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It's Not Just Flint: Water Supplies in many U.S. Cities are Contaminated by Lead
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By Michael Wines and John Schwartz, New York Times
In Sebring, Ohio, routine laboratory tests in August found unsafe levels of lead in the town's drinking water after workers stopped adding a chemical to keep lead water pipes from corroding. Five months passed before the city told pregnant women and children not to drink the water, and shut down taps and fountains in schools.
In 2001, after Washington, D.C., changed how it disinfected drinking water, lead in tap water at thousands of homes spiked as much as 20 times the federally approved level. Residents did not find out for three years. When they did, officials ripped out lead water pipes feeding 17,600 homes — and discovered three years later that many of the repairs had only prolonged the contamination.
The crisis in Flint, Michigan, where as many as 8,000 children under age 6 were exposed to unsafe levels of lead after a budget-cutting decision to switch drinking-water sources, may be the most serious contamination threat facing the country's water supplies. But it is hardly the only one.
Unsafe levels of lead have turned up in tap water in city after city — in Durham and Greenville, North Carolina, in 2006; in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2005; and in July in Jackson, Mississippi, where officials waited six months to disclose the contamination — as well as in scores of other places in recent years.
Federal officials and many scientists agree that most of the nation's 53,000 community water systems provide safe drinking water. But such episodes are unsettling reminders of what experts say are holes in the safety net of rules and procedures intended to keep water not just lead-free, but free of all poisons.
The Environmental Protection Agency says streams tapped by water utilities serving a third of the population are not yet covered by clean-water laws that limit levels of toxic pollutants. Even purified water often travels to homes through pipes that are in stunning disrepair, potentially open to disease and pollutants.
Although Congress banned lead water pipes 30 years ago, between 3.3 million and 10 million older ones remain, primed to leach lead into tap water by forces as simple as jostling during repairs or a change in water chemistry.
"We have a lot of threats to the water supply," said Dr. Jeffrey K. Griffiths, a professor of public health at Tufts University and a former chairman of the EPA's Drinking Water Committee. "And we have lots of really good professionals in the water industry who see themselves as protecting the public good. But it doesn't take much for our aging infrastructure or an unprofessional actor to allow that protection to fall apart."
Both researchers and industry officials say problems extend well beyond lead. Many potentially harmful contaminants have yet to be evaluated, much less regulated. Efforts to address shortcomings often encounter pushback from industries like agriculture and mining that fear cost increases, and from politicians ideologically opposed to regulation.
Rules and science are outdated. The EPA's trigger level for addressing lead in drinking water — 15 parts per billion — is not based on any health threat; rather, it reflects a calculation that water in at least 9 in 10 homes susceptible to lead contamination will fall below that standard.
And while political leaders upbraid the EPA and state regulators for laggard responses to crises in Flint and elsewhere, they have themselves lagged in offering support. Adjusted for inflation, the $100 million annual budget of the EPA's drinking water office has fallen 15 percent since 2006, and the office has lost more than a tenth of its staff.
States are equally hard hit. In 2013, the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators said federal officials had slashed drinking-water grants, 17 states had cut drinking-water budgets by more than a fifth, and 27 had cut spending on full-time employees. "The cumulative effect of the resource gap has serious implications for states' ability to protect public health," the group stated.
As Flint's water crisis surfaced in the fall, Congress was considering the EPA's effort to clarify its regulatory powers over tributaries and wetlands — the streams that supply water to a third of Americans.
Both houses passed legislation to block a new Clean Water Act regulation, the Waters of the United States rule, that aims to assert authority over those waters, which the Supreme Court had questioned in 2001 and 2006 rulings.
And Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., who is chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, denounced the rule as a federal power grab.
President Barack Obama vetoed that legislation last month, but more than two dozen states have sued to block the rule. Among their arguments: It would hurt business.
An EPA spokeswoman said Friday that the agency hoped to propose strengthened regulation of lead in drinking water in 2017, something the agency's administrator, Gina McCarthy, said was needed in a speech this month in Flint. She pledged then to start "a national conversation about this country's water infrastructure" and resources for states.
McCarthy has also issued a new policy calling for federal regulators to take a more active role in the face of public health crises.
A Core Problem: Old Lead Pipes
In 2011, the water authority in Brick Township, New Jersey, an oceanside settlement of 75,000 people, tested tap water in a small sample of homes for lead, as the EPA requires be done periodically. It discovered two homes in which the level exceeded the agency's limit of 15 parts per billion, well short of the number that required remedial steps.
But in the next mandated test, three years later, it found that 16 of 34 homes exceeded the limit — one of them by a dozen times. The growing use of road salt in recent winters, it turned out, had raised chloride levels in the river from which Brick drew its water. Undetected, the chloride corroded aged lead pipes running to older homes, leaching lead into tap water.
The town has since added an anti-corrosion agent to its water, but some residents remain wary.
"Why didn't somebody in the water company realize with all the snow we've had in those years that something was going to affect the water?" asked Jeff Brown, 73, whose 1960s-era ranch home was built when lead was allowed in water lines and plumbing. "I hope they've learned a lesson."
The authorities in Brick say the water now meets federal standards. But that is cold comfort to Brown. "I'm never reassured when they tell you what's in federal guidelines," he said. "Who sets the standards?"
Brick is but one example of how lead contamination can elude rules and authorities, potentially for years.
"We need an aggressive program to get rid of lead service lines, starting with an inventory so we know where they are," said Lynn Thorp, the national campaigns director for Clean Water Action, an advocacy group. "Water systems need to up their game and take this problem more seriously."
Both scientists and advocates say the rules governing contamination from lead pipes are ridden with loopholes. For example, the EPA's lead rule requires water systems to test in only a small number of homes with lead pipes — 50 to 100 for large systems — and intervals that can stretch to three years.
Water systems use various protocols for tap water tests, and rules allow ordinary homeowners to conduct them unsupervised, raising questions about their consistency. Officials must disclose contamination and take remedial action only if tests show more than 10 percent of sampled homes exceed the standard. Advocates say that lets utilities declare their water safe even if contamination is uncovered.
"Over the last decade we've learned that the testing routines did not detect true risk from lead, that there are forms of lead that we're not testing for and that testing was too infrequent," said Griffiths, former chairman of the EPA's Drinking Water Committee. "It's hard to see how the status quo in lead testing for water is adequately serving the public."
In December, the Drinking Water Committee endorsed recommendations by an advisory group to strengthen the lead rule in several critical areas. The group said water systems should bolster their anti-corrosion efforts and test more often to ensure that they are working. It called for the EPA to set a standard for lead in drinking water based on its effect on people's health, likely below the current level, and to require water systems to tell homeowners and public-health officials whenever it is exceeded.
Yanna Lambrinidou, who was on the advisory panel, is an adjunct assistant professor of science and technology studies at Virginia Tech, whose experts first disclosed the scope of Flint's lead problem. She dissented from the group's recommendations, arguing that they did not go far enough.
A study for the American Water Works Association, she noted, found that samplings of water that had been sitting in lead pipes had unacceptable lead levels in as much as 70.5 percent of water systems.
The advisory group also urged the EPA to require water systems to eventually replace all lead pipes, but it did not address the main obstacle to that goal: cost. At $5,000 per pipe, by one estimate, that would consume between $16.5 billion and $50 billion — and that is but a fraction of the $384 billion in deferred maintenance the EPA says is needed by 2030 to keep drinking water safe.
Erik D. Olson, head of the health and environment program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said: "You think our roads and bridges aren't being fixed? The stuff underground is just totally ignored. We're mostly living off the investment of our parents and grandparents for our drinking water supply."
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Exide's Successor Must Test for Lead Pollution Before Ramping Up Production (by Ken Broder, AllGov California)
Top EPA Official Resigns over Muted Response to Flint Water Contamination (by Timothy Gardner and Fiona Ortiz, Reuters)
100,000 Water Pollution Violations a Year (by Noel Brinkerhoff and David Wallechinsky, AllGov)


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Governments cartoon 1 of 434
King glaring at a map labelled "Mine" and "Theirs"
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"We'll probably vote for the least qualified candidate. We have no judgment skills."
Handelsman, J. B.
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"Anybody who doesn't like our one-party system can go to Russia!"
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"Even a small kingdom, Your Highness, can make effective use of modern management techniques."
Steiner, Peter
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"My bill isn't terribly controversial. It would provide modest tax breaks for people who don't really need them."
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"I've made my fortune, and now it's time for me to run for office and consolidate it."
Smaller, Barbara
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"I'm afraid the trip is off—our government is cracking down on illegal aliens."
Lorenz, Lee
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"Put simply, the mission is to discover a potential enemy who could justify our three-hundred-billion-dollar defense budget."
Stevenson, James
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"Did you bring a duplicate copy of your 'Times' obit with you?"
Levin, Arnie
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Governments cartoon 10 of 434
"The only solution I can see is to hold a series of long and costly hearings in order to put off finding a solution."
Ziegler, Jack
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"I hate to say it, but Gore appears to be a regular sort of chap, after all."
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"But Moses, if I let your people go I'll have to let everybody's people go."
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"Mr. Bush, this is Vytautas Landsbergis, in Vilnius. Guess what."
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"A few minutes ago, God very graciously called to congratulate me."
Noth, Paul
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"Harold, would you say you are left of center, right of center, left of left, right of left, left of right, or right of right, or what?"
Booth, George
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"My platform is very simple--less talk and more music."
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Thoughts about a comfort
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"Look, Nixon's no dope. If the people really wanted moral leadership, he'd give them moral leadership."
Barsotti, Charles
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After Dinner at the White House
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"Founding Fathers! How come no Founding Mothers?"
Fradon, Dana
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"It's tricky—if we try to show a human side we may alienate his base."
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"And, for insurance purposes, you must buy insurance."
Dernavich, Drew
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"I own one plane, two yachts, four houses and five politicians."
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"The Bluebird of Happiness is on his way. We're security."
Twohy, Mike
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"No one comes close to him for sound bites!"
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Q: When is the product of a function with a positive linear one convex? Let $f: Y \subset \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^m$ be a non-constant function and $g: \mathbb{R}^m_+ \times Y  \to \mathbb{R}$ be defined as follows:
$$g(\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y}) =  \mathbf{x}^T f(\mathbf{y})$$
I am looking for conditions on $f$ and $Y$ under which $g$ is guaranteed to be convex in $(\mathbf{x},\mathbf{y})$ over the set $\mathbb{R}^m_+ \times Y$.
I have made attempts at proving that this function can never be convex but failed. I have  also failed at finding an example of an $f$ for which $g$ is convex. Any clues?

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Africa & World Economy, Agencies
When Inequality is High, Pandemics Can Fuel Social Unrest
By Tahsin Saadi Sedik and Rui Xu/IMF
In the months and years following previous pandemics, the countries most affected saw a rise in social unrest. Based on this historical trend, the COVID-19 pandemic could pose a threat to the social fabric in many countries, but these trends do not pre-determine an outcome.
Pandemics can set off a vicious cycle of economic despair, inequality, and social unrest.
We take a closer look into this issue in a new IMF staff working paper by analyzing the effect of past major pandemics in 133 countries over 2001–18: SARS in 2003, H1N1 in 2009, MERS in 2012, Ebola in 2014, and Zika in 2016. As shown in our chart of the week, social unrest increased consistently following each of these outbreaks. The International Country Risk Guide's civil disorder score, which is a high frequency and cross-country measure of social unrest, increased significantly, on average, one year after the pandemic.
In terms of methodology, we apply two complementary econometric approaches. First, we use monthly data to estimate how the level of social unrest responds to pandemics. We use social unrest and pandemic data at a monthly frequency and establish a direct link between exogenous pandemic events—that is, those stemming from external factors—and civil disorder (which is expressed as a score). Second, using annual data we explore the channels through which past major pandemics lead to social unrest in the medium term. In particular, we focus on inequality and economic growth as the two key channels.
Indeed, pandemics can set off a vicious cycle of economic despair, inequality, and social unrest. Using econometric analysis, we show that past major pandemics led to a significant increase in social unrest in the medium term, by reducing growth and increasing inequality. Higher social unrest, in turn, is associated with lower growth, which worsens inequality, forming a vicious cycle.
Which countries are more vulnerable? Additional analysis in the Regional Economic Outlook for Asia-Pacific suggests that the effect is stronger when income inequality is already high, to begin with. An increase in the net (post-tax and transfer) Gini coefficient—a commonly-used measure of inequality—is associated with more social unrest when the initial level of the net Gini is above 0.4. More than 45 per cent of countries in the world, and about one-third of Asian economies, have a net Gini coefficient higher than this threshold.
We also find that the impact of inequality on social unrest depends on the extent of redistributive transfers. An increase in inequality is associated with more unrest when redistributive transfers are low, suggesting that social safety measures help reducing social tensions.
Policymakers need to pay special attention to preventing scarring effects on the livelihoods of the most vulnerable in their societies. These are historical trends, not the destiny of countries.
Credit: The Post When Inequality is High, Pandemics Can Fuel Social Unrest first appeared in the IMF Blog on DECEMBER 11, 2020.
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Should Chelsea replace Torres with Wayne Rooney?
The back page headlines in many a tabloid newspaper today will tell you in no uncertain terms that Wayne Rooney is going to follow Sir Alex Ferguson out the door at Man Utd. Reports suggest that Rooney has been unhappy with losing his place up front in the Utd team, and a request to be transfer listed 2 weeks ago was rejected by the club. With our own strikers continuing to contribute their miserly returns in front of goals, an out and out goalscorer is priority number one for most Chelsea fans. Could Wayne Rooney really be the answer?
If the rumours are true, it will be a remarkable turn of events. When Rooney first handed in a transfer request in Oct 2010, he cited the lack of desire shown by the club as his main reason for wishing to leave. With Utd capturing the signatures of Dortmund player of the year Shinji Kagawa and Arsenal captain Robin Van Persie during last summer's transfer window, Rooney certainly can't use a lack of desire to excuse his desire to leave. No, Rooney's main issue in this instance is that he is no longer the leading man at Man Utd. Rooney plays second fiddle to Van Persie, and he's visibly unhappy about it.
Whether Man Utd would sell a player of Rooney's status to us is one thing, but the question of should we buy him is another issue entirely. Fernando Torres has played well in recent months, but his goal return is simply unacceptable. Similarly, Demba Ba was an absolute steal from Newcastle and excellent value for money. What he is not is the main striker in a team looking to challenge domestically and in Europe. Chelsea are crying out for proven goalscorer. We could do worse.
With Mata, Oscar and Hazard playing behind Rooney as the focal point of our attacks, it is not unreasonable to suggest that the goals would be far more free-flowing. Wayne Rooney is a 25 goal a season striker, given the right team. It might not be pretty, and it might not be what we want. There's certainly every chance that this could never happen.
Replacing Torres with Rooney is just going from bad to worse Rooney is overpriced and overarted.
he seems to be a carbon Torres case, remember he was unfit and often doesnt wanted to play ..though a deal between 20-25m would be worth a gamble and anything above would be a foolish attempt.
Rooney is a born striker no doubt. He would bang goals for chelsea playing upfront MAZARCA. The problem is, should we get Lewandoski or Schurrle or both, wld he not stil play behind them??
now, chelsea has always bought players out of positions! – do not laugh, this is serious, even now they play 3 number 10's at a time -, another example remember they have been looking for a right back for 3-4 years (essien & iva played there out of positions finally they got azpi)?
what will they buy in the summer? i am worried!
Rooney deal is a bad deal!


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The sea also signifies universal Mind, that great realm of unexpressed and unformed thoughts and ideas that contains all-potentiality.
We sometimes think of a "sea," too, as a state of unrest.


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By Alex McLevy, Erik Adams, William Hughes, Clayton Purdom, Kelsey J. Waite, David Anthony, Nick Wanserski, Gwen Ihnat, Katie Rife, and Caitlin PenzeyMoog
As we wind down 2018, our best-of coverage continues with the following question:
What was the best live show you saw this year?
Erik Adams
When David Byrne billed the American Utopia tour as "the most ambitious show I've done since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense," it came off a little hyperbolic. Six months after catching the tour's Chicago stop, I think he might've been underselling it. Barefoot and clad in matching gray suits, Byrne and band worked through a set that ran from Talking Heads' Fear Of Music all the way up to his 2018 solo release, a sometimes turgid recording whose songs found new degrees of energy and movement when played by a band whose members were all strapped to their instruments. The performance struck that very David Byrne balance between de-emphasizing elements that might distract from the music (three long curtains of what appeared to be chain mail accounting for all the set dressing) and constantly saying "Hey, look at this cool thing we did!" (again, those curtains, which factored heavily into the choreography and provided the backdrop for some incredible, "What A Day That Was"-style giant silhouettes). I went into the night expecting to see one of my favorite musicians (and the driving force behind my favorite band) put on a show that would maybe, just maybe, live up to one of my favorite movies. I left having cried every last tear in my body, and with the conviction that I need to get a tattoo of the "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" lamp.


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!**********************************************************************************************************************************
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! Copyright (C) 2014  DNV KEMA Renewables, Inc.
!
!    This file is part of the IceFloe suite of subroutines
!
! Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
! you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
! You may obtain a copy of the License at
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! distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
! WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
! See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
! limitations under the License.
!************************************************************************

!****************************************************************
! Module to handle parameter input from user's file

module iceInputParams

   use , INTRINSIC :: iso_fortran_env , only : iostat_end  ! for end of file detection
   use precision
   use NWTC_IO, only : GetNewUnit, OpenFInpFile
   use iceLog

   implicit none

!  This is used for initial read in of variables by name
!  Extraction of values into specific named variables done by getIceInput functions
   type paramType
      character(132) :: name
      real(ReKi)     :: value
   end type paramType

!  Hold some meta data for the input parameters
   type iceInputType
      integer(IntKi) :: unitNum
      integer(IntKi) :: count
      type(paramType), allocatable :: params(:)
   end type iceInputType

!  generic functions for retrieving input parameters
   interface getIceInput
      module procedure getRealInput
      module procedure getIntInput
      module procedure getLogicalInput
   end interface getIceInput

!  data structures for tower - much of this could come from FAST/ElastoDyn/SubDyn
!  but need for other codes
   type twrLegs
      real(ReKi)     :: X
      real(ReKi)     :: Y
      real(ReKi)     :: phase
      real(ReKi)     :: ks
   end type twrLegs
   type towerData
      real(ReKi)     :: diam           ! at water line - this could come from FAST but not other codes
      type(twrLegs), allocatable :: leg(:)
      real(ReKi)     :: freq           ! leg or tower fundamental frequency, Hz
      real(ReKi)     :: coneAngle      ! for flexural failure
      real(ReKi)     :: coneTopDiam    ! for flexural failure
   end type towerData

!  This is the list of input parameters
   type inputParams
      integer(IntKi) :: iceType
      real(ReKi)     :: iceThickness
      real(ReKi)     :: iceVelocity
      real(ReKi)     :: iceDirection
      real(ReKi)     :: timeStep
      real(ReKi)     :: rampTime
      integer(IntKi) :: randomSeed

      type(towerData):: twr
      real(ReKi)     :: multiLegFactor_kn ! Applied to peak load lock-in for all legs when numLegs>1
      logical        :: singleLoad        ! true if multiple leg loads will be combined into an equivalent load
      logical        :: legAutoFactor     ! code decides on leg load shelter factors if true

      real(ReKi)     :: refIceThick
      real(ReKi)     :: refIceStrength
      real(ReKi)     :: staticExponent

      real(ReKi)     :: shapeFactor_k1
      real(ReKi)     :: contactFactor_k2

      real(ReKi)     :: coeffPSD_b
      real(ReKi)     :: coeffPSD_ks
      real(ReKi)     :: crushLoadCOV
      real(ReKi)     :: stdLoadMult
      real(ReKi)     :: freqStep

      real(ReKi)     :: interPeriod
      real(ReKi)     :: riseTime
      real(ReKi)     :: fallTime

      real(ReKi)     :: minLoadFraction

      real(ReKi)     :: flexStrength
      real(ReKi)     :: ice2twrFriction
      real(ReKi)     :: iceDensity
      logical        :: includeHb
      logical        :: includeHr

      real(ReKi)     :: peakLoadCOV
      real(ReKi)     :: coeffLoadPeaks
      real(ReKi)     :: coeffLoadMin
      real(ReKi)     :: periodCOV
      real(ReKi)     :: tauMin
      real(ReKi)     :: tauMax
      real(ReKi)     :: coeffBreakLength
      real(ReKi)     :: rubbleHeight
      real(ReKi)     :: rubblePorosity
      real(ReKi)     :: rubbleCohesion
      real(ReKi)     :: rubbleAngle
      real(ReKi)     :: frictionAngle
      real(ReKi)     :: ice2iceFriction
      real(ReKi)     :: waterDensity
      real(ReKi)     :: iceModulus
      real(ReKi)     :: poissonRatio
      logical        :: includeHp
      logical        :: includeHl
      logical        :: includeHt
      logical        :: includeLc

      real(ReKi)     :: rideUpThickness
      real(ReKi)     :: freqParamK

      real(ReKi)     :: minStrength
      real(ReKi)     :: minStrengthNegVel
    end type inputParams

contains

!========================================================================
   subroutine countIceInputs (fname, iceLog, input)
      character(*), intent(in)                  :: fname    ! name of file with input parameters
      type(iceFloe_LoggingType), intent(inout)   :: iceLog   ! structure with message and error logging variables
      type(iceInputType), intent(out)              :: input

      character(1024)   :: lineIn
      INTEGER(IntKi)    :: ErrStat     ! Error status of the operation
      CHARACTER(msgLen) :: ErrMsg      ! Error message if ErrStat /= ErrID_None
      integer(IntKi)    :: ioStatus

      call GetNewUnit ( input%UnitNum, ErrStat, ErrMsg )
      if (ErrStat >= AbortErrLev) then
         call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrStat, 'CountIceInputs => GetNewUnit: '//newLine//ErrMsg, 1)
         return
      endif

      call OpenFInpFile ( input%UnitNum, trim(fname), ErrStat, ErrMsg  )
      if (ErrStat >= AbortErrLev) then
         call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrStat, 'CountIceInputs => OpenFInpFile: '//newLine//ErrMsg, 1)
         return
      endif

      input%count = 0
      readLoop: do while (.true.)
         read(input%UnitNum,'(A)',iostat=ioStatus) lineIn
         if (ioStatus == iostat_end) exit readLoop
         if(lineIn(1:1) == '!' .or.  &   ! check for a comment
            lineIn(1:1) == '#' .or.  &
            lineIn(1:1) == '$' .or.  &
            lineIn(1:1) == '%' ) then
            cycle readLoop
         else
            input%count = input%count + 1
         endif
      enddo readLoop

      allocate(input%params(input%count), stat=errStat)
      if (errStat /= 0) then
         call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrID_Fatal, 'Error in input parameter array allocation in CountIceInputs', 1)
         return  !  error in array allocation
      endif

!   Go back to the beginning of the file
      rewind (unit=input%UnitNum, iostat = ErrStat)
      if (ErrStat /= 0) then
         call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrID_Fatal, 'CountIceInputs => OpenFInpFile: '//newLine//    &
                            ' Error rewinding parameter input file', 1)
         return
      endif

   end subroutine countIceInputs

!========================================================================
   subroutine readIceInputs (iceLog, input)
      type(iceFloe_LoggingType), intent(inout)   :: iceLog   ! structure with message and error logging variables
      type(iceInputType), intent(inout)            :: input

      character(1024)   :: lineIn
      character(132)    :: varName
      real(ReKi)        :: varValue
      integer(IntKi)    :: ioStatus, nCount, n
      INTEGER(IntKi)    :: ErrStat     ! Error status of the operation
      CHARACTER(msgLen) :: ErrMsg      ! Error message if ErrStat /= ErrID_None

!  read all of the records and put into the proper variable
      nCount = 0
      readLoop: do while (nCount < input%count)
         read(input%UnitNum,'(A)',iostat=ioStatus) lineIn
         if (ioStatus == iostat_end) exit readLoop
         if(lineIn(1:1) == '!' .or.  &   ! check for a comment
            lineIn(1:1) == '$' .or.  &
            lineIn(1:1) == '%' ) cycle readLoop

!   read in the variable name and its value, convert name to upper case
         read(lineIn,*) varName, varValue
         call Conv2UC (varName)
         nCount = nCount + 1
         input%params(nCount)%name = varName
         input%params(nCount)%value = varValue

!   loop through the list of possible input variables check for duplication
         searchLoop: do n = 1, nCount-1
            if(index(varname, input%params(n)%name) > 0) then
               call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrID_Warn, 'Input parameter '//trim(varName)//  &
                                                       ' has been specified twice.', 0)
               exit searchLoop
            endif
         enddo searchloop
      enddo readLoop

      close (input%UnitNum)

   end subroutine readIceInputs

!========================================================================
!  extract the input parameter value from the list
!  and send back to calling routine
   subroutine getRealInput (input, varName, outVal, iceLog, min, max)
      type(iceInputType), intent(in)             :: input
      type(iceFloe_LoggingType), intent(inout) :: iceLog   ! structure with message and error logging variables
      character(*), intent(in)         :: varName     ! This is the variable requested
      real(ReKi), intent(out)          :: outVal
      real(ReKi), intent(in), optional :: min, max

      integer(IntKi)                :: n
      character(len_trim(varName))  :: tmpName
      logical                       :: foundParam

      tmpName = varName  ! can't change varName since it's an intent(in)
      call Conv2UC (tmpName)

      foundParam = .false.
      do n = 1, input%count
         if(index(input%params(n)%name, tmpName) > 0) then
            outVal = input%params(n)%value
            foundParam = .true.
            exit
         endif
      enddo

      if (.not. foundParam)  then
         call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrID_Fatal, 'Input parameter '//varName//' was not in the parameter input file.', 1 )
         return
      endif

!  If requeseted, check that the value is withing reasonable bounds
      if (present(min)) then
         if (outVal < min) then
            call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrID_Warn, 'Input parameter '//varName//' is below the minimum bound', 0 )
         endif
      endif
      if (present(max)) then
         if (outVal > max) then
            call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrID_Warn, 'Input parameter '//varName//' is above the maximum bound', 0 )
         endif
      endif

   end subroutine getRealInput

!------------------------------------------------------------------
   subroutine getIntInput (input, varName, outVal, iceLog, min, max)
      type(iceInputType), intent(in)             :: input
      type(iceFloe_LoggingType), intent(inout) :: iceLog   ! structure with message and error logging variables
      character(*), intent(in)                :: varName     ! This is the variable requested
      integer(IntKi), intent(out)             :: outVal
      integer(IntKi), intent(in), optional    :: min, max

      integer(IntKi)                :: n
      character(len_trim(varName))  :: tmpInName
      logical                       :: foundParam

      tmpInName = varName  ! can't use varname since Conv2UC changes it
      call Conv2UC (tmpInName)

      foundParam = .false.
      do n = 1, input%count
         if(index(input%params(n)%name, tmpInName) > 0) then
            outVal = input%params(n)%value
            foundParam = .true.
            exit
         endif
      enddo

      if (.not. foundParam)  then
         call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrID_Fatal, 'Input parameter '//varName//' was not in the parameter input file.', 1 )
         return
      endif

!  If requeseted, check that the value is withing reasonable bounds
      if (present(min)) then
         if (outVal < min) then
            call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrID_Warn, 'Input parameter '//varName//' is below the minimum bound', 0 )
         endif
      endif
      if (present(max)) then
         if (outVal > max) then
            call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrID_Warn, 'Input parameter '//varName//' is above the maximum bound', 0 )
         endif
      endif

   end subroutine getIntInput

!------------------------------------------------------------------
   subroutine getLogicalInput (input, varName, outVal, iceLog)
      type(iceInputType), intent(in)             :: input
      type(iceFloe_LoggingType), intent(inout)   :: iceLog   ! structure with message and error logging variables
      character(*), intent(in)      :: varName     ! This is the variable requested
      logical, intent(out)          :: outVal
      character(len_trim(varName))  :: tmpName
      integer(IntKi)                :: n
      logical                       :: foundParam

      tmpName = varName
      call Conv2UC (tmpName)

      foundParam = .false.
      do n = 1, input%count
         if(index(input%params(n)%name, tmpName) > 0) then
            !outVal = input%params(n)%value ! warning #6192: Fortran 2003 does not allow this data type conversion. <- real to logical
            outVal = ( NINT(input%params(n)%value) /= 0 )  !Intel: The numeric value of .TRUE. and .FALSE. can be -1 and 0 or 1 and 0 depending on compiler option fpscomp
            foundParam = .true.
            exit
         endif
      enddo

      if (.not. foundParam)  then
         call iceErrorHndlr (iceLog, ErrID_Fatal, 'Input parameter '//varName//' was not in the parameter input file.', 1 )
         return
      endif
   end subroutine getLogicalInput

end module iceInputParams


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Tim Ho Wan's Pork Buns Rock
There's a reason Tim Ho Wan is famous for its pork buns.
When I heard there were lines snaking around the block for the first U.S. outpost of Tim Ho Wan, a Hong Kong-based dim sum chain, I thought, "Surely we have better in Flushing." Still that Michelin star had me real curious about what was so special about Tim Ho Wan's dim sum beyond the fact that it's served 24 hours a day from check off menus instead of carts.
The answer, as I found out the other day, is that the dim sum at the East Village yum cha parlor isn't really all that special. The steamed rice roll with shrimp was passable, but lacking in rice flavor, then again I've been spoiled by Joe's. Pork and shrimp shiu mai, were meh. There is one item that stands head and shoulders above the rest though and is truly best in class, the baked BBQ pork buns.
"Oh, the pork buns are really good," my pal, a dim sum newbie, said. "We have to get two orders," he exclaimed. I was dubious, I mean I'm OK with pork buns, but two orders? As soon as I saw them, I knew he was right. Served three to an order, these char siu bao, were unlike any I've ever seen. A sugary bubbled crust sat on top of the smallish bun, while the bottom was crisp and burnished.
The bao itself was a perfect balance of sweetness, crunch, and just a hint of butteriness, encasing a lovely portion of char siu. It's tempting to say that Tim Ho Wan's pork buns are a cross between a flaky pork pie and a baked bun, but really they're own thing. I could eat them all day, and I'd surely wait on line for them. One thing is certain, you can't find a better pork bun in New York City, even in Flushing.
Tim Ho Wan, 85 Fourth Ave., 212-228-2800
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Beziehungen, Elternschaft & persönliche Entwicklung
Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
Von: Cecil Murphey, Ben Carson MD
Gesprochen von: Richard Allen
This book is for you if your life is a series of shattered dreams. This book is for you if you have no dreams at all. It's for you if you've bought the lie that you'll never amount to anything. That's not true. Your life is big - far bigger than you've imagined. Inside this audiobook lie the keys to recognizing the full potential of your life. You won't necessarily become a millionaire (though you might), but you will attain a life that is rewarding, significant, and more fruitful than you ever thought possible.
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Gesprochen von: Dion Graham
Dr. Ben Carson is known around the world for breakthroughs in neurosurgery that have brought hope where no hope existed. In Gifted Hands, he tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions at age 33.
Heaven Is Real
Lessons on Earthly Joy - from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in Heaven
Von: Don Piper, Cecil Murphey
Gesprochen von: Don Piper, Cecil Murphey
On January 18th, 1989, Don Piper died in a car accident. Ninety minutes later, after a preacher prayed over him, Piper came back to life with an extraordinary story. He'd been to heaven. So began the phenomenon of 90 Minutes in Heaven.
A True Story of Death & Life
Gesprochen von: Don Piper
Since 90 Minutes in Heaven was first published in 2004, millions of people worldwide have heard the incredible true story of Don Piper's experience with death and life - and they have consequently found their own lives changed. After a semi-truck collided with Don Piper's car, he was pronounced dead at the scene. For the next 90 minutes, he experienced the glories of heaven. Back on earth, a passing minister felt led to stop and pray for the accident victim even though he was told Piper was dead.
A True Story of Death and Life - Movie Edition
Don Piper's incredible true story continues to expand its reach to more people than ever before. After a semi truck collided with Don Piper's car, he was pronounced dead at the scene. For the next 90 minutes, he experienced the glories of heaven. Back on earth, a passing minister felt led to stop and pray for the accident victim even though he was told Piper was dead. Miraculously, Piper came back to life, and the pleasure of heaven was replaced by a long and painful recovery.
The True Story of a Sex Trafficking Survivor
Von: Katariina Rosenblatt, Cecil Murphey
Gesprochen von: Kirsten Potter
Stolen is the true story of one survivor who escaped - more than once. First recruited while staying with her family at a hotel in Miami Beach, Katariina Rosenblatt was already a lonely and abused young girl who was yearning to be loved. She fell into the hands of a confident young woman who pretended friendship but slowly lured her into a child prostitution ring. For years afterward, a cycle of false friendship, threats, drugs, and violence kept her trapped.
People I Met at the Gates of Heaven
Who Is Going to Be There Because of You?
Von: Don Piper, Cecil B. Murphey - contributor
This is the audiobook for which you've been waiting! Picking up where best-selling 90 Minutes in Heaven left off, Don Piper reveals for the first time the sacred, intimate details of the people who met him at the gates of heaven and the profound impact they had on his faith on earth.


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Queen Latifah Wants To Bring Diversity To Filmmaking Through New Project
Glennisha Morgan	May 6th
Queen Latifah wants to bring diversity to filmmaking.
The multihyphenate has joined forces with Procter & Gamble and Tribeca Studios for a new project that aims to promote the importance of gender and racial equality in Hollywood, reports Vibe.
The Queen Collective alongside Procter & Gamble and Tribeca Studios will provide mentorship while also offering distribution opportunities for upcoming and aspiring women directors of color.
The Queen Collective has already assisted budding filmmakers B. Monet and Haley Elizabeth Anderson to premiere their films at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday (Apr. 26).
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 26: Dee Rees and Queen Latifah, Director Brittany Fennell and Director Haley Anderson Speak at the Tribeca Talks – Premiere of The Queen Collective Shorts – 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studio on April 26, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)
Monet and Anderson's short films are also currently streaming on Hulu. The collective offers young women in film opportunities that they might not have initially had.
"We see a lot of stories that have been told through their lens in every way, shape and form," Latifah said. "White guys have been able to tell their story in every sort of way, and unfortunately it hasn't been that way for women. And it hasn't been that way for people of other colors or genders. That's the part that's missing. We want to make sure that everyone is allowed to tell their story."
Glennisha Morgan is a Detroit-bred multimedia journalist and writer. She writes about intersectionality, hip-hop, pop culture, queer issues, race, feminism, and her truth. Follow her on Twitter.
Glennisha Morgan is a Detroit-bred multimedia journalist and writer. She writes about intersectionality, hip-hop, pop culture, queer issues, race, feminism, and her truth. Follow her on Twitter @GlennishaMorgan.
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Eurasia Floor, the leading trade fair of carpets and floor coverings, staged for the sixth time on 7-10 September 2006 in Istanbul World Trade Center, and recorded an impressive percentage of visitor and exhibitor attendance. The show consodilated its role as the most important event for industry professionals that are interested in Turkish floor coverings market. 128 exhibitors on a display area of 24.000 square meters, presented an array of products in its range and diversity: wall to wall carpets, hand made carpets, carpet yarns, oriental rugs, textile and resilient floor coverings, parquet and laminate flooring, parquet varnishes and underlayers, PVC, natural stone flooring, ceramic tiles, products for installing and maintaining floors of all kinds. The newest products and innovations for industrial floors such as acrylic, polyurethane, epoxy, rubber, raised floors, chemicals, cleaning and care products for flooring were also displayed during the show. Eurasia Floor 2006 attracted over 21.000 professional visitors to check out the latest trends and products. Eurasia Floor regarded as a great opportunity for companies to develop new business relationships and export opportunities in such a dynamic market. The floor coverings sector expressed great satisfaction with the amount of business generated at Eurasia Floor 2006, stating it had fully satisfied their expectations. According to exhibitor representatives, there was a remarkable increase in the number of international business leads, which is confirming the fair's reputation as the most important meeting place for the international floor coverings sector. The majority of the exhibitors, participating in Eurasia Floor for the last 6 years, had already stated that the show fulfilled their targets and that they will be exhibiting again next year.
With its key position linking Europe and Asia, Istanbul is an ideal destination for the professionals who are interested in carpets & rugs and other floor coverings. This strategic location has also contributed to the success of the region's biggest floor coverings fair Eurasia Floor, whose 7th edition takes place at the World Trade Exhibition Center on 5-8 April 2007.
On September 8, 2006 the members of floor coverings sector enjoyed a wonderful evening, through the fabulous view of the Bosphorus. The exhibitors started gathering at Kabataş pier after a long business day at the fair ground and welcomed by Sebahattin Şensoy, the President of Marka Group and Nurgül Şensoy, Marka Fairs Coordinator.
The boat left the harbour, past through the unique beauty of the Bosphorus anchored at Beykoz bay. The exhibitors enjoyed their dinner here accompanied by live music. After a lovely evening at the bay, the boat set forth back to Kabataş. By midnight the exhibitors left the boat with a happy smile on their faces and get ready for the next day of the show.


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What every Nuggets player is up to coming out of the All-Star break
By Christopher Dempsey
Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari rubs the head of Nikola Jokic after he walks off the court for a timeout during the team's 112-93 over Toronto on Feb. 1. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)
The Nuggets are back in action on Friday, when coach Michael Malone revisits his old stomping grounds — Sacramento — for the first and only time this season since he was fired there a season ago. They enter that game playing some of their best basketball of the season having on four of their last six games and 10 of their last 19.
Individually, there is a lot going on. Here are notes on every Nuggets player coming out of the All-Star break. In alphabetical order.
Darrell Arthur: The forward missed the last five games going into the break due to a sore left quad, but the team hopes he is able to return to action on Friday after the extended break. Nagging injuries chipped away at what was a solid start to his season as he ended up either playing through pain consistently or not playing at all. Arthur is averaging 7.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in 46 games this season. Known as a pick-and-pop power forward, Arthur has added more rolls to the basket and sprinkled in some post-ups as well.
Will Barton: One of the biggest surprises in the NBA this season, Barton has exceeded the team's expectations in nearly every area and has already played more minutes this season (1,540) than the previous two seasons combined (1,370). He's second on the team in scoring at 15.5 points per game, and is one of the Nuggets' best shooters with averages of 45.5 percent from the field, 38.0 percent from 3-point range and 85.5 percent from the free throw line. He's sizzling in February, shooting 53.5 percent and is a +11.8 in the month. Barton's play has earned him mention for both the Sixth Man and Most Improved awards. Teams have already approached the Nuggets in trades for him, but those were rebuffed. Read more…
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Predicting who will play where for the Nuggets when the season starts
Nuggets rookie forward Nikola Jokic guards Chicago forward Cristiano Felicio in a preseason game. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Sure, it's just two and half weeks into the preseason. But there are some things I think I know. The roster and the starting lineup are two of them. Injuries and solid performances are making things clearer from a who starts and who are the reserves standpoint.
But beyond that it gets muddier.
There are many players deserving of ample playing time, but not everyone will get it. This won't be a repeat of the last couple of seasons that sometimes saw 10 or more players play in a half on a regular basis, which led to confusion and consternation. So, taking a stab at this: Read more…
Wrapping up the first week of Denver Nuggets training camp
Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried, left, and forward Wilson Chandler talk on the bench during the first day of Denver Nuggets training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. ( Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
COLORADO SPRINGS — The U.S. Olympic Training Center portion of the Nuggets' preseason is now over. And though the majority of the month of camp remains, here's a quick look at who did what, who said what and where the Nuggets are heading into their first exhibition game Friday night at the L.A. Clippers.
Making an impression. Nuggets coach Michael Malone was quick to say no player stood head and shoulders above the rest in terms of performance, but plenty had standout moments. Still, the player that has garnered the most praise early on has been second-year guard Erick Green. Green's offseason work started pretty soon after last season ended, but it was his work at the Pepsi Center in September coupled with a hot start at camp, which has caught Malone's eye.
"Erick Green is playing great basketball," Malone said. "I've been very impressed with how well he's played."
And overall? Read more…
No nonsense CSU standout, J.J. Avila, out to prove he belongs
J.J. Avila puts up a shot in front of UNLV's Christian Wood in a conference game on Feb. 8 at Moby Arena. (Photo by Steve Stoner/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
Maybe it's the Naval Academy background. Mostly, though, it's just how J.J. Avila rolls.
He's all business.
On Wednesday, he got down to the business of dispelling some myths about his game.
"In college they kind of saw me as a low-post guy," Avila said. "I can take the ball off the dribble a little bit, but I really want them to see that I can shoot the ball. I can dribble it as well, and just be an all-around player. That's the biggest thing for me." Read more…
Randy Foye falls for it
Randy Foye returned to action on Saturday but forgot to watch out for teammates' shenanigans. (Photo By John Leyba/The Denver Post)
There's never a bad time for a good practical joke. The Nuggets, more than most teams, are acutely aware of this.
That's why Randy Foye's return on Saturday night after missing 26 straight games with a quad injury was the perfect time for one of the oldest tricks in NBA players' books: The Fake Substitution. Read more…
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Morning After: Three Nuggets vs. Timberwolves observations
Ty Lawson is fouled by Andrew Wiggins Andrew Wiggins while driving the lane for a shot late in the fourth quarter Saturday. (David Zalubowski, The Associated Press)
Analysis from the Nuggets' 113-105 loss to the Timberwolves on Saturday night at the Pepsi Center.
When a good thing starts as a questionable thing. The return of shooting guard Randy Foye to the rotation after a 26-game absence was good news. The Nuggets needed the extra shooting, floor spacing and ball handling that he provides. But what they didn't fully know was just how one player's inclusion back into the rotation could throw everything the existing players knew about subsitution patterns and combinations and the chemistry they've come to create, out of whack. It's like a car whose perfectly good alignment starts to pull in one direction. Read more…
The Morning After: 3 Nuggets vs. Thunder observations
Nate Robinson surveys the court on Wednesday night against Oklahoma City. (John Leyba, The Denver Post)
1. Rotation matters. In the last two games, the Nuggets have doled out the lion's share of the minutes to these five players – Ty Lawson, Arron Afflalo, Wilson Chandler, Kenneth Faried, Timofey Mozgov. Here's how that breaks down: Those five, the Nuggets' starting five, have played 44 minutes out of a possible 96, so 45 percent of the time.
Gary Harris to suit up again, vs. Knicks, while Randy Foye rests
Gary Harris. (Nick Laham, Getty Images)
NEW YORK – Gary Harris will suit up for his second straight game, Nuggets coach Brian Shaw said Sunday morning.
The rookie impressed in his NBA debut, scoring 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting against the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. He added two steals and a block, displaying flashes of the type of defense he was known for in his two collegiate seasons at Michigan State.
"I liked the fact that he was poised," Shaw said. "It was his first NBA action, in his hometown, and he looked like he belonged. He didn't look back. He was very aggressive offensively, he was aggressive defensively. It was exactly what we needed. I think he got caught up a couple of times because he was going good, had a couple of heat-checks. But for the most part I was encouraged by his performance."
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3 Nuggets vs. Cavaliers observations: The Morning After
Three takeaways the morning after the Nuggets' 110-101 loss to Cleveland at the Pepsi Center on Friday night.
1. Point guard depth. After the game, Nuggets coach Brian Shaw said the concern level at his backup point guard depth is "high" on days when starter Ty Lawson can't play, like on Friday night against Cleveland. But he in fact ought to be encouraged by the play he got from the players at the position. Led by Randy Foye's 28 points and nine assists, Nuggets point guards scored 48 points and dished out 15 assists against the Cavaliers. The trio of Foye, Nate Robinson and Erick Green shot 19-of-36 from the field (52.7 percent) and 7-of-17 from the 3-point line (41.1 percent). They were the lead players in what was by far the Nuggets' best shooting game of the season as a team — and had just four turnovers. The Nuggets' offensive execution had its best day of the season. There hasn't been a more calming game as it relates to what the Nuggets are doing behind Ty Lawson, in fact, than this one.
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Randy Foye won't give up starting Dener Nuggets job without a fight
Randy Foye drives around Pelicans guard Eric Gordon in a game last March. (Bill Haber, The Associated Press)
It didn't take long for news of the Arron Afflalo trade to hit Randy Foye's ears. And it took less time for the veteran to let Nuggets coach Brian Shaw know that he's not going to fade into a reserve role without a fight.
"He's been in (the Pepsi Center) putting in work," Shaw said Friday during the team's introduction of its draft picks, Gary Harris and Jusuf Nurkic. "He, as he should have been, wasn't all that excited hearing about the trade because obviously people just automatically penciled in Arron as a starter and him as a backup. As a competitor he was like 'I'm fighting for my job. I still want to be the staring shooting guard on this team.' And that's exactly what I would expect."
And Foye isn't the only one. The Nuggets are at least two-deep at every position.
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Nuggets NBA Draft Series: The case for taking a point guard
Syracuse PG Tyler Ennis is poised to be a lottery pick during the June 26 NBA draft. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of looks at different players and issues surrounding the Nuggets leading up to the June 26 NBA draft.
Among the players the Nuggets met with for interviews during the NBA draft combine two weeks ago was Connecticut's Final Four hero, point guard Shabazz Napier. He might even be invited to Denver for an up-close workout as A) the Nuggets get another look at him, and B) he works out wherever he can to raise his stock, which currently has him sitting in the lower first or early second round.
Sure, Nuggets draft talk has centered on shooting guards or small forwards, but their interest in Napier underscored another issue heading into the June 26 draft – point guard is in fact an area of need. It's just not as obvious. Read more…
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Nuggets talk about opting not to foul; Quincy Miller breaks out
Quincy Miller played his best game in the NBA with 19 points against Houston on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Richard Carson)
HOUSTON – In case you were wondering, the Nuggets never thought about fouling to put a Rockets player on the free throw line, up three points with 10.4 seconds left in regulation.
"No," guard Randy Foye said. "Not really."
The thinking: Play solid defense and get a rebound rather than foul someone and risk giving up an offensive rebound on the free throw line. The Nuggets have given up a good number of offensive boards in that situation this season so they thought they'd stay away from that this time around.
Nuggets guard Randy Foye hopes to heal over All-Star break
Nuggets guard Randy Foye defends Minnesota guard Ricky Rubio during Wednesday night's game. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
No Nuggets player needs the All-Star break more than guard Randy Foye. He simply gutted out the last two games on the team's recent road trip, and probably shouldn't have been playing in Minnesota on Wednesday night due to a bad ankle injury in addition to a hamstring ailment.
His hope is he didn't do any damage that would cause him to miss any games after the four-day break. But on a team with no point guards, that desperately needed someone to handle the basketball, he played through his injuries instead of sitting.
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Free throws all the rage, and observations in a Nuggets win over the Clippers
Randy Foye rises up for the game-winning shot on Monday against the Clippers. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Nuggets coach Brian Shaw could look at the stat sheet after a thrilling victory and lament 13 free throws missed – but it was the ones his team made that helped lift them to victory.
The Nuggets made 16 of their 18 free throw attempts in the fourth quarter. It was in stark contrast to a season in which they have generally struggled from the charity stripe and a drastic positive turn of events in that game for the team, which went 15-of-26 (57.7 percent) in the first three quarters.
But here's what happened in the fourth:
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Nuggets center Timofey Mozgov to get expanded role
Timofey Mozgov will be given the chance to produce in the post in the second half of the season. (Associated Press)
It's a bit difficult to believe that less than a calendar year ago, Timofey Mozgov was wasting away on the Nuggets bench, a forgotten player losing confidence and faith that this was the organization for him on the outside of then-coach George Karl's rotation.
Now he's about to live out a completely different experience.
Mozgov has already been identified as the Nuggets most-improved player, averaging career highs in points (8.7), rebounds (6.0), field goal percentage (55.8) and blocks (1.2). That improvement is going to result in an expanded role over the course of the second half of the season, which, in turn is going to allow coach Brian Shaw to start to inch back toward some post-up basketball on the road to truly playing inside-out.
Randy Foye sits with sickness; Rotation changes coming?
Randy Foye in the Nuggets' game at Brooklyn on Dec. 3. (Getty Images file)
PHOENIX – After the game, Randy Foye held up his backpack and smiled like it was some sort of trophy.
A barf trophy.
It had splatter stains all over it from the vomit he spewed on the bus on the way to the game. Players had to lift their feet so their shoes wouldn't get hit by the stream making its way through aisle. Foye had a rough a couple of days, a stomach illness ravaging through him, making him weak and unable to stop the constant throwing up that eventually sidelined him for Sunday's game at Phoenix.
"Both of my daughters had it," Foye said. "And then (Saturday) as soon as we landed I just noticed that my stomach was bothering me."
What is going right for the Nuggets during their winning streak
SALT LAKE CITY – As the Nuggets get ready to try and push their five-game win streak to six here against the Utah Jazz, let's take a look at some of the main reasons for the turnaround.
The Nuggets have been scrappier the last five games. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Fear of transition helping defensive rebounding. What was happening was first obvious in the Nuggets' win over Oklahoma City a few days ago – they were rebounding many times by themselves on the defensive glass. That was due to the fact the Thunder was already in retreat mode, getting back to stop transition. Nuggets players can box out better, and there's an element of that happening, but it's easier when almost no one else is there to box out. The Nuggets' defensive rebounding rate has skyrocketed during the win streak and a big part of that is due to opponents' fear of allowing fast break layups and dunks. Because the Nuggets have revved up their transition game, averaging 19.4 fast break points in the last five, up from 13.2 in the first 31, opponents have started – and will continue – to bail out on offensive rebounding opportunities to make sure the Nuggets can't run.
Randy Foye finding 3-point gold from the catch-and-shoot
Nuggets guard Randy Foye is raising up and taking 3-point shots with much more confidence of late. (Photo by Karl Gehring/The Denver Post)
Along way to healing an ailing jump shot, Nuggets shooting guard Randy Foye has found a friend.
The catch-and-shoot.
Foye, "Mr. 500" – for the 500 shots he puts up many practice, and non-practice days – is already best known among his teammates for being the first in and by far the last one out daily. And that work has paid off for him in the most satisfying way – by watching basketballs sail through the rim.
He is a shooter. He was brought to the Nuggets as such in a summer sign-and-trade deal with the Jazz. It's just that his shot had been slow to join him.
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Randy Foye ready to get things turned around from 3-point range
Randy Foye sees the light at the end of the tunnel. And that's a good thing, because it has been one lengthy, dark tunnel.
Randy Foye in the Nuggets' game at Brooklyn on Dec. 3. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Foye walked off of the practice court on Thursday feeling better about his jump shot than he has at any point since the team returned home from its six-game road trip on Dec. 10. He has made just nine percent of his 3-point shots during the homestand.
But happy days are here again, Foye says.
"I take a lot of pride in my shot," Foye said. "And since we've been back home I haven't been making threes the way I was making them when I was on the road."
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Could changes be coming to the Nuggets starting five? Maybe, says Brian Shaw
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Leaving stones unturned is not a Brian Shaw trait. He'll turn them all to get the consistent results he's searching for.
The Nuggets have a recurring problem: Bad starts. Slow starts, whatever you want to call it, they aren't getting out of the gate with any kind of urgency much of the time. On Friday, Utah scored 33 points on 54 percent shooting (85 percent from the 3-point line) in the first quarter, the latest in a lengthening line of irritating starts.
So Shaw is now on to this: Considering a shakeup in the starting lineup.
Whether it actually happens remains to be seen, and maybe he cools down and rethinks the whole concept overnight after his team's 103-93 loss to Utah on Friday. But switching out some starters is a card he's as ready to play as he's ever been.
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King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure fantasy monster film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack. The screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose was developed from an idea conceived by Cooper and Edgar Wallace. It stars Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot, and tells the story of a giant ape dubbed Kong who attempts to possess a beautiful young woman. It features stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien and a music score by Max Steiner. It's the first entry in the King Kong franchise.
King Kong opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews, and has since been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time and the fifty-sixth greatest film of all time. In 1991, it was deemed "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. A sequel, titled Son of Kong, was fast-tracked and released the same year, with several more films made in the following decades, including two remakes which were made in 1976 and 2005 respectively, and a reboot in 2017.
In New York Harbor, filmmaker Carl Denham, known for wildlife films in remote and exotic locations, charters Captain Englehorn's ship, the Venture, for his new project. However, he is unable to secure an actress for a female role he has been reluctant to disclose. Searching in the streets of New York City, he finds Ann Darrow and promises her the adventure of a lifetime. The crew boards the Venture and sets off, during which the ship's first mate, Jack Driscoll, falls in love with Ann. Denham reveals to the crew that their destination is in fact Skull Island, an uncharted territory. He alludes to a mysterious entity named Kong, rumored to dwell on the island. The crew arrives and anchor offshore. They encounter a native village, separated from the rest of the island by an enormous stone wall with a large wooden gate. They witness a group of natives preparing to sacrifice a young woman termed the "bride of Kong". The intruders are spotted and the native chief stops the ceremony. When he sees Ann, he offers to trade six of his tribal women for the "golden woman". They rebuff him and return to the Venture.
That night, the natives kidnap Ann from the ship and take her through the gate and onto an altar, where she is offered to King Kong, an enormous gorilla-like creature. Kong carries a terrified Ann away as Denham, Jack and some volunteers enter the jungle in hopes of rescuing her. They encounter a living dinosaur, a charging Stegosaurus, which they manage to kill. After facing an aggressive Brontosaurus and Kong himself, Jack and Denham are the only survivors. A Tyrannosaurus rex attacks Ann and Kong, but Kong kills it in battle. Jack continues to follow them while Denham returns to the village for more men. Upon arriving in Kong's lair, Ann is menaced by a snake-like Elasmosaurus, which Kong also kills. While Kong is distracted killing a Pteranodon that tried to fly away with Ann, Jack reaches her and they climb down a vine dangling from a cliff ledge. When Kong notices and starts pulling them back up, the two drop into the water below. They run through the jungle and back to the village, where Denham, Englehorn, and the surviving crewmen are waiting. Kong, following, breaks open the gate and relentlessly rampages through the village. Onshore, Denham, now determined to bring Kong back alive, knocks him unconscious with a gas bomb.
Shackled in chains, Kong is taken to New York City and presented to a Broadway theatre audience as "Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World!" Ann and Jack are brought on stage to join him, surrounded by a group of press photographers. Kong, believing that the ensuing flash photography is an attack, breaks loose as the audience flees in horror. Ann is whisked away to a hotel room on a high floor, but Kong, scaling the building, soon finds her. He rampages through the city as Ann screams in his grip; wrecking a crowded elevated train and then climbs the Empire State Building. At its top, he is attacked by four airplanes. Kong destroys one, but finally succumbs to their gunfire. He gazes at Ann one last time before falling to his death. Jack takes an elevator to the top of the building and reunites with Ann. Denham arrives and pushes through a crowd surrounding Kong's corpse in the street. When a policeman remarks that the planes got him, Denham tells him, "No, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast".


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by Jay Seaver
"The changes in the business aren't a game."
SCREENED AT INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON 2019: There's been a lot of recent talk online about the potential death of physical media for movies as I begin to flesh the capsule I wrote the night I watched this out, but that's not much of a coincidence; that talk started the moment Netflix announced the "Watch Instantly" option and hasn't slowed down since. "Not for Resale" covers how that same dynamic is at play in the world of games, from the point of view of the proprietors of video game shops, but it's worth a look even for those of us whose most recent game system purchase is a Sega Dreamcast; this medium is different from others in many ways, but in others it's just a few steps ahead.
It starts by introducing Neil Crockett, who has owned and operated GameZone in Salem, Massachusetts for over 25 years, long enough to see his business go from retail-priced new releases to buying and selling used copies to stocking "retro" games from the days when he first opened for the collectors' market. Other people operating such stores across the country are similar, although some are younger, not necessarily having been alive to play the Atari 2600s in the back when they were new. Despite the video game industry growing to massive size, this sort of retail long been a business for people aiming to make a little money off their hobby rather than a lot, and times are getting tighter - new games often don't get physical releases at all, and as older gamers leave the hobby, there aren't as many new collectors looking to buy what they're selling off.
There's a recipe for despair in that, and I suspect that director Kevin J. James probably wound up talking to some people whose shops closed by the time post-production was done, and who could have provided some bitter interview footage. He doesn't show much of that, to the point where one of the things that struck me early on about Not for Resale, compared to other documentaries about industries in transition, is how positive many of its video game retailers were about the shift to digital marketplaces; they're too much in love with the medium to look past that potential. It's an attitude that manifests in the film, which is able to look at its subjects in whole without framing them as quixotic.
It doesn't hurt that those subjects are by and large interesting individuals and the filmmakers seemingly favor the less polished, though without emphasizing their eccentricity in ways that make them into weirdos, instead letting the implication stand that you maybe have to be a dedicated lifer to start a business whose end you can see coming even if you're not sure about the timeline. There are two or three threads where it's easy to grow very attached in not a little time. There's a family in Tennessee where you know the father who spends all his time helping out around the store used to tell his son to stop wasting his time on these things, a woman in the Pacific Northwest whose shop is as full of tie-in merchandise as classic games.
And then there are the guys who realize that they're taking in more in trade than they're selling and decide to start a museum, and that's one of several ways into the movie's other main thread, on just how the medium's history gets preserved beyond collectors passing things around. Encased inside the nostalgic material around it, these portions of the movie ask its most fascinating questions, from which games from the 1970s and 1980s, for instance, are worth the effort (so much of that was primitive, knock-offs, or both), to who is responsible and how to do it. There's a visit with the relatively junior staffer charged with this at the Library of Congress, talk of how the technology has changed so quickly over the past forty years that reading old data is impossible, and how planned obsolescence and walled-garden arrangements have caused even relatively recent games to fall into limbo.
Even if they aren't particularly interested in video games, that material should probably alarm most viewers; the general shift away from physical media means that legitimate access to titles can become aggressively ephemeral for games in particular, but also for music, television, film, and more. It's a topic that deserves to be more than half a movie but which might make as much of an impact here as in articles directly covering the subject. The likable folks with cool shops are deservedly the stars of the film, but it's got something to say even if they do accept that the industry is evolving past them.
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originally posted: 09/03/19 20:31:54
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