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Update 11/19/13: Adam Levine has officially been named the Sexiest Man Alive! Sorry Gosling, DiCaprio, Pattinson, and um, all the other men who have yet to receive the honor below, maybe 2014 will be your year?
Nice try, Justin Timberlake, but it was Adam Levine and not you who successfully brought sexy back to 2013. According to the Hollywood Reporter , the "It's not red it's" Maroon 5 frontman is set to be named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. If he lands the title, Levine will join the historically sexy ranks of such genetically gifted men as Bradley Cooper, George Clooney and Ryan Reynolds on the Mount Rushmore of H.O.T. Levine's win means yet another hard luck loss for a few of Hollywood's hottest heavyweights. Let's take a look at six stars who have yet to take home the Nobel Prize of Bow Chicka Wow Wow.
1. Ryan Gosling
What? Huh? Really? The face that launched a 1,000,000 "hey girl" memes has never been named the Sexiest Man Alive? You call yourself a magazine for people, People? We have a telephone call for you on line one. First name: Shenanigan. Last name: we forgot to ask.
2. Robert Pattinson
Cheer up, Robert Pattinson. You're a shoe-in for People Magazine's acclaimed "Sexiest Vampire Alive" issue. Or are you?
3. Leonardo DiCaprio
The Great Gatsby won the 1998 People Magazine's "Most Beautiful People" award, but there's a fine line between beautiful and sexy. Basically People Magazine loves you, Leonardo DiCaprio, but they're not in love with you. It's okay pal; I got your back. Two spoons, one pint and a little OC binge watching and we'll turn that beautiful (but not sexy) frown upside down.
4. Will Smith
Keep that chin up, Fresh Prince of Despair. You won the 2000 American Music Award for the Wild Wild West soundtrack and that is something Adam Levine can never take from you.
5. Robert Downey Jr.
Can you believe the star of Iron Man 2, 3 AND 1 has never been officially named the Sexiest Man Alive? I guess repeatedly saving the earth doesn't trump the song "Harder to Breathe" on People's list of priorities.
6. Chris Hemsworth
Thor-warted again, Hemsworth. Don't worry; you're still a young guy. Moisturize, practice smiling, lift some facial weights and you'll capture the crown in 2014.
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I understand that Lin is the "in thing" right now, and I'll be honest, that I'm rooting for the guy, too. It is an incredible story, and he seems to be a great guy, but if you come into our house, wearing any other jersey that doesn't say "raptors" on it, you need to get boo'd. There is no air of hostility towards the visiting teams here in Toronto like fans show in other nba cities. Would we here any reaction like we did at the end of the game in favor of the visiting team in OKC? in Chicago? in Boston? Heck I'll even wager that fans in cities where the teams aren't that good this year like Washington or Cleveland or Sacramento wouldn't even have the same reactions.
I'm very embarrassed that this city is not showing the Raptors the support that they deserve. I almost threw up seeing the Knicks celebrate on our center court, on top of our logo, with fans cheering them on. Am I the only one feeling this, or am I just another one of those die hard raptors fans that drank too much of the kool-ade?


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It's all about the turnovers. In OKC's two losses they coughed up the ball 18 times (against SA), and 20 times (against Atlanta). If we can get them to turn the ball over, then we have a shot. Otherwise I think it will be a long night. This is easier said than done, but if we put the pressure on RW and Martin then it may work to our advantage.
I looked at the box score from last season when we got pummeled by OKC. The reason we lost was because our bench was putrid. This year we should have a stronger bench (at least Jose is an upgrade over Uzoh) and OKC's bench got arguably worse with the Harden trade.


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text: I don't know about not starting T. Ross or at the least playing him more coming off the bench. He's barely getting any playing time right now. But then again I don't know what managements objective is this season. I have a hard time beleiving that winning is their number one agenda if they are starting a rookie centre next to a defensively inept PF, as has been illustrated so far with opposing teams doing the majority of their damage in the mid to low post (both offensively and defensively). They can't seriously be thinking JV is going to be able to anchor the defense this season.


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The offense they've been running for him isn't very good either, keep that in mind.
But yeah, no way he's an all-star.
More money, more production
Was worth the money last season, so repeat that
The offense they've been running for him isn't very good either, keep that in mind.
But yeah, no way he's an all-star.
dribble moves and confidence. He needs to learn break his man off the dribble and use his quickness
the main problem to why he hasn't made the leap players like VC and Kobe made.
Despite all of his physical attributes, is often satisfied to 'go with the flow'. Does not look to dominate ... His on court presence leaves much to be desired at this stage of his development .. He plays hard, but rarely full throttle ... Passion to be a superstar has always been questioned
Remember when we all felt like Kleiza wasnt playing to his potential when in actuality he was nursing an injury....
DeMar got the ball right off the bat last night. If hit those 2 wide open jumpers and instead of going for a layup and getting blocked, he dunked that ball on Javale Mcgee. It would have made a big difference and he would have continued to get the ball. Its not his teammates its him, he's just not scoring
you know the kinda guy who goes to a club, and thinks i'm going to get laid... doesnt matter who.. i'm just going to take whats available for the taking and get laid..
thats demar
kobe goes to the club and thinks "ONLY dimes. and ONLY dimes that open the back door. Anything less is failure. I have the skills to make it happen. It's worth a little poo on my soldier just to prove i can"
it's really just conversation to me... if you make it a "thing", and im self conscious about it... it wont happen..
same thing goes with women... i handle my own fairly well.. but the second somebody is like "yo, you need to move on that chick".. they made it a thing.. and i wont do shit
I really hope DeMar turns this around. I'm a bit worried because he is a key to future success. Maybe just focus on defence and not put so much pressure on his offence. He should not force his game. We really need him to be a contributer in the furture, not necessarily an all-star but a guy that puts up an efficient 12-18 points a night. If we can't get that, this team is taking a step back from last year.
In the future, we need to pick up a good SF (hopefully addressed with the upcoming draft), and pick up some better pieces off the bench. I love how Amir is playing and I see the value you J.J. off the bench. We have stuff to build off of, but I think DeMar is an important piece that needs to be addressed. We have a very bright future!
This is a building year!
DeMar Go HAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I realize this is going to spark up a lot of controversy but that's what makes these places kind of fun.
So i know there are a lot of people out there who do not like Weems because he had a bad season last year and lost focus, but if you see any of his games from Lithuania, he seems very calm and mature in his approach. He's having a much better year than DeRozan has had so far and seems to have a better handle and shot. He basically plays the same position as deRozan and is just a little shorter.
thoughts, rants, complaints?
If we don't get any SF from Draft, we could keep both of them and play both of them at time, but DeMar should prove, that we needn't any player to replace him.
No disrespect to the league Weems is playing in overseas, but I don't think the comparison is fair. NBA is the obvious crème de la crème of the basketball world and the pressure to perform here can't be compared anywhere else in my opinion. You put DeMar over in Lithuania and I bet he takes the league by storm even moreso than Weems is currently. I'm much more comfortable with a struggling DeMar then a Sonny period.
I am still with Demar but what I liked when Weems was backing him up was they pushed each other and often when one was having an off day the other was not. This would mean that Weems would have to accept being the bench backup guy and if he has learned anything in the European leagues hopefully maturity is one of them.
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Perennial power will once again be in mix in loaded American League East
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TAMPA, Fla. -- So this must be where the Yankees train.
You can tell from all those handicapped spaces in the parking lot outside Steinbrenner Field and the Ben Gay tubes lined up in the trainer's room. You can tell from the relatively short workout schedule Thursday, presumably so that the players could depart in time to take their Valentines out for the early bird special at Golden Corral.
That's the storyline here, right? The Yanks are old. Their clubhouse is the anti-anti-aging clinic. Their team colors are navy blue, white and a touch of gray.
How are they going to even make it through a full 162-game schedule, let alone win the loaded American League East?
Well, it can admittedly be fun to joke about a Yankees roster with a decidedly ancient average age nearing 33. But let's not jump to any ridiculous conclusions here. This team is still very much going to be a factor, if not a force.
This is a 95-win club from a year ago that certainly lost a ton of prominent power from its lineup when Nick Swisher, Russell Martin and Raul Ibanez walked out the door. But the Yanks nonetheless retain an experienced, able rotation, a balanced offensive attack and one of the best bullpens in the sport.
The Yankees, as currently constructed, are set up to win their fair share of ballgames.
"They, without question, have the means to put a championship team on the field," one pro scout said. "They are the New York Yankees."
Amen to that.
With that said, the pointed pokes at the Bronx Bombers' age issues do have merit. Because while this Major League roster, if kept intact, is certainly capable of elite output, it is fair to wonder if there is enough depth in the upper levels of the farm system to keep the Yanks afloat if or when the injury bug bites.
That's the issue here, in the wake of a winter that was rather un-Yankee-like. Part of the more austere approach to roster construction that Brian Cashman and Co. have taken on involves a reliance on the homegrown commodities, and so it is worth wondering whether those commodities will impact the immediate that is the 2013 season.
By now, you know the concerns at hand here: CC Sabathia, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are all coming off surgery, with Rodriguez's off-field issues well-documented and his on-field return not anticipated until the second half, at the earliest.
Furthermore, Mark Teixeira has shown signs of decline and has even admitted as much, and Kevin Youkilis and Travis Hafner are oft-injured stopgaps. Ichiro Suzuki is 39, Hiroki Kuroda is 38, Andy Pettitte is 40. These guys can't go on forever, you know. And so comes the conclusion from many a scribe that the Yankees are perhaps more vulnerable than they've been in decades.
How much merit is there to that notion? Well, that depends on where or when the possible breakdowns arrive and how the Yanks go about addressing them.
Start with that rotation, where depth could emerge as an issue. A year ago, New York's top two pitching prospects were Manny Banuelos and Dellin Betances. But Banuelos blew out his elbow and Betances pitched his way into a demotion to Double-A, where he continued to struggle. Elbow issues also forced an early shutdown for 20-year-old Jose Campos, an acquisition from the Mariners in the Jesus Montero trade. And then, of course, there was the key piece in that trade, Michael Pineda, who missed the entire season with a tear in his shoulder.
Pineda has climbed back on the mound at Yankees camp and, in the best case of best-case scenarios, could be ready to rejoin the club in May or June. But that's barring any setbacks, and shoulder issues of this nature are particularly prickly in terms of recovery time.
"He's got youth on his side, and he doesn't have a ton of innings on that arm," manager Joe Girardi said of Pineda. "But time will tell."
Time will also tell how well the left side of the infield -- Jeter and Youkilis -- performs at such an advanced age. The Yankees' cupboard is particularly bare at those two spots, which is why the club devoted $12 million to Youkilis. That's $12 million that, you could argue, would have been better-spent on retaining Martin behind the dish, but the A-Rod injury forced the Yanks' hand on the matter.
The Yankees have a strong defender in Austin Romine to potentially take over behind the plate as soon as Opening Day. They have some versatile young infielders in David Adams and Corban Joseph to plug in, should needs arise.
But in general, most of the club's top position player prospects -- specifically, catcher Gary Sanchez and outfielders Tyler Austin, Slade Heathcott and Mason Williams -- are in the lower levels of the system.
"The reason they may lack depth at Triple-A is more a function of problems they have had identifying Minor League free agents and waiver claims," said one front-office executive with knowledge of the Yanks' system. "Depth is an issue in the very short run, but the talent they have coming up in the system is actually surprisingly good."
The word "surprising" is appropriate here not as a knock on amateur scouting director Damon Oppenheimer and his crew, but simply as a product of the Yankees' successes at the Major League level.
"The Yankees draft at the very back of the first round every year -- assuming they don't lose the pick for signing a free agent," the exec explained. "It's impossible to draft a lot of talent with later and limited picks."
So give credit to the Yanks for stocking a system that is well-regarded in the industry.
And perhaps that's the primary point to be made here. Because while the prime pieces in that farm system might not be ready to help out immediately, they could certainly be flipped for impact talent at or before the Trade Deadline. That gives the Yankees the flexibility to retool as 2013 unfolds.
"You use that first-third of the season, through Memorial Day, to assess what you've done," assistant GM Billy Eppler said. "Then you use June and July to assess things you didn't plan, and you use that last third to make that final push and run into the postseason.
"We're pretty optimistic about how things can play out. We feel there's still some presence in our lineup that can scare an opposing pitcher. I think we'll have one of the better defensive outfields in the game. When you have guys that can run and steal bases and do those things, you have other ways of scoring runs."
Like the scout said, they're the Yankees. They generally find a way and have, in fact, for 20 consecutive seasons in which they've played no worse than .540 ball.
There is vulnerability -- to age and to lame jokes -- but there is also some degree of flexibility. I, for one, am not definitively chalking the Yanks up as a championship team, but I'm definitely not writing them off, either.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince. MLB.com reporter Jonathan Mayo contributed to this story. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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highest is a program that efficiently finds the n highest (or lowest) numbers in a list of numbers on stdin. The traditional way of computing this using GNU sort should have a running time of O(n log n), where n is the number of numbers to check. Highest should have a running time of O(n log m), where m is the number of numbers you want to keep. A graph comparing the performance of highest to that of GNU sort is provided.
Edile is intended to be a basic but useful text editor for system administration and scripting purposes. It's something between a script and an application meant for quickly opening and viewing or editing files from the command line or piped from another process. Edile requires Python and PyGTK, and if you have GTKSourceView, it will use that. It has been tested on XP and Ubuntu.
jared (just another registry editor) is a Java library for editing the Windows registry. It reads a registry file into memory and allows modifications and rewriting of the file. It also contains a command line program for mods using a .reg file. The code supports gcj. jared is particularly appropriate for modifying or analyzing registry hives offline.
Belier allows opening a shell or executing a command on a remote computer through an SSH session. The main feature of Belier is its ability to cross several intermediate computers before realizing the job. You can execute commands with any account available on the remote computer. It is possible to switch an account on intermediate computers before accessing the final computer, and Belier will generate one script for each final computer to reach.
rocknroll (Rsync fOr baCKup and Roll) is an incremental backup maker based on rsync. It backs up a remote directory tree to a destination directory on the local host. For this backup, it manages a set of archives named tag.1, tag.2, etc. Using the famous "link-dest" option of rsync, it keeps only the difference between the different archives.
netcf is a library and command line tool for configuring networking on Linux machines in a platform-independent way, using the platforms native configuration mechanisms. Supported are all the various ways in which physical interfaces, bridges, bonds, and VLANs can be combined. The configuration of a network connection is described in an XML format that emphasizes the logical relationship between the interfaces involved, e.g. a bridge connection describes the bridge interface itself and all the interfaces initially enslaved to it. Interoperability with existing network configuration tools is guaranteed since netcf relies only on native network configuration files, both for reading and writing them. Modifying network configuration with netcf has exactly the same effect as modifying the native configuration files directly, and netcf and other tools can be used interchangeably.
Yasma (Yet Another Sendmail Logfile Analyzer) is a reporting tool for sendmail log files. It provides a nice overview of your mail traffic like: messages transferred, some average values, top lists of messages sent, received, rejected, etc., and top lists of supposed spammers, status messages, relay hosts, and mailers. It analyzes one or more log files from the command line and writes an HTML report. For security, it can hide the user part of mail addresses listed in the report. A GeoIP database can be used to show country information.
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Many foods can cause gassiness, including beans (legumes), broccoli, cabbage, onions, and whole grains. This occurs because these foods contain complex carbohydrates that are not entirely broken down in the digestive tract, and instead serve as food for intestinal bacteria. These bacteria produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas as they digest the carbohydrates. While everyone develops intestinal gas to some extent, certain people have an intolerance of complex carbohydrates and develop relatively more severe symptoms. 1 Use of alpha-galactosidase has been advocated as a treatment for both complex carbohydrate intolerance and ordinary gassiness. This enzyme helps break down complex carbohydrates. When taken as a supplement, it may enhance the digestive process and thereby deprive gas-producing bacteria of fuel to work on.
Alpha-galactosidase is ordinarily manufactured by the body and is not a nutrient. It is found in particularly high quantities in the yeast Aspergillus niger , the source of commercial products.
Therapeutic Dosages
A typical supplemental dosage of alpha-galactosidase provides 450 GalU ( galactosidase units) per meal.
Therapeutic Uses
Although alpha-galactosidase is widely marketed as an over-the-counter treatment to prevent intestinal gas , there is only limited evidence that it really works. In two preliminary double-blind, controlled trials enrolling a total of 39 people, use of alpha-galactosidase along with a meal of beans significantly reduced symptoms of excess gas. 2,3 Two other relevant trials were also small, and suffered from significant design flaws. 3,4 Larger and more strictly designed studies will be necessary to determine whether alpha-galactosidase is truly an effective treatment for reducing intestinal gas.
Safety Issues
Although alpha-glucosidase appears to be safe for people in normal health, there are potential concerns involving people with diabetes as well as those with a rare condition named galactosemia.
Alpha-glucosidase breaks down complex carbohydrates into easily absorbed sugars. This may raise blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. Drugs that block alpha-glucosidase (alpha-glucosidase inhibitors) have proven benefit for people with diabetes. One study found that use of alpha-glucosidase supplements reduced the effectiveness of the diabetes drug acarbose, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor drug. 5 For this reason, people with diabetes who are using alpha-glucosidase inhibitors should avoid alpha-glucosidase supplements. In addition, it is theoretically possible that alphaglucosidase might increase blood sugar levels in people with diabetes who are not taking alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, but this has not been thoroughly evaluated.
People with the genetic condition galactosemia should also avoid alphagalactosidase as it could, in theory, worsen symptoms of the disease.
Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or people with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
Interactions You Should Know About
If you are taking the drugs acarbose (Precose) or miglitol (Glyset) for treatment of diabetes, use of alpha-galactosidase may decrease their effectiveness.
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Census of Population and Housing, 2000 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: 5-Percent Sample (ICPSR 13568)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
These Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files contain records representing a 5-percent sample of the occupied and vacant housing units in the United States and the people in the occupied units. People living in group quarters also are included. The files provide individual weights for persons and housing units, which when applied to the individual records, expand the sample to the relevant totals. Some of the items on the housing record are acreage, agricultural sales, allocation flags for housing items, bedrooms, condominium fee, contract rent, cost of utilities, family income in 1999, family, subfamily, and relationship recodes, farm residence, fire, hazard, and flood insurance, fuels used, gross rent, heating fuel, household income in 1999, household type, housing unit weight, kitchen facilities, linguistic isolation, meals included in rent, mobile home costs, mortgage payment, mortgage status, plumbing facilities, presence and age of own children, presence of subfamilies in household, real estate taxes, number of rooms, selected monthly owner costs, size of building (units in structure), state code, telephone service, tenure, vacancy status, value (of housing unit), vehicles available, year householder moved into unit, and year structure built. Some of the items on the person record are ability to speak English, age, allocation flags for population items, ancestry, citizenship, class of worker, disability status, earnings in 1999, educational attainment, grandparents as caregivers, Hispanic origin, hours worked, income in 1999 by type, industry, language spoken at home, marital status, means of transportation to work, migration Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA), migration state, mobility status, veteran period of service, years of military service, occupation, persons weight, personal care limitation, place of birth, place of work PUMA, place of work state, poverty status in 1999, race, relationship, school enrollment and type of school, time of departure for work, travel time to work, vehicle occupancy, weeks worked in 1999, work limitation status, work status in 1999, and year of entry. The Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files contain geographic units known as Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) and super-Public Use Microdata Areas (super-PUMAs). To maintain the confidentiality of the PUMS data, minimum population thresholds are set for PUMAs and super-PUMAs. For the 1-percent state-level files, the super-PUMAs contain a minimum population of 400,000 and are composed of a PUMA or a group of contiguous PUMAs delineated on the 5-percent state-level PUMS files. Super-PUMAs are a new geographic entity for Census 2000. The 5-percent state-level files contain PUMAs, each having a minimum population of 100,000, and corresponding super-PUMA codes. Each state is separately identified and may be comprised of one or more super-PUMAs or PUMAs. Large metropolitan areas may be subdivided into super-PUMAs and PUMAs. PUMAs and super-PUMAs do not cross state lines. Super-PUMAs and PUMAs also are defined for place of residence on April 1, 1995, and place of work.
Series: Census of Population and Housing, 2000 [United States] Series
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U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 2000 [UNITED STATES]: PUBLIC USE MICRODATA SAMPLE: 5-PERCENT SAMPLE. ICPSR release. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 2003. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2003. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR13568.v1
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Subject Terms: age, census data, demographic characteristics, employment, ethnicity, household composition, household income, housing, housing conditions, occupations, population, population migration, states (USA), unemployment, wages and salaries, working hours
Geographic Coverage: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, United States, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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(1) There are two files per state: the data file and the PUMS Equivalency file. The data file is hierarchical. The housing record has a record length of 316 with 106 variables and the person record has a record length of 266 with 155 variables. The Equivalency files list the geographic components (counties or MCDs, places, tracts where available) and their assigned PUMA and super-PUMA codes. (2) The codebook is provided by the principal investigator as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
Sample: A stratified sample of the population, which was created by subsampling the full census sample (approximately 15.8 percent of all housing units) that received census long-form questionnaires.
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Today we're introducing a brand new designer for S4H, Felicity Miller. It was a suggestion from FreeSpirit to give her brand new collection, Charleston Farmhouse a try, and we are so glad we agreed. Everyone who came into contact with this fabric in the Sew4Home studios loved it. We knew we wanted to do an apron, and in order to be able to use a number of different fabrics from within the collection, we decided to make the apron reversible. We've done it up in vintage "farm girl" style with an over-the-head bib; a wide sash that ties low at the waist for a long, comfy look; and a deep bottom ruffle.
The influence for this gorgeous collection comes not from the southern charm of our own Charleston, South Carolina, but from a Sussex farmhouse of the same name at the foot of the South Downs in England. The home's walls, doors, furniture, fireplaces and more were canvases for the famous "Bloomsbury" group of artists, writers and philosophers from the first half of the twentieth century. Felicity loved the play of paint, pattern and color in the home and used it to inspire her own Charleston Farmhouse.
There is a free downloadable pattern for our apron sized to create a generous over-the-head loop, but if you feel uncomfortable with this style, you can always cut it at the back, bind the ends, and add a button or snap. And yes, that is me and our tractor. And although I appear to be channeling Eva Gabor in the old Green Acres sitcom, I do really know how to drive the thing.
Our thanks to the great folks at FreeSpirit and Rowan Fabrics for sponsoring these four weeks of Resolution Inspiration from ten of their amazing designers. What's Felicity's resolution? Short and sweet, but so wonderful.
"My 2013 Resolution is to draw and paint more, especially with my family."
Charleston Farmhouse comes out early next month, March 2013. Check with your favorite retailer for availability and/or to pre-order. Many of our Sew4Home Marketplace vendors offer this option
Remember, not all shops take delivery and/or display fabrics on the same schedule, so actual in-stock dates may vary. Also, you can always ask your favorite local independent fabric retailer to special order fabric for you. Check out the Westminster Fibers Retail Locator for shopping options near you for all the Designers and Collections from this series.
Sewing Tools You Need
- Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome DC2013)
- Zipper foot
- Satin Stitch foot
Fabric and Other Supplies
Yardages shown are generous to allow for pattern matching
- 1¼ yards of 44-45" wide cotton fabric for the apron side A; we used Dahlia Leaf in Sea from the Charleston Farmhouse collection by Felicity Miller for FreeSpirit Fabrics
- 1¼ yard of 44-45" wide cotton fabric for apron side B; we used Sampler in Parchment from the Charleston Farmhouse collection by Felicity Miller for FreeSpirit Fabrics
- 1¼ yard of 44-45" wide cotton fabric for ties and ruffle side A; we used Rhythm Stripe in Night from the Charleston Farmhouse collection by Felicity Miller for FreeSpirit Fabrics
- 1¼ yard of 44-45" wide cotton fabric for ties and ruffle side B; we used B Dotted in Night from the Charleston Farmhouse collection by Felicity Miller for FreeSpirit Fabrics
- ONE package of piping; we used Wright's Maxi Piping in Scarlet
- ONE package of bias tape; we used Wright's Extra Wide Double Fold in Scarlet
- All purpose thread to match fabrics
- See-through ruler
- Fabric pen or pencil
- Iron and ironing board
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- Tape measure
- Seam gauge
- Seam ripper
- Straight pins
- Hand sewing needle
Getting Started
- Download and print out the Apron Bib Part 1 & 4, Apron Bib Part 2, Apron Bib Part 3, and Apron Pocket templates.
IMPORTANT: Each of these four templates is ONE 8½" x 11" sheet. You must print the PDF files at 100%. DO NOT SCALE to fit the page.
- Cut out the pattern pieces along the solid lines. The Apron Pocket is a single piece. The Apron Bib is made up of four pieces. Butt these pieces together at the arrows as indicated on the templates and following the diagram on the printed sheets. Do not overlap. Tape together to form the complete template. If you are new to working with downloadable PDF patterns, we have a short tutorial.
- From the fabric for apron side A (Dahlia Leaf in Sea in our sample), cut the following:
Using the assembled bib pattern right side facing up, cut one bib on the fold
Using the pocket pattern, cut TWO pockets
ONE 19" high x Width of Fabric (WOF) rectangle (19" x 44")
- From the fabric for apron side B (Sampler in Parchment in our sample), cut the following:
Using the assembled bib pattern right side facing down, cut one bib on the fold
NOTE: Flipping the pattern insures the two bib pieces will match up correctly back to back
Using the pocket pattern, cut TWO pockets
ONE 19" high x Width of Fabric (WOF) rectangle (19" x 44")
- From the fabric for ties and ruffle side A (Rhythm Stripe in Night in our sample), cut the following:
TWO 8" high x 31" long strips for the ties
TWO 11" high x WOF rectangles for the bottom ruffle
- From the fabric for ties and ruffle side B (B Dotted in Night in our sample), cut the following:
TWO 8" high x 31" long strips for the ties
TWO 11" high x WOF rectangles for the bottom ruffle
At Your Sewing Machine & Ironing Board
- On both bib pieces, place the upper neck ends right sides together and pin in place.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch this short seam and press the seam allowance open and flat.
- Place the two seamed bibs WRONG sides together, aligning all the raw edges. Pin in place.
- Open one package of bias binding. To create the smoothest look, work with the binding as one continuous length. Do not cut it first. It might seem awkward working with the long tail, but it's tough to measure a curve and easy to cut it too short!
NOTE: We opted to to simply slip our bias binding over the raw edge and edgestitch it in place. This is cheating just a little, but with just the two layers of cotton and no super-tight curves, we were confident using this method. However, don't expect to just wrap, pin and stitch. Going too quickly or assuming everything stays put and never moves is where disappointment lurks: you pull it out of the machine and there's a big chunk of fabric that's slipped out and isn't captured within the binding. Save yourself some seam ripper time and some tears. Go nice and slow and feed a little bit at a time. If you'd prefer to use a traditional two-step binding application technique, take a look at our Bias Binding tutorial.
- Pin the binding in place along the outside edge of the bib from the bottom corner to the opposite bottom corner. Trim away the excess binding.
- Edge stitch in place, starting and stopping 1" from the corner on each side. We used our Janome Satin Stitch foot to clearly see where we were stitching; it's red guide arrow also helps keep your seam straight.
- The 1" left unstitched is where the ties will connect later in the tutorial, and you will need the bias tape to be free in order to finish correctly.
- The inside edge of the neck opening is a continuous circle, so you will finish the ends prior to stitching.
- Start by pinning the remaining length of bias tape all the way around. Give yourself about ½" at the head and begin pinning at the top neck seam. When you come back around to where you began, overlap the head by another ½" (approximately) and trim away the excess.
- Unpin a bit at the top and pull the binding away from the fabric. Unfold and flatten both ends of the binding. Place them right sides together. Pin in place.
- Place the binding back into position and make sure it lays flat against the fabric. If it doesn't, adjust the ends of the binding as needed. Stitch the ends together.
- Re-fold the binding and re-pin it into position. Your binding seam should align with the top neck seam. Edgestitch the binding in place all the way around the neck opening.
- Cut two lengths of piping to fit the bottom edge of the bib.
- Fold bib B out of the way and pin one length of piping to bib A. The raw edge of the piping should be flush with the raw bottom edge of bib A.
- Attach a Zipper foot. Baste the piping in place, running your seam as close to the piping as the foot will allow.
- Flip the bib to the other side and pin the remaining length of piping to bib B, folding bib A out of the way this time.
- Baste in place aa above.
- Set the apron bib aside.
- Find the two sets of pocket pieces.
- Pin a length of piping along the top edge of one pocket in each set.
- Still using your Zipper foot, baste the piping in place.
- Place the plain pocket right sides together with the piped pocket, sandwiching the piping between the layers. Pin in place all around, leaving a 2" opening for turning along one side.
- Stitch together, remembering to pivot at the corners, go slowly and keep your curve straight around the bottom, and lock your seam at either side of the opening for turning. Clip the corners.
NOTE: Your corner pivots will happen just beyond the piping. In may help with accuracy to stop, with your needle in the down position, and hand crank up and over the piping. Then, stop and pivot, and start up again with the foot pedal once you've cleared the piping cord.
- Turn right side out through the side opening.
- Use a long, blunt-end tool, like my fave - a chopstick, to square the corners, gently push the piping into a nice straight line, and round out the bottom curve.
- Press well, pressing in the raw edges of the opening so they are flush with the sewn seam.
- Repeat to create the second pocket for the other side of the apron.
- Find the two main 19" x WOF skirt rectangles.
- Place one rectangle right side up and flat on your work surface.
- Position the matching pocket on the left of this panel. It should sit approximately 6" down from the top raw edge, 9" in from left raw edge, and 6⅜" up from the bottom raw edge. Pin in place along the sides and around the bottom.
- Edgestitch the pocket in place along both sides and around the bottom.
- Backstitch at the top corners of the pocket to help secure these areas that will take the most stress.
- Repeat to place the remaining pocket on the remaining main apron skirt rectangle.
- Find the four tie strips, match them to one another in opposite pairs. In our sample, that meant pairing each stripe to a dot. Place the pairs right sides together, then stack the two pairs.
- Using a clear ruler and rotary cutter, slice off one end at a slight angle, cutting through all four layers.
- Separate the pairs again. Pin each pair together along both long sides and across the angled end.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch along each long side and across the angled end, pivoting at the corners. Clip the corners.
- Turn right side out through the open end and press flat, pushing out the corner and point with chopstick or knitting needle.
- Find the bib. Place it on your work surface with side B facing up.
- Fold three pleats into raw end of one tie, bringing it down to the width of the tab end of the bib. You are fan-folding the tie, which means the fabrics are alternating. Tie B fabric (the dots in our sample) should be against bib B. Adjust the folds as needed so the end of the tie fits nicely between the piping and the upper bib edge. Pin in place. The photo below shows us folding the tie end into position and you see it from the "dot-side" perspective.
- The next photo shows it folded into position from the "stripe-side" perspective.
- Wrap bib side A over the top so the two bib pieces are right sides together and the fan-folded tie is sandwiched in between. Pin well.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch in place through all the layers. Run a double or triple seam to secure well.
- Trim back the seam allowance and especially the corners so they aren't so thick, but be careful not to cut into your seam.
- Turn the end of the bib right side out and pull the tie out into position.
- Edgestitch that little bit of bias tape you left unstitched when first applying the binding.
- Repeat to attach the remaining tie to the opposite side of the bib.
Top skirt
- Find the two main skirt rectangles to which you applied the pockets.
- Place them right sides together and pin along both sides. Double check that your pockets are both facing the right direction!
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch both sides.
- Press the seam allowances open.
- Turn the sewn panel right side out and press flat.
- Run a gathering stitch across the top raw edges of the sewn panel.
NOTE: If you are new to gathering, check out our tutorial.
- Fold the panel in half to find the center and mark with a pin.
- Find the apron bib. Fold the bib in half it find its center point along the bottom piped edge, and mark with a pin.
- Gather the skirt panel so it matches the width of the bottom of the bib. Matching the center pin marks, adjust the gathers as necessary so they fall evenly across the top of the skirt.
- Pull apart the bib. Pin side A of the skirt panel (Dahlia Leaf in our sample) right sides together with side A of the bib. Using the center pins as your guide, pin all the way across the top of the skirt.
- Using a ½" seam allowance and a Zipper foot, stitch all the way across, running your seam just below the piping.
- Press the seam allowance up towards the inside of the bib.
- Flip the apron to side B and fold up the bottom raw edge of side B of the bib so the piping itself becomes the bottom edge of the bib. Bring this edge down into place covering the skirt seam and pin in place.
- Thread a hand sewing needle and stitch side B of the bib into place, hiding your stitches behind the piping.
Bottom ruffle
- Find all four ruffle pieces.
- Sew each pair of like pieces together along one 11" end to make one very long strip in each fabric.
- Place the two very long strips right sides together and pin along both ends and across the bottom,
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch both ends and across the bottom, pivoting at the corners. Clip the corners.
- Turn the ruffle right side out. Push out the corners with a blunt tool and press the very long ruffle flat. Pin along the top raw edge.
- Run a double line of gathering stitches long the top raw edges of the ruffle panel.
NOTE: Again, if you are new to gathering, check out our tutorial.
- Find the apron. Fold the bottom of the apron A skirt (Dahlia Leaf in our sample) in half it find its center and mark with a pin. You will align this center mark with the seam line of the ruffle panel, which is its center point.
- Along the bottom edge of the apron B skirt, fold up the raw edge ½" and press.
- Gather the ruffle panel so it matches the width of the bottom opening of the skirt.
- Pin side A of the ruffle panel (the Rhythm Stripe in our sample) right sides together with side A of the apron skirt (Dahlia Leaf in our sample), aligning the raw edges and matching the center skirt pin mark and the ruffle seam. Adjust the gathers as necessary so they fall evenly across the bottom of the skirt opening.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch the ruffle panel to the skirt.
- Press the seam allowance up towards the inside of the skirt.
- Flip the apron to side B and bring the folded bottom edge of the skirt down into place covering the ruffle seam. Pin in place.
- Thread a hand sewing needle and stitch side B of the skirt into place.
Project Concept: Alicia Thommas
Sample Creation and Instructional Outline: Debbie Guild


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Mother's Day thoughts: Rice on Mother's Day
In honor of Mother's Day tomorrow, we've asked bloggers this past week to share their thoughts on motherhood -- and the importance of caring for children who have experienced the loss of a parent. Today's post, the third in this four-part series, comes from Amanda White.
Miss any of the previous posts in the series? Read them here!
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I have a 10-pound bag of rice in my pantry. It's not in there because rice is our favorite food. In fact, we haven't eaten rice in months because of the diet we choose to follow. I can't make myself throw it away. But I don't eat it. And I don't really want it. I know I'll use the rice one day. But for now it's just taking up space. Usually, this doesn't bother me much.
Then, I read a story about Phoe. He's a 14-year-old boy who lives in Yangon City, Myanmar. When he was just 5 years old, his mother died and his three older siblings were shipped off to their grandparents while he and his little sister stayed with their alcoholic father. Now, he lives with his unable-to-work father and 10-year-old sister under a bridge. Well, they live there in the daytime -- until the police come around at night shooing them away. To provide for his small, shattered family, Phoe collects handmade bamboo baskets from garbage dumps and resells them. If he has a good day, he can collect the equivalent of 70 cents and buy four cups of rice for himself, his father, and his sister to share. I have a 10-pound bag of rice in my pantry. How did the world get like this? Why can I have an entire closet devoted to food while Phoe struggles to get a bowl of rice once a day? How are children orphaned and forgotten? How did excess become the norm for me? Up until a few months ago, Phoe's norm was poverty and lack. Then, some of his friends told him about a special place. Phoe says,
"I didn't exactly know what it is. But my friends told me we can play, learn reading and writing there, and that place provided meals, too. They introduced me to staff from that centre, and I went with them. There were a number of children. At first, I wasn't very happy to go there. But, after a few days, I was happy and excited to go to the centre as I made many friends there. I took my sister to the centre, too. The staff at the centre are really kind and patient. They teach us reading, writing, basic calculation, and life skills. We read poems and sing songs, too. We can watch TV there. We can have a shower there and the centre provides clothes for us, too. Moreover, we can have two meals a day with delicious curry."
This center Phoe frequents is a drop-in center staffed by World Vision. I've seen places like this at Haitian refugee camps in the Dominican Republic. The centers I saw were simple tents with friendly staff who were there to talk, play games, and give hugs. It was a literal oasis in a place of sadness, fear, and upheaval. It doesn't take much to change a child's life for good. It doesn't take much to bring a child from poverty to full tummies and education. For the price of a couple 10-pound bags of rice, for the price of the mani/pedi you'd give your mom for Mother's Day, you can support orphaned children through World Vision's sponsorship program. Phoe didn't get a new house, new family, or a college degree from World Vision. He was simply taken in and loved. For the first time, he experienced kind and patient adults, schooling, singing, TV, showers, clothes, and two meals a day! What a difference from Phoe's life before, a life where every bit of his family's well-being was on his young shoulders. With money and support from sponsors, World Vision can do even more than two meals a day. This center in Sangon City has temporary housing for street kids -- housing where Phoe now lives:
"I don't want to stay on the streets anymore and I'm too tired to hide at night when the watchman patrols in the market while we are sleeping. That's why I decided to stay at the shelter. My sister is staying with her foster parents, and World Vision staff accompanies me to visit her every month. My plan is I will learn a vocational skill and then I will try my best to earn my living with the skill. I'm happy here. I feel that this is where I belong."
If you're a mother, would you wrap your figurative arms around a boy like Phoe? If you've ever known the love of a mother -- someone who showed you kindness and patience, made you at least two meals a day, let you watch TV, and made you take a shower -- would you consider helping another child across the world know this love, too? When you sponsor a child, your monthly gift of $35 is a gift of mothering. It's a gift of life. It's a gift of love.
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Amanda is a stay-at-home mom of two who blogs at ohAmanda.com and is the author of Truth in the Tinsel. In her former life, Amanda was a children's pastor -- overseeing, organizing, and developing ministry for kids in nursery through middle school. But now that she is a mom, her "skills" are used up on her kids!
Read the other posts in our Mother's Day series: An orphan's story Offering Hope Consider sponsoring a child: Your support will help bring life-giving necessities such as nutritious food, clean water, education, and healthcare. You will also have the opportunity to develop a personal, lasting relationship with your sponsored child through cards and letters.


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Player 2: Drew Barton
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More money, more production
Was worth the money last season, so repeat that
I guess it was too soon.............................................. ...................................... Im an ass sometimes.
He's so durable because he never plays good hard man D? Seems legit.
Grade Demar Derozan's 2012-2013 NBA campaign.
Twitter: @ReubenJRD NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
DeMar gets an A- from me. Signed his contract and brought his new weapons to the forefront this season improved in every facet of his game. He really beathed beside Lowry, whereNBA was talking about Raps having the top 5 backcourt till Lowry got injured early in the season. Many of the games were on him that we won them picked his shots better exploited his mismatches got to the line and played pretty smart throughout the year imo, who could ever forget the triple OT against Utah where DeMar put the team on his back and the game against Orlando where he took over late and hit the game winner it was pretty gangsta. Since the acquisition of Gay he has been a lot more rellaxed and playing his game quietly and confidently during the last 30 games, DeMar could have it going early take on the bulk of the scoring and Gay delivers later or vice versa which is great, between these 2 players Gay and DeRozan will get their buckets no problem. Some people say he isnt worth his contract, but I think he is, hes a student of the game and he will grow into the money I think, his recent shots from 3 look really smooth and I look forward to see where that takes him into the next season. DeMar's impact on the team is not measured correctly hes been there all 82 tough kid (on multiple occasions now) so who knows how Raps would play if he wasnt around?
some players are born talented but players like DeMar have to work and improve and hes doing just that Im glad hes a Raptor. You dont have to agree with me dont really care but to me this season he impressed me a lot A big A- for my boy DeMar DeRozan,
Ya I'll give him an A-. He's one of the best rebounding 2 guards in the league, can drop 20 on any night and is finally learning to attack the rim. His passing has taken leaps and bounds this year and he's becoming a very complete player. Only thing that's stopping him from an A+ is his piss poor defense and his decision to constantly shoot 3's even though he doesn't make them.
I'd give him a B+.
He improved his consistency quite a bit. The slight improvements in rebounding and passing definitely helped this, as he was able to be effective in more ways than just scoring some nights. His D made improvements this year, but he still can and I think needs to be better. I was happy with the all-around improvement.
BUT, he still didn't improve his skill set enough. He has yet to really separate himself in any way, and still has weaknesses with handles and range. Also his D got better in general, but his focus still needs to be a bit better, and he still struggles chasing guys around screens, which is frustrating at SG. I think if from now on out, if his D improvements start to accelerate, it will have a huge impact on the team. His scoring skills, while he could stand to add a 3 pter, are not bad at all, it's his inability to have a consistent impact on both ends that is problem, partly because he's not elite in any way offensively.
I think he needs to spend a couple of weeks in the summer doing what the coaches are recommending for JV: go find a place with a lot of guards, or rather quicker players, and work on guarding them. Go find where guys like Westbrook and Wall are working out, or even Lawson and Teague, and just go at them every day. It'll make him a better man-defender, and hopefully make him work on his speed which will also help chasing guys around.
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Just went to check out what demar has been up to on twitter and it turns out he blocked me lmao.
i tweeted him saying: who is demar derozan#clown
hahahahahaha atleast he knows what he said was stupid
Well at the very least its nice to know he sees it. Hope he uses all this as drive, not many players tweet you Shaq does Kobe does (surprisingly) of the Raptors though you will prbably only get a nice tweet back or retweet from guys like Anderson, ed Davis (no longer a Rap Calderon no longer a Rap Amir and Quincy Acy.
I know players dont have time for fans but ya I mean there are 1000s but its great PR nothing wrong imo of taking a little downtime to holla back at a couple fans that rep you imo.
His PER was on par with Reddick and better than Mayo and Klay Thompson for examples but all three players would be arguably better fit on the Raptors current roster because they can shoot the 3-ball and thus would create better spacing in the half court offense. But it's BryCo who traded for Rudy Gay and made DeMar's skills somewhat redundant so I am not holding that against DeRozan.
I agree with you DeRozan is not worth $9.5M a year; I expected DeRozan to sign for less than Wilson Chandler did when he resigned with Denver. But BryCo was very generous, as always.
I believe DeRozan is still an intriguing prospect and a few teams may be willing to take a chance on him. The problem is if next season DeRozan plays like he did this season, the "potential" becomes less intriguing and the "reality" more ... real. I suspect he will be mostly considered as just another contract unless he shows improvement next season. He does not have to show he is worth the full $9.5M in my opinion, he just needs to improve enough to show that he might be worth $9.5M or more by the end of his contract.
I think most people would be more than happy with Demar if his shooting percentages were better. And, yes, he does need to improve his 3pt shot or knock off taking them. But the reality is that the Raps play an offensive game that encourages Demar (and others) to take low percentage shots. Shooting isn't his strength, yet he has been thrust into the role of being one of the top offensive threats on a team that lacks the creative offense to exploit his strengths. He looks great when the team is active and he can take advantage of driving opportunites and open lanes. He looks great against guys he can post up, or weak defenders he can take off the dribble. he looks good in transition. When the team is stagnant however (which was more often than not this year), he is left to take jump shots, and we want to bash him for not hitting them at an acceptable rate. That's his role on this team remember. Even Kobe has had many sub-par shooting games in his career, but nobody is gonna shit on Kobe because his role on the Lakers was to be THE scorer, the volume shooter, so bad shooting games are expected. But Demar is no Kobe, and that's the point because wasn't Demar's role on this Raptors team at the beginning of the year not similar to Kobe's role on the Lakers? Their roles and expectations were more similar than their talent and capability.
Here's another point. Demar seems to have accepted, to a certain degree anyways, his role as being one of the top offensive guys on the team. He knows he has to TRY and live up to the extension he was given. He WANTS to live up to the extension he was given (I think). So, he forces it sometimes in order to "carry" the team, which is what he is expected to do. He often takes bad shots because there is no other better option, or perhaps he feels there will be no other better option because the rest of the team is standing around with their thumbs up their asses. So, he shoots, and often he misses, which is no surprise to me. Why does it surprise you? Because he signed a $9.5m contract extension? I guess that means he MUST have the skills to be a great shooter. Or maybe it means he can finally afford to plug into the matrix and just download the ability to shoot a high percentage shot in low percentage situations.
I think all the arguing about his contract is rather foolish. At this point, few would agree that he is worth that money, and I am not arguing that he is. But suggesting or thinking he has to perform at that level because BC thinks he can (I would assume, given that BC gave him the extension), is just nonsense. Fact is, we got much more than we paid for out of DeRozan this season. If his 3pt shot still sucks next year, and his defense is still sketchy, but the Raps are playing good team ball and he is costing us games, then being hard on him is justified. But at this point, Demar deserves a break on these forums.
I am not the biggest DeRozan fan. And I can argue as well as anyone that he isn't the best fit for this lineup, or that we should have him on the bench, or that we should trade him. But I am not gonna base my argument around a $9.5m/year contract he hasnt even gotten a paycheck out of yet. Seriously, one of our top scorers and hardest working players. We don't have anyone who can take it to the hole and get to the line like he can (perhaps Lowry should, and MAYBE Ross will someday, but the reality is they didn't). Furthermore, I would not base my argument around perceived similarities between him and Bargs. Bargs is a bum, DeRozan is not.
If your job is to score, but you can't really shoot well or have a handle good enough to get to the rime and you're not 7 foot, something is going terribly wrong.
The difference with Bryant (besides the obvious difference in quality and defense) is that Bryant creates for himself and others, draws double teams and can (but doesn't always) pass out of them. Bryant also can help win games in other ways than scoring, something which DeRozan doesn't really show a lot.
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University recently conducted a study that
shows a minimal number of scientists who do not accept that human
beings have contributed to the Earth's climate change have "far
less expertise and prominence in climate research" than
scientists who do believe climate change has been affected by
university came to these
conclusions by analyzing the number of research papers
published "by more than 900 climate researchers" and the
number of times these researchers' works were cited by other
scientists. The expertise was evaluated by citing the number of
research papers written by scientists (with the minimum number for
inclusion being 20).
was analyzed by finding the four most popular climate change and
non-climate change papers published by scientists, and "tallying"
the number of times these papers were cited. According to the
results, approximately 64 percent of papers by climate researchers
of human contribution were cited more often than those who
are unconvinced.
are standard academic metrics used when universities are making
hiring or tenure decisions," said William Anderegg, lead author
of a paper published in Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences.
scientists who participated in the study were also involved in
creating the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which compiled and "assessed
the evidence for and against human involvement in climate change, as
well as any climate researchers who signed a major public statement
disagreeing with the findings of the panel's report."
addition, the university's team of scientists decided on who the top
100 climate researchers are by determining the "total number of
climate-related publications each had." According to Anderegg,
97 percent of those in the top 100 agree with and/or endorse the
IPCC's assessment. He also says that this result has been "borne
out" by other studies that use different methodology.
really wanted to bring the expertise dimension into this whole
discussion," said Anderegg. "We hope to put to rest the
notion that keeps being repeated in the media and by some members of
the public that 'the scientists disagree' about whether human
activity is contributing to climate change."
scientists at Stanford have mentioned that they are ready to take
some heat from doubters of anthropogenic, or human-affected, climate
change who "object to their data." But according to Stephen
Schneider, a professor of biology and a coauthor of the paper
in Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, the
team "took pains to avoid any sort of prejudice or skewed data
in their analysis." When selecting researchers for the study who
either disagreed
with statements of the IPCC or signed the petitions, the
Stanford team was sure to stay completely neutral in the study by
omitting "those who had no published papers in the climate
says that despite the careful analysis of this study, skeptics of
human-affected climate change will "claim foul" anyway, and
will say that climate researchers who are onboard with the idea of
anthropogenic climate change are "just trying to deny
publication of the doubters' opinion," but he challenges them to
"go out and do a study to prove it -- it is of course not true."
think the most typical criticism of a paper like this -- not
necessarily in academic discourse, but in the broader context -- is
going to be that we haven't addressed these sorts of differences
could be due to some clique or, at the extreme, a conspiracy of the
researchers who are convinced of climate change," Anderegg
you stop to consider whether some sort of 'group think' really
drives these
patterns and it could really exist in science in general,
the idea is really pretty laughable," he said. "All of the
incentives in science are exactly the opposite."
Stanford study is the first of its kind to address the issue of
scientists' opinions of human-affected climate change, and what their
level of expertise and prominence in the field is.


text: I saw something on sports illustrated that said Lawrence Frank was getting an interview with some team, I don't remember which one, and it doesn't matter. I know there are people in this forum who like Frank and wanted him to be our coach. I'ts more than just Frank though, there are a ton of teams interviewing right now. If Triano's fate won't be decided until Colangelo's, then the team is at a stalemate. They won't even start looking at coaches until something is decided and by then the big names could be signed elsewhere. If MLSE doesn't get it together and make a decision soon then they're dumber than I thought.


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England win sets up Wembley date with the Kiwis
England 34, France 6
Liam Williams
At the DW Stadium
England sealed their passage to the semi-finals of Rugby League World Cup 2013 with a comfortable win over France as Sam Tomkins signed off his career at the DW Stadium by collecting the man of the match award.
France capitalised on a slow start by England to score the opening try of the game through Vincent Duport, before England hit back with two tries apiece from Josh Charnley and Ryan Hall to send the hosts in at half time 22-6 ahead.
They added two more tries in the second half through Sean O'Loughlin and Brett Ferres, with Tomkins marring his performance by being sent to the sin bin late in the game for a professional foul.
Despite coming into the game as underdogs, France took an early lead through Duport as Ben Westwood and Kallum Watkins failed to prevent the centre from driving over the line, before Thomas Bosc added the extras.
England came close to scoring as Sinfield's cross kick found Hall, but the Leeds winger was stopped a couple of metres short of the line.
However, they began to get into their stride, Tomkins embarking on a mazy run before finding Charnley who was presented with a simple finis. Sinfield levelled the scores with the conversion.
England were then awarded a penalty which they made full use of when Rangi Chase cut inside only to see his run halted by a high tackle by the covering Eloi Pelissier.
Tomkins was in the thick of the action following the penalty and he found Hall out wide who went over to regain his place as the tournament's leading try scorer.
From this point, England were in full control and French indiscipline was beginning to prove costly. Charnley added a second try to his tally shortly after the visitors conceded another penalty, with Kallum Watkins this time putting the Wigan winger over.
England strengthened their position following a darting run from Roby at dummy half. Eventually the ball worked its way out to Leroy Cudjoe, who put Hall over for his eighth try of the tournament.
A forward pass then put England under the cosh just 15 metres from their own line, however resolute defending, particularly from Watkins, kept the home side's 16 point lead intact at the break.
England survived a French attack early in the second half before they went further ahead. A high kick to the corner by Chase was knocked back before O'Loughlin who went over, his try only confirmed after lengthy deliberation by the video referee.
Handling errors from Watkins and Chase gave France an extended period of possession inside the England 20, but strong defensive sets successfully kept France at bay.
Charnley looked set to claim a hat-trick with 10 minutes remaining, but a poor pass from Watkins near the corner thwarted the winger.
As England threatened to add a fifth try, a Tomkins pass was picked off by Cardace, who set sail for the England line, but he was cut down by an excellent tackle from Ferres. Tomkins's final action in front of the DW crowd was to be sent to the sin bin for holding down the French winger.
Ferres sealed the victory when he broke through the French defence and was awarded a try after deliberation from the video referee.
1 Sam Tomkins
2 Josh Charnley
3 Kallum Watkins
4 Leroy Cudjoe
5 Ryan Hall
6 Rangi Chase
7 Kevin Sinfield
8 James Graham
9 Michael McIlorum
10 Chris Hill
11 Sam Burgess
12 Ben Westwood
13 Sean O'Loughlin
14 James Roby
15 George Burgess
16 Brett Ferres
17 Liam Farrell
1 Morgan Escare
2 Damien Cardace
3 Jean-Philippe Baile
4 Vincent Duport
5 Clint Greenshields
6 Thomas Bosc
7 William Barthau
8 Jamal Fakir
9 Kane Bentley
10 Remi Casty
11 Olivier Elima
12 Sebastian Raguin
13 Gregory Mounis
14 Eloi Pelissier
15 Younes Khattabi
16 Antoni Maria
17 Mickael Simon
Referee: Ashley Klein
England 34 Tries: Charnley 2, Hall 2, O'Loughlin, Ferres Goals: Sinfield 5
France 6 Try: Duport. Goals: Bosc
Attendance: 22,276