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WASHINGTON -- Nationals Park could see some history made over the next few nights with the Angels and Albert Pujols in town for a three-game series starting on Monday night. Pujols entered the series with 498 career home runs, two shy of the 500 milestone.
Nats manager Matt Williams, whose playing career overlapped with Pujols', called the Angels' first baseman "one of the great hitters of this generation," but not because of his ability to hit the ball out of the ballpark.
"What sticks out is his ability to hit, so I would refer to him as a well-over-.300 hitter with power," Williams said. "Those guys are unique, really unique, because generally your sluggers, the guys who have the ability to hit the ball over the fence, are more free swingers. But Albert's been, since the day he got to the big leagues, the consummate hitter, first and foremost."
When Pujols burst on to the Major League scene in 2001 with the Cardinals, taking National League Rookie of the Year Award honors, Williams was in his third-to-last season and on his way to a World Series title with the D-backs. In fact, Arizona beat St. Louis, 3-2, in that year's NL Division Series.
Even at that early stage in Pujols' career, Williams knew he was seeing something special.
"The ability to drive the ball the other way with power, that's huge," he said. "I think, for me, Albert sat in the middle of that Cardinals lineup, and that kind of became their identity, how Albert went about it. I think it still continues to today. You look at the Cardinals lineup, and their ability to drive in runs and hit with runners in scoring position is off the charts. I think it started with [Pujols] and the ability to go about doing it."
After a difficult 2013, Pujols is off to a hot start in his third year with the Angels, entering the series opener batting .280/.349/.587 and tying for the league lead with six home runs to put him on the doorstep of the big 500. So even though Mike Trout has been the Angels' most potent producer for the past few years, Williams still looks at Pujols as a huge threat.
"His track record dictates that he is that guy," Williams said. "They also have another guy [Trout], so it doesn't make it easy to make those types of decisions. You just hope that he hits with the bases empty all the time. That's the best-case scenario. He's one of the best hitters of this generation, and he will go down in the history books as that."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the Time. He also can be found on Twitter @WashingNats. Andrew Simon is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AndrewSimonMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Picture this: You're in a restaurant and there is a clown sitting at the table next to yours. The clown tells the waiter that he wants a steak.
When the waiter asks, "How do you want that cooked?" the clown says, "Yes."
Clearly the clown didn't understand the question. Or maybe the clown doesn't understand that there are degrees to which a steak can be cooked. It can be cooked rare, well-done or anywhere in between.
Apparently there are many clowns out there who don't realize the same thing is true of ADHD. There are degrees in which a person has ADHD. There are degrees to which the symptoms occur, there are degrees to how the symptoms affect a person, and there are degrees to how that person is being affected that particular day. ADHD is not a light switch that is either on or off, it's more like a dimmer switch which can be sort-of on or sort-of off. Some days I feel like a bright yellow speedboat skipping across the surface of a mirrored lake, other days I feel like a giant barge completely adrift in a raging storm.
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CLEVELAND -- The Rangers have a seven-man bullpen for their series with the Indians. Four of the seven have joined the bullpen since July 1, including closer Neftali Feliz.
Left-hander Neal Cotts and right-hander Shawn Tolleson are the only two that have been with Texas all season. Scott Baker has been designated for assignment twice this season and has bounced back and forth between the rotation and bullpen.
Through all that, manager Ron Washington is trying to sort out roles. Right-hander Phil Klein joined the Rangers on Friday, replacing left-hander Ryan Feierabend. The move leaves Cotts as the only left-hander in the bullpen. Cotts is also the Rangers' primary eighth-inning reliever. Everything else is up in the air.
"Some of these right-handers are going to have to deal with these lefties," Washington said.
Going into Friday's game, left-handed hitters were batting .182 off Roman Mendez and .236 off of Tolleson. They were 1-for-8 off Nate Adcock. Klein handled left-handers at Triple-A, allowing five singles in 29 at-bats against them.
"He could get some lefties," Washington said. "We can use him for multiple innings, probably in the middle innings. We'll see where it goes. He's moving fast, so we'll see what he has to offer."
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- David Hale will not replace the value Kris Medlen and Brandon Beachy were projected to provide before suffering what appears to be season-ending elbow injuries this week.
But with his strong four-inning performance in Friday's 6-1 win over the Rays, Hale gave the Braves more reason to believe can at least temporarily provide some stability to their injury-depleted starting rotation.
Hale was perfect in three of the four innings he completed against a Rays lineup that included Desmond Jennings, Matt Joyce and Wil Myers. The 26-year-old right-hander surrendered three hits and his only run in a third inning that might have evolved differently with better defensive support.
Jose Molina opened the third with a single that B.J. Upton allowed to fall in front of him in shallow center field. Molina stole second base when Braves catcher Gerald Laird double-pumped his throw after thinking Cole Figueroa had drawn a walk. One batter later, Ray Olmedo drove Molina home with a single that bounced awkwardly past shortstop Andrelton Simmons before going to center field.
"That was good stuff," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said of Hale's effort. "[Laird] said his ball was doing a lot of good stuff, moving and diving. He got us some groundballs."
Hale will open the season as part of a four-man rotation that will include Julio Teheran, Alex Wood and Freddy Garcia. He will be aiming to match some of the success he had last year when he received an unexpected mid-September promotion and then allowed just one run in the 11 innings that encompassed the first two starts of his Major League career.
"It just gives me confidence," Hale said of last year's experience. "I know I can do it. I know what it's like. I know what it's like to be in the clubhouse and going on trips and stuff. It's not going to be new for me if I get that opportunity."
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AUSTIN, Texas — Having a meal of fresh fish is one of the rewards of angling, but as many seafood lovers have come to know you don't necessarily have to wet a line to enjoy the catch of the day.
Many restaurants now offer a wide variety of piscatorial platters, including some of the more popular species of game fish, such as red drum, channel catfish and hybrid striped bass. Commercial aquaculture operations from Texas and throughout the world make available an even wider array of farm-raised game fish, including red snapper, flounder, grouper, catfish and even largemouth bass. Although in Texas, like most states, it is illegal to sell wild game fish; commercial fish farms are able to produce these species for sale and consumption.
It would be almost impossible to tell a farm-raised bass from a wild fish once it's been pan-seared in butter and topped with an orange-basil cream sauce, but it can be done before it hits the skillet, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
TPWD game wardens monitor commercial fish markets to ensure the product they sell is not the product you catch and the agency law enforcement forensic specialist confirms the product source through laboratory analysis.
"Fish are what they eat," explained Beverly Villarreal, the forensic specialist with TPWD's Law Enforcement Division. "I can tell whether they are wild caught or farm-raised by analyzing the fatty acids in the muscle tissue of these fish.
Back in the '80s during the blackened redfish craze started by Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme, fisheries resource managers in Texas were concerned that declining red drum stocks may have been the result of overharvest by commercial fishermen trying to meet the demands of seafood restaurants. To make their case, law enforcement officials needed a way to differentiate a farm-raised red drum from one taken in the wild. They turned to science for help.
Villarreal, then a graduate student in aquatic biology at Texas State University, found the answer. In her thesis work based on hybrid striped bass tissue analysis research conducted by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Villarreal was able to identify distinctive "markers" in muscle tissue fatty acids that distinguished between red drum produced at aquaculture facilities and native wild fish.
"The premise was the protein sources used in commercially-prepared diets are made up of terrestrial components, including soy, corn and wheat," Villarreal said. "Associated with those sources are the oils of the plants, which give a very different profile than what's consumed out in the marine environment. It held true no matter what kind of fish."
As a result of her work, game wardens were able to clean up the red drum market. Because the analysis could be used on other species, too, the tests have become a valuable tool for game wardens.
"Most of the larger cases involving wild versus farmed fish forensic analysis has been for undercover law enforcement cases, but field game wardens do monitor what goes on in the commercial fish market," said Villarreal.
According to Bill Robinson, chief of fisheries enforcement with TPWD, game wardens keep a watchful eye for violators. "We get tips from concerned citizens who tell us about seeing game fish on display in restaurants and fish markets and we investigate," he noted. "We got a call from Louisiana officials recently who seized several boxes of black bass they said originated from a fish dealer in Texas. It's illegal to sell black bass in Louisiana regardless if they were commercially produced or not."
Game wardens submitted samples of the black bass in question to the TPWD lab in San Marcos. After a fatty acid muscle tissue test by Villarreal, the results confirmed that the fish were raised in an aquaculture environment and fed the prepared feed.
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The recession has already taken a bite out of Twin Cities transit funding. So, transit supporters are warily watching one of the newer sources of transit funding that relies on sales taxes to see if revenue collections this year match projections.
Shoppers in five Twin Cities counties - Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota and Washington - pay an extra quarter-penny sales tax (on top of the nearly 6.9 percent state sales tax already in place.) That extra quarter of a penny levy raised $87 million last year.
The projection for this year is $85 million depending on what consumers do. The money raised from the quarter-penny tax helps fund transit in the Twin Cities.
Hennepin County commissioner Peter McLaughlin chairs the five-county Counties Transit Improvement Board, the agency that collects and dispenses the transit sales tax revenue.
McLaughlin said some of the money pays a portion of the operating costs of the Hiawatha light rail line and the Northstar commuter rail service to Big Lake. McLaughlin said most of the revenue goes for planning and building light rail.
Last year for example, $66 million was directed at Central Corridor light rail planning and construction. McLaughlin said lesser amounts are going to plan and operate BRT, bus rapid transit service on dedicated lanes.
"We're funding two different lines that reach into the southern suburbs out of Minneapolis, Cedar and 35W, park and ride investments in the east metropolitan area," McLaughlin said. "We are investing in the southwest corridor so that will be the next LRT line ready to go."
Board member Myra Peterson, a Washington County commissioner, said some smaller grants go for such things as funding a bus line from Forest Lake to St. Paul. She predicts money from the board will fund future bus rapid transit and commuter rail investments serving her county.
"We're looking at a transit station in Newport; we're looking at commuter rail for Red Rock," Peterson said. "We're looking at the 94 corridor and at the 36 corridor for the future."
Creation of the Counties Transit Improvement Board and the quarter penny sales tax almost didn't happen. Minnesota lawmakers had to override the governor's veto in 2008 of the state transportation bill that created the agency.
The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce played a key role in convincing lawmakers sitting on the fence to vote for the override. The Chamber doesn't often support new taxes.
They went along with the creation of the quarter-penny sales tax because of their view that Minnesota's transportation system needs more money. Chamber member Douglas Fulton, a commercial real estate executive, said that may still be the case.
But before raising more taxes, Fulton said, he recommends making sure existing revenues are spent wisely.
"Maybe we need to allocate additional general fund dollars toward transit, but we need to make sure it's a priority [and] that we don't raise taxes and make Minnesota such an expensive place that you can't afford to do business here," Fulton said.
There's no proposal on the table to raise the five-county sales tax funding transit. Nearly all of Minnesota's tax revenue streams have shrunk in the economic drought caused by the recession, and revenue for transit is no exception.
One prediction was the quarter of a penny would bring in about $100 million a year. The first full year was $87 million, and $85 million is predicted for this year.
It could be and it is a lot worse elsewhere.
Jacqueline Byers, director of research for the Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Counties, said counties in more than a dozen states use local option sales taxes for transportation and some of the revenue declines are eye popping.
"Right now, many of these dedicated sales taxes for transit are seeing shortfalls," Byers said. "The one I've seen articulated is in Seattle, King County, for their mass transit. At the beginning of this fiscal period they estimated a $100 million shortfall."
Supporters regard the creation of the Twin Cities' five-county transit sales tax as the long sought guaranteed source of local money that will attract federal money for expanding the region's transit system. But the prospect of more federal money is murky at the moment.
The proposed federal transportation bill includes tens of billions for transit, but the measure is stalled in Congress and may not gain momentum for months.


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A team of five men climbed nearly half the height of Mount Everest in 21 hours, raising £6,500 to help support young people in the area.
They completed the 15 Peaks Challenge, known as the Welsh 3000s, in Wales last weekend to raise money for youth work in Wiltshire and Bath, delivered by the Christian faith-based charity Youth for Christ The Wiltshire and Bath Youth for Christ team ascended more than 13,000 feet, covering the Carneddau, Snowdon Massif and Glyderau ranges, as well as tackling Crib Goch, a terrifyingly narrow, craggy ridge with a 1,000ft drop either side.
James Vaughton, director of Wiltshire and Bath Youth for Christ, was joined by his brother Tom Vaughton, trustee of the charity Dan Jones, staff member Dave Joyce, and friend John Fuggle.
James, 37, from Bradford on Avon, said: "In the middle section, Glyderau, there was no visibility on the tops because of low cloud and it was like a large boulder field. It was very tough as there was the risk to get your foot stuck in a gap and fall over.
"Mentally it was tough and it was a challenge to balance our food intake.
"Every summit was a highlight, even when it was cloudy. It makes you feel really alive. Early in the morning it was beautiful with the sun coming up and it was really quiet.
"Thank you to everyone for their thoughts, prayers, encouragements and sponsorship."
Bath Youth for Christ works with the local authority, schools and police as a mentoring service and is expanding into Wiltshire after helping young people in Bath for 30 years.
The money raised will go towards appointing a youth worker in Trowbridge and setting up youth cafe drop-in style projects in the area.
Mr Vaughton, who aims to continue fundraising, said the money would give young people a chance to connect with other youngsters and positive adult role models. To donate visit www.give.net/15peaks


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'Christian Ehrhoff made it a 3-0 game with his 3rd of the season, sending Neuvirth to the bench having allowed 3 goals on only 6 shots. His replacement, Tomas Vokoun, was no better, at least initially. Just 3 minutes after entering the game, Vokoun allowed a goal to McNabb, his first career goal, to put Buffalo ahead 4-0 in the opening period. A pretty play by Brad Boyes, playing in his first game in over a month, got the puck to McNabb who fired a shot toward the net. Luke Adam, screening Vokoun, appeared to get a piece of the puck, but credit was given to the Sabres' rookie defenseman.'
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Yesterday Apple announced its tiniest media player to date — the 4GB iPod Shuffle. Well today I cruised on over to the Apple store for some hands-on action with the new device and to test out these easy-access controls we've been hearing so much about — and the ones that most of you aren't very happy about. The actual headphone controls are pretty nifty and useful especially if you want to switch playlists, which you couldn't do with the second generation shuffle. But the whole idea of having to own multiple pairs in case one breaks kinda sucks.
The Apple guru's explained to me that there's numerous companies like Monster which will offer their own version of the headphones and thankfully they will range in price. The only other way you'd be able to listen to your shuffle (if your headphones break) is through external speakers or with a car adapter with the shuffle's autoplay. . . but you wouldn't be able to adjust the volume, or switch from playlist to playlist. I didn't get a confirmation on more colors and sizes to come, but that's basically a guarantee. So if you aren't digging the black or silver, I say wait a few months and you'll probably have a rainbow of colors to choose from. The new shuffle can now be purchased online and will be in stores within the next couple of days.


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As Erick Schonfeld notes in TechCrunch, instead of constantly dealing with Hollywood for programming content, why doesn't Apple just buy the studios, and take control of the entire process from top to bottom?
We've already had one example of this, when NBC bought Universal rather than pay the licensing fees for the Law and Order franchise; this is the next logical, if somewhat dispiriting, step in the process — and, of course, majority control of NBC/Universal was subsequently acquired by Comcast. And Apple certainly has pockets deep enough to do this: they have $96.7 billion in cash just lying around, piling up interest, waiting to be put to use.
As Schonfeld writes, "Apple wants to bring Hollywood into people's homes in an entirely new way. Hence all the chatter lately of a real Apple TV in the works. However, before TVs can become more than a hobby for Apple, there is a major roadblock it must get past. The reluctance of Hollywood to license its best movies and TV shows at the price Apple wants to pay.
In that light, all the cash Apple has been hoarding and building up for years now becomes more intriguing. Its staggering piles of money now total $97.6 billion, to be precise. What are they going to do with all that cash?
One thing they could do is buy their way into Hollywood. Think about it for a second. Today, Apple could literally buy Time Warner ($38 billion market cap), Viacom ($29 billion), and Dreamworks ($1.6 billion) combined, and still have $30 billion left over. If it waits a few more quarters it could snap up News Corp ($49 billion) as well. Only Disney, which is worth $70 billion, would take a while longer to save up for."
Well, this could certainly happen, but I shudder to think of the consequences if it does. Certainly, the conglomerization of the studios in the 21st century as mere ancillary arms to tech giants is nothing new, as Gwendolyn Audrey Foster and I documented in our new book, 21st Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation, and the studios long ago ceased to be independent entities, run by creative despots who viewed the cinema as both a business and an art form.
The studios today are run by disinterested business people, make programming to order, prefer pre-sold projects to original ideas, and keep an eye relentlessly on the bottom line. The days when the legendary head of production Irving G. Thalberg of MGM could suggest that certain films should be done simply for art's sake, as loss leaders for more commercial projects, are long gone.
A world in which only mainstream, multiplex movies exist would be death of individual thought, and the ultimate, hegemonic triumph of Adolph Zukor's grand dream of vertical integration, where everything from production, to distribution, and exhibition, is controlled by a single entity, as Tim Wu details so trenchantly in his brilliant book The Master Switch.
But it seems the logical step for Apple. With that much money to fool around with, why not? From a business point of view, of course. As for a creative enterprise, well, that's going to be left for the DIYers at the margin, as it always has been, and always will be — the people who effect real change, and create new work in the face of corporate control.
You can read Erick Schonfeld's entire essay by clicking here, or on the image at the top of this page.
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As many other school districts statewide have done recently, Vacaville Unified on Thursday re-shuffled its governing board, heard a report on the first interim budget and adjusted employee contracts in the wake of voter-approved Proposition 30.
In the annual board reorganization, trustee Michael Kitzes stepped down as president after a year of service, and the seven-member board unanimously elected David McCallum to replace him.
Meeting in the Educational Services Center, trustees also elected Larry Mazzuca as vice president and Sherie Mahlberg as clerk. As expected, trustees named Superintendent John Niederkorn as secretary to the board.
Because voters in November passed Proposition 30, which raised the state sales-tax rate and taxes on those earning more than $250,000 per year, the district will partially restore pay for teachers, classified employees (cafeteria and maintenance workers, janitors, secretaries, etc.) and management employees. The money will be reflected in employees' January paychecks, Randy Henry, the district's chief human resources officer, told the board.
Under the new adjustment, teachers will incur one furlough day (May 31) instead of five and a 3.5 percent reduction in pay, in part because the district must still balance its 2012-13 budget, he noted during his computer-aided slide presentation. Additionally, teachers will see their medical cap carryover reduced from about $6,243 to $3,189 under the adjustment.
Classified employees, represented by Service Employees International Union, will face five furlough days instead of 11 and see nearly 3 percent of their pay restored as a result.
Yet, employees are "still giving out of their pockets," Henry noted.
In some of his first remarks as board president, McCallum said "by no means" does the pay adjustment "mean making our employee groups whole."
In her presentation about the 2012-13 budget, Kari Sousa, the district's chief business official, told the board that the district is nearing "financial stability," with "as close to a balanced budget as possible," after several years of steady cutbacks brought on, in part, by the collapse of California's housing market beginning in 2007.
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Still, she cautioned that the district's financial future, while no longer subject to harsh, automatic "trigger cuts," remains a bit unsettled but may become clearer once Gov. Jerry Brown releases his preliminary 2013-14 budget figures in early January.
Increased revenues generated by Proposition 30 "will start rolling in eventually," toward the end of the current fiscal year, June. 30, Sousa said.
The district, she added, is expected to receive an additional $5 million from Proposition 30.
The VUSD governing board meets again in open session at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 at 401 Nut Tree Road.
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Storing High Scores in Amazon SimpleDB using the AWS SDK for iOS and the AWS SDK for Android
This article highlights the benefits of connecting mobile devices to the cloud while also presenting an Amazon SimpleDB use case. Amazon SimpleDB is a highly available, flexible, and scalable non-relational data store that offloads the work of database administration. The mobile application described here demonstrates how to store a high score list or leader board in SimpleDB. The application enables the user to view the high scores sorted by name or score, add and remove scores, and more. This article shows sample code for both the iOS and Android platforms. The complete sample code and project files are included in the AWS SDKs for these mobile platforms. Links to the SDKs are available at the end of this article.To use the AWS SDK for iOS or the AWS SDK for Android, you will need your AWS credentials, that is, your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. If you haven't already signed up for Amazon Web Services (AWS), you will need to do that first to get your AWS credentials. You can sign up for AWS here. After you have signed up, you can retrieve your credentials at this page.
SimpleDB stores data in domains. Each domain is a collection of items and each item is a collection of attribute/value pairs. For the app, we create a single domain to store our high score list. Each item in the domain represents an individual player. The items will have two attributes, the player's name and their score. Items also have a unique identifier called the item name that, in this case, is equal to the player's name. Storing the player's name and score as item attributes enables us to sort the items by name or score.
The app demonstrates how to add and remove individual players, sort the scores by player name or score, and retrieve a single item from the domain. The app also demonstrates how to create and delete SimpleDB domains.
Creating a SimpleDB Client
Making requests to SimpleDB requires a client. Creating a SimpleDB client for iOS or Android is shown below.
- iOS
AmazonSimpleDBClient sdbClient = [[AmazonSimpleDBClient alloc] initWithAccessKey:ACCESS_KEY_ID withSecretKey:SECRET_KEY];
- Android
AWSCredentials credentials = new BasicAWSCredentials( ACCESS_KEY_ID, SECRET_KEY ); AmazonSimpleDBClient sdbClient = new AmazonSimpleDBClient( credentials);
High Score List Creation (Domain Creation)
Individual player scores are stored as items in a SimpleDB domain. This requires that we create the domain first. Using the appropriate client that we created above, we can use the following code to create the domain.
- iOS
SimpleDBCreateDomainRequest *createDomain = [[[SimpleDBCreateDomainRequest alloc] initWithDomainName:HIGH_SCORE_DOMAIN] autorelease]; [sdbClient createDomain:createDomain];
- Android
CreateDomainRequest cdr = new CreateDomainRequest( HIGH_SCORES_DOMAIN ); sdbClient.createDomain( cdr );
Add Score (Item Creation)
An item is a collection of attribute/value pairs. For our items, we create two attributes, one for the player's name and one for the player's score. These are added to a request along with an item name in order to create the item. Because a player appears at most only once on the high score list, we use the player's name to uniquely identify each item. All data in SimpleDB are stored as strings, therefore numbers must be zero padded if you want to sort them properly.
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The AWS SDK for iOS does not include a utility to pad numbers. A simple utility is included in the full sample code.
NSString *paddedScore = [self getPaddedScore:score]; SimpleDBReplaceableAttribute *playerAttribute = [[[SimpleDBReplaceableAttribute alloc] initWithName:@"player" andValue:player andReplace:YES] autorelease]; SimpleDBReplaceableAttribute *scoreAttribute = [[[SimpleDBReplaceableAttribute alloc] initWithName:@"score" andValue:paddedScore andReplace:YES] autorelease]; NSMutableArray *attributes = [[[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:2] autorelease]; [attributes addObject:playerAttribute]; [attributes addObject:scoreAttribute]; SimpleDBPutAttributesRequest *putAttributesRequest = [[[SimpleDBPutAttributesRequest alloc] initWithDomainName:HIGH_SCORE_DOMAIN andItemName:player andAttributes:attributes] autorelease]; [sdbClient putAttributes:putAttributesRequest];
- Android
The AWS SDK for Android includes a utility to pad numbers, used below.
String paddedScore = SimpleDBUtils.encodeZeroPadding( score, 10 ); ReplaceableAttribute playerAttribute = new ReplaceableAttribute( PLAYER_ATTRIBUTE, player, Boolean.TRUE ); ReplaceableAttribute scoreAttribute = new ReplaceableAttribute( SCORE_ATTRIBUTE, paddedScore, Boolean.TRUE ); List
Remove Score (Item Deletion)
Removing a score from the list simply means deleting an item from the domain. Deleting an item requires the unique name for the item you wish to delete. In SimpleDB, deleting an item is done by removing all the attributes from that item. Invoking deleteAttributes with no specified attributes removes all the attributes by default.
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SimpleDBDeleteAttributesRequest *deleteItem = [[[SimpleDBDeleteAttributesRequest alloc] initWithDomainName:HIGH_SCORE_DOMAIN andItemName:player] autorelease]; [sdbClient deleteAttributes:deleteItem];
- Android
DeleteAttributesRequest dar = new DeleteAttributesRequest( HIGH_SCORES_DOMAIN, player ); sdbClient.deleteAttributes( dar );
Player View (Getting an Item)
Knowing an item's name makes it easy to find the item. This next snippet shows how to get all the attributes for an item using the item name. Note that items may contain many attributes and values.
- iOS
SimpleDBGetAttributesRequest *gar = [[SimpleDBGetAttributesRequest alloc] initWithDomainName:HIGH_SCORE_DOMAIN andItemName:player]; SimpleDBGetAttributesResponse *response = [sdbClient getAttributes:gar];
- Android
GetAttributesRequest gar = new GetAttributesRequest( HIGH_SCORES_DOMAIN, player ); GetAttributesResult response = sdbClient.getAttributes(gar);
List View and Sorting (Select)
Getting a collection of scores, sorted by player name or the score itself requires the use of a select request. A select request uses a simple query language to determine which items to match and what data to return and how. Select requests are paginated because the number of items matching the query can be large. Therefore, select requests return a next token that enables you to "page" through the data in an ordered fashion. The code here shows how to return items ordered by score from highest to lowest. Only the score and player attributes are returned. More information regarding SimpleDB queries can be found in a reference article linked below.
- iOS
SimpleDBSelectRequest *selectRequest = [[[SimpleDBSelectRequest alloc] initWithSelectExpression:@"select player, score from HighScores where score >= '0' order by score desc"] autorelease]; selectRequest.consistentRead = YES; selectRequest.nextToken = nextToken; SimpleDBSelectResponse *selectResponse = [sdbClient select:selectRequest]; nextToken = selectResponse.nextToken;
- Android
SelectRequest selectRequest = new SelectRequest( "select player, score from HighScores where score >= '0' order by score desc" ).withConsistentRead( true ); selectRequest.setNextToken( nextToken ); SelectResult response = sdbClient.select( selectRequest ); nextToken = response.getNextToken();
List Deletion (Domain Deletion)
The quickest and easiest way to remove the entire high score list would be to delete the SimpleDB domain. Here is how to do that.
- iOS
SimpleDBDeleteDomainRequest *deleteDomain = [[[SimpleDBDeleteDomainRequest alloc] initWithDomainName:HIGH_SCORE_DOMAIN] autorelease]; [sdbClient deleteDomain:deleteDomain];
- Android
DeleteDomainRequest ddr = new DeleteDomainRequest( HIGH_SCORES_DOMAIN ); sdbClient.deleteDomain(ddr);
The code in this article demonstrates how to use Amazon SimpleDB as an indexed storage device for your mobile application. The complete sample app is included as part of the AWS mobile SDKs, which are linked below. The reference section also contains a link to a SimpleDB article which discusses writing queries for SimpleDB in detail.
A sample app that includes this code is hosted in our samples repositories on GitHub:
For more information about using AWS credentials with mobile applications see the following article:
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Dan and Blake--
Gotta give major props to you guys continually. I had to sit out almost a year with health stuff and I came back to the exact same max D (550') after just a few rounds and throws! Your technique is absolutely spot on once you get it.
The only thing I have to add is that I tried one thing that added some acceleration to my hand late in the throw. It's actively opening your wrist from the time it passes your sternum to the hit point. It works beautifully on both mids and drivers. When my D is on, this adds at least 50-75'. It amazed my brother when I showed him up pretty badly with his own discs. Never thrown it before (esp nuke, regular) and bombed it 550' and about 200' past his best with it. He wasn't very happy about that!
I appreciate both of you putting up with my constant questions while I was learning. I'm now helping others with this technique and pointing them toward you guys. Hopefully they learn faster than I did and don't bug you guys too much!


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Hello IGN Community,
This comes the time of year, when the years best games come together to form GOTY's. So, what are your picks for this years best GOTY possibility. Just leave your ideas below.
Mine are: Borderlands 2, Halo 4, The Walking Dead. They would all be great GOTY's, personally. Like, Borderlands 2, all DLC in 1 Package, same with Halo 4, like the biggest game of the year, with all DLC would be great. The Walking Dead with all episodes would be great!
So, what about your opinions? Don't wanna leave them out!
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Tigers to live stream the ninth annual ¡Fiesta Tigres! luncheon tomorrow
Beginning at 12:10 p.m. on Friday, August 1, Tigers fans can go to Tigers.com to watch a live stream of the ninth annual ¡Fiesta Tigres! luncheon, presented by Miller Lite. The event will feature a live interview with Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez by MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez.
This is the first year that fans will be able to view this special luncheon. Tigers fans attending the game on Friday, August 1 will also have the opportunity to participate in a special roundtable discussion with Rodriguez at the Big Cat Court at 6:00 p.m., hosted by Sanchez.


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Yale, Princeton, and Harvard Law are all facing some serious sexual-misconduct complaints.
Women at Yale University were not amused last fall when a parade of men marched across campus, chanting, "No means yes! Yes means anal!" It was an annual autumn fraternity stunt — and it was hostile toward women, say female students. But was this sexual harassment, or freedom of speech? That's a question being raised by 16 current and former Yale students who filed a recent complaint with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. The students say this incident and other similar events at Yale violate Title IX, the federal law that bars gender discrimination in education. Critics of the complaint say stunts like the "no means yes" parade, which was put on by the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, are just typical frat-house antics, and the guys have a right to free speech. The DOE has opened an investigation. Yale says it is cooperating with the investigation, and that it has recently imposed sanctions on Delta Kappa Epsilon and penalized some individual members.
Yale is not alone. The DOE says it is also investigating Princeton University, Harvard Law School, Duke University, and the University of Virginia, following various Title IX complaints. If the schools are found noncompliant with Title IX, they must change their policies or lose federal funding. Amid the uproar, Vice President Joe Biden has called on schools to take a stronger stand against sexual misconduct.
There may be more complaints at other schools to come. Hanna Zeavin, one of the students who filed the Yale complaint, says she has received a "huge outpouring of support" from students across the country. (But critics are contacting her, too: One male alum advised her to stop fighting "Yale tradition.") Alexandra Brodsky, another Yale student who signed the complaint, says she hopes other students will be inspired to speak up.
Many students don't realize they can file a complaint with the DOE, says Wendy Murphy, a Boston litigator specializing in violence against women. She filed the complaints against Princeton, Harvard Law, and UVA on behalf of students. It's significant that several schools on the hot seat are in the Ivy League, she says, noting, "Other schools will follow their lead when they are compelled to bring their policies into compliance." Stay tuned.


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NORTH Wales Police have implemented new measures that give victims of domestic abuse more time to consider their options.
Following a successful pilot of the scheme, the use of the brand new Domestic Violence Protection Notices and Protection Orders began on Monday, June 30, and three DVPN's have already been granted by Magistrates in the area.
Detective Superintendent Jo Ramessur-Williams, head of the North Wales Public Protection Unit, said: "This is really positive use of this new legislation. Previously we would have had very limited opportunities to take a pro-active stance.
"The provision of a notice, followed by a successful application for a court order will give the victim the necessary breathing space to consider their options and seek support.
"During this time we will work closely with other agencies and talk to the victim about what is best for them and what they want to do."
The piece of legislation can be utilised if a domestic incident occurs and violence has been used or threatened by an adult and the level of violence causes an officer to fear for the on-going safety of the victim.
It is delivered by a notice that is authorised by the Superintendent telling the person involved of the restrictions that are being placed on them by the Police.
The restrictions last for up to 28 days and the notice normally comes into effect when an arrested person is released from custody and they are given a caution, unconditionally bailed or no further action is taken against them.
Winston Roddick, North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, said: "I believe these new powers will improve safety and make it easier for victims to get the help and support they need, giving them added protection to help keep them safe.
"Crucially, the legislation has given powers to the police to act immediately to ban a suspected perpetrator from the victim's address for 48 hours and to do so without the consent of the victim."


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When the Dow fell below 7,000 in early 2009, many investors figured it might never regain the levels it achieved in late 2007 when it crested 14,000.
And there were plenty of reasons to doubt it.
Unemployment was rising, home prices were falling and foreclosures were ramping up. Deteriorating economic conditions caused by the bursting of the housing bubble prompted the government to seize control of GM and Chrysler and to sign into law a $787 billion stimulus package aimed at getting the nation back on track.
The United States continues to operate in the shadow of those events, but things have improved significantly. Recent figures show Wall Street has regained its mojo.
On Friday, the Dow closed up more than 70 points to end the day at 13,896. That left the index a scant 268 points below the all-time high of 14,165 it hit on Oct. 9, 2007.
Will it reach that level again - or even surpass it?
"Predicting is a dangerous business ... but underlying factors point to that being a likely scenario," said Tarique Hossain, an associate professor of marketing and international business at Cal Poly Pomona. "We're seeing a few positive developments that weren't there last year."
Hossain noted that the housing market has improved significantly.
"Analysts believe it's on solid footing for further gains," he said. "Any time there is good news it fuels stock prices. And a lot of companies are posting positive earnings."
Southern California's housing market ended 2012 with the highest December home sales in three years, according to industry tracker DataQuick. The bump was fueled by robust investment activity, a record number of cash buyers and increased sales gains in move-up markets.
The region's median home price also jumped nearly 20percent from a year ago to $323,000, pushed upward by greater demand and the market's shift away from foreclosure resales to more mid- to high-end deals.
Corporate earnings are also on the upswing, as evidenced by Procter & Gamble. On Friday the Cincinnati-based consumer goods company said its fiscal second-quarter profit more than doubled as the result of a strategy to cut costs and roll out new products.
Samsung likewise saw profits rise 76 percent during the final quarter of 2012, boosted by the popularity of its Galaxy smartphones, which outsold the iPhone for a fourth straight quarter.
Positive signs have also been seen locally.
Public Storage, a Glendale- based company that operates self-storage units throughout the U.S. and Canada, saw its stock hit a new 52-week high Friday to close at $152.70 per share.
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. shares also hit a 52-week high, closing at $48.46. The Pasadena-based company posted net earnings of $99 million, or 76 cents per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, up from $89.7 million, or 70 cents per share, for the same period a year earlier.
"The business is doing well," Jacobs President and CEO Craig L. Martin told shareholders Wednesday. "We see continuing growth in a number of key markets and multiple opportunities for increasing market share. Our outlook for fiscal 2013 remains very positive."
Mitchell Kauffman, managing director of Kauffman Wealth Services in Pasadena, also figures the economy will continue to improve.
"It's pretty tough to predict, but I do see a lot of positive signs," he said. "The housing market has rebounded, and for every new job created in the automotive industry you're also getting three unrelated jobs."
The nation managed to dodge the fiscal cliff, at least temporarily, Kauffman said. And that has laid the groundwork for "a little more ability to come together in Washington."
"The banks in Europe are also repaying their loans ahead of schedule," he said. "I'm optimistic about the human spirit. You can only be down for so long before something comes along and you figure out how to get off your duff and get moving again. And I think that's what we're seeing."
Global Cargo Connection, a Torrance-based freight-forwarding business that imports and exports products to and from China, was hopping during the holidays, according to company representative Steve Nguyen.
"It was pretty busy and it's slowed down a little bit since then, but it's still steady," he said.
The bull market continued its momentum Friday as the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 for the first time since Dec. 10, 2007.


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The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus no longer will push for a reduction in income tax rates.
The caucus' chairwoman, state Rep. Katrina Jackson, said Tuesday morning she dropped those proposals after the Legislative Fiscal Office reached different numbers on the impact to state revenue.
"We have made a continued commitment to the constituents to only offer legislation which positively enhances the state's budget," said Jackson, D-Monroe.
Instead, the caucus will push to raise the state cigarette tax from 36 cents to 68 cents per pack. The proposal is scheduled to be heard next week in committee.
The switch coincides with Louisiana House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Joel Robideaux's decision to drop discussion of revamping the state's tax code. Robideaux, R-Lafayette, said he could not comply with the governor's directive for legislators to eliminate the state's income taxes. He said there were too many concerns about stripping billions of dollars from state government.
Gov. Bobby Jindal showed up at the black caucus prayer breakfast Tuesday, a day after Robideaux announced his decision.
State Rep. Patricia Smith, D-Baton Rouge, said the governor read from the Bible and made nonpolitical remarks.
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Jenny's friend Tom had invited his boss over for dinner and asked Jenny to cook her famous Greek lamb stew for the occasion. Tom bought the lamb, olives, and wine listed in the recipe. She browned the lamb and added tomatoes, onions, and spices while Tom made a salad. Tom opened the bottle of cooking wine he had bought and poured the whole thing into the stew, which began to simmer fragrantly.
A half hour before the boss was due, Jenny tasted the stew and made a wry face, exclaiming, "Oh, this is awful! It's way too salty! Did you put more salt into the stew?"
Tom replied, "No. Except for the wine, I didn't touch the stew!"
Jenny mused, "Golly, where did so much salt come from?"
She checked the recipe to see if maybe she had added salt twice but didn't find any mistakes. Then she thought and asked, "What kind of wine did you use?"
"This cooking wine from the grocery store," he answered, handing her the empty bottle.
Reading the label, she said, "Oh, no! This brand is loaded with salt! The stew is ruined!"
Then Jenny had an idea and did something that saved the stew and the dinner.
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News about Microwaves, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
3-D Printing the Young Universe as a Lumpy Softball
Scientists have devised a blueprint for the early universe that can be brought to life with a 3-D printer.
December 19, 2016, Monday
Speck of Interstellar Dust Obscures Glimpse of Big Bang
A team of astronomers, after saying last spring that they had found long-sought evidence for what kicked off the big bang, now concede that more work is needed.
January 31, 2015, Saturday
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Big Bang to Be Investigated From Balloon in Antarctica
A set of six telescopes known as Spider will circle the continent for the next 20 days, observing a haze of faint microwave radio waves that are thought to be the fading Big Bang remnants.
January 3, 2015, Saturday
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James Gordon, Who Paved Way for Lasers, Dies at 85
Mr. Gordon was a 25-year-old graduate student in physics when he helped develop the maser, which would lead to the building of the first laser.
July 30, 2013, Tuesday
Eleanor R. Adair, Microwave Proponent, Dies at 86
Dr. Adair became an increasingly prominent and firm voice of assurance that microwave radiation posed no health risk.
May 6, 2013, Monday
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Universe as an Infant: Fatter Than Expected and Kind of Lumpy
A Planck satellite image shows the cosmos as it appeared only 370,000 years after the Big Bang.
March 22, 2013, Friday
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How do you make something disappear? Easy — bend all the light around it.
November 18, 2012, Sunday
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A "crazy idea that just might work" wins a $1 million Gates Foundation grant.
August 23, 2011, Tuesday
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A researcher has discovered a unique use for your microwave oven — fighting invasive species.
May 13, 2008, Tuesday
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SEATTLE — Nordstrom plans to open another new Rack store this spring in Maine as the number of off price locations now exceeds the company's full price stores.
The approximately 30,000-sq.-ft. store at Maine Crossing Shopping Center will be its first location in the state, and is scheduled to open this spring.
Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, carrying on-trend merchandise from Nordstrom stores and Nordstrom.com at 50-60% off original Nordstrom prices. Nordstrom Rack also offers a wide selection of apparel, accessories and shoes from many of the brands carried in Nordstrom stores. These items are purchased specially for Nordstrom Rack, with most at savings of 30-70% off.
"We're excited to have the opportunity to open a Nordstrom Rack in South Portland," said Geevy Thomas, president of Nordstrom Rack. "We've been looking for ways to better serve our customers living in Maine who have been making the drive to visit our Rack stores in Boston and look forward to taking care of them when we open this spring at Maine Crossing."
Maine Crossing is a 274,000-sq.-ft. open-air shopping center accessible off Interstate 95 and close to Interstate 295. The new Nordstrom Rack will occupy the former Old Navy space.
The new Nordstrom Rack will bring the total number of Nordstrom Rack locations to 120 for the retailer, which operates 240 stores in 31 states, including 117 full-line stores.
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SEATTLE — Nordstrom plans to open another new Rack store this spring in Maine as the number of off price locations now exceeds the company's full price stores.


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Trailing 20-13 in overtime, Stanford had two opportunities against Notre Dame to bowl its way into the end zone from 18 inches away and failed both times against what has to be regarded as one of the best defenses in the country this fall.
"That's what we do," Stanford coach David Shaw emphatically said of his plan to run right at the Fighting Irish defense.
And what the Irish do is stop you.
Notre Dame stopped the 17th-ranked Cardinal (4-2) on third and fourth downs from inside the one-yard line and remained unbeaten this season. Notre Dame has not allowed an opponent to score an offensive touchdown (Stanford recovered an Irish fumble for their lone touchdown) since Purdue on Sept. 8.
"It was a great goal line stand where we controlled the line of scrimmage physically," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said.
The Irish have controlled quite a bit this season and now are poised to move up – in all likelihood higher than seventh – when the initial BCS Poll is unveiled Sunday evening.
"It was a very good opponent in Stanford," Kelly said. "But today Notre Dame was better."
And every other day this season, as well.
The Irish have been so dominant that they haven't even trailed this year until Saturday afternoon. Notre Dame had led over 323 minutes of action before falling behind 7-3 in the second quarter. However, Kelly never panicked and neither did his team.
"I'm so proud of my football team and how they overcame adversity," Kelly said. "We hadn't been in that position at all this year (trailing), I told them at halftime 'Listen, what did you think, we we're going to go the whole year and not trail?' You don't do that in college football."
Notre Dame continued to make defensive stands following Kelly's halftime message and the defensive unit held the Cardinal to just 19 yards of offense in the third quarter. That effort allowed the Irish offense enough time to gather itself to eventually tie the game at 10 on a spectacular, leaping touchdown grab by former Bishop Dwenger standout Tyler Eifert early in the fourth quarter.
Following Eifert's score, both teams traded field goals before the extra session. Irish back-up quarterback Tommy Rees replaced an injured Everett Golson in the final quarter, and he was able to hit receiver TJ Jones for a touchdown in the overtime session. That then set the stage for the dramatic defensive stand by Notre Dame.
"It's a play for every inch," Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o said. "The inch is what it is all about. Football is a game of inches and you're fighting."


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His record shows that he overpays, I don't know if he likes it but he overpays must of the time, for example Croshere, JO, Tinsley, Amare, Chandler, now Roy, Hill, Green, Mahinmi, this are just examples from the top of my head but I can come up with more.
Why so SERIOUS
I agree. However, I'd like to see the clutch stats you're talking about. Is that on 82games.com or something?
Agreed. And because of that, I'm very happy to have him, even at $8M. Why? Because there are 2 players that absolutely make the biggest difference for this team when they are on or off the floor: Hill and West. Against LA, the very moment Hill goes out, the offense stops moving the ball and getting clean looks. I mean, it was crazy how fast things turned offensively.
If they measured hockey assists, things would look different. However, everyone judges based on the assists number, and on a team like Indiana we just aren't racking a bunch of those up. First, we run a lot of clear outs for West and PG. Second, the offense is built around making the extra pass, so Hill initiates the offense, but typically won't get an assist.
I would argue that Hill HAS delivered. He's playing with a 5 that can't shoot, a 3 that takes awful jumpers, and a 2 that is still growing/much better in transition. Things have gotten better nearly every game, this team has outplayed San Antonio and LA in 7 of the last 8 quarters. There has been clear improvement of late, lets see if/when the improvement stops. The Pacers are trending upwards, and I believe Hill is a key reason for it.
I got to watch Ian a lot in Dallas and he looks like the same guy to me, yes he was good in pre-season but it was pre-season....and again, it is early in the season, we don't even have a consistent rotation, as far as Mahinmi he is actually playing a lot worst than he has before in his career, Blocks are up a lot, but he is shooting less than 40% when in the past he has always been above 55%. The justification you gave was just wrong, sorry.
It's way too early to be able to tell about our current guys, but I bet Roy ends up overpaid, and maybe Green. I personally don't mind the Mahinmi and Hill deals, thought they could've been a yr shorter.
I follow what you're saying though. I dislike Walsh tbh, and I hope we either allow Pritchard to call more shots, or bring Bird back before we allow Walsh to make more FO mistakes.
It's impossible to know how often Walsh overpays, for a number of reasons. The biggest is because we're not privvy to information on the players that Walsh had a shot a signing, but then turned down because he thought they were asking too much.
Am I saying he does it often? No. I'm simply saying we don't know, so trying to make conclusions from half of the situation is pretty hard to do.
I don't remember, how many years was the midseason offer for? And was it a $7.5M average on an increasing contract that would have perhaps been $9M+ in the last year? The difference between $7M and $8M might have been the requirement to keep it a flat contract, making it much more tradeable down the road than one that increased to above that number.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
It was 6mil a year but we don't know the salary increase.
Stock up: Pacers PG George Hill is helping his value. He turned down a $6 million-per-year extension before the season and now might get more this summer as a restricted free agent. The Spurs and Tim Duncan, especially, want him to return to San Antonio, but San Antonio might not be able to afford him. New York Daily News
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Blatche needed to get out of Washington... PERIOD! The culture there was detrimental to him. I've wanted Blatche, since he was a RFA. Unfortunately, the Pacers still had David Harrison, so there was no reason to get Blatche. We all know how that turned out! Some cities/teams aren't good for players. Good example was Portland for Z-Bo. You could make a case for Tinsley and Indy/Pacers as well. I wince everytime I see the Tinjury ast # in the daily box scores.
I've heard all the stories about Blatche same as I heard all the stories about Z-Bo. Different teams can change a player. Not to mention Blatche is on a ONE YEAR contract like Augustin. I'll bet the ole family farm that Blatche produces more on his one year contract than Augustin does. Any takers? I thought not!
Blatche is an ABSOLUTE STEAL at $854,389. He can play both the 4 & 5, and produce. He's not up in age like both JO and Rasheed who are producing on $854,389 contracts. It was an absolute blunder for not picking up Blatche for $854,389. But hey, Walsh traded 2 players to sign Mahinmi to 4 mil a year on a 4 guaranteed year contract. Walsh is paying 79% more for Mahinmi for less production. Someone tell me again why Walsh was re-hired to run the Pacers?
I NEVER said I was interested in Jerry Stackhouse, now did I? I just pointed out he contributed to the Nets bench success last night. I'm surprised any team even picked him up this year. He was a benchsitter and towel waiver last season in Atlanta. Personally, I'd rather have a player like the Nets seldom used Marshon Brooks than Stackhouse anyday everyday.
Maybe Checkbook Donnie thought Hill needed a little extra spending money.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Not really if you just look at each situation within the proper time frame. When we were negotiating with him during the season it was as a back-up. When we were negotiating with him in the offseason it was as a starter. He had a lot more leverage in the offseason than during the season.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
I love the idea that has arisen on PD that Donnie Walsh is the only GM in the history of the NBA who has ever overspent on a player. Just too funny. Let's look at the teams just in our own division who have overspent:
Bulls: Boozer, and now Taj Gibson.
Bucks: How about 5 year/32 million on Drew freaking Gooden in 2010? They decided to take on Beno Udrih's crazy contract too.
Pistons: Charlie Villanueva. Ben Gordon. Enough said.
Cavaliers: Remember when they paid Larry Hughes all the money in the world after they lost out on Michael Redd? Right now though, their contracts are pretty good. Only team in our division that hasn't gone crazy, but that is mostly because of what happened with the decision.
The lesson here? Every team makes bad contracts. Every GM has made a bad deal at some point. MOST GMS in the NBA have a history of overspending. Welcome to the league we live in and have fostered.
Indiana never had the chance to sign George for $7.5M
I'm not sure how that ever got started.
I'm thinking there were other sources, but I'm not going to dig too deep on it. The story being told at the time was that the Pacers wanted him for 6M and he wanted 7.5M per.
I'll take it for now. We need more guys like him badly on our team.
Like I said before, David West and George Hill are the only two players who don't look like they're wetting the bed when the going gets tough. Everyone else looks scared, I feel like its because they come from other successful teams
Yes, Lou had some great games and for all I know he could play great against LA if he was brought back (and mind you, I was not against bringing back Lou, I still love the guy) but there's no way that he would go 7 - 10 from the line. And without that 7 - 10 we're not winning this game. Plain and simple.