCLA just isn't athletic, especially down low. That's where Arizona can and should abuse UCLA, and they should do it with reckless abandon. They should crash the offensive boards because those kill the Bruins, and they should just plop in the paint and penetrate and do all that.
Which Wildcat are you most concerned with?
I'm most concerned with the bigs. They're really talented, really long, and really good. The points in the paint margin is going to be brutal.
Enough funny business: Tell me what happens Thursday?
Arizona wins. I question whether UCLA can exploit the mid-range game, and that's because the pick-and-pops aren't there like they were. If they can't, Arizona is going to murder them inside.
Plus UCLA hasnt beaten a good team. Conference games are different, but still.
If UCLA wins? You'll never hear the end of it. Ever.
The Pac-12 Year in HOLY S***!!! (Copying Grantland)
December 19, 2013 Pac-12AllBuffs, Askia Booker, Ben Burrows, Ed Rush, He Touched the Ball, Larry Drew II, Las Vegas, McKale Center, Mike Moser, Monitor Mishap, Pac-12 Tournament, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Rumblings of a Deranged Buffalo, Sabatino Chen, Shabazz Muhammadawbutler
If you're not familiar with Grantland's Year in Holy S***!!!, familiarize now. In a swift Bart ride back to my house I was taken out of the stat holes of KenPom and hoop-math and reminded that SPORTS! Watch that Steph Curry highlight reel and tell me you don't get goosebumps as he drops trey on the Nuggets, turning to their bench before net.
Alas, this is a Pac-12 blog and holy shit happens here, too. We're about to dive into it. But to further preface this reactionary and sudden expulsion of disbelief; before unveiling the moments that had as out of our chairs, jaws gaping, eyes wide, SMHing all over; prior to that, I'd just like to say that these are the things that have us coming back. Fandom, for better or worse or otherwise, allows us to get lost. Why we stand and shout. Holy shit. Bravo.
Here are a handful of those times from Brad, Ben, Matt, Jason, and me in no particular order.
The McKale Monitor Mishap
Jason of AllBuffs.com– The Monitors at McKale moment game started late for me. I was in the car in a part of Colorado that severely tested KOA's claim of "3 countries/38 states" motto. When I arrived at my destination, not exactly civilization, but a place that does have DirecTV, (luckily the game was on ESPN) I turned on the TV and my first "Holy Shit" moment occurred. CU was up, by double digits, in McKale, "Holy Shit indeed". Over the remaining 15 minutes of the game, the rest of my party arrived, the beers and wine were flowing and then the FT's started clanking, oh those FT's. When Mark Lyons made his second free throw with 10 seconds left, I stood up and I didn't sit down for several minutes. Sabatino Chen ended up with the ball in his hands with 3.5 seconds left, it wasn't pretty, it wasn't designed, it was….. BANKED, but it did go in. There were high fives and then a "wait a minute, they're reviewing it". It was good, it was definitely good was being echoed throughout the room. Then it began, the slow walk toward the TV, the room was hushed, the volume was cranked and everybody was gathered around a 52 inch high-definition TV.
Win probability.
Over and over we watched, angle after angle, hands now ON the TV, "no-it's out right there, it's good, the red light isn't on yet". Then it happened……"HOLY SHIT" they called it no good. F-bombs were dropped; BS's thrown around and the air had been let out of the room. I don't remember the last 5 minutes of the game, all I know was that CU lost, but I will never forget that "HOLY SHIT" moment and that I was in the middle of nowhere, with high-definition TV while the refs standing courtside were stuck with the standard-definition variety
Adam – I'd watched as my Wildcats made a furious comeback from the most three pointers the Buffaloes would hit in a single game all season. Well, it was going to be the most until Chen happened. Head down dribbling out the clock he heaved it up and you know the rest. I was here with friends and had conceded Arizona's loss. We watched all of the angles and I even broke things down for my houseguests exactly how, if I were one of the officials, I'd bury my head in the monitor, confirm the call with field goal arms and bolt off the McKale floor. I bolted out of my living room to demonstrate. But when I returned, the officials were waving the whole damn thing off and…HOLY SHIT. Hey, Cats win and Mark Lyons doesn't give a rats ass about how nice Sabatino's hair is.
He Touched the Ball x5 and Cancun
Adam – From my Vegas vantage point following the UCLA-Arizona game I had this to tweet which, as you'll notice, when unreplied, retweeted, or favorited. For shame.
Really intrigued to see the Sean Miller presser. Wouldn't be surprised if L. Scott had to talk to SM afterward
— Adam Butler (@pachoopsab) March 16, 2013
Well then what happened?
AND THAT'S SOME STRAIGHT NOSTRADAMUS ACTION PEOPLE. Anyhow, in our hotel room, we watched that presser another 3-to-fifteen-hundred times because oh my holy shit goodness Sean Miller wasn't happy. There's more spice in that presser than an Indian dish. There's more heat in Miller's words than a dutch oven under plastic covers. There's more flame in those eyes than under Ken Bone's seat. Ask the Pac-12 representative Miller "didn't" berate but rather who was the closest in proximity as he screamed innocuously down a hallway. And then Goodman's news broke and maybe this is the true holy shit of it all? We wound up with an officiating scandal that I had to digest in phases. $5k and a trip to Cancun is some watered down Illumanati action. And now replay the presser.
Jahii Drops 40 on The Strip
Adam – Sure it was a career high and sure the Devils needed every one of his double-score scoring output from Carson. That's undoubtedly some MVP stuff. Carson connected on 16 of his 25 shots inside the Thomas and Mack and that's a pretty damn efficient 40 points. But wait, there's holy shit coming. Because the 5'10" Carson made 14 of those 16 shots as layups which basically just says to me that Carson stared down the Rebels and their 7 blocked shots per game to announce to everyone that, "I AM JAHIISUS. I AM SO GREAT THAT I HAVE FORCED HERB SENDEK OF SLOTH PACED OFFENSES TO COMPLETELY BURY THE FOUNDATION OF HIS OFFENSIVE PHILOSOPHY AND THE STYLE IN WHICH HE BUILT HIS CAREER IN ORDER TO KEEP HIS JOB AND LOCAL TALENT. AT LEAST HE CAN NO LONGER LAMENT JAMES HARDEN'S DEPARTURE. I AM JAHIISUS." And then he beat Marquette in Tempe to secure the first Sun Devil win over a ranked opponent since before Todd Graham was associated with other coaching jobs. Harden, who?
Askia Booker Doesn't Give a Jayhawk
Ben of Rumblinbuff.com –
If safeties-free, all-balls performances like 17 points as a freshman in the NCAA Tournament, or a sizzling domination of a non-conference run in Charleston as a sophomore didn't let you in on the secret, let me clue you in: Askia Booker was born to get buckets. Important buckets. Season-defining buckets.
So, when Kansas, dominator of all things Colorado Basketball for generations, makes the mistake of getting into a see-saw affair in the snake-pit-that-Tad-built, who else could CU turn to with the game on the line? Not Josh Scott. He's too smooth, too nice. Not Spencer Dinwiddie. He's too conventional, too 'efficient.'
No, you need insanity. You need a player with no conscience, no understanding of the stage upon which he steps. You need, to be brash, a player who does not give a f***.
Askia Booker does not give a f***. Askia Booker gets buckets.
And so, 80-feet from the basket, with three seconds left on the clock against that team, the under-recruited dynamo from South LA – off-center goatee, and all – was the player in silver getting the ball.
One dribble, two. Still too far from the hoop. Better euro-step to cover some ground. Square up, leap, let fly.
Watch the gif. Count the fucks given by Booker. There are none to be found. After release, he just stands there, as if waiting for the oncoming train of noise. Waiting for us, the fans, to realize what he has just pulled off. He was born to hit that shot. He was born to euro-step into that shot.
Almost four years ago, Colorado was in a similar situation against the hated Jayhawk. Clock ticking down, tie game, ball in hand, CU had a shot to stun the #1 team in the land in the time-before-Tad. In that moment, it was Cory Higgins who was called upon. Higgins, the program's co-leader in scoring, wasn't up to the moment, and air-balled his dance with history. Looking back, it all makes sense.
Booker is everything that Higgins is not. Higgins was calm, cool, collected. Indeed, sophisticated. James Bond in shorts. Booker is the junkyard dog, barking at everything in sight. John McClane in Black and Gold. Higgins may have been more talented, but Booker has the want, the need to hoop. The balls to steal headlines from future NBA bonus babies. The grit to walk across broken glass when needed.
I could twist myself in knots talking about how the game, the win, the shot meant something for Colorado, for Booker. In the end, there's nothing but the inbounds, the euro-step, and the pure, un-adulterated brashness of Ski and his moment.
Bucket gotten.
Mike Moser Leaves Las Vegas, Does Not Suffer Nic Cage-like Departure
Matt of AddictedtoQuack.com – Given Oregon's lack of depth in the front court this season, the addition of a quality player like Mike Moser was definitely a wanted surprise to Duck fans. Keeping him away from Washington was just an added bonus. Moser brings leadership, talent, and immediate play-ability to a position that was vacated by fan favorite, Arsalan Kazemi. Moser also fits perfectly into Dana Altman's high-post wheel offense. His ability to stretch the floor, handle the ball, and pull bigger defenders away from the hoop compliments Oregon's guard focused offense. To say that Moser joining the Ducks this off season was a Holy Shit moment is putting it lightly.
Just this Dunk
Brad of Portland – If you were watching that dunk you were like, HOLY-SHIT-KNOCK-KNOCK-WHO'S THERE-BOOOM-SHAKALAKA-F***-YOU-DARREN-SHARPER-HOLD MY DICK! Then you put a hand over your mouth, made a noise like you were watching Kevin Ware shoot a jumper in a regional final, and wept like you saw a double rainbow.
RHJ doesn't dunk his nigiri in the soy sauce, he slams that shit down so hard he cooks the fish. He is not a role model. Just because he can dunk a basketball does not mean he should raise your kid. Anyone raisin' that kid is laughing their way to the bank faster than Earl Woods. The rest of us are just wiping our own kid off the Christmas card and sending a photo RHJ posterizing the entire Aggies basketball team instead.
RONDAE!
Larry Drew Two's Icy Veins Meet Icy Shabazz
Adam – LD2's season in and of itself was a giant surprise. He was the rock his coach couldn't quite be and the his prima dona wing wouldn't be. For all the heat he'd taken in leaving Carolina across 12-13 Drew was a leader and it was fun to watch. And then to see those who we cheer for and appreciate succeed is great! So as Drew took that pass and slashed through the lane and hit a fading, elbow jumper to sink the Dawgs and maintaining their spot atop the conference – the conference they'd go on to win – I was impressed and jaw dropped. Holy shit as it were.
But in that gif you'll notice the sulking shoulders of a neon shoed gentlemen. He's left handed and was no where near a position to necessarily get a basketball with a waning clock and whining attitude. And yes I just said "whining attititude" which is the same crap my dad would drop on the Blue Rhinos – my 11-and-under baseball team. Whiny attitude is a phrase reserved for juveniles but that's about what not getting the ball when you want the ball equates to. It was the moment that perhaps personified everything that we didn't know but felt UCLA's season would become. Holy shit did he really just big league his own team off an icy cold buzzer beater? He did, and now it's Steve Alford's team (which was a holy shit in and of itself).
Two Teams AND Two Numbers
Adam – With two, citations of the number two, this. But when Oregon visited Pauley on Saturday January 19, 2013 it was the first Pac-12 Conference game featuring two ranked opponents since March 2009. What two words come to mind here? Holy and shit. Four years it took to get to this place and it was 21 vs. 24? And the road team won? Man oh man had this conference hit rock bottom. There would be just one more contest between ranked opponents that season (see: Ball, He Touched the)
What did we miss (lots no doubt)?
Pac-12 Basketball Media Day: What I Did
October 18, 2013 Pac-12Andy Enfield, Craig Robinson, Dana Altman, Dana O'Neil, He Touched the Ball, Herb Sendek, Johnny Dawkins, Ken Bone, Lorenzo Romar, Mike Montgomery, Nike, Pac-12 Networks, Rush the Court, Sean Miller, Steve Alfordawbutler
I appreciate the opportunity to attend Pac-12 Basketball Media Day (#pac12hoops) provided to me by Rush the Court. It was a great experience and a fun day. To be honest, absolutely nothing was said the day long but – and you get the feeling everyone senses it – there's a hovering excitement that this whole thing's about to start. Like JENGA, no one is going to come close to that linchpin block, sliding out a bunch of middle pieces and passing to the next. The boat shall not be rocked before the journey.
Except, I suppose, for Spencer Dinwiddie who dropped the saltiest line of the day when he said, "But we don't view Arizona as the top, the cream, and everybody else in the rest. We view ourselves as the cream and everybody else can fight for the rest of the spots." SHOTS FIRED! Eh, not really. I actually appreciated it from the standpoint of leadership and culture and I'm going to elaborate on that later (next week amongst a lot of my previews).
HERE ARE MY TEAM-BY-TEAM CAPSULES FROM MEDIA DAY WITH RUSH THE COURT
And speaking of next week and all of my previews (and in the coming weeks leading up to 11/8), I'm going to drop my team-by-teams, top backcourts and frontcourts, my predicted finishes, a new podcast with @spencerbsmith, and I don't even know what else.
But for now, quick thoughts on each team after spending a little time with them yesterday:
Washington State: Ken Bone went in on just how deep the conference is and how the conference perhaps deserved the lashing it took for being so awful in year's past but that those days are over. Well now his team is projected to finish last, so…
Oregon State:
Tremendous question to Craig Robinson: Last night was a big night for thre President. How's your defense? #Pac12MBB
— Dana O'Neil (@ESPNDanaOneil) October 17, 2013
Hey Dana….
Utah: Larry Krsytkowiak said that playing hard is a talent and while I really appreciate what he's doing at Utah, saying that playing hard is a talent means you're still not good. They'll be better. But still not good.
USC: I didn't realize there's a little bit of twang to Andy Enfield. He played everything correctly in deflecting his UCLA comment but he's sparked interest in USC basketball and, if nothing else, JT Terrell tells us that there's "lot's of people getting dunked on in practice." Well practice does make perfect, JT, so carry on.
Washington: Lorenzo Romar was asked about impact newcomers to the conference and he talked about Aaron Gordon and Mike Moser. #AWKWARD. Aside from that he seemed very encouraged by Perris Blackwell – the transfer out of USF – who LoRo says is going to give them a low post presence they "haven't had in years."
Stanford: I asked Johnny Dawkins "You mentioned returning a lot of players and talent to this team, yet last year you finished 9‑9. What might you see different this year, if anything?" I'll mention that he's returning 84% of his 2012-13 minutes played. He basically told me that they're thinking about things differently. Dwight Powell told me the same thing, later. They went through SEAL training (like the Navy) and used the word synergy (so startup Stanford). My point here is…we'll see, I might be selling.
That is me.
ASU: Jahii Carson was much more thoughtful and articulate than I expected. Struck me as much more together than I expected and had some very high compliments to drop on his new running mate, Jermaine Marshall. I was also blown away by Herb Sendek's hyperbole and quickness to jump into the national conversation. Dropped a lot of "best ofs" in the country/nation/game lines. Company man award for sure.
Colorado: Like I said, Dinwiddie dropped the bomb on Media Day by calling his own team the cream rising to the top. Why the hell not? It's a shifting culture in Boulder and as my high school baseball coach taught us, once you start hoping, you've already lost. Sounds like Spencer's a believer.
Cal: Someone asked Mike Montgomery how he would apprehend a thief if he were faced with a similar situation as Larry Krystkowiak when he tackled a bike snatcher. Montgomery said nothing about a two handed shove to the chest. And he talked a lot about how he likes having veterans (Solomon, Cobbs, Kravish) and tried to taper the expectations of Jabari Bird.
Oregon: Dana talked about a lot and even said he and his team should be practicing right then and not at Media Day. But he was there and someone asked a seventy-five word question about whether or not Oregon has a competitive advantage with Uncle Phil. Dana slowly, like only a mid-westerner can, said, "Well, we updated our arena. I think we had the second oldest arena in the country. We built an arena that's very nice." Really fair point there, Dana. He continued, "I think every university has benefactors that benefit their programs, athletically, academically. Ours just happens to be someone that runs Nike." That's right! Everyone has boosters, how is this any different? He came full circle, "You know, we had an update because Mac Court was just really old." Dana Altman, you are a smooth cat.
Arizona: One of these days Sean Miller is going to jump out of that humility suit of his and just throw down some heat…wait, he already did that:
UCLA: I think I got a good idea of what the Steve Alford era at UCLA is going to be like. He's going to be a touch understated, predictable and solid. He looked the part in the sleekest suit of the day and he didn't rock the boat. He dropped a Wooden reference and the word excellence. Like going down a checklist of how to be UCLA's coach and not screw it up. He did just fine up there and he's going to be a fine UCLA head coach. Is that enough?
Larry Scott, two Ed Rush's, Cancun, and 191-Words
April 2, 2013 Arizona, Pac-12Ben Howland, Cancun, CBS, Ed Rush, Ed T. Rush, He Touched the Ball, Jeff Goodman, Larry Scott, Mark Cuban, Michael Irving, Pac-12 Networks, Sean Miller, Senor Frogsawbutler
A simple google search of Ed Rush's name will result in nothing helpful with regards to basketball officiating. As it were, Ed Rush is also the name of a "jungle/techstep/neurofunk" DJ. His top song on Spotify is "Chubhub."
This is likely not the man to have offered $5k cash or a trip to Cancun for actions against Sean Miller as reported by Jeff Goodman of CBS.
No, the man recently investigated by the Pac-12, Ed T. Rush, is the Head of Officiating for the conference. Per Goodman's source, he offered these rewards to any official who "rang him up" or "ran him" during the Pac-12 tournament. Him referring to Sean Miller.
Now as this news hit the interwebs, I experience four stages of reaction in coming to my conclusions and feelings on the matter. I'll walk you through my Monday afternoon:
Stage 1: Knee-jerk
Oh my. OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG. Wow. Whoa. Highlight-Control-C-Control-V-Gchat. Control-V-Tweet. Control-V-Personal-Book. Control-V-PacHoops-Book. Text. Text. Text. Text. Zero logical thought. OMGOMGOMGOMG. HEDIDTOUCHTHEBALL.
I assume my actions generated less than 1% of the post's total view.
Stage 2: What's this thing say exactly?
So then I read the whole thing. I learned that the Pac-12 "investigated" Head of Officiating, Ed T. Rush, and that an official anonymously made public comments made during this referees' meeting. What was said was damning of an already poorly regarded officiating base, irresponsible for a man charged with upholding the integrity of sport, and threatened the sanctity of holding competitive athletics in Las Vegas (damn you!). "This," I thought, "Is remarkably inappropriate and an obviously fireable offense. Ed T. Rush – because I have no beef with the neurofunk DJ – has no business in his current function. He clearly has a vendetta or grudge and an official's office is no such place for those emotions to fester. What's worse, what if there was a conspiracy to keep UCLA in the tournament? Emotion is one thing and excusable as human…but a SCANDAL! ARE WE LOOKING AT A SCANDAL?" Those were some of my thoughts.
And I have to imagine many of you shared these feelings and still do. Emotions ran high on the night of that technical – it's even more well documented than the two points – and officiating has long been a point of contention in the Pac-12. Firing Ed T. Rush was a very rationale first thought. But…
Stage 3: What was this thing really saying?
So hold on, I think I needed to pause. Firing someone is a big deal and while I support just punishment, I've also come to learn that reactionary decisions are bad. Without this perspective I might have: No job, a child, debt, a graduate degree, things I can't talk about because my mom might figure out how to use a computer this week, a piercing, more furniture off the street, JNCOs, an adult goatee, or an ASU fan.
Stepping back I noticed that this was a bullied subordinate attacking a man who "we're all afraid of" under the conditions of anonymity. Suddenly this screamed of tattle tale and finger pointing. What's more, who hasn't suggested something astronomically preposterous in a work meeting? I once listed – from my first kill to the last – who I'd take out should the office ever enter a Hunger Games situation. That, in retrospect, was not my best work. This, in retrospect, is not Ed T. Rush's best work.
If we're to take the conference at it's word, Rush's comments were "in jest" and that everyone involved understood that these were "not serious offers." No one wound up $5k richer. Michael Irving – the official who controversially T'd up Miller following this meeting – did not go to Cancun. An off the cuff remark that likely received chuckles was turned into a likely lucrative whistle blowing affair for one disgruntled man in stripes and jumped on by the media (understandably so).
During this stage of reaction I wasn't excusing Rush's comments but rather settling into the notion that these were words surrounding an official and an easy story to blow up. This angle also does not point fingers at Jeff Goodman for running with this story. It's good stuff. But my grain of salt was growing…
Stage 4: My Take
In what was either a small windowless room in the bowels of the MGM Grand Garden Event center or a glorious conference room in the same venue, Ed T. Rush made a remark about one of the coaches that had rode his officials season long. An under-appreciated and intimidated official went to the media with it under the protection of anonymity following what would no doubt appear action stemming from that off-handed remark. The conference called it a joke and had addressed its inappropriate nature with Rush.
That's the story we know.
The fall out, of course, is where the intrigue lies. Who's getting fired? What's the conspiracy? How much money was really exchanged? Did he touch the ball? Can I party with Irving at Señor Frogs?
Again, what we know is that Rush said something he undoubtedly should not have. We also have anecdotal evidence that Rush is a powerful man with capability of bullying people. Mark Cuban once said,
"Ed Rush might have been a great ref, but I wouldn't hire him to manage a Dairy Queen. His interest is not in the integrity of the game or improving the officiating, he #1 priority of Ed Rush is maintaining power."
Officiating is both thankless and a grind. These officials are pining for games, overworked, and maybe not always assigned games based on skill but rather preference. The sarcastic commentary of a tyrannical boss, regardless his or her intent, can be interpreted in many ways. As a manager, Rush should have known better than to make such a comment. Stepping out of our basketball bubble – or even our sports bubble – a manager's role, particularly on the eve of performance, is to coach, empower, and educate. Doubt should not be instilled in the minds of the team, no matter whether it's sales, dance, bartending, or computer programming. You're a leader, be better than the surface pettiness.
Back into our hoops bubble, these comments were made in the face of officials tasked with championing the law of sport. Now we do plenty of bitching at these men but we ultimately entrust them with the rules of the game. For the most part, they do a good job and are best appreciated when they are not seen.
Well, Ed T. Rush and Larry Scott, you've got the spotlight on them. All eyes.
And you dropped the ball. To dismiss this as a joke and that a couple conversations were had is unfathomably weak. I may be stepping into hyperbole but this is the very sanctity of sport. Rules – as we learned in kindergarten – are to be followed. If doubt creeps into the most basic and truest tenants of the game – that the rules must be followed – how do we trust any results?
It's now undeniable that the playing field was not level for Arizona (NOTE: THAT GAME WAS NOT LOST ON THAT CALL) regardless of Rush's intent.
For such, the spirit of competition deserves better than 191 inconsequential words of fluff. No. You nip this thing in the bud and you do not let it grow into the weed it could potentially become. It doesn't matter what the investigation uncovered, this is bigger than whether Miller deserved a technical or not. This is the accountability of the stripes, the integrity of rules. Whether Irving's actions were justified or not, Rush had planted this idea in his head. Inception, goes the dynamite. And regardless of Miller's previous actions, leadership must be above such commentary in professional settings. Miller himself needs to be better than berating a Pac-12 employee in the halls.
So what we have here is a crummy situation. A comment that did not cost Arizona a basketball game (stop Jordan Adams already) but did put an entire conference's officiating integrity in the limelight. The last thing they possibly needed addressed in the least convincing of manners.
What we needed was to believe that this was not sifting into the outcomes of the games which teams play to win, coaches coach to win, and fans cheer to win. To believe that these efforts are not for naught and that all participants can trust that the outcome was based off of the adherence and upholding of an established set of rules. To believe that when the final horn sounds, one team has prevailed over the other as the better of two competitors. Nothing else.
Following Monday's Pac-12 statement and inaction, I don't know if I believe.
Reviewing My Event: Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament
March 18, 2013 Pac-12He Touched the Ball, Johnathan Loyd, Las Vegas, MGM Grand, Pac-12 Tournament, Sean Miller, Ticketmasterawbutler
Somewhere amidst the blur that is any Vegas trip I received an email from Ticketmaster. The subject line of this email read, "Review Your Event: Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament."
OK. I will.
Wow, Ticketmaster drawing the big guns early. Five stars. A year in the making, the move to Vegas came with great anticipation and lived up to the hype.
Yes. Resoundingly so.
I'd like review as hetouchedtheball.
Doesn't matter. Look at the example. Can't top that title.
You know how awesome it is when you anticipate something will be terrific and then it is? This wasn't The Hangover 2, this was The Dark Knight. For a year we'd discussed the excitement of this event and then boom it delivered. The conference has rediscovered itself and just in time (well, at least not in the eyes of the committee with regards to seeding) to make an inaugural splash.
The MGM was accessible and the arena was big enough to house a crowd and quaint enough to get rowdy. Vegas itself is accessible and allowed me to attend this event with a whole lot of friends and enemies.
Particularly I liked the blackout curtains (so Vegas) on the side of the gym sans upper seating. It provided an ominous and dramatic backdrop to the play unfolding below.
Of course not as if this thing needed any additional drama. Day 1 saw games decided by 11 total points. Day 2 saw two overtimes. Day three provided this. And whatever the outcome, a championship is always a blast. Vegas crushed it. The competition crushed it. Frankly, Oregon crushed it. And again, kudos to Johnathan Loyd (MVP).
I bought beers that were more expensive than my ticket (12/12/12); I watched Huskies go nuts over a buzzer beating cover despite a team loss; I waltzed into session 5 with Pat Riley; I interestingly placed no wagers on Pac-12 games; I ran into college friends and blogosphere friends and watched a man pay $20 to kick another man in the groin (prior to midnight); I listened/participated as "U of A" chants drowned out the support of others (then watched/participated as sorrows were drowned); I saw a lot of red that didn't always have a block A on it (Utah travelled); I made my flight home.
My lone complaint would be that putting the conference title game on at 8pm goes a long way in ensuring your conference gets minimal exposure. That's 11pm EST and does it come as any surprise that Oregon – the winner of this tournament – was the most hosed on Selection Sunday? The tournament was brought to Vegas to get more people to see it. Let's make sure that continues to happen.
Great question Ticketmaster. This one's hard to pick and I loved the Sean Miller press conference. I won't pick it as my favorite, however, because I'm not entirely sure I want to celebrate it. I will say that I've watched it many times and appreciate the way he goes to bat for Solomon Hill and wears the game.
But my favorite – and I'm going to get a little Field of Dreams-y on you here – was watching the Oregon-Washington game. This back-and-forth battle stands alone on its own merits as a terrific basketball contest. But it stands out to me because it wasn't nearly a capacity audience as we managed to sit comfortably spread out in really whichever seats we wanted. And I got to do that next to my Dad. The rest of our party had chose dinner over the first half and in my blind loyalty to this conference I knew I wanted to see these heated rivals square off in a Pac-12 quarterfinal. So my dad joined me and we sat, like I said, comfortably and wherever we liked. Just father and son. Me and pops.
I did not sit there.
5 stars particularly if we're considering the value of the seats. I had tickets to eleven basketball games (4 tickets to the championship) and spent roughly the same amount that I paid to get into Pauley on 3/2.
I would recommend these seats. They're ambulatory.
They were turquoise and did this really weird adjusty thing where they'd slide back – a light recline, if you will – as you dropped the actual sitting fold into its sit-able position. This reminded me of one of those advancements you find in dated cars that seemed really tight at the moment but over time and with gained perspective you're like does this actually serve any serviceable function? I have the feeling that kick-under-your-car-to-open-the-trunk thing is the next of these auto-creations. But yeah, the seats were turquoise.
You're asking me to upload video from a 3-day trip to Las Vegas, Nevada? Screw you.
Review submitted.


There is truth to this bluntness.
According to a BMJ article from 2016, roughly 251,000 deaths occur every year as a result of medical error. If morbidity is factored in, this number skyrockets. You would think with such a staggering mortality rate, we as physicians would be more comfortable discussing medical error and our direct role in failing to prevent these avoidable deaths.
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine brought medical error in the public eye. It revealed that between 44,000 to 98,000 deaths occur from medical error every year. This number was astonishing enough to provoke President Bill Clinton to sign a Senate bill creating an agency to address the epidemic.
Over the next decade, data surfaced exposing how that number was grossly underestimated. Now data suggest the amount of deaths ranges from 210,000 to 400,000. This would make medical error the third leading cause of death in the United States, which makes it all the more surprising that we ignore it.
This data is challenging to collect because the CDC relies on ICD-10 codes placed on death certificates to compile the list of leading causes of death. Since medical error is not registered in the coding system, it is difficult to grasp the true magnitude of the issue.
However, what can be grasped is its impact on physicians. Dr. Danielle Ofri in her book, What Doctors Feel, describes how physician error feeds feelings of paralyzing shame, guilt, and imposter syndrome. Describing a personal near-miss experience, Dr. Ofri writes, "I spent weeks afterward flagellating my brain for its incompetence, berating myself for my idiocy." Any medical professional can relate to this statement.
We are all human. We all make mistakes. Physicians may believe they are more careful than the average person, triple checking their actions, and developing a more critical eye. However, walking through the hospital doors and donning a white coat does not make us immune to error. We are all human.
We cannot expect to be perfect. Even if we were, perfection is not good enough. A JAMA article described that if other fields operated at a 0.01% error rate, that would equate to "2 unsafe plane landings per day at O'Hare, 16,000 pieces of lost mail every hour, 32,000 bank checks deducted from the wrong bank account every hour." Yet none of this happens. Why? Because there are systems in place to prevent human error from causing harm.
A recent documentary, To Err is Human, explores the cultural issues behind medical error. Lack of transparency, an archaic hierarchical structure, and a focus on reprimanding all contribute to the problem. Furthermore, errors occur because systems are missing to catch human error.
However, there is change occurring in medicine. It just happens to be at a glacial rate.
To change the system, we have to become comfortable talking about error. It will help us cope with our mistakes and foster a culture of transparency, which is necessary to implement change. Furthermore, it will assist in obtaining accurate data on the causes of medical error, in hopes of preventing their future recurrences.
Currently, hospitals are utilizing root cause analysis to prevent medical error. However, what is needed is a change in the reporting culture. For example, NASA has a reporting system in place were near-misses are voluntarily reported and mistakes are mandatory to report. If hospitals implement such processes and encourage its use among physicians, more accurate data can be collected leading to more impactful policies aimed at preventing harm.
We have all encountered medical error. We have seen, and likely felt, its impact. So why not start acknowledging it?
It would be a shame to look back on these times and cringe at how barbaric our medical system was for allowing medical errors to persist. I would rather look back and be grateful that processes were created to prevent human fallibility from costing patient lives.
Michael Grzeskowiak is an internal medicine resident.


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Deaf Sentence
Written By: David Lodge
Narrated By: Steven Crossley
Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks
When the university merged his Department of Linguistics with English, Professor Desmond Bates took early retirement, but he is not enjoying it. But his daily discontent is nothing compared to the affliction of hearing loss, which is a constant source of domestic friction and social embarrassment. In the popular imagination, he observes, deafness is comic, as blindness is tragic, but for the deaf person himself it is no joke. It is through his deafness that Desmond inadvertently gets involved with a young woman whose wayward and unpredictable behavior threatens to destabilize his life completely...
by David Lodge
This title is due for release on November 1, 2008.
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The world is still at peril. AIDS is wreaking havoc on countries that cannot afford the medications. There have been advancements, but the battle is far from over. Please stay the course. Reach out to those who are helping those afflicted, those in danger of infection, and those searching daily for the cure.
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Mortal Kombat: Ending Explained And How It Sets Up Mortal Kombat 2!
Published on May 5th, 2021 | Updated on May 5th, 2021 | By FanFest
Mortal Kombat has been out almost two weeks now and people are still talking about it! All the early reports seemed to indicate that the film would be a hit and they weren't wrong. Fans and critics can't seem to agree on whether they liked the movie. Critics didn't think it was great but fans really enjoyed it even though it had a few flaws. We're here to explain the ending and how it sets up Mortal Kombat 2!
Mortal Kombat 2 hasn't officially been announced but all the signs indicate that Mortal Kombat did well enough to earn its sequel. Good job, guys! There's one glaring omission from the movie. I'm talking of course about Johnny Cage, who has been around since the very first Mortal Kombat game ever. His absence was seriously disappointing to fans, but it isn't all bleak!
In the closing moments of the film the protagonist, Cole Young, is setting out to find a new group of heroes to defend Earthrealm. He claims he was going to Hollywood, which was already a pretty big giveaway. Then the camera pans to a poster for Citizen Cage: Fight for Your Rights and the star of the film, yep, Johnny Cage.
With a sequel basically confirmed this means that Johnny Cage will certainly be a part of Mortal Kombat 2! Fans that missed him in this film can finally rest easy we'll be seeing him pop up in the sequel. Fans are already speculating and debating who would be good in the role. Some say Ryan Reynolds and others think Keanu Reeves would be great. Either of those would be great – just depends how old they want to make Cage in the film.
Screenrant.com also had something to say on the subject.
Since Cole is on a mission to find other Champions, then it suggests that Johnny Cage has already been chosen and already has his dragon mark too, and that's presumably how and why Cole knows to search him out in the first place. Quite how he'll feel about Cole's plans remain to be seen, but that's something that will presumably form the opening of the Mortal Kombat sequel, should it happen. As well as those two likely butting heads, there's also lots of potential to develop his relationship with Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee), with whom he has a storied history (and even a daughter) in the games.
You can watch Mortal Kombat both in theatres and on HBO Max!
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38 of Drake's Most Memorable Motivational Quotes
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Drake is arguably one of the best artists in music today. What a lot of people don't know about him is his extreme motivation to reach a certain level of success, not just in music, but also in life and other business ventures he is involved in.
In 2013, Drake was announced as the Global Ambassador for the Toronto Raptors, a professional basketball team. He has said on record many times how he is addicted to success and wants to be number 1. With the determination that he has, he is well on his way to be one of the most successful rappers in history.
Here are 38 of Drake's most memorable quotes and lyrics:
1. "Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart."
2. "Kill them with success and bury them with a smile."
3. "Haters will broadcast your failures, but whisper your success."
4. "People will wish you all the success in the world and then hate you when you get it."
6. "Judge me, and you'll have no time left to love me."
7. "It's never too late to realize what you want in your life and it's never wrong to fight for it."
8. "You know its real when you are who you think you are"
9. "Smile and let everyone know that today, you're a lot stronger than you were yesterday."
10. "Strength isn't always shown in what you can hold on to, sometimes it's shown in what you can let go of."
11. "I'm not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I'm not going to back down."
12. "Always felt like my vision been bigger than the bigger picture."
13. "Everybody dies but not everybody lives."
14. "The moment I stop having fun with it, I'll be done with it."
16. "Know life is just a game in which the cards are facing down. I'm in the world where things are taken, never given how long they choose to love you will never be your decision."
17. "I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection."
18. "Life can always change, you have to adjust"
19. "Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. Heartbreak makes you wiser."
20. "Count your blessings, not problems."
21. "Everybody has an addiction, mine happens to be success."
22. "I'm trying to do better than good enough."
23. "Before you give up, think of the reason you held on so long."
24. "When writing the story of your life, don't let anyone else hold the pen."
25. "I'm not confrontational but if someone challengesme I'm not going to back down."
26. "My life is mine to remember."
27. "The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer."
28. "When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren't for Toronto."
29. "People like to build their own story about my life. I don't know if it makes them feel better, or if it makes it okay for them to not like me, but the last thing I grew up as was rich."
30. "Perfection' to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, 'I did everything I could do right there."
31. "I'd rather tell you how I really feel."
32. "I have an urge to communicate."
33. "I push myself in a lot of aspects."
34. "Accept yourself. You don't have to prove anything to no one except yourself."
35. "I'm trying to better than good enough."
36. "Careful what you wish for, you just might get it all."
37. "I sit and eat with some of the hardest working people in the business. And I observe and I try to apply it to my own craft.
On or off this list, what is your favorite Drake lyric or quote? Leave your response in the comment section below!
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Opelousas man sentenced in international bank fraud scheme
An Opelousas man has been sentenced to 23 months in prison and five years of supervised release for taking part in an international scheme to defraud banks and victims across the country.
U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley said Nelson Durald, 49, has also been ordered by U.S. District Judge Richard T. Haik to pay restitution to identifiable victims.
"According to evidence presented at his guilty plea, Durald participated in a scheme from the end of 2011 to June 2013 to defraud banks and other financial institutions by cashing and asking victims to cash fake monetary instruments such as checks and money orders that were shipped to Durald from other countries," Finley said.
She said Durald and co-conspirators, some within the United States and others in foreign countries, recruited victims to participate in a "secret shopper" program.
"Durald would mail fake monetary instruments to victim participants and ask them to cash the negotiable instruments at their bank or other financial institution as part of a seemingly legitimate secret shopper program," Finley said.
"The victim participant was instructed to send a portion of the cash obtained on the counterfeit instrument to another co-conspirator. Victims did this not knowing the monetary instruments they were attempting to cash were fake, which resulted in a loss to the victims and banks," Finley said.
She said authorities seized 316 counterfeit monetary instruments with a value of $247,829.15 at the time of Durald's arrest.
The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office and Homeland Security Investigations conducted the investigation and Assistant U.S. Attorney Myers P. Namie prosecuted the case.