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A trial could deeply hurt the pair's relationship, regardless of the outcome
Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd.'s (
) and Apple, Inc. (
) will have one final talk before they take their case before a federal court jury in the United States, in
a war that could limit U.S. consumer selection
or grant artificial dominance in the smartphone market.
I. A Bitter Battle
As the
world's largest display manufacturer
and a top maker of DRAM, NAND, and mobile CPUs, Samsung is vitally important to Apple. Samsung makes the system-on-a-chip (SoC) brains
inside every iPad and iPhone
Yet in 2010, growing competition between the pair in the tablet and smartphone space prompted late Apple CEO Steve Jobs to
accuse Samsung
of "slavishly copying" his company's devices, filing suit in
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
. Samsung
hit back
shortly thereafter, and the war was on.
The court battle has been fierce.
Judge Koh has admonished both sides in the case, at times. [Image Source: IB Times]
Judge Lucy Koh
admonished Apple's lawyers
for belligerent filings, while earlier chastising Samsung from
destroying potential evidence
The case currently dangles in the realm of subjectivity.
While emails and internal documents demonstrate that Samsung was indeed
looking to imitate traits
of Apple's highly successful star tablet/smartphone, Apple was
shown to borrow ideas
for those devices from Samsung, Sony Corp. (
), and other players who predated its market entry.
There are some visual similarities between Samsung's original Galaxy S smartphone and the iPhone -- likewise for iPad and Galaxy Tab. There are also noticeable differences.
At the end of the day much of Apple's design claims boil down to its assertion that it
"owns" exclusive rights to produce rectangular tablets/smartphones
with rounded edges. Apple claims that
some tablets/smartphones
may be sufficiently different from the iPad/iPhone to escape design infringement, but its design experts have
struggled to quantify
discrete details of how Samsung and others can escape design infringement.
II. One Last Effort at Peace
Amidst this backdrop Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-hyun will call Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a final chance at settlement before the trial heads to the jury for a verdict.
Apple CEO Tim Cook (left) and Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-hyun (right) will have one last attempt to make peace. [Image Source: Reuters (left); Bug.hr (right)]
At stake in the battle is the $219.1B (valuation by Bloomberg) smartphone market. Combined with the tablet sector, these two markets could easily eclipse a trillion dollars in the next several years.
Apple would love to gain a monopoly in the smartphone market, to complement its dominant position in the tablet space. But it has seemed sluggish in advancing the experience of its handheld devices opting for a
slower pace of changes
than Android. As a result Android devices today have many capabilities and hardware advantages that their Apple counterparts do not -- such as larger screens, LTE modems, and near field communications. Those factors have given Android phonemakers approximately 68 percent of the global market at last count [
To counteract that, it's taken up the sword. Apple is looking for $2.5B-$2.75B USD in infringement damages, as well as multiple sales bans on Samsung product -- a crippling outcome. It is still
pursuing similar terms
in its case against HTC Corp. (
), as well. In the U.S. only Motorola Mobility -- a Google Inc. (
) subsidiary is free from the wrath of Apple, after the pairs legal strife was
"with prejudice" by a federal judge.
III. Samsung Presents Quandary for War-maker Apple
The Samsung case is made unique by two factors.
First, Apple and Samsung are expected to do $12B USD in business in 2012, up 50 percent from the $8B USD in 2011. Without Samsung's chips Apple could not make its products. Fortunately, regardless of the lawsuit outcome, Samsung is contractually obligated to provide those chips to its archrival. But the danger for Apple comes for the future.
If it hurts Samsung too bad, Samsung could retaliate by refusing to renew chip production contracts. And given the level of design expertise employed by Samsung in making the chips -- particularly the SoC -- that could amount to almost a redesign for Apple of its smartphone chips. Further, quality would likely suffer --
initial trial runs with third-party fabs
reportedly did not go well for Apple; it was hard for them to match savvy Samsung's level of chip-making prowess.
Without Samsung, the iPhone could get a lot dumber. [Image Source: Snapguide]
Second, Samsung is the
largest of the Android phonemakers
, and the
only one to approach Apple
in profitability. However, the promise of killing Android's superstar offers powerful motivation in the other direction -- for war.
It was Judge Koh who suggested the second peacemaking effort, with Samsung and later Apple agreeing. The Judge called herself "pathologically optimistic" in her hope that this second round of intimate talks between company chiefs would produce
a different outcome
If it does not, the jury should be in for an arduous trial, as both companies -- after
initial reductions
-- argued that they were unable to further reduce their claims or exhibits. At least one member of the jury has
family members who reportedly hold a significant number of shares of Apple stock
, something Judge Koh said was okay, as the individual themselves would not directly profit off of damaging Samsung and boosting Apple. Still it's hard to imagine that couldn't introduce a certain level of bias in that member's mind.
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National Judicial Reporting Program, 1988 (ICPSR 9449)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics
This data collection tabulates the number of persons convicted of felonies in state courts and describes the sentences these individuals received. Data were collected from state courts and state prosecutors in 100 counties of the United States. The collection contains sociodemographic information such as age, race, and sex of the felon. Types of offenses committed include homicide, rape, and robbery. Adjudication variables referring to the process between arrest and sentencing are also a part of this dataset. Data can be analyzed on a national level or by the individual counties.
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Explaining Low Fertility in Italy (ELFI) (ICPSR 31881)
Principal Investigator(s): Kertzer, David, Brown University
The ethnographic fieldwork portion of the project - interviews with women of reproductive age, and when available their partners and mothers - was initiated and completed in 2006. For each of four Italian cities (Padua, Bologna, Cagliari, and Naples) studied ethnographically by trained anthropologists, both a working-class and a middle-class neighborhood were identified. These interviews (349 in number) have been transcribed without identifiers. All interviews have been coded and assigned 'attributes' (or nominative variables, such as gender, civil/religious status of marriage, etc.) using the qualitative data analysis software (NVIVO), and these reside in secure electronic project folders. This large body of qualitative interview data is now complete and ready for use across the international collaborative units. Preliminary research reveals the particular significance of family ties in Italy, the fundamental role played by gender systems, and the specific cultural, socio-economic, and politic contexts in which fertility behavior and parenting are embedded. Please see the study website for more information.
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Kertzer, David. Explaining Low Fertility in Italy (ELFI). ICPSR31881-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-01-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR31881.v1
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- National Science Foundation (BCS 0418443)
Scope of Study
Subject Terms: abortion, birth, birth control, birth expectations, birth rates, careers, child rearing, childlessness, children, demographic characteristics, demographic fluctuations, demographic statistics, demography, economics, families, family planning, infants, labor (birth), marriage rates, mothers, parents, population, population characteristics, population decrease, population dynamics, population growth rate, population planning, population policy, population projections, population size, population trends, prenatal care, reproductive history, sexual reproduction, spouses, toddlers, unwanted pregnancies, vital statistics
Smallest Geographic Unit: city
Geographic Coverage: Bologna, Cagliari, Europe, Global, Italy, Naples, Padua
- 2006
- 2006
Unit of Observation: individual
Universe: Women of reproductive age in four Italian cities (Padua, Bologna, Cagliari, and Naples).
According to the principal investigator, direct identifiers have been removed. But the transcripts are in Italian, so we were not able to determine the potential for indirect identifiers. As such, the data is restricted.
Study Purpose: The surprisingly deep drop in Italian birth rates to among the lowest in the world (total fertility rate of 1.3 or below) has dramatically challenged existing social science theory by appearing to contradict population experts' predictions of where such very low "below replacement" fertility would emerge. This interdisciplinary research project, known as "ELFI" (Explaining Low Fertility in Italy), has made considerable inroads into understanding the puzzle of "lowest-low" Italian fertility, reevaluating theories of reproduction and human behavior more generally. Through the use of innovative methodologies, an international team of collaborators from anthropology, sociology, and demography has produced key findings using both statistical, quantitative methods and extensive ethnographic, qualitative methods.
Study Design: Four Italian cities were studied ethnographically by trained anthropologists. In each, both a working-class and a middle-class neighborhood were identified, and participants were selected.
Sample: Anthropologists selected 50 women aged 23-45 in each of four Italian cities. Half of these women were of younger reproductive ages (23-32) and half from older ages (33-45). In addition, in each cohort, half of the women were from a working-class neighborhood and half from a middle-class neighborhood, of varying levels of education and parity. Interviews were also conducted (when possible) with the woman's mother and with the woman's husband or cohabiting partner. The interviewees were selected through personal contacts identified through an indirect snowballing procedure with multiple entries (independently selected initial contacts) in order to avoid a clustered sample. The final sample of interviews consists of 233 women (aged 23-45), 49 mothers, and 67 partners, for a total of 349 interviews. The indirect snowball sampling procedure allowed us to stratify the sample by age, parity, and marital status of the woman in order to maximize variation in socio-demographic characteristics. To facilitate analysis, each of the 349 interviews was recorded, transcribed, and examined using the computer program Nvivo8.
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You just can't use stats this way, p00ka. I thought you knew that? All of these types of discussion are circumstantial and merely a coincidence.
But to play along with your nonsense, as always, you have excluded the Bargnani factor (which I cannot stress enough is merely circumstantial/coincidental afterall) which does remain a constant and once removed from the equation the Raptors are 7-7 with Lowry starting minus Big Poppa Puff. It is also fascinating how 10 of those 14 games are versus playoff and +.500 teams and the Raptors still manage to play .500.
But throw Bargnani back in to the starting lineup and they go 1-3 with 109ppg scored against (remove the PHX game and it is a whopping 121.7ppg). In the prior 14 games, how many points did they give up per game? 93.4. Wowzers!
Coincidental and circumstantial surely but certainly revealing nonetheless.


text: With our next three games being crucial in determining our draft position before the lottery on May 30th I want to see what options are on the table in the late lottery picks. One player I've been following is Damian Lillard from Weber St. 6'2 PG who's quick, explosive, athletic, can create his own shot and for others, uses the pick and roll well, and doesn't turnover the ball a lot. He might be a guy that could be our PG of the future if we drop. Anyone else see other players that could be at play for our pick if we drop.


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Despite all of these
drawbacks, the Chinese government is funding several large-scale
renewable energy projects as it faces both an
energy crisis and high national levels of air pollution due to
coal fired power plants. Beijing has shown plans to achieve 10
percent of its energy production from renewable resources by 2010,
reaching 15 percent by 2020 through the use of wind, hydro, biomass
and solar
power. Multiple government incentives are being promoted to
encourage growth in these areas.
A large percentage of China's
renewable energy is provided by the controversial Three Gorges Dam
project. It is the world's largest power plant, with an installed
capacity of 22.5 gigawatts.
The latest renewable energy
project is a 2 gigawatt solar power plant in Ordos City, located in
Inner Mongolia. The sparsely populated region is dominated by large,
flat plateaus of grasslands. Phase 1 will begin construction by
June of next year as a 30 megawatt demonstration project. Phases 2
and 3 will be completed by 2014, and Phase 4 will complete the
project by 2019. The last three phases will produce 100, 870, and
1000 megawatts respectively.
While estimates of China's solar
capacity total around 90 megawatts, the Chinese government has
expressed a goal of two gigawatts by 2011. It is also targeting a
capacity of 10 to 20 gigawatts by 2020.
All of this points to
a healthy future for First Solar, the Arizona-based company which has
just signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build the Ordos City
"This major commitment to solar power is a direct
result of the progressive energy policies being adopted in China to
create a sustainable, long-term market for solar and a low carbon
future for China," stated Mike Ahearn, CEO of First Solar at the
MOU signing ceremony at the company's headquarters in Tempe,
"We're proud to be announcing this
precedent-setting project today. It represents an encouraging step
forward toward the mass-scale deployment of solar power worldwide to
help mitigate climate change concerns."
The cost of the
project has not been disclosed, but the project will definitely be
profitable due to the use of a feed-in-tariff which will guarantee
premium pricing of electricity produced by the power plant. Regional
power utilities will be obligated to purchase minimum amounts of
power from the project. Feed-in-tariffs are being increasingly used
by the Chinese government to offset the extremely cheap power from
coal-fired power plants.
"The Chinese feed-in tariff will be
critical to this project," Ahearn said. "This type of
forward-looking government policy is necessary to create a strong
solar market and facilitate the construction of a project of this
size, which in turn continues to drive the cost of solar electricity
closer to 'grid parity' – where it is competitive with
traditional energy sources."
First Solar is considering the
construction of a thin-film photovoltaic module manufacturing site in
the area to support the project. A recycling plant to process used
modules is also being considered.
"We are very pleased to be
partnering with one of the solar industry's global technology
leaders in a project of such significance to Ordos's low carbon
future," said Cao Zhichen, the Vice Mayor of Ordos Municipal
"Discussions with First Solar about building a
factory in China demonstrate to investors in China that they can
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the services.
Visa is testing a NFC payment system in Europe with the iPhone. The system uses
an attachment that plugs into the phone's dock connector.
Before embarking on the NFC payment trials in Europe, ComputerWorld reports
that Visa conducted a survey to see how much
interest there was for such a system. The survey was conducted in Poland,
Italy, Turkey, and the UK and found that 87% of iPhone users would be willing
to attach an add-on to their smartphone to make mobile payments.
The survey reportedly covered 4,100 people in the four countries. Apple is also
working on ways to bring NFC payments to the iPhone with a system that would
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transaction. If the fees for the NFC payment systems are cheaper than those
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Verlander declines chance to play in Classic
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Justin Verlander likes the idea of pitching for Team USA, and he would like to pitch in the World Baseball Classic some year. This, however, will not be the year.
Simply put, after last year's trip to the World Series and a quick offseason, he ultimately decided that he can't get his arm in the shape he'd want it to be in order to pitch on that stage next month. Thus he told Team USA manager Joe Torre last week that he won't be joining the team.
Verlander told reporters on Monday at Joker Marchant Stadium.
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Verlander had left open the possibility of taking part when provisional rosters were announced last month. Rosters are scheduled to be finalized next week; Verlander was set to make a decision by Feb. 20.
In a normal year, Verlander's arm probably wouldn't have been a question. But after the wear and tear of 266 innings last year, and that coming off 271 innings the year before, Verlander held off on his throwing program until January. That still allows plenty of time for him to be ready for the 2013 season thanks to a longer Spring Training, pitching coach Jeff Jones said.
For the timetable of the World Baseball Classic, however, it's difficult. Team USA plays from March 8-10, and Verlander -- knowing his intensity when it comes to big games -- would want to be further along in his throwing than he'd normally be for a Spring Training game.
Still, he said last month that he wanted to wait until he had thrown a couple of bullpen sessions before deciding once and for all.
"I knew it was going to be a long shot the whole time," he said, "but I wanted to give it a shot."
Had Verlander taken part in the Classic, he would have been one of the headliners, no matter which game he pitched. The soon-to-be 30-year-old fell a few votes shy of a second straight American League Cy Young Award last fall after taking pitching's Triple Crown in 2011.
Team USA added Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez to the roster over the weekend and has an open spot for a pitcher, since Atlanta's Kris Medlen has pulled out.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Perhaps the most frequently asked question in the scandal centered on David Petraeus is how anyone so accomplished and so widely regarded as brilliant could have exercised such poor judgment. More troubling is what that might say about the culture that produced him. Besides being tawdry on a personal level, this business is also an occasion to rethink what the nation needs, wants and expects from its highest ranking military officers.
Petraeus resigned earlier this month as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency after acknowledging having an extramarital affair. A retired four-star general he had been the top U.S. commander in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The details of this scandal are widely available. In short, the married Petraeus had an affair with his biographer, a married woman and fellow West Point graduate. Their revealing emails were found after the FBI investigated harassing emails his mistress sent to another woman who in turn had been exchanging what have been called flirtatious emails with another general, who may or may not be guilty of anything.
A Washington Post story says all this puts four-star general lifestyle under scrutiny. It tells how Petraeus once used an escort of 28 police motorcycles to travel across Tampa, Fla., to a social function.
At one point, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates lived next to the then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who had a chef, a personal valet and enlisted personnel helping with lawn care. Throw in personal jets, drivers, guards, palatial homes and hefty salaries and the result is what the Post calls perquisites befitting a billionaire, and it can add up to trouble.
The Post quotes Gates saying, There is something about a sense of entitlement and of having great power that skews peoples judgement.
And that can spill over beyond a ruined marriage. In a scathing opinion piece in the New York Times, writer Lucian K. Truscott IV calls Petraeus a phony hero for a phony war. Truscott, a West Point graduate, son of a career Army officer and grandson of a famous World War II general says Petraeus, transformed himself from an intellectual nerd into a rock star military man, and got so lost among his hangers-on and handlers and roadies and groupies that he finally had his head turned by a West Point babe in a sleeveless top.
That is harsh, but it gets worse. Writing in The Atlantic, Thomas E. Ricks says a culture of mediocrity has taken hold within the Armys leadership rank. Ricks, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and author of several books on the military, makes it clear his complaint is with the top generals, not the troops. American generalship Iraq and Afghanistan he says was too often a tale of ineptitude exacerbated by a wholesale lack of accountability.
Ricks describes one top U.S. general as the military version of Donald Trump, both dull and arrogant. His successor, Ricks says, was a mediocre officer placed in an impossible situation. He details repeated failures by a series of commanders, who suffered no consequences. He contrasts that with World War II in which generals were routinely sacked or demoted for poor leadership and battlefield failures.
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Does this make sense for either team?
http://<br /> http://espn.go.com/nba...radeId=brzgcte
In this deal I would HOPE to get back our first rounder from OKC and perhaps give them an "option" to swap first rounder once in next say 3 years (top 5 to top 10 protected).
WRT above suggestions Sacramento (ONLY if Thompson & Jimmer were included) makes sense;
Washington (Bargnani for Okafor);
Bargnani for Wallace -No way;
Bargnani for Amare -No way;
Sacramento is not too crazy about Evans, so Evans S/T, Jimmer for Bargnani & Ross? Why would Sacramento do this? You are asking logic from a team that gave up (and gave away) 5th overall pick after what 30 games?
There was some talk about Minnesota: Williams & 1 of guards (their choice) for Bargnani? They dont want Bargnani. Include LA & Gasol.
Biedrins & first for Bargnani?
In the end I would hate to amnesty him or trade him for a always shitty contract (either Gordon, 1 lousy, 1 injured, Wallace). Have him come off the bench; If his plays improves (he must have some bloody pride) -then you might get something later.
Last edited by Mapko; Sat May 11th, 2013 at 01:57 AM.
Ive went over this thread and i gotta say....there is only 1 option. the amnesty is going to be used on kleiza which means that bargs is not going to get amnestied, and I think this option is pretty dumb to use on him. As far as the trades go....every trade that was posted I am completely against. I dont want hayes or jimmer, or gerald wallace (omg- look at his contract) novak and camby would do nothing in Toronto. I am not defending bargs, I thought we should of traded after he had that great year when bosh left. But right now I would keep him on the squad. He knows and the system, he knows the players, and I am confident he is going to work in the off season to prevent another nightmare season. He had by far the worst season of his career last year and I am willing to give him a chance next year. His stock could get higher by the trade deadline, and worst case scenario we keep him until his contract is expiring or try to trade him at the deadline. both bargs and landry expire on the same year so we could package them together. I think everybody is making a deal just to get him out of town and nobody cares what we get back. I understand the team played better without him on the floor but he still needs to be viewed has an asset, and you just dont give assests away in this league.
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3 Way Trade with the Bobcats and T'Wolves, Bobcats get: Andrea, Raptors get: Derrick Williams and Luke T'Wolves get: AA and Ben Gordon, Why the bobcats do the trade: They really need scoring from their bigs and they want to trade Ben Gordon badly, Why the Wolves do the trade: They get 2 spacing and scoring from their wings which they need desperately and lineup that consists of rubio, Ben Gordon, AK47, K-Love and Pek is better than what they had last season, why thee raptors do the trade: The get rid of Bargs and they get that backup pass first pg we need we get a prospect big that can hopefully give us production like Eddy D did. It's a win-win-win for all teams involved
The trick would be to use him in circumstances where he would help more than he would hurt. Playing against second tier PF's, and supported by useful help defenders might be the circumstances I am talking about. Just throwing it out there. My preference is to see him traded, but not to trade him just for the sake of trading. If any trade hurts more than it helps, then keep him, and put him in a role where he might be of some use.
We have seen numerous players leave the Raps and become useful contributors because they found themselves in situations where they were not expected to do more than they were capable of. In retrospect, Bargs should probably have been drafted 12th, in which case he might have become a reliable 6th or 7th man, and maybe found his way into a starting role after being forced to work for minutes.
As for players leaving Toronto and being contributors elsewhere. That ofcourse may happen to Bargnani aswell, but I'm not sure why it matters. If he's not performing here he is offering nothing to this team, so not moving him because he may perform elsewhere is just cutting off your nose to spite your face. On top of that, alot of the guys who were moved and have offered value elsewhere, were quality players while here. Reggie, Jarret Jack, Bayless just to name a few... all were effective players here. Doing the same thing on their respective teams that they were doing here. Some Toronto fans thought they were underperforming or underproducing, but really it was the GM and his inability to collect talent and build a team that was the problem.
Now, if he "picks it up", say by trade deadline, you can always make a deal. If not next year he is an expiring deal.
Trading him for, for instance Ty Thomas -guy was NEVER any good. Why?
Eric Gordon -often injured, what is the point (IMO Demar is a better OVERALL player now and will give you 2500-3000 minutes per season);
D Williams (Minnie), Jason Thompson, are at least young players who have a chance of getting better.
WRT Boozer -an interesting scenario. Great season and a so-so playoffs AGAIN (poor D). Would Bulls be desperate & take Bargs AND KLeza to unload Booz? Prob not.
Gasol for Bargs and (Fields or ?)? Is that the best LA can do? They have to make a change.
Does Darren Collison ring a bell? Same scenario. Why aren't there more Manu Ginobilis? Good enough to start for ANY teams, but content doing whatever takes to win a game.
AS for Reggie: He was a decent compliment to Bargs in To (one rebounds & no scoring, other -scores & couldn't/wouldn't rebound). In his last season in To, while Reggie was healthy, this actually worked decent (a lot of other peaces missing).
Another name: Marco Belinelli -not a clue why it did not work in To & in Chicago he is good.
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=bdccz8t (sorry can't read the trade mapko put up). Give up Bargnani for Perkins and Horton plus our draft pick. This works because Perkins is useless to OKC and because Bargnani is a better defender than Perkins. Bargnani has more potential to OKC than any potential draft pick.
2010/11 - 16.1pts 4.0rbs 6.4asts 1.0stls 2.9tovs .479eFG% .545 ts% 14.8PER .065WS/48
2011/12 - 18.0pts 3.4rbs 6.0asts 1.2stls 2.7tovs .504eFG% .561 ts% 17.7PER .139WS/48
2012/13 - 14.1pts 3.6rbs 5.4asts 1.2stls 2.4tovs .476eFG% .514 ts% 13.5PER .108WS/48
2009/10 - 14.9pts 3.6rbs 6.6asts 1.0stls 2.6tovs .542eFG% .599 ts% 16.3PER .102WS/48
2012/13 - 15.7pts 3.7rbs 6.7asts 0.9stls 2.4tovs .499eFG% .542 ts% 15.9PER .115WS/48
from a statistical stand point, this is Marco's worst year since his rookie season.Marco Belinelli -not a clue why it did not work in To & in Chicago he is good
Perhaps this explains the discrepency - its all perception.
They are on playoff teams, and therefore they are seen as 'better' players. When really they just have better teammates that help them win more games rather than teammates that (arguably) help lose games......
I think Bargnani will bounce back and revive his career but not here in Toronto. It'll be nice to wait until he starts playing better(which he's very much capable of) but considering what's happened with him lately, it most probably won't happen here. The longer he's hung on to, the worse it'll get for both Bargnani and the Raps. The most sensible thing to do IMO is despite his falling stock, trade him for the best possible return.
A couple of ideas:
1) Toronto/Utah
Jonas V and Bargnani for E Kanter and P Millsap(S & T).
2) Toronto/Detroit
Bargnani and 2nd rounder for R Stuckey(back up PG) and V Kravtsov.
Attitude Is A Choice.
Hey guys. i know my first post got me in some hot water, but this needs to happen. Bargs doesn't fit in our new plans, and he needs a fresh start. I'd like to after a back-up guy with some salary and a 1st rounder, but who needs a PF who can attack in the paint, make smart defensive choices, pass the ball and rebound?
Stuckey is awful I want no part of him in Tdot hes not a PG either hes a small 2 that cant shoot. Mentioning JV in trades is blasphemy.
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Cortez Elks Hoop Shoot
The 41st annual Elks Hoop Shoot competition will be held Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Cortez Middle School Gym. Youngsters from throughout 50 states enter the national free throw shooting contest. Each contestant has 25 shots at the hoop. The boy and girl in each age group with the best scores advance through four tiers of competition to qualify for the national finals, which will be held April 18-20, 2013 in Springfield, Mass. Registration starts at noon and competition begins at 1 p.m. There is no entry fee. The Elks Hoop Shoot is open to all boys and girls in the age categories of 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13. Contestants age groups will be determined by their ages as of April 1, 2013. Those entering should bring proof of birth date (i.e. birth certificate, baptismal or passport) for verification and assignment to the proper age group shooting category, thereby eliminating disappointment that might arise on a technicality. This means that participants under the age of 8 and over the age of 13 on April 1, will be ineligible to compete. Awards are presented for first, second and third in each category. For more information, please call Gini Olson or Fred DeWitt at 882-4904.
Cortez Rec. boys youth basketball
The City of Cortez parks and recreation department is now taking registrations for third- through-sixth-grade boys youth basketball. The 2013 season begins Monday, Jan. 7, and continues until Saturday, Feb. 16. Cost to participate is $20, which includes a T-shirt jersey. Registrations are being taken at the Cortez Recreation Center and will close Monday, Dec. 31. Any questions, please contact Joye McHenry at 564-4080.
Cortez youth volleyball
Cortez youth volleyball for 2013 starts Monday, Jan. 7.A parent informational meeting and sign-up that day will be at 6:30 p.m., at the Cortez Middle School main gym.The program is for girls and boys, fourth- through-eighth-grade, who want to learn and improve their volleyball skills, and have fun doing it. Practice for grades four-six is Monday, 6 to 8 p.m. Grades 7-8 is Wednesday, 2:40 to 4:30 p.m. Cost is $60 per player with multi-child family discounts available. Please contact Valorie Bauer at 799-4880 or Barbara Chappell at 570-9990 with any questions.
M-CHS indoor soccer open gym
M-CHS is having indoor soccer open gym for anyone interested in playing soccer. Open gym will be Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the school auxiliary gym. For more information, please contact school activities director, Jimmie Lankford, at 565-3722 ex. 2123.


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The 53-year-old Dolores man, who is accused of starting the Roatcap Fire near Dolores, pleaded not guilty in District Court on Thursday afternoon.
Roger Stratton, who did not speak at his arraignment, is charged with fourth-degree arson, which is a felony.
Stratton, who is out of jail on a $3,000 bail, through his attorney waived the formal reading and advisement of the charges.
Amy Smith, Stratton's public defender attorney, asked District Court Judge Todd Plewe for more time because of the number of witnesses she needs to interview.
She also said there may be expert testimony she may need to obtain for the trial.
Plewe said due to the number of witnesses, which could be in the dozens, there could be difficulty in seating a jury.
He said the court will need a list of potential witnesses, so jury candidates can be asked in questionnaires if they know anyone who was affected by the Roatcap Fire.
Plewe set the jury trial for June 3 and scheduled a motions hearing for 9 a.m. March 22 with all motions to be filed 20 days before the hearing.
Plewe also set a Feb. 21 deadline for the district attorney's office to provide the names and addresses of witnesses in the discovery process.
Deputy District Attorney Tom Farrell is the lead prosecutor in the case.
The fire, which started around 10:30 a.m. Oct. 24 near County Roads 29 and P, burned more than 400 acres and forced the evacuation of around 30 homes.
The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office said the fire was not set intentionally, but said that Stratton needed to be held accountable for his careless actions.
Stratton allegedly was burning leaves on his property when the wind caused the fire to spread out of control.


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The Montezuma-Cortez High School Lady Panthers are seeking a fresh start on the basketball court.
After a disappointing 2011-12 season, there is a new attitude and level of excitement in the program.
Third-year coach Justine Bayles doesnt have a lot of experience on her team. But the level of commitment in practice to get better is something she did not see a season ago.
Were building a program. Last year, we saw the bare bones of being down in our upperclassmen, Bayles said. This year, Im just so excited to see the number of sophomores and freshmen coming in. Theyre going to play a key role in the building of our program.
Senior starting returners are sharpshooting ace Randy Elliott and defensive specialist Tori Laymon.
I look at these girls to be leaders and want to be mentors, said Bayles about her returning seniors. I think these are two girls that can provide that mentorship. I think they can lead a team.
First-year senior Elsie Walck will look to be a starter.
Sophomores Nicole Demby, Abby Chupp, Savannah Jacket and Chantell Manuel will give the Lady Panthers a youthful, athletic spark.
I have a lot of underclassmen, who are ready to step up and prove to everyone that this is a viable program, Bayles said.
Coach Bayles will run a half court offense, slowing the tempo and setting up plays to control each possession.
Defensively, the coach feels her team has the athleticism to mix in zone and man-to-man defenses.
Were going to slow the pace a little, Bayles said. And, I think we have the size that we need to play a tough defense. Everyone is going to be surprised at what were going to be able to put on the court this year.
M-CHS will participate in an unofficial scrimmage on Nov. 24, before opening the regular season at Gallup, N.M., against Miyamura High School. Tournaments in Steamboat Springs and Palisade, and road games at Aztec (N.M.) and Bayfield round out nonconference play.
It will be nice to be able to go somewhere and play teams that were not used to playing, Bayles said. Usually, when we go away in the preseason, the girls look really good, and we come home and we have the long (Christmas) break. It seems to hang us up just a little bit, but Im ready for those long trips.
Southwestern League play begins Jan. 18, 2013 at 5A Fruita Monument.
The Lady Panthers will conclude the regular season on a five-game home stand.
I think well be able to use that to our advantage and build some momentum on our home floor, Bayles said.
The season tip off is Thursday, Nov. 29, at Miyamura at 5:30 p.m.


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Reef | TWS And Friends Celebrate Earth Day In Oceanside
Technically it wasn't even Earth Day, but in our eyes, every day should be Earth Day. That said, last week at Buccaneer Beach in Oceanside we teamed up with Reef, Billabong Wetsuits, HDX Hydration Mix, Hayden Shapes, Waste To Waves, Global Surf Industries, Marko Foam, and a slew of eager friends and volunteers to clean up one of local beaches.
According to Reef President Jeff Moore the office was closed and they had 98% employee participation (leaving one to wonder what happened to the remaining 2%). A few of Reef's local team riders showed up as well, including Nick Rozsa, Mike Losness, and Rob Machado. Rob dove headfirst into the clean up efforts and was spotted picking up cigarette butts bare handed. While Rob's efforts are commendable, he was one-upped by a couple of guys who hopped onto SUPs and paddled into the stagnant pond behind the beach. That's where the real gnarly shit was and after a short time they had bags full of rubbish including used condoms and other disgusting things irresponsible humans leave behind.
After scarfing down breakfast burritos from the Buccaneer Galley and scouring the beach for trash, the crew enjoyed a well-deserved rip sesh in the knee-to-waist high peaks, that were, at least for a day, free of debris.
While it's great that we all got together to clean this one beach, as surfers, it's our responsibility to keep the beaches and oceans clean every single day. That means picking up trash when you visit the beach, and admonishing those who litter. Like Rob said, it should be Earth Year, not just Earth Day.--JC


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Renewed collaboration with INTERPOL will boost security in South Pacific, Secretary General tells Tonga authorities
NUKUALOFA, Tonga – On his first official visit to Tonga during his latest mission to the South Pacific, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble underlined the need for the country to become an active member of the world police body and reconnect with INTERPOL after years of disengagement.
At meetings with Acting Prime Minister Samiu Vaipulu, Police Minister Siosifa Tu'utafaiva and Police Commissioner Grant O'Fee, Mr Noble said that by renewing their collaboration INTERPOL and Tonga had an essential role to play together to keep citizens in the country and region safe from transnational crimes such as drug trafficking and money laundering.
With the three high-ranking Tongan officials reaffirming the importance of remaining a part of INTERPOL, Acting Prime Minister Vaipulu said that Tonga's continued membership of INTERPOL would help Tonga fight drug traffickers, international criminals, and support Tonga's police build capacity to fight emerging cybercrime threats.
Minister of Police Tu'utafaiva and Commissioner of Police O'Fee stressed how INTERPOL needed to make sure that all countries in the region were connected to INTERPOL in an efficient and cost effective way, and asked INTERPOL to identify ways to reduce the financial pressure on Tonga and other countries facing the same situation.
Commending Tonga's authorities for their strong words of support and for their desire to link all law enforcement to INTERPOL's tools and services, Secretary General Noble said: "INTERPOL makes it possible for any country where there is the will to cooperate internationally to enhance collective security."
With terrorists, transnational organized criminals and drug traffickers using stolen passports to move undetected from one country to the next, Mr Noble recalled how in November 2012 Tongan authorities discovered a man's body and 200kg of cocaine in a grounded boat off the coast of Tonga. The drug-filled vessel was reportedly on its way from South America, police said.
"Any country like Tonga that wishes to develop its economy, including tourism, cannot afford the risk of not having instant access to INTERPOL's tools and services to protect citizens and connect the dots when crimes occur," said the Head of INTERPOL.
"This is why INTERPOL has agreed to reconnect Tonga to INTERPOL's global communications system and to put in place INTERPOL's state of the art passport screening system so that real criminals can be identified in real time," added Mr Noble.
Mr Noble is visiting Tonga as part of the latest mission he is undertaking to the South Pacific (22 February - 1 March) to enhance regional and international police cooperation against transnational crime, build capacity and extend the use of INTERPOL's global law enforcement tools, services and operational support infrastructure to officers on the frontlines.
One of Mr Noble's previous missions to the region included a visit to Samoa in October 2009 shortly after the country joined the world police body.
During his latest mission to the South Pacific Mr Noble is also encouraging adoption of INTERPOL's Travel Document which to date has been recognized by 59 countries. It is intended to enable INTERPOL officials and police to travel internationally on official INTERPOL business without requiring a visa when assisting in transnational investigations or on urgent deployments.