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My six year old son is bright and happy and top of his (below average) class. His educational needs are not being met by the school. They are leaving him to coast, I suspect because he has already attained/ exceeded the levels required for the end of year SATS.
The school is hopeless in nearly every way, but I want to give it a go before making any drastic decisions. I wondered if I should take him to an educational psychologist as, if his IQ is above average, it might spur the school into paying more than lip service to adequate differentiation.
I have the following questions:
1. What are the pros and cons of doing an IQ test?
2. Has an IQ test made any difference to the way the school deals with your child, and, finally...
3. Where do I find a good educational psychologist?
IQ tests prove only that a person is good at doing a test. Results aged 6 are meaningless. Save your money & relax. Stressing is far worse for the child.
The school is an unimaginative school that is not adequately differentiating work for the more able children, including my son. They are unimaginative enough that they are more likely to take a piece of paper from an official seriously than to respond to the evidence of the (increasingly bored) children in front of them. At least that's my hope, and I'm very open to other suggestions/tactics.
I have mixed views about IQ tests - but in this case, it would be a means to an end (or that would be the goal - which is why I'm interested in other peoples experiences in this situation).
Perhaps they don't diiferentiate because they are incapable? An IQ test result will not aid them with that!
Well, yes, BSC. You are right: they don't differentiate because 1) they don't really care that much (the focus is on trying to raise up the struggling end of the class to the pass mark) and because 2) the teachers are not that able (the school is in a bad way).
I thought about the IQ route as I have had some success previously in getting more attention for my son by asking for formal assessments from the school. This resulted in him being added to a secret list (I only learned about it from office gossip!) and a bit of encouraging noise, but no actual increase in challenging or interesting work. I think the school was just pleased to have it look on paper as if they were doing something for the more able students (they have been criticised repeatedly by OFSTED for not doing this).
I just don't want to face it: My son is happy in the school, because he loves his friends, but at some point his love of learning is going to be compromised by boredom.
You could try phoning Potential Plus for advice. My inclination is that the school won't take any notice of any IQ results and are more likely to take notice of his curriculum levels. If the school is really bad then I would be thinking of a move.
Sounds like a bad school. I doubt it will change radically enough to make a real difference.
When dd was in year 4 all the children did VR and NVR tests. Dd scored 140 as she got 100% in both. This made no difference to their assessment of her ability which was by teacher assessment only.
What can I do? What should I do?
My son is happy at school because he loves his friends. But I have lost faith in the school. The teaching is unimaginative and poor and pitched below his ability. The school does not seem bothered by this, and it is in fact a systemic problem.
I was an unusually bright child. I was bored throughout school and switched off. I want to avoid that happening to him. At the same time, he has lots of friends and is happy because of it, while I was a disengaged and socially awkward little girl.
I can't get my son into other local schools (there are other local schools where I would happily send him). My partner has offered to homeschool three days a week, if I take my son for two, but I baulk at this because he really loves his friends and enjoys being away from his parents, living his own daily school life.
Any ideas?
Yep - expand his breadth of work, rather than wanting school to do more depth. Learn an instrument, visit museums to kindle an interest that way, make one day a week a <insert different country> day, prepare and eat food from that country, google traditional costumes, find out about a day in the life of a child in that country.
Read to him and with him, get him to describe the characters in his books, get him reading non-fiction, poetry, kids newspapers, different genres.
Chill about school. He's enjoying it, that's what's important.
Thanks, Titchy.
We do all those things and more. He is a highly engaged child, largely due to my efforts.
I'd chill if I could. I'll try if I can. I think I resent sending my son seven hours a day to a school that is doing so very little for him. It's hard to see the point.
The point is he enjoys it and he's socialising well. Worth sending him just for the social stuff isn't it?
I hope so. That's what I've been banking on so far. My question now (to myself) is at what point is the social stuff outweighed by the poor teaching. And, do I just have to accept that the school is crap - or can anything be done to galvanise them into actually doing their job.
I don't know the answer.
thanks for replying, btw.
Not sure it would make any difference.
Ds had an IQ test at 7 as part of an Ed Psych assessment and got a very high score - in the top 0.01%. School weren't interested at all and it wasn't a bad school (at least not in that respect).
Why don't you move him?
Can't get into other schools around here, sadly (packed catchments and most are state-funded church schools, and we don't qualify...). Otherwise, he would be out of there as of... now.
Maybe I'll try the head, again. Not sure what difference it will make as his teacher doesn't seem capable.
It annoys me as my requirements are actually quite small. He would be taught and stretched easily in any good school that felt an obligation to cater for those kids who are ahead of the average.
I used to teach dd at home for 10 to 30 mins here and there. In about year 5 she wanted to do more at school and so that's when I took her out to home educate. She has just passed for grammar and so will be returning in year 7.
She does very much miss the social side of school but does not want to go back until secondary.
I have decided to get her to do GCSE maths next year so her level is not just teacher assessment.
I was in that situation for many years with my DD1. Combination of things; low ability cohort; some very disruptive children in that class; 2 very poor teachers (but 2 very good ones); lack of differentiation not just as part of the teachers' lesson but as an overall school strategy; I could continue forever!
We tried pretty much everything, although we did not go down the IQ testing route; what swung it for us in the end is my DD1 becoming very disengaged, sad and bored, and begging us to move her. However we only came to this by Y4. I kind of wish we'd done it a year earlier, saving all of us a lot of stress and heartache.
We took so much advice including doing loads of extracurricular and after school work. If anything this massively exacerbated the problems, as she was learning much faster at home and becoming more and more bored at school.
Also the extracurricular seem to drive a hedge between her and her friends as they did not share her interests and some very subtle bullying started to creep in (your instrument is boring, I hate people who do x, y and z, you are not cool). So much so she felt she had to hide her interests rather than share them. I noticed she stopped being invited to parties or round friends' houses. So really in the end there was nothing positive about school at all.
My DS1 in the same school though was much luckier; despite the same poor teaching and differentiation, a brilliant little cohort with some very bright boys, who also happen to share the same interests out of school; so much more of a balance and he managed to keep happy despite some boredom in class.
IF you go down the route of assessment I can highly recommend the PPUK High Learning Potential Assessment. Its more than just IQ and will pick up any problems too.
We are having more success with the school since DSs assessment, but i'm not sure if its the change in teacher too. My DS very much played down his abilities in school so that he didn't stand out - the report meant that they could see through that and as a result he has become more confident.
We took my DS for the assessment because he was NOT happy and although he loved school he came home highly frustrated and started having behavioural problems. Now that he is happier these have stopped.
Have you raised this with the school governors? The head teacher?
What levels is your ds working at?
P.S. SATs tests can be taken any time between Jan and June. End of year levels are decided by teacher assessment.
The school is judged by progress made by each individual child. It is unlikely with present Ofsted requirements that a child is left to 'coast'. A child entering year2 is expected to make a level's progress, whether that be from a 1c to a 2c, 1a to a 2a, or 2a to a 3a.
he has lots of friends and is happy because of it, while I was a disengaged and socially awkward little girl.
Your son is not you. If he's happy I absolutely would not look elsewhere. Yes I'm speaking from personal experience (my own & DCs). Yes my life was ruined by an IQ test when my parents moved me from a supposedly poor school to a supposedly great one.
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yea...fatigue here as well...think that, after, lessons tomorrow, I need to take a day off
Day off now fasc?
As for me, practice today was very good. Tried to work in an environment that would challenge me to focus through distraction yet not over try. I hope it will be helpful in simulating difficult comp environments.
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practice today a bit frustrating....couldn't get my brain to stop chattering about all the things it wants to get in. was ready to find a cement wall to find out if pounding my head against it would stop the yammering.... LOL!
ah well, at least I got some movement in....we'll see how the rest of the week goes.
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First practice after a month off on Sunday. It was really rough. I could get the quantity, but not the quality.
Swingouts, swingouts, and more swingouts...need to be able to do these in my sleep...
technique, technique, technique! I'm so ready to get back to school so I can finally work with my partner!
gearing up to do some rather un-fun practices....always a challenge to be found, but worth the work if you can break through!!
practice today - rumba, cha-cha and samba....eyes off the floor, low in the hips, and keep the posture....slowly making progress.
dynamics, verticality and focus.
My points of emphasis in smooth for the next few weeks:
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2. Keep hips to partner
3. Footwork, especially on 3 in waltz/fox
Got to work on all the fun smooth stuff last night! Reminded me why I love to dance so much!!!
repetitions to get new corrections in to body memory.....
Competing for the first time on saturday! So excited.. Hopefully the last 4 months of practice have paid off
Trying to get my head wrapped around this whole swing/sway thing. Or, more importantly, get my body to do something approximating any of it. *sigh*
Good luck, smidra!! Hope your comp goes well.
I remember we had a long thread about the difference between swing and sway... I don't think we ever came up with the answer.
I've got a good idea of what they are in theory...at least enough to be starting with...it's the actual implementation that is eluding me at this exact moment.
Standard is going great. We have good focuses, Latin----i have no drive for it since my partner dropped me.... It just drives me into the ground when that happens.
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Steve Daines Makes Contradicting Claims About Montana Roots
Show Your Birth Certificate, Steve!
Steve Daines Makes Contradicting Claims About Montana Roots
As Congressman Grasps At Ties To Adopted State, He Confuses Facts & Himself
HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Democratic Party today called on Congressman Steve Daines, who claims in his latest TV ad to be a "fifth-generation Montanan," to clear up confusion about his roots by releasing his birth certificate.
Daines' latest ad asserts he "grew up in Bozeman, a fifth-generation Montanan," which directly contradicts earlier versions of his biography when he claimed: "I'm a third-generation Montanan, kind of that classic Montana kid."
The Congressman is so desperate for ties to Montana that he's confused the facts and himself.
The problem? Daines was actually born in southern California.
The Montana Democratic Party said a simple release of Daines' birth certificate will clear up any confusion for Montanans.
"No matter what generation Congressman Daines claims to be, he's a stranger to both the facts and Montana values – and Montanans deserve the truth," said Bryce Bennett, a fifth generation Montanan. "Montanans can't afford a Washington politician who thinks he can get away with fooling the people he's supposed to represent."
Congressman Daines has to get his bio straight. Unfortunately, the facts are not his strongest suit:
- Congressman Daines claims to be a job creator, but he helped set up factories in China for Procter and Gamble while it shut down four U.S. plants and eliminated 1,800 American Jobs. P&G now outsources labor to other countries.
- Congressman Daines says he wants to pass a balanced budget, but continues to play partisan games – he even demanded the 16-day federal shutdown that cost Montana and its small businesses $45 million.
- Congressman Daines wants to bring Montana common sense to Washington. Still, he votes – in the words of the state's largest newspaper – "against the common-sense choice for America," opposing bills that would protect the full faith and credit of the United States.
- Congressman Daines professes to care about Montana but his actions hurt Montanans, like his support for the radical Ryan Budget that would have privatized Medicare and raised taxes by an average of $3,000 for families making less than $200,000.


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Schumacher was skiing off trail before accident
BERLIN — Investigators say that two minutes of footage from a camera on Michael Schumacher's ski helmet showed the Formula One great was skiing well off a groomed trail when he lost his balance and crashed, leaving him with critical head injuries.
Patrick Quincy, the Albertville prosecutor, offered new details Wednesday from the investigation into Schumacher's Dec. 29 accident at the Meribel resort in the French Alps. Schumacher, the most successful Formula One driver in history, is in a medically induced coma.
Quincy would not estimate Schumacher's speed, though he said it "is not an important element of the investigation." He said experts still need to go through the footage "image by image."
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Bird's Surf Shed in Linda Vista is rapidly becoming a new haven for cinema in San Diego. After the success of the first International Surf Film Festival held there in May (and the crowds they are likely to draw when they premier Taylor Steele's Here and Now) it won't be long before Bird puts a wall down the center of the the half-circle Quonset hut and calls it a multiplex!
Shot on May 2, 2012, Here and Now crowd sourced more than 25 filmmakers and surfers asking them to work together by documenting the world of surfing in a single 24-hour period.
Nathan Myers, managing editor of Surfing magazine calls it, "an experiment in a whole new type of filmmaking only possible in this digital age. It was a very unique project. It is still unreleased, so this is the only place to see it."
The sneak preview of the documentary will be held on August 4 as a fundraising event for PCI's California Border Healthy Start Project. It screens at 7PM & 9PM at Bird's Surf Shed, 1091 West Morena Boulevard. Special guest appearances include Junior World Champion Leila Hurst and movie producer Andy Slipka. They will be auctioning off items including a Hydroflex Surfboard and 2 round-trip tickets from Southwest Airlines.
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In approaching the sordid history of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, director Marco Bellocchio has selected an enthralling operatic method to tell his tale. With deception, animalistic sexuality, mental illness, and teary passions, it makes sense to twirl this intimate tale of tainted love into a visual shotgun blast of history and surrealism. "Vincere" drives aggressively and confidently as it builds a case against the ruthlessness of Mussolini, molding a motion picture of threadbare reality, but convincing dynamism.
Spying a young, godless Benito Mussolini (Filipo Timi) in his element of verbal hellfire, Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) finds herself instantly pulled into his orbit. Embarking on a heated affair while Italy endures radical change during WWI, Mussolini and Ida soon have a son, cementing their relationship in Ida's eyes, who sells her belonging to help her lover achieve his dreams of power. It doesn't take long before Ida grasps the bigger picture, learning Mussolini has other women and children he tends to while she succumbs to debt. Demanding a part in Il Duce's life, Ida is hurriedly branded insane by the fascist government, separated from her beloved son, and left to rot in a mental prison. As the years pass and Italy embraces Mussolini as its leader, Ida spends every waking minute searching for escape, desperate to reunite with her son.
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Despair drives the second half of the picture, which does away with Mussolini's rise to supremacy to focus on Ida and her shattered psyche. The blood-draining dread communicated through Mezzogiorno's performance is mesmerizing, finding the exact sense of brittle determination needed to buy into the ornate expressiveness of the character and the film itself. The cast is outstanding all around (Timi's Il Duce is an unforgettable blade of a man), yet Mezzogiorno carries the film with a singular texture of betrayal, conveying the chaotic determination of a women faced with a future of misery, yet refuses to offer herself up for the slaughter. "Vincere" visually balloons up time and again, but Mezzogiorno's performance manages to ground the film with a necessary portion of humanity.
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This topic contains 11 replies, has 7 voices, and was last updated by Maangchi 4 years, 11 months ago.
I'm looking for a Korean dessert recipe that:
• would serve about 12-15 people,
• is not too complicated or expensive,
• would mesh well with the traditional flavors of Thanksgiving,
• and would be accessible to those who don't have very adventurous palates.
Hoddeok is a strong contender, as it fulfills all these requirements, but I haven't settled on anything yet. (Hmm…cranberry sauce or pumpkin pie fillings, anyone?)
I could also go the savory route and make a Korean side dish that fulfills the above requirements as well as those below.
• Nothing too strong in flavor. This is likely the first exposure to Korean cuisine for some of my relatives, and I don't want to give them more than they can handle.
• Nothing spicy. Two of my relatives cannot handle spicy food, and I don't want to alienate them.
Right now, I don't have any ideas except hoddeok with savory fillings. Does anyone have any non-hoddeok ideas? :)
I apologize for these specific requirements, but I hope I can get a few more suggestions before Thanksgiving for a dish that fulfills them. I'm posting this now to give adequate time for responses.
I would recommend rice punch! https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/sikhye
The flavor is mild, ingredients cheap, the only thing u need is time and effort to make it!
you could also try hwajeon
Rice cakes
and my favorite, maejakgwa*****
Those are all good suggestions. I love shikhye and ginger-flavored cookies, though I've never made them. I think most, if not all, of these recipes would go over well for most of my relatives. I really know very little about their personal tastes, so that's why I'm trying to keep the flavors light and not too "exotic." I like the sometimes strong, spicy, complex flavors in Korean cuisine, but I can't speak for the rest of my family. I may be underestimating them, but it's better to err on the side of caution.
At any rate, please keep the suggestions coming!
I should also note that recipes do not have to come from Maangchi's site. If anyone has a personal/family recipe or a link to an English-language recipe on another site that would meet my requirements, please don't hesitate to post.
Sujunggwa might be too "weird" but is sure is delicious:
and I could see it as acting kind of like cranberry sauce as a refreshing alternative to heavy turkey.
Sujeonggwa actually sounds like a great idea. A sweet drink with warm cinnamon and ginger sounds like a great complement to the rest of the desserts (pumpkin pies, pecan pies, apple desserts, and such). There is going to be cranberry sauce with the main meal, of course, but as a refreshing after-dinner drink, I think this recipe would go over well.
Do dried persimmons have any sort of tartness in the flesh itself, or do they impart any into the water? I'd like it if they did; otherwise, I may have to add some lemon juice or something.
I'll need to see if my local K-market carries dried persimmons first, though…
Oh, and I just found this dessert in my Korean cookbook: A sweet potato jelly which is just cooked, mashed sweet potatoes mixed with gelatin, maple syrup, and sesame seeds, then refrigerated in a rectangular mold. It looks easy and not too sweet. I don't know what it's called in Korean (if anyone knows, please post it), but that's another option for me.
Please keep the suggestions coming!
I made sujungwa for my family one Thanksgiving and it did go really well with the foods. Not everyone tried it unfortunately, but those who did, liked it.
I think I'll make a decision around November 11 (i.e. two weeks before Thanksgiving), but for the benefit of others, don't hesitate to post after that date if you have any other ideas.
"Not everyone tried it unfortunately…"
Yeah, I'm afraid that's going to be the case for me, no matter what I make. It's a somewhat picky/set-in-their-ways bunch I'm dealing with, and there's really not much I can do about that. On the bright side, if I have to end up eating or drinking most of what I make, at least I'll enjoy it.
Check this out. I posted sweet manju pastry recipe today. https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/manju
LOL! I am putting my 2 cents in everywhere today! My husband is away….
Thanksgiving is a particularly patriotic holiday, no matter which country is celebrating it, so it is not uncommon to find culinary reservations at this time. People are often more concerned with food traditions at this time.
This being said, perhaps it would be better to introduce something new that does not in fact "interfere" with the meal or desserts themselves. Perhaps a drink before dinner?
Although sujungwa is classically served after dinner in korea, it can certainly be served before hand.
I have another suggestion – sengang cha – ginger tea. It is similar to sujungwa in flavor, but without the persimmon. You could serve it with cocktails, or as an alternative to soft drinks or lemonade. And it is super easy to make.
I have found that dried persimmons are extremely difficult to find, and the most likely time would probably be late fall to early winter. The reason is – most of these are left to dry on trees and sugared on the tree. At least the best ones are, and because they are labor intensive are not commonly exported. The ones you will commonly find are usually done in a factory, but they are still tough to find.
I have a couple of alternatives for this though. I have not ever found them in regular American stores.
First – Sengang cha – wash and thinly slice a hand of ginger. You can peel it if you wish, but it is not strictly necessary. Place ginger in 2-3 quarts of water – depending on size of hand of ginger, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes, or until liquid begins to taste spicy and "gingery". Strain. Add honey to taste – 1/2 cup or more, cinnamon to taste and garnish wth soaked jujubees and pine nuts. This can be served hot or cold, and if bottled keeps 3 days in fridge. This is particularly good for your health as well as delicious. Great warm if you have a cold or flu, good for stomach aches, and motion sickness. Very refreshing served cold on a hot summer day. You can even spike it to make a punch.
If you want to make sujungwa and cannot find dried persimmons, you can dry your own. You want asian persimmons, which are more squat looking, not western ones which are longer and softer in texture. They usually become available in October, and if you have access to an asian market are usually more reasonably priced than in a regular grocery store.
You want to use them when they just begin to have "give" when you press. remove leaves, wash and slice into 3 to 4 slices horizontally. Be careful, they are slippery!
Dip into sugar and dry as follows.
If you have a food dehydrator place on racks and dry at low temp until leathery, but not brittle. Can't give you exact timing – too many variables, like fruit size, ambient humidity, fruit age…la la la.
If you do not have access to a dehydrator you can use a box fan. Measure the fan and purchase furnace filters that are made from cellulose – NOT FIBERGLASS! They are relatively inexpensive. You need to have at least two, but more if you have lots of fruit to dry. Both sides of the fruit must be enclosed by the filter. Lay out filter, put a layer of persimmon slices, top with another filter, lay on more fruit, top with another filter.
Lay the fan on the floor. You want the side that the air comes out facing up. Place the fruit filled filters on top. Bungie cord the filters to the fan – Don't do this too tightly. Use at least two bungies – top and bottom, or criss cross. At this point you should be able to stand the fan up. Turn on fan to at least medium and check every few hours.
You can peel the persimmons if you wish, but they will become very slippery. You don't HAVE to peel them, but if you wish to I suggest slicing them first.
Good Luck!
Check out my another easy and delicious recipe called baesuk (steamed pear) please. https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/baesuk
Hello all,
This is my first time posting… when you said Thanksgiving & Korean dessert,
I immediately thought of SuJungGwa. For my french culinary school menu project, I once made sorbet out of Sujunggwa and served it with a wine poached pear. It was a big hit! :)
For this Thanksgiving, I made Momofuku style roasted brussels sprouts with fish sauce as side and everyone loved it! True East meets West! can check out my blog for the recipe.
Happy Holiday everyone!
ps- Thank you Maangchi for awesome videos and recipes (a friend of mine – Dan Quach from california introduced me to your blog a few years ago and today I came across your site, this time, I became a member of your website :) will come back again soon!
Nice meeting you TJ! Awesome!
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Braves place Chipper on 15-day DL
Braves place Chipper on 15-day DL
Just before Monday night's home opener against the Phillies, the Braves announced that they were placing Jones on the 15-day disabled list. He suffered the injuries while sliding across the wet grass at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Sunday afternoon.
The Braves medical staff diagnosed both sprains as being Grade 1, which is the lowest grade on the severity scale.
"Our doctors say that injury heals itself," Braves general manager John Schuerholz said. "It just takes time. It should take no more than that time and maybe not even quite as much time as the 15 days will provide. To be absolutely certain that he is healthy when he returns, we're putting him on the list."
Jones suffered the injury during Sunday's seventh inning. As the veteran third baseman charged to field a slow roller off Mike Matheny's bat, his right foot slipped and he skidded awkwardly to the ground. When he felt a pop, he feared he might have done significant damage.
"I hate to lose him for one day," Schuerholz said. "But the way that injury looked when it occurred, to have this result from the examination is very positive."
When Jones awoke on Monday morning, he told his wife that he thought he might have damaged his knee worse than expected. But after an MRI showed a simple sprain, his fears were reduced. Jones also had X-rays taken of his ankle, which was diagnosed as a sprain on Sunday.
"I woke up this morning and my knee was killing me," Jones said. "It's killing me right in the spot where I heard the pop. The ankle is starting to feel better. I think we iced it to the point where we got a lot of the swelling out. I don't see that being a big problem. The big thing is going to be the knee.
"Anytime you hear a pop, you're going to think the worst. I heard a pop a couple of years ago when I tore my hamstring, I heard a pop when I blew out my knee and I heard the same thing yesterday. So, I was pretty scared."
Jones' only previous significant knee injury came in 1994, when his rise to the Majors was stopped with a completely torn left anterior cruciate ligament.
After spending his first eight big-league seasons relatively injury-free, Jones has been marred by injury. A sprained right hamstring caused him to miss 25 games during the 2004 season. Last year, he spent six weeks on the disabled list because of left foot injury.
Jones is hopeful that he won't have to miss significant time with this injury. He'll be eligible for activation on April 25.
"When you have a sprained knee, your knee is going to tell you," Jones said. "If you're not able to pivot or torque on your knee, your knee is going to tell you. You're not going to be able to play at this level with a bum knee. It'll tell me. When I'm able to come out here and swing the bat left-handed and be able to move laterally side to side, I'll be back in there."
Wilson Betemit will serve as the team's starting third baseman until Jones returns. Ryan Langerhans assumed Jones' third spot in the batting order for Monday night's game.
The Braves will select a replacement for Jones' spot on the 25-man roster before Wednesday night's game against the Phillies. It will likely be Triple-A Richmond's Tony Pena, a solid defender who can play each of the infield positions.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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After an examination of various blues guitar styles in earlier volumes, "Classic Surf for Guitar, Volume 1" takes the viewer into the new realm of surf guitar. Popularized first in the 50's and 60's and later resurrected by the inclusion of Dick Dale's version of "Miserlou" at the beginning of "Pulp Fiction" (along with a number of other surf guitar classics), surf guitar often involves fast tremolo picking and simple recurring patterns. The songs included on the DVD are the aforementioned "Miserlou," a lesser-known song called "Penetration," the song "Pipeline" (a song later covered by the band Anthrax) and the classic "Tequila." All four songs are taught by the same instructor, Dan Warner. Again for each song, Warner takes the viewer through tuning, the intro of the song, the main riffs and, because surf guitar is characterized by its instrumental nature without accompanying lyrics, the guitar parts that seem to serve as the verses of the song. The DVD uses onscreen tablature to supplement Warner's instruction and again his incremental approach to the songs, breaking them into parts, prevents the viewer from feeling too overwhelmed by the songs. The viewer is further aided by Warner's willingness to go back and run through what has been learned.
As with other volumes, once again the big question: does this DVD work? Again, the answer is both yes and no. The songs run from fairly simplistic (one will have the intro to "Tequila" down in a mere minute or two) to the complex (not being too familiar with the song "Penetration," it proved an easy song in which to get lost). Unlike the Blues DVD, however, there are significant impediments for the casual guitar player to learn to play the song well- namely the speed at which the picking is done. While Warner certainly explains to the viewer the need for patience, and the problems are attributable solely to the style of music and not to Warner's instruction, one might not master these songs for several days. For someone who has barely touched a guitar before, this DVD may very well be a bit too advanced. Nevertheless, as with the other DVDs, if one is willing to go through the video (in this case more than a few different times), this DVD puts these songs within the range of comprehension and competence in a way that is superior to simply using tablature. To that end, while personally, I was picking on a couple of the songs at a speed way below the tempo of the song, I began to notice that while I had somewhat learned Miserlou previously out of guitar magazines, learning the song along with the instructional DVD truly helped me learn to play the song using the right fingering techniques rather than what is easy or convenient. Overall, such development can and does inevitably carry over to other styles of guitar playing as well.
Like the other DVDs of this series, one of the best features of this DVD is that it offers, in effect, an instructor with infinite patience, as a viewer can go back again and again until they feel comfortable that they have gotten it right. The viewer is also aided by a DVD that is quite easy to navigate, as the viewer can go directly to the song of their choice and then to the opening, the intro, the main riff, and the performance section just by advancing the chapter. This was something of which I frequently took advantage. While the DVD might not be enough to turn the viewer into a surf guitar virtuoso overnight, this DVD is certainly a big step in the right direction for anyone who is interested in learning how to play surf guitar or is simply looking to broaden their horizons.
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Perhaps the least important feature of this DVD, the picture is presented in full screen projection. Neither the colors and texture of the picture nor the tablature on screen appears sharp and well defined, but this should not present any sort of impediment for the viewer who is simply seeking to learn a bit of surf guitar. There is some shimmer which occasionally occurs on screen and pixelation may be perceived as well.
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The sound transfer on this DVD is in Dolby Digital 2.0. While one never feels surrounded by the music with which one is playing, the sound quality is sufficient to clearly hear the notes and any distinctions between them, along with the use of tremelo, trills, etc. While the sound quality of the DVD makes this a poor DVD to use to show off the clarity of one's home theater system, the sound is more than adequate to get the job done, and there is no need for adjustment of volume throughout the DVD, unless one wishes to turn down the song to hear their own playing.
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The DVD does have a decent amount of supplemental materials, most of which are fairly useful. There is a separate tuning section amongst the Special Features which contains a standard tuning of a guitar in which each properly tuned string is struck, allowing the viewer to adjust his strings until they sound identical. While this may not be the easiest way to tune one's guitar, (I recommend a small electric tuner), it does as good a job as can reasonably be expected, and can be helpful for anyone who simply wants to tune up their guitar. The DVD also contains a listing of additional instructional titles which are available, showcasing many different styles of guitar. In addition, the DVD contains drawn out chord patterns and tablature for each of the four songs as a ready reference for someone who simply wants a refresher or to practice proper chord formation. While these are nice to have, the chords and tablature appear so small on the screen that they can be difficult to rely upon.
There are two added instructional features on this DVD- the first being a run through of barre chords (running through the 96 available barre chords on the guitar, the instructor demonstrates how to do major chords minor chords diminished chords and seventh chords up and down the neck of the guitar); and the second, a very short introduction to the world of power chords. Both of these features serve to expend the repertoire of the guitar novice well, and are somewhat easy to follow.
The DVD also contains an additional section referred to as Licks and Tips. The section begins with instruction from Warner on how one accomplishes the bending of notes while playing. He actually does a great job in his instruction here, really allowing even beginners the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of bending, as well as vibrato, the next lesson. He even takes the viewer into the worlds of finger-tapping, a style of play that Eddie Van Halen made popular, and tremelo picking, both of which are rather difficult techniques to learn. Nevertheless, Warner provides a comprehensible explanation of the technique before breaking out into a more complex style which even some intermediate players might have difficulty playing. By the time Warner makes it through the intricacies of surf guitar, trills, and the whammy bars, it seems somewhat disconcerting that this instructional section was hidden in the bonus features section.
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While the speed picking of surf guitar may be a bit troubling for some, viewers and guitar players who are able to be patient and practice the techniques contained in this DVD will be richly rewarded. Beyond impressing one's friends that you can play the song from Pulp Fiction, surf guitar is a fun style of music to learn, and this DVD does all that it can to encourage that fun.


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Medical update on Dillon Gee
Dillon Gee will have surgery tomorrow on his right shoulder to replace a portion of damaged artery. The decision to have surgery follows a recommendation made earlier this week by Mets medical staff and doctors in New York and Dillon's consultation today with Dr. Robert Thompson in St. Louis. Dr. Thompson, who has performed similar procedures on several professional baseball players, will perform the surgery.


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A Compiler Integrated Assistance for Optimum Data Allocation in Banked Memory Embedded Processors
Bank switching in embedded processors having partitioned memory architecture results in code size as well as run time overhead. An algorithm and its application to assist the compiler in eliminating the redundant bank switching codes introduced and deciding the optimum data allocation to banked memory is presented in this paper. A relation matrix formed for the memory bank state transition corresponding to each bank selection instruction is used for the detection of redundant codes. Data allocation to memory is done by considering all possible permutation of memory banks and combination of data.
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Georgia might be without its leading scorer for a third time when South Carolina comes to Stegeman Coliseum on Saturday.
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Sophomore guard Levi Stukes, who averages 15.7 points per game for the Bulldogs (7-11, 1-7 SEC), aggravated a sprained right ankle Wednesday. He said he tried to get position for a rebound against LSU 310-pound forward Glen Davis on the first play of the second half in a 95-79 loss to the Tigers.
"I went to hit him and he didn't move," said the 6-foot-1, 180-pound Stukes. "Then he hit me. When I went back, my ankle rolled real bad."
Stukes went to the floor, grabbed his ankle and rolled in pain. He hobbled off the floor with 19:35 to play, but returned to with 13:17 left and scored six of his 16 points down the stretch.
Stukes wore a hard plastic supportive boot as he arrived at practice on Thursday. He said he wouldn't practice and was "hopeful" to play against the Gamecocks (12-7-4-4).
"I can't really say right now," Stukes said about playing. "It set me back. Up until (Wednesday) I had been progressing day-by-day on my way to recovery. Now I'm back to Stage 1."
A roster with just seven scholarship players may be faced with playing with just five if Corey Gibbs does not play on Saturday. Gibbs, a redshirt freshman forward, has missed the last two games with recurring knee problems.
Stukes initially injured his ankle in practice on Jan. 20 and missed the next game, which turned into Georgia's only SEC win, a 68-59 victory over Vanderbilt.
Cleared by team trainers to play at Florida on Jan. 25, coach Dennis Felton suspended Stukes for the game after he missed a 7 a.m. rehab session.
Stukes returned on Sunday in a 75-47 loss at Alabama. He has averaged 11.5 points since his return.
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Telangana Rashtra Samithi is planning to organise a grand public meeting at Parade Grounds on January 30 as part of election campaign for ongoing GHMC elections.
According to sources, the TRS has approached the Defence authorities seeking permission to organise the meeting. The ruling party is planning to mobilise more than 5 lakh people for the meeting. (INN)


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Just because Jack Bruce's name is on the cover, don't expect this new group to be the second coming of Cream. Although Bruce's unmistakable bass is all over his new group's debut CD—along with his distinctive voice on some tracks—this is not a throwback to his legendary power trio's (with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker) potent mix of blues, rock and pop. Rather, Spectrum Road is a four-piece band dedicated to celebrating the music of jazz-rock fusion pioneers The Tony Williams Lifetime. Some mighty players had played in the Lifetime band, including John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth and Patrick O'Hearn—even Bruce himself, who worked with the band for one album in 1970. The centerpiece of the group was drummer Tony Williams, who died in 1997. In keeping with his band's tradition of musical powerhouses, Bruce has assembled an all-star lineup to play this music: Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid; keyboardist John Medeski of Medeski, Martin & Wood; and drummer Cindy Blackman-Santana, best known for her work with Lenny Kravitz (she's also played with her famous guitarist husband Carlos Santana). Blackman shares vocals with Bruce, but much of this is instrumental, and it's when the band really gets cooking, improvising on The Lifetime's sturdy melodic constructs, that Spectrum Road shines brightest. With this caliber of players, how could it not? Reid is an amazingly dexterous and speedy guitarist (remember his solo on Living Colour's "Cult of Personality"? Times that by 10.) Medeski provides sympathetic backing chords on organ and synthesizer, occasionally stepping out with inventive soloing of his own. Blackman-Santana shows off some very impressive jazz chops on this CD. And of course, Jack Bruce is the man, still, at age 68, cranking out superb bass lines and singing with all the strength and passion of his younger days. The material, culled from the Lifetime band's catalog, can be difficult to take in at times, with strange chord progressions and rhythms that may not be easy on all ears. But Spectrum Road stands tall as a rewarding if challenging listen, one that grows through repeat plays as the virtuosity sinks in. Recorded naturally (it sounds like this was totally cut live in the studio), this is the sound of gifted players strutting their stuff on material that holds up. Let's hope Spectrum Road is not just a one-shot, and that perhaps they choose to create their own original music together next time.Buy Spectrum Road on Amazon
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Sam Smith "Leave Your Lover" Video
Is Sam Smith the new Mr. "StealYoGirl?"
Sam Smith's anticipated debut album, In the Lonely Hour, is dropping soon, and to hold us over until then, Smith released the visual for "Leave Your Lover." The Luke Monaghan-directed video shows Smith's relationship with two friends. As the video progresses, we see the romantic wrecking ball of confusion take out his romantic interest, leaving Sam all lonely and sadboy. :'(
In the Lonely Hour is out June 17 on Capitol Records, but UK fans will get the album early on May 26. Check out the music video for "Leave Your Lover" in the player above.


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Indian IT firms keep fingers crossed
SAN FRANCISCO — Indian information technology service firms — facing uncertainty in the immigration debate while being accused by some of stealing U.S. jobs — are sending a message to investors and customers: Remain calm.
In the end, the businesses are hoping that Congress just decides to leave them alone.
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"They are counting on it not going to pass as is, as they have done for the past eight years," said Frances Karamouzis, an analyst at research firm Gartner. "But there is a sinking feeling it's more serious this time."
The Senate's Gang of Eight bill sharply limits the ability of those firms to place workers in clients' sites. It also would raise fees for visas and increase the amount of pay for workers on H-1B visas. Some of those costs would most likely be transferred to U.S. clients or eat into the companies' margins as much as 20 percent, according to industry analysts. In fact, investors have reacted to the legislation, sending share prices down sharply for those firms whose stocks trade on U.S. exchanges.
Executives at Cognizant Technology Solutions, which is based in New Jersey and has 27,000 workers in the United States, had to spend most of a recent earnings call reassuring investors and analysts that the Senate bill is far from a fatal blow to the company. Any bill from the House, they said, would come at these issues differently — and it was emphasized that U.S. clients are prepared to lobby on the firm's behalf.
"It's the clients that are going to weigh in and say, if you had everything that's in the Senate bill today, you would be doing irreparable harm to the banking industry, to the insurance industry, to the health care industry — and many others and I don't think senators and congressmen want to hurt the core American industry," said Gordon Coburn, Cognizant president, during an analyst call after announcing quarterly earnings.
The firms, which include Wipro, Tata and Infosys, bring workers from India to work with large U.S. firms. They often compete with IBM, Accenture and others for the same contracts and can often beat them by offering their services at lower costs.
The tech industry, in its pursuit of more visas for its own workers, has abandoned these firms politically even though they are often their partners in projects.


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The rise of smartphones has meant that more and more companies and websites are looking for a mobile presence. The question is, however, do you need an app for all the major mobile platforms (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and BB10), or can you make use of a dedicated mobile-friendly website?
Building and maintaining a dedicated app for each platform can be expensive, even with the various DIY app builders that work with the most common content management systems such as WordPress and Drupal. Cost is one area when building mobile websites certainly has its advantages – making use of web technologies that are universal to all platforms means your site can look great on all mobiles for a fraction of the cost.
The downside of mobile websites and mobile-friendly themes, however, is that whilst they may look and work in a universal manner, that does mean that they may not look or work quite as quickly as dedicated platform-specific apps. Some companies such as the Financial Times have built a pure HTML mobile site that works perfectly across all platforms in order to remove the middle-man of Apple and Google in their subscription charges, but apps this good often take as long to develop as taking the platform-specific route.
Whilst HTML5 universal web apps are the ideal, one thing they always lack is that they are not available in the relevant app stores which tend to be where downloads of the apps are driven from. If your app is highlighted as an editor's pick on the iTunes store for example, then downloads and use of the app can rocket. When you use only an HTML5 web app, then you lose this platform-specific promotion.
As it stands, for most publishers the question of cost means that web apps are gaining popularity and rightly so – and hopefully in the coming months and years their functionality will catch up with the iPhone and Android apps with which they compete.


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Skylight Concepts is a full service skylight manufacturer, skylight distributor, & skylight installer of innovative skylight technology. Our skylight product line is constantly being elevated to a higher level to provide greater performance and efficiency. Our commercial skylights and residential skylights are available in a range of materials, colors and sizes; we create custom orders as well. We have a knowledgeable principal staff with a combined 60 years of experience and they have the qualifications necessary to safely and effectively install whichever type of skylight you desire. Our engineering team prides themselves on their ability to design around almost any obstacle to make your skylight project a success.
As a Florida based company, Skylight Concepts knows firsthand the threats to construction raised by inclement weather. While our skylight systems allow you to enjoy the sunshine, it is important to us that they are also able to withstand the wind, rain and debris that come with hurricane force winds. Partnering with a California based skylight company, we were able to effectively design a structural skylight sturdy enough to pass the Miami-Dade Code Compliance; Skylight Concepts is one of only a few skylight companies in the United States to do so. In addition to being Miami Dade County Impact Approved, Skylight Concepts' products and services meet not only the Florida Building code but most other states' building code requirements as well.
Beyond design and installation, we offer a wide variety of other skylight related products and services such as fall protection screens for skylights and burglar bars for skylights. Our skylight installation teams will travel almost any distance to ensure that our products are being installed correctly; we will even provide supervision for smaller projects that may be easily handled by your own employees. Whether your project is large or small, commercial or residential, Skylight Concepts is a one-stop shop for all of your skylight needs.


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Royal Academy, who distinguished himself at various locales around the world, will not stand in 2008 at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky., as planned, but will remain at Coolmore Australia, according to Chris Scholtz in racingandsports.com. The 20-year-old son of Nijinsky II was scheduled to stand for $15,000.
"We decided he has done enough traveling," Coolmore Australia general manager Michael Kirwan told Scholtz. "He will be covering mares next year (2008). Hopefully he still has a few more years ahead of him."
Royal Academy, who covered 94 mares in 2007 at Ashford, a Coolmore satellite, also stood at Coolmore in Ireland and in South America and Japan. He has sired 148 stakes winners and ranks seventh on The Blood-Horse's leading sires list of 2007.
An English and Irish champion at 3, Royal Academy scored his big wins in the 1990 Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) and Carroll Foundation July Cup (Eng-I). He is out of the Crimson Satan mare Crimson Saint.


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Storm Falls Short in Atlanta, 68-59
June 14, 2013
Temeka Johnson and Tina Thompson each scored 11 points, and Tanisha Wright hit the career 2,000-point mark for Seattle, but Atlantas Angel McCoughtry pumped in 23 points on Friday as the Dream beat the Storm, 68-59.
Wright, in her ninth year, had nine points, putting her exactly at 2,000. Only Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson have reached that mark with the Storm previously.
After a frigid third quarter in which it hit just 2 of 16 from the field and fell behind by 18, Seattle (1-3) put together a fourth-quarter rally, coming as close as six at 58-52 with 4:51 left.
But McCoughtry drained three straight shots in a span of 87 seconds, putting the Dream (5-1) back up by 12 at 64-52 at the 3:07 mark. The Storm never got closer than nine after that.
Seattle, on the first game of a stretch that will see it play eight out of 10 on the road, visits the Connecticut Sun on Sunday at 2 p.m. PDT, then makes a quick trip home to face the Washington Mystics on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in KeyArena.
Atlanta scored the last six points of the first half to turn a 35-32 deficit into a 38-35 lead at the intermission. The Dream quickly pushed that to 42-35 at the outset of the third quarter before Johnson nailed a jumper with 8:49 left in the third.
But the Storm then missed 12 shots in a row, as Atlanta ran off 13 straight points to make it 55-37. A driving lay-in by Johnson with 6.9 seconds left got Seattle within 16 heading into the final quarter.
The Storm fell into a 10-2 hole less than four minutes into the game. But they got untracked and went on a 13-1 run, capped by a 3-pointer from Johnson, to take a 15-11 lead with 2:49 left in the first.
Seattle stretched that margin to as large as six points, the last time at 31-25 on a Thompson trey with 4:26 remaining in the first half. The Storm were up 35-32 on a driving jump shot by Noelle Quinn at the 1:20 mark before going cold for the rest of the second period and all of the third.
For the game, Seattle hit 21 of 62 (33.9 percent). Atlanta was slightly better at 28 of 67 (41.8 percent).
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This project is all about blues excellence; it will no doubt be up for a W.C. Handy award this year. Margolin has some of the best bluesmen in the world sit in with him. Hubert Sumlin (guitar), Pinetop Perkins (piano), Carey Bell (harmonica), Tom "Mookie" Brill (bass, harmonica, vocals) and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (drums) add their many years of knowledge to make for a true all-star recording session.
"I'll Take Care of You" is hands down the best cut on the CD. Mookie Brill sings it live with seemingly divine inspiration. My other favorite is "My New Baby Owns a Whiskey Store," with Brill once again setting the pace for everyone on lead vocals. I love the line-My new baby owns a whiskey store, I don't have to buy it no more, it is so blues. Margolin contributes the liner notes and comments on each track, adding additional color and essence to the entire package.
Margolin is a fine guitar player and he mixes very well with his peers on this album. What else can I say? The blues could not have a better ambassador. This is a five star cannot miss release for all blues lovers, so do not pass it up.


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Managing minutes the NBA All-Star game challenge
Once the All-Star rosters had been named, Scott Brooks could get to work.
Brooks, who will coach the Western Conference, wasn't worried about diagramming any plays. The work awaiting him was figuring out which guys he needed to start being nice to, so they wouldn't be mad at him about their minutes.
But having coached in the All-Star game two years ago, the Oklahoma City coach realizes there's only one way to make everyone happy.
''A triple-overtime game,'' he said.
Indiana's Frank Vogel will lead the East in his All-Star coaching debut and will quickly learn what all the veterans already know.
''That's the toughest job really, is the minutes, because you don't do a whole lot of intense coaching,'' said San Antonio's Gregg Popovich, who coached the West last year.
Popovich said he asked certain players with injuries how much they wanted to play, and some make it clear it's not many.
''I just wanted to break a sweat, because my obligation was to my team, whether it was Philadelphia or Phoenix, because I've always worried about what if a guy had a serious injury and it screwed up their championship hopes,'' Hall of Famer and TNT analyst Charles Barkley said. ''So for me, I just wanted to salute the fans, play about 10, 15 minutes.''
That's tougher for younger players, who are eager to show off when they finally get their chance on the big stage. But for veterans who already try to monitor minutes during the regular season, such as Dwyane Wade and Tony Parker, the All-Star game isn't a time to overdo it.
That will make their coaches' jobs easier, and make them friends with newcomers such as John Wall and DeMar DeRozan.
''Whenever you've got first-timers on the All-Star team, you can always be like, 'Go ahead young fella, go out there and do your job. Go out there and play,'' Wade said.
Here are 5 things to watch during a short week before the All-Star break:
BACK TO THE BAYOU: The NBA had an entertaining All-Star weekend in 2008, when LeBron James was the game's MVP and Dwight Howard donned a Superman cape to win the slam dunk contest. The league is jazzing up All-Star Saturday night for this trip to New Orleans in hopes of another good one.
LAST CALL FOR THE FIRST HALF: The league's dominant scorer plays in the last game of the unofficial first half of the season, with Kevin Durant leading Oklahoma City into Los Angeles to face the Lakers on Thursday night.
WOODSON WATCH: Every Knicks game now comes with further speculation that it may be Mike Woodson's last as coach. New York plays just once this week, hosting Sacramento on Wednesday.
THEY'LL DESERVE A BREAK: The Portland Trail Blazers play only twice this week, but that might feel like enough, given that it's a back-to-back Tuesday and Wednesday against Oklahoma City and the Clippers, two of the three division leaders in the powerful West.
CAV-TASTROPHE: One of the many lowlights in Cleveland's horrendous first half was a 124-80 loss at Sacramento, the second biggest blowout in the NBA this season. The Cavaliers can avenge that when they host the Kings on Tuesday.
STAT LINE OF THE WEEK: Patty Mills, Spurs, 10 of 13 from the field, 4 of 5 on 3-pointers, 8 of 9 from the free throw line, season-high 32 points Saturday in a 104-100 victory over Charlotte. With Tony Parker battling back problems, there would be more minutes available for the Australian point guard as the Spurs continue their rodeo road trip.


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After completing his first U.S. tour in 15 years, Leonard Cohen will trek across the States again this autumn as the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has announced a second leg of shows, Billboard.biz reports. Cohen's second U.S. jaunt in 2009 kicks off October 17th in Sunrise, Florida, and concludes nearly a month and 14 shows later in San Jose, California, on November 13th.
As Rock Daily reported in January, Cohen ended his 15-year break from the U.S. stage when he played a concert at New York's Beacon Theatre. The singer also performed a set at Coachella and toured North America through June before departing for Europe, where he is currently in the midst of a tour to promote Live In London (Watch "Anthem" from the London DVD here).
Last year when Cohen initially announced tour dates, Rolling Stone predicted that the run — seemingly scheduled to help Cohen defray the cost of a dispute with his manager — would be New Yorkers' only chance to see the Canadian legend onstage this year. But the poet-singer will return to the city, at a larger venue, no less: Madison Square Garden.
Markets that were passed over during Cohen's last trek — like Florida, Ohio, Missouri and Atlanta — will all get to marvel as the 74-year-old legend serenades them with "Hallelujah" and "The Stranger Song" (that is, if he hasn't retired "Hallelujah" by then). Tickets for the 15 shows go on sales August 3rd, so scribble the appropriate notes on your calendar.
Oct. 17 - Sunrise, FL @ BankAtlantic Center
Oct. 19 - Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
Oct. 20 - Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
Oct. 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Wachovia Spectrum
Oct. 23 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Oct. 25 - Cleveland, OH @ Allen Theatre
Oct. 27 - Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre
Oct. 29 - Chicago, IL @ Rosemont Theatre
Nov. 1 - Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Nov. 3 - Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center
Nov. 5 - Nashville, TN @ Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Nov. 7 - St. Louis, MO @ Fox Theatre
Nov. 9 - Kansas City, MO @ The Midland by AMC
Nov. 12 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
Nov. 13 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
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