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Atlantic 10 Season Recap and Postseason Preview
Posted by Brian Goodman on March 13th, 2013
Joe Dzuback is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference. You can also find his musings online at Villanova by the Numbers or on Twitter @vtbnblog.
Tournament Bracket
Conference Realignment: Who's Got Next? A non-story for the entire season, the divorce negotiated between the Catholic 7 and the Conference Formerly Known as the Big East was finalized last week, a development guaranteed to kick off another round of musical partners. The Catholic 7 got custody of the last name (Big East) and the house (an older but stately palace in downtown New York), along with a promise to process the paperwork quickly. The new/old conference needs three more members to share the TV money and national exposure they are rumored to have negotiated with Fox Sports. The yearly payout per team, believed to be just under ten times the per-team amount the Atlantic 10 just agreed to with CBS, should draw interest. Butler and Xavier have been at the center of Catholic 7 alignment rumors since last October. Unlike Temple's announced exit in February of last season, however, neither school has confirmed – or denied – the rumors. Xavier, a member since 1995-96, would be the second flagship program (behind Temple) to exit the conference in that last 13 months. Butler who twice went to the Final Four within the last five years, has barely had time to unpack before moving on. When given the news of Temple's exit in February of 2012, commissioner Bernadette McGlade took a proactive tack and had two replacements in place eight weeks into the offseason. Expect her to do the same this off season. George Mason and Wichita State are the two mentioned most by fans and conference followers.
The Best Basketball-Centric Conference? Mountain West fans may disagree, but it seems certain that the Atlantic 10 Conference will send at least five members to the NCAA Tournament, equaling the highest ever achieved (1997 and 1998). Saint Louis, Butler and Virginia Commonwealth are all but certain to receive bids regardless of what happens this weekend, and prospects for Temple and La Salle remain very strong. On top of that, Massachusetts or Xavier could, with strong conference tournament showings, squeeze out an unprecedented sixth bid for the conference, though it seems unlikely.
The last week of conference play opens with only three conference tournament spots – all three on the sidelines, determined. Others (that Saint Louis will take the #1 seed, Virginia Commonwealth will take #2 and La Salle most likely the #3) seem nearly certain, but note that seeds #4 through #12 are pretty much up for grabs…at least until Wednesday.
Jim Crews has the right to smirk a little after leading the Billikens to their first regular season title in 42 years. (USATSI)
Saint Louis (24-6, 13-3; #16 AP; Projected NCAA Seed #5) – The Billikens stumbled in the last week versus Xavier, but locked down the #1 seed in Brooklyn by beating La Salle. Off until Friday, coach Jim Crews' team will meet the winner of the Richmond/Charlotte game (most likely Richmond), and if seed holds, most likely La Salle Saturday (and Virginia Commonwealth on Sunday). On the radar however is the NCAA tournament (yes the Bills are a lock at this point, win or lose Friday) seed. The consensus today is a #4-#5 seed with little prospect of moving up without a slew of early conference tournament losses elsewhere. RTC's Dan Evans' early March bracket matched the #5 Bills against #12 seed OVC Champion Belmont. The Bears run and gun, which would make this an interesting matchup.
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2012-13 RTC Conference Primers: Atlantic 10 Conference
Posted by Brian Goodman on November 8th, 2012
Joe Dzuback of Villanova by the Numbers is the RTC correspondent for the A-10 Conference. You can follow him on Twitter at @vbtnblog
Top Storylines
The Best Basketball (Only) Conference in the NCAA? You Bet– With the departure of Temple (to the Big East) and Charlotte (to CUSA), A-10 fans knew the conference would not "make due" with a 12-team configuration. The question was which candidates would match best with the conference profile and mission and not in the chase for football money? The A-10 could afford to focus on candidates with high quality basketball programs, thereby offering regional rivalries to the Midwestern and Washington D.C. metro area members. Virginia Commonwealth and Butler were the logical choices as both have had recent Final Four appearances, are high quality programs, and boast two of the hottest young coaching names in Division I. Both schools accepted and the existing circumstances of member departures and arrivals means that the A-10, with 16 members and an 18-game conference slate, will have a superconference look and feel this season.
Veteran St. Joseph's Coach Phil Martelli Has Garnered Plenty Of Media Attention Over The Years. Now Thanks To A New TV Deal, The Entire Atlantic-10 is Going to Get a Dose Of Camera Time (AP)
The New TV Deal – The conference announced an eight-year partnership with ESPN, the CBS Sports Network and the NBC Sports Network, worth an estimated $40 million dollars ($5 million per year) to run from 2013-14 through 2021-22. The three media outlets will televise 64 regular season men's games (CBS and NBC Sports Network will televise 25 apiece and the ESPN outlets will televise 14). These three outlets will divvy the responsibilities for the conference tournament with NBC televising the men's (and women's) quarterfinals, CBS televising the men's (and women's) semifinal games, and ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU televising the men's championship game. Though financial details were not disclosed, the conference's 14 members are expected to collect about $400,000 apiece each season.
Brooklyn, Here We Come – A quiet affirmation that the move to lock up the Barclays Center in Brooklyn came with Hurricane Sandy. The superstorm swamped Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the Boardwalk Hall, previous site of the conference's championship tournament. The Barclays Center has garnered positive reviews for its architecture, facilities and amenities. The brand-new facility will work out the kinks with a number of invitational tournaments (Barclays Center Classic, Coaches vs. Cancer, Legends Classic, Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival and Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational) and be ready to host the conference tournament next March.
Reader's Take I
Predicted Order of Finish
Signs that the A-10 is in for a wild ride this season are everywhere. CBS Sports' five basketball experts (Jeff Goodman, Doug Gottlieb, Gary Parrish, Matt Norlander and Jeff Borzello) tabbed four different schools (Butler, Massachusetts, Saint Louis and Virginia Commonwealth) to take the regular season crown. The A-10 coaches named a fifth school – Saint Joseph's – at the conference's Media Day earlier this month. Note that nobody in that group is named Temple or Xavier – the two schools which have passed the regular season crown back-and-forth for the last five seasons.
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Atlantic 10 Tournament Preview & Season Wrap-Up
Posted by rtmsf on March 6th, 2012
Joe Dzuback is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference. You can also find his musings online at Villanova by the Numbers or on Twitter (@vbtnblog)
Tournament Glance
Postseason Preview
All first round games will be played at the campus of the higher seed on Tuesday (3/6) night. Using the log5 calculation, the order of probability of an upset is:
#8 Massachusetts/#9 Duquesne (73-27)
#7 La Salle/#10 Richmond (76-24)
#6 Dayton/#11 George Washington (86-14)
#5 Saint Joseph's/#12 Charlotte (84-16)
Probability follows seed this season, a departure from previous seasons. The Dayton/George Washington game will be a return engagement. The Flyers beat the Colonials by 16 at home last Saturday. A rookie coach with a team that may be overconfident could spell upset. But unlike 2010-11, the higher seeds in this round have proven over the last 16 games to be the stronger teams. Seed should hold. If Xavier, Saint Joseph's and Dayton all win at least once more, the conference will boast seven 20-game winning programs for the 2011-12 season, only the second time in conference history when seven members collected 20 or more wins.
The Temple/Saint Bonaventure side of the bracket offers (if seed holds) two interesting quarterfinal matchups for a Friday afternoon. Both could well become "do-overs" of games played in the last week of the season. Temple barely beat Massachusetts (at the Liacouras in Philadelphia) on February 29, but only after an overtime period. Neither squad should need much by way of motivation. The Hawks dropped their last game of the regular season to the Bonnies, by five, on the road. A Bonnies win would bolster their NIT credentials (and put them into a winnable semi-final game with either Temple or Massachusetts), while a Saint Joseph's win could well set-up an all-Philadelphia semi-final that should cause a traffic jam as Big 5 fans and partisans of both schools pile onto the Atlantic City Expressway to see the rubber game. Read the rest of this entry »
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Checking In On… the Atlantic 10 Conference
Posted by rtmsf on February 29th, 2012
Joe Dzuback is the RTC correspondent for the Atlantic 10 Conference. You can also find his musings online at Villanova by the Numbers or on Twitter @(vbtnBlog)
Editor's Note: Report written before Tuesday's contests.
Reader's Take
The Week That Was:
Does Anyone Want to Win This Conference?
One of the odder turns this late in the season is the sudden spate of losses suffered by upper division conference teams. Though Charlotte bounded out of the gate with two quick wins and Xavier stumbled mysteriously for much of January, the conference appeared on the way to sorting itself as January turned into February. Not so last week as the two conference elites, Temple and Saint Louis each dropped a game. Temple's loss may be understandable as Saint Joseph's is putting together a great turnaround from last season, but Saint Louis stumbled against bottom dweller Rhode Island, a squad that posted 20 losses before St. Valentine's Day. The conference's flagship program, Xavier, was in the midst of a late season push when they dropped a very important road decision to Massachusetts last Tuesday. Other notable late season hiccups, Saint Joseph's loss to a young Richmond squad, La Salle's three game losing streak (which has all but eliminated the Explorers from NIT consideration) and the aforementioned Massachusetts squad, whose win over Xavier is the only win in the last four games.
Fran Dunphy's Temple Squad Stumbled Last Week, But The Owls Still Look To Be The Top Team In the A-10 (AP)
Early season results hinted that the middle of the conference was stronger this season, a theory born out by the continued uncertainty over bye bids to Atlantic City even into the last week of conference play. The resurgence is not limited to the middle of the conference however. Consider that in each of the last two seasons the bottom two teams in the conference combined to win four games. This season Fordham and Rhode Island have combined for six wins, with at least one more before the seeds for the conference tournament are finalized Sunday. I have also noted several times over the last month that the points per possession margin between Saint Louis (at the top) and Fordham (at the bottom) is much closer than last season.
With a loss to Saint Joseph's last weekend Temple dropped back towards the rest of the conference, leaving Saint Louis virtually alone at the top with a wide, +0.04 margin in points per possession. Comparing the statistics to the Billikens' conference record (and especially the record of late), leaves one wondering if Saint Louis' Top 25 status (as suggested by Pomeroy) is the product of an illusion fostered by the numbers or a genuine sleeper going into the postseason. The conference tournament may be the last best chance to gauge the Billikens before the NCAA opening rounds.
The results last week produced a few strange late season upsets, but even more surprising is that the point per possession margins are beginning to align more consistently with conference records. Teams with losing records show negative point per possession margins, an expected pattern in theory that does not always play out in practice. Saint Louis continues to be an outlier atop the conference and Massachusetts, which has an 8-6 conference record should, according to the Pythagorean Winning Percentage, show a 7-7 record through 14 conference games.
The top teams developed a ripping case of hiccups at just the wrong time. If the power rankings do not look terribly different from last week however, consider that they all hiccupped at the same time. Saint Bonaventure moved up and La Salle crashed, but the other teams moved very little over the past week.
Temple (22-6, 11-3 #23 AP) – Temple went 1-1 last week, beating La Salle in overtime by a single point (80-79), and then dropping a 10-point decision to Saint Joseph's (82-72) and holding onto their Top 25 ranking for the second consecutive week. Though the result was disappointing to the Owl faithful and prevented Temple from clinching the #1 seed in the conference tournament, it was actually better than Ken Pomeroy predicted. The college basketball stats sage's model had Fran Dunphy's squad losing both games (and dropping into second place behind Saint Louis). Games with Massachusetts (at home) and Fordham will close out the regular season for the Owls, and both should be wins (though stranger things have happened this season). Temple can finish no worse than #2 even if they lose their last two, so they have a bye seed in hand right now. The Minutemen, with dwindling hopes for a bye seed themselves, come to Philadelphia for a February 29 date at the Liacouras. Read the rest of this entry »
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Joe Dzuback is the RTC correspondent for the A-10 Conference. You can also find his musings online at Villanova by the Numbers or on Twitter @(vbtnBlog)
Note: Standings are up-to-date but games earlier in the week have already taken place
Points per Possession Margins Through February 19
Ken Pomeroy has shown Saint Louis as the top team since late December, but college basketball's stats guru looks at an overall margin as an indirect part of his formulation. For the past four weeks Temple posted the largest positive margin derived from conference games.
Saint Louis and Temple were not the only two squads whose conference points per possession margins moved closer to alignment with their overall numbers. Count Richmond among those whose skew was rectified last week. The Spiders stubbornly posted a +0.006 points per possession margin even though the team was three games below 0.500 in conference play. Though the Spiders posted a "positive" 1-1 week, their points per possession margin slid into negative territory, consistent with their record. Though throughout the conference the records and points per possession margins do not align exactly with the won-loss conference rankings (see Duquesne above), the alignment is the most consistent in the three seasons I have tracked the numbers. Identifying and explaining the discrepancies will be one of the bullet points for next week.
A Look at Conference Honors Two Weeks Out
The race for conference Player of the Year was not a serious contest in 2011. Tu Holloway won recognition either as Player of the Week or at least a nod in nine of the sixteen weeks the conference posted weekly honors. Honored as Player of the Week six times, Holloway's nearest competitors had not gathered more than two, one-third the number of times Holloway was honored.
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Posted by rtmsf on February 8th, 2012
Week That Was:
The Homogenization of the A-10: The surprise team through the first two weeks (Dayton) has fallen to earth with a 4-5 record at the halfway mark. Now what? The points per possession table (conference game only) below may suggest the conference is breaking into a series of tiers (three for the top half of the conference, then everyone else … ), but the striking number is how closely the top and bottom teams are to each other, a hint at the parity also suggested by the first half won-loss records. In sharp contrast to this point (about mid-way through the conference regular season) last season, Temple and Fordham show a mere 0.353 difference in their points per possession margin, a much smaller gap than last season's 0.512 margin. Note there are no undefeated teams at this point, last season two teams (Xavier and Duquesne) sported 7-0 marks. Fordham and Saint Joseph's were looking for their first wins last season (both broke into the win column before the end of the regular season), while the bottom two teams this season have both logged two wins apiece. Parity of a sort perhaps, but is this a sign the conference is "better" or "worse"?
The computed conference strength of schedule (Number and Rank, leftmost two columns) suggest Temple's record may be due in part to their slate of opponents. Early evaluations underestimated the strength of La Salle and Saint Joseph's, two Big 5 rivals who did not give Temple much competition the past three or four seasons. This time around may be different though, as the Owls must play those two one more time, along with Xavier, Massachusetts and Saint Bonaventure. Temple's last half of the season should prove more challenging than season's past.
A Midpoint Look at All-Conference Team Candidates:
Each week the conference designates a Player of the Week, a Rookie of the Week along with a number of Honorable Mention players, based on their performance in the last week (usually a 2-3 games per week). If the season ended today, the Player of the Year vote would be split between Ramone Moore from Temple and Saint Bonaventure's Andrew Nicholson. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by rtmsf on January 25th, 2012
New Sheriff in Town? The surprise team so far is Dayton. The Flyers, under first year head coach Archie Miller, have unveiled a revamped offense with a decidedly different approach to player rotation. Under Brian Gregory all members in the rotation, with the exception of forwards Chris Wright (graduated in May 2011) and Chris Johnson (a senior this season) saw game time in four minute (or less) slices. Wright, Johnson and freshman point guard Juwan Staten (who transferred to West Virginia in the off season) played 70% or more at their positions, which translates to about 28 minutes per game. The junior guard Paul Williams aside, everyone else on the squad logged no more than 44.2% of the available time (Josh Benson, about 18 minutes per game) at their respective positions. The rotation this season also features two players (transfer guard Kevin Dillard and Williams) who have logged better than 70% of the available time (with Johnson playing 63%), but Miller uses three other players for 50% or more of the time, and fourth, sophomore Devin Oliver, who plays about 46% of the time on the wing. If Gregory's approach gave more players some game-time exposure, Miller's style, more tradition in the distribution of minutes, allows team members to acclimate to the game. Though Miller uses fewer players per game, the Flyers continue to get a bit more than 66 possessions per game, consistent with the last season under Gregory.
Archie Miller Has Done Wonders At Dayton
A Points per Possession Look at the teams. Last season I used points per possession (conference games only) to give the reader a more insightful look into each team's play. The numbers for the 3-5 games the teams have played so far.
Those who followed this column last season know that the efficiency margin will not always track with a team's won-loss record. The approach can suggest where strength of schedule, consistency and luck may play a larger than expected role in shaping the team's record. Two differences from this point last season (four-six games into the conference schedule) include the top-to-bottom size of the margin has shrunk considerably. Xavier, at the top of the conference, was +0.267 last season while Fordham at the bottom, was -0.277, a gap of nearly 0.55 points per possession, while this season (see above) shows a gap of 0.342 points per possession. Note the lack of undefeated (in conference play) teams this season, while One of the more obvious differences this season is thth wider efficiency margins (plus or minus)
Dayton continues to win, Xavier goes sideways while Charlotte and Richmond find the road rockier than expected? Looks like my promotion of Dayton last week was the right move as the Flyers handed Xavier a crushing 15 point loss last Saturday (1/21). The rematch next month in Cincinnati should be very interesting.
Saint Louis (15-4, 3-2) – The Billikens beat Duquesne Saturday for their only game this past week. The conference record may not say #1, but the point per possession margin (+0.131 – see above) says Coach Rick Majerus' team is on track. According to their Pythagorean Winning Percentage (conference games only) the Bills are on track to win 13 games, a very tall order given they have already logged 2/3 of their projected losses. Saint Louis has had problems winning away from Chaifetz, and the upcoming two game road swing will be an important early season test. Saint Louis will travel to Cincinnati for an early season showdown with Xavier on Wednesday (1/25) and then continue east to Amherst for a tilt with Massachusetts on Saturday (1/28).
Rick Majerus And Saint Louis Continue To Lead The Pack
No A-10 Teams in the Top 25… Again: The latest round of the AP and Coaches polls (January 16) show no Atlantic 10 team gathered enough support nationally to be ranked… for the fourth consecutive week. Saint Louis missed a good opportunity to impress when the Billikens dropped a four-point decision to New Mexico on New Year's Eve, picking up their second loss in the process. With the next six teams showing three or four losses, the conference is out of the Top 25 conversation for the next three or so weeks. The other name brands, Xavier and Temple, did not help their causes this past week. Xavier dropped their third game in the last four, this time to Gonzaga in what might have been a good "comparison" game for the Selection Committee. Temple beat #3 Duke but dropped two of their first three conference games. Lacking another marquee out-of-conference game (Temple versus Maryland is a pale imitation), the conference may have to wait until early February and hope that one or two teams will dominate conference play while their power conference counterparts beat each other up.
Bernadette McGlade's Recipe for Basketball Masala: Masalas are a variety of spicey soups or stews favored throughout India, Pakistan and most parts of south Asia. A-10 Commissioner Bernadette McGlade and her schedule maker served up their own brand of basketball masala in this opening week of conference play. Strong preseason favorites Saint Louis, Xavier and Temple did not survive the week undefeated (Temple has yet to win with a tough game coming up this week) while recently downtrodden Charlotte and La Salle started strong, each has sustained at least one loss. Rookie Coach Archie Miller of Dayton (whose squad was depleted with graduations and transfers) is riding high, while veteran Mike Lonergan of George Washington (whose squad is well stocked with experienced players) is struggling. Far too early to throw the power rankings (see below) up in the air perhaps, but a few of the results from the past two weeks (Dayton at Temple, Saint Louis at Dayton, Charlotte at Saint Joseph's for example) maybe critical tiebreakers come March.
Rick Majerus And Saint Louis Are On Top Of Our RTC Power Rankings (AP)
Results from the first quarter of conference play (and a few of the last few out of conference games) hold a strong hint that the conference may be more competitive through the first 12 spots than preseason projections indicated. First week losses to the favorites force me to take a long second (and third…) look at Dayton. With only a few games scheduled, and those yielding mixed results for the teams at the top of last week's power rankings, the conference appears to be sliding sideways. Massachusetts disposes of their last out of conference opponents fairly easily to move up a spot, while Temple finishes the month 6-1 and Fordham upsets a ranked team.
Saint Louis (14-4, 2-2) – The Billikens are .500 through the first four games of conference play. They opened conference play with a 79-72 overtime loss at Dayton, the first time Rick Majerus' squad has lost back-to-back games this season (St. Louis lost their last out of conference game to New Mexico on New Year's). Their bounce back 78-56 win over George Washington on January 7 was the largest margin win in conference play, with the three other games decided by five or fewer points. Against Dayton, the Billikens held Dayton to a respectable 1.04 point per possession (about 75 total possessions in the overtime game), but failed to break the 1.0 (PPP) mark themselves, a persistent problem last season that Brian Conklin, Kwamain Mitchell and Cody Ellis had resolved this season. None of the three had a good outing however, as they combined for a horrific 12-33 from the field, yielding a 40.9% eFG% and 0.96 points per weighted shot. One can have an off night (there are enough secondary options on the bench and the floor at anytime), but count those game where all three have problems scoring efficiently as an "L". Saint Louis committed the double sin of allowing the Flyers to score efficiently (over 50% eFG% overall), and rebound for second chances when they did not convert. The Billikens posted similar efficiencies in their loss to Temple last Wednesday. Saint Louis hosts Duquesne on Saturday (1/21) in their only game this week. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by rtmsf on January 4th, 2012
No A-10 Teams in the Top 25, Again: The latest round of the AP and Coaches polls (January 2) show no Atlantic 10 team that gathered enough support nationally to be ranked … for the second consecutive week. Saint Louis missed a good opportunity to impress when the Billikens dropped a four-point decision to New Mexico on Saturday, picking up their second loss in the process. With the next six teams showing three or four losses, the conference is out of the Top 25 conversation for the next few weeks. The other name brands, Xavier and Temple, did not help their causes this past week. Xavier dropped their third game in the last four, this time to Gonzaga in what might have been a good "comparison" game for the Selection Committee. Temple won their third straight, but the last two have not been especially impressive. The Owls may get the conference's last good chance for some noise when they host #3 Duke tonight.
Conference Comparisons: Nearly 90% of the out-of-conference games are on the books and the Atlantic 10 has posted a 62.6% winning percentage:
Against the six power conferences, the conference has logged a respectable 22-26 (0.458) record. Highlights include .500 or better records against the ACC (7-6, 0.538 – note Temple hosts Duke tonighit, see below), the Big Ten (4-4, 0.500) and the SEC (4-1, 0.800). Conference members logged their strongest numbers against the teams within the conference footprint – those traditional opponents during the out-of-conference portion of the schedule, posting a 63.8% (30-17) winning record against teams located throughout New England, the Middle Atlantic and upper Midwest regions. Against those conferences most likely to compete for the at-large bids not allocated to the power conference teams, the A-10 posted a strong – but deceptive – 23-12 (0.657) record, largely at the expense of the CAA (15-5, 0.750) and C-USA (4-3, 0.571); both show improvement over the 2010-11 season when, through the end of December, the A-10 went 7-10 versus the CAA and 2-5 with C-USA.
Conference Play Commences: The conference maintains their traditional "opening night" tipoff with five conference games and a sixth game to be played on Thursday night. Saturday will feature six conference games with the seventh game to be played on Sunday. By next Monday, every member will have logged at least one conference game.
Despite A Tough Start, Tu Holloway And Xavier Will Be A Major Challenger For The A-10 Crown (AP)
With only a few games scheduled, and those yielding mixed results for the teams at the top of last week's power ranking, the conference appears to be sliding sideways. Massachusetts disposes of their last out of conference opponents fairly easily to move up a spot, while Temple finishes the month 6-1 and Fordham upsets a ranked team.
Saint Louis (12-2) – The Billikens ended the week 1-1 — the loss coming at the hands of New Mexico (WAC) at the notorious Pit, UNM's homecourt. Rick Majerus' crew smothered Texas Southern with defense in a 71-39 win on 12/27, limiting the Tigers to a paltry 0.57 points per possession (or PPP, with 68 possessions per team calculated), about half a point per possession, just over half of the Division I average. Saint Louis' own 1.04 point per possession hints at the ongoing point production problem with Saint Louis, but when a defense holds an opponent under 0.6 PPP, the team does not need a very efficient offense to win. Brian Conklin earned an Honorable Mention for his 35-point performance over the two games which yielded an average of 17.5 points per game with an eFG% of 68.4%. Very impressive numbers indeed. The Lobos were a different matter, as the Billikens were down two at the half, and gave up another two points in the second half. Saint Louis opens conference play at Dayton Wednesday, then returns home to host George Washington on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Morning Five: 01.02.12 Edition
Posted by nvr1983 on January 2nd, 2012
Almost three months after Taylor Branch's piece in The Atlantic reignited the debate about amateurism and the NCAA, The New York Times has joined with mix with a relatively short piece (compared to Branch's enormous essay) by Joe Nocera in the Sunday Magazine issue titled simply enough "Let's Start Paying College Athletes". In the piece, Nocera reiterates some of the points that Branch made about the inequities in the system without going into the historical detail that Branch did. However, unlike Branch, Nocera offers a proposal (for football and men's basketball) to correct these inequities using five "elements":
Paying players
A salary cap with a set minimum payment for each player
An additional two-year scholarship after a player's athletic eligibility is up
Lifetime health insurance
A union to collectively bargain
While we agree with Nocera that college sports would benefit from some fundamental reforms Nocera's appear rather short-sighted. We were willing to give Branch a pass on the economic aspects of his argument because he is a Civil Rights historian, but Nocera is a business reporter and reportedly consulted with "sports economists, antitrust lawyers and reformers" before coming up with this proposal so the fact that he ignores some basic economic realities is shocking. In addition to blithely estimating how many Division I football and basketball programs would survive with the new requirements, Nocera ignores the thousands of college athletes per year that would be out of scholarships at those schools (guess which socioeconomic class that would disproportionately affect) as well as waving his hands to create a superficial argument that would be politically untenable against Title IX opposition. Perhaps, the most shocking off all is Nocera's suggestion that all college athletes be provided with lifetime health insurance. You would think a business reporter would realize how unrealistic this would be in the long run (remember the problems the US auto industry had a few years ago with its relatively small population to cover and its much higher revenues?), but apparently that is too far in the future for Nocera to consider.
The Wall Street Journal is one media institution that understands economics even if they do not know the difference between Chrysler and Crisler. In addition to their business reporting and rather opinionated op-ed section, they also do publish interesting features piece such as an interview with former Michigan great Jalen Rose where he talks about his charter school in Detroit, his DUI arrest over the summer, and the controversy around his "Uncle Tom" comments. While Rose received quite a bit of criticism for his DUI arrest (and rightly so), we commend him for trying to be productive and contribute to society when he could very easily be living the easy life in a much more desirable location although we do not fault individuals who choose to do so. It will be interesting to see if Rose's work is able to create significant results in the academic performance and socioeconomic status for his students in the long run.
There will be at least one more chapter in the ongoing Todd O'Brien story as the former Saint Joseph's player, who had his initial request for a graduate school transfer denied by either Saint Joesph's or the NCAA, has resubmitted his request to be granted a waiver to play for UAB this season. In his request, O'Brien cites his 3.0 GPA in the fall semester as evidence that his transfer was academically motivated to counter the supposed reason that Saint Joseph's has used to block his transfer. From what we have read about the NCAA's interpretation of the rules in this case, it seems like it is unlikely that it will work unless the NCAA decides to overrule its earlier decision where they said they were strongly influenced by the recommendation from Saint Joseph's. We tried to speak with Phil Martelli about this topic after their loss at Harvard on Saturday, but were told that nobody at the school could discuss the issue until O'Brien waived his student privacy rights. We are not sure how legitimate the school's reported claim of silence is, but we would love to see what happens if O'Brien calls their bluff on it.
Joe Jackson has decided not to transfer from Memphis after considering his options over the weekend. Jackson, who is averaging 11.8 points per game this season had only scored two points combined (both on free throws) in his last two games before missing Saturday's game for "personal reasons". After meeting with Josh Pastner the sophomore guard was told to take a few days to think about his future before deciding to come back. We are not sure how Pastner will use Jackson in his first game back, which is against Tennessee on Wednesday. The events of this weekend could either be the beginning of the end of Jackson's time at Memphis or help him refocus his game and become a more consistent player for a Tiger team that needs someone other than Will Barton to play consistently (and Barton isn't even that consistent).
We have a little bit of ACL news to catch up on from Friday as Minnesota forward Trevor Mbakwe had surgery to repair his torn right ACL and Dayton forward Josh Benson tore his left ACL. Mbakwe's surgery appears to have went "very well", but we doubt that we will hear a legitimate time table for Mbakwe's return to the court for at least another month or two. According to reports, Mbakwe still has not decided if he will apply for a medical hardship redshirt exception or if he will attempt to jump to the NBA after rehab. There has not been any decision on when Benson, who was having a breakout season with 10.9 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, will have surgery, but he will be out for the season. Assuming his recovery goes as expected, we expect to see Benson back in a Dayton uniform at the start of next season.
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Viggo Mortensen Says He'd Be Happy To Return As Aragorn
The Lord of the Rings actor Viggo Mortensen has stated that he's ready to return as King Aragorn, should the opportunity arise.
Credit: New Line Cinema
It's been 18 long years since Mortensen played the role of Aragorn in the Peter Jackson adaptations of the J.R.R Tolkien novels, and it's great to know that the actor is still keen on reprising any potential role.
It's worth keeping in mind that, at least as far as I'm aware, there's been no talk of any new The Lord of the Rings movies, only the series from Amazon.
During an interview with Collider, Viggo Mortensen was asked if he'd ever be interested in returning to the role of King Aragorn and the actor said: "Yeah, why not?"
However Mortensen didn't mention a continuation of the movie trilogy or prequels, but rather spoke about the endless possibilities of Tolkien's universe in the world of The Lord of the Rings.
"Tolkien, that's a universe. There are so many influences." said the actor. "The foundation of his stories is Celtic mythology and history, and Nordic mythology and history, and languages. That's fascinating. There are endless amounts of things you can learn and have fun adapting to the big screen or the little screen."
Mortensen then spoke about the upcoming Lord of the Rings series from Amazon, though it seems that the actor is in the dark as to what stories the series will tell.
"I don't know much about what they're doing. I know there's shooting in New Zealand, so I assume they're taking advantage of the people there that have gone through it, especially Peter Jackson and his team."
He continued: "That's all I know. I don't even know who's in it. I don't know what angle they're taking on Tolkien, or what the Tolkien estate is allowing them to shoot. I don't even know. I don't know anything about it, but I'm looking forward to seeing it."
In recent news from Amazon's The Lord of the Rings series, actor Elijah Wood who played Frodo Baggins in the Peter Jackson adaptations described the title of the Amazon series as "very bizarre".
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US China Trade War will produce 'No Winners,' China's President Xi Jinping Tells APEC
China's President Xi Jinping said a trade war will produce "no winners" and called for nations to uphold a rules-based order led by the World Trade Organization.
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China's President Xi Jinping said a trade war will produce "no winners" and called for nations to uphold a rules-based order led by the World Trade Organization. Implementing tariffs and cutting economic ties "is a short-sighted approach and it is doomed to failure," Xi said at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO summit on Saturday in Papua New Guinea. Protectionism and unilateralism were overshadowing global growth, and a policy of erecting economic barriers was doomed to fail, Xi said.
The growing U.S.-China trade dispute is looming large at the APEC summit this weekend in Papua New Guinea, where U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday said the Trump administration won't change course of tariffs until China "changes its ways." The U.S. has so far imposed tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese imports. In retaliation, China has slapped tariffs on $110 billion in imports from the U.S. and effectively shut off its purchase of key American agricultural exports including soybeans.
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"Disagreements should be resolved through consultation," Xi told the forum on a cruise ship anchored off Port Moresby. "Attempts to form exclusive blocs or impose one's will on others should be rejected. History has shown that confrontation, whether in the form of a cold war, a hot war or a trade war, will produce no winners."
Pence began his speech by saying the U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific had never been stronger. He criticized infrastructure funding that saddled developing nations with debt and took a swipe at China's Belt and Road Initiative.
"The United States offers a better option. We don't drown our partners in a sea of debt," he said. "We don't offer a constricting belt or a one-way road."
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Will the new Rajoy minority government in Spain work?
After almost a year of political deadlock, Mariano Rajoy has formed a new minority government in Spain, but how effective will this new government prove to be? Bonnie N. Field states that although previous minority governments have faced better governing conditions than the current one, the Rajoy government still has institutional advantages and some bargaining chips that it can use to its advantage.
On 29 October, Spain's parliament elected a new prime minister, incumbent Mariano Rajoy of the Popular Party (PP). Rajoy subsequently formed a single-party minority government, ending more than ten months of political stalemate. But a key question is how effective the new Rajoy government will be. Compared to its recent predecessors (see here), the Rajoy minority government is in a weaker partisan bargaining position. Nonetheless, it has institutional powers to set and control the political agenda, and faces a divided opposition and a Socialist Party that does not want elections anytime soon, which works to the government's advantage.
Spain's minority government
The 20 December 2015 elections altered Spain's party system. The dominance of the centre-left Socialist Party (PSOE) and the conservative PP ended. The results produced a party system comprising four significant national parties, including newcomers Podemos and Ciudadanos (C's), along with a variety of regionally-based parties. After failing to form a government, new elections took place in June 2016, producing broadly similar results.
Nearly four months later, parliament elected Rajoy in a second-round investiture vote in which the candidate needed more yes than no votes. One hundred and seventy members of parliament voted in favour of the candidate, 111 against, and 68 abstained. In addition to his own party's MPs, Rajoy got the support of Ciudadanos and the single MP of the Canary Islands Coalition. Yet it was the abstention of most of the MPs of the Socialist Party that broke the deadlock.
Spain is no stranger to minority government, understood as a government that comprises ministers from one or more political parties who do not hold an absolute majority (50% + 1) of seats in the parliament. In fact, four of Spain's prior six governments were minority ones, all of a single party, and Spain is amongst the European countries with the highest portion of minority governments.
With regard to its partisan bargaining position, the Rajoy government has the fewest seats in parliament of any of Spain's minority governments since its transition to democracy in the mid-1970s. The Popular Party elected 137 MPs (39%) in the 350-seat Congress of Deputies, the more important chamber of parliament. This compares to between 156 (45%) and 169 (48%) seats for prior minority governments. The government has signed support agreements with Ciudadanos and the Canary Islands Coalition, which, if they endure, would give the government 170 votes, still short of an absolute majority of 176.
Nor do the party's legislators occupy the median policy position in parliament. Calculated using data from the Chapel Hill Expert Survey of Party Positioning, on left-right ideological issues, the PP MPs are more to the right than the median MP. On centre-periphery territorial issues, critical to Spain's party competition, the PP MPs are more centralist than the median MP. This is important because median parties may be better able to get what they want because they can negotiate with parties on the left or right, or with more centralist or pro-periphery parties.
Moreover, the Rajoy government does not face favourable governing dynamics in the decentralised regions of Spain. Prior minority governments were able to govern in part because they relied on the parliamentary support of small, regionally-based parties from Catalonia, the Basque Country and elsewhere that also needed political support to govern in their regions or govern more easily. Today, circumstances are quite different and regional parties' support alone is insufficient.
The previously moderate Catalan nationalist party, whose support of minority governments was often critical, now wants independence from Spain, complicating interparty cooperation. And the corruption scandals plaguing the Popular Party make cooperating with it potentially risky for any party. Nonetheless, the government may be able to reach some agreements with the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), which has five seats in the Spanish Congress, is governing in minority in the Basque Country, and has a history of expertly negotiating with Spain's minority governments.
Bargaining chips for Rajoy
Despite being in a weaker position than prior minority governments, the government may not be as weak as it may seem at first glance. First, a dimmed spotlight may favour the government. Forming a government is one of the most visible political moments, a time when the press and the public pay attention to what parties do. In Spain, the investiture vote is also a public vote, where each MP's name is called and she or he must verbally vote.
But day-to-day policymaking and governing is normally not as salient for the general public. Who does what in parliament can be opaque. For example, in Spain, rarely does parliament take a single vote on an entire piece of legislation; rather, votes are normally on articles and amendments, with no final vote required, except in the case of what are called Organic Laws. Roll call votes are rare. Once a quorum is reached, most legislation can be passed with more yes than no votes, meaning that if MPs are absent or abstain, it lowers the threshold for approval. In particular circumstances, parliamentary committees can pass laws, bypassing a more visible plenary debate. This opaque environment can help the government negotiate policy deals when parties are concerned about the electoral costs.
Second, all governments in Spain have advantages when it comes to putting items on the agenda and blocking those items that it does not want considered. To mention two significant powers, the government has the authority to block bills that alter the existing general budget, i.e. they increase government spending or decrease its receipts. The same is true of amendments to bills. Both limit what parliament can do.
Third, Spain's government is more insulated from votes of no confidence. Its constructive vote of no confidence requires that an absolute majority of parliamentarians vote to remove the government and simultaneously agree on a new prime minister. The prime minister also, with some restrictions, controls the timing of elections within the maximum four-year span, which means he can use the threat of elections as a bargaining chip as long as opposition parties worry about their performance.
Fourth, the opposition parties are severely divided, complicating their ability to coordinate. Podemos and the PSOE are in a battle to be the lead party of the left, with Podemos doing better in the polls. Also, the PSOE, in particular, is severely internally divided. In early October, a sector of the party forced the resignation of Pedro Sánchez, the party leader, due to his refusal to facilitate a Rajoy government, and 15 MPs broke party discipline to vote against Rajoy's investiture. In these circumstances, the PSOE wants time to regroup.
The relative weight of the factors that strengthen and weaken the government is difficult to calculate, making predictions risky. Generally, prior minority governments faced better governing conditions than the current one; nonetheless, the Rajoy government still has institutional advantages and some bargaining chips that it can use to its advantage.
Note: This article gives the views of the author, and not the position of EUROPP – European Politics and Policy, nor of the London School of Economics. Featured image credit: Jose Javier Martin Espartosa (CC-BY-SA-2.0)
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Bonnie N. Field is Professor of Global Studies at Bentley University and the author of Why Minority Governments Work: Multilevel Territorial Politics in Spain (Palgrave Macmillan 2016).
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Sailing, diplomacy and globe-trotting: 16 Omanis making their mark on the world
As Oman celebrates its 50th National Day on Wednesday, we look at some of the excellent people the country has produced
Saleh Al Siyabi is a promising name in the world of sales and marketing in real estate developments. This year Mr Alsiyabi was appointed as Vice President of Sales at Al Mouj Muscat - a prominent mixed-use waterfront development in Oman after climbing up the ranks from when he started in 2006 as part of al Mouj's sales team.
On Wednesday Oman will celebrate its 50th National Day, when Sultan Qaboos bin Said took the throne.
Under his reign Oman developed at lightspeed but took careful steps to preserve the nation's character and customs.
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Fainting all the time-please help!!
Hi all, I'm here to vent. I'm fainting or coming close to fainting all of the time (multiple times a day). I'm so incredibly scared! I hate fainting so much. I'm fainting while sitting, laying down, and standing. I just don't know what to do anymore. My doctor keeps on saying it's just POTS but I thought POTS only caused fainting while standing... Thanks in advance for listening and replying!
POTS can definitely cause fainting while sitting. Do you have a cardiologist or an autonomic specialist?
@Iheartfrogs217 - your doctor is wrong to dismiss your syncope as "just POTS". I used to faint just like you and was diagnosed with NCS after a TTT, the POTS diagnosis came later. Yes - the cardiologists also told me that I will just keep passing out, put me on a beta blocker and sent me on my way. Only my PCP - who witnessed many of my syncopal episodes b/c we used to work together - saw how bad I really was and took this serious. Eventually I was seen by an autonomic specialist who started me on medications and diagnosed me with hyperadrenergic POTS as well as NCS. You are right - POTS mostly causes symptoms when upright but NCS causes syncope in any position. They are both dysautonomias and treatment is similar. Are you doing the treatments that are recommended - 2 l fluid a day, increased salt intake, compression stockings … ? Are you on any meds? What does your BP and HR run? Have you had a TTT? Have you had a halter monitor? --- The frequency of syncope that you are experiencing is not acceptable and you should really see your doctor immediately. When I was as bad as you are now the only thing that gave me some relief were IV fluids. I used to work at a hospital and would pass out at work all of the time - they would send me to the ER for IV fluids and I would get some relief for several days. BE CAREFUL!!! The worst thing about fainting are the injuries you can obtain - I had several concussions, broken ribs and bad bruises from the falls. Again - please see your PCP or cardiologist right away, this should not be dismissed because it is scary and you CAN improve with proper treatment.
I used to pass out 20-30 times a day and know how awful it is... Now a typical day is around 3 times but still get up there sometimes. Right now I'm in Midodrine, Florinef, Northera, and daily iv fluids. Just started the Northera and we are hoping to see more improvement with it. I have POTS but also diagnosed with NCS which is compounded by my gastroperesis because I can't get adequate fluids in. Right now I'm getting 2 liters of iv fluids daily to compensate for that. Don't settle until they give you a better way to cope with symptoms. I did at one point and ended up worse because of severe deconditioning.


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Throughout the year the Gender Institute Management Committee assists the convener in determining the directions of the Gender Institute, including the selection of the grant applications and prizes for excellence in research.
The Management Committee currently comprises:
Frank Bongiorno, Professor, School of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences Céline d'Orgeville, Associate Professor, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, ANU College of Science
Fiona Jenkins, Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, College of Arts and Social Sciences Margaret Jolly, Professor, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Convenor ANU Gender Institute
Penelope King, Associate Professor, Research School Earth Sciences (RSES), ANU College of Science Meghan Miller, Associate Professor, Research School Earth Sciences (RSES), ANU College of Science
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Wayne Morgan, Associate Professor, Associate Dean (Education), ANU College of Law
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Andy has been studying, teaching, and composing music for three decades. He has written more than eighty works in a variety of genres, from solo and chamber works to choral and orchestral pieces, as well as songs, improvisatory works, electronic music, and pieces combining Western instruments with Balinese gamelan. His music has been performed on the concert stage, in churches, in schools, at conferences and public events, on mission trips, at homes, in pubs and coffee shops, and annually on Belhaven University's Singing Christmas Tree. His work has traveled across the United States and to Canada, Israel, Peru, and Japan.
Andy's compositional voice varies with the topic and occasion, yet fairly consistently favors an integrated musical language over a blend of disparate elements — eccentric, perhaps, rather than eclectic — fusing together the familiar and the mysterious in search of calm intensity, pensive wonder, thoughtful curiosity, and a subtle sense of playful humor. He has persistent interests in fathoming the nature of creative activity, fostering community and collaboration in musical practice, and cultivating a thoughtful, circumspect approach to music-making.
For more information about particular pieces, browse the work samples using the above menu. To learn more about Andy, use the links to the right to read a longer biography or view his resume or curriculum vita. For further inquiries, to acquire scores and parts, or to commission new music, send a message using the contact page.
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Q: execute method in org.neo4j.ogm.session.Session is not defined (Spring Neo4j SDN 4 M1 Getting the following exception when I try to execute the query to create a relationship between nodes

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:
  org.neo4j.ogm.session.Session.execute(Ljava/lang/String;)V    at
  org.springframework.data.neo4j.template.Neo4jTemplate.execute(Neo4jTemplate.java:183)

I am using the following dependencies in pom.xml
<dependency>
            <groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>neo4j-ogm</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.0</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
            <version>4.0.0.M1</version>
        </dependency>

My code is something like in service POJO
private void createServiceRelationships(
            XXX yyyy, Neo4JExtension template)
            throws Exception {
    Boolean zzz = yyyy.getKKKKK();

    String queryBegin = "MATCH (n:XXX {pk:'"
            + XXX.getPk() + "' })";

    for (String LLLL : XXXX.getLLLL()) {
        String cipherQuery = ",(m:" + Name + "ROOT" + "{pk:'"
                + Name + "ROOT"
                + "' }) CREATE (m)-[:ROOT]->(n)";
        template.execute(queryBegin + cipherQuery);
    }

}

Kindly help

A: There's no need to include the neo4j-ogm dependency. In fact, with SDN 4.0.0.M1 you shouldn't.
Please upgrade to SDN 4.0.0.RC1 - it contains many fixes and features since M1.

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If you are on Instagram, there is a high chance that you have seen the photos from bloggers and tourists alike with this Pink Door! Located in Palm Springs, this house and door has become a popular destination over the last few years for people to come and snap photos infront of. It's been so popular, it even has it's own hashtag now! Type in #thatpinkdoor on IG and you can see floods of people posing infront of it. See people- I am not alone here!
Although my fiancé was questioning my motives, once we arrived there- he was pretty happy we biked over to see it! It is just too pretty and the door itself is massively tall! I held myself back from knocking on the door and asking them if they were hiring a gardender or nanny!


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This article was published on January 2, 2012
New law requires all restaurants in Malaysian city to provide Wi-Fi
Harrison Weber
Harrison Weber is TNW's Features Editor in NYC. Part writer, part designer. Stay in touch: Twitter @harrisonweber, Google+ and Email. (show all) Harrison Weber is TNW's Features Editor in NYC. Part writer, part designer. Stay in touch: Twitter @harrisonweber, Google+ and Email.
According to Malaysian editorial, The New Straits Times Press, restaurants in Kuala Lumpur (the largest city in Malaysia) are now required to have Wi-Fi. Enforcement of the new law will begin in April of this year, and is now a "mandatory prerequisite for food operators when they apply for their licence to open a new restaurant or when existing operators renew their licence."
Back in 2008, a total of 1,500 free Wi-Fi hotspots were enabled via the WirelessKL service. With these new changes, the existing free hotspots are to be discontinued. According to The New Straits Times:
When asked why City Hall did not continue the free WirelessKL service with its service provider, Ahmad Fuad said the council wanted to give other service providers a chance to offer better connectivity and value-added service to city folk.
The law also applies to cafes, pubs, bars and club lounges, so long as they are larger than 120 sq m. While mandating the change sounds extreme, it is likely the quickest way to get every eatery up and running with Wi-Fi. As someone who works on their computer all the time, I find it remarkable that so many coffee shops in NYC still don't provide free Wi-Fi.
No matter what though, I'd hate to see business owners forced into paying for internet services, especially for fine dining. Do you think a law the best way to increase connectivity in Malaysia?
Published January 2, 2012 - 5:50 pm UTC
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Congressman Kurt Schrader (OR-05) joined Congressmen Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) and Mick Mulvaney (SC-05) to introduce the Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, bipartisan legislation to reform the Federal Code of Regulations by creating a commission tasked with eliminating and revising outdated and redundant federal regulations. The measure has broad support, with 14 members of Congress from both parties joining in the introduction. Last week, Senators Angus King (I-ME), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced the companion legislation in the U.S. Senate.
"There is bipartisan agreement that federal government regulations are overly burdensome and stunting economic growth in this country," said Congressman Murphy. "The Regulatory Improvement Act sets that plan in motion with an independent commission tasked with identifying outdated and duplicative regulatory barriers. Members of both parties, in the House and Senate, are committed to building a 21st-century regulatory system that supports clean air and water alongside a robust economy and positive job growth for this country. I'm looking forward to working with my colleagues on this important issue."
According to an analysis by the Progressive Policy Institute, the Federal Code of Regulations grew to 169,301 pages in 2011 – an increase of 138 percent since 1975. While numerous efforts over the last 30 years have been made to encourage federal agencies to self-review and self-revise regulation, these efforts have been largely ineffective. As older regulations become outdated and new rules are layered on top, American companies are forced to comply with a growing maze of confusing, duplicative, and often useless regulations at the expense of workers and taxpayers.
The Regulatory Improvement Act would create an independent, bipartisan commission called the Regulatory Improvement Commission (RIC) to review rules that are outdated, duplicative, or in conflict with one another, and then present recommendations to Congress for an up-or-down vote. Members of the RIC would be composed of representatives from business and civic organizations and would be appointed by the President and Congressional leaders.
The bill has the support of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), and the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI).
Cosponsoring the Regulatory Improvement Act are Reps. Brad Ashford (NE-02), Diane Black (TN-06), Reid Ribble (WI-08), Derek Kilmer (WA-06), Rodney Davis (IL-13), Ron Kind (WI-03), David Joyce (OH-14), John Delaney (MD-06), Ted Yoho (FL-03), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), David Jolly (FL-13), and Jim Costa (CA-16).


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Katie Thornburrow
Cambridge City Councillor for Trumpington and Executive Councillor for Planning Policy and Open Spaces
My Pledges to You
Katie's Background
Katie's Role
The Long and Straight Road
We have been out campaigning again this morning, talking to local people about the issues that concern them, from Brexit to aircraft noise, along with worries about traffic congestion, road safety and the development of Cambridge.
If you weren't in when we called, do get in touch – the details are on the leaflet – or just click here to send me an email.
Author katiePosted on February 18, 2017 October 17, 2017 Categories katie says
Noisy roadworks a matter of concern
Resurfacing notice
Over the last two weeks the road surface on Long Road, near where I live, has been resurfaced. The work needed to be done, and it's made the road a lot nicer to cycle and drive on.
However in our regular canvassing sessions this weekend we talked to a number of local residents who had several disturbed nights because of the noise of machinery, including angle grinders.
It's always difficult to balance the interests of different groups, and it's clear that doing the bulk of the roadworks overnight when there's little traffic makes sense. However as an architect I know how to design a schedule to minimise disruption to everyone involved – and I wonder if a more thoughtful plan for the noisy works might have been put in place.
If elected, one of the things I will bring to my role as a County Councillor is an awareness of such issues, based on thirty years as a practising architect.
Author katiePosted on February 6, 2017 October 17, 2017 Categories transport
Canvassing Sunday
As it was a sunny Sunday afternoon our canvassing today was lots of fun – and very good exercise, according to my Fitbit.
Poor drainage by the bus stop
One of the issues raised was the poor drainage on the roads beside bus stops on Trumpington Road – something I could see when I went to have a look later. As an architect I design drainage, and I'm going to look into this one.
Roadworks on Long Road
I live off Long Road, and my family and I cycle everywhere, so I'm pleased to see that the road will be improved for cyclists. I believe that this is also good for car users, as it makes things safer for everyone.
Our great canvassing team!
It's been wonderful to have support from local Labour Party members on these canvassing sessions – if you'd like to join me, drop me an email and I'll let you know where and when to meet.
Author katiePosted on January 22, 2017 October 17, 2017 Categories katie says, transport
Celebrating Diverse Cambridge..
On Saturday 21st January, the day after Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the USA, Cambridge Stand Up to Racism held a well-attended rally celebrating diverse, multicultural Cambridge, and standing up against racism, supported by a wide range of organisations. Daniel Zeichner, MP, was one of the speakers.
I couldn't be there, because I was on the Women's March in London, but my husband went to show our support for this important cause. Now, more than ever, we need to stand up and show that Cambridge is a city of refuge, a welcoming city, and a place where people can be safe.
(at the end it looked like we had support from the cast of The Archers, but that was just the way the banner was folded!)
Author katiePosted on January 21, 2017 October 17, 2017 Categories katie says
A busy day canvassing in Trumpington ward
Katie canvassing
Labour colleagues and I spent a busy afternoon walking around the new estates off Addebroooke's Road hearing people's concerns about their neighbourhoods. Some are worried that cars go too fast and don't respect traffic lights, others are unhappy that rubbish from new developments is not being cleaned up fast enough, and is blowing around the streets – and we heard from some people who have slow access to the internet. All these are issues the Labour campaign team will take forward.
Author katiePosted on January 8, 2017 October 17, 2017 Categories katie says
A campaign selfie…
A group of us spent this morning canvassing some of the newly built areas in Trumpington and despite the rain it was a fun day and we learned a lot about the issues concerning local people, especially around traffic flows and broadband access.
Campaigning in Trumpington
I'll be out again tomorrow afternoon – come rain or shine. But let's hope it's sunny!
Author katiePosted on December 10, 2016 Categories katie says
Truth for Giulio campaign
Today in Cambridge the local Amnesty International group held a demonstration in support of the Truth for Giulio campaign.
Daniel Zeichner campaigning in Cambridge
Guilio Regeni disappeared on 25 January in Cairo, where he was researching independent trade unions for his PhD in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge.
On 3 February his body was found, bearing signs of severe torture which human rights groups say are the hallmarks of the Egyptian security forces.
It's important that we discover what happened.
Campaigning on Sunday
A bright, canvassing, Katie
Every fortnight a Labour team spends some of Sunday afternoon in Trumpington Ward knocking on doors and asking people about local issues that concern them, so we can refer matters to our council team where they can help, or at least find out more about problems that people face.
Traffic congestion, graffiti and broken pavements were all issues raised last Sunday when we visited Bishop's Road, and I've already been in touch with councillors and officers to see what can be done to help.
We'll be back again on Sunday 11th – and if the weather is as cold as it was last weekend I'll be wearing my bright orange jacket, so you should spot me from a long way away – do come and say hello!
Author katiePosted on November 29, 2016 October 26, 2019 Categories katie says, transport
Bus route plan 'cuts off' Homerton College
Universal bus logo
I've been hearing and reading about the students and faculty members at Homerton College on Hills Road being 'cut off' by a proposed re-routing of the Uni4 bus route.
Buses are the primary public transport service in Cambridge and vital for people with any mobility problems so it's important that Cambridge University hears that this is a bad decision!
You can read more about it here
http://thetab.com/…/20…/10/06/homerton-cut-off-society-81100
http://www.cam.ac.uk/…/better-connected-the-new-university-…
I have signed a petition set up by a student. Will you sign it too? Check it out here:
https://www.change.org/p/university-of-cambridge-stop-homer…
Author katiePosted on November 24, 2016 February 17, 2019 Categories katie says, transport
Hearing from Trumpington Residents
Katie on the doorstep
I've just come back from a busy Sunday afternoon in Trumpington Meadows and along Shelford Road, as one of a team of Labour volunteers aiming to talk to as many people as we could about the issues that matter to them.
You may have come home to find that we've left a leaflet at your house, and I hope you'll get in touch to tell me about the things that concern you.
The local Labour team
We heard people's concerns about the quality of the new houses built at Trumpington, about the increased congestion on the roads making it harder for local residents to get around, and about the importance of reflecting global concerns about climate change in local policy – something that is very dear to my heart. Already the Labour team have passed these messages on to local councillors, and we'll press them for answers.
We'll be visiting every house in Trumpington ward between now and the election on May 4 2017, and I look forward to meeting and listening to many more people.
Author katiePosted on November 13, 2016 February 18, 2018 Categories katie says
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I am the City Councillor for Trumpington Ward in the City of Cambridge, and the Executive Councillor for Planning Policy and Open Spaces.
My remit includes biodiversity.
You can find more on the City Council website.
I am Secretary of the Trumpington branch of Cambridge Labour Party
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