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Introducing SectionedActionBarList
This Android library allows you to replace the drop down navigation list with a custom list where the items in the list are grouped by sections. It was inspired from the Google I/O 2014 app how sessions are grouped in the ActionBar list.
While the new Material Design movement discourages the use of ActionBar lists, in some situations it can be the best available option.
At the moment the library is not available on a repository, you have to include it as a source library in your project, but that will be fixed soon.
Github project page: https://github.com/vgrec/SectionedActionBarList
List<Section> sections = new ArrayList<Section>(); Section themes = new Section("Themes"); themes.add("Design"); themes.add("Develop"); themes.add("Distribute"); sections.add(themes); Section topics = new Section("Topics"); topics.add("Android"); topics.add("Chrome / Web"); topics.add("Cloud Services"); topics.add("Media"); topics.add("Location"); topics.add("Performance"); sections.add(topics); Section types = new Section("Types"); types.add("Sessions"); types.add("App Reviews"); types.add("Box Talks"); sections.add(topics); SectionedActionBarList actionBarList = new SectionedActionBarList(this).from(sections); actionBarList.setItemSelectedListener(new ItemSelectedListener() { @Override public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id, String sectionName, String itemName) { Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Section: " + sectionName + ", Item: " + itemName, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } });
SectionedActionBarList accepts a list of sections
List<Section> sections, and every
Section has a name and some associated items.
Small customizations can be done to fit with your application design:
ListConfiguration configuration = new ListConfiguration(this); configuration.setActionBarItemColorResource(R.color.brown); configuration.setIndicatorDrawableResource(R.drawable.spinner_indicator_dark); configuration.setSectionTitleColorResource(R.color.teal); configuration.setDropdownItemColorResources(R.color.light_blue, R.color.dark_grey); SectionedActionBarSpinner actionBarSpinner = new SectionedActionBarSpinner(this, configuration).from(sections); // ....
Speed up creation of parcelable classes with AutoParcel
When the time comes to send a custom object to an activity or to persist it across configuration changes, we all know that we can use either Serializable or Parcelable interfaces. And probably you have heard that Parcelable is the recommended way to do it on Android, because it is much much faster than Serializable (10x times and more, check this article for a detailed comparition between Serializable and Parcelable http://www.developerphil.com/parcelable-vs-serializable/)
However, using Serializable still is more attractive than using Parcelable, because it is simpler. The only thing you have to do is to let your class implement Serializable and you are done, while implementing Parcelable requires you to write a lot of boilerplate code which slows you down.
Fortunately, AutoParcel, a Parcelable generation library, is here to help you and speed up creation of Parcelable classes.
With gradle the integration is easy:
parent build.gradle
buildscript { repositories { jcenter() } dependencies { classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.13.2' classpath 'com.neenbedankt.gradle.plugins:android-apt:+' // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong // in the individual module build.gradle files } } // ...
module build.gradle
apply plugin: 'android-apt' // ... dependencies { apt 'com.github.frankiesardo:auto-parcel-processor:+' compile 'com.github.frankiesardo:auto-parcel:+' }
@AutoParcel public abstract class Book implements Parcelable { public abstract String getTitle(); public abstract String getDescription(); public static Book create(String title, String description) { return new AutoParcel_Book(title, description); } }
Key points:
– your class should be annotated with @AutoParcel
– should be abstract and implement Parcelable
– no fields, just abstract getter methods
– have a method that takes all classes parameters and returns an instance of AutoParcel_<YourModelClass>
Don't worry if the IDE complains that it cannot find AutoParcel_Book, just hit run and the compilation error should auto resolve.
And the usage is:
Book book = Book.create(bookTitle, bookDescription);
Another feature of AutoParcel that you may find useful, is that unlike regular Parcelable classes, you can have a custom object as a member of an AutoParcel class, without having that object to implement Parcelable.
@AutoParcel abstract public class Book implements Parcelable { public abstract String getTitle(); public abstract String getDescription(); public abstract Author getAuthor(); public static Book create(String title, String description, Author author) { return new AutoParcel_Book(title, description, author); } }
The Author class is not required to implement Parcelable:
public class Author { private String name; public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } }
Analysing Android code with SonarQube
SonarQube, formerly known as Sonar, is a platform to analyze code quality. Analysis covers such aspects as code duplications, potential bugs, coding rules, complexity, unit tests, comments, and architecture & design.
It supports supports more than 20 programming languages and has a reach set of useful plugins that gives you the opportunity to inspect different aspects of the code.
What is caracteristic about SonarQube is that it comes as a platform in the form of a web application. This means that the results of the analysis will be displayed in a web page.
Installing SonarQube
The installation is pretty straightforward, you have just to download an archive and extract it in a folder of your choice.
1. Go to http://www.sonarqube.org/downloads/ and download the latest release.
2. Unzip the archive
Starting SonarQube
1. Go to sonarqube-4.3/bin (or whatever version you downloaded)
2. Open a corresponding folder according to your operating system (linux-x86-64 in my case). There you should see a file called sonar.sh (or StartSonar.bat for Windows)
3. Open up a terminal window and execute: sonar.sh start (or just double click StartSonar.bat on windows). This command will start sonar listening on localhost:9000.
4. Open a browser and enter localhost:9000. The sonar web page should open.
Note that it may take some time until sonar loads, so if you get "page not found" in your browser, try to refresh the page later.
Installing SonarQube Runner
There are several ways to analyse the source code and in this tutorial we will choose to analyse with SonarQube Runner, recommended as the default launcher to analyze a project.
1. Once again go to http://www.sonarqube.org/downloads/ and download SonarQube Runner
2. Extract the downloaded archive into a directory of your choise, which we will refer as: <install_directory>
3. Update global settings by editing: <install_directory>/conf/sonar-runner.properties (if you are running sonar on localhost, like in this tutorial, you don't have to modify any settings):
#----- Default SonarQube server
#----- PostgreSQL
#----- MySQL
#----- Oracle
#----- Oracle
#----- Microsoft SQLServer
#----- Global database settings
4. Create a new SONAR_RUNNER_HOME environment variable set to <install_directory>, so that you could invoke sonar runner from any location.
5. Add the <install_directory>/bin directory to your path.
To check that sonar runner was installed properly, open a terminal window and execute sonar-runner -h.
You should get a message like this:
usage: sonar-runner [options]
-D,--define Define property
-e,--errors Produce execution error messages
-h,--help Display help information
-v,--version Display version information
-X,--debug Produce execution debug output
Analysing source code of a project
Once the sonar runner is properly installed, we can proceed to code analysis.
1. Navigate to the root directory of your project and create a file called sonar-project.properties, which will specify the project settings such as the code source directory, language used, and the project name:
sonar.projectName=My Project
Note: for Android Studio, which follows the gradle directory structure, set the sourses as:
2. Run sonar-runner command to start the analysis.
3. Once the analysis complets, head to localhost:9000 to see the results for your project.
Removing a project from SonarQube
First login as an administrator, admin/admin default username and password.
1. Go to your project dashboard
2. In the top right corner click on Configuration -> Deletion -> Delete Project
Introducing Photo Collage Creator
I was playing with bitmap manipulations and so was born the idea to make this app. It was started some time ago, and, even if at times I was thinking it will never see the daylight, finally it was released!
Description of the app:
Photo Collage Creator is a simple app that lets you create beautiful collages within seconds and share them with your family, friends or colleagues. To create a collage you just need to select the photos, apply the frames, save, and you are done!
– Create collages composed from up to 5 photos
– Various frames to create a collage
– Shuffle the photos within the collage
– Save your collages
– Share collages on gmail, facebook, picasa, and other social networking sites.
Hope you will like it!
Android Volley Tutorial
Volley is an android library released by Google that can make your life easier when dealing with network operations. In this blog post I will mention the main features of the library and show a few example usages, in particular, how to make a request, how to download images, and how to use the cache.
Features of Volley library
a) Automatically schedules the network requests
b) Supports request prioritization. This means that you can load content depending of priorities, for example the main content could have a high priority, but the images a low priority.
c) Provides transparent disk and memory cache that allows for quick reloading of data. Transparent cache means that the caller doesn't have to know about the existence of the cache. That is, the cache is implemented automatically. You do, however, have the possibility to disable the caching.
d) Provides a good API for canceling requests. You can cancel a single request, or cancel requests depending on some filters.
Besides the great features that Volley comes with, you don't have to use it for everything. Volley is great for RPC-style network operations that populate UI, a typical example would be loading thumbnail images into a ListView, but not very good for streaming operations like downloading a video or mp3.
Getting started with Volley
1. Clone the Volley project:
git clone https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/volley
2. Import the library into your project
The most frequent classes of Volley that you will work with are RequestQueue and Request, and ImageLoader when dealing with images loading.
RequestQueue is used for dispatching requests to the network. It is recommended to create it early and use it as a Singleton.
Request is the base class for creating network requests (GET, POST).
ImageLoader is a helper class that handles loading and caching images from remote URLs.
Step 1: VolleySingleton.java
As recommended, lets create first a Singleton class that will return on demand an instance of RequestQueue and one of ImageLoader.
public class VolleySingleton { private static VolleySingleton instance; private RequestQueue requestQueue; private ImageLoader imageLoader; private VolleySingleton(Context context) { requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(context); imageLoader = new ImageLoader(requestQueue, new ImageLoader.ImageCache() { private final LruCache<String, Bitmap> cache = new LruCache<String, Bitmap>(20); @Override public Bitmap getBitmap(String url) { return cache.get(url); } @Override public void putBitmap(String url, Bitmap bitmap) { cache.put(url, bitmap); } }); } public static VolleySingleton getInstance(Context context) { if (instance == null) { instance = new VolleySingleton(context); } return instance; } public RequestQueue getRequestQueue() { return requestQueue; } public ImageLoader getImageLoader() { return imageLoader; } }
Step 2: Add internet permission
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
Step 3: Create an instance of RequestQueue
RequestQueue queue = VolleySingleton.getInstance(this).getRequestQueue();
Step 4: Create the request
Volley comes with a class called JsonRequest that you can use to make requests to a server that returns a json response.
However, in this example we will query an RSS feed which returns a response in XML format. Volley does not include a similar class for handling xml responses, like JsonRequest, but it has StringRequest class that can be used to retrieve the response body as a String.
There are two ways to construct a StringRequest:
StringRequest(int method, String url, Listener<String> listener, ErrorListener errorListener)
StringRequest(String url, Listener<String> listener, ErrorListener errorListener)
The second constructor does not take the request method as a parameter, when not specified, a GET request is created.
Listener is a callback interface for delivering the result, and
ErrorListener is a callback interface for delivering error responses.
String url = "http://www.pcworld.com/index.rss"; StringRequest request = new StringRequest(url, new Listener<String>() { @Override public void onResponse(String response) { // we got the response, now our job is to handle it parseXmlResponse(response); } }, new ErrorListener() { @Override public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) { //something happened, treat the error. } });
Step 6: Execute the request
And that is all! The execution of the request implies its addition to the RequestQueue.
Step 7: Loading thumbnail images
Loading images can be done easy if you replace the android's ImageView with Volley's NetworkImageView:
<com.android.volley.toolbox.NetworkImageView android:id="@+id/icon" android:layout_width="80dp" android:layout_height="80dp" android:src="@drawable/default_placeholder" />
then use setImageUrl() and you are done!
String url = "..."; // URL of the image ImageView imageView = (ImageView)view.findViewById(R.id.image); ImageLoader imageLoader = VolleySingleton.getImageLoader(); imageView.setImageUrl(url, imageLoader);
If, for some reason, you don't want or can't use NetworkImageView, then there's an alternate method.
You can use the get() method of ImageLoader class which accepts the image url and an instance of ImageListener:
ImageLoader imageLoader = VolleySingleton.getImageLoader(); imageLoader.get(url, new ImageListener() { public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) { imageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.icon_error); // set an error image if the download fails } public void onResponse(ImageContainer response, boolean arg1) { if (response.getBitmap() != null) { imageView.setImageBitmap(response.getBitmap()); } } });
Reading from cache
One of the Volley's features is that it provides transparent disk and memory cache. The cache is implemented automatically for classes that extends Request, such as JsonRequest and StringRequest.
To read the cache:
Entry entry = queue.getCache().get(url); if(entry!=null){ String data = new String(entry.data, "UTF-8"); // process data }
To turn off the cache:
to remove the cache for a specific request:
to clear all cache:
to invalidate the cache: this will allow to display the cached data until the response is received. When the response is received, it will automatically override the cached data.
queue.getCache().invalidate(url, true);
For more details about Volley you can watch the full video at: https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/325304728
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.
Here's an excerpt:
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 220,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 9 days for that many people to see it.
I got interviewed by Android Dream Revised blog
Past week I gave an interview for Android Dream Revised blog. Bartek, the author of the blog, is an android developer who is making Android apps as a hobby. Periodically he interviews different android indie developers that share their experience and great tips about game engines, ad networks, tools they use, and how much do they make.
In this interview I talk about who I am, what do I do in my life, how do I got started with Android, what libraries and resources I use, and other info you may find useful.
Bartek interviews android indie developers on a regular basis, so make sure to subscribe to his blog and get the most out of it.


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Kicking at 10 weeks?
This is my fourth child and I am "suppose" to be 10 weeks along but, however, when I push on my tummy I can feel where the baby is and it will kick back. Not tap but kick back. There is NO way I can only be 10 weeks can I? I must of had a couple periods during my first trimester, yes? I have been declared significantly anemic already.
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I could feel movement as early as 8 weeks with my first. She moved the amniotic fluid so much that it felt like violent kicks and rolling waves. I'm in my 10th week with what we suspect are twins and I can already feel movement, although this time it's more like rolling waves going in opposing directions.posted 09/30/2008 by mmwillow
I'm ten weeks pregnant with my seconed and i just felt it move today for the first time. I think because i already had one it made it easyer for me to tell what it was.posted 09/08/2008 by mommyinlove1012
CRAZY! This is my 3rd pregnancy and I'm only 10 weeks but I feel little jabs in the sides of my stomach from time to time. If I'm sitting wrong or need to eat again usually.posted 07/20/2008 by Kalypsan
I have to say that this site is an AWESOME resource if only because you feel so much better reading other people's experiences. I am 10 weeks (with my second) and thought I must be out of my mind the other day when I felt what I was sure was a fluttering. With my first I didn't feel my first solid kick until I was in my 21st week, but I didn't know what to look for either. Now that I do, last week when the sensation happened I thought, "Naaa... can't be." Now I know it must have been! But, like I said, it was that little flutter sensation, not a kick. Maybe you are farther along than you think and should request an ultrasound. Don't let them try and talk you out of what your feeling, though. Dr.'s seem to be quick to dismiss your feelings and symptoms unless you persist.posted 07/21/2008 by hwrdfam4
well I am 20wks and this is my first baby and everybody is telling me I'm "feeling" things too soon. I'm so glad to have a place like this to reasure me that this is not all in my head. I am over joyed everytime I feel my little one kicking. He is so very active right now I can just feel he's going to be a very active little boy. I love those kicks:) proudmama1posted 01/15/2008 by momdukes08
I am almost 10 weeks pregnant with my second. I had an unltrasound on friday and i was amazed at how much the baby is moving right now, i to have felt little bubbles and flutters and i know its the baby, big difference from gas thats for sure. Congrates to everyone, i hope they are as happy as we are!!posted 11/06/2007 by AnikasMom2
I am glad i read this. I was thikning that my baby was kicking too but my SO's mother says otherwise. I felt it early with my other pregnancies as well. This is my 4th pregnancy tird child, so I think I know, I htink LOLposted 11/07/2007 by princess_skrappy
Im 14 weeks pregnant and after reading this i have started to pay closer attention to that feeling in my stomach might be the baby :)posted 10/20/2007 by olya_m
Glad to read all these posts. I didnt think it was the baby kicking - thought it was just gas.. But I am prego with my second child and remember these feelings. I knew I wasnt crazy!! lol.. Guess after the first pregnancy you kind of know what to look for.posted 10/02/2007 by pregolicious
I just had my dr.'s appt yesterday and was told the baby was approx 11 1/2 wks,and I have felt movement also.I knew exactly where the baby was before my ultrasound was done.I thought I was crazy bcuz everyone kept saying how small the baby was at 10-11wks,my husband felt the baby and confirmed what I had been feeling,was movement not gas!posted 09/28/2007 by asyasmom
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apple tree leaves turning brown and crunchy
I planted a honeycrisp apple tree a little over a month ago. Not knowing what I was doing, I dug out the clay soil and replaced most of it with compost for planting. The tree was good for a few weeks but the past couple weeks the leaves have been turning brown and crispy. I have been watering about twice a week. Is it fertilizer burn? The nectarine tree I planted next to it seems fine although hasn't seemed to grow at all. Appreciate any advice from you guys.
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Looks like you might not have pruned the tree enough if you pruned it at all at planting time. When trees are transplanted they lose like 90% of the original roots from the nursery, so the tree needs to be cut back to 3-4 feet in height and the branches all cut way back near the trunk. This will restore balance between the roots and the rest of the tree. Otherwise the root system just isn't good enough to support the size of the tree you have there. So it makes sense that if the root system is small, the tree isn't getting enough water or nutrients to keep it happy. I would basically chop the tree in half and it will do much better. Seriously.
If the clay was heavy, you basically created a bucket in it by planting the tree in mulch; my guess is your roots are dying of rot. If so, there's not much you can do at this point, and after it is completely dead you can dig it up and do a post-mortem and see if the roots are all there and just dry (underwatering) or rotted and stinky (drowned).
The tips look OK; this points to sunburn - new leaves are used to the sun they are in now since they were "born" into it whereas the leaves from the nursery were adapted to the nursery sun level.
Or it could be one of the other issues. In any case just leave it alone at this point and hope it makes it. Put your finger 1/2" into the soil and water if dry there. If its not dry don't water until it is.
Well crap. The one thing that might help is the clay is a good 8-12" under the root ball, I dug it out pretty deep. just now dug down with a trowel and theres no pools of water or anything, but the compost is pretty moist. So I guess I will stop watering until I dig again and its dry. And hope I didn't kill the little guy :(


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|03.03.11 at 3:54 pm ET
WALTHAM — The Celtics received good news on Thursday when an MRI revealed that Glen Davis has only left knee patellar tendinitis and no major structural damage. The power forward, who has started at center many times this season in place of Shaquille O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal, said he will need only a week to rest the injury before returning to action.
Celtics coach Doc Rivers confirmed that assessment after practice on Thursday.
"Nothing serious but he may be out for three, four or five days," Rivers said. "But it's nothing serious. He'll miss Friday [vs. Golden State]. I think he'll miss a couple of games. But overall, that's pretty good."
Davis, who injured the knee going up for a dunk with 49 seconds left in Wednesday's game against the Suns, said he's been playing with the soreness all season and initially aggravated the knee in Game 7 of the NBA finals last year in Los Angeles.
'I've been playing with it all year, since Game 7 of last year,' Davis said. 'It's a sigh of relief but you don't want to be hurt anyway. You don't want to sit out. You can't take that approach. It could be worse. I'm just glad I'm here [watching practice], getting healthy and getting ready to play.'
Davis entered last night tied for the team lead with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in games played this season, having played in all 59 contests. His hopes of making it a perfect 82 were dashed Thursday when he was told rest was needed to make sure he will be ready for the playoffs, beginning in April.
"It kind of [stinks]," Davis said. "I kind of wanted to play the whole season. I tried the best I can. I just have to get healthy now and get ready for the playoffs."
Speaking of Allen, ironically, he came to practice Thursday and told Rivers and trainer Ed Lacerte that he had 'soreness' in his legs and was given the day off. He is expected to be ready for Friday against the Warriors.
Rivers said Shaquille O'Neal ran 'skeleton' sets with the team on Thursday during practice but has not been cleared yet to take part in full contact practice. Delonte West (sprained right ankle) is still not ready to practice but was shooting around. Rivers said West will "definitely" miss the next two games this weekend against the Warriors Friday and at Milwaukee Sunday night.
|Irish Coffee: What to expect from Celtics' buyouts
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The buyout additions of Troy Murphy and (reportedly) Sasha Pavlovic are designed to give the Celtics depth, and surely they will. But every move is made to win basketball games, right?
So, can Murphy and Pavlovic help the C's win enough games to hold off the Heat or Bulls for the Eastern Conference's No. 1 seed — and then contribute to victories as the team chases Banner No. 18?
Throughout the new Big Three era, the Celtics have made similar buyout acquisitions in addition to luring P.J. Brown out of retirement before the 2008 title run. Here's what they gave you over the past three seasons …
- Sam Cassell averaged 7.6 points, 2.1 assists and 1.8 rebounds in 17.6 minutes during 17 regular-season games for the Celtics in 2008. He then averaged 4.5 points, 1.2 assists and 0.7 rebounds in 12.6 minutes over 21 playoff games. Cassell scored in double figures five times in the regular season and another four in the postseason — and the Celtics won all nine games.
- P.J. Brown averaged 2.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 11.6 minutes during 18 regular-season games for the Celtics in 2008. He then averaged 2.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 13.6 minutes over 25 playoff games. Brown scored in double figures just once — but it came in a 97-92 win over the Cavaliers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
- Mikki Moore averaged 4.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 19.0 minutes during 24 regular-season games for the Celtics in 2009. He then averaged 1.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 6.6 minutes over 10 playoff games. Moore reached double figures twice in the regular season — a win over the Thunder and a blowout loss to the Cavaliers.
- Stephon Marbury averaged 3.8 points, 3.3 assists and 1.2 rebounds in 18.0 minutes during 23 regular-season games for the Celtics in 2009. He then averaged 3.7 points, 1.8 assists and 0.9 rebounds in 11.9 minutes over 14 playoff games. Marbury scored in double figures once in the regular season and twice in the playoffs — all victories.
- Michael Finley averaged 5.2 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 15.0 minutes during 21 regular-season games for the Celtics in 2010. He then averaged 0.8 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.2 assists in 6.0 minutes over 18 playoff games. The C's finished 2-1 in the regular season when Finley reached double figures — the lone defeat coming in a blowout loss to the Grizzlies.
|Irish Coffee: New Celtics, by the numbers
|03.02.11 at 11:17 am ET
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Not that the following numbers definitively prove anything, but I figured it would be interesting to see the career production of the Celtics' recent acquisitions compared to the departing C's.
Here are the combined per-game averages of Troy Murphy, Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic over the course of 1,327 career games …
- Points: 36.1
- Rebounds: 19.6
- Assists: 4.2
- Steals: 2.0
- Blocks: 1.7
- Turnovers: 4.4
- Personal fouls: 8.3
- Field-goal percentage: .457
- 3-point field-goal percentage: .370
- Free-throw percentage: .767
And here are the combined per-game averages of Kendrick Perkins, Nate Robinson, Marquis Daniels, Semih Erden and Luke Harangody over the course of 1,363 career games …
- Points: 32.7
- Rebounds: 16.6
- Assists: 6.4
- Steals: 2.7
- Blocks: 2.7
- Turnovers: 5.5
- Personal fouls: 10.8
- Field-goal percentage: .471
- 3-point field-goal percentage: .327
- Free-throw percentage: .703
With three players coming to Boston and five guys leaving town, the Celtics are acquiring more points, rebounds and assists in addition to fewer turnovers and personal fouls. Although, cynics could argue that those same numbers favor the former Celtics's defensive toughness — as that group recorded more steals, blocks and personal fouls.
Should the Celtics add either Corey Brewer, Rasual Butler or Player X, those stats would push the numbers even further in the current Celtics' favor. Speaking of which …
|Irish Coffee: Get over the Kendrick Perkins trade
|03.01.11 at 11:51 am ET
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Five days after being traded from the Celtics, Kendrick Perkins and the Thunder brass have already agreed to terms on a contract extenion. Wait a second … WHAT?!?!
If you'll recall, Perkins turned down a four-year, $22 million deal from the Celtics, and after trading the championship-winning center Celtics president Danny Ainge told us Perkins "really wanted to test the market and see what his value was."
Apparently not. He just wanted a better offer, and the Celtics couldn't give it to him. Their $22 million offer was the maximum they could allocate to him. They couldn't have offered him four years and $34.8 million, which is what the Thunder did, according to Yahoo! Sports. A difference of $3.2 million per season is a big deal. Literally.
And it's exactly why I'm an even bigger advocate of the Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic acquisitions than I already was. Is Perkins an $8.7 million a year player? Heck no.
As for the remaining Celtics, let's all hope the veterans get over this "Whoa is me, Perk is gone" mentality that's been fairly evident on and off the court. As CBS Sports columnist Ken Berger pointed out last week, it's the Big Four's $57 million worth of contracts next season that limited the Celtics' offer to $22 million.
If they wanted Perkins for the remainder of this season and beyond, why didn't Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen offer up a total of $800,000 apiece per year over the next four seasons so Perkins could get his $35 million wish?
Never mind the fact that the Celtics got the best player in the deal (Green) and another guy (Krstic) who gives you comparable numbers to Perkins for a player who was obviously never going to sign in Boston this summer.
|Irish Coffee: 'The Association' observations (Episode 3)
|02.28.11 at 10:28 am ET
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Episode 3 of "The Association: Boston Celtics" didn't disappoint. Filmed in the midst of all the drama surrounding Kevin Garnett's on-court antics, the Celtics All-Star forward became the focal point of the show. We got some rare glimpses of Garnett behind the scenes, like running the beaches in his hometown of Malibu and looking out over the Pacific Ocean. He gave us some true gems that could only come from the mind of KG:
- "I feel like my intensity is right where it needs to be. If you're going to be anything in this league, you've gotta have an edge. There's no room for soft. There's no room for a person who's going to give ground. Hell, yeah, I'm trying to gain an advantage out here. If you're not, then you're in some trouble. If you can't handle it, get off the court."
- "My job is to stop you, so I don't anticipate you liking me. I don't anticipate you trying to be my friend, because I'm not trying to be your friend."
- "Half the stuff you probably hear about me is not even true. I'm not doing anything different than what I've been doing the 15, 16 years I've been playing. It's nothing personal towards anybody I play. It's the way I play, night in and night out."
- "Game 7 was a time where I was speechless, and if I were sitting here to tell you it didn't give me an extra push, then I would be lying." [followed by a loooooooooooong pause]
- "The league knows what we are. Everybody. Ain't nothing to talk about. All our talk is in our play, so stay tuned."
- "Water is tranquil. It's tranquility to me. You get a sense of peace. I'm on of thoes people that sort of embraces the moment. I reflect. It's a tranquil moment for me. It's crazy that a lot of people when they meet me, they expect me to be this intense guy, and a lot of times I'm just laid back and as cool as anybody else."
- "Everybody says they want to win, but sometimes actions are different from words. That's what's most important to me when it comes to basketball."
- "See y'all in the Finals."
Garnett may have been the focus of the episode, but his supporting cast should get some Bust Supporting Actor nominations, too. Here are a few more observations:
|Irish Coffee: Danny Ainge discusses Celtics trades
|02.25.11 at 11:58 am ET
Wake up with the Celtics and your daily dose of Irish Coffee '¦
Once the news came down that the Celtics had traded Kendrick Perkins just before the deadline on Thursday, the instant reaction for most Celtics fans probably went something like this: "Wait, what? I'm sorry, WHAT?!?! What is Danny Ainge thinking?"
When they heard the Celtics president shipped Semih Erden and Luke Harangody to Cleveland for a second-round pick, and then sent Marquis Daniels to Sacramento for cash, most fans (at least the ones on Twitter) seemed to think Ainge had lost his scruples.
He didn't. There's proof: The full transcription of his interview with John Ryder and Paul Flannery on the Planet Mikey show Thursday night …
"We think it upgrades our team, ultimately, is the reason. You always have to give up something of value to get something of value in return. We feel that this will help our team this year and help us in the future as well."
"Kendrick has had some history of injuries, but he's recovering. Nobody works harder to recover on their injury than Kendrick, and I think that Kendrick will be fine long-term. …
"Kendrick came back, and he looked good. He worked really hard to get back sooner than we even thought. He's a great young man, but at the same time we feel like we have a lot of centers, and we have great confidence [Shaquille O'Neal] and Jermaine [O'Neal] will be healthy. And [Nenad] Krstic is probably more healthy than all of those guys at this stage."
"It's something that we've discussed periodically. I have conversations throughout the year with a lot of teams, and we take some serious and throw some by the wayside. I wanted to see how our team was playing, and our team was playing great in the absence of Kendrick throughout the season. We beat Miami twice and Chicago and LA and so forth."
|NBA Power Rankings, 2/24
|02.24.11 at 6:43 pm ET
1. San Antonio (47-10): The Spurs have been conspicuously absent from the trade rumor bonanza. But it makes sense, considering their starters have missed one game all season between the five of them — and they've lost as many games as the Cavaliers have won.
2. Dallas (41-16): The Mavericks went hard after Detroit's Tayshaun Prince (for injured Caron Butler and a first-round pick) and Denver's J.R. Smith, but both deals fizzled quickly. Shocking that owner Mark Cuban was active around the trade deadline.
3. Boston (41-14): Who needs centers, anyway? There are other pieces to fall here, trust me. The Celtics aren't finishing the season with 10 players. Until I know what their roster is going to look like, I'm not moving them anywhere.
4. Miami (42-15): The funniest tidbit I heard on the rumor mill was this: The Heat shopped Mike Miller in trade talks. Oh, sure, Mr. Riley, I'd love to take a 30-year-old guy with an extensive injury history, literal head problems and four years, $24 million remaining after this season. The one Miami rumor that's intriguing is buyout candidate T.J. Ford.
5. Chicago (38-17): Both Juwan Howard and Chris Bosh have endorsed Derrick Rose for Most Valuable Player over LeBron James. Is it just me, or does that say a lot about what his Heat teammates think about him? Do you think Joakim Noah would side with James? Would Ron Artest back anybody but Kobe … nevermind, scratch that.
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My Grandma never nursed her 3 kids. She admits now that she wishes she would have (after reading an article that BF'd babies are smarter). My mom BF'd all of us, but not sure for how long. She got pregnant when I was 3 months old, and her milk dried up shortly after. So I know how long I was BF'd for, just not my sisters.
My dad's mom never BF'd and only one of his sisters did. The other one actually gave her daughter skim milk because the dr said she was 'too chubby'!
So far most of my relatives are pretty supportive of me BFing.
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My only grandparent to nurse is my maternal grandmother. She nursed because it was the only option. She lived in the bush in northern Canada with no access to stores throughout the winter. They LITTERALLY had a dog sled! She said she had not even seen formula untill after her kids were older and she moved to "town".
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Neither of my grandmothers did. I don't know much about my dad's mom's reasoning. I know my maternal grandmother had her kids during the 50's and that was the heyday of the "twilight sleep" and doctors were gods. Formula was relatively new then and if it was made by science then it was obviously better than anything natural. So grandma used formula. My mom said she can still remember her mom getting up in the middle of the night and going to the kitchen to make bottles. (Ech! One more reason I'm glad I BF! I'm too lazy for formula!) My grandma doesn't really say anything about me nursing DD, but she loves our carriers and dipes.
My mom nursed me for 2 years though. Of course, my mom was "crunchy" before crunchy was cool. There was no junk food in our house and she's still WAY more informed about nutrition than I am - and my DH calls me a hippie! Heck, I still remember being teased in elementary school about the food that mom packed me. The other kids thought the tofu was disgusting and weird. :-P
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I think Im the only one that has done it on my side of the family.
My grandma never did, and my other gma died in 1996 so I have no clue if she did.
I dont think it was 'lady like' to do it back then.
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My mom's mom nursed my uncle only for a short while. She had an absess in her breast that errupted and put her in the hospital. She stoped bfing, but not sure what she did after that? I know she went on to bf my mom and aunt w/o trouble, but my mom only for a few months. She had to go back to work full time b/c my grandpa was a bad alcoholic (ended up dyeing from it when my mom was only 3) so she had to support the family
My dad's mom didn't b/c she didn't have much milk but was always very supportive of me while she was alive when I would bf DS1 around her. I was very shy at first about NIP, and when he'd get hungry when we were out she'd make me sit down and nurse him where ever we happened to be. I would look at her funny and she'd tell me not to worry, all the matter was my DS needed to eat and if someone had a problem w/ it they could kiss our *sses, she was a very blunt grandma
I don't think all grandparents that didn't nurse are harsh to those of us that do...
I know on DH's side his great grandpa was nursed by a wetnurse until he was 2, DH remembers him talking about it
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Neither of my grandmothers did either. Dh's grandmother did only for the first 3 weeks. Neither of our mothers even tried, I guess the 80's were a difficult time for working Moms? I am the FIRST in my family to, and so far ONLY (3 generations) to do it longer than 3 weeks. DD#1 went 12 months & DD#2 is at 7 weeks & hopefully will do 12 months too if not longer.
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my grandma didnt nurse.. her first was born in... like 1959 or 60 i think? she said she gave him the condensed milk/corn syrup crap, and my mom and aunt (64 and 65) had like enfamil or something.
my mother didnt bf either of us, and dh's mother didnt bf any of her 3. My mom planned to bf my baby sister, but while she was in the hospital during 4 days of labor, they showed her a video about how her nipples would crack and bleed in the first days, and she refused to try after seeing that.
My paternal grandmother didnt nurse any of her 4 either, and shes the 5th in her family to get breast cancer, so that was anotther reason i wanted to do it. My son is the only baby irl that i knw thats never had formula.
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Both of my dh's grandma's didn't nurse. His father's mother was told by her doctor she didn't have enough milk when the first one was 2 weeks old and told her to stop. So she never tried again and had six kids, her kids were fed diluted canned milk. His other grandma was told her baby wouldn't live to come home so they gave her a shot to dry up her milk and sent her home. She went home truly believing she would never see her daughter again (makes me cry just to type it). They called her a week later to tell her her baby was still alive and she could come in to visit. A week after that they sent my MIL home. She was raised on Enfamil, the only formula available at the time.
My mother was avid about bf and bf all four of us past a year (me to 18 months) although bf was very unpopular and she was the only one in her "circle" that bf. I have a great story about my grandma (dad's mom) she bf two babies in Post WWII germany. My dad, and a neighbors baby. They were in a very rural area and the other mother never had milk come in, my grandma was a single mom with no income, nursing a second baby is how she survived. Crazy to think about huh!!?! give a new meaning to the ideas of milk sharing and milk banks. Oh, and my grandma must have had a TON of milk because my dad was born at 13 lbs! Makes my little guy being born at 11 lbs 7oz seem like a small fry.
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I haven't read through the thread, but there was a class thing going on back then. My grandma said that she didn't bf because she didn't want people thinking she was too poor to be able to afford formula. Very frustrating.
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Who needs a bed?
2. No matter how noisy it is, you can sleep through basically anything.
Nice try, but there's no way I'm waking up for that.
3. And you definitely don't need a room to be pitch black to be able to take a little siesta.
4. You completely and utterly dread waking up in the morning.
6. You literally can't understand how anyone can get by with less than eight hours of sleep a night.
Honestly, eight is at the low end of your sleep spectrum.
7. Your morning coffee doesn't really seem to have any effect.
8. And even when you try another one, it doesn't really help.
There is no caffeine strong enough to break through this sleepiness.
9. You need to get up and walk around every once in a while so you don't snooze at your desk.
10. Or, if you have them, you must resist the temptation of working from the office couches.
11. You always wonder if it's worth it to take a nap when you get home from work since you're just going to fall asleep for the night in a few hours anyway.
12. Sometimes your friends invite you out, but you kind of just want to get in bed.
Your bed counts as a friend, though, right?
13. The weekends have become a sacred time for you.
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15. Though you do often struggle to decide between getting brunch and staying in bed.
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£900 aluminium framed do-it-all bike arrives for testing
Okay, shades on everybody the Pinnacle Dolomite Five has just landed here at roadcc Towers in all its zingy orangeness. Evans have enjoyed some success with their inhouse Pinnacle bikes in recent years and took things up a notch when they signed up James Olsen - from Genesis. The £900 Dolomite Five, is the top Dolomite in the first 100 per cent Olsen range of Pinnacles… sort of the pinnacle of the Pinnacles then, sorry.
Anyway, it's an aluminium frame designed to accommodate mudguards if you wish and fatter tyres with the geometry close to that of a race bike, it looks an ideal bike for racing, sportives and just riding along so a do it all bike for British contitions then. Olsen has form when it comes to this sort of thing, but more on that in a moment.
Let's briefly talk Pinnacles we have known. We were a bit underwhelmed by the £450 Dolomite One when we reviewed it a couple of years back, but the marque has built up a solid reputation for dependable, workaday steeds that won't let you down and won't break the bank either. This year's Dolomite Five and its siblings though are all about moving things on a bit injecting a bit of charm, character and fun - workhorses you'll be more than happy to ride after the working day is done - that's the way we understand it anyway.
James, it is worth pointing out, was responsible for the Genesis Equilibrium, one of roadcc's favourite bikes. While there's a clear difference in materials, the Equilibrium steel, the Dolomite Five aluminium, they have a lot in common. They are both designed to be versatile, of equally being up to the challenge of a sportive as much as being a mile-munching winter bike with mudguards and a rack for commuting duties. And the Equilibrium we tested is roughly the same price as the Dolomite Five we have here, so it's worthy of comparison. If you're in the market for a bike like this in this price range, it's fair to say these two could be on your shortlist. We'll find out how far up the list the Dolomite Five will be when Stu Kerton sticks some serious miles in to it.
So, the Dolomite Five then. First, doesn't the orange paint look just, well fab? Just me? Whatever, it's certainly an attention getter. Underneath the paint and smart decals is a 6061-T6 heat-treated aluminium frame with a taper-oval shaped top tube and slim curved seat stays. A carbon bladed fork with aluminium steerer tube slots into the 1 1/8in head tube. The frame has been designed with versatility and key selling point, and as such it's fitted with long reach brake calipers and has the necessary mounts to fit mudguards if you wanted. And looking out the window right now, that's not a bad idea at all.
It's a competitively specced bike for the money, with most of a Shimano 105 groupset. There's an FSA Gossamer compact chainset, a popular choice at this price, Its 50/34 chainrings combined with a 12-25t cassette give you a nice spread of gear ratios. You can't get Shimano 105 long reach calipers, to there's Tektro R539 57mm deep drop brakes instead.
Shimano also supply the RS-10 wheels, a solid choice which with 16 spokes in the front wheel and 20 out back (though the spec sheet does say 32) should prove to be reliably dependable. Tyres are Kenda Kriterium 25mm tyres, which offer the extra comfort without a discernable loss of rolling speed a rider choosing this bike will undoubtedly desire.
Finishing kit, by which we mean the handlebar, stem, seatpost, saddle and bar tape, is all Pinnacle branded kit.
Weight for the complete bike on the roadcc scales is a 9.15kg (20.17lb). That compares favorably with the Genesis Equilibrium's 9.3kg weight (20.5lb), although we might have expected the aluminium frame to contribute to a little more of a weight saving than that.
Stu, who reviewed the Genesis, is out on the Dolomite Five now pounding out the miles so if you see an orangey blur on the Wiltshire lanes….
I've been riding a Pinnicle for about 4 years now, very dependable, if a little lacking in sparkle but goes anywhere just did a 5 hour hilly ride today - no bother.
If I needed to replace my old stead I probably wouldn't look beyond the Dolomite
32 spoke front and rear??
you sure about that?
Ok smartypants. The spec sheet from Evans I was using to write this article stated 32 spokes, but having counted them myself it's clear they've made a mistake, it's 16/20
The paint job reminds me in a way of Molteni orange which is not a bad thing as it's one of my favourite colour schemes.
At least it should avoid SMIDSY situations not being in regulation stealth black !!!
It looks a bit tight on the back wheel for a mudguard but that's probably the camera angle.
Too many hills, but too little time.
Yay! A bike without disc brakes at this price point. I was fearful when I read it was a do it all bike that that would mean discs, which are unnecessary and damn ugly. The bike is very nice indeed.
The paint job reminds me in a way of Molteni orange which is not a bad thing as it's one of my favourite colour schemes.
At least it should avoid SMIDSY situations not being in regulation stealth black !!!
It looks a bit tight on the back wheel for a mudguard but that's probably the camera angle.
I'm planning to fit a set off SKS Chromoplastics over the weekend so that'll highlight any clearance issues. Should also mean that it'll stop raining as well!!
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Love the colour, well put together bike and nice graphics.
Does look tight for guards on seat tube tho
The colour makes a nice change from the sea of red, white and black combinations out there.
I'd take issue with describing RS10s as dependable - I broke a front spoke after 2500 miles and a rear one after 4000, both at the nipple. A 15 spoke front wheel is pretty wobbly to coax back home and the rubbing wrecked the paint job on my forks. It's difficult to get spare spokes and you have to buy the nipples separately. They looked flash, but now reside in the furthest reaches of the attic, where they perform a more useful function as supports for spiders' webs.
Incidentally, according to the sticker on them they seem to be made by someone else under licence from Shimano.
Oh, please please please don't let orange be the new black, I've been feeling quite smug on my orange Condor Fratello for a couple of years now.
You can get some awesome bikes at this price range (the Canyon Roadlite al 6.0 springs to mind) but very few offer the versatility (mudguards/panniers/bigger tyres). The only others i can think of are the Kenisis T2, Tifosi CK7 and Equalibrium 00. But none offer this sort of spec. I can't wait to see how the frame compares to these bikes.
I'm looking for an all weather trainer/commuter/tourer at this price range and this is high on my list. I'm in love with the equalibrium 20 but can't justify the additional £400.
I struggle to justify buying a bike that has a similar Spec to my Boardman Hybrid Comp for almost double the money ( the race light T2 has the same chain set/bb)
I love my Focus Cayo 4.0 but I can't help thinking that at the price I paid, I should have spent a bit more and bought a titanium all rounder...
Looking forward to the full review
I bought one of these a couple of months ago and can confirm that it does take mudguards (I've got SKS Chromoplastics on mine). I can't give any insight into how easy they are to fit though, as I got the shop to put them on
Isn't Shimano's BR-R560 a 105/Ultegra deep drop brake?
I know it's strictly non-series, but the moniker suggests 105. I would prefer them to Tektro any day.
Popped in to my local Evans today and had a good look. There is enough clearance at the rear for mudguards, thought not as much as the front. It might even be possible to squeeze a set of 28mm tyres on, but not with guards. I'd been looking at the Sora version, but this is much nicer looking and at £250 more,you couldn't upgrade the Sora version for that price.


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I'm working up an amber that needs some red hue to it. One of the things I'm considering is adding some melanoidin malt, but the question is how much. A little extra maltiness is ok, but I don't want too much. Here's what I'm thinking so far.
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In my experience, melanoidin gets noticeable fast. I tried an amber with 8oz that was over the top. One other option that has worked for me in the past is to use 2 oz chocolate malt for color with little flavor in an amber.
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To get red you will have to use a small amount of dark malts or a good dose of dark crystal malt. Carafa Special adds the least flavor.
Hmm ok. The other thing I had though about for red color was some roasted barley. Wiki suggests less than 1%. For a just a little red hue, maybe a tiny tiny bit?
I used 8oz in a Belgian Amber and it was pretty malty. I'd probably drop down to 4oz if I brewed it again.
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Ok wierdly enough I cannot get enough melanoidin... so maybe I am not the best source. However, I would not stop at using half pound or more, in a hoppy beer anyway. Your recipe may be light enough to cut back to 1/2 oz?
I'm not sure how well it steeps. It will not convert it's self. Steeping it you may need more of it anyway. I mashed a pound in a five gallon batch and I thought it was too much (but the beer was still good.) I don't think it's the best way to get the 12-15 SRM for a red color beer.
Do people get the same overwhelming flavor from CaraRed? How about combining Carared with Melanoidin? Maybe 1/2 lb of the first and a 1/4 lb of the second, or something.


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