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Glentoran skipper Paul Leeman has hailed the resurgence of form of young defender Philip Simpson.
The 21-year-old has made an impressive start to this year's campaign and seems to have nailed down a place in the starting XI, for the time being at least.
Simpson first broke into the Glens' team a few seasons ago and though a little raw showed enough for Roy Coyle to offer him one of the club's first full-time contracts.
Last year though a mixture of poor form and illness meant that the Northern Ireland schoolboy international captain figured seldomly in the Glentoran line-up.
Now it looks as though he has finally found his feet alongside Leeman in the heart of the Glentoran defence.
However, with Sean Ward back in the frame after representing the Irish Universities at the World Student Games, and others patiently waiting to slot into the defence, Leeman has warned Simpson that he will have to stay on top form.
And the captain is also heeding his own advice.
"Simpy has done really well this season and deserves to be in the team at the minute for the way he has been playing," said Leeman.
"No one worked harder than him in pre-season and it has paid off.
"What he has to do is keep it up though. It can be easy for young players to get carried away but the best advice I can give him is that you have to keep working hard.
"You can't afford to get complacent at a club like Glentoran and while Simpy has all the attributes of a quality player, he has to keep up that form.
"There are players coming in especially with Sean Ward back now - who can take your place so it is important that you stay focused.
"That goes for me too - we have a lot of competition for places at the minute in every position and I know as much as anyone that I have to be on form or else I am out."
The Glens take on Lisburn Distillery at the Oval today knowing that a draw would all but secure their place in the quarter-finals of the CIS Insurance Cup.
Leeman knows, however, that success breeds more success and with the league due to start in three weeks time, the Glens have to keep up the momentum.
"We have been winning games but we haven't been at our best," he added. "I think there is still more to come from us but we have to pick it up quickly.
"There have been stages in games where we have been doing ok but we seem to be letting teams back into the game which is something that could cost us some time.
"It hasn't been a bad start so far because we have won our three games but I know we can play better and I am sure we will hit that form soon."
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There's a painful lesson to be learned for liberals, especially liberal Jews, from the hopefully concluded war in Gaza.
Most of my liberal friends desperately want to believe that the fact that Israel is subject to more criticism than almost any country in the world (including some very scary ones), that respected universities consider calls for boycotts, that student government slates (at UCLA) run and win on pledges not to accept travel from the Anti-Defamation League, that all of this and more has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that it is a Jewish state, much less with anti-Semitism. No, it's not about holding Jews to a different standard; it's Israel.
Newsflash: Not so in this war.
Israel is not the "occupier" of Gaza. Israel did not build tunnels into Gaza.
Show me another country that would be castigated, as Israel has been, even in the American media, for protecting its citizens against terrorists who had secretly figured out how to infiltrate their towns and villages, who were sending rockets aimed at major population centers without even a pretense of targeting the military.
You know what the world would say if another country were the one taking on terrorists who have vowed to destroy us, as well. We would say thanks. We would say well done. We would be very glad that they were willing to send their soldiers into harm's way, that they were adept enough to target militants. Would the international media be castigating the country that first warned of impending attacks and then hit houses where the dead were pulled out carrying rifles to the cheers of the crowd? They would not.
How is it that Israel became the villain in a war it did not start, that was necessitated by self-defense, that cost needless lives because Hamas does not value the lives of its own people either?
One of my friends sent me an e-mail from an Israeli doctor whose team had saved the life of a Palestinian woman who had been burned by her own family (likely for straying beyond the proper limits for women).,She returned to Gaza and was encouraged to return to Israel for outpatient follow-up. She was stopped at the border, suicide bombs strapped to her body, on her way to her follow-up appointment in Israel. She planned to kill herself and those who had saved her life. Her family told her they would forgive her if she did.
This is why Israelis were overwhelmingly in support of this war. It is because it was a war of self-defense, part of the struggle for survival that we would like to believe is limited to the countries in the Middle East, but is built on hatred and hypocrisy that cannot so easily be cabined.
It is good that there is a ceasefire, good that families on both sides can sleep a little better and breathe a little easier, good that fewer lives may be lost in the short run. But we liberals cannot kid ourselves.
My mother saw anti-Semitism behind every corner and always urged me not to offend. I was determined to push back against those limits — when I was growing up, limits on who could live where and go to school where and even go fishing off of which dock — just like I was determined to push back on the limits imposed on women. No one's victim. Not me. We Jewish Americans have done very, very well and have much to be grateful for.
But blindness is more dangerous than paranoia.
It wasn't — it isn't — just about Israel.
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23. Riker 6. KiNa 2. Ichigo-Sora Everyone did a great job this time around and it was really hard picking just three ^^; Also goodluck to everyone!!
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--> Meh, I'm having a litte trouble putting all the pieces together 9. KasumiGirl 12. Deathkillz --> Hm, not many people entered this time
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Ah damn it should have put some text in my sig.
19. Solace 12. Deathkillz 9. KasumiGirl It seems that the number of the entries dropped but the quality of all sig are still very good. Really everyone should be proud of their work.
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I can see 13. Cyz but not 26. Ice Climbers.
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Sounds good and will help in anyway that you need. Thanks for all the hard work.
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Forgot to mentoin that we have used RETAIL files of 4.0 and also used a RETAIL 3.41 base fw.
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i'll do anything to help also.i have a retail 3.41 slim if needed to test anything.
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Yes that might work, could be what cfwprophet is hinting at! I know all retail files are used up until now, but its nice to have a fresh dump of 4.00 debug files to work with too isnt it!
BTW: He means index.dat which is an encrypted version of version.txt with some other info. possibly need to swap version.txt too.
I havnt been trying any of this. too busy!
300th Post! wahoo! heres the 4.00 Debug Dump. have fun and be careful! http://www.woofiles.com/dl-279107-FB...edDeViL303.rar
BTW: Can people Please stop using progskeet etc to dump new firmwares dev_flash, do it the easy way!
Anyone on here thats got a nice upload speed feel like uploading that to multiupload or similar so the links stay alive for a while feel free! Ive only got a 50kbs upload speed
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I have been waiting just too long for the Batman AC's crack to show up for ps3.
Hope that is the first thing to come out now..
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Bit of scene info from non english speaking world I haven't seen up here yet: There is a 360+games.for.355.dev_flash.fix.Mooses.rar floating around that has definitely got 4.00 files in it (I wouldn't say this only Ive confirmed it for myself, eg. AppVersion: 4.00.0 , AppAuthID: 10700000_52000001) so it seems TeaM-Ac1D are not the only ones using this approach.
Still not convinced but maybe there is something more to their claims than I thought. Haven't tested as I haven't got any 3.60+ games here but I'm sure if there is any truth to it it will spread quick. Anyone got any more info to share on this?
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There is a v2 of this called FIX dev_flash CEX DEX V2 COMPATIBLE PS3 Downgrade BY MOOSES910.rar
Downloading it now then I'm going to check it out.
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Debug_4.00_PUP_extracted_DeViL303.rar (162.59 MB)
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cfwprohet said we needed 5 files, 2 of them are already there (vhs.self and version.txt/index.dat). I know that on the ps3 dev wiki there are file hashes for the sprx and self files, but not their function.
I'm just trying to brainstorm, I've only made minimal changes to some prx on psp on the past, but I've watched through the files on the 4.00 dump (debug one) and the files you're looking for are the ones that check for firmware updates and launches games, right?


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Celts starters will play, except Allen... Prob limited mins. Celts 2nd teamers looked sharp vs. the Heat and I expect Pav's hot shooting to continue. Bucks frontcourt will be limited with injuries.
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**Happy New Year to you all! 2010 was great, and 2011 should be even greater. The world might just end next year, so make this year count! Lol, just kiddin'. (2012 is a pretty good movie though). But forreal, heed to the cliches' of following your dreams and living with a purpose. I found myself listening to Lauryn Hill the other day (her MTV Unplugged album) and as usual she had some wise words, and spoke about "living" and doing what you love, doing something with a purpose, something that adds to the world not detracts or extracts from it… So that's our little T.U.G advice for 2011: Live & Live with a (positive) purpose.**
Alright, so yesterday I found myself flipping through a couple of magazines, yanno just checking up, peeping the styles, etc etc. And, well, after awhile I found myself totally uninspired. And the more I thought about it, the more it annoyed. So I decided that we were past due for a nice, Urban Gentleman street style round-up. I had a folder of looks I had been collecting from friends and sites around the net, buuuut somehow I can't find it… So I spent a little time collecting new ones (hopefully I'll find the other photos soon). Check it out:
Love this photo for some reason. It makes me happy. I guess because its original and reminiscent of classic slap-stick comedy, like the Three Stooges or something. The crew-neck sweat shirt pushed-up, the urbane wanderer backpack, the worn classic brogues… even the color story works, the orange socks and tan brown brogues match his hair. My only question is: how intentional did he put this look together? *pondering* The more I look at it, the more it looks like a ready-to-wear mix between Adam Kimmel and Comme Des Garcons.
Gotta love the layering. Navajo print, plaid, corduroy, and knit.
Usually I would never be attracted to loafers with such thick soles, but the thick-soled loafers work with this look. I'm digging the silhouette as well. Usually very skinny pants paired with a very full coat on a man can tend to look feminine, but this doesn't… therefore, I can dig it.
The weaved scarf is a winner.
Lots more photos below.
The shape his garments create are both interesting and sorta eery.
Chinese street style is great because its so common to see subtly unique ensembles. Over the top unique can be too much (which is also prevalent in Chinese Street Style), but something like this with mostly neutral colors makes it much easier to look at and get inspired from. Don't get me wrong, I would never rock this look, but its cool that somebody is rockin' it.
The sweater was handmade in Norway.
Peep the gloves in his breast coat pocket– that's what gentlemen do. Placing your gloves there instead of in your side pockets turns the gloves into a sort of "winter pocket square". And don't you just love how relevant socks are these day? It's such a great added style element. So be sure to have a variety of colors: dark purple, as shown above, along with navy, burnt orange, olive, gray, burgundy… traditional fall/winter colors.
This is "postcard" worthy Winter 2010/2011 natural style to me– it's the perfect simple mix of prep and rugged. The club collar, knit tie, scuffed up trousers, and hiking boots… simple and "in-trend".
When I look at this I see someone trying hard "to be stylish". Not that he was, he could very well be an extremely naturally stylish guy. But I see either A: a novice to style. In that case I applaud the efforts and encourage him to continue to try new looks. Or I see B: someone trying too hard. In that case, I also applaud the efforts, but would encourage him to either dial it up or dial it down. And honestly I can dig the blazer, feather necklace, the hair, and even the white tee. The pants and perhaps the boots are where things go astray.
There are lots of different looks in men's fashion and style these days, and in the streets, men's styles and trends continue to stay steady for the moment (which should make retailers happy). Denim on denim, cuffed pants, rugged boots and workwear inspiration, harem pants, and a nice mix of fit– from super skinny to double pleated and wide leg. Hard-bottoms galore, barely a sneaker in sight, navys, blacks, tans, and prep with splashes of color here and there. The differences I find that subtly or grossly stand out are the collars– on shirts and jackets. And not just how the collars are designed, but how they are worn. That's something to be cognizant of– do you button up your shirt all the way, or do you leave a button or two open. Do you fully zip your cowl-neck jacket or let it hang open? Do you pull the strings attached to your coat to create that crinkled look on the hood or neck, or do you leave it straight and perfectly neat? These small things can make a big difference.
Hope these photos provide a source of inspiration, and feel free to email us your personal street style photos: info (at) theurbangent (dot) com.
CREDIT: The Sartorialist, Black Fashion, Tommy Tom (for GQ), Street Peeper, Dam Style, Le Look, Stylelites, PimPumPam, Hel-Looks.
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Your site is so well done and helpful….. I am newly 33 6'4 229 not fat- very handsome and wanna get my groove back – my wife has helped me but I love diff styles – not muscular but kinda there- if I sent u some pics could you give me some tips…… Hopefully yes
loveee the knitted scarf wooT!!
I have just come upon your blog and I like what you have going here. You have some interesting fashion picks, nice. I will keep checking in to your blog in the new year. Best of luck with it.
I like all these, however i disagree about the photo with the feather necklace. I believe that certain things add that sense of personal style. I didnt really seem to understand what you meant by trying to hard when i analyzed the picture. But once again TUG brings great fashion and style to the table. Cant wait for the next post.
I have a pair of brogues….theyre a bit of a round/raised toe. Is this fine to wear or are the more sleeker styles more fashion forward? Thanks!
Any one has any idea what brand is that duffel coat (worn by the model with the thick soles)? Appreciate any help.
This is great. I love how theurbangent.com is always so relevant
Wow. All awful.
I have just discovered your site man and i have to say it has inspired me, i feel MUCH more confident trying new things now. I am concious of different looks and of what suits me personally. I am definitely an urban/street kind of guy and would look to Pharell and David Beckham as style icons so finding that they are on your site and how you break down their style has been so cool for me, only problem is i cant stop buying clothes!!! Keep up the good work dude


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Post-traumatic stress disorder, loneliness hinders progress
As Remembrance Day approaches on Nov. 11, millions of Canadians will don poppies, attend ceremonies and services, and otherwise honour Canada's veterans.
Beyond this public respect, some veterans are calling for more accessible and equitable support systems, arguing that the current compensation from Veterans Affairs Canada or the Canadian Armed Forces isn't enough.
The big issues felt by Canada's veterans
Nearly 5,000 soldiers return to civilian life annually. Although valiant and honoured, it's not uncommon for Canada's returning soldiers to feel neglected, broken or undervalued.
Doug Boyd, the branch manager and previous president of the #285 Royal Canadian Legion, says the veterans who are suffering the most are the ones who are left alone.
"The veteran, in many cases, still feels that he's the only one," Boyd says. "They went through the same thing, and they're all trying to treat it by themselves, which is a bad thing. They feel alone."
Jean Guy Toussaint is a veteran to five different conflicts, including a 2006 tour in Afghanistan. He now studies social work at Mount Royal University, spending his time helping veterans who have little social assistance.
"For the first time in their life, there's no fire team partner for them," Toussaint says. "But even more than that, there are very few other people like them."
Both Boyd and Toussaint say they see a demand for fairer compensation to fallen veterans and those returning with operational stress injuries.
Boyd says: "If a veteran has sacrificed and comes back with a medical issue — whether physical or mental — that veteran should be looked after, at least to the condition that he was in before. And that's not happening."
Regarding residual psychological issues, Boyd says he's heard of situations such as a Canadian soldier who returned to Canada, and had dug trenches in their front yards to prepare for war.
"That means he's not mentally prepared to be back here — he's still over there," Boyd says.
That incident could be attributed to post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition referred to as "war fatigue" up until the '70s. While current assessments of soldiers involve a deeper understanding of PTSD, returning veterans often deal with a host of other issues.
Veterans helping veterans
Many programs in place for veterans are organized by veterans themselves.
In 2007, Toussaint was asked by a friend to help locate two veterans — both were regimental sergeant majors from Afghanistan. Their wives left them, their families were broken up and their lives fell apart. Toussaint presumes they are both still homeless.
"Nobody could locate them because they were on the streets," Toussaint says.
Although he hadn't found the two missing sergeant majors, Toussaint says he found seven other veterans who needed public assistance. Toussaint has helped over 90 homeless or vulnerable veterans find social assistance and forms of compensation to get them back on their feet.
"If the Canadian Forces ran Veteran's Affairs, and soldiers were in charge of taking care of soldiers, I think you would see a different ethos in place."
A retired Brigadier General, Gregory Matte, now works as the national executive director for the Helmets to Hardhats program in Ottawa. This pilot program has helped 100 veterans find employment in the construction industry.
Matte says veterans have difficulty transitioning into workforce because their skills are not recognized.
"Although we have a lot of people coming out of the military with an abundance of experience, qualities and skills, they're not directly transferable — so that becomes a big obstacle."
He says underemployment and a lack of a stable career upon return may cause the loneliness and loss of self worth. He adds that those who have served in the military "tend to grow dependent on one another as their kind of extended family."
"It helps to understand what it's like to be working in difficult conditions — whether it's humanitarian aid in Haiti, or peacekeeping in Bosnia, or war fighting in Afghanistan," Matte says. "It also helps to understand what it's like in a military lifestyle with regard to the type of support and camaraderie that we have, and how important it is to find that type of fit in a civilian lifestyle."
Another program designed to ease veteran reintegration is the Veterans Transition Network.
Tim Laidler, a graduate of the Veterans Transition Network, returned from Afghanistan in 2008. He is now the executive director of the program.
Laidler says he came back emotionally numb, and unable to empathize with everyday civilian issues.
"The biggest issue is getting on with your life to a meaningful career and making that psychological transition away from this person who you've had to become over there," Laidler says.
He adds that the civilian peers, to many of these veterans, have established successful careers where the veteran may still be seeking employment because of assumptions made about those living with PTSD.
"That's where we find that loneliness," he adds.
Improving support programs for veterans
While support exists, Toussaint says Veterans Affairs and the New Veterans Charter aren't doing enough and aren't reasonably accessible.
For soldiers who die in service, Toussaint recommends Veterans Affairs and the Canadian Armed Forces pay the family 100 per cent of the soldiers' pay, fund schooling for their children, meet families' needs and provide counseling.
"You can't give them back their father, but you can give them back everything the father would have provided," Toussaint says.
Wounded Warriors is another organization assisting returning veterans' transition into the workforce. Executive director Scott Maxwell also says some national programs meant to compensate these veterans aren't accessible or fair to everyone.
"Is it wise to dangle a check for $125,000 in front of someone that is having mental health issues?" Maxwell asks.
Both Maxwell and Toussaint say these cheques are intended to cover operational stress injuries endured by the soldier in full. Although sometimes over $100,000, Toussaint says this compensation is difficult to access and is paid as a one-off — with some veterans not realizing the full scope of their injury before accepting this compensation.
As Maxwell primarily assists veterans living with PTSD, he says, "There is no single solution to post-traumatic stress, which is very complex. It impacts their whole life – their family, their friends, and their entire network. This is a long, long-term commitment that we're prepared to focus on and support.
"Canada has justifiably done a great job in honouring the fallen, but we're working to do a few things better when they're handling the living."


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Whiskyfun Home (Current entries)
Others Undisclosed/Vatted malts Grain - Blend - Japan - Irish World
February 2009 - part 1 <--- February 2009 - part 2 ---> March 2009 - part 1
February 28, 2009
MUSIC – Recommended listening: something very sweet by Cabo Verde's Sara Tavares, it's called Lisboa Kuya and it's on Balancê. Please buy her music a.s.a.p.
February 21, 2009
MUSIC – Recommended listening: he's a teacher in our little valley in Alsace and his name is Patrick Breitel (no website yet it seems...) He's singing a funny blues called Elsasser Assa... In Alsatian! You should buy Patrick Breitel's music but to do that you have to come over here to find his CD... at the butcher's!
February 20, 2009
MUSIC – Recommended listening: Yes, time to have a little blues again… Why not Oscar 'Buddy' Woods, king of slide guitar, singing the Lone wolf blues around 1935? (that's on the very good CD The Early Blues Roots Of Led Z). Please buy these old bluesmen's music.
February 19, 2009
BONUS - This photograph of owner Jean Donnay doing the first trials at Glann ar Mor a few years ago. The process was soon to be very much improved after these very early days, as it was decided that the stills would be better driven from the outside (whilst the spirit would get less beefy ;-).
MUSIC – Recommended listening: She's from Naples, Italy, she's big in Japan it seems, and she's singing the very nice Valse de la lune in French (from Wolf's Rain O.S.T.). Here name is Ilaria Graziano; please buy her music.
February 18, 2009
MUSIC – Recommended listening: When two luminaries such as Jean 'Toots' Thielemans (not Timmermans) and Bill Evans get together to record a LP, if simply can't give anything but wonders such as Sno' Peas (from their very famous 1978 record Affinity.) Please buy these wonderful musicians' music!
February 17, 2009
MUSIC – Recommended listening: We've already posted about Brazil's superb Vanessa Falabella and her very groovy covers (!) but let's play a little game today if you will. Listen to her rendition of Superstition and try not to move a toe or a finger while it lasts (even when it gets Georgebensonesque)… Right, you lost, so please buy Vanessa Falabella's music!
February 16, 2009
MUSIC – Recommended listening: Whether Emeline Michel is really the "Joni Mitchell of Haïti" or not, what's sure is that she reigns over her island's music these days. Please try her Gade Papi and then rush out and buy her CDs (unless you prefer to buy crappy mp3s you-know-where).
February 15, 2009
MUSIC – Recommended listening: Seabear is an Icelandic indie-folk band from Reykjavik (no, they didn't have only banks and Björk) that's very good in our opinion. Their Seashell is very, well, pleasant. Please buy their music, please…
Check the index of all entries: Whisky Music Nick's Concert Reviews
Best malts I had these weeks - 90+ points only - alphabetical:Ben Nevis 41 yo 1967/2008 (50.1%, OB, for Alambic Classique, Sherry hogshead, cask #1280, 103 bottles)Lagavulin 12 yo (43%, OB, green on cream label, France, very late 1970s) Lagavulin 1991/2007 'Distillers Edition' (43%, OB, lgv 4/495)Ledaig 10 yo 1972 (40%, G&M Connoisseurs Choice, Old Brown Label, +/- 1982) Ledaig 1972/1988 (43%, Revived by Full Proof, 228 bottles, 75cl)Oban 18 yo 1978/1996 (59%, Signatory, cask #215, 272 bottles)


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Earning Shares of a Win
- By: The Professor
- On: 2/5/2009 9:51:00 AM
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What it is: A Win Share is an estimation of how much a particular player contributes towards a win when compared to an average player. The calculation relies heavily on Dean Oliver's Offensive and Defensive Ratings, which we talked about two weeks ago. For both offense and defense, a Win Share is roughly the player's marginal Rating "normalized" to the league average. In other words, a Win Share is kind of like baseball's VORP stat…it relies on the assumption that efficiency is the key to wins, looks at a player's offensive efficiency compared to the league average, a player's defensive efficiency compared to the league average, corrects for minutes played, then adds up the corresponding Offensive and Defensive Win Shares to get one number that estimates how many wins that player was worth.
Strengths: Win Shares is one of the stats that we will look at that estimates exactly how many wins an individual player is responsible for. Unlike PER, which outputs numbers that may appear arbitrary, the output Win Share is very straight forward: if player A contributed 10 wins vs. player B's 7 wins vs. player C's 5 wins, the user can easily gauge exactly how effective each player was with respect to the other. Whereas if player A had a PER of 18, player B a PER of 16, and player C a PER of 14 there is no easy way to say just how much better one is than the others in any kind of practical terms.
Another major strength is that this measure attempts to correct for teammate caliber. Offensive/Defensive Ratings are heavily influenced by how good the team is, which makes it difficult to separate an excellent player from poor teammates or vice versa (see the Kevin Garnett in 2007 vs. 2008 comparison in the Ratings blog). Looking only at Offensive/Defensive Rating it would appear that Garnett's play in '08 dwarfed what he did the previous two years ('08: ORTG = 118, DRTG = 94 vs. '06 – '07: average ORTG = 113.5, DRTG = 99.5). With Win Shares, though, we see that Garnett's 12.6 Win Shares in '08 is almost exactly the same as the 12.6 Win Shares that he averaged between the '06 and '07 seasons. The fact that his '08 team won more games than his '06 and '07 teams combined (66 wins vs. 65 total wins) was weeded out in the Win Shares calculation, whereas the teammate quality showed up in the Ratings.
Finally, Win Shares are a function of both efficiency and production. While PER and the Offense/Defense Ratings are normalized by possession and thus can yield unintuitive results such as role players like Carl Landry being in the top-5 in Offensive Rating, Win Shares takes production and minutes played into account (after measuring efficiency) and thus the leaderboard tends to pass the sniff test.
Weaknesses: The actual math and calculations that go into Win Shares is kind of dense. It can be navigated, but in order to understand exactly why each number is used would require a lot of back-research. So while the measure is user friendly to use, the calculation itself is a mysterious kind of a black box for most people.
The complex math ties into the major question mark: how do we know that this is really the best way to apportion credit for wins? The numbers produced are somewhat intuitive, and total Win Shares totals for teams tends to match fairly well (around +/- 3.5 wins for the average team), which is a good first level sanity check. But the actual justification for the system is also complicated and relies on the user to believe in the model with it's underlying assumptions and exceptions. Consequently, it is hard to use this type of mathematical model as evidence in a discussion with a skeptic who simply refuses to believe that a number can capture the essence of winning basketball (with all of the nuances implied). When debating or building a case, simple is usually good while complicated is easily ignored.
Usage: Win Shares is a stat that purports to measure a player's total impact on games won and takes both offense and defense into account. Therefore, one could make the statement that "according to Win Shares, player X is a more productive player than player Y." But like always, you have to understand that any mathematical model has weaknesses so this can't stand as it's own argument. It must be a supplement to a case built on personal observation, personal analysis and other stats/opinion.
One can also break Win Shares into Offensive Win Shares and Defensive Win shares to try to estimate who the best players are on each end of the court. For instance, one of the talking points in the Kobe vs. LeBron debate is that Kobe still is a better defender than LeBron. According to Defensive Win Shares Kobe was slightly more productive than LeBron on defense last season, but this year LeBron has blown past him. Taking all stats with a grain of salt, this at least makes one think critically about whether the blanked statement that "Kobe is the better defender" is actually true or not.
Win Shares Leaders this millennium:
'09 LeBron James (11.60, through 48 games)
'08 Chris Paul (17.31)
'07 Dirk Nowitzki (15.91)
'06 Dirk Nowitzki (17.18)
'05 Dirk Nowitzki (15.90)
'04 Kevin Garnett (18.10)
'03 Tracy McGrady (16.48)
'02 Tim Duncan (17.68)
'01 Shaquille O'Neal (15.02)
Highest 1-season Win Shares (only available since 1974): Michael Jordan (20.35, 1988)
Quick Links for series:
Offense/Defense Rating
Kobe vs. LeBron by the numbers


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Junior (2015-16): Appeared in all 30 games starting in all but one for the Spartans… averaged 7.2 points and 7.3 rebounds in 30.9 minutes per game… scored a career-high 18 points at Furman (2/18)… had four double-doubles and grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds against Barton (12/07)… shot 41.0 percent from the field and 60.2 percent from the free throw line… had 42 assists and 25 blocks on the season with 53 steals helping UNCG to lead the SoCon in steals per game… named the recipient of the Southern Conference's Ann Lashley Sportsmanship Award… was the only SoCon nominee for the WBCA/All-State Good Works Team…
2014-15 (Sophomore): Played in 29 games, starting 20 at forward ... one of six Spartans to average 20 or more minutes played ... has played in a career-high 647 minutes and has scored a career-high 124 total points ... grabbed a career-best 126 rebounds, including 69 offensive which is second best on the team ... had 42 steals, 11 blocks and 27 assists in 29 games ... scored 11 points and eight rebounds against South Carolina State (Dec. 11) ... pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds at VCU (Dec. 14) ... played a season-high 35 minutes against Gardner-Webb (Dec. 5) ... has made 43 field goals and was 38-of-65 from the free throw line ... started 13 games in a row from Nov. 29-Jan. 17 ... had a career-high 13 points on senior night against Western Carolina (Feb. 27) ... Finished averaging 4.3 points and 4.3 rebounds a game ... made the SoCon honor roll.
2013-14 (Freshman): Played in 28 games and made 10 starts … One of 10 Spartans to average double figures in minutes played … Started nine-straight contests to end the season … Scored a season-high eight points at Elon (Feb. 1) … Pulled down a career-best eight rebounds at Davidson (Jan. 13) … Notched three steals against Georgia Southern (Feb. 10) … Blocked two shots in home contests against Furman (Feb. 22) and Western Carolina (Jan. 17) … Played a season-high 21 minutes at Chattanooga (March 2).
High School: Tallied 8.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.9 steals per game her senior season, leading Myers Park to a 29-1 record and the regular season and conference tournament championships ... Mustangs were ranked No. 22 nationally in the preseason USA Today Super 25 Poll ... Helped Myers Park to a pair of North Carolina 4A state tournament victories ... Averaged 5.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.1 steals per game her junior campaign, earning all-conference and all-state tournament accolades ...Playing for head coach Barb Nelson, has served as a team captain, leading the Mustangs to 95 wins in four seasons ... Student Government Association representative for her class and played her AAU basketball for two programs – the Carolina Express (headcoach Ulysses Hardy) and Boo Williams (head coaches Nadine Domond and Morris Smith).
Personal: India Gabrielle Timpton ... born June 12, 1995 in New Orleans, La. ... daughter of Dr. Don and Bridgitte Timpton ... has one sibling Saadia ... majoring in communication.
Position: | Forward |
Height: | 6'0" |
Year: | Senior |
Hometown: | Charlotte, N.C. |
High School: | Myers Park |
Major: | Communication Studies |


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At 6:15 a.m. Friday, I handed the security man my ID and boarding pass to Seattle.
"What happened to the Cats last night?" he asked.
Before I could answer, a man behind me said, "Natyazhko had one rebound."
And as I went through the security process - shoes off, laptop in a bin - the basketball chatter leading to Gate 6 at Tucson International Airport spread like a virus the day before UA's football game at Washington.
Arizona had lost to Seattle Pacific. Kyle Fogg made one basket after shooting 40,000 jumpers over the summer. Who's going to play center? Did they goof on the evaluation of point guard Josiah Turner?
The tenor across this town was such that when Humboldt State showed up Tuesday night at McKale Center, the Lumberjacks were actually feared the way Wildcat fans have feared Oregon and Cal and someone with recognizable names and faces.
At Tuesday's first TV timeout, Sean Miller did something he rarely does. The Arizona coach unbuttoned his jacket and tossed it to a trainer. He loosened his tie and the neck and then went into a midseason rant with referee Bill Kennedy, torqued off by a traveling call.
There was some work to be done.
Arizona won 60-51, and afterward senior forward Jesse Perry said, "I definitely think we'll have some growing pains."
Miller was much more critical than his players. He publicly challenged junior forward Solomon Hill to put up and shut up, although I think he delivered the shut up part first. He was unhappy with free-throw shooting, his team's psyche and twice, as if to make a point, said that a 10-player rotation is in jeopardy.
You can only imagine how much more to the point he was in the dressing room, when no one had a video camera or tape-recorder, and it was just between him and a team that hasn't yet responded to the departure of Derrick Williams.
No one has stepped forward to demonstrate he'll be the leader. No one has played like a potential all-conference player, or like someone who favorably responds to the heat. That rankles Miller. The put-the-team-on-my-back job remains vacant.
Arizona opens the regular season in five days against Valpo. After struggling mightily against a pair of Division II schools, the Wildcats appear skittish, and their coach has their full attention.
"I'm incredibly NOT comfortable," Miller said when asked about the Valpo opener. "But there's no panic in me right now."
We should have seen this coming from a few miles away.
Arizona spent the offseason basking in the glory of a 30-win season in which it won the Pac-10 title and routed Duke in the Sweet 16. This is essentially a group of players searching for a leader, a reliable scorer and the first sign of chemistry.
I thought the most pertinent moment of Tuesday's game came when the large video board showed ex-Wildcat center Sean Rooks sitting in the stands.
Do you realize that Rooks, who went on to play 12 NBA seasons, was not game-ready when he arrived at Arizona in the fall of 1987? He redshirted.
Do you realize that neither of Arizona's 1994 Final Four guards, Damon Stoudamire and Khalid Reeves, started as freshmen? Or that even the celebrated Jason Terry languished on Lute Olson's bench for the first half of his freshman season?
As accustomed as Tucson is to flipping a switch and having its basketball teams roll through November, this team is built differently. At this time last year, Angelo Chol was playing against Bonita Vista High School near San Diego. A year ago, freshman guard Nick Johnson was playing against Stone Ridge Christian of Merced, Calif.
By the time Miller's third Arizona team hits January, it seems likely that Johnson, Chol and Turner will be part of a refined playing rotation, improved greatly by the return of Kevin Parrom.
What you see now is not what you'll see in six weeks.
"We all recognize that our starting point isn't very high," said Miller. "But we're going to get better. No question we're going to get better."
I suspect Miller freaked out half of the million people in Pima County at the Pac-12 media day when he insisted the Wildcats are not the No. 3 team in the league and did not add "right now," to his remarks.
On Tuesday, he mended that message. Obviously, this group is blessed with more able basketball bodies than half of the Pac-12, and maybe all but one or two teams in the conference. But Miller delivered his message: Last season ended six months ago.
"Maybe down the line when it all comes together, we can look back and say, 'Boy, we've come a long way,'" he said Tuesday.
This is not the most alarming start to an Arizona season, but it's close. In 1982-83, the Wildcats unwisely chose to open with a game at Houston, Phi Slamma Jamma, Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon, eschewing an exhibition game so that it could play a team that would go 31-3 and play for the national title.
The Wildcats, coached by Ben Lindsey, were so unprepared that they flew to Houston without first reserving hotel rooms.
Arizona committed 33 turnovers, lost 89-58, and Lindsey was fired 3 1/2 months later.
By comparison, losing to Seattle Pacific and struggling against Humboldt State was a peaceful, easy feeling.
The hard stuff hasn't even started.


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When is it appropriate to require an employee to complete a medical examination? This question presents a common challenge for employers. A federal court of appeals recently issued a decision that helps clarify an employer's rights to seek a medical opinion when it is concerned about workplace safety. In Owusu-Ansah v. Coca-Cola Company, the Eleventh Circuit found that an employee's threatening comments and behavior during a meeting with a supervisor were legitimate reasons to mandate that the employee pass a fitness-for-duty examination before returning to work.
Franklin Owusu-Ansah was a quality assurance specialist for Coca-Cola at its customer call center. During a routine meeting with his supervisor, Owusu complained that certain co-workers had been harassing him for the past nine years because of his Ghanaian national origin. The supervisor observed Owusu becoming physically agitated, banging his hand on the table where they were sitting, and proclaiming that someone was "going to pay for this." Concerned that Owusu might harm other employees, the supervisor reported the conversation to human resources and security.
The company retained a consulting psychologist to assess the situation, and Owusu agreed to speak with him. After the meeting, the psychologist expressed concern to the company about Owusu's emotional and psychological stability and suggested that Owusu may be delusional. The company placed Owusu on paid leave pending further evaluation. Owusu continued to meet with the psychologist by phone and email, and also agreed to a psychiatric evaluation. However, Owusu refused to authorize the psychiatrist to share his findings with the company's psychologist. As a result, psychologist was unable to complete his assessment.
Based on the psychologist's recommendation, the company informed Owusu that he must complete a fitness-for-duty evaluation in order to return to work. Afraid of losing his job, Owusu agreed to another psychiatric evaluation, including a personality test. The test showed that Owusu's profile was within normal limits, and he was cleared to return.
Owusu subsequently filed a lawsuit against Coca-Cola alleging that the company's mandatory medical examinations violated his rights under the ADA.
Court's Ruling
At issue in the lawsuit was the ADA's provision that employers shall not require medical examinations or otherwise inquire about an employee's disability unless the examination or inquiry is job-related and consistent with business necessity. The district decided that Coca-Cola's mandatory fitness-for-duty exams were lawful in Owusu's case, and the Eleventh Circuit affirmed.
The court of appeals made two interesting rulings in this case. First, it held that employees can assert ADA claims for unlawful medical examinations whether or not they are disabled. Second, the court found Coca-Cola's medical exam requirements were job-related because "an employee's ability to handle reasonably necessary stress and work reasonably well with others are essential functions of any position." It also found that the company's concerns about safety were objectively reasonable because they were based on the unbiased observations by Owusu's supervisor and an independent psychologist.
Insights for Employers
The Americans with Disabilities Act raises many questions about when an employer can require an employee to complete a medical examination based on the employee's behavior in the workplace. The Eleventh Circuit took a common sense approach in the Owusu case by finding that an employer can lawfully mandate a fitness-for-duty exam if it has a reasonable and objective concern that an employee may pose a danger to himself or others. In those situations, an employer should not have to wait until a perceived threat results in injuries before seeking a medical opinion.
The Owusu decision is encouraging, but employers should continue to exercise caution before requiring an employee to pass a fitness-for-duty examination. These decisions should be based on objective facts and/or observations by unbiased witnesses. In the Owusu case, the supervisor's concerns arose during a meeting where Owusu was complaining about harassment by others. Employees can be understandably become emotional and angry in those situations, and a knee-jerk reaction by the employer could be construed as retaliatory.
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AT&T Has A New Smartphone Payment Plan That Will Let You Upgrade Once A Year, But Is It A Good Deal? (T)
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AT&T announced tonight a new plan that will let customers upgrade to a new smartphone once every year.
It's called AT&T Next, and it's very similar to the "Jump" trade-in program rival carrier T-Mobile announced last week.
Here's how it works:
New AT&T customers and those eligible for an upgrade can sign up for Next. You get a new smartphone or tablet for $0 down, but you have to agree to pay a monthly fee for the device.
The monthly fee is the unsubsidized price of the phone (the price you pay if you buy the phone without a two-year agreement) divided by 20, so it varies depending on the device you choose. For example, AT&T will charge you $32 per month for Samsung's Galaxy S4, but prices for other devices will range from $15 to $50 per month.
After you've made 12 monthly payments (a year's worth), you're eligible for an upgrade and can get a new phone or tablet again for $0 down and a set monthly payment.
There are, of course, some caveats:
When you're ready to upgrade after your 12 monthly payments, you have to trade in your current smartphone to AT&T. They'll refurbish it and sell it to someone else at a discount. (On the other hand, you can pay off the device in full if you want and keep it forever.)
You also have to pass a credit check to be eligible for Next.
Finally, all phones using Next are on a 20-month payment plan, meaning you'll have the phone fully paid off after 20 months if you don't upgrade after 12 months.
So, is Next a good deal?
Unfortunately, there's no simple yes or no to that question. And if you want to upgrade your phone once a year, the answer is still "maybe."
Let's use the Galaxy S4 as an example again. AT&T will charge you $32 per month for the Galaxy S4 if you sign up for the Next payment plan. (That's on top of your normal data/voice/texting plan.)
After 12 payments, you'll be eligible to upgrade. That means you'll have to pay $384 before you can trade in your Galaxy S4 for a new phone. But, you can also pay off the phone over 20 months, which will cost you $640.
Normally, a Galaxy S4 costs $200 and you can upgrade after 24 months. So if you plan to keep your phone for 24 months or longer (which many people tend to do), you're better off getting it at the normal subsidized price and skipping Next.
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CES 2002: SanDisk has today announced a range of new ImageMate dual-slot card readers, the readers will be available in three flavors - CompactFlash & SmartMEdia, CompactFlash & Memory Stick and CompactFlash & MMC/SD. These new readers are all USB (why no Firewire?) Mass Storage Class devices and will have an approximate street price of US$40.
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LAS VEGAS, NV, Jan. 8, 2002 - SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK) today introduced three ImageMate(tm) dual-slot memory card readers for the retail market. The new readers are designed for consumers who want to quickly and easily transfer images, audio, video and data between storage cards and computers via the USB port. The ImageMate dual-slot readers are available in the following combinations:
- CompactFlash(tm) and SmartMedia cards
- CompactFlash and Memory Stick(tm) cards
- CompactFlash and MultiMediaCard/SD cards.
SanDisk is showing these new readers and its complete line of removable storage card products in Booth #11511 during the annual Consumer Electronics Show.
Nelson Chan, senior vice president and general manager of SanDisk's retail business unit, said, "When it comes to owning removable storage cards, CompactFlash cards are typically the most prevalent due to the popularity of digital photography and the length of time these cards have been on the market. As more consumers acquire new electronic products and move to multiple card formats, the need for a dual-slot reader increases. With the new ImageMates, consumers do not have to purchase a separate card reader for each type of card they have. Our objective is to offer the solutions that consumers demand."
SanDisk removable flash storage cards are rapidly becoming the standard removable storage medium for handheld computers, digital still and video cameras, MP3 players, cell phones and other consumer devices. Many consumers prefer to use a card reader to transfer data directly from their card rather than their camera or music player. The USB port transfers data much faster than a serial port connection and offers the plug-and-play capabilities of USB. Additionally, using a card reader does not tie up their device for long periods of time which can drain batteries.
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The ImageMate readers are Mass Storage Class (MSC) compliant, which allow for true "Plug-and-Play" operation when used with Windows 2000, Millennium Edition and XP. MSC is natively supported in Windows 2000, ME, XP, Apple OS 9.X and OS X. In addition, Windows XP features an AutoPlay function that automatically detects the digital content on the flash card as soon as it is inserted in the SanDisk readers. It then offers the option to launch the appropriate software application and related activities to the end user. The dual-slot readers also work with Microsoft Windows 98 and Macintosh computers with Mac OS 8.6 and USB support.
The SanDisk ImageMate readers are expected to be available in March at most of the 38,000 retail outlets in North America, Europe, Canada, South America, Japan and Asia that carry SanDisk branded products. The readers are expected to sell for an average street price of $39. International prices may vary by country.


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And then there's Ghostface, who delivers his best verse of both his the Wu's disc with "The Heart Gently Weeps." The song immediately comes to life when he grabs the mic: "I brought my bitch out to Pathmark/She's pushing the cart/Headed to aisle four, damn I got milk on my Clarks." What happens next is a predictable drug-related shootout, but the stanza's sheer bombast and humor single-handedly elevate the Beatles-sampling experiment. Ghost's raspy, workmanlike cadence seems louder in the mix than the other rappers on the track, and he even sings a hook. "That bitch is crazy and, uh, she brought her baby." (One wonders what George Harrison would think of it.)
So despite some inner squabbles, Wu-Tang don't sound like they're anywhere near finished. The group is too profitable and too vital an enterprise for its creative, legacy-minded, financially-interested members to abandon it. An attempt by Raekwon to re-form the group without RZA will surely fail, since RZA has repeatedly shown that he's the only person capable of bringing the group's disparate talents together on disc. Most importantly, as both The Big Doe Rehab and 8 Diagrams prove, Ghost and RZA need each other more than they may ever admit.
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This week on Unorthodox, rabbinic student Deena Gottlieb and Muslim writer and commentator Arsalan Iftikhar
The orange stands for a commitment to stop erasing people from the Passover narrative and start allowing everyone to have a meaningful role in Jewish life
We, too, stoned our women for infidelity. Patriarchal injustice persists in Orthodoxy. What's a modern Talmud reader to do?
Why American Jews should vote in the World Zionist Congress elections
There were a lot of little reasons I was unhappy. But ultimately, I realized I didn't need to belong to a temple to feel Jewish.
Some Reform leaders see Moses as a model to ease modern tensions. But such a reading of the Torah is strained—and risky.
Pew study also reveals skepticism among American Jews towards Israeli policy on settlements, negotiations
Pew poll also shows one in five U.S. Jews self-identifies as having no religion
The holiday never resonated for me, until I understood its message about connecting with other Jews—even Messianic ones
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Thailand Household Debt Limits Rate-Cut Scope, Central Bank Says
Suttinee YuvejwattanaThailand's central bank said rising household debt limits its scope to reduce interest rates, even as the monetary authority cut its economic growth forecast for this year on slowing exports.
Gross domestic product will increase 4.2 percent compared with 5.1 percent predicted in April, Assistant Governor Paiboon Kittisrikangwan said in Bangkok today. The central bank also cut its export growth estimate to 4 percent from 7.5 percent and inflation to 2.3 percent from 2.7 percent.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asked state agencies to monitor signs of slowing local demand and find ways to spur the economy after the Finance Ministry last month lowered its 2013 growth forecast following a less-than-estimated expansion of 5.3 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier. Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said earlier today the nation's household debt has increased to 80 percent of GDP.
"With such high household debt and high borrowing, any further rate cut will not help stimulate the economy much," Paiboon said. "Given the current forecast for growth at 4.2 percent, the current rate should be appropriate. Still, if the economic situation changes, we are ready to adjust our policy."
There is no need for short-term stimulus measures as the economy will recover "to its normal trend in the second half," Prasarn said today. The Bank of Thailand last week kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.5 percent after lowering borrowing costs in May for the first time this year.
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Security researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered the very first wide-scale hack that involved television sets and at least one refrigerator.
Yes, a fridge.
This is being hailed as the first home appliance "botnet" and the first cyberattack from the Internet of Things.
A botnet is a series of computers that seem to be ordinary computers functioning in people's homes and businesses, but are really secretly controlled by hackers. The Internet of Things is a new term in the tech industry that refers to a concept where every device in your house gets its own computer chip, software, and connection to the Internet: your fridge, thermostat, smart water meter, door locks, etc.
To a hacker, they all become computers that can be hacked and controlled.
In this case, hackers broke into more than 100,000 everyday consumer gadgets, such as home-networking routers, connected multi-media centers, televisions, and at least one refrigerator, Proofpoint says. They then used those objects to send more than 750,000 malicious emails to enterprises and individuals worldwide.
In the press release, Proofpoint explains:
- The hack happened between December 23, 2013 and January 6, 2014, and featured waves of malicious email, typically sent in bursts of 100,000, three times per day, targeting enterprises and individuals worldwide.
- About three-quarters of the emails were sent by regular computers, but the rest, slightly more than one-quarter, were sent by hacked home appliances.
- Hackers didn't have to be amazingly smart when breaking into home appliances. Many times they gained access because the home owners didn't set them up correctly, or used the default password that came with the device.
Most homes are not yet a part of the Internet of Things, and looks like hackers will already be there to greet them when they arrive.