Under section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), there are 10,000 EB-5 visas available annually for qualified individuals who seek permanent resident status in the United States provided that they engage in a new commercial business. Out of these 10,000 visas, 3,000 of which are set aside for the designated regional centers which exist in Philadelphia, Seattle, California’s Imperial Valley, eastern Washington state, parts of South Dakota and Iowa, and the entire states of Vermont and Hawaii.

Eligible investors can opt to come alone or with the spouse and unmarried children. These eligible aliens are those who have created an original business, purchased an existing business thereby creating a new commercial enterprise, invested at least $1,000,000 or $500,000 in a targeted employment area, created at least 10 direct jobs for the United States workers, expanded a business by at least 140 percent of the pre-investment number of jobs or helping out a business which has lost 20 percent of its net worth in the past 12 to 24 months.

To apply as an immigrant investor, one must file a USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur. This form needs to be filed together with supporting documents which clearly states that the applicant’s investment meets the requirements. Once the Form I-526 is approved, the immigrant investor may obtain conditional conditional resident status by filing the USCIS Form I-485 which is an Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, if residing within the United States or applying for an immigrant visa at a U.S. consulate abroad for individuals residing outside the United States. To become a permanent resident, a USCIS Form I-829 which is a Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions must be filed within 90 days before the second anniversary of an alien investor to the United States as a conditional resident.

The USCIS Form I-526 should be filed at the designated USCIS Service Center where the new commercial enterprise will be principally doing business.

As investigators specializing in the insurance industry, L&W Investigations marches to the beat of a different drum in both its approach to investigations and business. The company’s recent buy back of three of its franchises—Philadelphia, Utah and Montana—demonstrates L&W’s commitment to providing service to local clients but with national capabilities.

“We bought back these three locations for two major reasons,” said Neal Lyons, CEO and chairman of L&W Investigations, Inc. “The first is that as an organization, we wanted to invest in our own growth, our own potential. The expanding profit from these offices will help fund our continued success. Second, by having ‘company’ offices, we are ‘in’ the business and have a street-level understanding of the day-to-day challenges of our franchisees. This will help us respond better to those ever-shifting trends and hurdles.”

With 35 locations nationwide in 23 states, the five-year-old company typically employs three to eight investigators at each office. While many traditional “mom and pop” investigative firms are typically a haven for retired law enforcement officers who treat the job more like a hobby, L&W employs seasoned investigators who specialize in investigating insurance fraud cases. All L&W investigators go through extensive training and have access to the most state-of-the-art surveillance equipment.

“It may be a small world in a figurative sense, but when you’re conducting surveillance and performing other investigative work, the world is a pretty big place. By having offices in 35 markets, including these three territories we just bought back, we have the coverage that other investigation firms don’t have. That keeps costs down for our clients and gives them better service because the investigators on that portion of their case are working on their home turf,” noted Lyons.

L&W works with a variety of organizations– insurance companies, third-party administrators, self-insured companies, law firms and municipalities—on fraudulent workers compensation, disability, liability, auto and property claims. L&W’s offerings include:

? Surveillance

? Statements

? Activity/Disability Checks

? Asset/background investigations

? Medical audits/clinic inspections

“Our client base consists of global, multi-billion dollar companies and we treat them as such. That goes for everything from online access to status reports on investigations to rush services at no extra charge. By adding more offices, we’re simply enhancing the level of service we already offer,” said Lyons.

For more information on L&W Investigations, Inc, you can call their corporate offices at (508) 616-9370 or visit the Web site at www.lwinvestigations.com.

Not your everyday investigations firm

With 35 offices in 23 states, L&W Investigations, Inc. specializes in fraudulent insurance claims. In addition to nationwide coverage, L&W investigators are highly trained specialists equipped with state-of-the-art surveillance technologies and other advanced systems to provide second-to-none results and service. That includes online case status reports, video delivery by digital download or CD, DVD or VHS tape, rush services at no extra charge and much more.

Current offices are located in Arizona (Phoenix); California (Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura) Colorado (Boulder); Florida (Miami, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa); Georgia (Atlanta); Hawaii (Honolulu); Idaho (Boise); Illinois (Chicago); Kentucky (Louisville); Maine (Portland); Massachusetts (Boston); Minnesota (Minneapolis); Missouri (St. Louis); Montana, (Missoula); New Hampshire (Nashua); New Jersey (New Brunswick); New Mexico (Albuquerque); New York, (Long Island); North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh); Oregon (Portland); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Rhode Island (Providence); South Carolina (Charleston); Tennessee (Nashville, Memphis); Texas (Houston, San Antonio, Dallas); Utah (St. Lake City); Vermont (Burlington); Virginia (Arlington); Washington (Seattle, Spokane); Wisconsin (Madison; as well as Puerto Rico (San Juan) and the Caribbean islands; and Canada (Toronto).

Franchise locations are still available and the company has set a manageable growth plan at 15 new units per year.

For additional information, visit the Web site at www.lwinvestigations.com or contact L&W’s corporate headquarters located in Westboro, Massachusetts, at (508) 616-9370.

Imagine if the Yankees and Red Sox merged to form one super team? The competition wouldn’t stand a chance. A similar scenario is developing with L&W Investigations New York and New England offices. Sure, they’ve always been on the same side. Yet a recent agreement by the two regions to pool resources on business development opportunities, gives L&W coverage of the northeast that no other private investigations firms can match.

Starting in 2008, the New York region, consisting of the New York and New Jersey offices, and the New England region, consisting of offices in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, will partner on business development proposals. The agreement mirrors a similar arrangement L&W’s Florida and Georgia offices share and falls right in line with L&W Investigations, Inc.’s commitment to providing service to local clients but with regional, even national capabilities.

“While New York and New England may not always play nice in sports, this new arrangement benefits us both. It will help us maximize our business development capabilities and enable us to work together to make new contacts and develop better working relations with our current clients,” said Donna Thiele, owner of L&W’s New York office.

L&W works with a variety of organizations– insurance companies, third-party administrators, self-insured companies, law firms and municipalities—on fraudulent workers compensation, disability, liability, auto and property claims. L&W’s offerings include:

? Surveillance

? Statements

? Activity/Disability Checks

? Asset/background investigations

? Medical audits/clinic inspections

With 35 locations nationwide in 23 states, the five-year-old company typically employs three to eight investigators at each office. While many traditional “mom and pop” investigative firms are typically a haven for retired law enforcement officers who treat the job more like a hobby, L&W employs seasoned investigators who specialize in investigating insurance fraud cases. All L&W investigators go through extensive training and have access to the most state-of-the-art surveillance equipment.

“L&W franchise owners truly buy into the philosophy that our individual franchises are stronger when we work together with other L&W offices. This arrangement between the New York and New England offices is a good example of that,” said Neal Lyons, CEO and chairman of L&W Investigations, Inc. “It’s an incredible advantage to be working on a case in Massachusetts that requires surveillance or some other kind work in New Jersey and you have at your finger tips a local company familiar with the landscape. It not only gives your clients better service and results but also keeps their costs down. And there’s not a client out there today who doesn’t want that.”

For more information on L&W Investigations, Inc, you can call their corporate offices at (508) 616-9370 or visit the Web site at www.lwinvestigations.com.

Not your everyday investigations firm

With 35 offices in 23 states, L&W Investigations, Inc. specializes in fraudulent insurance claims. In addition to nationwide coverage, L&W investigators are highly trained specialists equipped with state-of-the-art surveillance technologies and other advanced systems to provide second-to-none results and service. That includes online case status reports, video delivery by digital download or CD, DVD or VHS tape, rush services at no extra charge and much more.

Current offices are located in Arizona (Phoenix); California (Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura) Colorado (Boulder); Florida (Miami, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa); Georgia (Atlanta); Hawaii (Honolulu); Idaho (Boise); Illinois (Chicago); Kentucky (Louisville); Maine (Portland); Massachusetts (Boston); Minnesota (Minneapolis); Missouri (St. Louis); Montana, (Missoula); New Hampshire (Nashua); New Jersey (New Brunswick); New Mexico (Albuquerque); New York, (Long Island); North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh); Oregon (Portland); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Rhode Island (Providence); South Carolina (Charleston); Tennessee (Nashville, Memphis); Texas (Houston, San Antonio, Dallas); Utah (St. Lake City); Vermont (Burlington); Virginia (Arlington); Washington (Seattle, Spokane); Wisconsin (Madison; as well as Puerto Rico (San Juan) and the Caribbean islands; and Canada (Toronto).

Franchise locations are still available and the company has set a manageable growth plan at 15 new units per year.

For additional information, visit the Web site at www.lwinvestigations.com or contact L&W’s corporate headquarters located in Westboro, Massachusetts, at (508) 616-9370.

Prior to joining L&W Investigations at the end of last year, Levine worked as a special investigations unit analyst for Nationwide in Phoenix, Arizona. There, she worked with L&W Investigations franchise offices up and down the West Coast. Impressed by L&W’s professionalism and expertise and its growth potential, Levine left the warm climes of the southwest for central Massachusetts and a position as L&W’s strategic business development manager.

“From my perspective, as an SIU analyst, you couldn’t help but be blown away by the work and people of L&W. They always went above and beyond the call and their reports and attention to detail were without peer. So when I had my first conversation about a position with L&W’s Chairman Neal Lyons, I was already sold on what L&W had to offer. After hearing his vision for growing the company as the only private investigations franchise in the country, it closed the deal,” said Levine.

As strategic business development manager, Levine oversees the new business development efforts of 14 of L&W’s 35 franchise offices nationwide. In addition to new business, she also provides guidance to franchise owners in managing existing accounts, particularly as it pertains to working with claims analysts.

“Having been on the client side of our business, Alyson brings an invaluable perspective to both new business and our existing accounts. Her skills and insights are particularly helpful to our franchise owners, many of whom come from other professions and may not know all the nuances of the insurance business,” said Neal Lyons, chairman and CEO of L&W Investigations, Inc.

A graduate of Framingham State College, Levine also holds (any insurance certifications or titles). She currently resides in Worcester, Massachusetts.

L&W works with a variety of organizations– insurance companies, third-party administrators, self-insured companies, law firms and municipalities—on fraudulent workers compensation, disability, liability, auto and property claims. L&W’s offerings include:

? Surveillance

? Statements

? Activity/Disability Checks

? Asset/background investigations

? Medical audits/clinic inspections

With 35 locations nationwide in 23 states, the L&W typically employs three to eight investigators at each office. While many traditional “mom and pop” investigative firms are typically a haven for retired law enforcement officers who treat the job more like a hobby, L&W employs seasoned investigators who specialize in investigating insurance fraud cases. All L&W investigators go through extensive training and have access to the

most state-of-the-art surveillance equipment.

For more information on L&W Investigations, Inc, you can call their corporate offices at (508) 616-9370 or visit the Web site at www.lwinvestigations.com.

Not your everyday investigations firm

With 35 offices in 23 states, L&W Investigations, Inc. specializes in fraudulent insurance claims. In addition to nationwide coverage, L&W investigators are highly trained specialists equipped with state-of-the-art surveillance technologies and other advanced systems to provide second-to-none results and service. That includes online case status reports, video delivery by digital download or CD, DVD or VHS tape, rush services at no extra charge and much more.

Current offices are located in Arizona (Phoenix); California (Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura) Colorado (Boulder); Florida (Miami, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa); Georgia (Atlanta); Hawaii (Honolulu); Idaho (Boise); Illinois (Chicago); Kentucky (Louisville); Maine (Portland); Massachusetts (Boston); Minnesota (Minneapolis); Missouri (St. Louis); Montana, (Missoula); New Hampshire (Nashua); New Jersey (New Brunswick); New Mexico (Albuquerque); New York, (Long Island); North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh); Oregon (Portland); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Rhode Island (Providence); South Carolina (Charleston); Tennessee (Nashville, Memphis); Texas (Houston, San Antonio, Dallas); Utah (St. Lake City); Vermont (Burlington); Virginia (Arlington); Washington (Seattle, Spokane); Wisconsin (Madison; as well as Puerto Rico (San Juan) and the Caribbean islands; and Canada (Toronto).

Franchise locations are still available and the company has set a manageable growth plan at 15 new units per year.

For additional information, visit the Web site at www.lwinvestigations.com or contact L&W’s corporate headquarters located in Westborough, Massachusetts, at (508) 616-9370.

Going green is an important consideration for homeowners (according to the Professional Awning Manufacturers Association, that’s important to 75% of homeowners) – but there are so many other maintenance demands on home budgets that going green needs to be a little bit easier. That’s the advantage of retractable awnings; they’re an easy first step towards efficiency:

• Lower the need for air conditioning, so you can lower usage without discomfort

• Don’t require a hefty financial investment, remodeling time, or difficulty

• Are an attractive enhancement to a home

• Have simple installation, low maintenance, and long lifetime

The largest expense in a home or business is controlling the temperature, so basic energy sustainability projects begin with maintaining home or business temperatures efficiently. Almost half of the heat that builds up in a home or business comes from sunlight. You may think that using blinds and shades to block a lot of sunlight is enough to block the heat energy, but according to Louisiana-based Claiborne Electric Cooperative, blinds only block the light from the sun. Once the energy reaches the window, the heat enters the room regardless of light, so the blinds don’t lower real air conditioning use.

Retractable awnings actually block solar energy from reaching the window, so it never enters the house. That’s a much more effective way of controlling air conditioning use; in fact, retractable awnings can cut the heat buildup in a room between 65% and 77%, according to the US Department of Energy.

So what effect does cutting down the solar heat in a room have on energy bills? In broad terms, it cuts air conditioning use around 25% and saves $100 on annual electric bills. The Professional Awning Manufacturers Association (PAMA) commissioned a study covering twelve major cities across the United States, factoring in the window orientation (west, south, east, or equal), whether the awning was installed year-round or only in Summer, the type of glass (normal or solar-reflective), and how long the Summer seasons are.

The effect of awnings varies widely depending on where most of the windows face, the region, and local energy costs. Sunnier homes – with western-facing windows or in long sunny seasons – showed a marked improvement, though every home cut cooling energy use:

• Sacramento and Seattle by over 60%

• Minneapolis and Boston around 33%

• Washington, DC and Houston around 15%

The actual dollar amount that translates to can equal even more than the percentage sounds; for example, Phoenix homes cut air conditioning use by 25% by using awnings but realized savings totaling almost $250.

One significant finding in the PAMA study: the benefits of using an awning are only in the summer. Year-round awnings increase heating expenses, and that can actually raise annual bills. For example, houses in Atlanta with east-facing windows saved a moderate $50 per summer on electric bills – but lost $7 over the entire year. In Boston, the decline in cooling energy usage had a minor affect on air conditioning expenses ($1), but cost $65 because of increased heating expenses.

That’s why true energy efficiency comes through installing a retractable awning.

While air conditioning expenses are a significant amount of electricity usage, heating expenses account for almost half of all energy used in a home. Any efficiency solution that improves air conditioning. Retractable awnings do that: they can remain extended throughout the entire summer season, for the maximum reduction in air conditioning expenses. As fall and winter set in, they can be retracted, so solar heat enters and naturally warms the house, keeping heating expenses down. By staying open permanently, fixed awnings cut sunlight in winter months, significantly increase heating costs, and cancel out any summer utility bill savings.

In the Northeast, where energy prices are a big concern, the New Hampshire utilities system recommends integrating retractable awnings with your landscaping to increase energy efficiency. Other features – easy care, easy use, long lifetime (over 25 years, instead of about 5 years), and diverse solution dyed acrylic fabric selections – make retractable awnings an appealing energy efficiency option. The reason for retractable awnings increasing popularity in America – and their immense popularity in Europe – is because they provide a simple, relatively inexpensive, and attractive method to control energy use.

Dog apparel, whether you consider it a luxury or not has its place. Also, Jewelry for these canine friends has become the rage all over the world. From warm hoodies for casual wear, to tuxedo and wedding dresses for the most formal events. Hoodies, t-shirts, dresses, jackets, rain coats…you name it, someone is making it as we speak. There is an outfit on the Internet for every occasion. Jewelry is a way of dressing up the clothes with hair pins and shiny collars along with necklaces and tiaras.

With all this hoopla about designer clothes and jewelry, there is a practical side to buying your dog clothes. Smaller breeds are usually in need of a little extra warmth as they don’t have as much body heat as the larger breeds. Clothes for your pet, especially up in the northern states are a must. Many people think that a dog or cats fur is enough to keep them warm, but that’s simply not true. Even large dogs can use a hoodie or two in the winter for added protection against the elements. We live in south Texas and own a darling Maltese with lots of fur, but in the winter months our little pal is always cold. We usually have to keep some sort of hoodie or t-shirt on him to keep him from shivering.

So whether you live in a cold climate and need added protection against the elements or you just like the looks of your precious little pal with a harley jacket on, dog clothes are here to stay and they are growing in popularity as we speak. And, jewelry to accent the clothes or just all by themselves is a great addition to your dogs’ outfits and general appearance. Bottom line is have fun with your pet!! Enjoy the love and companionship they give you and try to give them something in return.

If you have any questions on Pet Clothing or Posh Pampered Pets, please call 936-520-2903. Our home office is located in Waller, Texas, with warehouses located throughout the United States such as Dallas TX, Houston TX, New York NY, Denver CO, Chicago ILL, Seattle WA, Kansas City MO, Miami FL, Raleigh-Durham NC, Washington DC, Los Angeles CA, Fayetteville AR, Philadelphia PA, Phoenix Arizona, San Antonio TX (Texas.

The Early Mentors and Influences

Barack Hussein Obama Sr. – Barack’s father was an African socialist. While he was not with his son for much of Barack Jr.’s childhood, they did keep in touch through routine correspondence according to the memoir, Dreams From My Father.

Stanley Ann Dunham – Barack’s mother was a 60’s liberal feminist and an atheist – all the makings of a rebellious, 60’s-era, left-wing radical. There is little written about Barack’s mother and her political views, but from what is known, she was certainly on the left of the political spectrum.

Frank Marshall Davis – “Frank,” as Barack Obama refers to him in his book, Dreams From My Father, was a member of the Communist Party (USA). He was also a former community organizer in Chicago. As a youth, Barack was treated to many of Davis’ rants about white supremacy, white Christianity, and undoubtedly was aware of Davis’ pro-Soviet writings. In his memoir, Barack merely says he was “intrigued” by Davis.

Saul Alinsky – Mr. Alinsky was an avid and open socialist and the king of social activism, commonly called the “father of community organizing.” He created many organizations that relied on street agitation tactics, such as the Industrial Areas Foundation, which trained Obama in organizing tactics. He wrote the book, Rules for Radicals, which outlined many of the tactics used today in community organizing campaigns. Barack Obama worked with the Developing Communities Project and the Gamaliel Foundation – both inspired by Saul Alinsky’s tactics and socialist philosophy. Barack even wrote a chapter on community organizing in the book, After Alinsky. Saul Alinsky’s son, Lee David Alinsky, recently praised Obama on his ability to perform Saul’s tactics, saying that Barack “learned his lesson well.”

John L. McKnight – Referred to as Obama’s “community organizer mentor,” McKnight taught Barack about community organizing while they were both working with the Gamaliel Foundation – a Saul Alinsky production. John McKnight is also a former ACLU director and sits on the board of the National People’s Action (NPA), another leftist community organizing group. He teaches at Northwestern University  and he wrote a letter of recommendation to Harvard for Obama.

Radical Faith Testimonials

Reverend Jeremiah Wright – “Uncle J” was Barack’s former pastor and mentor at Trinity United Church of Christ. The philosophy of the Church is based on the teachings of James Cone’s black liberation theology. Cone admits that his theology is a mix of “black religion and Marxist philosophy.” Wright’s fiery anti-white, anti-capitalist, and anti-United States sermons landed him in a media controversy that eventually led to Barack’s denouncement of him in the spring of 2008, after 20 years of friendship. Wright had married Barack and Michelle and had baptized their two children. The pastor has also worked with Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan, and his church’s magazine, Trumpet, has given Farrakhan a lifetime achievement award with praise coming from Wright.

The black liberation theology that is practiced at Trinity is based on James Cone’s version of the religion. He has stated that Trinity represents the most accurate interpretation of his theology. Among the ideas expressed by Cone is the notion that “black religion and Marxist philosophy may show us the way to build a completely new society.” He also believes that “to be black is to be committed to destroying everything this country loves and adores.” Recently, reports have stated that Cone believes nothing Barack Obama has said or written in his books and speeches contradicts Cone’s black liberation theology. Obama has simply blunted the more “radical edge.” On the other hand, Reverend Wright seems to have a firm grasp on what his theology represents – and he was able to influence Barack Obama with it for 20 years.

Father Michael Pfleger – This seemingly out-of-place white priest with a predominantly black congregation in South Chicago has had a relationship with Obama for nearly 20 years as well. He has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in earmarks and foundation grants from Obama and has contributed to Barack’s multiple political campaigns. He had appeared on Barack’s campaign website under the “Faith” category, but he has since been removed. Much like Wright, Father Pfleger spews fiery racial sermons and gives his support and admiration to Louis Farrakhan. According to Wright’s Trumpet magazine, Pfleger also claims he “got very educated by the [Black] Panthers – very educated.”

Domestic Terrorism and Social “Reform”

William Ayers – Mr. Ayers is an unrepentant domestic terrorist and an anti-capitalist. He was a leader of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the 1960’s and one of the militant spin-offs, the terrorist Weather Underground organization. These organizations were comprised of communist (”small ‘c’”) and anti-capitalist radicals. Part of Ayers’ Weather Underground strategy was to align with black revolutionary organizations like the Black Panther Party because among other things, they felt “white America” exploited black people and they were taken to the military-like discipline exhibited by those groups. Their activities included bombing police stations, the Capitol Building, and the Pentagon. In recent years, Ayers has publicly stated that he is not sorry for what he did and wishes that he had done more. He has been photographed stomping on the American flag and says the idea that the United States is a fair and just nation “makes me want to puke.” He has also given speeches in Venezuela praising the efforts in education that the Hugo Chavez regime has been making…efforts that he has been trying to implement in the Chicago school system for decades.

Bill Ayers served for six years on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC) with Barack Obama. Both men headed up separate branches of the CAC that worked together on project funding. He also served on the board of the Woods Fund with Obama for three years. In 1995, Ayers hosted the event at his house which would become the kick-start to Obama’s political career. In that “meet-and-greet,” Alice Palmer handed over her Illinois State Senate reins to Barack (more on that later). Ayers wrote a book on the juvenile justice  system which Barack endorsed warmly, then the two were on a panel set up by Michelle Obama to discuss the merits of the book and current (at the time) legislation on the subject – which both Ayers and Obama opposed, as well as Bernardine Dohrn. Barack also taught classes at the University of Illinois-Chicago, where Ayers is a faculty member. In 2002, the Black Radical Congress (BRC) hosted a panel discussion at the University of Illinois-Chicago called “Intellectuals in Times of Crisis.” Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, and three endorsers of the BRC were on this panel. Contrary to the protestations by the Obama campaign, Bill Ayers is more than “just a guy” who lives in Barack’s neighborhood.

Bernardine Dohrn – She is the wife of Bill Ayers and a former radical herself. Dohrn was the leader of the Revolutionary Youth Movement of the SDS and the Weather Underground. She was also a signatory of the Weather Underground’s “Declaration of War” against the United States. She was a communist (Marxist-Leninist) and is a convicted criminal for her actions in the violent radical groups she was involved with throughout the 60’s and 70’s, particularly the aforementioned bombings. Dohrn later obtained a position at Sidley & Austin, the law firm where Michelle Obama worked. Dohrn’s father-in-law, Tom Ayers, owned a company which had received long-time outside counsel from Sidley. She obtained her position at Sidley & Austin through Howard Trienens, a senior partner. Trienens, Tom Ayers, and Sidley partner Newton Minow, all served on the board of trustees at Northwestern University. Dohrn is now an adjunct professor at Northwestern.

Mike Klonsky – He was a Maoist, a former SDS national chairman (1968), and formed the “October League” when the SDS broke into several factions. The October League later became the Beijing-recognized U.S. Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), of which Klonsky became a leader in the 70’s, traveling to China and praising the Maoist leadership. He took over the Small Schools Workshop which was created by Ayers, when Ayers headed up the CAC in 1995. The CAC, with Barack as one of its chairs, continued to fund the Workshop throughout the CAC’s existence. Klonsky was also an official blogger for the Obama presidential campaign website in 2008.

Marilyn Katz – She oversaw security for the SDS, where she met Ayers. She was part of the Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism, which organized the 2002 anti-war speech in Chicago where Barack Obama famously spoke out against the Iraq War. Katz is a signatory of the Progressives for Obama website and the founder of Chicagoans Against War on Iraq. She also happens to have played poker games with Judson Miner, the liberal lawyer who hired Obama upon his return to Chicago after graduating Harvard Law School. Obama met Katz through the Miner Barnhill & Galland law firm. Miner was also a law school classmate of Bernardine Dohrn at the University of Chicago in the 60’s. Katz has held fundraisers for Obama in her home and is a media advisor for the Obama presidential campaign.

Carl Davidson – He was a former leader of the SDS and a Maoist, like Klonsky. He was also one of the organizers for the 2002 anti-war speech. Davidson is the webmaster for the website, Progressives for Obama, which posts blogs from other 60’s radicals like Tom Hayden and Bill Fletcher, who created the website and its agenda.

Bill Fletcher – As mentioned, he was a 60’s radical (a Maoist) and is one of the creators of the Progressives for Obama website. While there is no evidence of a direct connection to the Obama campaign, he has endorsed the call of the Black Radical Congress along with Obama advisor Cornel West and has connections to others that are directly involved with Obama and his campaign.

Incestuous Relationships and Friendly Donations

Woods Fund – In 1993, Barack Obama became a board member with the Woods Fund. A man named Ken Rolling was a program officer with the fund at the time. During the late 80’s the Woods Fund gave grants to the Developing Communities Project, where Obama had worked as a community organizer. At the time, the Woods Fund was supporting the Chicago Local School Councils (LSC’s) which were created from the 1988 Chicago School Reform Act. Bill Ayers was involved with establishing these LSC’s along with his brother John, who was a leader in the LSC’s and became head of the Leadership for Quality Education (LQE) in 1993. The LQE was a group formed at the time of the Reform Act and was supported by a local business lobby that wanted to use the LQE as a means to train the LSC’s. Ayers joined Obama on the board of the Woods Fund in 1999 and they worked together there until 2002.

Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC) – Bill Ayers played a seminal role in the creation of the CAC. One of the main goals of the Challenge was to build on the 1988 Reform Act and the LSC’s, which he supported and in which his brother was involved. In 1995, the CAC began its operations with Barack Obama as Chairman of the Board. Bill Ayers was co-chair of the Chicago School Reform Collaborative, one of three branches of the CAC – the Board being another. Ken Rolling was brought in from the Woods Fund as Executive Director. In the first year a $175,000 grant was awarded to the Small Schools Workshop which was founded by Ayers but control was turned over to fellow radical, Mike Klonsky, once Ayers began the CAC. Obama and Ayers worked together in the CAC from 1995 until its end in 2001. That year, the CAC came to an end but handed startup funds over to Penny Pritzker and the Chicago Public Education Fund (CPEF). Pritzker is now part of the fundraising operation in the Obama campaign. In 2003, the CAC’s own report admitted that the ultimate goal of the CAC – to improve academic achievement – was a failure. Regardless of the outcome, it is plain that the goals for Ayers and Obama were similar…and knowing Ayers’ past, it isn’t something that should be taken with a grain of salt.

Sidley & Austin – This is the Chicago law firm that brought in Obama as a summer associate in 1989. It’s also the firm where Michelle Obama worked and reportedly met Barack for the first time. Sidley had been outside counsel to Tom Ayers’ company, Commonwealth Edison. Howard Trienens, the partner that handled Commonwealth Edison, hired Bernardine Dohrn at Sidley. Trienens was on the board of trustees at Northwestern with Tom Ayers, Dohrn’s father-in-law, and Newton Minow, another Sidley partner.

ACORN – Obama has extensive ties to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, as do his two prominent spiritual influences, Wright and Pfleger. Obama’s Developing Communities Project and his “Project VOTE” campaign worked closely with ACORN. Both the Woods Fund and Joyce Foundation – where Obama sat on both boards – gave frequent donations to ACORN. He filed a successful lawsuit on behalf of ACORN to enforce the “motor-voter” law in Illinois. Madeleine Talbot, a former ACORN leader in Chicago, hired Obama to train her staff on organizing tactics. Talbot was arrested for a protest that broke into a Chicago City Council session in 1997. In return for training Chicago ACORN leaders in community organizing techniques, Obama received their help with his political campaigns. Obama had also joined with ACORN to try to overturn Indiana’s voter I.D. laws, but the Supreme Court rejected their complaint.

What is ACORN’s record? In St. Louis, eight local ACORN workers were indicted on charges related to voter fraud from fake information on registration forms in 2006. One of the eight pleaded guilty in March. Seven workers were indicted on felony charges in Seattle because of phony registration forms and some of the workers already had criminal records. Three workers pleaded guilty in 2007 and ACORN eventually settled the largest case of voter fraud in Washington State history, paying $25,000 in restitutions. Similar problems are being investigated in at least twelve other states. ACORN’s political action committee (PAC) has endorsed Barack Obama for president.

Notable Friends and Advisors

Linda Darling-Hammond – Currently an education advisor to the Obama presidential campaign, Darling-Hammond has some less obvious connections to the leftist agenda, so it will take a little longer to define them. She has writings and has supported the notion of an “education debt” which is said to plague minority communities. This concept is a product of another educator, Gloria Ladson-Billings. Ladson-Billings is one of the pioneers of the phrase “education debt,” which is apparently the by-product (at least in part) of a reparations agenda pushed by people like the factually-incorrect and racist, Randall Robinson and books like, The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks. In 2006, Ladson-Billings gave her Presidential Address to the leftist-tainted American Educational Research Association (AERA) in which she spoke about repaying the “education debt.” She also announced the selection of Darling-Hammond to the Association’s governing council that same week. As it turns out, Bill Ayers was recently elected as an AERA vice-president (but for some reason, he no longer appears on their website as a VP of curriculum studies.)

Darling-Hammond and Ladson-Billings also appear together in two different liberal education programs, the Forum for Education and Democracy (FED) and the Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) “Bold Approach.” Both of these programs preach the concept of “social justice,” which seems to be code for socialist redistribution programs. And they both have more connections to Bill Ayers. Ladson-Billings has contributed writings for Ayers-edited books, she’s been a co-editor with Ayers, and wrote a forward to another of his books. Darling-Hammond, who has taken up the agenda of the two liberal programs, including the notion of the reparations-inspired “education debt,” and is a long-time member of the AERA, has also had her writings appear in an Ayers-edited book. Ayers obviously supports the liberal agenda of both of these educators, the two programs, and the AERA, as does Mike Klonsky, who is a co-signer of the “Bold Approach” agenda.

Laurence Tribe – Mr. Tribe was one of Barack’s professors/mentors at Harvard. He co-founded and is on the board of advisors of the American Constitution Society (ACS), a leftist counter to the Federalist Society. The ACS defines itself as promoting the “progressive” agenda in law. Mr. Tribe has been accused of plagiarizing in one of his books and believes animals should have legal standing to sue humans and businesses. He is on a short list of possible Supreme Court nominees if Obama wins the presidential election and is currently an advisor to his campaign.

Charles Ogletree – He is another one of Barack’s Harvard professors/mentors and an advocate for reparations for slavery, despite the fact that he believes reparations could cost the government trillions of dollars – and the fact that those trillions would come from the taxpayers, including other black people. He has also been accused of plagiarizing, like his colleague Laurence Tribe, and is currently an advisor to the Obama campaign.

Cornel West – Mr. West defines his political ideology as “non-Marxist socialist.” He is an anti-capitalist and honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America. He is a contributor/signatory to the Progressives for Obama website and has endorsed the Black Radical Congress’ (BRC) call for a “renewed struggle.” He appeared together with Reverend Jeremiah Wright on a panel called “Faith as a Weapon: Spirituality and the Role of the Church in the Radical Movement” hosted by the newly formed BRC in 1998. West was also involved in the Million Man March and has many other connections to the racist and anti-Israeli, Louis Farrakhan.

Alice Palmer – She is a former executive board member of the U.S. Peace Council (a communist front group), which is an affiliate of the World Peace Council (a Soviet front group). In 1983, she attended the World Peace Council’s Prague Assembly. Palmer wrote an article in the People’s Daily World – a CPUSA newspaper – describing how impressive the Soviet system was when she attended the 27th Congress of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. When she decided to give up her Illinois Senate seat in an effort to win an election for U.S. Representative, she identified Barack Obama as her successor in the State Senate. She held a “meet-and-greet” at the home of Bill Ayers for Obama’s introduction into the Illinois political arena.

Antoin “Tony” Rezko – The relationship between Obama and Rezko goes back to 1990. That year, Tony Rezko offered Obama a job with his housing development business, but Obama declined. They remained friends ever since and Rezko became one of Obama’s biggest campaign contributors. Over the years, Barack has obtained millions of dollars in grants for Rezko to build inner-city housing. However, many of these properties have been plagued by financial misdeeds and problems with infrastructure and maintenance. One project for a senior-citizens complex garnered $14 million for Rezko and his business partner, Allison Davis – an Obama fundraiser and former boss at the law firm then named Davis Miner Barnhill & Galland. At the time Obama’s letter was written asking for legislative support for the project, Cottage View Terrace, Obama was a lawyer with Miner Barnhill & Galland – the same law firm but without Davis as a partner. The firm had several companies owned by Rezko and Davis as clients, but not New Kenwood LLC which was in charge of Cottage View Terrace. Tony Rezko was recently convicted of several felonies involving corruption and kickbacks to various Chicago politicians.

In June 2005, Barack Obama and Tony Rezko purchased adjacent properties on the same day and from the same owner in Chicago. Obama paid $300,000 below the asking price while Rezko paid full price. At the time, it was already known that Rezko was under investigation for criminal charges. In January of 2006, Mrs. Rezko sold a ten foot strip of property to Obama. When asked about the questionable circumstances surrounding the purchase of the two properties, Obama apologized and said his actions were “boneheaded.”

Rashid Khalidi – Mr. Khalidi is a Palestinian political activist and a professor at Columbia University. For six years in Beirut, he was the director of WAFA, the official Palestinian press agency where his wife had also worked as chief editor of the English section. Mr. Khalidi has also worked with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) during the height of its terrorist campaigns in the Middle East. While in Chicago, the Khalidi’s created the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), an anti-Israeli group, and received $75,000 in grants from the Woods Fund when Obama and Ayers were on the board. Khalidi has also held fundraisers for Obama and the Obama’s have had many dinners at the Khalidi’s home in Chicago. Khalidi also started the website Electronic Intifada – an anti-Israeli site – with Ali Abunimah, another Obama associate. Both Khalidi and Abunimah have considered Obama a friend and ally to their cause.

Robert Malley – This former “informal” foreign policy advisor to the Obama campaign resigned in May 2008 due to allegations that he was meeting with members of the terrorist organization, Hamas. Malley dismissed his meetings with these contacts as simply being part of his job. But he is also anti-Israeli with a long list of op-ed articles – some co-authored by former Yasser Arafat advisors – with a revisionist slant and intent to denounce Israeli attempts for peace and security. Not surprisingly, Malley’s father was a fervent anti-Western, “Third-Worldist” who wrote about liberation “struggle” – leftist code for anti-capitalism and pro-socialist/communist movements.

Other Supporters of Obama and/or His Policies

Hugo Chavez – Venezuelan dictator
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – President of Iran
Fidel Castro – Cuban dictator
Party of European Socialists
Louis Farrakhan – Supreme Minister, Nation of Islam
Democratic Socialists of America
Communist Party USA (CPUSA)
Frank Chapman – Member of U.S. Peace Council Executive Committee (an FBI-identified communist front group)
Mark Solomon – National co-chair, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
Joel Wendland – Managing editor of CPUSA online magazine Political Affairs: Marxist Thought Online
Pepe Lozano – Leader in the Chicago Youth Communist League and editorial board member of CPUSA newspaper, People’s World Weekly

Closing Thoughts

These are not just associations. All of these connections are family members, close friends and “mentors,” and affiliations/organizations that Obama willingly participated with and in – and financially supported. If Barack doesn’t know about their past and their political ideologies, then he is oblivious to his surroundings and does not belong in the White House as the leader of our country. If he knew about these things but didn’t think they mattered, then he is beyond naïve and does not belong in the White House. If he knew about these things and openly welcomed it, then he’s just downright dangerous and does not belong on a local school board, let alone in the White House.

All of these incestuous relationships directly place Barack Obama deep inside the socialist/communist movements in Chicago. His plans and policies are radical and his associations and partners are mostly on the very far left of politics. Socialism and communism are not – and shouldn’t be – acceptable philosophies in this country, especially from a person running for president. This isn’t simply a matter of “guilt by association.” These relationships are long-lasting and ingrained into Barack’s political philosophy and ideology. There’s a reason why he will do anything and everything it takes to ignore, deny, or denounce every one of these associations once they are brought to the public’s attention.

Is this guilt by association? Not at all. These associations demonstrate a pattern of relationships with leftist radicals, criminally corrupt developers, and racially divisive activists. These relationships are not a matter of happenstance either. Barack sought out these groups from his early days. He did not grow up in Chicago – he chose to live there. His associations are a direct result of his decision-making and his chosen path to political power. He willingly participated in socialist-minded groups and worked with radicals and unrepentant criminals. He is beyond dangerous to this republic of ours and his policies are beyond destructive.

For all of the voters going to the polls in November to vote for change:

You have been warned.

Susan Gorman, director of a private preschool five blocks from the site, worries that increasing the amount of street drunks will make it harder for her toddlers to enjoy playing in the nearby park.  She fears that the drunks may lash out or something but Ellen Taussig, head of a secondary private school, had the same concerns eight years ago when the Wintonia was being planned.  Her school’s 48-student dormitory is right across the street from the shelter and now she feels comfortable with the idea of being so close to it and she even encourages her sixth graders to perform their concerts at the Wintonia.  Left over food sometimes gets brought over to the shelter by the students and Taussig says that “we have been living in a more-than-peaceful co-existence.”  The Benaroya Co. is worried that tenants will not renew their leases in the company’s nearby buildings when they find out about the alcoholics that will be in plain view.  However, developer Val Thomas believed that the Wintonia would be a good neighbor and decided to build an upscale condominium across the street and said that “it’s knee-jerk to assume those types of buildings are going to automatically be problems,” while referring to the Wintonia. 

An argument against NIMBYism has to do with what Kevin Berube, 4th floor resident, says about drinking.  He mentions that people who do not know their drinking limit do, however, know their physical limits when drunk.  He says that “people are fearful of losing their housing if they go out when they are too loaded.”  Some opponents expressed their concern that maybe some of these drunks have lost too many brain cells to be able to make smart choices.  A Bellevue psychiatrist, Dr. Kathleen Decker, explains that years of alcoholism can cause brain damage and can impair memory and sometimes cause a person to be paranoid.  To quote Decker, “some people who have that syndrome cannot follow any rules in the slightest and also cannot be motivated to do so due to their cognitive difficulties.”  She goes on to say that “the state of acute intoxication can lead to irritability and agitation.  Often you don’t have to do anything wrong to set off a person like this.” 

The Denny Triangle house at 1811 Eastlake Ave., just south of Denny Way is coming up against some heavy opposition.  But as with most public housing projects community opposition riddles the initial planning stages.  The Wintonia, a subsidized housing building for recovering alcoholics, offers long-term, stable, affordable housing by the Archdiocesan Housing Authority, a division of the Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, who own 14 other low-income permanent-housing properties in the Seattle area.  The ground floor of the once abandoned building is now home to two successful businesses and more recently three antique stores that have moved into the neighborhood. 

Along with half of the 92 rooms reserved exclusively for alcoholics the rest is available to the “working poor.”  One of the founder’s initial desires for the facility was to offer a place to live in dignity as they reassert control of their lives.  The building encasing the residents is a fairly attractive six-story terra cotta with a masonry exterior that has sparked a developmental mindset in a neighborhood that was somewhat underdeveloped.  One effective plan in getting people to see the place working is to have part of the building available for neighborhood meetings. 

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Here is all that you have to do:  go to our website and click on the “Complete basketball inventory of basketball coaching ebooks”.  It is an inventory of individual basketball coaching clinic notes that we have.  Just email us and we will help you out.  We just ask that you trade materials with us.  We will help you more than you help us out.

We have basketball coaching materials from Offense, defense, special situations, zone offense, zone defense, shooting.  We have more materials than you could dream about.  We have stuff that has never been on the internet like NBA playbooks, Division 1 playbooks, high school playbooks.

Say that you want something on the newest craze:  Dribble Drive Motion Offense.  We have an ebook that has everything that has been written down or typed on the subject.  We also sell ebooks of our materials for you.  

Here is an example of what we have:

1-3-1 Offensive sets from Europe

Jerry Wainwright: Ideas about Practice

Merritt Island Basketball strength training program

Herb Brown: Defensive Information

Defensive Keys to Victory notes

Jay Monahan: Set Plays to beat Gimmick Defenses

Jay Monahan: Zone Set Plays

Jay Monahan: Set Plays

Jay Monahan: Box Set Plays

Nike Skill Academy Coaches Booklet from Europe 

Quin Synder: Missouri Offensive booklet

Basketball Drills 2

Wharton College Basketball Drills

Gene Evans: 2-3 Match-up Zone

Joe McKeown: George Washington Matchup zone

Jerry Tarkanian: Amoeba Defense (26 pages)

Dr. Tom Davis: 3-2 Flexible Zone defense notes

Don Meyer: Motivational sayings

Coach K: Defensive Booklet

Perry Clark: Tulane Transition Drills

Pete Carril: Spread Game

Pete Carril: Princeton offense booklet

Pete Carril: Motion concepts 

Larry Eustachy: Creating Mental Toughness

John Beilein: West Virginia Basketball Coaching Clinic Skill Booklet 2002 (Over 50 pages, it is a tremendous resource to take a look at)

John Beilein: Nike clinic at Cleveland OH 2002 and Michigan Practice 10-19-07 (Tremendous detail

Quin Synder: Missouri Defensive booklet with tremendous detail

Amoeba Defense article

Tony Barone: Scouting for professional teams (2 pages)

Leonard Hamilton: Defensive toughness (1 page)

Vance Walberg : Pepperdine Practice notes from 10-25-07 to 10-27-07 including actual practice plan.

Kevin Pigott: More Princeton offense notes 
and
Jimmy Tillette: Samford Practice notes

Andy Wood: Open Post Offense notes

Rick Samuel: Open Post Offense notes

Lason Perkins: Open Post Offense notes

Steve Smith: Oak Hill Defensive Drills and Conditioning Drills

Peter Lonergan: Developing Multi-skilled Young Players

Charlotte Bobcats set plays

Steve Alford: Breakdown Drills for Motion Offense

Kevin Eastman: Boston Celtics workout

Greg Popovich: Spurs Early Offense

Kevin Stallings: How to develop a Successful Basketball Program

Nate McMillan: Seattle Supersonics – How to defend Pick and Roll Defense

Mark Few: Gonzaga Playbook

North Carolina: Complete conditioning workouts

Strength and Conditioning workouts

Rick Pitino: Louisville Individual Workout 10-01-05

Kevin Stallings: Vanderbilt Practice 10-13-07 (great detail)

Kevin Stallings: Vanderbilt Practice 11-28-07 (great detail)

Lecanto High School Playbook (excellent playbook)

Phil Martelli: High Tempo Drills

Jerry Tarkanian: UNLV Running game

Jerry Tarkanian: Pressure Defense

Paul Hewitt: Georgia Tech Pressure Defense

Vance Walberg: Pepperdine Practices for 10-25-07 to 10-27-07 (I have to rewrite the notes so be patience. It didn’t turn out well on the Pdf file)

 Coach K: Duke motion offense (not the mike d’antoni stuff from this year)

Jay Wright: Motion Offense notes

Out of Bounds play: Zip Play

Kevin Pigott: Princeton Offense notes with diagrams

Australian Summer Improvement notes

Phoenix Suns: Offensive sets

Iowa Shuffle Zone Offense

Los Angles Lakers: Scouting Report from an actual NBA scout

Funadmentals of the Pick and Roll

Princeton coaches article

Good Gig or not article

Larry Brown and Gregg Popovich Friendship article

Rick Carlise: Interview article

Follow me Coach K article

How to praise an assistant article

High Energy Thad Matta article

 Techniques for getting the ball inside

Roy Williams: UNC Transition sets

Bill Grier: Gonzaga Defense

 Kevin Pigott: Princeton Offense notes with diagrams

Australian Summer Improvement notes

Phoenix Suns: Offensive sets

Iowa Shuffle Zone Offense

Steve Nash: Different workout from the other day

Basketball Drills: A pdf file which consists of 54 basketball drills. It has to be in the top ten of coaching notes that I have come across in the last year. It is a tremendous setup for a young coach or a older coach. It has tons of different ideas especially if you are a motion offense guy.

Ernie Kent: Man to Man offense / Transition game

Roy Williams: North Carolina Transition game

Steve Nash: His workout

Jim Boeheim 2-3 zone defense notes

Vance Walberg Defensive Philosophy

John Kresse: 2-2-1 press

John Kresse: 1-2-2 and 1-3-1 zones

Los Angeles Lakers: 1977 playbook

Indiana Basketball Playbook

Larry Brown: Indiana Pacers Practice Plan (1 page)

Bobby Hurley: Practice Plan (1 page)

Bobby Knight: Indiana Practice Plan (1 page)

Fran Franschilla: Practice Organization notes

George Raveling: Junior Nike Practice plan notes

Open Post Offense notes

UCLA offense: It is on powerpoint and it might be the best looking notes that I have received in a very long time. 

Shuffle Offense

Mike Dunlap: Defensive Philosophy

Hubie Brown: Techniques and Strategies

Don Meyer: Coaching clinic notes

John Beilein: Michigan clinic notes that are typed and have diagrams.
Ramsey: Basketball conditioning program (1 page)

Diamondback Football program

(I had a coach that went to Europe and traveled through France and Spain and went and watched the best leagues in those two countries. It is a collection of great stuff)

France Pro League stuff

Spain Pro League stuff

Spain Pro League: Scouting notes from it. (Great Stuff)

Jim Boeheim 2-3 zone defense notes

Vance Walberg Defensive Philosophy

John Kresse: 2-2-1 press

John Kresse: 1-2-2 and 1-3-1 zones

Los Angeles Lakers: 1977 playbook

Indiana Basketball Playbook

European Multiple Defense
SMU: Half Court Shooting Drills
European Offenses: 4 different offenses
European Pick and Roll Defense
Portorico Scout offense (European offense)
Don Meyer: Creating Turnovers with selective trapping
Teacher’s Influence: a big file on how teachers influence the kids. Good stuff

Mike Dunlap: 1-1-3 zone defense
Mark Turgeon: Texas AM Secondary Break (tremedous stuff….)
Todd Lickliter: Butler Offensive sets (Tremendous stuff…. great sets.)
Pete Gillen: Developing a post game
Open Post Motion offense: great detail
Iowa: Press Break
4 out, 1 in motion offense: Great detail to the notes
1-1-1-2 Conceal Press defense: great detail to the notes.
Jere Quinn (St. Thomas Prep): Philosophy of Coaching
Gregg Popovich: How to Scrimmage
Own the lane Post workout
Dave Leitao: NABC clinic notes

North Carolina: Complete conditioning workout observation
Orlando Magic Summer league observations and Purdue Preseason workout
Indiana WNBA Fever Practice observations
Jerry Petitgoue: Youth Practice workouts
Mike Dunlap: 1-1-3 Matchup zone defense (great stuff)

John Saintignon: Pass-option secondary break (Tremendous resource)
Double Pump Clinic: notes from this fall (really good stuff from Division 1 and NBA coaches)
Wisconsin Green Bay: clinic notes
Bob Huggins: Open Post notes with Diagrams
Bob Huggins: Open Post notes without Diagrams
Italian 2003 clinic: Wheel offense (50 pages worth)
International NBA Clinic: Belgrade 2002 clinic
Post player moves and skills notes

Dick Bennett: Defensive concepts
Coach K: Basketball Thoughts
Rick Pitino: Ball Defense
Mike Brey: Offensive footwork
Steve Hawkins: Man Defense
Cheryl Burnett: Scramble Defense

Jim Boone: Packline Defense and Motion offense, war drill too
LaSalle Academy: Big Men workouts
Princeton Offense: Twenty rules to make it work

Don Meyer: Things that we have to learn
NBA EuroLive Tour: playbook
Larry Gipson: Motion Offense notes

Pete Carril: Princeton High Post Offense
Rick Majerus: Half Court Man to Man Defense
Flex Ball Screen Offense
“Zip” out of bounds play (only one play)
Will Rey: Combination Defenses

Larry Shyatt: Face Guard Defense
Vance Walberg: Vance Walberg Nation Offense handouts
Art of Defense

Mike DeVillivis: Mini clinics
Bullets Open Post Offense
Australian “AIS” conditioning plan

Joe Scott: Denver Basketball clinic 2007
Ganon Baker: Fiba article on the “Lost art of the Jumpshot”
Business Leadership book: Five Dysfunctions of a team summary
Hoopsource: Basketball Drill Sheet

Coach K: 1988 Basketball Clinic (Great stuff)
Triangle and Two defense

A Bunch of Set Plays
A Bunch of Continuity Zone offenses
Oliver Purnell: Team Chemistry

Kevin O’Neill: Priority Man to Man Defense
Jeff Van Gundy: Basketball Clinic when he was with the New York Knicks (Good Stuff)
UNC Practice Plan: 10-19-07
Tom Crean Coaches Packet (Job interview stuff – to get a job
7 Great Pressure releases for any offense (one page)
LMU Break (notes typed with diagrams)
Motion versus zone (one page)
Don Meyer: 1-1-3 matchup zone
Kelvin Sampson: 1-4 offense notes

Blaine Taylor : 14 options for Transition Game
Warrior Drills
Leadership Summaries 2
John Beilein: Michigan Coaching clinic notes
Stan Van Gundy: We Play Hard Clinic: Pick and Roll Offense (Most detailed notes in a while) (24 pages in detail with diagrams)
Steve Smith: Oak Hill Defensive notes
Lason Perkins: Offensive set notes
Don Meyer: NSU shooting camp / practice
Team Arete: General Thoughts
Transition : To Flex Offense
Pete Gaudet: Post man notes
Paul Hewitt: Georgia Tech Motion offense (general notes)
Leadership Book Summaries
Xavier/ Wright State / Dayton practice notes
John Calipari / Larry Brown Coaches clinic retreat
Executive leadership summaries (Leadership articles)
Georgia Tech Inbounds plays
Dennis Felton: New Georgia motion offense concepts
Kelvin Sampson: Coaching clinic notes
Leadership articles published by Basketball Sense
Mike Dunlap: More coaching notes
Pete Newell/Mike Dunlap: Coaching clinic notes
Mike Dunlap: Offensive transition notes
Mike Dunlap: Footwork warmup
Dick Bennett: Blocker/Mover offense
Bill Parcells: Finding a way to win
Mike Dunlap: Combination of Mike Dunlap Coaching clinics / a touch of stuff with Vance Walberg at the clinic.
Ralph Miller: Pressure Basketball
Football Coaching Matters: Collection of notes from various football coaches

Hal Wissel: Basketball ShootingBasketball ShootingLead-up DrillsBasketball Shooting MechanicsCatch and Shoot JumpBehind the Ball or Step InCorrecting Errors in ShootingFree Throw ShootingMental Practice Perfect ShotShooting Off DribbleShoot-Out Drill.Step Back Jump Shot Off DribbleBW Shooting Chart DailyHook Shooting by HWBW Shooting Chart Monthly

Greg Popovich: my favorite drills
Herb Welling: The Dribble Motion offense and Building the dribble motion offense
Jerry Wainwright: Game Situations (slobs, blobs, and coaching) (Great stuff)
Steve Smith: Oak Hill Drills
Kevin Sutton: 26 Skill Developement Drills
Jamie Dixon: Pitt notes (2 pages)
Tim Miles: Triangle offense notes
Tubby Smith: Notes on Black/White press (When he was at Georgia)
Skip Prosser: Matchup Press
Bill Walsh: Various articles and notes that offer some coaching nuggets….
John Beilein coaching notes
Double Pump Coach’s clinic notes from LA, California (summer 2007)
Oak Hill Academy’s 40 series: Man Quick Hitters

Jay Wright: How to teach the Motion Offense system (It came from Villanova’s basketball staff)Jay Wright: Breakdown Drills for 4-out, 1in motion offense
Jay Wright: 4-out, 1-in motion summary

Vance Walberg clinic at Rocklin (Another set of notes)
Vance Walberg: Half court defense (1page)
Mike Dunlap: 2-2-1 press
Emporia State: Point Zone article
Vance Walberg: Rocklin Coaching clinic notes
Mike Dunlap: Defensive Philosophy notes
Tim Floyd: Playing without size clinic notes
Vance Walberg Defense: Full Court Press notes
Vance Walberg: Mid-South Clinic notes from Tunica
Nike Clinic 2005 notes with diagrams
Nike Clinic 2006 notes with diagrams
Nike Championship Coaches clinic (sept. 2006)
Bruce Weber: 20 essential defensive drills
Bruce Weber: Motion Offense
Patrick Hunt: Motion offense
New York Coaches clinic presentation (one page)
Bobby Knight: Motion offense
Steve Alford: Drills for Motion offense
Fran Franchilla: Hoops 101
Bill Self: KU Press Break notes
Joe Ciampi: 1-1-3 matchup zone notes
Dave Leitao: Attacking 2-2-1 press
Mark Few: Flex for Success
Mike D’Antoni: Coaching notes
Barnigini Develoment work from FIBA magazine
MB Clinic 2001: Oliver Purnell, Paul Hewitt, Dr. Tom Davis, etc….
Kevin Eastman Individual workout camp

UNC Wilimington Clinic notes: (Brad Brownell, Jerry Wainwright, Tubby Smith)
Coaching Wisdom to Ponder notes
Billy Donovan Post Development drills
Thad Matta Clinic notes
Xavier Newsletter (from Sean Miller) couple articles, X’s and O’s.
Arizona Women’s Program study
Arizona Men’s Program study
Gary Waters 3 out 2 in motion offense
Kelvin Sampson coaching clinic
Coach K coaching notes
Phil Martelli Practice organization notes
Sherri Coale Motion notes
Pat Summitt Baden clinic notes
Mark Few Individual Improvement notes
Kelvin Sampson, Skip Prosser, Lon Kruger, Renee Portand at a Nike Clinic
Jim Harrick Program at Georgia (practice plans, offense, 2-3 defense, transition defense, etc.)

Collection of one page notes: (Kevin Eastman 6 musts, Bobby Hurley pg play, Missouri Leadership page, Kim Mulkey Robertson ideas)

Basketball Sense: Vol 12, number 3 and 4
Collection of great notes: (Dick Davey flex, Tom Crean: building a program, Steve Smith: secondary break, etc)
Billy Donovan article from Basketball sense
Bobby Knight (Baden clinic)
Stan Heath (Baden Clinic)
Dave Odom Clinic Notes (Pressbreak)
Skip Prosser clinic notes (Wake Forest Head coach at Dematha clinic)
Todd Lickliter clinic notes (Butler Basketball)
Basketball sense Vol 12, Number 2
Bill Self: Pressbreak
Lady Vols clinic with Pat Summitt (Her whole philosophy)
Lawrence Frank: How to build a motion offense (when he was an assistant with Kevin O’Neill)

Kevin O’ Neill : Wing Skill Development
Kevin O’ Neill: Drills
Kevin O’ Neill: Individual Skill Development (This note is done by Coach Sfera)
Dean Smith : Run and Jump Press
Dean Smith: 4 corners delay game
Kevin O’Neill: 3 out 2- in, motion offense (When he was at Tenn.)
Kevin O’ Neill: Secondary Break
Kevin O Neill: Shell Drill Handouts (great information in it)
Kevin O’ Neill: Program Facts (Ideas on his offensive and defensive program)
Press Break: 3 simple diagrams (Press break, Simple Press break for late in the game, Domino Press break)
Kevin O’ Neill: Defensive Thoughts
Kevin O’ Neill: Press offense
Kevin O’ Neill: Match-up zone
Kevin O’ Neill: Motion offense
Kevin O’ Neill: Man Set Plays
Kevin O’ Neill: Zone Offense
Kevin O’ Neill: Post Skill development drills
Al Skinner: Boston College Flex offense and secondary break into Flex offense
Xavier newsletter: (newsletter that Xavier University sents out. It is cool)
UNC Transition game notesUNC Practice plan for one day
David Loos: Hi-Low motion game and entries
Muffet McGraw: Spread Triangle
Tara Vanderveer: Stanford’s triangle offense
Jim Larranaga: More Scramble defense stuff
Grinnell system: How it works
Grinnell system: Power point presentation (Awesome design)
Jim Larranga Notes with diagrams
Detroit Pistons Training camp notes
Tom Crean: Individual Workout notes
Pat Summitt: Notes from clinic in 2006

Michigan State Program notes: set plays and out of bounds plays
Georgia Tech: Point Zone Defense
Georgia Tech: Individual workouts
Greg Brittenitam (New York Knicks) – Individual conditioning drills
Jerry Krause (Gonzaga ): Becoming a coach of significance
Mike Dunlap: Colorado Coaching academy
Bruce Pearl : Cutter’s series( his modified flex offense), Individual Improvement drills, Vols strength and conditioning program
Flex offense: Different types of them
Georgia Tech: Zone Offense
Georgia Tech: Secondary Break
Georgia Tech: Individual Defense
Georgia Tech: Matchup-press
Georgia Tech: Motion Offense
Nike Clinic 2006: Lorenzo Romar, Trent Johnson, Tubby Smith, Bruce Weber, Gary Williams, Tim Floyd, and etc. (No Diagrams)

Loyala Marymount Fastlane system
Grinnell Offensive system
Don Meyer Clinic 2006
Don Meyer Free Fall Clinic 2006
Don Meyer: Developing your post players
Pete Carril: Princeton Backdoor offense (English version from a clinic in spain)
Bill Foster: University of Miami “Philosophy
Don Meyer Clinic at Oak Ridge2006
Fresno City College handout (Vance Walberg) – mainly repeat stuff, but some new stuff on it.

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New home sales were the lowest reported since 1963, settling in at 331,000 in December. Compared to the same time in 2008, when builders sold 482,000 homes, which were the lowest results since 1982.

New home median prices also dropped to $206,500, a 9.3 percent drop from December 2008. The glut of unsold homes sits at about 357,000 – it is estimated that it will be over a year before the inventory is sold.

The overall picture is divided into a 28 percent drop in the Northeast, a 20 percent drop in the West, and a lower 12 and 6 percent in the South and Midwest.

The rising unemployment rate combined with tighter mortgage qualifiers has brought the new home market to a standstill.

The market overall lost $3.3 trillion in 2008, with an average of one in six homeowners owing more than their homes were worth. Over 2.3 million homes went into default or were seized by lenders.

Median price drops by city include:

Manhattan: -5.8%

Seattle: -12.1%

Portland: -11.7%

Los Angeles: -21%

Las Vegas: -26.8%

Phoenix: -22.3%

On the High End

Existing home sales showed an unexpected increase in December especially for foreclosure deals in California, Nevada and Florida. Sales resulted in a 6.5 percent increase over November; still the worst year for real estate in over ten years. Markets did; however, exceed the doom and gloom originally forecasted for drop of 4.4 million. It seemed the bargain basement prices and attractive interest rates made smart buyers sit up and take notice.

Existing home sales in December 2009 topped 4.74 million, up from 4.45 million in November. Median sales prices were $175,400; a 15.3 percent drop from $207,000 in December 2008. The last time prices were that low was in May 2003.

Median price increases include:

Fayetteville, North Carolina: 6.9%

Yakima, Washington: 6.2%

Utica-Rome, New York: 5.3%

Also on the upswing in December was the number of unsold homes on the market. This number fell almost 12 percent to 3.7 million. In early February, the stock of U.S. homebuilders rose almost 12 percent – another positive sign that the decline may be leveling off.

It appears that recent activity is not as bad as originally forecasted. “Generally speaking, the recent data that has been coming in points to poor economic activity in an absolute sense,” said Myles Zyblock, chief institutional strategist at Royal Bank of Canada. “However, it is coming in (a) less bad than expected and (b) less bad than what was indicated a few short weeks ago.”