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Apache Wicket is a powerful, light-weight component-based web application framework with strong separation of presentation and business logic. It enables you to create quality Web 2.0 applications which are easy to test, debug and support.
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Ryan Knight discusses how Adobe Flash Builder 4 beta provides tools for developing large-scale Flex applications, increasing developer productivity and workflow between designer and developer. He talks about how to leverage Flex's differences, details of some Flex modules, patterns and anti-patterns, and the Spring BlazeDS Integration Project.
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This article explores how Gorilla Logic's new, open source Flex user interface automation testing tool, FlexMonkey, can enhance the productivity of both developers and QA testers. FlexMonkey allows developers to incorporate user interface testing into unit test suites and continuous integration environments, and allows QA testers to expand those tests into comprehensive quality tests.
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Spring 2.5 rolled out a comprehensive set of annotations that can be used for auto-discovery of Spring-managed objects, dependency injection, lifecycle methods, Web layer configuration, and testing. 15
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A CAMPAIGNER against forced marriage is urging schools to be on the look-out for potential victims this summer.
Alex Jones, who founded a nationwide campaign dedicated to murdered Shafilea Ahmed, said although there had been considerable progress, education institutions were 'still refusing to tackle' the issue.
Shafilea ran away to Blackburn before being killed by her parents bec-ause she was Westernised, and refused to obey them.
Mr Jones, from It's my right - No Forced Marriages, said her situation could potentially be happening to others in East Lancashire, and he urged teach-ers to take more responsibility when it comes to spotting those who could be at risk.
Shafilea's parents Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed were jailed for life in 2012 after being convicted of their daughter's murder.
Mr Jones said: "We can't have this continuation of those who reach out from despair to try and find hope, to only find it's met with an open culture of dismissal. To have this degrades the courage of those who have fought to reach out.
"Schools need to realise that forced marriage isn't a minority issue, it's a hum-an rights one."
He said preventative measures taken throughout the school year could stop youngsters being taken away during the long summer break.
Mr Jones added: "Action is pivotal to saving lives. The frontline of protection starts in the classroom.
"The fundamental messages that we must get them to realise are that nobody can be allowed to go missing. It's everyone's right to be educated, to have a life of their own choices, and to be free to choose who they marry."
Les Turner, Lancashire secretary for the National Association of Headteach-ers, said teachers were passionate about keeping their pupils safe, and worked closely with social ser-vices and the police to tackle the problem.
He said: "Schools are being blamed for the probl-ems in our society, but schools do not create society's problems, they have to deal with them.
"Teachers try to confront the issue and schools have a responsibility to safeguard children.
"Therefore, to turn around and say schools do not take seriously the problem of forced marriage is absolutely ludicrous.
"Any teacher, or member of staff in a school, that does not try to confront that issue is failing in their responsibility."

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Security Council: Statement by Ambassador Wittig on Afghanistan
- as delivered -
"Thank you, Mr President,
To start, I would like to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Kubis. I extend my thanks to him for his comprehensive briefing and for his and his team's dedicated work in support of the Afghan people. I also appreciate Ambassador Tanin's presence in this Council today. My Government aligns itself with the statement delivered by the European Union later in this debate.
Mr President,
Afghanistan has taken major steps on its path through political and security transition in the past months. At the Tokyo Conference the Government of Afghanistan and the international community reaffirmed their long term partnership and agreed on the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework. Germany considers the comprehensive and timely implementation of this framework key in achieving a peaceful and prosperous future for Afghanistan. It is also paramount in securing the continued support of the international community. At the Senior Officials Meeting held in Kabul on 3 July these mutual commitments have been reaffirmed.
Since then, further progress has been achieved in many areas. We particularly welcome the establishment of a legislative framework for the presidential and provincial elections in April 2014. The appointment of new members to the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Independent Election Complaints Commission (IECC) has been another decisive step. We are now awaiting announcements of candidates to run in these historic elections that will result in a peaceful transfer of power. On the other hand, more remains to be done to ensure that the elections will be transparent, credible and inclusive, in particular regarding the participation of women in the election process. Germany will further support Afghanistan in its continued preparations for the elections and will contribute overall more than 10 Million Euros to this end.
Mr President,
Although focusing on the preparations of elections, we must not forget that there are many other challenges lying ahead in Afghanistan. Preserving and consolidating gains in the protection and promotion of Human rights is of utmost importance. Sustained action to implement statutory safeguards, first and foremost the EVAW (Elimination of Violence against Women) Law is a key requirement in this regard. Furthermore, we are confident that the Government of Afghanistan will continue to ensure the independence of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) according to Afghan law and the Paris principles.
Mr President,
The most recent visit of President Karzai in Pakistan and the subsequent release of members of the Taliban from prisons in Pakistan open up new opportunities in the peace and reconciliation process. We encourage all sides to pursue the path of an Afghan-led and –owned peace process further, despite potential setbacks ahead as we believe that there is no reasonable alternative.
The Afghan security forces continue to face serious challenges. This is demonstrated, inter alia, by the attack on the Consulate General of the United States in Herat last Friday as well as the killing of the Chief of the Independent Election Commission in Kunduz Province yesterday. Germany condemns these heinous terrorist attacks in the strongest terms. Germany remains confident, however, that with evolving but persistent international support the Afghan security forces will continue to prove capable to respond to these challenges.
Mr President,
Let me conclude by underlining that Germany will continue to support the Government of Afghanistan, also after 2014. Our particular focus will remain on implementation of the mutual commitments stemming from the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework.
Thank you, Mr President."


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Mets cooled off by Hamels in loss to Phillies
Gee solid before exiting in seventh; Edgin allows grand slam to Utley
NEW YORK -- Within a split second of the ball leaving Chase Utley's bat, it was clear this was not going to resemble the type of game the Mets have grown accustomed to playing in recent weeks. Utley's grand slam sped out of Citi Field on a line on Tuesday night, landing halfway up the second deck in right and sending Cole Hamels and the Phillies to a 6-0 victory over the Mets.
These two teams may well be traveling in opposite directions, as Thursday's non-waiver Trade Deadline promises to attest. But the Phils still have some familiar old thunder on their roster. They still have the ability to upend the Mets.
So it was Tuesday, when Hamels' strong outing and Utley's slam knocked the Mets down a peg in their quest for .500, for relevance, for a reason to be buyers at the Deadline.
"They've been playing pretty good," Mets manager Terry Collins said of the last-place Phillies. "If you look at what they did on their last homestand, they played pretty well. Their record is not necessarily where they want it to be. They're down, but they had a good homestand, they're swinging good, Cole's pitched good. It was one of those nights."
Though the Phillies outplayed the Mets for most of the evening, this did not have the makings of a blowout until Dillon Gee walked Jimmy Rollins to load the bases with two outs in the seventh. That prompted Collins to call on lefty specialist Josh Edgin, who promptly served up a grand slam to Utley.
"I was going outside with a fastball, I left it middle and that's what he's paid for," Edgin said. "No offense to anyone here, but I left it right down the middle of the plate. I put it out there for him to hit it and he did."
Combined with the solo homers Rollins and Grady Sizemore hit off Gee earlier in the game, it resulted in a six-run cushion. Gee, who has lost three games in a row since coming off the disabled list earlier this month, did not agree with Collins' assessment that he fatigued in the seventh, despite his dampened pitch counts throughout July.
"The most frustrating part is I thought I threw the ball a lot better than I have in the last few outings," said Gee, whose final line included five earned runs in 6 2/3 innings. "When the end result still isn't there, it's very frustrating."
It's not as if the Mets were doing much anyway against Hamels, their off-again, on-again nemesis for most of the last decade. The victim of an early series of bloops and bleeders, Hamels relied on key strikeouts to escape jams in the first and third innings, before reeling off 13 straight outs from the fourth through the eighth. He wound up completing eight innings, striking out eight and walking none to reaffirm his status as one of the game's best lefties.
"He made pitches it seemed like when he needed to," Mets outfielder Chris Young said. "You never know what weapons he's going to use. His changeup was really good today. In the past, I feel like I've seen his changeup pretty good, but tonight he was able to keep it down in the zone and not make too many mistakes with it."
The loss dropped the Mets back to five games under .500 with one contest -- Wednesday's series finale against the Phillies -- to go before the Trade Deadline. General manager Sandy Alderson said earlier this week that he does not expect the Mets to do much before the Deadline, and that he certainly does not expect them to be sellers.
That stands in stark contrast to the Phillies, whose veteran-laden roster includes several pieces ripe for trade. While the Mets are trending upward with youth and pitching, the Phillies are struggling to squeeze production out of a roster with a number of 30-something-year-old veterans.
Even if the Phillies sit in last place, their aging stars still possess plenty of talent, as Utley and Hamels proved at Citi Field. Consider it one more obstacle for the Mets to overcome in Wednesday's finale, which Collins called "the biggest game we've played this week."
"We have to get after it [Wednesday]," Collins said. "We have to finish just like we've been talking about, and that's win series."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Green tea is also one of a handful of substances that can reduce levels of nitric oxide in the brain. Nitric oxide is an important neurotransmitter that contributes to memory formation, but too much nitric oxide can cause certain neurodegenerative disorders.
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P is for Pulp #62
Dime Mystery
(August, 1949)
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- Scott Is NOT A Professional said...
The black cat is the touch that makes it. Black cats get a bad rap. There's a black cat who always hangs out around my local Starbucks. Everyone loves him and pets him - he's the sweetest pussy imaginable.
As far as old-school pulp fiction/noir goes, there are quite a few excellent compilations of that stuff available. It's good stuff. The only Jim Thompson or Patricia Highsmith or Cornell Woolrich I own is in multi-author collections like that.
- January 25, 2013 1:17 AM
- swac said...
I wonder if that's Vincent Price's cat?
- January 25, 2013 8:16 AM
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On a brisk, foggy Tuesdsay morning in San Francisco, Apple unveiled the iPad Air, a new tablet which is thinner and faster than the previous devices, in a bid to consolidate its grip on the high end of the tablet market.
In what it called the "lightest full-sized tablet in the world", Apple said it had a "dramatically different experience" but the new tablet did not include the fingerprint reader that some had expected after it was introduced for the latest iPhone. The company also unveiled a new iPad mini and cut the cost of the original smaller tablet to $299, the cheapest price for an iPad ever.
Revealing a whole host of updates from mobile apps to its Mac OS update, it announced that it would now offer its software for free. Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, said the move was "turning the industry on its ear".
Tim Bradshaw and Hannah Kuchler followed the launch for the FT's Apple liveblog as Tim Cook took to the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco.


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With the new CBA magnifying the importance of the draft and one of the most talented groups of prospects in recent years, what happened on Thursday night will have significant ramifications on the balance of power in the NBA for the next decade. Who made the right picks will take a long time to figure out - how the draft is perceived today will differ a lot from how it is perceived next year, three years and five years from now. There's a lot to get too, so let's get to it.
Cleveland Cavaliers
- Andrew Wiggins (No. 1)
- Joe Harris (No. 33)
- Dwight Powell (No. 45)
I wasn't as high on Wiggins as most people, but in and of itself, I don't have a huge problem with the pick. At the very least, he will be a two-way wing who contributes at a high level on both sides of the ball. He is still a young player and if he can develop his offensive game, as both a shot-creator and a distributor, he has as much upside as anyone not named Joel Embiid. He can slide between either wing position, although the Cavs said they view him as a big SG.
Given his somewhat raw offensive game, I can see the idea that he will be more effective as a SG. He has the athleticism to pull it off and he would tower over the vast majority of guards at 6'8 200 with a 7'0 wingspan. At the same time, it's hard to picture a scenario where Wiggins doesn't draw the bigger of the other team's two wings. Unless the Cavs play him with another 6'8+ guy who can create his own shot at SF, the other team can afford to cross-switch on defense.
My concern with the pick comes from the drafts of Christmas past and the young core that is being built in Cleveland. If you commit to Wiggins as a SG, there doesn't seem to be enough minutes and touches for Dion Waiters, a guy who is just starting to turn the corner in terms of becoming an effective pro. More broadly, the Cavs have made five Top-4 picks in the last four years and they still don't have a rim protector on their roster. That doesn't make any sense.
You could make a justification for why they didn't go with a center at the time each pick was made, but whether it was Jonas Valanciunas in 2011, Andre Drummond in 2012, Nerlens Noel or Alex Len in 2013 or Embiid in 2014, at some point they needed to bite the bullet and not take the flashiest perimeter player who scored a lot of points in college. That's how you build a roster and any roster with Kyrie and Anthony Bennett on it is going to need some interior defense.
In the second round, they grabbed a shooter (Joe Harris) and a versatile big man (Powell) who should round out their bench. Harris is pretty much a pure specialist, but he should be able to stretch the floor in a limited role. I'm not sure whether Powell will get the chance to play right away in Cleveland, but a 6'11 guy with his athleticism and skill should be able to find a spot for himself in the league. He's a better player than Huestis, his Stanford teammate.
Milwaukee Bucks
- Jabari Parker (No. 2)
- Damien Inglis (No. 31)
- Johnny O'Bryant III (No. 36)
- Lamar Patterson (No. 48)
The Bucks went with the player who could help them right away in Jabari Parker, as their owner had said they would do earlier in the week. He doesn't have the upside of Embiid, but it's a good fit of player and roster, as Milwaukee has the athletes upfront to hide Parker on defense, and they desperately needed a frontcourt player who could create his own shot and stretch the floor. The combination of Jabari at the 4 and Giannis at the 3 should be a great one-two punch.
The big question with Jabari is whether he can make his teammates better. Brandon Knight is a SG in a PG's body and they don't have a ton of passing on their roster. He's probably going to draw double teams early in his career, so he will need to be willing to make the extra pass and look to set everyone else up, which is not something he did too often at Duke. If he can get guys like John Henson and Larry Sanders easy shots, Milwaukee could improve quickly.
The Henson/Sanders frontcourt duo was probably dead on arrival due to their complete lack of floor spacing, so it will be interesting to see how that dynamic plays out over the next few seasons. If Chris Bosh can survive as a small-ball center in the East, I'm not sure Henson can't either, which would give Milwaukee a really interesting frontcourt on both sides of the ball. They still need a two-way guard who can pass and shoot, but their rebuilding effort is going well.
They've been a pretty ahead of the curve team when it comes to finding talent in the draft, so I'm curious to see whether anything comes of their three second round picks. Damien Inglis, as a 240-pound wing with a 7'3 wingspan, is an interesting long-term play while Lamar Patterson could provide value as an all-around player who do a little bit of everything. Johnny O'Bryant will need to be able to shoot, as there won't be much room around the basket for him to operate.
Philadelphia 76ers
- Joel Embiid (No. 3)
- Dario Saric (No. 10)
- KJ McDaniels (No. 33)
- Jerami Grant (No. 39)
- Vasilije Micic (No. 52)
- Nemanja Dangubic (No. 54)
Philadelphia has dominated the headlines with their no-holds barred effort to rebuild through the draft and take the very, very long view when it comes to accumulating assets, which is a polite way of saying they've been tanking pretty egregiously. The good news for is if that there's a player in this draft whose worth gutting your franchise and waiting several years for, it's Joel Embiid. He's a guy who makes a team instantly credible on both sides of the ball.
Just like with Nerlens Noel, the 76ers can afford to take their time with Embiid's health. His upside is off the charts - at 7'0 250 with a 7'5 wingspan, he has the chance to be an elite offensive player and defensive player. He's by far the best player in this draft and if you're going to go down, you might as well go down with the guy who has the most talent and hope for the best. It's unclear whether Embiid and Noel can fit together, but you can always trade a 7'0 who can play.
Saric is an interesting guy in that he's got a lot of the same skill-set as Michael Carter-Williams, as big ball-handlers (6'9 230) with a good feel for the game and questions about their outside shot. The 76ers clearly don't place a huge priority on outside shooting - McDaniels (30%), Grant (0%) and Micic (29%) are all subpar shooters from the perimeter. They'll need to be in transition as much as possible, which fits with the style they played this season.
Of their second-round picks, I think McDaniels is the one to watch. He can defend multiple positions on the perimeter and he's a freak athlete who averaged 3 blocks a game from the small forward position, which doesn't really happen at any level of the game. He should get all the minutes he can handle next season and he should be a great finisher in transition next to Carter-Williams. Let's just hope some of Chip Engelland's magic rubbed off on Brett Brown.
Orlando Magic
- Aaron Gordon (No. 4)
- Elfrid Payton (No. 10)
- Roy Devyn Marble (No. 56)
After two years as the Orlando GM, it's pretty clear that Rob Hennigan has a type - uber-athletic prospects who can do a little bit of everything, even if they can't shoot. Victor Oladipo, Aaron Gordon and Elfrid Payton are all smart players who can fly around the court, crash the glass and defend multiple positions, but I'm not sure whether you can build a whole roster of players like that. There's not going to be any floor spacing when those guys are in the game.
I'm on board with the Gordon pick because he fills so many holes on their interior defense, a must for a team with a frontcourt that features Nik Vucevic and Tobias Harris. But while you can get away with a poor shooter at one of the forward positions, there are not many examples in the modern NBA of a successful backcourt with two subpar shooters. Instead of the Splash Brothers, the Magic have the Clank Brothers - you can legitimately zone this team.
Payton is a Rajon Rondo level shooter - college teams were playing 4-5 feet off him when he had the ball in his hands and he really couldn't make them pay. He shot 26% from 3 and 61% from the free-throw line. It's no coincidence that Rondo was most effective playing next to two knock down shooters in Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. His game is drawing defenders and kicking to the shooter, but you really can't run plays for Oladipo (33% from 3) on the perimeter.
Orlando is going to have to play uptempo and try to force TO's as much as possible, because they are going to have a real hard time scoring in the half-court. My worry is that Oladipo and Payton end up making each other worse, since the other guy's defender can sit in the paint on defense and cut off their driving lanes. To me it all goes back to the Oladipo pick - you can't draft a 6'4 guard at No. 2 overall if he can't shoot 3's or run point. He needs to hit the gym this summer.
Utah Jazz
- Dante Exum (No. 5)
- Rodney Hood (No. 23)
Combo forward was the biggest area of need on the Utah roster, but when Jabari Parker and Aaron Gordon were both off the board, they made the adjustment and took the best player available in Dante Exum. It's hard to knock their choice, even if it extends the rebuilding period, since the draft is the only way the Jazz are going to be able to grab a star-caliber player. Outside of Embiid, I think Exum has the best chance of any player in the draft of being a two-way star.
The big storyline about Exum coming into the draft was about him benefitting from being an unknown, but that really wasn't fair. Everyone saw him in play in the Hoop Summit and the U19 world championships and you don't have to watch him play for very long to see that he is a special player. He's a big guard (6'6 190 with a 6'9 wingspan) who is super-fast, very skilled and has a very good feel for the game. He has the tools that jump off the screen in one viewing.
Even though Utah picked behind Orlando in the last two drafts, I'd much rather have an Exum/Burke backcourt than Oladipo/Payton. The Jazz draft pretty well - Hood was another solid pick at No. 24. He's not going to be a star, but he can eat a lot of minutes on the perimeter as a two-way wing. This draft does seem to make Alec Burks expendable and he could be an interesting buy low guy. He's still only 22 and his per-36 minute numbers are solid.
They are pretty set with Derrick Favors upfront and the perimeter trio of Burke/Exum/Hayward so the question becomes what they do at PF. They moved away from Enes Kanter and the two-post offense last season - do they shop him around this summer? Do they keep Marvin Williams? If the Jazz want to accelerate the rebuilding process, they might want to think about Channing Frye, who would give their young players a lot of space to operate.
Boston Celtics
- Marcus Smart (No. 6)
- James Young (No. 17)
I'm a Marcus Smart fan, but I think this pick is closer to the start of a rebuilding process for the Celtics than it is for the end of one. You can play him with Rajon Rondo, but Smart's ideal scenario is to have the ball in his hands next to perimeter guys who can space the floor for him. At this point, it looks like the move is to trade Rondo and begin a 3+ year process of building a contender through the draft because there aren't too many other assets on this roster.
The problem starts in their frontcourt, where they've got absolutely nothing at the C position, two question marks at PF and Jeff Green at SF. Green is a solid NBA player, but he has a career 13.1 PER and if he's a starter on a playoff team, he's going to have to be the 4rth-5th option. Jared Sullinger and Kelly Olynyk both have the skills to put up some empty statistics on offense, but neither guy has the foot-speed or the athleticism to be much of a defensive player.
Even if they traded for Kevin Love, they would be still 2-3 pieces away from being a contender - the supporting cast in Minnesota is much better than the one he would have in Boston.
James Young should be able to stick in the league, but I'd throw water on the idea that he was one of the steals of the draft. Take a closer look at his statistics and nothing really stands out at you - shooting is the strength of his game and he shot 35% from 3 and 41% from the field.
Los Angeles Lakers
- Julius Randle (No. 7)
- Jordan Clarkson (No. 46)
Given the lack of talent on their roster, the Lakers could get the most immediate impact from their draft than just about any team in the NBA. For all the concerns about Randle, no one has ever doubted his ability to put up numbers if he's given the ball enough. He may not shoot the ball at a terribly high percentage as a rookie, but he will work his way into double-doubles on a nightly basis if given the minutes and there's no reason he won't get 35+ right away.
Kobe Bryant is the ultimate high-usage player, but I'm a little skeptical he's going to be able to play 39 minutes a game with a usage rating of 32 and miss only four games, which is what he did in his last healthy season two years ago. He's going to have to take it easy and have his minutes managed more carefully so there should be plenty of opportunities for Randle as well as Clarkson, who could be one of the steals of the draft in the middle of the second round.
At 6'5 190, Clarkson is a talented scorer who can get to the rim and shoot off the dribble, so if he's given the chance to play in space with the ball in his hands, he should be able to put up some statistics too. The Lakers are rebuilding, so they need to figure out some way to keep their 2015 pick, which is owed to the Phoenix Suns if it falls outside of the Top 5. A team with Kobe and Randle is going to need someone, possibly multiple someones, who can play defense.
Sacramento Kings
- Nik Stauskas (No. 8)
Stauskas has the chance to be a pretty good NBA player, but this is still a fairly questionable pick since it blocks the development of last year's lottery pick (Ben McLemore) and it doesn't really address any of the needs the Kings have on their current roster. Stauskas is a guy with a lot of defensive question marks who needs the ball in his hands, which is the exact same thing you can say about DeMarcus Cousins, Isaiah Thomas and Rudy Gay.
As McLemore found out last year, it's hard to develop as a young SG when you are playing with three guys who absolutely dominate the ball. McLemore and Stauskas could become a low-rent version of DeMar DeRozan and Terrence Ross, two guys who didn't get a chance to show what they could do until Gay left town. Even in a best case scenario for Stauskas early in his career, he's going to be playing off the ball, getting 6-8 shots and not playing much defense.
That's how you end up staying in the lottery for an extended period of time - by taking a bunch of guys whose skills replicate, rather than complement, each other. McLemore had a very difficult rookie season, but he's still only 21 years old and you have to trust the process you made in scouting him the year before. Neither Stauskas nor McLemore has the size to play as a SF or the skill-set to be a PG, so you are essentially choosing between one or the other.
Charlotte Hornets
- Noah Vonleh (No. 9)
- PJ Hairston (No. 26)
I thought the Hornets were one of the real winners in this year's draft, making the long-term upside pick and stopping Vonleh's slide at No. 9 and then picking up an older shooter who can help them right away in Hairston. Vonleh didn't put up big statistics at Indiana, but I thought he had one of the best all-around skill-sets in this year's draft. He's a big man who can shoot the ball, rebound, post up and who has the physical tools to defend either interior position.
Vonleh's versatility makes him a great fit next to any type of big man - he should be able to play right away with Al Jefferson and he should be a long-term complement to Cody Zeller. Zeller was a forgotten man after a tough start to his rookie campaign, but he started to come around as the season went on. Zeller and Vonleh could play high-low and serve as versatile weapons in a two-post offense while still having the athleticism to defend and get out in transition.
Hairston is a 21-year-old who put up huge numbers in the D-League after washing out of UNC and his skill-set could immediately improve the Hornets. They desperately need three-point shooting and he's a knock-down shooter who shot 36% from 3 on 7 attempts a game for the Texas Legends. At 6'5 230, he's already got an NBA body, so he should be able to step into their rotation away and at least hold his own from a physical standpoint on the defensive side of the ball.
Chicago Bulls
- Doug McDermott (No. 11)
- Cameron Bairstow (No. 49)
The Bulls went all-in on McDermott, sending three picks (No. 16, No. 19 and a future 2nd) to the Nuggets to move up five spots. If you were looking for an ideal landing spot for McDermott, it would have to be a team like Chicago, which needs scoring and has the team defense to hide him on that side of the ball. But while he should be a great weapon off their bench, I'm skeptical that he can ever be a starter on a good team, which isn't a high ceiling for a lottery pick.
Combo forwards are some of the toughest players to project because the defensive responsibilities at the SF and PF position are so different. Just to give a few examples - if the Bulls faced the Indiana Pacers in a playoff series, can McDermott guard Paul George or David? If they played the Raptors, could he defend Amir Johnson or DeMar DeRozan? He's not big enough to match up with PF's around the basket and he's not quick enough to defend SF's on the perimeter.
If there's anyone who should be able to hide a guy on defense it's Tom Thibodeau, but the transition from being a small-ball 4 in the Mountain Valley Conference and the new Big East (which was essentially a mid-major) to playing as a 3 in the NBA will not be easy. Bairstow is a bruising PF with a well-rounded offensive game, but he can't shoot 3's, he's not much of a shot-blocker and he's not a very good athlete, so it's unclear whether his game will translate.
Minnesota Timberwolves
- Zach LaVine (No. 13)
- Glenn Robinson III (No. 40)
- Alessandro Gentile (No. 53)
The Wolves went full YOLO with their pick, which is exactly what a team in their situation needed to do. There doesn't appear to be much chance that Kevin Love stays in Minnesota for much longer and they have too much peripheral talent on their roster to sink to the bottom of the lottery, so they could end up in the dreaded middle for many years to come, forever making picks in the 10-15 range. As a result, it makes all the sense in the world to take an upside guy like LaVine.
Even though he didn't do all that much in college, I'm firmly in the LaVine camp and I think he will be a very interesting player running the break with Ricky Rubio and spotting up off him in the half-court. Those two could quickly form the ultimate League Pass duo on the perimeter. And while LaVine is not a guy whose ready to play a big role on a playoff team and help convince Love to say, the reality is that ship has sailed regardless of who they picked at No. 13.
Phoenix Suns
- TJ Warren (No. 14)
- Tyler Ennis (No. 18)
- Bogdan Bogdanovic (No. 27)
- Alec Brown (No. 50)
Warren has the potential to be one of the best picks in this year's draft, from a fit and upside perspective. He's an elite scorer who can run the floor and get buckets without having plays drawn up for him, so he should be a perfect in the Suns uptempo system. He'll come off the bench as a rookie, but I could see him taking over for PJ Tucker at the SF spot long-term and his ability to fill it up while playing off the ball could make the Phoenix offense go nuclear.
Ennis doesn't have the next level gear of either Goran Dragic or Eric Bledsoe, but he's a solid player who can step in and give them good minutes at the backup PG position right away. Bogdanovic is a draft-and-stash player who can do a little bit of everything - there's some Marco Belinelli in his game. The Suns have made a remarkably quick turnaround under Ryan McDonough due to their ability to evaluate talent and that doesn't look to be changing anytime soon.
Atlanta Hawks
- Adreian Payne (No. 15)
- Walter Tavares (No. 43)
Payne is an absolutely perfect fit for the Hawks system - he's an athletic big man who can stretch the floor at a high level (42% from 3 as a senior) while also providing more interior defense than a lot of the guys on their roster now. Long-term, the combination of Payne and Al Horford could be absolutely lethal on both sides of the ball. Playing with those two will make all their perimeter players better and allow the Hawks to be better than the sum of their parts.
Atlanta pushed Indiana to the breaking point with the combination of Paul Millsapp and Pero Antic upfront and neither player is as good a shooter or interior defender as Payne and Horford. There's something to be said for drafting players to fit a system, especially when that system is max floor spacing at all five positions. The Hawks also picked up a really interesting second round flyer in Walter Tavares, who I could see being a better player than Lucas Noguiera.
Denver Nuggets
- Jusuf Nurkic (No. 16)
- Gary Harris (No. 19)
- Nikola Jokic (No. 41)
Trading back is almost never a good idea in the NBA draft, but the Nuggets worked it too perfection on Thursday, winding up with two players - Nurkic and Harris - whom they could have easily taken at No. 11 with no one blinking an eye. Nurkic is the best low-post scorer in this year's draft and he represents a sea change from the George Karl era - he's a mix of Nikola Pekovic and Tiago Splitter and he's a guy Brian Shaw can run offense through in the post.
It's unclear how many minutes there will be for Harris early in his career, but he's a solid two-way player with a very high floor, which is excellent value in the latter half of the first round. Harris can defend either guard position, stretch the floor and serve as a secondary ball-handler and he's still only 20 years old. Jokic is an interesting pick, as he's another massive European big man who can score with his back to the basket, although he will likely stay overseas for awhile.
Toronto Raptors
- Bruno Caboclo (No. 20)
- DeAndre Daniels (No. 37)
There's not much I can say about the Brazilian Kevin Durant, but just from his physical measurements, it doesn't seem like an insane gamble at this stage in the first round. There were plenty of good players still on the board, but a lot of the teams after the Raptors went with low ceiling guys who weren't going to make an immediate impact on the Toronto roster anyway. In terms of talent, Daniels is right up there with most of the guys taken 21-36.
Oklahoma City Thunder
- Mitch McGary (No. 21)
- Josh Huestis (No. 29)
- Semaj Christon (No. 55)
Oklahoma City seemed to take a bit of a change in philosophy with this year's first-round picks. Instead of taking a swing for the fences and going with the high upside pick, like they did with Steven Adams, Reggie Jackson and Perry Jones III, they went for safe picks on older players from big schools who could fill a small role in their rotation right away. McGary is the bigger name than Huestis, but neither guy is ever likely to be a starter in the NBA.
The good news is for the Thunder is they don't really that type of player, given that every position in their starting line-up is already spoken for with guys they've already drafted. McGary and Huestis seem like guys who max out as 15-20 minute players on a title contender - McGary as an energy big man and Huestis as a 3-and-D player. Keep an eye out for Christon, a talented guard who should have stayed in school and will likely head to the D-League.
Memphis Grizzlies
- Jordan Adams (No. 22)
- Jarnell Stokes (No. 35)
Whatever shake-ups have occurred in the Memphis front office, it's pretty clear that John Hollinger still has a very strong voice, as they picked two analytics favorites - Adams and Stokes - who raise red flags from a scouting perspective. Adams is an incredibly unathletic SG while Stokes is an undersized PF who can't stretch the floor. They were both really good college players so it will be interesting to see how well these analytic poster boys end up doing.
Miami Heat
- Shabazz Napier (No. 24)
No free agent comes to Miami without LeBron James' say so and that apparently extends to the draft as well. If LeBron is going to serve as their de facto GM, he should probably stop tweeting his scouting reports, as it allows other teams to extort them for the players they want. Napier is a fine player who should have a long career in the NBA as a PG, but the Heat could have grabbed a player like that in the second round. The world isn't running low on Mario Chalmers types.
Houston Rockets
- Clint Capela (No. 25)
- Nick Johnson (No. 42)
With the Rockets trying to clear cap space and make a run at a max free agent, a draft and stash player like Capela was their only real option. I haven't watched him play much, but from what I saw of him at the Hoop Summit, his skill level on anything but catching alley oops was pretty minimal. Given his size and athleticism at 6'11 220, he might one day replace Omer Asik as a backup C, but I'm not sure the Serge Ibaka comparisons are warranted at all.
Los Angeles Clippers
- CJ Wilcox (No. 28)
Wilcox is a 23-year-old with an NBA body (6'5 200 with a 6'10 wingspan) and an NBA skill (39% from 3), so it makes sense why a contender would draft him, but his fit with the Clippers roster is questionable. He'll be behind last year's first-round pick (Reggie Bullock) in the pecking order and there aren't many minutes available on the wings as is. LA doesn't just need a third big man, they need a fourth and a fifth too, so taking another guard is a head scratcher.
San Antonio Spurs
- Kyle Anderson (No. 30)
- Jordan McRae (No. 58)
One of the benefits of having the last pick in the first round is that you just let the draft come to you without having to over-think things. I was a big Kyle Anderson guy regardless, so him ending up in San Antonio is just a cherry on top - he's going to be one of the big steals of the draft. A 6'9 guy with his skill-set, length (7'3 wingspan) and feel for the game is going to figure it out and carve out a niche for himself in the NBA, which is great value from the No. 30 pick.
New York Knicks
- Cleanthony Early (No. 34)
- Thanasis Antetokounmpo (No. 51)
- Louis Labiyre (No. 57)
Cleanthony became the darling of draft night based almost entirely off his performance against Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament, but I'm not sure he's going to be anything special at the next level. He's a 6'8 combo forward who was pretty one-dimensional at Wichita State and will need to transition to playing solely as a SF in the NBA. He's already 23 and he doesn't offer much value as a passer or a defensive player. Their other two picks are Hail Mary passes.
Detroit Pistons
- Spencer Dinwiddie (No. 38)
If I could have only one player from this year's second round, it would be Dinwiddie. At 6'6 205, he's a complete guard who can do everything - score, shoot, pass, rebound and defend - well. He can fit with almost any type of player in the backcourt, which will give him the chance to be a 10-year NBA player. Were it not for an ACL injury he suffered in college, he would have been a first-rounder. This was a strong start in the draft for the Stan Van Gundy regime.
Brooklyn Nets
- Markel Brown (No. 44)
- Xavier Thames (No. 59)
- Cory Jefferson (No. 60)
Buying second round picks is an excellent way for a cash-rich but pick-starved franchise like the Nets to get some youth on their roster. More importantly, Billy King made some excellent choices. He clearly was watching Big 12 basketball this season, as he took two guys - Brown and Jefferson - who were NCAA role players but have NBA athleticism and tools. The odds are against them as late second rounders, but I like their chances of sticking in the league.
New Orleans Pelicans
- Russ Smith (No. 47)
I'm not sure he's any better than Pierre Jackson, but Smith is an intriguing player whose definitely worth a gamble in the latter half of the second round. A guy taken at this stage in the draft needs a bit if he's going to earn a spot on a roster and Smith has one - he's an electric athlete who can impact the game as a scorer and a defensive player. Like Jackson, he'll probably need to prove himself in the D-League, but he has a decent chance of making it back.


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Here are the two announcements from the Rangers:
Expected to be Sidelined for the Remainder of the Season
New York, January 9, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that Alex Frolov has suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament, a second degree sprain of his medial collateral ligament and a medial meniscus tear in his right knee, and will undergo season-ending surgery.
Frolov was examined by Dr. Andrew Feldman and had an MRI performed earlier today. He sustained the injury during a 2-1 win at St. Louis last night. Frolov has registered seven goals and nine assists for 16 points, along with eight penalty minutes in 43 games this season.
New York, January 9, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that forward Kris Newbury has been recalled from the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Newbury, 28, has registered five goals and 30 assists for 35 points, along with 87 penalty minutes in 41 games with Connecticut this season. He is currently tied for 11th in the AHL in scoring with 35 points, while his 30 assists are tied for third in the league. He also leads the team in points and assists, and ranks fourth in penalty minutes. Newbury has registered a team-high, 10 multi-point performances this season, including two separate streaks of three games with multiple points – November 13 vs. Springfield to November 19 at Springfield (six assists), and December 3 at Providence to December 11 vs. Manchester (one goal, six assists). The 5-11, 213-pounder established a career-high with an eight-game assist streak from November 28 vs. Adirondack to December 17 vs. Worcester, recording three goals and 12 assists over the span.
Last season, Newbury split the season between Grand Rapids and Hartford, registering 15 goals and 36 assists for 51 points, along with 205 penalty minutes in 70 AHL contests. He tied for the Wolf Pack lead in scoring with 18 points (four goals, 14 assists) in 18 games after joining the team on March 3. He made his Hartford debut on March 6 at Hamilton. Prior to his trade, Newbury led Grand Rapids and tied for 19th in the AHL with 144 penalty minutes, and ranked third on the Griffins in points (33) and assists (22). He also recorded one goal in four games with the Detroit Red Wings, and has recorded seven points (four goals, three assists) and 64 penalty minutes in 48 career NHL contests over four seasons.
The Brampton, Ontario native was originally San Jose's fifth round pick, 139th overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He was acquired by the Rangers from Detroit in exchange for forward Jordan Owens on March 3, 2010.


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New to building websites. Do you need to have some type of .htaccess file to secure it on a simple html site?
Not sure what you are asking here, but you don't need anything in an htaccess file, per se. They are handy for various things, though.
I just uploaded a site and was wondering if I had to secure it's files somehow.
No, not really. What do you mean by "secure"? Is there something in particular you want to do?
No I just don't want anyone to be able to change anything.
No, normally no one can change your site unless you give them some kind of access.
They can't unless they can get access (legally or not) to your server
I'd advise changing your file and directory permissions to read-only, for added security.
(I had a couple of sites hacked a few years back, and files were uploaded which I knew nothing about. With directory permissions set to read-only, even I can't upload to those folders, unless I remember to change them first. Which, of course, I always do. :shifty:)


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Are you looking for some good books about women's lives and relationships? Here are some of the best titles published in 2011:
The language of flowers : a novel / Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Discovering the symbolic meanings of flowers while languishing in the foster-care system, 18-year-old Victoria is hired by a florist when her talent for helping others is discovered, a situation that leads to a romantic prospect and the confrontation of a painful secret from her past.
Deep down true / Juliette Fay
Newly divorced Dana Stellgarten has always been unfailingly nice- even to telemarketers-but now her temper is wearing thin. Money is tight, her kids are reeling from their dad's departure, and her Goth teenage niece has just landed on her doorstep. Dana finds that the tension between being true to yourself and being liked doesn't end in middle school.
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Joy for beginners / Erica Bauermeister
Meeting with her five close friends to celebrate her recovery from cancer, Kate announces that she will take up white-water rafting if each of them will also do something that equally terrifies them, a challenge that results in a tattoo, a bread-baking endeavor and a reconciliation.
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Unwillingly brought together to care for their ailing mother, three sisters who were named after famous Shakespearean characters discover that everything they have been avoiding may prove more worthwhile than expected.
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Suffering an accident that causes her to forget the last 10 years of her life, Alice is astonished to discover that she is 39 years old, a mother of three children and in the midst of an acrimonious divorce from a man she dearly loves.
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Adam's Hackney Bicycle Workshops have achieved iconic status in the London and wider area, but also he has brought energy and understated flair to cycling by establishing the Hackney Bicycle Film Society in 2010.
Each month a varied programme of shorts/talks and full-length features, delights and attracts visitors from all over. Just putting this together would daunt most.
Only by persistent enquiry do you begin to understand the obstacles he has overcome; landlords, tenants, hardware, software. Each month he tows a long, purpose-built trailer with wooden scaffold, tools, gigantic screen, computer and projector and builds it all up at the first floor venue. Then he has to reverse the process.
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.INFO domain registrar just announced new $1.99/year promotion and we all know that means another 10,000 directories are coming to spam Internet with vengeance.
On the bright side .MOBI domains available for only $2.99/year and .TV now only $12/year.
The main secret is: that is a price for the first year only. Next ear renewal price will be much higher. However I do not think that will increase spam.
Exactly. Places that discount domains down to $1 even are tricking you by giving you a cheap price the first year but once renewal comes, it will cost $12.
I'd rather keep my current set up of $6.95 for a .com and save in the long run.
I never thought that they are going to overprice it after a year. If this is a scam, then its better to stay with my current domain price.
I also agree you. This is only a one year offer. After one year the revise price will be more than previous year.
That's called Marketing...
To be honest I hardly find .info sites on my Google searches in the UK, but when I do I'm never tempted to click it. Unless it's a .co.uk, .com, .org, or the xtension of a specific country, I'm not interested! But i'm old school!
What's the status of .mobi domains because I would have thought that a website such as m.example.com is sufficient?
djraks, m.example.com is sufficient actually, it's just the usual "trying to make a buck" thing that happens everywhere else.
Directories?You mean to say that people make web directories if the domain prices gets low ?


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HOUSTON - A woman said a man who broke into her southwest Houston home, dragged her around and shocked her with a Taser gun.
Vicky Cabillo said she woke up to find a man in her home early Tuesday. She said the man jumped on her back and pinned her to her bed.
"He grabbed me by my shirt and he was pulling me everywhere," she said. "He was using a (Taser) on the back of my head."
Cabillo said the robber used the Taser on her repeatedly and never gave her a chance to resist or fight back.
"He asked me for the money. He started hitting me and I gave him the money. He asked me for the gold. I give him the gold and then he asked me for the keys to the car," Cabillo said.
The man got away with cash, jewelry and he drove away in Cabillo's light brown 2001 Honda Accord. The car was found a short time later near Christa McAuliffe Middle School.
Cabillo said she was shaken up but not seriously hurt.
"I just thank God I'm OK. I'm alive," she said.
Cabillo said she didn't get a good look at her attacker's face.
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Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of living in a physical form for an infinite or inconceivably vast length of time. Immortality is one of the known limits to magic; it is nearly impossible to make oneself immortal; the only known and working ways are making and using a mystical object of great power to sustain life (such as the Philosopher's Stone created by Nicolas Flamel or a Horcrux, the latter having been used by Lord Voldemort). If one were to possess the three Deathly Hallows, it is fabled that they would possess the tools to become the "Master of Death". However, being a true "Master of Death" is to be willing to accept that death is inevitable.
Immortality is not to be confused with Amortality, which is for something being unable to die due to never having been alive.
Philosopher's StoneEdit
The Philosopher's Stone, a Stone created by famous alchemist Nicolas Flamel, is able to produce the Elixir of Life, one of the known means of immortality. In 1991 and 1992, a weakened Lord Voldemort tried to gain possession of the Stone so he could rise again after his downfall ten years prior. The Stone was then destroyed by Albus Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel himself in order to prevent this from happening again. With the destruction of the Philosopher's Stone, all individuals who were immortal because they drank the Elixir of Life (like Flamel and his wife) died after the supply of Elixir ran out.[1]
The Elixir does not truly grant immortality, as it only extends the drinker's lifespan, as opposed to rendering them invulnerable to damage. Thus, it is possible for them to die even while drinking the potion.
- Harry Potter: "So if they're all destroyed...?"
- Albus Dumbledore: "One destroys Voldemort."
- — Harry Potter and Professor Albus Dumbledore, speaking of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes[src]
A Horcrux is an object chosen for the purpose of being a receptacle of one's part of his soul, split by doing the most inhumane action: murder. If all the Horcruxes (and by extension the wizard's soul) are intact, the wizard is considered immortal. Splitting one's soul is considered a violation of the very laws of nature, and existence in such a form is preferred by very few, and is therefore considered Dark Arts of the most vile.[2] Herpo the Foul is the first wizard to ever create a horcrux, and therefore the person to be accredited to this dark magic's discovery.
Lord Voldemort split his soul six times in order to maintain his status of immortal being, and kept his Horcurxes a secret from absolutely everyone to protect his own life. He had split his soul that many times in the likely belief that seven is a powerful and magical number, but had intended to make only six horcruxes, with the seventh part of his soul remaining inside himself, thus a seven part soul, and is the only wizard in history to have created more than one Horcrux and therefore considered the one closest to true immortality. Unbeknownst to him, his soul was split a seventh time. The seven Horcruxes were all items owned by reputable people that played an important — or scarring — role in his life, including the Four Founders. His best plans were, however, beaten due to his arrogance, when Regulus Black, Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger discovered his secret and found each one of his Horcruxes and destroyed them, returning Voldemort his mortality and led to his eventual and final death.[3]
Whenever phoenixes die, whether from old age or something like a Killing Curse, they always reborn from their remaining ashes, technically making them immortal. They are so far the only living beings who possess natural immortality, as it seems there is no known method to truly and permanently kill a phoenix. They are also the only creatures who defy the absolute law that nothing can truly bring back the dead. A phoenix bursting into flames to die and then to be reborn (usually by old age) is known as a Burning Day.
Fawkes, the pet phoenix of Albus Dumbledore, has been reborn from old age many times, and revived instantly from his remaining ashes when swallowing Lord Voldemort's Killing Curse and exploding.
Unicorn's bloodEdit
Unicorn blood has the gift to save a drinker from death even when they are nearing it. This makes it similar to the Elixir of Life, which also extends the life of the drinker. However, if taken, it will lead the drinkers to be cursed for all life, as they had slayed an innocent creature.
Quirinus Quirrell drank unicorn's blood while he was possessed by Voldemort, in order to maintain both of their critically near-end lives, until they can gain access to the Elixir of Life. Later, Voldemort had Peter Pettigrew to craft a Dark potion that requires unicorn blood as one of the ingredients to regain his rudimentary physical form, which would require him continuous intake of the potion to maintain the little health he regained.
Deathly HallowsEdit
Many wizards believe that the person who masters the three Deathly Hallows (which are the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility) will be the Master of Death and will achieve some form of immortality, while a larger proportion dismiss both the concept and the three artefacts as a fairy-tale. However, becoming immortal from gathering the three is a misconception, as being a true Master of Death is realising and accepting the fact that everyone will die and there are worse things than death. Harry Potter collected the three Hallows and was willing to accept death and so became the Master of Death. According to Dumbledore, the Hallows were a desperate man's dream, dangerous, and a lure for fools.


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I was quite looking forward to seeing RHW's Coachella looks, but it seems that instead of attending the festival she was attending business meetings in the city - and I love seeing her dressed like this, perhaps even more then in festival wear. She is pure class, and can do no wrong. xx
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What should I think about if either my partner or I are unemployed and we cannot afford to purchase gifts?
Unemployment can definitely take an added toll during the holidays, but there are many ways to still have a wonderful holiday season, even on a very tight budget. Regifting, giving your time instead of things, and making a beautiful or tasty homemade gift are all possibilities, and can be even more meaningful than spending money at the store. Here are some other ideas:
- Write a note to your friends telling them how special they are to you and how grateful you are for their friendship, a truly priceless gift and one they will cherish and never forget.
- Host the Christmas party and have everyone else bring the food, entertainment, drinks, etc. More often than not, the host ends up with more leftovers than they know what to do with after the party. People will appreciate the "gift" of your hosting the party.
- Another option is coordinating with your family to do a gift exchange. This way each person only buys one gift and it even allows an opt-out for those who don't want to participate or cannot afford to buy any gifts this season.
- Also, do NOT be guilted into getting someone a gift just because they got you something. This is a main reason why many people are up to their ears in debt - because they wanted to keep up with the Jones' and felt obligated to get someone a gift just because they received one.


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Sutton United's recent run of six consecutive league and cup victories ended on Saturday at the hands of the Blue Square South leaders in the most frustrating of fashions.
The only goal of a 1-0 scoreline came when Chris McPhee's wayward shot was deflected past Kevin Scriven off the unfortunate Tom Kavanagh.
That said, if either side deserved to break the deadlock it was Salisbury.
They carried more attacking threat throughout and missed two good chances in the first 20 minutes, but for the most part Sutton defended their lines well and it would not have been a travesty had they come back from Wiltshire with a point.
United had to change the side that had won so impressively at Bromley, Jamie Stuart the latest to go down with the flu-like virus that had laid several players low and was responsible for Craig Dundas still not being well enough to start.
The reshuffled pack almost got off to the worst possible start had Jamie White, the division's joint leading scorer, not missed a clear chance with only 15 seconds on the clock, pulling a shot wide after beating the Sutton defence to a pass through from the right.
It was not White's most distinguished afternoon in front of goal, as midway through the half he shot high over the bar after a quickly taken free kick from Theo Lewis had set Elliott Frear free on the left.
It took Sutton more than half an hour to create a half-chance of their own as Kavanagh's cross from the right found Harry Ottaway at the far post, but he headed disappointingly over the bar when a knock back across goal to Marvin Williams looked a better option.
Although McPhee blazed another Salisbury chance over the bar from a half-cleared free kick, Sutton enjoyed more possession as half time approached and came closest to taking the lead when a neat passing build-up between Anthony Riviere and Harry Beautyman, ended with Riviere clipping the outside of the post.
Just before half time, Salisbury's Daniel Fitchett produced another wild finish after a Frears free kick had bounced around the penalty area, but after making a change at the break, Dundas replacing Gareth Gwillim, Sutton started the second half promisingly.
Ottaway pulled a shot in to the side netting, and Beautyman lifted a loose ball just wide as Salisbury keeper Mark Scott dived at his feet, making contact with the Sutton player but not sufficiently for referee Paul Harris to judge it a foul.
Four minutes later, though, Salisbury had the lead as Frear pulled a corner low to the edge of the penalty area where it was met by McPhee with a shot that was cleanly struck but heading wide, until Kavanagh deflected it high in to the net.
United boss Paul Doswell introduced Leroy Griffiths for Ottaway but they struggled to create clear chances, although three times they were awarded free kicks within shooting range - Rents drove each of the first two in to the Salisbury wall, and in the last minute drilled the third high over the bar.
By then White should have put the game beyond Sutton's reach when he headed Fitchett's cross wide from close range, but it was not to prove an expensive miss as Salisbury retained their two-point lead at the top of the table.
This weekend, Sutton turn their attention to the FA Trophy with the visit of Wrexham of the Blue Square Premier to Gander Green Lane - more previews to follow.


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LAGUNA BEACH – Students at El Morro Elementary School tried their hands at early American crafts, games and cooking during the annual Colonial Days celebration.
On Monday and Tuesday, students dressed up as if they were guests at the first Thanksgiving and visited different stations in the multipurpose room, transformed to include a Native American village and colonial kitchen.
Parent volunteers helped staff the various activities, which included candle making, sewing, beading and leather crafts. Colonial Days and its hands-on history lessons has been a tradition at the school for more than 20 years.
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The only numbers that most Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans are going to remember from the 2012 season are 6 (the number of their team's victories) and 12 (the number of their team's losses).
But drill down past the win-loss numbers and the year-end statistics the CFL published at the conclusion of the regular season over the weekend tell a more detailed story about where exactly it all went so wrong for the Bombers in 2012 and -- more importantly at this point -- where they're going to have to improve in 2013.
Let's get the worst over with immediately and deal with the passing game first. In a season in which the Bombers had a revolving door at starting quarterback, the passing game was nothing short of dreadful in 2012.
While Bombers quarterbacks attempted the second highest number of passes in the CFL -- a function of how often they trailed this season -- they finished dead last in total passing yards and completion percentage and threw more interceptions than anyone.
But that's not even the worst of it. Consider this statistic: The four Bombers quarterbacks in 2012 combined for 16 touchdown passes -- less than one per game on average. Not only was that worst in the league, it was worst by a mile with the next-worst team -- the Toronto Argonauts -- completing 25 TDs through the air. Hamilton's Henry Burris, all by himself, threw 43 TDs to lead the league.
The good news is that Gary Crowton's offence finally found some spark towards the end of the season and led the league in terms of net yards and first downs for the six-game period immediately prior to last weekend's regular-season finale against Montreal.
The flip side? Can you imagine how bad the Bombers' offensive numbers would be if they hadn't got hot at the end of the season? The mind boggles.
Of course, as Hamilton proved in spectacular fashion this season, having a good offence is worthless if you're defence is lousy.
The Ticats scored more points than any team in the league in 2012 -- their 29.9 points per game was exactly nine points per game higher than Winnipeg's league-worst tally -- and yet the Ticats finished with the same 6-12 record as the Bombers and get to watch the playoffs on TV this month just like Winnipeg does.
The Bombers defence was better than the Ticats defence in 2012, but not by much. The Ticats surrendered a league-worst average of 32 points per game, with Winnipeg right behind in seventh with an average of 29.5 points per game surrendered.
Now, to be fair some of those points were on the Bombers offence and the real meaningful difference is in the differential. While the Ticats surrendered just 2.1 points per game more on average than they scored, the Bombers were on average out-scored 8.6 points per game -- by far the worst differential in the league and testimony to the number of times Winnipeg was blown out in 2012.
Bombers head coach Tim Burke on Sunday singled out the poor play of his secondary in 2012 as a big source of his team's problems and the numbers bear that out.
Winnipeg gave up more yards per pass and more touchdown passes than any other team in the league, suggestive of a secondary that got beat over the top way too often in 2012.
Conversely, the Winnipeg front seven was respectable this season. While the Bombers gave up an average of 111.9 yards per game rushing this season -- sixth in the CFL -- they also had the most running plays run against them in a year in which opponents so often jumped out to first-quarter leads and spent the rest of the game nursing them.
A better indicator of the Winnipeg run defence in 2012 might be the average number of yards they gave up per rush. And in that category, Winnipeg led the entire CFL at just 5.1 yards per carry.
What's more, the 43 sacks the Bombers defence registered was tied for second in the league with Calgary and trailed only the otherworldly B.C. pass rush.
Penalties hurt the team all season and got only slightly less frequent after head coach Tim Burke took over in August, despite GM Joe Mack citing too many penalties as one of the reasons he sacked Paul LaPolice. Still, in the end, the Bombers finished middle of the pack as the fifth most-penalized team in the league.
A much more critical issue was the turnover ratio, where the Bombers finished dead last by a mile with a plus-minus ratio of -17.
Winnipeg threw more interceptions (23) and lost more fumbles (18) than any other team in the league and they finished ahead of only Edmonton in giving up the ball on downs (12). And on the other side of the ball, the Bombers were dead last in forcing opponents to surrender the ball on downs (five) and tied for last in interceptions (11)
The only bright spot for Winnipeg in the turnover department was in forced fumbles, where the Bombers led the league by a wide margin with 20 recovered fumbles, five of those forced by Bombers middle linebacker Henoc Muamba.
Here's how the Winnipeg Blue Bombers ranked league-wide in some key categories during the 2012 regular season:
Average Points Scored
20.9 (last)
TDs Scored
33 (last)
TDs Rushing
17 (3rd)
TDs Passing
16 (last)
First Downs
359 (7th)
Average Net Offence
337.2 (last)
Average Yards Rushing
106.8 (4th)
Most Times Rushed
354 (3rd)
Average Yards Per Rush
5.4 (5th)
Average Yards Passing
250.6 (last)
Pass Attempts
619 (2nd)
Passes Completed
364 (6th)
Percentage Completed
58.8 (last)
Average Yards Per Pass
7.3 (last)
Interceptions Thrown
23 (last)
Fumbles Lost
18 (last)
130 (first)
Average Yards Per Punt
41.9 (7th)
QB Sacks Allowed
44 (7th)
Average Points Allowed
29.5 (7th)
TDs Allowed
48 (7th)
Rushing TDs Allowed
14 (tie 4th)
Passing TDs Allowed
34 (last)
First Downs Allowed
369 (5th)
Average Net Yards Offence Allowed
376.0 (6th)
Average Yards Rushing Allowed
111.9 (6th)
Average Yards Per Rush Allowed
5.1 (1st)
Average Yards Passing Allowed
282.3 (6th)
Average Yards Per Pass Allowed
9.5 (last)
Percentage Passes Completed Against
63.4 (4th)
11 (last)
QB Sacks
43 (tied 2nd)
Penalties Against
175 (5th)
Yards Penalized
1,438 (5th)


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NNAL Clearance in Hair and Urine (NNAL)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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The purpose of the study is to investigate how long it takes for NNAL and cotinine, both specific markers of second hand tobacco smoke exposure to clear the human body.
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Choices in GTA IV
Morality choices are points in "Grand Theft Auto IV" in which the protagonist Niko Bellic can make decisions that may or may not affect the plot of the game.
The only game to have this feature is GTA IV. When the player comes to a morality choice, he/she is given two options to choose to move along the game. Usually, depending on the decision made, the plot of the game may be affected, and the reward received varies.
Most of these morality choices come at the end of some missions, and the decision made is to kill or spare an enemy. Sometimes, if these enemies are spared, they will come back at some point later in the game as Random Characters. When the player has to choose the fate of an enemy, his arrow on top and his blip on the radar will flash between blue and red, and he will usually be begging for his life to Niko. Two occassions give the player not the opportunity to decide whether to kill an enemy or not, but to decide who to kill between two characters, being mandatory to kill someone this time, but with the chance to pick.
The ending of the game, a key element of the plot, is decided by the player depending on which mission he decides to do. The two missions appear on the radar and the player decides which to go to.
Morality choices in GTA IV
Life or death scenario
|Reward for sparing
|Ivan the Not So Terrible
|Ivan Bytchkov
|Random encounter
|Ivan is left hanging on a ledge. Niko can step on his hand so he falls to the floor to kill him, or help him up to spare him.
|Ruff Rider
|Cherise Glover
|Random encounter
|Cherise and Jayvon Simson are found by Niko. Jayvon escapes in a motorbike and Niko has to quickly decide between shooting Cherise to kill her or get on a bike to chase Jayvon and let Cherise alive.
|Holland Nights
|Clarence Little
|Random encounter
|Clarence is cornered on the roof of a complex. Niko can shoot him to kill him or just walk away to spare him.
|Portrait of a Killer
|There are a lot of gunmen in the parking lot that have to be killed. One of these, usually the one near the corner next to Dukes Boulevard, will drop his weapon and raise his hands if you kill all of the other gunmen. Niko can shoot him to kill him or just walk away to spare him. This doesn't have any repercutions later in the game and is probably just a way to add a special touch to the mission.
|Late Checkout
|Diamond dealer
|The first diamond dealer to kill (he looks like a rabbi) is in the kitchen. If you kill everyone in the floor and in the kitchen but him and you get close to him, he will drop his weapon and raise his hands. Niko can shoot him to kill him or just walk away to spare him. This doesn't have any repercutions later in the game and is probably just a way to add a special touch to the mission.
|That Special Someone
|Darko Brevic
|Darko is brought to the airport and in front of Niko with his hands handcuffed. Niko can shoot him to kill him or just walk away to spare him.
Target choosing
|Reward for killing
|Blood Brothers
|Francis McReary
|Francis tells Niko to kill Derrick, but Derrick asks Niko to kill Francis. Both are sitting on a bench and Niko has to decide who to kill from the top of a building. He can just shoot the one he wants to kill.
|Derrick McReary
|$10000 or $20000 (if you call Francis)
|The Holland Play
|Playboy X
|Playboy X's Penthouse and Dwayne's friendship
|After the first part of the mission, in which Playboy X tells Niko to kill Dwayne, Niko will receive phone calls from Playboy and Dwayne, then the two appear on the radar so Niko can decide who to kill.
|Dwayne Forge
Mission choosing
|If the Price is Right and A Dish Served Cold
|After One Last Thing, in which Niko is given the option to do the deal with Dimitri or kill him, the two missions appear on the radar so Niko can decide what to do. Depending on the mission choosen, the ending (as a result, the last two missions) will be different.