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Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Released on August 9, 2011
The most tragic love story in history . . .
Juliet Capulet didn't take her own life. She was murdered by the person she trusted most, her new husband, Romeo Montague, a sacrifice made to ensure his own immortality. But what Romeo didn't anticipate was that Juliet would be granted eternity, as well, and would become an agent for the Ambassadors of Light. For 700 years, she's fought Romeo for the souls of true lovers, struggling to preserve romantic love and the lives of the innocent. Until the day she meets someone she's forbidden to love, and Romeo, oh Romeo, will do everything in his power to destroy that love. (From Random House)
I have never been a fan of the Romeo and Juliet story. I never thought of it as the greatest love story, I know that a lot of people do and love it, but I always thought of it as a tragedy. So when I found out about this book and the different take Stacey Jay would use to tell the "greatest love story ever told" I was immediately curious to read it. I wanted to see her spin on it and it definitely sounded like something I would enjoy. I was not wrong nor disappointed. I loved that Stacey Jay made the story of Romeo and Juliet in the novel a tragic story that didn't represent love, but deceit, lies, and selfishness.
The mythology that Stacey Jay introduced us to was quite interesting and new. I'm a sucker for mythology of any kind so I loved reading about the Ambassadors of Light and the Mercenaries in this novel, what their purpose was and how they survived by feeding of love and murder. How they enter people's bodies to fight for love of destroy it.
I loved most of the characters in this one, the three main ones at least. I loved Juliet's fierce attitude and will to do the right thing for the soul mates no matter what, even though I was screaming at her the whole time to just think of her own feelings for once and kick her best friend to the curve. Ben who was not the perfect hot guy but had real physical flaws that made him even more attractive and realistic. Even Romeo who had just a little something under the surface and the act he put on, that I just couldn't find myself to hate him, even after all he did to Juliet.
The ending was perfect for me and I definitely did not expect it, it left me giddy and satisfied. I really didn't anticipate much of what happened in this novel it was full of pleasant surprises that kept popping up when you thought all hope was lost. Juliet Immortal stands alone perfectly but you won't hear me complaining if Stacey Jay decides to make a sequel or companion novel to this one, I would be more than thrilled to read it. I'm actually looking forward to reading more from her since this is the first Stacey Jay book I've read. An original plot with beautiful writing and great romance made this book a wonderful read, I highly recommend it.


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This was sent over to me from some friends reading The Local; an article about funny Swedish idioms.
I put them all together in one page with some extra idioms and our own interpretations.
Are there any other idioms to add?
Nära skjuter ingen hare – A close shot will never get you the rabbit
What it really means:
I was so close to winning!
Yea, "it was close but no cigar."
Skägget i brevlådan – Caught with your beard in the mailbox
An English idiom to translate: "To be caught with your pants down."
Det ligger en hund begraven – There's a dog buried here
"There's something more to it"
As in, someone is not telling the complete truth.
Att ana ugglor i mossen – Suspecting owls in the bog
This is pretty much as close as a WTF does this mean as you can get.
You can translate it as, "you can suspect that something is wrong."
Smaken är som baken, delad – The preference is like a butt, split
Don't translate smaken as, "taste", like eating taste. Translate it as a "preference."
I would translate this as, people can have different preferences, like a butt with two cheeks.
Finns det hjärterum så finns det stjärterum – If there's room in the heart there's room for the ass.
"Everybody can fit in here" – think of a crowded room.
Gå som katten kring het gröt – To walk like a cat around hot porridge
The Swede has never heard it, so we have no idea what this is talking about.
Göra en höna av en fjäder – To make a hen out of a feather
The English idiom we all know: "To make a mountain out of a molehill."
Köp inte grisen i säcken – Don't buy the pig while it's still in the bag
In English, "to buy a pig in the poke."
I wasn't quite sure what this even meant, so I headed over to Wikipedia for their explanation:
The idioms pig in a poke and sell a pup (or buy a pup) refer to a confidence trick originating in the Late Middle Ages, when meat was scarce, but cats and dogs (puppies) were not. The idiom pig in a poke can also simply refer to someone buying a low-quality pig in a bag because he or she did not carefully check what was in the bag.
Ta sig vatten över huvudet – Take water over your head
"To bite off more than you can chew."
Inte döma hunden efter håren – Don't judge the dog by the
hare hair
Another bunny phrase that means, "don't judge a book by its cover."
Inte för allt smör i hela Småland – Not for all the butter in Småland
Because America is the land of plenty of butter, we say, "I won't do it for all the tea in China."
Inte sälja skinnet förrän björnen är skjuten – Don't sell the skin before the bear is shot
Meaning, "don't count your chickens until they hatch."
And that's that, don't throw water over your head if you can't do it!
"Inte döma hunden efter håren" means literally "Don't judge the dog by it's hair/fur". Håren=the hair(s). Haren=the hare. So no bunny.
David, thanks for the correction!
Too bad it wasn't haren. :)
"Att gå som en katt kring het gröt" means to be overly cautious as far as I know. Or perhaps cautious but at the same time curious. I think this idiom belongs to my grandmothers generation.
Gå som katten kring het gröt – to not cut to the chase, avoiding talking about the issue by using delaying tactics like unneccessary complicating things.
[…] fun Swedish idioms here. The Swedish language is pretty weird […]
These were so funny!
Niklas Andersson
Gå som katten kring het gröt=beat around the bush
Here are some contributions (especially the last one sounds funny in English :) ):
Tar man fan i båten får man ro honom iland!
När katten är borta dansar råttorna på bordet
Ropa inte hej förrän du är över bäcken.
Även små grytor har öron
Den gubben går inte!
To walk like a cat around hot prridge means – to beat about the bush

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Mac 30th: Three Decades of Mac TV Advertising
Whether you watch or just listen as they play in the background, here are several collections of Mac TV advertising, both product and the much-loved "Get a Mac" series. Start your weekend right with a Mac 30th anniversary inspired smile, as well as a few laughs…
Mac 30th: Mac Product TV Ads
These are product TV spots only, some forgettable and others that are icons of the genre.
Mac 30th: Get a Mac Ads
The full canonical look back at Apple's best-loved advertising campaign feature Justing Long and John Hodgman. Get a Mac encompassed the salad days of the Mac platform, the iPod and Mac were ascendant, but Apple wasn't yet so big that people thought of it as "the man."
Mac 30th: First Public Mac Demo
The Fairer Platform was among the first to reveal this extended, high quality video of a young Steve Jobs et al demonstrating the original Mac for the first time in public back in 1984.
And, keep watching. Here's a YouTube playlist of every Steve Jobs video, just start the first and it will keep playing for hours…
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Tuesday, November 12 | Submitted by Stephanie Cramer | Downtown Central
The Springfield Regional Arts Council (SRAC) is proud to release the 2013-2014 season of Speaking of the Arts, a professional development series for artists and arts organizations hosted at The Creamery Arts Center. Area experts will lecture on trends, best practices, and resources to enable our arts community to continue to thrive and enhance overall economic and cultural development.
Each workshop features a highly-trained speaker who will deliver a 60-minute presentation followed by 30 minutes of questions and interaction with the audience. Admission is free to SRAC members or $10 per workshop to non-members. Non-members are invited to join the SRAC for only $25. Registration is encouraged but not required by contacting firstname.lastname@example.com or 417-862-2787(ARTS). All workshops will be held in the Thomas W. Finnie Board Room.
For a full schedule of all the workshops click here: Speaking of the Arts Promotional Calendar.
*The Self-Employment in the Arts Conference is held in partnership with Drury University at the Trustee Science Center and requires a separate fee of $30 (waived for Drury students).
Speaking of the Arts is made possible through the support of the Missouri Arts Council.
For more information, contact Stephanie Cramer, Director of Programs and Exhibitions, by phone at 417-862-2787(ARTS) or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. You may also log on towww.SpringfieldArts.org.
The SRAC, incorporated in 1978, connects people and the arts. It supports some of the most prominent visual, performing, literary and film/media arts organizations and artists within 27 counties, the largest outreach of any in the state of Missouri. The current mission of the SRAC is to transform lives and enrich our Community through the Arts. The SRAC also manages The Creamery Arts Center, which houses the offices of the SRAC, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Springfield Ballet, Springfield Regional Opera, Springfield Community Center and Care to Learn, as well as a board room, classrooms, arts library, exhibition hall, film editing bays, shared costume and set design shops managed by the Springfield Little Theatre and instrument storage.
Stephanie Cramer, Director of Programs and Exhibitions
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Khaya vs top SA chef Reuben Riffel. It doesn't get better than this.
After winning last week's MasterChef challenge, Khaya was placed in the hot seat; having to go head to head in a cook-off with one of South Africa's most well-known celebrity chefs, Reuben Riffel. The Dish Seafood fricassée, a rather delicate and skilled dish with scallops, hake, potato gnocchi and a seaweed butter sauce. Khaya was given a 15 minute head start but had a total of 80 minutes to complete the task. Yikes! Reuben jokingly said that it was the longest 15 minutes he'd 'ever experienced' in his life! She did extremely well, working quickly. Perhaps a little frazzled at times but managed to remain focused and pull it off in time. Although Reuben took the number one spot, Khaya lost the chance of gaining immunity but was still pleased with herself.'I'm just happy that I got to experience cooking with him in the kitchen and for my dish to get such great comments from the judges against his, is fantastic.'
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To The Tiffin City Schools Board of Education: Don't Do It
December 11, 2011 - Al Stephenson
I read the report from the school board meeting and I was stunned. Not shocked mind you, but perhaps alarmed would be a more appropriate word. Tiffin City Schools are considering canceling its spring sports. The rationale behind the proposal is to save money with the amount of $50,000 being bandied about.
Here's my suggestion to the board: DON'T DO IT!
There is no question that the Tiffin City Schools are in a financial crisis. Levy after levy has gone down as taxpayers are struggling with a tough economy. Serious cuts have already been made as elementary schools will soon be closed while teaching and administrative positions have been eliminated. Yet still the deficit exists. I wish I had answers as to how to get a levy passed, but I don't.
Cutting out extracurricular activities may seem like the next logical step towards balancing the budget, but I'm not sure it will work. Let me explain.
If sports are cut at Columbian High School it is likely that some students will transfer to other schools. If those students are underclassmen that never return, Tiffin City Schools will lose state money. What seems like a way to save money initially may well result in losing money down the road.
It is hard for me to imagine a school without athletics. It is an integral part of a students total educational experience whether they are a participant or a spectator. The activities give kids something to look forward to besides going to class day after day. Without sports to occupy their after school hours, I shudder to think what they might do with the time otherwise devoted to the playing fields. It may not be pretty.
In my nearly 40 years in education I have seen schools that put too much emphasis on athletics. Not having sports may be just as damaging.
The view from my seat suggests that Tiffin City Schools would be better served to keep its athletic programs.
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CLINICALLY significant malabsorption states after gastric resection are uncommon, but occasionally produce various types of nutritional anemias. These anemias are now recognized more frequently than formerly, because physicians are more aware of their occurrence, and the development of more precise laboratory techniques allows greater precision in their diagnosis.
Iron deficiency is known to be a frequent sequela of partial gastric resection, but vitamin B12 deficiency thereafter is thought to be rare. A patient with clinical and laboratory evidence of combined vitamin B12 and iron deficiencies occurring 15 years after partial gastrectomy was recently seen at the University of Minnesota Hospitals and prompts this report.
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AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a pharmaceutical services company, has appointed Lazarus Krikorian as corporate controller and vice president, effective immediately. He assumes this position from Tim Guttman, who was recently appointed chief financial officer and senior vice president.
Previously, Krikorian served as assistant corporate controller and vice president at AmerisourceBergen since joining in 2002. Prior to joining the company, he served in various capacities for 10 years, including senior assurance manager, at KPMG.


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When Republican Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser announced Monday that he was running for lieutenant governor, the GOP incumbent, Jay Dardenne, was ready. He launched a Web video pointing out that Nungesser made automated phone calls last year supporting Dardenne.
The YouTube posting features Nungesser's voice from the calls and print excerpts of it asking voters to support Dardenne in the special lieutenant governor's election last year. "He's been a strong advocate for good government, fiscal responsibility and investing in our people," Nungesser says in the call. "I know he'll fight to restore Louisiana's image in the wake of the oil spill."
In an accompanying news release, Dardenne also pointed out that he has established a new brand for Louisiana tourism, saved the state $6 million by delaying taking office as lieutenant governor so a special election would not have been called to fill his old job as secretary of state, and has taken on the duties of secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism as well as lieutenant governor.
Nungesser campaign spokeswoman Amy Jones said that the YouTube video by Dardenne is "a clear indication that he doesn't have a record to run on as lieutenant governor. Dardenne is a career politician and his campaign will be sadly based on political smears. By attacking Billy Nungesser at his mere entrance into the race not only shows the strength of Billy's candidacy, but how formidable an opponent he is."


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Facing the credit card music
February 23, 2010 - Mike Maneval
Disclosure measures under the new law will require credit card companies to inform cardholders how long paying off credit would take were one to pay the minimum payments, and how much the cardholder would have to pay monthly to eliminate the debt within three months. "Jaws will drop," publisher David Robertson of the Nilson Report told the Huffington Post.
The credit card bill was signed by President Barack Obama in May of 2009. Credit card companies have spent the lag creating new fees and lifting interest rates - as a Bank of America employee detailed on Tuesday's Daily Show, even applying the interest rates to the fees.
The availability of credit also been diminished in the long wake leading up to the law becoming effective next week. The Huffington Post reports credit lines have dried up in the parts of the country hit hardest by the collapse in housing values and unemployment, particularly Florida and California. Between this and other tactics like reducing outreach to potential cardholders, eliminating a total of about $1 trillion in credit in the past year, according to a consulting firm.
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Positions open in Shepherd's Preparatory Orchestra
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Shepherd University Preparatory Orchestra will hold auditions for the 11th season at 6 p.m. Sept. 2 at the Frank Center for senior orchestra members and at 6 p.m. Sept. 9 for junior string orchestra members.
Positions are open in all string sections in the junior and senior youth orchestras. Students auditioning for the junior youth orchestra are asked to prepare a solo and scale of their choice. They also should be able to sight-read music at the beginner to early intermediate level. Students auditioning for the senior youth orchestra are asked to prepare a solo of their choice to perform at the audition and should be able to play scales and sight-read.
Those wishing to audition for the senior youth orchestra first or second violin section should arrive to warm up and sign up for a time slot by 6 p.m. Auditions will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Viola, cello and bass section members should arrive to audition from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Junior string orchestra members will audition from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 9. Students will perform their audition on a first-come, first-serve basis during the scheduled audition times. Rehearsals for both ensembles begin Sept. 16.
For more information, call Anne Munro at (304) 876-5555, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.shepherd.edu/musicpreparatory.hmtl.
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WINCHESTER - Winchester Little Theatre will hold auditions for the musical, "Into the Woods" at 7 p.m. Aug. 16 and 17. Casting for 10 to 12 women and seven to nine men. Participants should bring prepared music (16 bars maximum), along with tape or sheet music. An accompanist will be available. Audition will also consist of singing scales, cold readings, improv and basic dance moves. Possible callbacks will be Aug. 18. Show dates are Nov. 6 to 21.
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The laptops are locked away for the summer, new school policies drafted, court orders signed, and public apologies extended.
But students and parents in the Lower Merion School District who hoped to begin the next school year with the webcam-monitoring furor behind them might think again.
The lawsuit that first exposed the district's practice of secretly activating webcams on student laptops shows no signs of ending, with lawyers last week trading barbs over who was delaying the case and why.


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Cyrus, 21, allowed a young homeless man, Jesse Helt, 22, to accept her VMA award on her behalf at the event, and although it was later revealed in the press that Helt was wanted by police in his native Oregon, Cyrus stuck by her decision to bring him as her date, Tweeting, "Does looking down upon the homeless help people excuse [the media's] inaction?"
Since the incident, Cyrus has been replying to posts left on her Facebook page – which has more than 49 million likes – by fans who have shared personal stories of their own struggles with homelessness, trying to bring a light to their stories and encouraging them to maintain their support of the cause.
One fan, Quay Medley, told Cyrus about how she spent her entire childhood intermittently homeless and living in foster care, and ended up living in her car despite graduating from a prestigious college. "Everyone judging [Helt], please ask yourself where you would be without your parents," she wrote.
Cyrus replied, "EVERYONE has a past & EVERYONE evolves! Hearing these stories is so inspiring and keep me focused on how important MFP [My Friend's Place] is to young homeless youth."
Fan Tanya Robles posted a story about growing up living in a van and having to clean herself in public park bathrooms. "I know how it feels to be homeless," she posted. "Be thankful for what you have."
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Another fan related personally to Helt's struggles and defended his arrests, which occurred in 2011 when he pleaded guilt to misdemeanor criminal mischief and criminal trespass after breaking into the apartment of a man he believed to be selling bad marijuana.
"Wanted or not it's probably from being homeless," posted Michelle Burton. "Having to brake into abandoned houses to sleep when I was 15 was something I had to do don't go judging if you don't know there situation."
"Exactly!" responded Cyrus. "Instead of rushing to judgment, we need to look deeper."
Tokilupe Havea shared her story of hopefulness on Cyrus's Facebook fan page. Despite spending two years being homeless and having to "break into the dumpster behind Jack in the Box" for food, Havea made it through her struggles and now has a family of her own and a home, something she credits to homeless youth services.
"Miley, your amazing for taking a stand in the fight against homelessness," she posted.
"It is so important for people to see the change that they can make in the world," replied Cyrus. "So beautiful that you can share this story with your daughters and it will keep them inspired to always help others."


text: I never had a problem dual or even triple booting any of my Macs... that's why I first switched to Macs in the first place is because they are the only computers that can (legally?) run Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.... *- Chad W. Smith* On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Sean Brewer <seabre986 at gmail.com> wrote: > Honestly, I've tried it before and in the end, decided it wasn't worth it. > You have all of the *nix tools with OS X anyway, and the ones not already > there you can get with the homebrew package manager. > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Eric Wolf <ebwolf at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I started a new job this week. It marks a significant shift away from >> academic research, web mapping and geo work back to my roots (sort of). I >> now spend my days writing Python to automate testing of software in >> SSD-based SANs. In particular, the devices provide guaranteed IO QOS for >> virtual environments. The company is is a start up called SolidFire and >> they just hit their first general availability release. >> >> One positive is that they are a Linux shop. Most of the older geeks are >> ex-Sun storage people so they've always done Unix in one flavor or another. >> The SAN boxen are OEMed Dells running Ubuntu. As a contractor, I'm allowed >> to run whatever I want as long as I get the work done they need. The >> consulting firm that placed me did give me a 17" MacBook Pro that now >> dual-boots OS-X and Ubuntu (off my spare SSD drive). The automation team >> pretty much all runs Ubuntu 12.04 so I thought I'd play along. >> >> Thanks to Wil for getting me started on rEFIt. Getting the Mac to boot >> Ubuntu was surprisingly painful but I immediately earned geek cred because >> no one else managed/bothered to natively boot Ubuntu on an MBPro. Several >> of the old Sun geeks made comments about the Mac hot keys screwing >> something up, assuming I'm running Ubuntu in a VM. One was actually shocked >> that I wasn't just running OS X. >> >> -Eric >> >> -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- >> Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chugalug mailing list >> Chugalug at chugalug.org >> http://chugalug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chugalug >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Chugalug mailing list > Chugalug at chugalug.org > http://chugalug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chugalug > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://chugalug.org/pipermail/chugalug/attachments/20121121/10f7311d/attachment.html>


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Yuna's next All That Skate show has been announced, will be on Aug 24-26. Yagudin and Rochette, among others, will be joining the line-up.
Yuna will have a new exhibition program for the show.
Yuna's next All That Skate show has been announced, will be on Aug 24-26. Yagudin and Rochette, among others, will be joining the line-up.
Yuna will have a new exhibition program for the show.
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Entire cast for All That Skate Summer 2012, Fri Aug 24 - Sun Aug 26, Olympic Gymnasium Stadium in Seoul:
- Kim
- Rochette
- Korpi
- Lepisto
- Yagudin
- Chan
- Lambiel
- Joubert
- Tatiana Totmianina/Maxim Marinin
- Savchenko/Szolkowy
- Fiona Zaldua/Dmitry Sukhanov
(No ice dancers in the cast)
Thanks for the update. Wouldn't it deserve a separate thread?
Hmmmm ... I don't know whether ATS Summer cast deserves a separate thread, l'etoile.
But I will make a reference to it in the "ice shows" thread.
Am trying to follow the GS guidelines against cross-posting.
My, oh my. Yuna's agency just announced that Yuna will be performing the legendary el tango de roxanne at ATS summer 2012. My heart just skipped a beat when i first read the article. same choreography but a new costume so looking forward to it!
Wow, thank you for the info 3lz3t! El Tango de Roxanne?! My heart just skipped a beat
Yuna Kims Program for Ice Show in August El Tango de Roxanne
Yuna Kim said I know that there are many people who love El Tango de Roxanne and added, After announcing my challenge for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, I chose my senior debut program El Tango de Roxanne with the intention of starting again from the start having a new goal. Yuna Kim said It will be very appreciating if the fans enjoy the show and encourage me in the situation of starting again.
Thank you for the link SF I think this is a good sentiment to start anew from Yuna!
El Tango de Roxanne is one of my favorite programs from Yuna. Can't wait to see a video of this number, I bet she will
be fabulous!
Love love love this
She mentioned on her biography journal (yes available in Chinese now) that the secret to this program involves her facial expression that she described as a 'rotten smile' which consist of 70% smile and 30% intense stare. This makes me laugh. so precise yet totally works! :P
Looking back it is hard to imagine this was a girl who went to the hospital for 3 months every day to get her back back injury sorted. Having acupuncture, painkillers, bandages the whole works. Beside hardly practiced, her stamina were clearly an issue as shown on her Lark Ascending, but this short program performance was really something magical. Yuna mentioned she became so inspired watching the mens just nights before, in particularly Jeff Buttle's short, and Stephane Lambiel's Long , she suddenly couldn't wait to get back on the ice despite everything. Nice inspiration indeed, thanks guys!!
In her biography, she confessed she was not able to completed a full run through for her SP or LP and felt painful and tired even during 6 minutes warm up. Yet something took over the moment the music started and that when she cleaned her first jump, then second, particularly the Lutz, her mood completed changed and it showed up in her performance and then the crowd responded. She was ecstatic and happy by the end of it and couldn't believe it went as well as it did, being their first competition together with Brian Orser especially didn't want to let him down.
A well known Chinese skating critic described the program as the best SP program he has ever seen at the time, because of the well rounded use of the ice coverage in good balance, in particularly positioning of the elements locations, the unusual and thoughtful set up of the transitions, entry and exit of the jumps. It is a very well designed choreographed program. I am curious what the resident experts think of it purely as a choreograph program, a top 10 of all time? I am far from an expert on this, but it does add layers of thought every time i watch this performance and noticed things I haven't before.
By the way, nice to see Yuna bring so much advertisement revenue to Golden Skate.
171 pages, and 345,747 views so far, got to be a record consider she has been absent for a while. Come on Patrick Chan (& SF), you've got alot of catching up to do
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"What I do know, is we don't have to think at all about what happened in the regular season," said Manu Ginobili Wednesday evening, before finding out his team would be facing the Dallas Mavericks in the opening round of the 2014 NBA playoffs. "If we start thinking that, 'Oh, we swept both (the Mavericks and Memphis Grizzlies),' it would be really stupid, that it would be counterproductive. In the playoffs, you start from scratch."
As Ginobili said, relying on the four regular season games where the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Mavericks by an average 11.5 points per game, wouldn't be the best way to prepare for the upcoming series. Instead, more data and observations would be needed for a thorough preview of the upcoming series between the two teams. Below is a look at different numbers, variables, and observations regarding both the Spurs and Mavericks, as they prepare to face off in their Texas rivalry Sunday at Noon CST in the AT&T Center.
The Offense and Defense of each team
The numbers below were averaged at different points in each teams season. For the Spurs, I used the data from March 02 – April 06, when the team played 19 games together, and of those 19 games, 16 of them featured the entire lineup of core players. The Spurs went 18-1 during the 19-game stretch, but also went 8-1 against current playoff teams at that time. I used to the Post All-Star Break stretch to assess the Mavericks, as they went 17-11 during the 28 game part of the season, and all eight of their core players played in each of those games.
Points Per Game – Spurs 110.9, Mavericks 106.7
Points allowed – Spurs 94.7, Mavs 103.8
Offensive rating – Spurs 112.4, Mavs 111.1
Defensive rating – Spurs 97.1, Mavs 107.4
Net Rating – Spurs +15.3, Mavs +3.7
Pace – Spurs 98.11, Mavs 94.62
Quick Thoughts: Just based on the numbers above, it's clear the Mavericks' prime issues will be on the defensive end of the floor. There will be more specific details about the Mavericks' defense further in the article.
Field Goal Percentage – Spurs 49.4%, Mavs 47.8%
Opponent field goal percentage – Spurs 42.7%, Mavs 46.9%
3-Point shooting – Spurs 42.4%, Mavs 39.8%
Opponent 3-point percentage – Spurs 33.6%, Mavs 35.7%
3-point attempts – Spurs 23.3, Mavs 24.4
3-Pointers allowed – Spurs 18.3, Mavs 24.5
Quick Thoughts: The Mavericks allow 24.5 three pointers per game, and the Spurs shoot 23.3 per game – an indicator that is saying, so long as the Spurs move the basketball, their preferred outside shots are expected to be available.
Personal Fouls Drawn – Spurs 19.7, Mavs 20.5
Free Throw Attempts – Spurs 20.9, Mavs 21.0
Free throw shooting – Spurs 79.3%, Mavs 78.7%
Rebounds – Spurs 45.9, Mavs 42.4
Offensive rebounding – Spurs 9.9, Mavs 11.2
2nd Chance points – Spurs 12.4 points, Mavs 13.8 points
Opponent Second Chance Points – Spurs 11.6, Mavs 14.8
Assists – Spurs 27.7, Mavs 24.1
Assist percentage on made baskets – Spurs 65.6%, Mavs 60%
Opponent assists – Spurs 20.1, Mavs 22.3
Turnovers per game Spurs 13.8, Mavs 13.8
Opponent Points off Turnovers – Spurs 15.9, Mavs 16.5
Opponent turnovers – Spurs 13.6, Mavs 15.8
Points off turnovers – Spurs 15.4, Mavs 18.1
Thoughts: While both teams both give up 13.8 turnovers per game, the Mavericks are the team that really feast when the ball is given up, scoring 18.1 points off their opponent's turnovers. In their season series, the Mavericks forced the Spurs to cough up 15.3 turnovers per game, which is close to the Mavericks' average (15.8) they force their opponent to turn the ball over each game.
Fast Break Points – Spurs 12.8, Mavs 12.4
Opponent Fast Break Points – Spurs 12.4, Mavs 17.0
Thoughts: Players on the Spurs' roster like Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard could have a field day scoring in transition when the Mavericks either turn the ball over or allow the Spurs to run with a defensive rebound. In the season series, Leonard averaged 4.5, Danny Green 3.8, Patty Mills 3.5, and Parker 3.3 fast break points per game against the Mavericks' defense.
Points in the Paint – Spurs 46.2, Mavs 42.4
Opponent Points in the paint – Spurs 40.7, Mavs 45.9
Thoughts: Allowing close to 46 points in the paint could be an area of concern for the Mavericks' defense, but it will be even tougher defending the Spurs when Tim Duncan is down posting in the block, and Tiago Splitter and Boris Diaw are rolling off screens or cutting to the basket.
Steals – Spurs 7.6, Mavs 8.2
Blocks – Spurs 5.8, Mavs 4.6
Fouls – Spurs 18.2, Mavs 19.5
In the Fourth Quarter
The data below is taken on from the fourth quarter of each team, during their selected times in their seasons from what was noted above.
Spurs – 28.7 points, 3.2 turnovers, shooting 49.6%, 3-point shooting 39.0%, Free Throw Attempts 6.4, Free Throw Shooting 81.0%, Rebounds 11.2, Assists 6.5, Blocks 1.0, Fouls 5.1, Personal Fouls Drawn 5.5
Mavs – 25.8 points, 3.7 turnovers, shooting 48.1%, 3-point shooting 38.5%, Free Throw Attempts 6.8, Free Throw Shooting 73.7%, Rebounds 10.2, Assists 5.3, Blocks 1.1, Fouls 5.5, Personal Fouls Drawn 5.8
Where each team likes to shoot from
Here's each teams shot charts from the selected points in the season.
What does Synergy say?
Using the Synergy Sports database, here were some of the key offensive play styles each team prefers to run. The sets are laid out by percentage of the time used, Points Per Possession, and where the team ranks in that area amongst all 30 NBA teams. Following each team's preferred offensive play choice, the opposing teams defense is labeled with how much they limit the Points Per Possession, and where their defense is ranked in defending that type of play.
The Spurs' Offense vs. the Mavericks' Defense
The Spurs' Overall offense is ranked 2nd, scoring 0.99 Points Per Possession
The Mavs' Overall defense is ranked 14th, holding teams to 0.90 Points Per Possession
Spurs' Pick-and-roll: 22% of the time (15.6% by ball handler, 6.4% by roll man), the Spurs scored 0.89 PPP by ball handler (ranked 2nd), and 0.94 PPP by roll man (ranked 25th).
Mavs' Pick-and-roll defense: The P&R defense on the ball handler is ranked 6th, holding teams to 0.77 PPP. The P&R defense on the roll man is ranked 21st, holding them to 1.04 PPP.
Spurs' Spot-Up: 20.1% of the time, they score 1.06 Points Per Possession, and are ranked 1st in the NBA.
Mavs' Spot-Up defense: The Spot-Up defense is ranked 12th, holding teams to 0.97 PPP.
Spurs' Transition: 13.2% of the time, the Spurs scored 1.14 PPP, and ranked 10th.
Mavs' Transition defense: The transition defense is ranked 24th, holding teams to 1.16 PPP.
Spurs' Cuts: 10% of the time, the Spurs scored 1.24 PPP, and are ranked 6th.
Mavs' Cut defense: The cut defense is ranked 14th, holding teams to 1.20 PPP.
The Mavericks' Offense vs. the Spurs' Defense
The Mavs' Overall Offense is ranked 4th, scoring 0.98 PPP.
The Spurs' Overall Defense is ranked 3rd, holding teams to 0.86 Points Per Possession.
Mavs' Pick-and-Roll: 30.5% of the time (20.8% by ball handler, 9.7% by roll man), the Mavs scored 0.82 PPP by ball handler (ranked 10th), and 1.11 PPP by roll man (ranked 3rd).
Spurs' P&R Defense: The P&R defense on the ball handler is ranked 11th, holding teams to 0.79 PPP. The P&R defense on the roll man is ranked 11th, holding teams to 0.97 PPP.
Mavs' Spot-Up: 18.8% of the time, the Mavs scored 1.06 PPP, ranked 1st in the league.
Spurs' Spot-Up Defense: The Spot-Up defense is ranked 19th, holding teams to 1.00 PPP.
Mavs' Transition: 10.8% of the time, the Mavs scored 1.22 PPP, ranked 3rd in the league.
Spurs' Transition Defense: The transition defense is ranked 8th, holding teams to 1.09 PPP.
Core Players
The data used for each team's core players is the averages for each player after the All-Star Break, as well as the Synergy data on the entire season.
Spurs – 9 Core Players
- Tony Parker – 14.3 points (12.1 FGA, 49%), 2.5 free throw attempts (85% FT), 4.5 assists, 1.8 turnovers, 2.3 personal fouls drawn, Spurs were a +6.4 with Parker on the floor.
43.1% of Parker's scoring attempts came as the Pick-and-Roll ball handler, where he scored 0.92 Points Per Possession, ranked 22nd in the NBA. Parker also scored 16% of his scoring possessions in transition, scoring 1.0 PPP, ranked 241 in the NBA. Lastly, 10.2% of Parker's scoring possessions came in isolation, where he scored 0.85 PPP, ranked 92nd in the league.
- Tim Duncan – 14.3 points (11.6 FGA, 48%), 4.0 free throw attempts (78% FT), 9.2 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, 2.0 turnovers, 3.0 personal fouls drawn, Spurs were a +6.6 when Duncan was on the floor.
31.4% of Duncan's scoring possessions came in Post-Up possessions, where he scored 0.90 Points Per Possession, ranked 52nd in the NBA. Duncan also scored 20.6% of his scoring possessions as the roll man, scoring 0.91 PPP, ranked 105 in the NBA. 13.6% of Duncan's scoring possessions came off Cuts, where he scored 1.16 PPP, ranked 127 in the league. Lastly, 11.8% of Duncan's scoring possessions came off Spot-Ups, where he scored 0.84 PPP, ranked 265 in the NBA.
- Kawhi Leonard – 14.7 points (10.4 FGA, 53%), 3.2 three pointers (44%), 2.6 free throw attempts (86% FT), 6.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.8 steals, 1.2 blocks, 1.3 turnovers, Spurs were a +10.0 when Leonard was on the floor.
27.8% of Leonard's scoring attempts came off Spot-Ups, where he scored 0.97 Points Per Possession, ranked 164 in the NBA. Leonard also scored 22.1% of his scoring possessions in transition, scoring 1.29 PPP, ranked 39th in the NBA.
- Patty Mills – 11.8 points (10.0 FGA, 45%), 4.3 three pointers (43%), 2.9 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.8 turnovers, Spurs were a +5.6 when Mills was on the floor.
32.5% of Mills' scoring attempts came as the pick-and-roll ball handler, where he scored 1.00 Points Per Possession, ranked 7th in the NBA. Mills also scored 24.1% of his scoring possessions off Spot-Ups, scoring 1.28 PPP, ranked 13th in the NBA. Lastly, 13.8% of Mills' scoring possessions came in transition, where he scored 1.26 PPP, ranked 54th in the NBA.
- Manu Ginobili – 12.7 points (9.1 FGA, 50%), 3.5 three pointers (34%), 3.0 free throw attempts (83% FT), 4.0 assists, 2.0 turnovers, 1.1 steals, 3.2 personal fouls drawn, Spurs were a +6.7 when Ginobili was on the floor.
28.2% of Ginobili's scoring possessions came as the pick-and-roll ball handler, where he scored 0.83 Points Per Possession, ranked 62nd in the NBA. Ginobili also scored 18.3% of his scoring possessions off Spot-Ups, scoring 1.04 PPP, ranked 110 in the NBA. 13.4% of Ginobili's scoring possessions came in transition, where he scored 1.04 PPP, ranked 214 in the league. Lastly, 10.4% of Ginobili's scoring possessions came off screens, where he scored 1.05 PPP, ranked 30th in the NBA.
- Marco Belinelli – 11.6 points (8.8 FGA, 45%), 4.0 three pointers (40%), 2.4 assists, 2.3 free throw attempts (91%), 1.0 turnovers, 2.1 personal fouls drawn, Spurs were a +4.0 when Belinelli was on the floor.
26.8% of Belinelli's scoring possessions came off Spot-Ups, where he scored 1.25 Points Per Possession, ranked 16th in the NBA. Belinelli also scored 17.4% of his scoring possessions off screens, scoring 1.04 PPP, ranked 34th in the NBA. 12.9% of Belinelli's scoring possessions came in transition, where he scored 1.21 PPP, ranked 91st in the league. 12.7% of Belinelli's scoring possessions came as the pick-and-roll ball handler, where he scored 0.85 PPP, ranked 51st in the league. Lastly, 10.5% of Belinelli's scoring possessions came off cuts, where he scored 1.3 PPP, ranked 57th in the NBA.
- Danny Green – 11.5 points (8.7 FGA, 47%), 5.7 three pointers (46%), 3.5 rebounds, 1.2 turnovers, 0.7 steals, 0.8 blocks, Spurs were a +6.5 when Green was on the floor.
37.1% of Green's scoring attempts came off Spot-Ups, where he scored 1.12 Points Per Possession, ranked 59th in the NBA. Green also scored 22.8% of his scoring possessions in transition, scoring 1.12 PPP, ranked 159 in the NBA. Lastly, 11.1% of Green's scoring possessions came off screens, where he scored 0.90 PPP, ranked 77th in the league.
- Boris Diaw – 7.9 points (7.3 FGA, 45%), 1.7 three points attempts (68%), 5.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.6 turnovers, Spurs were a +4.7 when Diaw was on the floor.
25.4% of Diaw's scoring possessions came as off Spot-Ups, where he scored 1.01 Points Per Possession, ranked 140 in the NBA. Diaw also scored 17.4% of his scoring possessions posting up, scoring 0.95 PPP, ranked 28th in the NBA. 13.9% of Diaw's scoring possessions came off cuts, where he scored 1.2 PPP, ranked 103 in the league. 11.9% of Diaw's scoring possessions came as the pick-and-roll man, where he scored 0.81 PPP, ranked 138 in the league. Lastly, 10.8% of Diaw's scoring possessions came in transition, where he scored 1.03 PPP, ranked 219 in the NBA.
- Tiago Splitter – 8.2 points (6.1 FGA, 50%), 3.0 free throw attempts (71%), 6.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.3 turnovers 2.4 personal fouls drawn, Spurs were a +7.5 when Splitter was on the floor.
25.9% of Splitters' scoring possessions came as off cuts, where he scored 1.09 Points Per Possession, ranked 161 in the NBA. Splitter also scored 20.4% of his scoring possessions as the roll man, scoring 1.13 PPP, ranked 26th in the NBA. 18.4% of Splitter's scoring possessions came posting up, where he scored 0.78 PPP, ranked 116 in the league. Lastly, 13.1% of Splitter's scoring possessions came off offensive rebounds, where he scored 1.14 PPP, ranked 52nd in the NBA.
Interesting/Odd Note: The Spurs finished the season 33-1 when Splitter scored 7 or more points in a game, and 24-1 when Splitter scored 10 or more points in a game.
Mavericks – 8 Core Players
- Dirk Nowitzki – 21.7 points (16.0 FGA, 51% FG), 4.5 three pointers (38%), 4.3 free throw attempts (88% FT), 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.6 turnovers, 4.6 personal fouls drawn, Mavs were +3.8 when he's on the floor.
34.6% of Nowitzki's scoring attempts came posting up, where he scored 1.06 Points Per Possession, ranked 12th in the NBA. Nowtizki also scored 17.9% of his scoring possessions off Spot-Ups, scoring 1.02 PPP, ranked 130 in the NBA. Lastly, 16.3% of Nowtizki's scoring possessions came as the roll man, where he scored 1.22 PPP, ranked 11th in the league.
- Monta Ellis – 18.5 points (15.9 FGA, 43%), 3.1 three pointers (36%), 4.8 free throw attempts (76% FT), 3.9 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 3.1 turnovers, 1.6 steals, 4.8 personal fouls drawn, Mavs were +1.4 when he's on the floor.
46.2% of Ellis' scoring attempts came as the pick-and-roll ball handler, where he scored 0.87 Points Per Possession, ranked 40th in the NBA. Ellis also scored 13.1% of his scoring possessions off Spot-Ups, scoring 0.94 PPP, ranked 189 in the NBA. Lastly, 12.6% of Ellis' scoring possessions came in transition, where he scored 1.24 PPP, ranked 69th in the league.
- Vince Carter – 13.1 points (10.9 FGA, 41%), 5.4 three pointers (44%), 2.4 free throw attempts (82% FT), 3.9 rebounds, 1.3 turnovers, 2.3 personal fouls drawn, Mavs were +3.8 when he's on the floor.
32.3% of Carter's scoring attempts came as the pick-and-roll ball handler, where he scored 0.94 Points Per Possession, ranked 20th in the NBA. Carter also scored 25.4% of his scoring possessions off Spot-Ups, scoring 1.09 PPP, ranked 71st in the NBA.
- Shawn Marion – 10 points (8.8 FGA, 51%), 2.0 three pointers (34%), 6.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 1.2 turnovers, Mavs are –.6 when he's on the floor.
- Jose Calderon – 11.0 points (8.7 FGA, 47%), 4.8 three pointers (46%), 4.5 assists, 1.4 turnovers, Mavs are a –.4 when he's on the floor.
- Devin Harris – 7.4 points (6.2 FGA, 36%), 2.7 three pointers (29%), 2.8 free throw attempts (79% FT), 4.8 assists, 1.8 turnovers, 3.0 personal fouls drawn, Mavs are a +4.6 when he's on the floor.
- Brandan Wright – 8.5 points (5.6 FGA, 68%), 4.1 rebounds, 1.1 blocks, Mavs are a +1.3 when he's on the floor.
- Samuel Dalembert – 7.1 points (5.3 FGA, 55%), 7.7 rebounds, 1.3 turnovers, 1.4 blocks, Mavs are a +0.9 when he's on the floor.
The Blair Factor: In the season series, DeJuan Blair also received more playing time against the Spurs versus his Post All-Star break minutes. In the four games against San Antonio, Blair averaged 7.8 points (61% FG), 6.3 rebounds, 1.0 steals in 16.8 minutes, but the Mavs were a -3.5 when Blair was on the floor. Blair spent a majority of his time defending Duncan in the season series, and a bit more on the matchup will be presented below.
Dallas' Defense vs. Tony Parker
Via NBA.com, Parker was mainly defended by Calderon (16:42 minutes), Wayne Ellington (3:02 minutes), and Shawn Marion (3:01 minutes) throughout the season series. Per the article, Parker shot 14-of-25 against the trio in three games this season (56%). By the eye test, Calderon had a tough time staying in front of Parker when he was using multiple screens with the ball in his hand, and Parker was more prone to attack Calderon one-on-one. Ellis had trouble running around screens when Parker was without the ball, and when Parker would catch the ball, Ellington was still trying to catch up, which gave Parker the upper hand. Marion mainly defended Parker in the first match in December, and also would have trouble recovering around screens. One tactic the Mavericks might use is running a 3-2 zone defense, which they did a few times in the season series to try to slow down Parker's penetration and play off screens without the ball. In his last two games against Calderon and Ellington, Parker shot 16-of-23 against the two guards (70%).
As written above, Parker prefers to scoring mainly by being the pick-and-roll ball handler (0.92 PPP), scoring in transition (1.0 PPP), and scoring off isolation (0.85 PPP). Here's how the Mavericks' main defenders defend some of those areas.
P&R Ball Handler: Calderon (0.78 PPP, ranked 97th), Ellington (0.69 PPP, ranked 38th), Marion (0.88 PPP, ranked 190)
Isolation: Calderon (0.91 PPP, ranked 200), Ellington (1.63 PPP, not enough possessions to rank), Marion (0.89 PPP, ranked 189)
Thoughts: Based on the eye test and data, it seems Dallas just doesn't have the personnel on the perimeter to really limit Parker's abilities. Though they didn't do it much, the Mavericks' best chance at limiting Parker may be to run the 3-2 zone defense. Against the Mavericks this season, Parker averaged 23.3 points, shot 54%, threw 5.7 assists, and had 3.7 turnovers, in 31.3 minutes per game.
Dallas' Defense vs. Tim Duncan
From the eye test, Duncan was mainly defended by Dalembert and Blair in the majority of the four games in the season series. Duncan shot 11 of 21 (52%) in the four games against Dalembert. Dalembert lingers in the paint for a majority of the possessions, but when Duncan sets a pick-and-pop screen, Dalembert tends to be aggressive in recovering. Against Blair, Duncan shot 10-of-19 (56%)against his former teammate. One thing Blair will do a majority of the time when defending Duncan, is leave Duncan open on his mid-range jumpers. Duncan will have to knock down his mid-range shot at an efficient percentage, or else Blair will continue to be an extra body clogging the paint.
From above, Duncan prefers scoring mainly by posting up (0.90 PPP), as the roll man (0.91 PPP), off cuts (1.16 PPP), and off Spot-Ups (0.84 PPP). Here's how the Mavericks' main defenders defend some of those areas.
Post Up: Dalembert (0.89 PPP, ranked 160), Blair (0.89 PPP, ranked 160)
Roll Man: Dalembert (0.95 PPP, ranked 75th), Blair (1.08 PPP, ranked 104)
Spot Ups: Dalember (1.06 PPP, ranked 283), Blair (0.92 PPP, ranked 115)
Dalembert allows 6.1 opponent field goals at the rim on 52% shooting per game via the SportVU data. Blair allows 3.6 field goal attempts at the rim on 55% shooting per game.
Thoughts: Like the matchup with Parker, Dallas doesn't seem to have the players needed to limit Duncan in the paint. An interesting little wrinkle was that Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle began to go away from using Blair in the last two games of the season against the Spurs, and instead gave Wright a few chances at defending him. In the four games against Dallas, Duncan averaged 18.5 points, shot 51% from the floor, drew 5.5 personal fouls per game, shot 8.0 free throws per game (81% FT), grabbed 12.5 rebounds, had 3.5 turnovers, and blocked 1.8 shots in 33.8 minutes per game.
Spurs' Defense vs. Dirk Nowtizki
Via the NBA SportVU article, both Diaw and Splitter were the primary defenders on Nowtizki in the season series. Diaw spent 18:16 minutes on Nowitzki, and held him to 12-of-24 shooting (50%) in four games, while Splitter spent 7:52 minutes on Nowtizki, and held him to 5-of-10 shooting in three games. In the final meeting between the two teams, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich also allowed Leonard to spend some time defending Nowtizki, but Nowitzki had little trouble with Leonard defending him, as he shot 5-of-6 against Leonard (83%).
By the eye test, both Diaw and Splitter have the speed and strength to fight through screens that Nowitzki tried to use in the low block, to buy himself some daylight to shoot. Both Diaw and Splitter can also use their length to contest Nowitzki's post shots at a decent output. The areas where Nowtizki can escape their clutches, is when he sets a pick and goes out for a pick-and-pop jumper, or when he goes around a screen, and a smaller guard or forward has to switch onto him, then he has the upper hand.
As written above, Nowitzki prefers scoring mainly by posting up (01.06 PPP), scoring off Spot-Ups (1.02 PPP), and scoring as the roll man (1.22 PPP). Here's how the Spur' tandem defended those areas.
Post Up: Diaw (0.90 PPP, ranked 174), Splitter (0.70 PPP, ranked 38th)
Spot-Up: Diaw (0.93 PPP, ranked 129), Splitter (1.11 PPP, ranked 313)
P&R Roll Man: Diaw (0.67 PPP, ranked 9th), (0.82 PPP, ranked 38th)
Thoughts: Though Nowitzki is most likely to score over 18 points per game in the series, he's going to have to work out of his comfort zone for those points. During the season series against the Spurs, he was held to 18.5 points on 48.4% shooting, he shot 4.0 free throws per game (81.3%), grabbed 5.8 rebounds, and tallied 1.0 steals, in 32.0 minutes per game. Both Splitter and Diaw seem to be a comfortable tandem ready for Nowitzki.
Spurs' Defense vs. Monta Ellis
Leonard, Green, and Ginobili were the Spurs' main defenders who spent time on Ellis throughout the season, with Leonard being the primary defender. Against Leonard, Ellis shot 13 of 35 (37%) on the season. Ellis' only chance of escaping Leonard's clutches were when he got a slither of daylight with his crossover into a jump shot, or when Leonard was delayed in trying to get around a screen. Still, a majority of those times, Ellis' best shot was a lengthy outside jumper, not a drive to the rim. Against Green, Ellis shot 4 of 13 (31%). Green too defended Ellis fairly well by picking him up near the half court line. The times when Ellis has an advantage over Green is when Ellis is already running in transition, goes around a screen, and can dash to the rim. Ellis connected on 9 of 13 shots (69%) against Ginobili. This was the one matchup when presented in three of the games where Ellis looked most comfortable, as Ginobili had a tough time keeping up with Ellis' speed, as Ellis either attacked the rim or settled for his more natural outside jumpers.
As noted above, Ellis prefers scoring mainly as the pick-and-roll ball handler (0.87 PPP), scoring off Spot-Ups (0.94 PPP), and scoring in transition (1.24 PPP). Here's how the Spurs' trio defends those areas.
P&R Ball Handler: Leonard (0.61 PPP, ranked 10th), Green (0.70 PPP, ranked 45th), Ginobili (0.67 PPP, ranked 30th)
Spot Up: (0.91 PPP, ranked 154), Green (0.96 PPP, ranked 180), Ginobili (1.00 PPP, ranked 221)
Ellis: Unless Ellis' outside jumper is absolutely on fire, he's going to need a ton of shot attempts for his point production as both Leonard and Green will take away a majority of his penetration attempts, and force him into lengthy inefficient outside jumpers. Ellis averaged 21.3 points, shot 48.6%, drew 4.3 personal fouls, shot 4.0 free throws (755 FT), threw 5.5 assists, had 2.5 turnovers, and gathered 1.5 steals in 38 minutes per game against the Spurs this season.
Series Prediction
Due to the Mavericks' numerous matchup problems on the defensive end, and the expectation that the Spurs will be able to limit both Nowitzki and Ellis, while also having so many weapons on the offensive end, I'm picking the Spurs to sweep the Mavericks 4-0 in the series.
Predicting X-Factors for each team: Patty Mills (Spurs), Vince Carter (Mavericks)
(All data, numbers, and shot charts used via nba.com/stats, mysynergysports.com, and the SportVU data.)


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A sibling of a martyred freedom fighter on Tuesday accused then Muslim League leader Engineer A Jabbar of perpetrating atrocities along with Razakar militia in collaboration with the Pakistan occupation army in Fuljhuri of Mathbaria, Pirojpur during the Liberation War.
"Marching into village Fuljhuri, the perpetrators had carried out plundering and burned down 360 houses, leaving the village a barren area," recalled Mozammel Huq Sharif while testifying against the fugitive accused before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 as prosecution witness (PW)-8.
Mentioning that the dreadful occurrence had taken place on May 17 in 1971, he said, "I had witnessed their operation concealing myself in a nearby paddy field."
Mozammel said that a day before, while escaping his elder brother Habilder Motleb Sharif, who joined the Liberation War deserting the Pakistan army, was gunned down by Razakars at the behest of accused Jabbar.
"My slain brother's body, lying on the floor waiting for burial the following day morning, was charred in fire while accused Jabbar and his associates had set our house on fire," said the PW.
Corroborating the evidence of the other PWs, Mozammel told the tribunal that Razakars had also shot at Abdur Razzaq Biswas, comrade-in-arms of his brother, after hunting him down from a hideout, and he succumbed to his injuries after three days.
Referring to Engineer Jabbar's May 16 Tushkhali High School ground meeting, the PW said that the accused had ordered Razakar commander Iskander Ali Mridha to produce freedom fighters Razzaq and Motleb Sharif before him dead or alive.
The deposition over, PW Mozammel was cross-examined by state defence counsel M A Hasan.
During the cross-examinations, the PW said that after the liberation of Bangladesh, neither he nor any member of his family filed any case with the police station about the damage of their house and killing of his brother Motleb Sharif.
Denying state defence suggestions, Mozammel said it was not true that freedom fighters Razzaq Biswas and Motleb Sharif were killed in a confrontation.
"It's also not a fact that accused Engineer Jabbar was not present in Mathbaria during the Liberation War in 1971," he said, denying a defence suggestion.
Dismissing another state defence suggestion, Mozammel said, "It's not true that I gave evidence against accused Jabbar for any personal gain, being influenced by his political opponents.
The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim, adjourned the trial for Wednesday.
On September 7, after fulfilling the requirement of law, the trial of Engineer A Jabbar began in absentia with recording of evidence of the prosecution witnesses.
The prosecution pressed five counts of war crimes charges against the former Jatiya Party MP, believed living in the USA.
After working for over 11 months, the investigation officer (IO) of the case ASP M Helal Uddin submitted the investigation report to the prosecution.
The prosecution submitted a list of 44 witnesses (PWs) to prove the charges as proposed against war crimes accused Jabbar.
The investigator 'found' Jabbar's involvement in crimes like killing, genocide, arson, looting and forcefully converting many Hindus to Muslim in then Mathbaria thana of Pirojpur during the war. Jabbar was made chairman of local thana Peace Committee (collaborator) and he organised Razakar outfit in Mathbaria, according to the investigation report.
Octogenarian Jabbar of Khetachhira under Mathbaria was the vice-chairman of Jatiya Party. He had joined the then Muslim League through his father-in-law, Arshed Ali, who was an influential Muslim League leader.
Jabbar later joined the Jatiya Party of Gen (retd) HM Ershad and was twice elected Member of Parliament with the party tickets in 1986 and 1988.
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World Ocean Summit Focuses on Governance and Sustainability
26 February 2014: The second World Ocean Summit, hosted by The Economist in partnership with National Geographic, brought together over 250 leaders from business, government, academia, international institutions, and NGOs to address growing concerns about the unsustainable impact of humans on the world's oceans.
The Summit, which took place in San Francisco, US, on 24-26 February 2014,was meant to feature oceans more prominently in global environmental, climate change and sustainability agendas.
The three-day conference started with leaders from government and the private sector setting the scene for the following two days of discussions. Panel discussions and case studies then explored macro-level issues relating to sustainability and governance. These discussions focused on: refining the challenge - what are the barriers, why is progress slow, what are the factors inhibiting greater action; and building a solution - where to start, what we have learned from past initiatives, including on aquaculture sustainable development, on tackling overfishing, and on ocean governance.
According to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), topics addressed included the proposed International Polar Partnership Initiative and advancing the science on harmful algal blooms.
Summit speakers included: Prince Albert II, Principality of Monaco; Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change; and Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP). [GEF Press Release] [UNESCO Press Release] [Ocean Summit Website] [UNESCO IOC Press Release]


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As exciting as it is to voraciously tear into a bag of cookies, there's something delightfully old school about reaching into a cookie jar. And with a reliable lid, the jar will help prolong your cookies' flavor and texture. Since we converted from bag to jar, we decided to do it in style. Here are some smart-looking ones to choose from.
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American Soldier is at the printer!!
Okay...after nearly a year the book is at the printer and should be back to me to ship out around the end of June.
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Glad 2011 is a thing of the past...2012 is here and ASFJ is complete...
Thankfully all the B.S. and ridiculous garbage that has delayed American Soldier thus far appears behind us.
It is amazing what nonsense and utter crap will pop up and delay... Read more
American Soldier - Finished Art Samples
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Here is a quick peak at what to expect from the finished book. (Dialogue and Sound Effects excluded)
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American Soldier - Running Late but Still on Time...lol.
Howdy everyone. The final pages are being inked as I write this. From there I have two options....go directly to a publisher (for some reason I think 12GaugeComics would be... Read more
American Soldier is LOOKING GREAT!!!
That is...if I do say so myself....I'm not sure if I should post any artwork now or just wait to surprise everyone with the finished book. Anyway....the final product is... Read more
American Soldier Coming Along Nicely...
Just a quick update before I take a few days off with my wife and family..AMERICAN SOLDIER is falling into place nicely...looking better than I expected...so all in all we... Read more
Phase One is complete...FUNDING SUCCESSFUL!!!!!!!
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