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Tim Duncan's next contract
I gathered a few friends together to talk about Tim Duncan's next contract. Welcome Aaron McGuire, whom you know, Ian Levy of Hickory-High.com, and Alex Dewey of Gothic Ginobili.
48MoH is running another piece today reflecting on Tim Duncan at 36. Let's start there. What is your assessment of Tim Duncan at 36?
McGuire: He's still a great player, even as people continue to write him off. Duncan has adapted his game beautifully to fit his declining ability to bang in the post, and with it he's led a several season-long reconstruction of the Spurs offense that has revitalized the franchise from a late aughts lull into the current state of a contender. Flawed, perhaps, but a dangerous one all the same. While one would be hard pressed to say he's the isolating post-up demon he used to be, Duncan excels as a setup man in Pop's offense and has never shied away from anything Pop has asked of him on the court. I don't know if he's still one of the greatest players in the league. He's certainly not top 10. He was 19th overall in last year's #NBARank, and I think that range is still about right, when he's on the court. I have trouble thinking of more than 20 players I'd say are playing outright better basketball than Tim has been this season. Although he plays less than he ever has, he's roughly as effective as he used to be. That's exemplary, unexpected, and absolutely wonderful to watch.
Dewey: Tim Duncan is still one of the most efficient and intelligent players to have ever played the game on both ends, and he's still 6'10'' and long. We sometimes talk about per-minute efficiency in basketball, but if you watch even most efficient players (MVP candidates, Kevin Garnett and Steve Nash excepted), their contributions to the game are scattered into discrete categories, often with minutes in between. What's astonishing to me is that Tim's impact – despite his age and the surplus of great big men that are there to stop him – is truly per-minute, per-second, even continuous. Offense is rebounding is defense is rebounding is offense. Tim makes the game as simple as it can be and then unceasingly plods away in every situation, finding the right spacing, the right screens, the right time to hard show on a pick and roll given his and his opponents' relative quickness. He knows exactly where to be, how his current position gives him space to operate, and how to navigate that space. His per-minute numbers are still very good because time is still moving at the same speed.
Levy: I'm simply amazed. There is nothing surprising about the way his physical faculties and endurance have faded, but the way he has been able to provide top-tier production when he's on the floor is incredible. He still makes a huge impact at the defensive end, individually and as the glue that holds the other four players together. At the other end of the floor he's a consistent mid-range shooter (44.8% from beyond 10ft.), a threat to score in the post or on the pick-and-roll (0.81 ppp and 1.08 ppp respectively) and a willing passer (2.9 assists per 36 minutes).
What are your observations of Tim Duncan's evolution as a player? How does the present Tim Duncan compare to his bygone incarnations?
Dewey: His days of dominating the post and lighting the Mavs up for 40 are done, if only because he's not as laterally quick and isolation offense seems to use more energy than just about anything else in basketball (though he can still carve up weaker defensive players like some such turkey). Defensively, he can't maneuver fast enough to make teams completely abandon the pick and roll anymore (as we saw against the Suns in 2010). He's lost a step, plain and simple. That said, his rejuvenation this season – replete with slam dunks, vintage midrange, and dominant quarters – was completely unexpected, and he might have more left in the tank that I'm giving him credit for. His midrange wasn't falling at the beginning fo the season, and it's not clear what half of the season is the aberration at this stage. Tim's gifted floor vision and passing – both on par with a guard's, even if he doesn't have the handle to match – has been crucial to the Spurs' new offensive approach of the last couple seasons. He can pass out of the pick and roll (giving the Spurs one more path to the corner), out of a rebound on both ends (his superb outlet passing helps the Spurs push the pace), out of a broken play, and so on. Tim can't do what he could, but his gifts are serving him well in taking his game to a completely different setting.
Levy: While some of the specifics of his game has changed, his consistent production has been unbelievable. Last season looked like the beginning of a statistical decline, but this season his per 36 minute numbers are right back where they've been for the past decade. Although his techniques rely more on subtlety and guile than they once did, he's been the same old Duncan for 28 minutes a night.
McGuire: I mostly echo what Ian and Alex are saying, but I call foul on one aspect. His game hasn't simply changed in subtlety — it's changed in a very big way that doesn't get nearly enough press. Duncan has almost totally revamped the way he gets his shots. Examine the following chart, to see how.
I tried to get a bunch of data on here, so let's unpack it.
The lines represent the percentage of Duncan's shots that came from each of those four areas, which are mutually exclusive — that is, <9 foot shots exclude at rim shots, <15 foot shots exclude the 3-9 foot shots, et cetera. The yellow bars in the background, however, don't correspond to percentage of shots taken — those values correspond to the right hand y-axis, and it represents the field goal percentage Duncan shot on shots outside 15 feet in a given year. The main takeaway? Duncan has been raising the number of shots he takes from long range in virtually every year since the 2007 title, with one short blip at 2010. In that time, he's steadily become less and less reliant on his back to the basket at-rim game, and he's transitioned to more of a Kevin Garnett type outside shooter — this season, we're seeing the absolute culmination of that, as he takes more long shots than he takes any other type, even theoretically easy rim shots. This in turn helps open up the Spurs offense, especially when Duncan's ability to make the shots is not in any way compromised by the additional shots he's taking from that range. Tim's ability to shoot a higher percentage as he shoots more long range shots is absolutely incredible, and it's an aspect of his aging game that may not have been properly called out up to now.
Assuming Tim Duncan signs a new contract this offseason, how do see his numbers projecting over the coming seasons?
Dewey: Barring massive injury, his statistical production all depends on his midrange. If his midrange gets worse and never comes back, and his tired legs can no longer sustain solid shooting? No, he wouldn't be a ghostly scrub, he'd still play the pick and roll, but he's not significantly above-average at that point, because he can't space the floor for his teammates and he will require more (and more inefficient) iso possessions to score. If the midrange is there, though? I don't see much of a reason for a decline except in terms of minutes and a slight inevitable increase in those 15 minute, 6-4 games where he looks like he can't get off the ground two inches to hit a layup. Otherwise per-minute should be fine.
Levy: Usually big men like Duncan see a steep age-related drop-off in production (check out Karl Malone's age curve). But Duncan is so self-aware and the Spurs coaching staff has no misconceptions about who he is at this point and what he can accomplish each trip down the floor. That age-decline is going to be more shallow because Gregg Popovich, and Duncan himself, will make sure he's not being asked to do things he can no longer do. His cumulative production will decline as his body continues to limit the number of minutes he can play. His per minute production will gracefully level off at place not too much lower than where it rests right now.
McGuire: One thing Duncan has going for him is that, contrary to popular belief, I've found that on average (although as Ian excellently pointed out, fringe cases like Karl Malone break the rules), it generally takes a far longer time for an NBA big to decline than it does a wing or a guard — my thesis research found that while point guards and wings peak around the 60% and 50% complete marks of their careers, big men tend to peak at 40% of their career minutes played. This has two charitable interpretations. One is that, on a rough estimate, his peak occurred in 2003 (when he had just swept through one of the most dominating playoff performances any one player has ever produced) — Duncan had played 17,726 minutes up to that point, and that would tend to indicate that his full career will end up at roughly 44,000 minutes of productive basketball. He currently has 39397 minutes of regular season minutes — at the rate Pop is currently using him, that would give Duncan three more seasons of productive basketball — obviously of slowly petering usefulness, but productive all the same. I think Alex and Ian are right on the money in the number of years and the general quality of his production.
I'd like to ask the same question in four different ways. On this first pass, I'm looking for a straight-up objective valuation. On a per season basis, how much do you think Tim Duncan's next contract should be worth?
Levy: The financial side of basketball is not my forte, but six or seven million a year seems like a perfectly reasonable price tag for Duncan. This strikes me as a price that would be affordable for the Spurs, and roughly what Duncan would also find on the open market. Length of the contract and the ability for a team to get out of it will be the make-or-break contract elements.
McGuire: Completely objectively? He's an aging starting-quality big man with two or three solid years left. Given that NBA general managers treat starting bigs as though they're peppermint schnapps and caramel corn, this probably means he's due an offer of about $60 million over five years (heavily backloaded). In a world where GMs were absurdly rational, though, I'd assess Tim for a frontloaded and incentive-filled $20 million dollar contract over three years, with amenable buyout conditions for both sides after the 2nd and 3rd years. This may not be exactly what he's worth — I agree with Ian that $6 or $7 million is probably more fitting if you account for his decline having a potential to go truly sour. But you pay a premium for a good big man in the NBA regardless of age, and Duncan would be worth $20 million or more on the open market. If he was ever to get there, that is.
Dewey: I don't know a lot about these things, but I do buy to some extent what economists say about even max players being wildly underpaid in the NBA (an argument given credibility by Dwight Howard's arena/leverage and the Spurs and Lakers franchises). So Tim's objective value to the Spurs and to the league may actually be something massive like $25 million per year for 2 years. Still, according to the NBA's market, he's an above-average to great player, a flexible big man you can build a frontcourt around, and an aging player with limited minutes that may decline very quickly. His skillset and the fact that he's also big means he's probably worth about $15 million per year, but his age brings that down to $12 million per for the next 2 years.
Okay. On this second pass through, I'd like to ask how much you think the Spurs will offer Tim Duncan? This is the version that includes the he-is-Tim-Duncan considerations.
Dewey: I'd suppose the first offer would be something like $21 million for 3 years, with an tapering off in the final year for a planned retirement, like 8-8-5. That way Tim gets close to his market value for the 2 years he'd be expected to play, the Spurs don't have an albatross on their books for the third, and no one feels like anything could've gone much better. After the most cursory explorations, Duncan would find the Spurs amenable to going up to $27 million and 12-10-5, but they'd make it clear that this would impact their flexibility for signing and trading quite a bit.
Levy: Perhaps I'm putting too much faith in both Duncan and the Spurs to be rational and civil, but I would guess the Spurs would offer a deal similar to what I described above, in the two-to-three year range.
McGuire: I'd say Dewey's estimation is just about right. $21 million over 3 years is my odds on favorite for Duncan's contract, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised with a luxury tax-hitting $20 to $25 million contract that lasts just the next two seasons. It may be that Duncan would rather have a two year contract that pays the same amount knowing that it'll free up cap room and that if he's still playing at a decent level in 2014 he'll be able to cash in on one year deals until he's finally sick to death of the game. Still. A three year deal loaded with performance incentives and tricky buyout provisions that allow both Duncan and the Spurs opportunities to end their relationship in the event of an early retirement seems the most likely path forward, to me.
Let's look at this from Duncan's perspective. What kind of deal would you be looking for?
Dewey: A bit more money than the Spurs would offer, but far more important than a few million to him is probably the option for one more year (nothing more than 4 years; probably we're talking 3 instead of 2). Duncan probably has an end date for retiring in mind, but if he's still producing when that end date comes, I'm guess he'd still want to have another year of productivity, even if it's that year where he finally becomes more helpful off the floor.
Levy: This is complete projection on my part, but it seems like Duncan's focus in any remaining NBA seasons would be winning a championship. By that I simply mean that I doubt his ego will have a seat at the negotiating table. I would imagine he'll look for financial stability, AND a deal that will offer San Antonio the flexibility to stay competitive and pursue top-tier success. His goals and the team's goals are almost completely synonymous. Maybe I'm giving his character too much credit, but I imagine any deal that seems reasonable to the Spurs will also seem reasonable to Duncan.
McGuire: Have to agree with the consensus here. I think Duncan's aim in this contract is to ride out the string and give himself a shot at a few more rings with Pop, Manu, and Tony. I don't think he's going to put much consideration at playing elsewhere, and I think he'll make that relatively clear to the organization. Unless the Spurs come to the table with an insulting offer (a la Rockets to Hakeem), Duncan isn't going to be looking to maximize his profits. He'll be looking to win, and put away one last big paycheck as the cherry atop his NBA fortune. A level of comfort would be nice, and making sure the contract is flexible to his situation is going to be extremely important. I think.
Fourth and final perspective on this theme. If you were the Spurs, how would you structure Tim Duncan's next contract? Do you see a phantom season tacked onto the end of the Duncan's contract to spread the cost across more seasons than he is likely to play?
McGuire: I disagree with the notion that adding years to the contract really increases the Spurs' flexibility, at least under the new cap. I wrote a relatively in-depth series on the rejected CBA proposal as compared to the old CBA, and when the new one came out, I did quite a lot of reading on it — the Spurs are simply way too thick with salary next year to sign any free agents of note, and given that, it's probably in their best interest to front load Duncan's contract. I'd say the only absurdly creative contract that makes sense would be a very large first year and a string of much smaller years after, such as 15-5-5-2. The Spurs will have a lot of cap room in the summer of 2013. This offseason, though, they're really not going to have any flexibility to make roster moves of particular import outside of trades. Duncan's salary isn't going to really affect the bottom line this year, and as thus, I'd expect to see a higher-than-expected number for the first year and much smaller totals in all years thereafter. In terms of overall structure, there's got to be some sort of buyout clause after every year — Duncan needs to have the flexibility to leave when he wants to, and in general, the more choice the contract gives Duncan about his immediate future the better.
Dewey: If I were the Spurs, presumably I could organize frank meetings with Tim to find out exactly where Duncan's priorities lie and his career after basketball. Then I would tell him that I didn't expect him to be productive in three years, certainly, but that he has played at a top 5 level for centers and he offers a lot to the team in terms of culture, morale, skills, and intelligence. Then (this would be my end goal) I'd make the fateful 3-year offer around 9-9-6, and add in a player-option for the last year and a trade-veto clause for good measure.
Levy: I would make the contract as flexible as possible. If they want to offer Duncan a three-year contract, I would look for either player or team options at the end of each season, the label on those options seems irrelevant to me. Again, perhaps I'm being naive, but after what I've seen the past 14 years, I would trust Duncan not to hang around and cash paychecks if he wasn't able to make positive contributions. An opportunity for both the team and Duncan to re-evaluate the relationship at the end of each season might not work with any other player in the league, but their history and the way they've treated each other for a decade and a half seems like the lubricant to allow that type of deal to work.
Something of a dumb question, but I'm a completist. Do you see any scenario by which the Spurs don't re-sign Tim Duncan?
Levy: Other than retirement, I can't envision any set of circumstances that puts Duncan somewhere other than San Antonio.
McGuire: I can, Ian. If the Spurs were to change their name to the Chaps, then the Spurs would not resign Tim Duncan. The San Antonio Chaps would be the clubhouse leader for his services, though.
Dewey: If he doesn't retire, then only a complete collapse in the franchise or a breakdown with management or the young players (yeah, right) could send him packing. I just don't see it, like, barring natural disasters or whatever.
Assume you're the Spurs and you've just re-signed Tim Duncan. Now what do you do? Given the roster, and given his new contract, how do you get the most out of the final years of his career while still making the moves necessary to remain in championship contention?
Dewey: I think the Spurs know how to answer that better than I do. That said, unless Duncan signs an RJ-esque albatross, more of the team's success depends on Manu staying healthy and Tony continuing at an All-Star. Oh, and Kawhi. I'd say a lot depends on finding players like Patty Mills that will maximize what we can get from the Big Three and Kawhi without hurting the Spurs' flexibility too much.
Levy: Continuing with Duncan doesn't allow for huge changes to the plan they've followed the past few years. If I was the Spurs I would continue to look for inexpensive role-players who excel with a specific skill. The rest of the gaps you fill in with young talent and work on developing them. Kawhi Leonard and Tiago Splitter taking a leap would go along way towards extending the Spurs window.
McGuire: Really, this team wasn't built to be a 2013 contender — the fact that it is marks a testament to the incredible job Pop, Manu, Tony, and Tim have done in reshaping the franchise's talent and roster to reflect the realities of age. Going forward, if you're the Spurs front office, the way you make the most of Duncan's waning years is to do exactly what you've been doing. You continue to build around the Tim/Tony/Manu core, with an emphasis on young talent that Pop has experience developing. Green, Leonard, Splitter, Lorbeck, Dawson — all of these guys are relative nobodies whose development will determine whether or not the Spurs can contend into 2013. Free agent acquisitions are important, but given the Spurs' lack of a marquee star, they can't be counted on. Scouting and development is the path for the Spurs going forward, just as it was when they built their last dynasty.
This will seem like a strange question. As a kind of experiment in market value comparisons, how much do you see Kevin Garnett and Steve Nash resigning for this offseason?
Dewey: While they'd still be worth $10 million a year easily, if they wanted to sign on contenders (like Nash on the Heat), they might have to accept a mid-level exception. Both of them are great competitors and especially savvy businessmen who have flexibility, so it is going to depend on their priorities how much they get.
Levy: I think it depends on how many years they hold out for. A contract for a year or two might get them as high as seven or eight million. If they push for a longer, three or four year deal, then five million seems like a more reasonable cap. I obviously believe that the new CBA will in no way deter teams from handing out large, ambitious and risky contracts.
McGuire: They're going to command less than Duncan, for the simple reason that both are older and both have more mileage on their bodies than Duncan has. Still, I see Garnett finagaling a $15 to $20 million dollar contract if the Celtics make a strong run in the playoffs. If they don't, I see him plateauing around the $14 million over 3 years mark. Nash is an interesting case — I feel as though Phoenix will offer him $20+ million to keep him. He may still leave regardless, as he crosses his fingers and prays he doesn't get injured as soon as he leaves the Phoenix training staff. Which, again — that's a serious clubhouse advantage for the Suns. They've extended his productive years way beyond what anybody could've ever expected, and Nash is a very smart person. He realizes their importance, I'm sure, and I'm still not convinced he'll bolt Phoenix without a strong offer. My guess? The Jazz or the Pacers make a strong play for him, but in the end, he stays in Phoenix and prays that Marcin Gortat is what he's always dreamed of.
Finally, Tim Duncan has given indication that he has no intention of retiring after this season. Any chance that he is simply playing us with a little sleight of hand? That is, he doesn't seem like the type who would want or enjoy a ceremonial final season farewell tour. Do you think Tim Duncan will surprise us and retire at the end of the season?
McGuire: I'll make this one short. No.
Dewey: Duncan knows all the tells, and the only way to get some sense of his true motivations is to look at his incentives: Does he have an incentive to retire that he hasn't had the last few years? Sure…he's less productive, but considerably above-average, and he's older, but if this is what he can do in a lockout season he probably wants to see (at the very least) what he can do in a normal season. Then again, no one really knows. I agree it's plausible, but it would be more plausible if he were having a bad season.
Levy: I find this issue the hardest to speculate on. An extended season-long goodbye from the league's fans seems like the last thing Duncan would want. Just as out of character would be a season's worth of outright lies about a decision that's already been made. I'll take him at his word that he's planning on at least another season or two.
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Hello I am trying to install Build-Essential in 64 studio the one with Hardy Heron, but for some reason its not working here are my errors @64studio:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: build-essential: Depends: libc6-dev but it is not going to be installed or libc-dev libstdc++6-4.2-dev: Depends: libc6-dev (>= 2.5) but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). I have tried to install the dependencies and it won't work *****************************************************************************************************8 64studio:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get install libc6-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: glibc-doc manpages-dev The following NEW packages will be installed: libc6-dev 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 199 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/3344kB of archives. After this operation, 13.5MB of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 106695 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libc6-dev (from .../libc6-dev_2.7-10ubuntu5_i386.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.7-10ubuntu5_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/include/scsi/scsi.h', which is also in package linux-libc-dev Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.7-10ubuntu5_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ******************************************************************************************************** My apt-get update works now and here are my sources.list #deb cdrom:[64studio 3.0-beta3 (1)]/ hardy main deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt hardy main deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted universe multiverse deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://apt.64studio.com/backports hardy-backports main # LMMS repo # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tobydox/ppa/ubuntu hardy main # deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ hardy free non-free ## Medibuntu. deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ hardy free non-free # normal #deb http://apt.64studio.com/64studio/stable 64studio main ******************************************************************************************************** here is apt-cache for the missing package studio:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-cache search libc6-dev libc6-dev - GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files libc6-dev-amd64 - GNU C Library: 64bit Development Libraries for AMD64 I'm using a 32 bit system just to let you know, I have searched the net over for the problem, I'm afraid 64 is broke I tried to do a full update on it which I haven't done in a year because I took a break from the system and used Windows in that time. Thanks sorry for the long description
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Kathy Griffin to Open Best in Drag Show Benefiting Aid for AIDS
On October 2 at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre, Emmy and Grammy Award winner Kathy Griffin will open the Best in Drag Show, the fabulous, long-running annual event raising funds for Aid for AIDS.
Gov. Brown Signs Landmark PrEP & PEP Education Bill
Landmark legislation to boost awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent HIV infection was signed into law today by California Gov. Jerry Brown, becoming the first statewide legislation of its kind.
Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction This Sunday
Broadway enthusiasts and stars alike will flock to New York City's famed theatre district this Sunday, September 25, 2016, for the 30th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Lin-Manual Miranda Makes Surprise Appearance at 'Hamilton: An American Musical' Honoring Javier Muñoz
GMHC honored Javier Muñoz, Broadway star in the lead role in "Hamilton: An American Musical," with the 2016 Howard Ashman Award for his activism in the fight against HIV/AIDS, at a Cabaret at Joe's Pub on Monday, September 19.
Model Indicates Broad Use of PrEP Could Lead to Marked Reductions in HIV Incidence Among MSM
A new study shows that PrEP could seriously reduce HIV infections among MSM in the United States.
'Spend the Night With Alan Cumming' at the Castro Theater
On Thursday, September 22, join moderator Cleve Jones as he brings Tony Award winning actor, activist and author Alan Cumming to the stage for "Spend the Night With Alan Cumming," at the Castro Theater.
San Antonio AIDS Foundation Introduces New Mental Health Services
As part of their move to address the mental health concerns of its clients, The San Antonio AIDS Foundation (SAAF) has appointed licensed counselor Francisco J. Ramirez as the agency's first-ever mental health counselor.
Drenched Pool Party to Benefit The Life Group LA
As the summer comes to an end, get "Drenched" one last time at this fun fundraiser pool party to benefit The Life Group LA. The event will be co-hosted by DJ EurOSteve and Stan Smith and held on Saturday, September 17 from 1-6 p.m.
AIDS Fund Kicks Off Awareness Efforts In Preparation For AIDS Walk Philly & AIDS Run Philly 5K
On Thursday, September 15 at 11 a.m., AIDS Fund Philadelphia kicks off awareness efforts in preparation for their October 16 AIDS Walk Philly & AIDS Run Philly 5K with an event at the corner of 18th and Walnut Streets.
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CIF Increases Support to Solar Energy, Establishes Index of the Business Environment for Energy
6 May 2013: During their 2013 annual meeting, the Trust Fund Committees and Sub-Committees of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) approved five revised Investment Plans for the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), and established a global index of the business environment for energy aiming to improve opportunities for investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy access under the Program for Scaling Up Renewable Energy in Low Income Countries (SREP).
Held in Washington D.C., US, from 29 April to 3 May 2013, the event included the meetings of: the Forest Investment Program (FIP) Sub-Committee; the SPREP Sub-Committee; the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) Sub-Committee; the Strategic Climate Fund (SCF) Trust Fund Committee; and the CTF Trust Fund Committee.
The CTF Trust Fund Committee supervises the overall functioning of the fund and approves new programming and projects. The SCF Trust Fund Committee provides strategic guidance and approval of new programmes under FIP, PPCR, and SREP.
During the meeting, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Ukraine and the Middle East and North of Africa Region (MENA) approved their revised CTF Investment Plans, which will be mainly destined to speed-up implementation and to scale-up private sector engagement in pre-approved projects. Under the new allocations, the MENA region increased ambitions regarding targets on Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), which augmented from 895 MW to 1.12 GW. In particular, Morocco will receive $218 million; Egypt $123 million; Tunisia $62 million; and Jordan $50 million to invest in CSP. Beyond CTF funds- totaling US $660 million- the project expects to catalyze $5 billion from private donors.
Under SREP, pilot countries Ethiopia, Honduras, Kenya, Maldives, Mali and Nepal will benefit from the creation of the Index of the business environment for energy (BEE), which aims to: identify what institutional, regulatory, and legislative systems support sustainable energy investments; provide mechanisms to improve comparison of the investment climate for supporting investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and access to energy, as a benchmark for monitoring progress over time; and contribute to achieving SREP and CTF objectives and the three goals under the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative by informing country level interventions. [CIF Press Release] [AfDB Press Release] [IISD RS Story on the PPCR Meeting] [Proposal for Reporting on Enabling Environments for Promoting Energy Investments]


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Hello! I am going to begin a Primal "elimination-type" diet on Sunday (again), and I would like to have a few tests or measurements made as a baseline so I can see if there are any changes on this diet.
Of course I will record my height and weight and be tested for bone density, Vitamin D, B12, and cholesterol, too, if my doc insists on it.
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A girl's first time can be awkward. All that expectation and effort blown in a sloppy, unmemorable romp, probably with some jerk who'll trash-talk you to his friends afterward.
In "The To Do List," that goes for Aubrey Plaza's type-A high-school graduate Brandy Klark, who's as determined to punch her V-card as she was to ace the SATs before she heads off for her first semester at college.
But it also goes for writer-director Maggie Carey, who for her first debut film, armed with a crackerjack cast and fearless sense of naughtiness, makes an admirable go at the typically male-dominated world of teen-sex comedies, but falls short of hitting the comedic G-spot.
Brandy is flush with accomplishments when she graduates from her high school in Boise, Idaho, part of the fringe-wearing, Day-Glo-bright class of 1993. A mathlete and valedictorian, her life is fastidiously organized by Trapper Keeper, and she's got herself a scholarship to go to college in the fall.
Everything's going according to plan until Brandy's friends drag her to a post-graduation kegger where, in the drunken, post-keg-stand confusion of a darkened room, she makes out with her No. 1 crush, the six-pack-flashing, guitar-playing beefcake Rusty Waters (Scott Porter).
What should be a slam dunk takes a humiliating turn when virginal Brandy fails to stick the landing. But Brandy isn't one to take defeat lying down. Ever the overachiever, she turns sex into summer school, crafting a to-do list of sexual conquests to complete before summer's end, small tasks escalating to the ultimate goal of doing the deed with Rusty.
Luckily for her, they're both working the summer away as lifeguards at a public pool run by Willy (Bill Hader), a well-intentioned slacker too fried to interfere with his wards' sexual shenanigans. And it gives Brandy months to gaze at Rusty's glistening abs while using peripheral males (Johnny Simmons, Donald Glover, Christopher Mintz-Plasse) as sexual training wheels
It's a fun twist on the teen-sex-comedy formula even if it isn't fresh, the girl-centric romp trading penis gags for "Beaches" jokes and the perils of navigating your way to third base while wearing skorts.
But it still hits the familiar beats of formula. The film is flush with done-to-death gross-out gags, bodily fluids serving as too many punch lines. Yes, girls can dish out F-bombs and body objectification as well as the boys can, but that shouldn't be the whole joke.
And too many of the film's laughs are rooted in self-congratulatory pop-culture recognition. Remember Caboodles? Telephones shaped like lips? Zack Morris? Listening to Sarah McLachlan in your bedroom when you were sad? The early-'90s setting is more delightful when Brandy tries to navigate her way to sexual expertise in the shallow end of the Information Age. You're not going to find the definitions for sexually explicit acts in the encyclopedia.
Although there's a nice undercurrent about the importance of friendship, there's no real emotional core, nothing Brandy wants beyond racking up sexual experiences like points in a video game. Shame, regret, desire — emotions bounce off Brandy like she's coated in so much Teflon. Our teenage years are so overwrought with emotion; not to put them in play at all makes Brandy feel like little more than a cipher for Plaza's deadpan dark humor.
And that's pleasurable enough for a quick fling, but hardly the foundation of a lasting relationship.
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The banged-up last-place Florida Panthers received more bad news when they learned that No. 1 center Stephen Weiss will be out for the season.
He will have surgery on his wrist, which has bothered him this season.
"He couldn't perform up to his abilities and he wanted to get it fixed," Panthers general manager Dale Tallon told reporters.
WHO'S OUT: NHL injury report
Weiss, who's in the final year of a six-year, $18.6 million contract, has one goal in 17 games.
"He's not able to shoot on the power play and it renders him ineffective," coach Kevin Dineen told reporters. "He's a different player (from) in the past and it obviously affected his game and it's a loss for us."
The Panthers won the Southeast Division last season but have struggled with injuries this season. Goalie Jose Theodore left Saturday's game with a lower-body injury and is out four to six weeks. The team is also missing Kris Versteeg, Ed Jovanovski, Dmitry Kulikov, Mike Weaver, Scottie Upshall and Sean Bergenheim. Versteeg might be back on Friday.
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Middlesex is one of the top boarding schools in the US. Founded in 1901 and located in Concord, MA, Middlesex has about 350 boarding and day students. In addition to a very rigorous curriculum, the school has a great arts program and strong sports teams, especially for a smaller school. Middlesex is a member of the ISL; its rival is St. George's. Graduates go on to some of the best colleges and universities. Middlesex has some pretty famous alumni, like Steve Carrell and Bill Richardson. The school has become much more geographically diverse in recent years, and the student body now comes from all over the country and the world. The kids are really preppy, but it's still a tight-knit community where everyone works hard and knows when to kick back and relax.
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An Overview of Estate Taxes
A federal estate tax is collected when a person dies and his or her assets are transferred to the heirs. An estate is all the property and assets a person owns.
What is an estate?
Your "estate" consists of all property owned by you at the time of your death, including:
- Real estate
- Bank accounts
- Stocks and other securities
- Life insurance policies
- Personal property such as automobiles, jewelry, and artwork
The total tax due is calculated by adding up the fair market values of all of the decedent's assets on the date of death and then applying estate tax credits and subtracting out allowable estate tax deductions.
Who pays estate taxes?
The estates of every U.S. citizen are subject to the federal estate tax. If an elderly parent dies and you are the heir to the estate, you are responsible for federal estate taxes. However, most people will not have worry about paying estate taxes in 2011 or 2012.
That's because the government approved tax legislation that raised the exemption on estate taxes to $5 million per individual. The bottom line: if the estate is less than $5 million, you don't pay federal estate taxes. (For estates worth over the $5 million exemption, the top tax rate is 35 percent.)
Laws are changing in the near future
Although many caregivers might not have to worry about the estate tax if an elderly relative passes away in 2011 or 2012, there is still room for concern. Erika Mielke, a senior wealth planning strategist for Wells Fargo (wellsfargoprivatebank.com) says caregivers should be prepared in the upcoming years. "The rules apply only through 2012," she says. "After 2012, all bets are off. At this point no one knows what will happen."
If the government does nothing by 2013, the exemption goes back down to the previous level of $1 million per individual, she explains. "$1 million may sound like a lot, but it adds up quickly," Mielke says. "If you have a house worth $300,000, a 401K, life insurance, a bank savings account and annuities, you could quickly reach the $1 million mark."
What is an estate plan?
Mielke says estate planning is one of the most important steps any person can take to make sure that their final property wishes are honored, and that loved ones are provided for in their absence. Estate planning is often overlooked and put off in favor of more immediate concerns. But a comprehensive estate plan can resolve a number of legal questions that arise whenever someone dies: What property and assets do they own? Who gets what? How much tax will need to be paid in order to transfer property ownership? What funeral arrangements are appropriate?
Who needs an estate plan?
"Everyone needs an estate plan," Mielke says. "If you are an adult of legal age, you need some documentation in place regarding your estate. An estate plan doesn't have to be complex."
Estate plans list all of your assets, and how they will be transferred should you die. If you don't have an estate plan, the state you live in will determine who gets your assets.
All estate plans should include, at minimum, two important estate planning instruments: a durable power of attorney (POA) and a will. The POA is for managing your property during your life, in case you are ever unable to make decisions for yourself. The will is for the management and distribution of your property after death. In addition, more and more, Americans also are using revocable (or "living") trusts to avoid probate and to manage their estates both during their lives and after they're gone.
The best way to ensure your elderly parents – as well as yourself – have the proper documents in order, is to work with a qualified Financial Planner.


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My name is Makani Terror. I am a International tattooed model from Germany.
I tend to love the dark and unusual art of photography and love to show different kind of characteristics.
I can do all of my own make up and hair but I love working with an MUAH or stylist. I love trying new and different things and working with different people !
I do kind of everything from fashion, to gore, to beauty or swimsuit shoots. NO NUDES, IMPLIED IS FINE.
I have also been featured on many tattoo magazine covers and had the honour to work with Tommy Lee in LA for the Rebel Ink cover.
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Brosella - Folk & Jazz Festival in Brussels
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The warm notes of folk and jazz music await you for this 38th edition, with free outdoor concerts in Laeken in July 2015!
Just like the previous editions, Saturday is dedicated to folk and Sunday to jazz, for a total of some 20 concerts.
The original and exceptional setting of the Théâtre de Verdure helps to make these two days unforgettable for grown-ups and children alike.
A special programme, "Brosella for the Kids", has been made especially for the little ones, with workshops, street theatre, circus activities and music. So bring the family along!
You can find the full programme of this major festival at Brosella! .
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This almost entirely free festival is missing just one thing...you!
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MIAMI — In the losers' clubhouse, denial and anger faded long ago. Depression is gone. Only acceptance remains. This season is too late for saving.
Last Wednesday night, after a fifth consecutive defeat, the Mets picked at the post-game spread inside Sun Life Stadium. Manager Jerry Manuel untucked his jersey, grabbed a plate of barbecued ribs and walked into his office. In strode Omar Minaya, the architect of this downtrodden roster.
Speculation about Minaya's future swirls, but he insisted it doesn't bother him. Little does. A few days prior, the Mets were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Minaya didn't notice.
"At some point in time," he said, "when you're so many games behind ..."
He laughed. He shrugged. He spoke for a moment about luck, four years with neither a break nor a playoff appearance. He smiled and walked into the manager's office.
"What's up, skip?" he asked.
The coming weeks will tell.
Manuel's contract expires at season's end. Minaya's tenure as general manager may soon end.
The upcoming offseason represents an opportunity for the Wilpons to repair a broken franchise.
Minaya could stay in his current role. He could be demoted. He could be fired.
No matter who is in charge of baseball operations, massive flaws remain. Looking for solutions, The Star-Ledger surveyed a sampling of baseball officials, from players and executives to scouts and sabermetricians. Because the Mets have not begun a public hunt for new leadership, some requested anonymity.
In order to fix the Mets, these officials say, the organization must bolster its minor-league system.
Because the payroll is burdened with cumbersome contracts, the team cannot skimp on the margins of the roster. The Mets must match third baseman David Wright with another presence both at the plate and within the clubhouse. And whoever assumes control must pacify an ownership group one executive compared to a "smothering blanket."
"It's not a job for the faint of heart," the executive said.
They can see it, even Wright can see it.
"We've proved that there's not just one thing that we need or one thing that we need to correct," Wright said. "It's a number of different things.
"When you have the last four years that we've had, it's unacceptable. Especially in this market, with how much money we spend as a team."
How do you fix the franchise? Let us count the ways.
The cupboard of the farm system is not bare. But it is barren.
One prospect, pitcher Jenrry Mejia, landed in Baseball Prospectus' preseason Top 50 — and he was No. 48. The entire farm system ranked 25th in the majors, according to Baseball America.
The early returns from recent high picks are small. The top pick in 2009, Steven Matz, recently underwent Tommy John surgery. The top pick in 2007, Eddie Kunz, just posted a 5.34 ERA as a starter at Double A. The 2008 draft provided Ike Davis, but the two other first-round picks that year, Reese Havens and Brad Holt, have not been higher than Double A.
The draft offers a window of opportunity for large-market clubs. The MLB provides slot guidelines for the bonus money expected for each pick. The practice is not sacred. A team can spend as much as it likes, and some big-market teams often do.
Instead, the Mets often stick close to the guidelines. Since 2008, the club ranks 26th in the league in draft bonuses, according to Baseball America.
"The bottom line," said Jim Callis, Baseball America's executive editor, "is they just have not spent on the draft, and they have not spent internationally."
In 2005, when Minaya took over, he pledged to search Latin America for its top talent. But five years later, solid major-leaguers have not appeared from this pipeline.
Fernando Martinez, signed from the Dominican Republic for a $1.4 million bonus, cannot stay healthy. Francisco Pena, the once-heralded son of Yankees coach Tony Pena, has languished below Double A for four years. The team's top prospect, Mejia, saw a season of development morph into a season of awkward transitions.
The major-league roster is already thin. Without an improvement in scouting and an increase in the draft budget, it could remain that way.
"If your club is not aggressive in doing whatever it takes to acquire talent to bring into your system," the National League executive said, "you can't compete."
Last Sunday, with the Mets tied against Atlanta, Jerry Manuel needed a right-handed pitcher. The bases were loaded. There were two outs. And Manuel was stuck.
His best righty, Bobby Parnell, had injured his elbow. Manuel couldn't trust Ryota Igarashi, the 31-year-old rookie from Japan, or Sean Green, the side-armer with miniscule major-league experience this year. He was left with two choices: 39-year-old soft-tossing vagabond Elmer Dessens, or hard-but-straight-throwing Manny Acosta.
Manuel chose Acosta to face Derrek Lee. Acosta flung a full-count fastball over the plate, and Lee pulverized it into the second-deck in left field for a grand slam.
"We didn't really have many choices," Manuel said afterward.
Two nights later, a similar situation presented itself. Manuel turned to Dessens. And Marlins rookie Gaby Sanchez smashed a three-run homer.
Think about that. The Mets committed more than $130 million to its Opening Day payroll. And five months later, those were the best options in the bullpen.
Why? The spending is skewed. The roster is top-heavy.
In recent years, Minaya doled out chunks of cash to aging stars (Johan Santana and Carlos Beltran) and fading non-factors (Luis Castillo and Oliver Perez).
"With the money you're paying on the guys that aren't producing," one baseball executive said, "it's probably tough to have a real good bench."
Maximizing the margins of the major-league roster is an undervalued skill, explained Jonah Keri, a Baseball Prospectus alum and the author of a forthcoming book on the Tampa Bay Rays.
"The Mets have no ability to do that," Keri said. "And that, to me, is the biggest problem with this team."
Before 2009, with the rotation relying on the tenuous fibers of John Maine's shoulder and the fragile delivery of Perez, the Mets lavished a three-year, $37 million deal upon a luxury, closer Francisco Rodriguez. With Rodriguez, sabermetric analyst Tom Tango wrote via e-mail, the Mets paid for "the comfort of a closer mentality. Some spend heavily into that, and some spend more rationally."
Heading into 2010, holes pocked the roster. No one player would be a cure-all. Yet the team plunked down $66 million for outfielder Jason Bay. The pitching staff received only minor upgrades. Minaya outfitted the bench with castoffs like Frank Cattalanatto and Gary Matthews Jr.
Ingenuity — like discovering R.A. Dickey — will be necessary for the future. The payroll should be around $120 million next year, if Jose Reyes' option is picked up. And the thorns will not disappear any time soon.
When the contracts of Beltran, Castillo and Perez end after 2011, that provides $36.5 million in flexibility. But Rodriguez's deal features an attainable $17.5 million vesting option for 2012. Reyes will be a free agent. Creative maneuvering must replace surface renovations.
"You need to have your finger on the pulse of every single minor-league free agent," Keri said. "You need to be thinking about five steps ahead."
In June, when the Mets were 11 games above .500 and a meaningful September seemed plausible, David Wright spent hours before games the same way. He huddled in a circle with Jason Bay, Rod Barajas and Jeff Francoeur, flicking aces and jacks. A bond formed over card games in clubhouses and on charter flights.
The other three were all relatively new additions. The sidekicks provided bursts of pop, and they deflected attention from Wright: In June, he hit .404.
But during the dog days, the trio's production dipped. By September, all three were gone: Bay concussed on the disabled list, Barajas claimed off waivers by the Dodgers, Francoeur traded to the Rangers for a backup infielder.
And Wright was again left alone in a rudderless clubhouse. Other potential leaders, Beltran and Reyes, spent their hours recovering from injuries. The chemistry suffered.
"Obviously, there's something missing there," one National League scout said. "It's kind of the same-old story."
The faces change. The results do not.
The offensive core of the Mets whittles down to Wright and Reyes. But Reyes could be gone after this season or the next. Wright remains under contract until 2012, with a club option for the next year. He is the face of the franchise, yet the past two years revealed something: The lineup needs another slugger, someone capable of drawing walks and driving the ball. Wright alone can command neither a clubhouse nor an offense.
With its prior financial commitments, the Mets are not capable of reeling in front-line free-agent bats like Carl Crawford or Jayson Werth. The presence of first baseman Ike Davis precludes interest in mashers like Adam Dunn.
Rejuvenation from Bay or Beltran would provide temporary relief. More at-plate maturity from Davis is critical. Until then, Wright must fend for himself.
"It takes a toll on a leader," former Met Billy Wagner said, "to have to try to lead a team that doesn't know where they're going."
Jeff Wilpon stood atop the dugout steps at Turner Field, his team taking batting practice in front of him. The COO's silence overshadowed the proceedings.
"I'll be prepared to talk at the right time," Wilpon said. "Now's not the right time."
That was late August. His time is approaching. It is an opportunity to remedy both his franchise and his perception among some baseball officials. Minaya's lack of autonomy in recent years was obvious, one executive said. Opinions vary on how that would affect a potential search for a new GM.
"If they don't get it straightened out," the executive said, "they're going to have a really difficult time attracting top-notch general managers to go in there."
"I've heard that they're very good people," another baseball executive said. "I've heard that if they think you're running it right, they leave you alone. But I've heard, obviously, that Jeff is pretty involved."
That, the second executive explained, comes with the territory. An owner reserves the right to inspect his club. An executive who cannot accept that would not likely succeed in New York.
"If there's any doubts," he said, "and you're afraid of that kind of scrutiny and pressure, yeah, then you probably wouldn't work out well anyway."
Back at Sun Life Stadium, Minaya slipped into conversation with Manuel.
Manuel pantomimed a swing. Minaya nodded. He turned to go. There was little left to save in this season. After a few minutes, the imperiled general manager left his imperiled manager.
"I'm going to go on the bus," Minaya said.
He walked out of the losers' clubhouse, toward a ride home and an uncertain future.
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Photos released of Trayvon Martin's cellphone
Cellphone is key piece of evidence in George Zimmerman trial
Color photos of Trayvon Martin's cellphone have been released by George Zimmerman's defense team.
In the last few months, investigators examined and pulled evidence from Martin's black T-Mobile Android phone
That evidence could help prosecutors prove or the defense disprove claims from a young woman known only as "Witness 8," who said she was on the phone with Martin moments before his fatal encounter with Zimmerman.
It could also tell whether Zimmerman was the aggressor in their encounter.
The posting by the defense team does not include what evidence analysts were able to pull from Martin's phone.
Images: See color photos of Trayvon Martin's cellphone
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Reminder! Folding Chairs for Your Sukkah – We got ours and they are awesome
I just wanted to remind you about this awesome deal from Walmart.com. Get this Canopy Solid Wood Folding Chairs (set of 2) in a Mahogany Finish for only $39 ($19.50 per chair). The chairs were originally $68 per pair, so this is a huge … [Read more...]
Killer Deals on Folding Tables & Chairs for Your Sukkah
It's time to start digging the Sukkot stuff out of our garage. And one thing I know for sure that is on our list to buy is a folding table - and chairs. Well, look at these killer deals I just found on Walmart.com! Get this 6-foot Mainstays … [Read more...]
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Now that it's officially Elul, it's time to start getting ready for the High Holidays. Here on Kosher on a Budget, "geting ready" refers not to selichot and shofar-blowing, but to budgets, menu plans and grocery lists. September is definitely one … [Read more...]
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This is the third and final part of the KOAB Virtual Sukkah Hop tour. I have so enjoyed getting to peek into some of the KOAB readers' sukkot - and I hope that you all have as well! Enjoy these last moments before we take down our sukkot and brace … [Read more...]
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"You can tell she is totally in love and so is he," an onlooker tells PEOPLE of the happy couple, who were holding hands at the TR Suites Lipton Lounge Sunday. "They sort of finish each other's sentences."
The festival date nights for Bellisario and Suits star Adams started on Saturday with an intimate dinner at PAX Sundance where they played shuffleboard and Word With Friends. After dinner the couple got social and danced the night away at TAO Nightclub at Village at the Lift.
"They looked super cute and happy together! It looked like they were having a really good time," says one TAO partier.
Their snowy vacation continued Sunday with Adams waiting patiently as Bellisario got her hair done at the Dove Color Care Salon.
"He stopped in at the front of the Suites and said 'I'm meeting my girlfriend,'" an onlooker says. "He was very good natured and quiet – he didn't want to interrupt her while getting her hair done."
Later that evening, the freshly coiffed Bellisaro and Adams headed to the GLAAD premiere party for her film C.O.G., based on the writings of David Sedaris.
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I'm on a memory management kick. Understanding how the Java runtime partitions memory, allocates space for objects, moves objects around, and performs garbage collection (see previous post) is a good base for our quest to writing memory conscious code. In this blog post I'll describe Java's four reference types, which you can use to assist the JVM in its memory management duties.
In order from strongest to weakest these references are: Strong, Soft, Weak, Phantom.
Strong References
These are your regular object references:
Server server = new Server();
The variable
server holds a strong reference to a
Server object. OK, before you stop reading there is a point to this: objects that are reachable through any chain of strong references are not eligible for garbage collection. Usually this is what you want. But not always.
Imagine for a minute that you're coding an Enterprise Web App backed by a large Oracle database. When users navigate your web app it loads data into memory from Oracle. Sometimes the same data is regularly accessed so you decide to cache it in a
Map. By storing strong references you've just introduced a memory leak. "Ha!", you say, "then I'll write a memory manager that throws out least frequently used objects when we begin to run out of memory". But doesn't the JVM already manage memory for you?
Weak References
A weak reference will not pin an object into memory. An object that is identified as only weakly reachable will be collected at the next GC cycle.
WeakReference<Cacheable> weakData = new WeakReference<Cacheable>(data);
To access
data call
weakData.get(). This call to
get may return
null if the weak reference was garbage collected: you must check the returned value to avoid NPEs.
Java contains collections that use weak references. For example, the
WeakHashMap class stores keys (not values) as weak references. If the key is GC'd then the value will automatically be removed from the map too.
Since weak references are objects too we need a way to clean them up (they're no longer useful when the object they were referencing has been GC'd). If you pass a
ReferenceQueue into the constructor for a weak reference then the garbage collector will append that weak reference to the
ReferenceQueue when it is no longer needed. You can periodically process this queue and deal with dead references.
Soft References
SoftReference is like a weak reference but it is less likely to be garbage collected. Soft references are cleared at the discretion of the garbage collector in response to memory demand. The virtual machine guarantees that all soft references to softly-reachable objects will have been cleared before it would ever throw an
Phantom References
In practice these are rarely used.
Key point: phantom references are the most tenuous of all reference types: calling
get will always return
So how are they useful? When you construct a phantom reference you must always pass in a
ReferenceQueue. This indicates that you can use a phantom reference to see when your object is GC'd. The phantom reference is enqueued after it has been physically removed from memory — as opposed to weak references which are enqueued before they're finalized or GC'd.
Hey, so if weak references are enqueued when they're considered finalizable but not yet GC'd we could create a new strong reference to the object in the finalizer block and prevent the object being GC'd. Yep, you can but you probably shouldn't do this. To check for this case the GC cycle will happen at least twice for each object, unless that object is reachable only by a phantom reference. This is why you can run out of heap even when it your memory contains plenty of garbage. Phantom references can prevent this.
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London College of Communication (LCC) Sound Arts Phd student and award-winning UK artist Mark Peter Wright has a solo exhibition coming up at the IMT Gallery from 2nd November – 2nd December 2012. Re-imaging how we listen to and perceive place, the works presented in, 30 Minutes of Listening, draw specific inspiration and focus from the area South Gare: a Designated Site of Special Scientific Interest in Redcar, Cleveland UK.
Taking one 30-minute period of listening in South Gare as its point of departure, the exhibition proposes possible ways of experiencing time and space in relation to this singular moment. Through film, sound, photography, objects and text, Wright examines the dialectical nature of listening and its potential to transgress both physical and mental territories of place and self.
The exhibition is in partnership with the London College of Communication research centre CRiSAP, which is dedicated to the exploration of the rich complexities of sound as an artistic practice.
Mark Peter Wright | 30 Minutes of Listening
2nd November – 2nd December 2012,
Preview: Thursday 1st November 6pm – 9pm
Unit 2/210 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9NQ UK


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Mexican night with the sisters of Delta Kappa Delta Sorority, Inc.!
On March 27th, 2014, we had a mixer with the sisters of Delta Kappa Delta Sorority incorporated. It was a night to get together, hangout, and relax! We played taboo and made enchiladas and nachos. The food was delicious and we all had a great time. We're definitely going to have more nights like these in the future!
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Ocarina of Time here as well.
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda II: The adventure of Link
Zelda III: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Time
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
I was wondering what your all time favorite Zelda game is. Mine is Ocerina of Time
My favourite is also Ocarina of Time.
Gotta be Ocarina of Time. By the way, that poll is missing Link to the Past.
added zelda 3, cause thats the one i wanted to vote for.... no one has said anything yet, but you're also missing the 4 for the varoius gameboys.
i'v never played any zelda,
i mean of course thats gonna change when i get a wii
A Link to the Past for me, True Ocarina blew me away but A Link was just an amazing loong game. I also loved Zelda 2 When most people didnt get it, I loved it. I can remember getting it as soon as it came out and my nintendo power had a full world map and tips on getting through the first dungeon and finding the candle.
Ah yeah Links Adventure
I really enjoyed this Zelda game was one of the few where you controlled Link as an actual platformer style character rather than the 'birds-eye' view.
a link to the past rules as do most snes game eg metroid
ocarina of time, but link to the past is the nxt best =)


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Emergency medical crews responded to a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of West High Street and Cherry Street in Carlisle Wednesday night.
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text: Continuing to deliver compelling skateboarding clips, the latest from Philadelphia's CASTE sees the video sequel to its project with Magenta Skateboards. In this second part, CASTE explores the streets of Paris and Bordeaux and speaks with those on Magenta's skate team — consisting of Soy Panday, Leo Valls, Vivien Feil, Jimmy Lannon and Zach Lyons — alongside CASTE's Ben Gore, who elaborates on the two fledgling brands' take on skate culture. The clip also looks at the philosophy of skateboarding and how it connects skate scenes across the globe. Coupled with great videography, enjoy part 2 here and share your thoughts below.


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Smoochy lips.
The photo itself is fairly unremarkable -- save for the contrast between Haniyeh's touching pose and the armed gorilla behind him -- but the implications presented within are worth noting.
This breakfast, put on by the British charity Interpal, is promoted by Demotix as being for "the martyrs' families and orphans."
Given the previous allegations that Interpal was providing financial support to Hamas, and the fact that Hamas refers to pretty much anyone that engages in war against Israel as a "martyr," one wonders how it is that the charity thought that posing with a bunch of Hamas terrorists' families would be good public relations.
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh greets children during breakfast. -- Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas participates in the breakfast with the martyrs' families and orphans in Gaza and the ceremony was held in Ramadan food iftar Interpal Foundation charity. Palestinian Territory. 11th August 2011
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