50 States - 50 Origins

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50 U.S. States of Equal Population

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The Trouble with the Electoral College

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Spurs Update

Finishing out the 2011-2012 NBA regular season with 13 games in 19 days, and 4 games in the last 5 days (geeeez), the Spurs traveled to both Phoenix and Golden State for the final two games. After complete warm-ups prior to Wednesday's game in Phoenix, it was decided that Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili would fly back to San Antonio, and not play these two games. However, We're also missing Gary Neal due to a sore shoulder from a great pick set by Kurt Thomas Monday against Portland. What was the most surprising, however, is that Gregg Popovich decided to fly back with them. So without four of our top players, and our head coach, Assistant Coach Mike Budenholzer would take the reigns for these two.

Both games were close most of the way, as the Suns were set finishing up with a winning record, but the Warriors were set on giving the youngsters some serious experience.

Wednesday the Suns even gave Nash a final hoorah late in the 4th-Q, down by only a few. It could be his last game in Phoenix, but who knows. At least the home crowd was prepared. So he came in the game, and promptly turned it over, after a pretty decent 8 pts., 7 asst., and 3 reb. in only 17 minutes. Shannon Brown and Sebastian Telfair led them in scoring with 21 & 20 respectively, but our energy was too high, and the Spurs pulled out WIN #9 in a row, 110-106. Patty Mills & Tiago Splitter both registered career-highs with 27 & 26 respectively, while FIVE others contributed 10 or 9 each. Here's the boxscore..
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Thursday night in Oakland, the Warriors started 5 rookies - marking the first time in NBA history any team has ever done so. They had started 4 rookies against us just 10 days ago, but this was unprecedented. Close all the way just as it was the
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previous night, the Spurs would capitalize on a few too many Warriors' late mistakes, despite being out-shot 52% to 44%. Patty Mills was again the hero as he bested his new career-high from last night by 7. He had 34 pts., 12 asst., and 5 boards in 43 solid minutes. DeJuan Blair & James Anderson followed with 22 & 19. It was Mills' two straight threes with the score tied at 95, and about 5 minutes left, that would ultimately do in the Warriors on this last day of the regular season. The Spurs' 107-101 WIN was the 10th straight win, as we were not only the only team with a double digit winning streak this season, but we wrapped it up in style with THREE of them (11, 11, 10). Here is the boxscore..

The San Antonio Spurs finish the 2011-2012 regular season with a record of 50-16, and will have home-court advantage over everyone except the Chicago Bulls, who also finished at 50-16. Thankfully, our first game is Sunday at Noon. I'll be back with more amazing regular-season stats later! WooHoo!

Here are the FINAL NBA standings for 2011-2012:

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Dead Horse Point State Park - Moab, Utah

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Park information..

Its Wikipedia Page - contains a super panorama image..

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More images of DHP State Park HERE, HERE, and of course HERE..

One of the Best Plays I've Seen This Year

Golden State Warriors' David Lee to Monta Ellis:


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U.S. Homicide vs. Suicide Rates State by State

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SOURCES: Suicide data from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, National Vital Statistics Report Volume 58, Number 19, May 2010, Table 29.. Available HERE. Homicide data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, Expanded Homicide Data 2007, Table 20.. Available HERE.

Only in Wisconsin

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Palouse Falls, Washington State

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Just New Jersey

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All you guys who know New Jersey can provide your own insight as to just how accurate this map is.

Homicide In America

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Vacation Link Dump

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Freedom In The 50 States (via EHOWA - NSFW)

State Of The Nation

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Yeah.. it's gotten so bad, the Mount Rushmore presidents are covering their faces out of shame! I don't blame 'em..

US Passport Ownership

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Why It's Wyoming

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The United Countries Of Baseball

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There needs to be a section around Montreal where there are still a ton of fans for the Nationals. I also guarantee that the Astros area extends well into Texas where Rangers are noted. Same thing with the Cardinals into Missouri, and a lot more of Illinois. Heck I know a ton of Cardinals baseball fans, and I live in Texas.

Lots more Dodgers and Phillies fans than shown, too. I know I knock it, but yet I posted it. It's still pretty accurate. You get the idea. Anyone wanna do one of these for football?? NBA??

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The Man In The Map

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The Metric System

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How Europeans See America

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