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Recycle Blue Bins Emptied Sun, 01.06.2008, at 0824 Those emptying the recycle Blue Bins this Sunday morning starting at 0824 on 01.06.2008 have to (More) Those emptying the recycle Blue Bins this Sunday morning starting at 0824 on 01.06.2008 have to contend with the some 40 Orange Bags fly tipped on the ground from yesterday and the seventh recycle Blue Bin placed some distance away behind the benches and tree to accommodate a newly added green recycle clothes bin.
Fortunately, it is not pouring rain as it was last Sunday morning at this time, but the Thames Water pipe replacement programme is fully under way along this road narrowing it down to one lane on the far side.
They take upwards of ten minutes to collect and empty these recycle Blue Bins which is a job that normally takes five to six minutes.
Because of the fly tipped Orange Bags which take two recycle Blue Bins to fill and remove, there is much added noise on this early Sunday morning. You can hear it on this video through my closed window.
However, this is not the most important aspect of this problem for it is the safety and health hazards that are created by fly tipping these Orange Bags on the ground overnight after having thrown them there in the first place that is the central issue.
The glass jars break inside the bags when thrown onto the ground. They split open with bits coming out while leaving openings for vermin to access. This presents an additional hazard to those picking up this fly tipped rubbish which can be entirely avoided by having an adequate number of recycle Blue Bins available and all together.
Instead of doing this, somebody has added a green recycle clothes bin this past week rather than solve this problem first thus adding to that existing problem. Here is the problem as it is created for those who have to pick up and empty this recyclable waste properly.
They already have a dangerous job which is made more so by this problem. Moving these recycle Blue Bins around even when empty is not easy as can be seen when they are brought back over the kerb.
Parking illegally on the solid yellow line means they have to find the best means to move the recycle Blue Bins back and forth to the truck in the road sometimes having to go over the kerb because the drop kerb is blocked.
Having to pick up the fly tipped bags adds to the work load and fatigue factor which can contribute to accident and health risks. Accidents have been known to happen with the hopper on the truck.
The failure to provide an adequate number of recycle Blue Bins has occurred after I sent along a complete video rendition of this process for the first couple weekends in May to see if this problem could be properly addressed.
Here's the results of what is supposed to be a trial period when an additional green recycle clothes bin is added instead of additional recycle Blue Bins. (Less)
Pat Riley and Marv Albert make fun of the 1-2-2 zone I suspect that Pat Riley prefers man to man physical contact defense. Marv Alberts also makes fun of (More) I suspect that Pat Riley prefers man to man physical contact defense. Marv Alberts also makes fun of how the real shitty teams tried using it that year (1991-1992) and it didn't work in an era of so much contact. Man on man pressure was crucial, especially away from the ball. You couldn't allow players space away from the ball, in place of body contact and handchecking. Old school passing teams would eat you alive. Zones work against ballhogs.
Pat Riley took the "Jordan Rules" to another level with the Knicks.
Sports Illustrated, November 1989:
The Jordan Rules
by Jack McCallum
The guiding principle is that a defender is never left to guard Jordan unaided. Jordan's position on the floor dictates whether the Pistons trap him with a second defender or have the second defender play "help and recover" (that is, run at Jordan to stop his dribble, but then scramble back to his own man; Salley is a master at this ploy). The closer Jordan is to the basket, the more the Pistons go with the trap. When he is above the sideline hash mark (28 feet from the baseline), they usually play help and recover.
Even when Jordan is far from the basket, perhaps bringing up the ball as a point guard on a wide-open floor, Detroit runs a second player at him, someone like Salley or Rodman. This reduces the amount of open court that he has to work with and often forces him to give up the ball to a teammate. The Pistons always want someone else to handle the ball. Not sometimes. Always.
When Jordan has the ball on the wing, the Detroit player guarding him forces him toward defensive help. Most often that means turning Jordan to the right when he's on the left side of the floor and to the left when he's on the right side.
If Jordan happens to get isolated with one man and is in a potential scoring position, the Piston defender will try to force him to go left. They think he makes a stronger, more explosive move to his right. So does Jordan.
When Jordan tries to run a pick-and-roll, Detroit traps him. That means that two men, the one guarding Jordan and the one guarding the Bull setting the pick, run at him. The Pistons do this with remarkable efficiency, partly because that second defender is usually the 6 ft. 11 in. Salley or the 6 ft. 11 in. Laimbeer. The tall trappers make it almost impossible for Jordan to deliver the ball to a teammate rolling toward the basket, and their aggressive charge toward Jordan usually forces him to retreat.
When Jordan posts up near the basket, Detroit typically puts three men on him, with Dumars most often behind him, using his strong hips and legs to "body" Jordan away from the basket. When the entry pass comes in from the point guard, Thomas leaves that guard and double-teams Jordan. If that means the point guard is free, so be it. Meanwhile, another defender, perhaps Laimbeer or Salley, will have come over and planted himself in the lane, maybe on the baseline side, maybe toward the middle. Dumars will then turn Jordan toward that help. Jordan loves the baseline. "Even though there's less room down there, I can be more creative," he says. But by and large, the Pistons take it away from him.
When Jordan comes off a screen set near the baseline -- his most frequent maneuver when he's playing shooting guard -- a host of Jordan Rules come into play. Dumars must follow him around the screen -- no matter if he has to go into the bleachers -- to prevent Jordan from making a backdoor cut and receiving an alley-oop pass for an almost certain dunk. The Piston -- usually Laimbeer -- guarding the Bull setting the pick will step out to make Jordan receive the ball farther from the basket. In addition -- and this is important -- that man will guard against Jordan's making a "tight curl" off the top of the screen and suddenly looping back into the middle to take a short pass on the dead run, a circumstance that is almost always disastrous for the defense.
In most cases Jordan will have to step back and take the pass on the wing. Then Thomas will come over, creating a double team, and the process begins all over again. If Jordan puts the ball on the floor, at least two players stay on him, pushing him toward even more help. If he passes, the weakside defenders adjust to play two Pistons against four Bulls or one against three. As long as Jordan is out of the picture, they love those odds.
EVERYTHING the Pistons did, teams like the Knicks, Hornets, Jazz, and many others were employing the Jordan Rules in their strategy when facing Jordan. Teams like the Boston Celtics blatantly ran zones in the 80's, they rarely were called for illegal defense either. Only a lazy defender would be called for illegal defense, even if you ran a zone in the 80's. Zones are for ballhogs. Team passing can take a team out of a zone pretty quick. (Less)
Addison Rose - Pick an Open Lane
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Addison Rose - Pick an Open Lane
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