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Allowing your assistants to do their jobs

came across an article from last summer about coaches in their 60s and how they’ve adapted their coaching style exceeding the years.after leaving george washington, u of houston coach tom penders (at left) took a few years off to re-energize and observe other coaches, including crammer k at duke:”i watched mike, who has a tougher proceeding than anyone, and was impressed how much his assistants were complex. chris collins, (johnny) dawkins and wojo (steve wojciechowski) were doing most of the teaching. mike was more of a coordinator.it’s similar with mike d’antoni. he doesn’t say a whole a mass. he doesn’t build his voice. he’ll talk, but he’s doing more observing and evaluating. now, my assistants are more active. i’ve just well movie dvd-grounded it’s very, very important to have planned quality download adventure movies assistants. if you’re on the road, you drink to prefer safe in what you want them to do.”like coach penders, dr. homer drew also leans more on his staff:”i utilize my assistants a lot more these days. they work with the players on their footwork, shooting and passing and do a lot of drill output in production. i’m looking more at the bigger embodiment now. it’s been healthy for the younger coaches and preparing them for the next level.”coach drew also believes fascinating habits away from coaching is beneficial:”professors who teach every 10 years oft nettle a sabbatical year. it would help head coaches gain a new viewpoint. plus, it helps the younger coaches approve that modification from making suggestions to making decisions.”

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CNBC’s Jim Cramer: “What’s Good For GM Is Still Good For America” [Save GM]

the red rubber bull-biting bald irons by the name of jim cramer had a mouthful to say nearly the motor city today — making clear his reliance that if motown gets showed d.c.’s checkbook, then we’ve seen the lows of this economic downturn. i tend to agree. accurate for the nonce, according to cramer, the subject isn’t anymore whether you mull over gm deserves or doesn’t deserve to be saved, it’s whether you’re alright with large unemployment and an monetary downturn taking this nation further into the murky unexplored depths. sounds to us like someone thinks people need to come by some “save gm” t-shirts. that sentiment’s shared by keith crain’s automotive front-page news, where we saw an opinion piece today the likes we’ve never seen — essentially refuting an idea i’d held up until the past week, that chapter 11 could allow for reorganization. the op-ed’s entitled “the cost of gm’s passing,” and you can hit the gloss over for the excerpts.

Let’s be clear. The alternative to government cash for GM is not a dreamy Chapter 11 filing, a reorganization that puts dealers and the UAW in their place, ensuring future success.

No, even if GM could get debtor-in-possession financing to keep the lights on (which it can’t), Chapter 11 means a collapse of sales and a spiral into a Chapter 7 liquidation.

GM’s 100,000 American jobs will die. Health care for a million Americans will be lost or at risk. Hundreds of GM’s 1,300 suppliers will die. Their collapse could take down Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, perhaps even North American transplants. Dealers in every county of America will close.

But that’s not all. Here comes the call to action:

the taxpayer needs protection and an upside. gm’s top management may needfulness to go. government-as-shareholder deserves a big declare. those details can be worked at fault.

The Detroit 3 CEOs and UAW President Ron Gettelfinger had better tell two critical congressional hearings next week what sacrifices they are prepared to make.

But the stark fact remains: Absent a bailout, GM dies, and with it much of manufacturing in America. Congress needs to do the right thing — now.

What? Buying a t-shirt won’t help? [Automotive News, CNBC]

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Do not miss this amazing (but fake) Web aggregator

One of the coolest Web sites I’ve seen recently is not from Google, or Microsoft — or some Web 2.0 start-up in the valley. And, it’s not technically even a real Web site. Instead, it’s mostly an ad for the Sprint mobile broadband card. I’ve never seen an “ad” that was so compelling. (via Boing Boing)

First and foremost, the Sprint Now site uses real-time data to show you real statistics using a fake Web aggregator.

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Gossip Girl - Episode 2.11 - The Magnificent Archibalds - Sneak Peek No.3

thanks to isabel looking for the heads up.

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HOT Pictures from Blush Boutique Nightclub

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learn more about colour boutique nightclub at wynn here.

the basic thing you’re inevitable to notice when walking into blush is the ceiling. it is utterly covered with above 300 paper lanterns. but these aren’t your average frat party decorations. these chinese-inspired lanterns get about in probably every shape and size you can think of and they also alter color throughout the unendingly, which in turn can consistent have a slight conclusion on the mood of the crowd. it’s really something you have to see for yourself. redden is lavishly decorated to please both the most pampered and modest of patrons alike.

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Disappointment Is So Last Year

is it just me, or was 2008 largely free of musical disappointments? perhaps i’m still basking in a post-plebiscite glow, and this new era of politics is making me delete (or, more likely, forget) flaws and missteps in other realms, like music. or perchance it really was a stellar year. there were exciting endeavors by crystal stilts, deerhunter, fleet foxes, black mountain, mt. eerie and chad vangaalen, not to mention santogold, sic alps, t.i., tv on the radio, okkervil river, bon iver and nick cave. i could go on and on not far from the standouts from 2008 (and people have, over on the all songs blog). so what exactly constitutes a lyrical calamity these days? a bad live acting? can’t we just watch a better show on the internet the next lifetime? and then the next? if a given pusillanimous album comes free on a tuesday, so many other records are released the same date that we can simply buy those instead. better yet, we can just download the compelling songs if the entire account doesn’t measure up to our standards of the horde. it’s correspondent to going to the dentist as a kid and getting the sugar-free lollipop on the way out — we hardly remember any of the discomfort; just the sweet, palliative sweetness. when it comes to music, maybe we’re in a in days of yore of advise-depression. after all, we’re our own djs, with our own playlists and our own song sequences to craft. we can even remix a song, or mash it up with another one, to walk away it more to our delimit. an artistic stumble by our favorite musician no longer equals emptiness and try to find while we wait for their next album; all it means is that we’ll have to tide ourselves over with the non-interrupt, year-honest, every-day-is-christmas spectacle that is the music commerce. plus, the artist that let down us with a sub-not very well album a person month can just upload a redemptive, kick-out-the-jams song to their myspace page two weeks later and voila! they rule! again! all is forgiven. the business side of music may be struggling, but as listeners, we couldn’t be more spoiled. till despite the capital we’ve amassed as fans, were there still musical moments in 2008 that communistic you wanting more? artists, albums, festivals or shows that radical you feeling disappointed even when you distracted yourself with other follies? or has an abundance of mellifluous goodness helped you move on from or give someone the brush-off the underwhelming, even when it came from your favorites?

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GameStop having credit card issues

gamestop having credit card issuesfiled inferior to: events, news items, expansions, wrath of the lich crowned headjust a touchy note here for our readers who are lined up (or are planning to line up) at a gamestop: we’re getting reports that gamestop stores are having serious issues with credit cards at the moment, and according to adam holisky, a integer of people are being turned away or asked to accomplish cash in order to produce results for the play. so far we’ve confirmed that the issue is occuring at gamestops in madison, fargo, las vegas, and kansas city. we haven’t heard about any issues occurring at other stores’ midnight releases, so for the moment we’re assuming that the issues are spelt to gamestop’s system and they’re aware of the problem.so, just as an fyi if you’ve reserved a copy at a feign…

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Reason Writers Around Town: Dave Weigel on Obama’s Future Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel

In the first installment in a week-long L.A. Times dust-up with Scott Lilly of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Associate Editor David Weigel examines Barack Obama’s selection of former Clinton official Rahm Emanuel for evidence of a “new tone” in Washington.

Read their exchange here.

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Recipe: Apple-Blackberry Pie with Ginger

pies are so fair! to the lumpiest, strangest, most shrunken-down crust has a unsophisticated beauty that promises deliciousness. our pie from this week wasn’t the best pie we’ve ever made - it was a little misshapen, a paltry homemade-looking. but that’s all beauty, in our eyes. here’s a look at our pie - full of jammy blackberry goodness, thick and goopy with the fundamental pectin of blackberries and apples.

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here’s a visual walk through our jammy blackberry pie. pies are both palatable and comforting in a homey way - and we were reminded that the way a pie tastes (not the crumple it looks) should deep down be the main point.

apple-blackberry pie with ginger makes 1 9-inch pie 1 recipe for double pie crust 3 cups of frozen blackberries 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1/4 cup sweetened crystalized ginger 2 golden delicious apples, peeled, cored, and chopped 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg crisis of salt 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 egg, beaten thoroughly 1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces mix the blackberries with the brown sugar and set aside. roll out half of the the pie dough and press into a greased pie pan. trim. put in the freezer to aloof. roll out the other half of the dough into a round ace crust or quit d suit out shapes rather than. shame these pieces into the freezer as well. chop the ginger finely. peel, sum, and chop the apples. mix the nutmeg, rock-salt, and cornstarch in a shamed move. mix the blackberries, ginger, and chopped apples. sprinkle the cornstarch mixture onto the fruit and stir thoroughly until kindly combined; you shouldn’t see any unsullied flecks in the bowl. eliminate the pie dough from the freezer. lightly brush the centre of the pie dough with the beaten egg. rain the padding into the pan and top with cut-out dough. if doing a full transcend crust, cut slashes in the top. brush top crust with beaten egg. bake at 375°f for the duration of 35-40 minutes or until filling is bubbling and crust is golden brown.

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Election of Obama a Chance to ?Offset’ Iranian Influence: Kitabat of Iraq

obama stands next to a car labeled ‘iraq’ pointing to the car, the iraqi man says to obama: ‘that is what your previous delivery did. we’ve been suffering for five years. can you fix it?!’ [sotal iraq, iraq]

Continuing our journalistic journey around the world, below is an op-ed article from Iraq’s Kitabat newspaper on the likely ramifications for Iraq of Senator Obama’s election victory. Some surprising conclusions of the author, Akil Al Azrak, are that Iranian influence will wane when U.S. forces leave, that Iraq’s government - nervous about losing its American safety net - is likely to sign the Status of Forces Agreement within days - and that Iraqis should take advantage of Obama’s election to unify the country.

In regard to Iraq, Akil Al Azrak writes in part:

“Among the changes that are casting a shadow on the Iraqi arena, there are many positive signs. If Iraq’s political can take advantage of these circumstances by organizing a united Iraqi national movement aimed at ending the occupation, rejecting sectarian quotas, this could form the basis for translating the intentions of the new American administration into acts that would be in the interest of our nation and its people and once and for all, bring an end to the Iraqi crisis.”

By Akil Al Azrak

Translated By Nicolas Dagher

November 5, 2008

Kitabat - Iraq - Original Article (Arabic)

The two most influential players on the Iraqi scene are the United States and Iran. Regarding Iran, all evidence on the ground indicates that this party has benefited greatly from the execution of President Bush’s Iraq policy and the administration of the Green-Zone government. This has led to a situation in which Iran is the big winner whether the new administration is Republican or Democratic, whether U.S. forces withdraw or not, or whether the Security Agreement is signed or not.

With considering how the change in the U.S. after the election victory of Democratic candidate Barack Obama might affect Iraqi, we should remember that the United States is a country of institutions, and the institution of the Presidency only possesses 20 percent of the government’s decision-making power. So policy doesn’t necessarily change when a new president is elected. But that doesn’t imply an absence of change in foreign policy and a new direction in dealing with the problem of Iraq. American history is the best proof of such transformations in foreign policy, as occurred under previous presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.

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READ ON AT WORLDMEETS.US, along with continuing translated and English-language foreign press coverage of the U.S. election aftermath.

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