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Tubby Smith
(1951-06-30) June 30, 1951 (age 68)
Scotland, Maryland
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Great Mills HS
Hoke County HS
VCU (assistant)
South Carolina (assistant)
Kentucky (assistant)
613–317 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
NCAA Division I (1998)
NCAA Division I Regional – Final Four (1998)
5 SEC regular season (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005)
5 SEC Tournament (1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004)
2 MVC regular season (1994, 1995)
AP College Coach of the Year (2003)
Naismith College Coach of the Year (2003)[1]
NABC Coach of the Year (2003)
Henry Iba Award (2003)
Jim Phelan Award (2005)[2]
2× MVC Coach of the Year (1994, 1995)[3]
3× SEC Coach of the Year (1998, 2003, 2005)[3]
Big 12 Coach of the Year (2016)[4]
John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2016)[5]
Sporting News National Coach of the Year (2016)[6]
Assistant coach for United States
2000 Sydney Team
Orlando Henry "Tubby" Smith (born June 30, 1951)[7] is an American college basketball coach. He was recently hired as the men's basketball coach at High Point University, his alma mater. Smith previously served in the same role at the University of Tulsa, the University of Georgia, the University of Kentucky, the University of Minnesota, Texas Tech University, and the University of Memphis. With Kentucky, he coached the Wildcats to the 1998 NCAA championship.
In his 28 years as a head coach, Smith has achieved 26 winning seasons. In 2005, he joined Roy Williams, Nolan Richardson, Denny Crum, and Jim Boeheim as the only head coaches to win 365 games in 15 seasons or fewer. With Texas Tech's invitation to the 2016 NCAA Tournament, Smith became only the second coach in history to lead five different teams to the NCAA tournament.[8]
Smith's three sons are following in their father's coaching footsteps. G.G. Smith, who played for his father at the University of Georgia, was formerly the head coach at Loyola (Md),[9] and is currently the associate head coach at High Point.[10] His middle son Saul Smith played for his father at the University of Kentucky and was an assistant coach for his father at Memphis. Brian, his youngest son, was a point guard at Ole Miss and is the head coach at Saint John Paul II Academy in Boca Raton, Florida.[11][12]
2 Assistant coaching positions
2.1 VCU
2.2 South Carolina
2.3 Kentucky
3 Head coaching career
3.1 Tulsa
3.2 Georgia
3.4 Minnesota
3.5 Texas Tech
3.6 Memphis
3.7 High Point
4 United States men's national basketball team
5 Other leadership
7 Former players in the pros
8 Head coaching record
8.1 College
Smith was born in Scotland, Maryland, in Saint Mary's County, the sixth of 17 children born to sharecroppers Guffrie and Parthenia Smith. His large family accounts for his unusual nickname. Of all the Smith children, Tubby was most fond of staying in the galvanized washtub where the children were bathed. Smith says he tried to shake the moniker several times, but it stuck incessantly. He recalls that a 10th grade teacher who didn't tolerate nicknames was the last person to call him by his proper name, Orlando.[13]
After having a scholarship offer from the University of Maryland rescinded, Smith enrolled at High Point College (now High Point University), graduating in 1973. He played under three head coaches at High Point, including future boss J. D. Barnett. He lettered four times and was an all-conference performer as a senior. Smith earned a Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education while at High Point, and also met his future wife, Donna, who was the homecoming queen.[14]
In 1973, Smith began his coaching career with four years at his high school alma mater – Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, compiling a 46–36 record. His next stop was Hoke County High School in Raeford, North Carolina, where he recorded a 28–18 mark in two seasons.[7]
Assistant coaching positions
Smith began as assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth University under his former High Point coach J. D. Barnett. From 1979 to 1986, VCU amassed a 144–64 record, winning three Sun Belt Conference Championships.[7]
Smith took two important things away from his experience as an assistant coach for the Rams. First, under Barnett, Smith learned the principles of the ball-line defense, a hallmark of Smith's teams throughout his head coaching career.[7] Second was a relationship with fellow assistant David Hobbs, an assistant and associate head coach under Smith during his tenure at the University of Kentucky.[15]
Smith left Virginia Commonwealth in 1986 to join George Felton's staff at the University of South Carolina. Felton remembered Smith from having recruited one of his players while Smith was at Hoke High School.[16] During Smith's three years, the Gamecocks were 53–35.[7] Later, roles would be reversed, with Smith bringing Felton in as an assistant coach at Kentucky.[17]
Smith joined the University of Kentucky under then head coach Rick Pitino, who had the challenge of rebuilding a UK program that had been rocked by NCAA probation and player defections.
With only eight scholarship student-athletes, none taller than 6–7, the staff molded the Cats into winners once again, exceeding expectations to record a 14–14 mark. The following year, with Smith promoted to associate coach and UK still on probation, the Wildcats earned a 22–6 record, a final ranking of ninth in the AP poll, and an SEC-best 14–4 record.
Smith wasn't the only soon-to-be high-profile name on Pitino's coaching staff at Kentucky. Future head coaches Ralph Willard, Herb Sendek, Billy Donovan, and Bernadette Locke-Mattox were all Smith's colleagues.[18]
Head coaching career
From 1991 to 1995, Smith led the Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball to a 79–43 record. Rebuilding the basketball program his first two years, he then led the team to two consecutive Missouri Valley Conference regular season titles and two appearances in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in 1994 and 1995. Smith's 1994 Tulsa team upset UCLA in the tourney's first round before knocking off Oklahoma State. In '95, the Golden Hurricane defeated Big Ten team Illinois to open March Madness.
On March 29, 1995, Smith accepted the head coaching job at the University of Georgia, becoming the school's first African-American head coach.[19] In two seasons, he led the Bulldogs to a 45–19 record, including the first back-to-back seasons of 20 wins or more in school history.[20] His teams achieved a Sweet 16 finish in the 1996 NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs defeated Clemson to open the '96 tournament before upsetting the top-seeded Purdue Boilermakers.
Tubby Smith was introduced as the Wildcats' 20th head coach on May 12, 1997, charged with the task of replacing popular coach Rick Pitino, who left to become the head coach of the NBA's Boston Celtics. The Wildcats were at the top of the basketball world at the time, having won a national title in 1996 and played in the national title game in 1997. The team Smith inherited had seven players from the Arizona loss and five from the 1996 championship team.
In his first season at UK, he coached the Wildcats to their seventh NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, including a come-from-behind victory against Duke in the Elite Eight. His 1998 national championship is unique in modern times, as being the only team in over twenty years to win without a first-team All-American or future NBA lottery pick. (see 1998 NCAA Tournament).
Smith's teams, known primarily for a defense-oriented slower style of play coined "Tubbyball", received mixed reviews among Kentucky fans who have historically enjoyed a faster, higher-scoring style of play under previous coaches.
Smith led Kentucky to one national championship in 1998, a perfect 16–0 regular season conference record in 2003, five SEC regular season championships (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005) and five SEC Tournament titles (1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004). Smith led the Wildcats to six Sweet Sixteen appearances (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005) and four Elite Eight appearances (1998, 1999, 2003, 2005) in his ten seasons. He totaled 100 wins quicker than any other Wildcat coach except Hall of Fame member Adolph Rupp and current Wildcat coach John Calipari, reaching the plateau in 130 games. Smith was named National Coach of the Year in 2003 and SEC Coach of the Year in 1998, 2003, and 2005.
Smith came under considerable pressure from many UK fans late in his tenure. Many thought that his recruiting was subpar, as he regularly struggled to land top recruits. Kentucky fans also became impatient that his teams never reached another Final Four during his tenure. Some UK fans went as far as to place "for sale" signs on his front lawn. Smith did come just a double overtime loss short of a Final Four appearance in 2005, losing to Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans. Smith's Kentucky teams also lost in the regional finals of both the 1999 and 2003 NCAA tournaments. Smith also had five double digit loss seasons (which led to his critics nicknaming him "Ten-Loss Tubby"), which caused the pressure to ramp up on him.[21] On March 22, 2007, Smith resigned his position of UK head coach to accept the head coach position at the University of Minnesota.[22]
In his ten seasons at Kentucky, Smith led UK to an overall record of 263–83, for a winning percentage of .760.[3] In contrast, the coach Kentucky selected to succeed him, Billy Gillispie, went 40-27 for a winning percentage of .597, and missed the NCAAs in his second year.
In 2013, Smith was elected to the UK Athletic Hall of Fame.[23]
Smith was hired as the new men's head coach of the University of Minnesota on March 22, 2007.[24] He replaced Dan Monson, who resigned from Minnesota on November 30, 2006 and Jim Molinari, who served as the interim coach following Monson's resignation.[25] Coach Smith joined Minnesota on the heels of several disappointing seasons for the Gophers, who had made the NCAA Tournament only once since Monson's hiring in 1999.
In Smith's first season, the team improved from 8–22 in 2006–07 to 20–14 in 2007–08, and reached the Big Ten Tournament semifinals after defeating second-seeded Indiana. In the 2008–09 season, Smith led Minnesota to a record of 22–11 and a bid to the NCAA tournament, where the team was eliminated in the opening round. In the 2009–10 season, Smith's team struggled throughout the year with off court issues and close losses. However, in the Big Ten Tournament, Smith guided the team to win three games in three days to advance to Minnesota's first ever appearance in the Big Ten championship game. Though it lost that game, the team's run vaulted it into the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year, where it again lost in the first round.
In 2008, Smith had the highest salary of any state employee in Minnesota.[26][27]
The 2010–11 Gophers struggled to maintain the program's momentum, however, finishing 17–14 overall and 6–12 in league play (9th place). Following the season, Smith cited injuries as a major factor for the team's disappointing season.[28] The 2011–12 Gophers were 19–14 overall and 6–12 in conference play at the conclusion of the regular season. After earning a bid to play in the NIT, the Gophers won four consecutive games before losing in the NIT championship game to Stanford. They concluded the season with a 23–15 overall record, which tied for the most wins in a season in school history.
In July 2012, Smith signed a three-year extension with Minnesota.[29] However, on March 25, 2013, Smith was relieved of his head coaching duties following a Round of 32 loss in the NCAA Tournament to Florida.[30] He was replaced by Richard Pitino, whose father Rick, coincidentally, Smith had replaced at Kentucky.
On April 1, 2013, Texas Tech announced that Smith would be hired, and he was introduced as the new men's basketball coach on April 2, 2013.[31] He replaced Billy Gillispie (who ironically replaced Smith after he left Kentucky in 2007), who resigned from Texas Tech on September 20, 2012 and Chris Walker, who served as the interim coach following Gillispie's resignation. Texas Tech had failed to make the NCAA tournament in the 7 years prior to Smith's hire at the school.
Tubby Smith's first season (2013–2014) proved to be a challenge. The Red Raiders led by Jaye Crockett started the season 8–5 in non conference only to fade during Big 12 play finishing with a 6–12 conference mark. Although the team faded down the stretch, it showed that it could compete with the upper teams in the Big 12 as the Red Raiders won two games against ranked competition and lost many close games. The team finished with a 14–18 record overall and 9th in the 10 team Big 12. This season marked Smith's first losing season as a head coach in his career and proved that the rebuilding job in Lubbock was massive.
Smith's second season started with Smith attempting to improve the Red Raiders talent level. Smith added Keenan Evans, Justin Gray, Norense Odiase, and Zach Smith in the offseason in the hopes of improving a depleted Red Raider team. The season ended up being a massive disappointment as the Red Raiders got worse than the 2013–2014 season and finished 13–19 with only 3 victories coming in the Big 12. Although, the season was labeled a massive disappointment, Smith led the Red Raiders to their first victory over a top 25 team since the 2009 season with a January 15, 2014 upset over the #9 Iowa State Cyclones. Although the season started with plenty of promise, the Red Raiders finished a mediocre season with a first round Big 12 tournament exit against the Texas Longhorns.
The 2015–16 season proved to be Smith's best, his 3rd season at Texas Tech, the Red Raiders started the season with a 12–7 record and a 2–6 record in the Big 12. The Red Raiders eventually led a turnaround and won 3 straight games against ranked opponents for the first time in school history. The season featured young stars Evans, Gray, Odiase, and Smith as well as senior leaders Devaugntah Williams and Toddrick Gotcher. The team proved to be well balanced and efficient on both sides of the ball. The Red Raiders would close out the 2015–16 regular season by winning 6 of their last 8 games and finishing with an overall 19–12 record with a 9–9 record in Big 12 play. The turnaround was the biggest in the Big 12 with the Red Raiders completing a six-game improvement from the year prior in arguably the toughest conference in the country. On March 13, 2016, the Red Raiders were selected to participate in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Smith was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year for orchestrating the turnaround.[4] On March 8, Smith was named as the Sporting News Coach of the Year for his rebuilding effort.[6]
On April 14, 2016, Smith accepted the head coaching position at Memphis, replacing former Memphis coach Josh Pastner who took the job at Georgia Tech.[32] In April 2017 six of the top eight scorers transferred out of the program. Smith compiled a 22-13 record in his second year at Memphis, improving upon a 19-13 record in his first year. He was fired from the position on March 14, 2018.
On March 25, 2018, it was first reported by Jeff Goodman of ESPN that Smith was on the verge of finalizing a contract to become the next head coach at his alma mater, High Point University. He was officially named head coach on March 27, 2018.[33] Smith is an active donor at HPU, contributing to the funding of a new arena that is being built expected to be ready for the 2020 season.[34]
United States men's national basketball team
Smith was selected to help coach the United States men's national basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He served as an assistant to then-Houston Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich as the Americans captured the gold medal.
Other leadership
Smith serves on the NCAA Committee to study basketball issues, joining Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and former Oregon head coach Ernie Kent.
He serves on the National Association of Basketball Coaches Board of Directors and in June 2000, spoke at a Congressional hearing on the issue of gambling in college sports.[35]
Tubby Smith and his wife, Donna, gave $1 million to High Point University, Tubby Smith's alma mater, for the building of a new basketball arena and conference center. High Point University announced in February 2017 that it will name the basketball court in their honor.[36]
When he coached at Kentucky, Smith was very active in the Lexington community. The Tubby Smith Foundation, which he established to assist underprivileged children, raised over $1.5 million in five years.[37] Smith and his wife, Donna, are still active with The TSF in Lexington even though they no longer live in the area. Also, several community centers in the greater Lexington area bear the moniker "Tubby's Klubhouse" due to his work within the centers.[38]
Former players in the pros
Pro Team(s)
Rajon Rondo 21st, Phoenix Suns, 2006 NBA draft Celtics, Mavericks, Kings, Bulls,
Pelicans, Lakers
Jodie Meeks 42nd, Milwaukee Bucks, 2009 NBA draft Bucks, 76ers, Lakers, Pistons
Chuck Hayes Undrafted Rockets, Kings, Raptors, Rockets
Nazr Mohammed 29th, Utah Jazz, 1998 NBA draft 76ers, Hawks, Knicks, Spurs, Pistons, Bobcats, Thunder, Bulls, Thunder
Tayshaun Prince 23rd, Detroit Pistons, 2002 NBA draft Pistons, Grizzlies, Celtics, Pistons, Timberwolves
Scott Padgett 28th, Utah Jazz, 1999 NBA draft Jazz, Rockets, Nets, Rockets, Grizzlies
Jamaal Magloire 19th, Charlotte Hornets, 2000 NBA draft Hornets, Bucks, Trailblazers, Nets, Mavericks, Heat, Raptors
Kelenna Azubuike Undrafted Warriors, Mavericks
Keith Bogans 43rd, Milwaukee Bucks, 2003 NBA draft Magic, Bobcats, Rockets, Magic, Bucks, Spurs, Bulls, Nets, Celtics
Wayne Turner Undrafted Celtics
Erik Daniels Undrafted Kings
Randolph Morris Undrafted Knicks, Hawks
Gerald Fitch Undrafted Heat
Jeff Sheppard Undrafted Hawks
Joe Crawford 58th, Los Angeles Lakers, 2008 NBA draft Knicks
Michael Bradley 17th, Toronto Raptors, 2001 NBA draft Raptors, Hawks, Magic, Kings, 76ers
Shandon Anderson 54th, Utah Jazz, 1996 NBA draft Jazz, Rockets, Knicks, Heat
Michael Ruffin 32nd, Chicago Bulls, 1999 NBA draft Bulls, 76ers, Jazz, Wizards, Bucks, Bulls, Trailblazers
Ralph Sampson III Undrafted Reno Bighorns, Nilan Bisons, Maine Red Claws
Maverick Ahanmisi 3rd, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 2015 PBA draft Cafe France Bakers, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
Dejan Kravić Undrafted Rethymno Aegean, SPM Shoeters Den Bosch
Jaye Crockett Undrafted Tortona Orsi Derthona
Toddrick Gotcher Undrafted Ifaistos Limnou
Keenan Evans Undrafted Grand Rapids Drive
Zach Smith Undrafted Greensboro Swarm
Jeremiah Martin Undrafted Miami Heat
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Missouri Valley Conference) (1991–1995)
1991–92 Tulsa 17–13 12–6 T–4th
1992–93 Tulsa 15–14 10–8 4th
1993–94 Tulsa 23–8 15–3 1st NCAA Division I Sweet 16
Tulsa: 79–43 (.648) 52–20 (.722)
Georgia Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (1995–1997)
1995–96 Georgia 21–10 9–7 T–3rd NCAA Division I Sweet 16
1996–97 Georgia 24–9 10–6 4th NCAA Round of 64
Georgia: 45–19 (.703) 19–13 (.594)
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (1997–2007)
1997–98 Kentucky 35–4 14–2 1st NCAA Division I Champion
1998–99 Kentucky 28–9 11–5 3rd NCAA Division I Elite Eight
1999–00 Kentucky 23–10 12–4 T–1st NCAA Division I Round of 32
2000–01 Kentucky 24–10 12–4 T–1st NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2001–02 Kentucky 22–10 10–6 T–2nd NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2002–03 Kentucky 32–4 16–0 1st NCAA Division I Elite Eight
2003–04 Kentucky 27–5 13–3 2nd NCAA Division I Round of 32
2005–06 Kentucky 22–13 9–7 6th NCAA Division I Round of 32
Kentucky: 263–83 (.760) 120–40 (.750)
Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (2007–2013)
2007–08 Minnesota 20–14 8–10 6th NIT First Round
2008–09 Minnesota 22–11 9���9 T–7th NCAA Division I Round of 64
2009–10 Minnesota 21–14 9–9 6th NCAA Division I Round of 64
2010–11 Minnesota 17–14 6–12 9th
2011–12 Minnesota 23–15 6–12 T–9th NIT Runner-up
2012–13 Minnesota 21–13 8–10 T–7th NCAA Division I Round of 32
Minnesota: 124–81 (.605) 46–62 (.426)
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (2013–2016)
2013–14 Texas Tech 14–18 6–12 9th
2014–15 Texas Tech 13–19 3–15 10th
2015–16 Texas Tech 19–13 9–9 7th NCAA Division I Round of 64
Texas Tech: 46–50 (.479) 18–36 (.333)
Memphis Tigers (American Athletic Conference) (2016–2018)
2016–17 Memphis 19–13 9–9 T–5th
2017–18 Memphis 21–13 10–8 5th
Memphis: 40–26 (.606) 19–17 (.528)
High Point Panthers (Big South Conference) (2018–present)
2018–19 High Point 16–15 9–7 T–5th
High Point: 16–15 (.516) 9–7 (.563)
Total: 613–317 (.659)
National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins
List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach
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^ "Tubby Smith of Texas Tech Named 2016 John R. Wooden Award® Legends of Coaching Recipient". Wooden Award. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
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^ Howatt, Glenn – "Quick, find the 1,425 people who earn more than the guv[permanent dead link]" Star Tribune, July 17, 2008. "The highest paid include county attorneys and medical examiners, a zoo director, state treatment center medical workers and more than 800 university professors. And earning the most among this group was Gophers basketball coach Tubby Smith at $1 million."
^ Coaches are highest paid at University of Minnesota | Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, North Dakota. Grand Forks Herald (December 16, 2012). Retrieved on 2013-03-23.
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Q: How to add more Attribute in XElement? I have a data structure as under
class BasketCondition
{
        public List<Sku> SkuList { get; set; }
        public string InnerBoolean { get; set; }
}

class Sku
{
        public string SkuName { get; set; }
        public int Quantity { get; set; }
        public int PurchaseType { get; set; }
}

Now let us populate some value to it
var skuList = new List<Sku>();
skuList.Add(new Sku { SkuName = "TSBECE-AA", Quantity = 2, PurchaseType = 3 });
skuList.Add(new Sku { SkuName = "TSEECE-AA", Quantity = 5, PurchaseType = 3 });

BasketCondition bc = new BasketCondition();
bc.InnerBoolean = "OR";
bc.SkuList = skuList;

The desire output is
<BasketCondition>
   <InnerBoolean Type="OR">
      <SKUs Sku="TSBECE-AA" Quantity="2" PurchaseType="3"/>
      <SKUs Sku="TSEECE-AA" Quantity="5" PurchaseType="3"/>
   </InnerBoolean>
</BasketCondition>

My program so far is
XDocument doc =
       new XDocument(
       new XElement("BasketCondition",

       new XElement("InnerBoolean", new XAttribute("Type", bc.InnerBoolean),
       bc.SkuList.Select(x => new XElement("SKUs", new XAttribute("Sku", x.SkuName)))
       )));

Which gives me the output as
<BasketCondition>
  <InnerBoolean Type="OR">
    <SKUs Sku="TSBECE-AA" />
    <SKUs Sku="TSEECE-AA" />
  </InnerBoolean>
</BasketCondition>

How can I add the rest of the attributes Quantity and PurchaseType to my program.
Please help

A: You can simply do this:
yourXElement.Add(new XAttribute("Quantity", "2"));
yourXElement.Add(new XAttribute("PurchaseType", "3"));

A: I found it
bc.SkuList.Select(x => new XElement("SKUs", new XAttribute("Sku", x.SkuName),
                                            new XAttribute("Quantity", x.Quantity),
                                            new XAttribute("PurchaseType", x.PurchaseType)
                                    ))

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The Chicago Bulls have several needs headed into the upcoming NBA draft, including the Bulls' biggest needs of shooting and athleticism. There are questions regarding the Bulls roster configuration — too many point guards on the team and not enough complimentary pieces for Jimmy Butler.
A big chunk of the Bulls' roster feature restricted free agents who may not remain with the team. The two primary players who are restricted free agents are Nikola Mirotic and Cristiano Felicio. At least one of them are expected to be re-signed by the Bulls.
After that there is one big question that requires attention — should the Chicago Bulls trade Jimmy Butler? How the Bulls handle that will determine the direction of the franchise. If they trade him, they are accepting a full rebuilding project. If the Bulls keep him, look for another season of the same team, with some tweaks.
Jimmy Butler's status around the league is at an all-time high these days. It is a guarantee that the Bulls will not find equal trade value for Butler, but a top pick, two players and additional draft pick would give them something to think about. The Bulls will have draft picks regardless what they do with Butler.
What direction the Bulls go in the NBA remains to be seen. Barring a Jimmy Butler a trade, forget about the possibility of the Bulls targeting Markelle Fultz, Lonzo Ball, and Josh Jackson. Those prospects will be off the board by the time the Bulls are on the board at No. 16. The players the Bulls will be going after will be late-lottery prospects.
Instead of the Lonzo Ball's of the world, the Bulls will be looking at someone such as Indiana's OG Anunoby.
Anunoby is a player who could land in the later part of the lottery or fall to the low teens. He tore his ACL in January, according to the News-Sentinel. Despite suffering from the serious knee injury, Anunoby has the upside to become one of the better small forwards in NBA draft.
Another player who makes sense for the Chicago Bulls is Creighton's Justin Patton. CSN Chicago is suggesting that Patton could be generating some buzz with the Bulls as a stretch-four, who can slide over to play center in a pinch.
For the Bulls, Patton would fill both of their needs of shooting and athleticism. Doug McDermott is the last player the Bulls drafted from Creighton and he did not work out the way they had hoped. Will that discourage the Bulls from taking Patton? That remains to be seen.
Patton is opening the eyes of the scouts (according to the Omaha World-Herald). He could be the sleeper in the draft according to Sam Vecenie's of Sporting News analysis.
If Patton's stock continues to rise, he may be off the Chicago Bulls' draft board.
A Jimmy Butler trade changes things. If the Bulls decide to swing a trade it would open the door for Markelle Fultz or Josh Jackson. It is difficult to see Lonzo Ball as a player the Bulls would take due to his father LaVar Ball's personality. That may be too much for the Bulls to deal with if they were to obtain one of the top picks in the draft.
The next few weeks will be huge for the Chicago Bulls. The NBA draft will only be the beginning.


Preparation of hazelnuts Note: Do not toast hazelnuts in a pan on the stove top. Nuts toast unevenly and can also scorch while being under-toasted at the same time.
Tip: To keep the tarts flat, poke holes in the dough with a fork. Place on a silicone baking sheet pan and shape so all look alike.
Tip: Fruit should be soft with a little "push back" when tested with a wooden skewer. Serve warn with top quality vanilla ice cream or softly whipped cream.


Of all life-bearing worlds, oxygen planets are the rarest and most valuable.
Stars, of course, are as common as dirt, and as filthy with life. Sundwellers as large as Australia and as small as the state of New Jersey infest the surface of even so common a star as our own. A red giant like Aldebaran holds so many living creatures on its surface that it's a wonder any light gets out at all. Most of the leaders and industrialists of the Known Universe come from red giants.
Next after stars come the gas giants. Ammonia atmospheres, for some reason, are particularly conducive to intelligent life. Since ammonia-based life forms are almost universally floaters, lacking even rudimentary manipulating limbs, they lead lives of the mind. Most of the philosophers and theologians of the Known Universe come from gas giants.
Third in line are the vacuum planets. Free of the corrosive effects of an atmosphere, an enormous variety of magnetic, gravitic, and energy-based civilizations have arisen. These are the artisan races—the merchants, mechanics, and artists.
Last of all, and most valued, are the oxygen planets, often called the "Goldilocks worlds" because in order to hold the extensive oceans that make such atmospheres stable, they must be neither too far from their suns nor too near, but can only exist at a "just right" distance.
The oxygen planets are valued for their intelligent species. An oxygen race typically employs tools, shows enormous ingenuity under stress, is fiercely loyal and yet irrepressibly playful, and is capable of being taught almost any skill.


rapid growth of cloud-native services and increasing acceptance of cloud-based environments as secure coupled with a need to save costs are driving companies away from traditional data centres (DCs) to cloud environments.In India, IT giants are now building solutions on the cloud rather than on physical infrastructure due to increased flexibility, scalability and speed.
With cloud computing becoming more prevalent in companies, both large and small, the global requirement for professionals is steadily on the rise and over over a million jobs in the sector will be created in the country by 2022, according to a report.
The report is based on conversations with senior cloud experts, recruiting managers as well as subject matter experts and is supplemented by data from high-quality industry research reports.
In the coming years, however, nearly all IT expenditure will be on a private, public or hybrid cloud environment, making all IT roles, in some sense, cloud computing roles, it added.
The Indian cloud computing market, currently at USD 2.2 billion, is expected to grow to USD 4 billion by 2020 with an annual growth rate of more than 30 per cent, it added.
The rapid growth of cloud-native services and increasing acceptance of cloud-based environments as secure coupled with a need to save costs are driving companies away from traditional data centres (DCs) to cloud environments.
In India, IT giants are now building solutions on the cloud rather than on physical infrastructure due to increased flexibility, scalability and speed.
"A quick search on popular job boards shows hundreds of open jobs in various roles that require cloud computing expertise. An estimated 1 million new jobs will be created in India by the year 2022 as more companies adopt cloud technology," it added.
According to the report there are about 18 million cloud computing jobs worldwide at the moment with a salary of over USD 1,00,000 per annum.
The salary for a leading cloud professional can go as high as USD 2,80,000 per annum, it indicated.
In India, the salary for an entry level (0-2 years of experience) cloud professional is around Rs 5-7 lakhs which is significantly greater than that of a traditional IT engineer, who would earn about Rs 3-5 lakhs.
The salary for an associate working in cloud with less than 5 years of experience can range from Rs 12-19 lakhs and a mid-level manager can easily command upwards of Rs 20 lakhs.
Cloud architects and other specialists with 10-15 years of experience can earn over Rs 30 lakhs, it added.
More than 1.7 million cloud jobs worldwide remained open as technical recruiters face difficulties in filling out job vacancies in cloud.
The report further added that unlike IT skill shortages in the past, solving this skills gap is challenging, as cloud brings a new set of skills, which haven't been needed in the past.
This skill gap comes at a time when almost two-thirds of global enterprises are planning, implementing or using cloud computing, and more than 50 per cent of businesses agree that cloud computing is a high priority.


第五章 冒险行动 — 5. At Random!
第八章 动中之动 — 8. "Mobilis in Mobili"
第二十三章 强逼睡眠 — 23. "Aegri Somnia"
第十五章 意外呢?偶然呢? — 15. Accident or Incident?
IN THE AFTERMATH of this storm, we were thrown back to the east. Away went any hope of escaping to the landing places of New York or the St. Lawrence. In despair, poor Ned went into seclusion like Captain Nemo. Conseil and I no longer left each other.
As I said, the Nautilus veered to the east. To be more accurate, I should have said to the northeast. Sometimes on the surface of the waves, sometimes beneath them, the ship wandered for days amid these mists so feared by navigators. These are caused chiefly by melting ice, which keeps the air extremely damp. How many ships have perished in these waterways as they tried to get directions from the hazy lights on the coast! How many casualties have been caused by these opaque mists! How many collisions have occurred with these reefs, where the breaking surf is covered by the noise of the wind! How many vessels have rammed each other, despite their running lights, despite the warnings given by their bosun's pipes and alarm bells!
So the floor of this sea had the appearance of a battlefield where every ship defeated by the ocean still lay, some already old and encrusted, others newer and reflecting our beacon light on their ironwork and copper undersides. Among these vessels, how many went down with all hands, with their crews and hosts of immigrants, at these trouble spots so prominent in the statistics: Cape Race, St. Paul Island, the Strait of Belle Isle, the St. Lawrence estuary! And in only a few years, how many victims have been furnished to the obituary notices by the Royal Mail, Inman, and Montreal lines; by vessels named the Solway, the Isis, the Paramatta, the Hungarian, the Canadian, the Anglo-Saxon, the Humboldt, and the United States, all run aground; by the Arctic and the Lyonnais, sunk in collisions; by the President, the Pacific, and the City of Glasgow, lost for reasons unknown; in the midst of their gloomy rubble, the Nautilus navigated as if passing the dead in review!
By May 15 we were off the southern tip of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. These banks are the result of marine sedimentation, an extensive accumulation of organic waste brought either from the equator by the Gulf Stream's current, or from the North Pole by the countercurrent of cold water that skirts the American coast. Here, too, erratically drifting chunks collect from the ice breakup. Here a huge boneyard forms from fish, mollusks, and zoophytes dying over it by the billions.
The sea is of no great depth at the Grand Banks. A few hundred fathoms at best. But to the south there is a deep, suddenly occurring depression, a 3,000-meter pit. Here the Gulf Stream widens. Its waters come to full bloom. It loses its speed and temperature, but it turns into a sea.
Among the fish that the Nautilus startled on its way, I'll mention a one-meter lumpfish, blackish on top with orange on the belly and rare among its brethren in that it practices monogamy, a good-sized eelpout, a type of emerald moray whose flavor is excellent, wolffish with big eyes in a head somewhat resembling a canine's, viviparous blennies whose eggs hatch inside their bodies like those of snakes, bloated gobio (or black gudgeon) measuring two decimeters, grenadiers with long tails and gleaming with a silvery glow, speedy fish venturing far from their High Arctic seas.
Our nets also hauled in a bold, daring, vigorous, and muscular fish armed with prickles on its head and stings on its fins, a real scorpion measuring two to three meters, the ruthless enemy of cod, blennies, and salmon; it was the bullhead of the northerly seas, a fish with red fins and a brown body covered with nodules. The Nautilus's fishermen had some trouble getting a grip on this animal, which, thanks to the formation of its gill covers, can protect its respiratory organs from any parching contact with the air and can live out of water for a good while.
And I'll mention--for the record--some little banded blennies that follow ships into the northernmost seas, sharp-snouted carp exclusive to the north Atlantic, scorpionfish, and lastly the gadoid family, chiefly the cod species, which I detected in their waters of choice over these inexhaustible Grand Banks.
"Mercy, look at these cod!" he said. "Why, I thought cod were flat, like dab or sole!"
"Innocent boy!" I exclaimed. "Cod are flat only at the grocery store, where they're cut open and spread out on display. But in the water they're like mullet, spindle-shaped and perfectly built for speed."
"I can easily believe master," Conseil replied. "But what crowds of them! What swarms!"
"Bah! My friend, there'd be many more without their enemies, scorpionfish and human beings! Do you know how many eggs have been counted in a single female?"
"I'll go all out," Conseil replied. "500,000."
"11,000,000! I refuse to accept that until I count them myself."
"So count them, Conseil. But it would be less work to believe me. Besides, Frenchmen, Englishmen, Americans, Danes, and Norwegians catch these cod by the thousands. They're eaten in prodigious quantities, and without the astonishing fertility of these fish, the seas would soon be depopulated of them. Accordingly, in England and America alone, 5,000 ships manned by 75,000 seamen go after cod. Each ship brings back an average catch of 4,400 fish, making 22,000,000. Off the coast of Norway, the total is the same."
"Fine," Conseil replied, "I'll take master's word for it. I won't count them."
"Those 11,000,000 eggs. But I'll make one comment."
"If all their eggs hatched, just four codfish could feed England, America, and Norway."
As we skimmed the depths of the Grand Banks, I could see perfectly those long fishing lines, each armed with 200 hooks, that every boat dangled by the dozens. The lower end of each line dragged the bottom by means of a small grappling iron, and at the surface it was secured to the buoy-rope of a cork float. The Nautilus had to maneuver shrewdly in the midst of this underwater spiderweb.
But the ship didn't stay long in these heavily traveled waterways. It went up to about latitude 42 degrees. This brought it abreast of St. John's in Newfoundland and Heart's Content, where the Atlantic Cable reaches its end point.
Instead of continuing north, the Nautilus took an easterly heading, as if to go along this plateau on which the telegraph cable rests, where multiple soundings have given the contours of the terrain with the utmost accuracy.
It was on May 17, about 500 miles from Heart's Content and 2,800 meters down, that I spotted this cable lying on the seafloor. Conseil, whom I hadn't alerted, mistook it at first for a gigantic sea snake and was gearing up to classify it in his best manner. But I enlightened the fine lad and let him down gently by giving him various details on the laying of this cable.
The first cable was put down during the years 1857-1858; but after transmitting about 400 telegrams, it went dead. In 1863 engineers built a new cable that measured 3,400 kilometers, weighed 4,500 metric tons, and was shipped aboard the Great Eastern. This attempt also failed.
Now then, on May 25 while submerged to a depth of 3,836 meters, the Nautilus lay in precisely the locality where this second cable suffered the rupture that ruined the undertaking. It happened 638 miles from the coast of Ireland. At around two o'clock in the afternoon, all contact with Europe broke off. The electricians on board decided to cut the cable before fishing it up, and by eleven o'clock that evening they had retrieved the damaged part. They repaired the joint and its splice; then the cable was resubmerged. But a few days later it snapped again and couldn't be recovered from the ocean depths.
These Americans refused to give up. The daring Cyrus Field, who had risked his whole fortune to promote this undertaking, called for a new bond issue. It sold out immediately. Another cable was put down under better conditions. Its sheaves of conducting wire were insulated within a gutta-percha covering, which was protected by a padding of textile material enclosed in a metal sheath. The Great Eastern put back to sea on July 13, 1866.
The operation proceeded apace. Yet there was one hitch. As they gradually unrolled this third cable, the electricians observed on several occasions that someone had recently driven nails into it, trying to damage its core. Captain Anderson, his officers, and the engineers put their heads together, then posted a warning that if the culprit were detected, he would be thrown overboard without a trial. After that, these villainous attempts were not repeated.
By July 23 the Great Eastern was lying no farther than 800 kilometers from Newfoundland when it received telegraphed news from Ireland of an armistice signed between Prussia and Austria after the Battle of Sadova. Through the mists on the 27th, it sighted the port of Heart's Content. The undertaking had ended happily, and in its first dispatch, young America addressed old Europe with these wise words so rarely understood: "Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to men of good will."
I didn't expect to find this electric cable in mint condition, as it looked on leaving its place of manufacture. The long snake was covered with seashell rubble and bristling with foraminifera; a crust of caked gravel protected it from any mollusks that might bore into it. It rested serenely, sheltered from the sea's motions, under a pressure favorable to the transmission of that electric spark that goes from America to Europe in 32/100 of a second. This cable will no doubt last indefinitely because, as observers note, its gutta-percha casing is improved by a stay in salt water.
Besides, on this well-chosen plateau, the cable never lies at depths that could cause a break. The Nautilus followed it to its lowest reaches, located 4,431 meters down, and even there it rested without any stress or strain. Then we returned to the locality where the 1863 accident had taken place.
There the ocean floor formed a valley 120 kilometers wide, into which you could fit Mt. Blanc without its summit poking above the surface of the waves. This valley is closed off to the east by a sheer wall 2,000 meters high. We arrived there on May 28, and the Nautilus lay no farther than 150 kilometers from Ireland.
Would Captain Nemo head up north and beach us on the British Isles? No. Much to my surprise, he went back down south and returned to European seas. As we swung around the Emerald Isle, I spotted Cape Clear for an instant, plus the lighthouse on Fastnet Rock that guides all those thousands of ships setting out from Glasgow or Liverpool.
An important question then popped into my head.
Would the Nautilus dare to tackle the English Channel? Ned Land (who promptly reappeared after we hugged shore) never stopped questioning me. What could I answer him? Captain Nemo remained invisible. After giving the Canadian a glimpse of American shores, was he about to show me the coast of France?
But the Nautilus kept gravitating southward. On May 30, in sight of Land's End, it passed between the lowermost tip of England and the Scilly Islands, which it left behind to starboard.
If it was going to enter the English Channel, it clearly needed to head east. It did not.
All day long on May 31, the Nautilus swept around the sea in a series of circles that had me deeply puzzled. It seemed to be searching for a locality that it had some trouble finding. At noon Captain Nemo himself came to take our bearings. He didn't address a word to me. He looked gloomier than ever. What was filling him with such sadness? Was it our proximity to these European shores? Was he reliving his memories of that country he had left behind? If so, what did he feel? Remorse or regret? For a good while these thoughts occupied my mind, and I had a hunch that fate would soon give away the captain's secrets.
The next day, June 1, the Nautilus kept to the same tack. It was obviously trying to locate some precise spot in the ocean. Just as on the day before, Captain Nemo came to take the altitude of the sun. The sea was smooth, the skies clear. Eight miles to the east, a big steamship was visible on the horizon line. No flag was flapping from the gaff of its fore-and-aft sail, and I couldn't tell its nationality.
A few minutes before the sun passed its zenith, Captain Nemo raised his sextant and took his sights with the utmost precision. The absolute calm of the waves facilitated this operation. The Nautilus lay motionless, neither rolling nor pitching.
He went down the hatch. Had he seen that vessel change course and seemingly head toward us? I'm unable to say.
I returned to the lounge. The hatch closed, and I heard water hissing in the ballast tanks. The Nautilus began to sink on a vertical line, because its propeller was in check and no longer furnished any forward motion.
Some minutes later it stopped at a depth of 833 meters and came to rest on the seafloor.
The ceiling lights in the lounge then went out, the panels opened, and through the windows I saw, for a half-mile radius, the sea brightly lit by the beacon's rays.
I looked to port and saw nothing but the immenseness of these tranquil waters.
To starboard, a prominent bulge on the sea bottom caught my attention. You would have thought it was some ruin enshrouded in a crust of whitened seashells, as if under a mantle of snow. Carefully examining this mass, I could identify the swollen outlines of a ship shorn of its masts, which must have sunk bow first. This casualty certainly dated from some far-off time. To be so caked with the limestone of these waters, this wreckage must have spent many a year on the ocean floor.
What ship was this? Why had the Nautilus come to visit its grave? Was it something other than a maritime accident that had dragged this craft under the waters?
"Originally this ship was christened the Marseillais. It carried seventy-four cannons and was launched in 1762. On August 13, 1778, commanded by La Poype-Vertrieux, it fought valiantly against the Preston. On July 4, 1779, as a member of the squadron under Admiral d'Estaing, it assisted in the capture of the island of Grenada. On September 5, 1781, under the Count de Grasse, it took part in the Battle of Chesapeake Bay. In 1794 the new Republic of France changed the name of this ship. On April 16 of that same year, it joined the squadron at Brest under Rear Admiral Villaret de Joyeuse, who was entrusted with escorting a convoy of wheat coming from America under the command of Admiral Van Stabel. In this second year of the French Revolutionary Calendar, on the 11th and 12th days in the Month of Pasture, this squadron fought an encounter with English vessels. Sir, today is June 1, 1868, or the 13th day in the Month of Pasture. Seventy-four years ago to the day, at this very spot in latitude 47 degrees 24' and longitude 17 degrees 28', this ship sank after a heroic battle; its three masts gone, water in its hold, a third of its crew out of action, it preferred to go to the bottom with its 356 seamen rather than surrender; and with its flag nailed up on the afterdeck, it disappeared beneath the waves to shouts of 'Long live the Republic!'"
"This is the Avenger!" I exclaimed.
"Yes, sir! The Avenger! A splendid name!" Captain Nemo murmured, crossing his arms.


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