After my recent travel over the ocean, I realized that there were a few things that I had forgotten–mainly the things I remembered last minute as I was rushing to make my plane. I decided that it might be fun to discuss this with other fellow travel and wine writers to create a set of strategies and few key lessons learned from many years of traveling.
On our way to the Douro region from Oporto, Portugal, I sat with Panos Kakaviatos of Connections to Wine of France (via Greece) @PanosKakaviatos, Pieter Rosenthal of Cork and Bottle of Glasgow (via The Netherlands) @pieterrosenthal, and the lovely Lindsay Holas of Wine on Time @wine_on_time of London. Together we created the following recommendations that might benefit you this holiday season as you travel.
Booking your flight online is probably the easiest way to save. Look into TripWatcher and get instant alerts when the prices drop.
When booking your hotel, look into the online service Tingo which will automatically re-book at a lower price if the price drops.
If you are looking for parking near the airport, one good option is to plan to spend the night in a Park, Sleep and Fly hotel which allows you to leave your car anywhere from 7-14 days for just staying one night. They shuttle you to and from the airport, all you need to pay is the one night stay.
Reserve seats as soon as possible, preferably at the same time that you make your reservation.
Order any special meals in advance. The good news is that you'll almost always get served first.
Tall? Reserve the last emergency exit seat for extra leg room.
According to some experts, you might consider booking your seat more in the middle to back of the plane. Click here for a recent article to support these findings.
Don't choose seats that are too close to bathrooms, unless you plan to get up and go the bathroom often. Lines usually form around these seats.
You will want to sleep if it is a long-haul trip. I personally prefer to reserve the window seat. But if you prefer to move around or if you have tight connections, reserve an aisle seat.
If you are flying out of Europe, leave out of Frankfurt–there are free newspapers. Another idea is to consider going through Amsterdam, which has a great shopping mall as well, and has easy transport to and from the airport.
Avoid Charles de Gaulle airport. This airport can be horribly complicated and confusing.
When booking your hotel, look into the online service Tingo, which will automatically re-book at a lower price if the price drops.
Find a hotel that is as central to the many sights you plan on visiting. Consider using AirBnB or booking.com.
Also check on TripAdvisor online as you book, to get a better idea of what to expect.
Check your passport and make sure it is still valid for the time there and back.
Make sure that you have necessary visas, even for tours which cross country boundaries. Tours don't always advise you of visa needs. Go to go to its embassy's or consulate's website, which may be found on the State Department Foreign Consulate website.
Check your overseas medical insurance coverage before you go.
Familiarize yourself with local conditions and laws. While in a foreign country, you are subject to its laws. The State Department website has useful safety and other information about the countries you will visit.
Make sure you are up on all your necessary shots and vaccinations. Check out Travelers' Health page of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website.
These are a few of my favorite things… What my carry on looks like.
Save all your reservations on an online Travel management tool like TripIt or TripCase. The TripIt Pro offers the ability to re-book if needed and always keeps you up-to-date on your gate changes and delays. It is a great tool to use, I personally use it every time. My brother uses TripCase and it includes free travel alerts sent directly to your phone.
Travel adapter idea: buy one adapter plus an extension cord with multiple plug inlets. This will allow you to charge multiple items at once.
Buy a few combination locks that you can use on your suitcase and bags. If you leave your bag in your hotel room, this guarantees added security for your belongings and documents. Make sure to set the combination before you leave to something you'll remember.
Bring a small carryon that fits within another larger carryon. You can use this as your inflight go-to bag that easily stows under your seat but still leaves room for your feet. An example might be a purse or manpurse that fits within a small rolling carryon. You can fit your basic necessities in there and stow away the larger bag.
Active? If you like to stay fit while you are away, consider taking your sneakers along with you and a pair of clothes that can be easily washed in the since and used again and again. I always ask at the front desk or the locals where they recommend going for a run or walk. The added bonus is that you are likely to see the city at different hours and in a different way.
Your passport and a paper copy of your itinerary as well as the final address of where you are staying.
Put a luggage tag inside each suitcase as well as outside, in case the outside one gets accidentally pulled off.
Luggage tags should indicate your destination as well as your normal address. Be sure to add phone numbers, too. This precaution enables lost luggage to get back to you faster.
Travel as light as possible. If you are planning on bringing a lot back, make sure one fits into the other so you can fly in with one, come back with two.
Also realize that American carry-ons are larger than European ones. Going over is never the issue, but coming back you may run into issues. Make sure to check your European as well as American measurements and compare them to your handbags; check also with your airline carrier(s). You can avoid a lot of headaches by checking out these issues.
Pack a Ziploc-type bag with your basic necessities that you might need on the flight as well as for your first days: toothpaste, deodorant, toothbrush, small tube of moisturizer, chapstick, basic meds. Remember the TSC guidelines.
Passport and paper copy of itinerary, written down destination address.
An extra charger for your phone, and don't forget your laptop, tablet, and e-reader cables and chargers.
A change of clothes with extra underwear and socks.
Melatonin, allergy medicine like an antihistamine—IF allowed by your physician.
Inflatable travel pillow, ear buds or noise cancelling headphones, sleeping mask, small amount of pain-killers and medications you will need for a week (in case your luggage is diverted), reusable water bottle, lotion, Pepto Bismol-type tablets and antidiarrhea tablets, sweater or scarf, and finally, tissues.
Other carryon recommendations: Gum, eye drops, face wipes, and makeup powder if you need it.
Carry an extra bag, just in case you're overweight later.
Bring along a portable luggage scale, you can use it to weigh your bags before you go and when you return to make sure you aren't in for a surprise at the airport. You can pick one up at any of your local stores.
Wear comfortable shoes and clothes. It's not pretty but everyone bloats and swells, not to mention that airline food is often loaded with sodium.
Bring in-flight entertainment, either a book or another form of entertainment.
If you are like Panos, make sure you always carry a case for your glasses.
Book a taxi/shuttle pick-up the night before you fly, or earlier, especially if it is an early morning pick-up.
Wear dark and comfortable clothes, preferably layers. Dark clothes are best in case of spills.
Pack a sandwich or snacks for long-haul flights in case you don't like what they provide you inflight.
Before you leave the house, make sure you program your timer on your heater to avoid frozen pipes.
Don't forget to take out the trash and clean out your refrigerator before you leave.
Watch your preferred movie first and sleep the rest of the time; you'll thank me once you get there.
Set your watch to your destination's time zone, this will allow you to adjust to better adjust to the time change.
Walk around and stretch, drink plenty of water, this will help with the swelling and is good for you overall.
If you like wine, most airlines offer a free alcoholic drink with the first meal. Drink it then, but stop yourself at one drink, since you will need to drink plenty of water to stay hydrated and wake up refreshed.
Waiting for your bags to be unloaded? Why not go to the bathroom; this will save you the time and headache of trying to find a "free" bathroom later.
Go to the tourist office in the airport, get a map, and ask about public transport or general cost of taxis into town. Public transport in Europe is usually quite easy and well worth the savings over a taxi. Save the money to enjoy a wonderful breakfast.
Use the public transport, if you aren't too tired or carrying too many bags.
Decided on a taxi? Ask how much it's likely to be, before you get in. That way they can't jerk you around. Ask at least two drivers.
For cities in Europe, consider buying a travel pass in the airport for public transportation. These passes often offer savings as well as eliminate hassle each time that you board a bus or train.
Get a local SIM card with a data plan. The iPhone 5 by Verizon is automatically unlocked and can be used in other countries, and possible other iPhones and other smartphones. Check with your carrier before you go if you are unsure. Some airports have cellphone carriers in the airport. It is worth it to get the SIM card the minute you arrive, since you never know when you'll get stranded and need to call the hotel for directions.
Checking in: If they ask, business or leisure, say business; they're likely to upgrade or give you a better room.
If you are a journalist, let the hotel know you're a journalist; you'll get better attention.
Don't be naïve. Watch your bags, with your hands on your bags at all times.
Hungry? Reviews are a great way to find the next place to eat. We like to use Yelp in the US, Foursquare and Trip Advisor in Europe.
Avoid eating spots on the main streets or at places near main attractions; ask the locals where they go eat. You'll get the best meals at the best prices.
It may sound funny, but eat the local yogurt and honey; these are full of local probiotics which will help you adjust to the foods in your new area.
Ask locals—and also check online–whether you can drink the water if you are outside the US and Europe.
Generally speaking, eat what the locals eat. However, in some Third World countries, find out before you go which foods might not be safe.
Now… go grab a bottle of wine and a local sandwich, sit in a park, people-watch, and enjoy it!
We hope these prove useful to you. I always wished I had remembered half of these things when I was traveling. Safe travels and happy holidays!
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Great comprehensive list! This is a good check list for both new and veteran travelers.


If you look closely you can still see the imperfections, but from a far, it looks pretty good !
Black garnish now on the car, and I test fitted the spoiler to make sure it fitted ok, and luckily it uses the same holes as the smaller OEM spoiler I have on the car, so no drilling needed which is good !
I don't know if it will make a massive difference or not, but I thought it couldn't hurt !
I bought it from eBay for £3.89 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222997190130.
I bought a 1m strip of Warm White waterproof LEDs, 3m of Red/Black wire and I had some spare LED connectors from a past project, as well as an old LED interior light I had bought in the past, and didn't like the colour, but kept it just incase .
Looking very good. It's nice to see a modded Jazz--not too many on this forum.


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Q: map php array keys explicitly to db columns (oracle) I am passing data from PHP to sql in the form of arrays that look like below:
var_dump($data);

array(
    key_id => 'CLA-ARTCC'(length=9)
    key2 => 'ZLA'length=3)
    key3 => 'LOS ANGELES ACTCC'(length=17)
    key4 => 'ACTCC'(length=5)
    key5 => 'DEA'(length=3)
    key6 => '2555 East Avenue 'P''(length=20)
    ...
)

I have the started the sql logic like this; which works in some cases but is very error prone, i.e. such as if above array is sent with 'ACTCC' missing it simply pushes 'DEA' value to the 'ACTCC' database column...
example if an array is pushed with no values at key5 (no changes or updates needed to the column); instead it pushes values from incoming key6 as ${data[4]}...
<?php
    .................
    $ds = $_POST['data']; // incoming arrays
    $fd = json_decode($ds, true);

    foreach ($fd as $data) {

                array_values($data)
                $sql = "MERGE INTO app.table a
                using (SELECT '${data[0]}'    key_id,
                              '${data[1]}'    key2,
                              '${data[2]}'    key3,
                              '${data[3]}'    key4,
                              '${data[4]}'    key5,
                              '${data[5]}'    key6,
                       FROM   dual) p
                ON ( a.key_id= p.key_id )
                WHEN matched THEN
                  UPDATE SET a.key2= p.key2,
                             a.key3= p.key3,
                             a.key4= p.key4,
                             a.key5= p.key5,
                  INSERT (key_id,
                          key2,
                          key3,
                          key4,
                          key5,
                          key6)
                  VALUES (p.key_id,
                          p.key2,
                          p.key3,
                          p.key4,
                          p.key5,
                          p.key6)";
                          ..........

Also, corrupt character fails, i.e. above at key6 - so how could I map my incoming array keys to explicitly match column names in my oracle db table? *
(while keeping my MERGE INTO WHEN MATCHED INSERT structure below?) sry sql noob...

A: With code that accesses a PHP array by position, you will need to add some PHP validation on the array to make sure it has the correct number of array entries - and that they are in the right order.
Then use bind variables select :1, :2,... instead of string interpolation select '${data[0]}'.... This will reduce SQL injection security risks and aid performance & scalability.  It should also help with some of the invalid character issues, though your input data sanitization should do some validation to help stop inserting garbage.
If you are trying to update a column but were passed no value (indicating that no change should be made), you might need to remove that column from the update statement.  You might need to dynamically generate the SQL statement.  It's a little unclear what constraints you are under, and what you are trying to achieve.
I guess that the invalid SQL e.g the missing WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN clause was just in the StackOverflow snippet. A https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example would have been nice.

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The holiday table would not be complete without a sweet potato dish to share. This is a rendition of the traditional casserole, but without all the added sugar that usually gets crammed into the dish. Baked sweet potatoes are sweet unto themselves, and the topping adds that just-right sweetness for the holiday season. Since the casserole feeds a crowd, you can halve the recipe but bake for the same amount of time. The topping can be skipped for everyday fare if it might be too much of a sweet thing.
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Pierce the potatoes and squash with a knife in a few places and place them on a baking sheet. Bake until soft, about 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes. When the vegetables are soft, remove them from the oven and immediately (but carefully) cut them in half lengthwise to allow the steam to escape. Cool them enough to handle.
While the vegetables are baking, make the topping by combining the oil, sugar, oats, and walnuts in a medium bowl. Stir well to combine.
When the potatoes and squash are cool enough to handle, remove the seeds from the squash and scoop the flesh from the vegetables into a large bowl. Add the butter, lemon juice, salt, nutmeg, and black pepper. Use a potato masher to mash all the ingredients together. Stir and mash until well combined.
Transfer the vegetable mixture to a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Smooth the surface of the casserole and sprinkle evenly with the topping. Bake until the topping is crisp and the casserole is heated through, about 25 to 30 minutes.


My family and I spent the weekend at the cutest beach cottage.
I loved so much of the decor here, which I am going to share with you, but I'll start with the breakfast nook.
The whole place was full of antiques and old relics.
The red screen door leads to the laundry room and mudroom space. On the old shutter hangs a bell for the dogs to ring when they need to go out. Old pillars and a tall bird house sit in the corners and make this space feel so cozy.
I wanted to share this fall centerpiece full of gourds, corn, pumpkins, artichokes and raffia. A whole mix of seasonal decor all in this old wood – maybe a feed box or dough bowl? I don't know what to call it but I love it.
I have a project to share from this place and a few other pictures that I couldn't resist snapping.
Close to the beach and darling…a way fun place to spend a weekend with my boys….and Mazi.
I am in love with that centerpiece. How homey, I don't think I'd ever want to leave!
Nice cottage. love all your decor ideas.
Love it! What a cozy and inviting space!
Beautifully decorated. I love that centerpiece.
Looks like a great place to stay – and so sweet you could take Mazi – my kind of holiday!


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Q: How to transfer a variable from table cell class to another view through button I am using Parse and Swift.  I have a news feed with posts and each post has an ID.  I have a variable that shows the current post ID.  I have Navigation views set up in storyboard and when you push a comment button on a post it goes to the comments view.
I have functions set up to get the comments and the only thing I don't have access to is the post ID. All of the questions I find on here say to do an override func to pass the variable to the new view controller, but it doesn't work within the table cell and that is the only place I have access to the post ID.  It works to transfer a variable from one UIViewController to another but I need to pass it from the Table View Cell class.
From what I have read you can only pass a "tag" through a button which I think has to be Int, and my ID is a string and always has letters and numbers.   I hope this was specific enough, please let me know if I have to include any other information. I have spent several days trying to get this working.

A: Are you using a UITableViewController? Its easy to link a cell to the item it is representing with a reference to the UITableViewDatasource's.
func indexPathForCell(cell: UITableViewCell) -> NSIndexPath?
If it is a button in a cell find out what the button's superview is, ,Usually the cell's but you can keep going up until you find a UITableViewCell subclass, and then use the cell to find the indexPath.
A helper function on the Datasource to get the data for cell's indexPath may also be required


LandLAB's Westhaven Promenade provides a shared path along the foreshore.
LandLAB's Westhaven Promenade winds it way along the water's edge from Wynyard Quarter through to Auckland's Harbour Bridge. The insertion of the walkway re-introduces the public activities historically associated with this section of Auckland's inner harbour prior to the construction of the marina.
The project provides a continuous "shared path" along the Westhaven foreshore, providing plenty of spots to picnic, sunbathe or just to relax watching whatever action's happening on the busy harbour.


The Modern Loft California King Panel Storage Bed with USB Charging Outlets by Aspenhome at Janeen's Furniture Gallery in the Visalia, Tulare, Hanford, Porterville, Exeter area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
The Modern Loft collection is a great option if you are looking for Contemporary furniture in the Visalia, Tulare, Hanford, Porterville, Exeter area.
Browse other items in the Modern Loft collection from Janeen's Furniture Gallery in the Visalia, Tulare, Hanford, Porterville, Exeter area.


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Q: create touch ripples unconstrained by parent view I have an android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatCheckBox in a RelativeLayout. I get touch ripples, but they are constrained by the relative layout. Is there a simple way to have the ripples overflow the parent? (this is using appcompat 22.1.1)

<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatCheckBox
        android:id="@+id/checkbox"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:visibility="invisible"/>

    <android.support.v7.widget.AppCompatTextView
        android:id="@+id/label"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/checkbox"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Checkbox"/>

</RelativeLayout>

update removed the background on the RelativeLayout, it was irrelevant to the actual issue at hand. The behavior is the same.

A: You can try this:
<RelativeLayout
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="?attr/selectableItemBackgroundBorderless">

(note the 'Borderless' suffix)
EDIT 1:
Another idea is to allow the parent view group to override its children's clipping: android:clipChildren="false" (android:clipToPadding="false")

A: Put the

android:background="?selectableItemBackground"

attribute on your

AppCompatCheckBox

, instead of the bounding

RelativeLayout

.


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Snap Stock Snaps Back – for the Moment
By David Jones
May 23, 2017 10:06 AM PT
Snap shares appear to have rebounded from the plunge they took earlier this month, after the newly public company released a massive US$2.2 billion loss in the first quarter, but investors still are scratching their heads over the company's prospects.
Trading just over $20 at mid-day Tuesday, Snap looks to some like it has regained its early bloom. Others suspect that darker days are yet to come, as signs of robust growth have been lacking.
Snap's revenue and subscriber growth figures missed consensus estimates in its first quarter, sending shares down to a low of $17.59.
Revenue rose sharply to $149.6 million in the quarter, compared with $38.8 million in the year-earlier period, but still fell short of consensus estimates of $158 million.
Investors also were spooked by slow growth in daily active users, which totaled 166 million in the quarter, compared with 122 million in the year-ago quarter, a 36 percent gain. DAUs increased by a slim 5 percent from the 4th quarter of 2016. A "DAU" is defined as a registered Snapchat user who opens the app at least once during a defined 24-hour period.
Average revenue per user rose 181 percent to 90 cents during the first quarter, compared with 32 cents a year earlier. ARPU was down 14 percent from fourth-quarter 2016 figures, when ARPU was $1.05.
Snap's Progress
During the conference call with analysts, CEO Evan Spiegel said the company was pleased with Snap highlighted its gains in engagement during the quarter. Users created 3 billion Snaps daily, noted CEO Evan Spiegel.
The company made strong inroads with Android users, who comprised 30 percent of net additional users compared with 20 percent in the previous quarter.
Users spent an average of 30 minutes a day on Snapchat, according to Chief Strategy Officer Imran Khan, who pointed to a Nielsen report indicating that 45 percent of 18-34-year-olds interacted with Snapchat on any given day.
Although, most of Snap's first-quarter losses were attributable to one-time stock compensation, analysts nevertheless remain concerned about the company's user growth and engagement metrics.
"The underlying numbers do present a mixed picture for Snap, highlighting some clear challenges," Jack Kent, IHS Markit director, operators and mobile media, said following the company's earnings report.
"The slowing user growth rate is an indication that Snap is already well penetrated among its main youth audience in core Western markets, and so will have to adapt to broaden its user base either internationally or in new demographic segments," he told the E-Commerce Times.
Even if Snap gains new user segments, they may not monetize as well as their existing base, Kent warned.
Snap's stock plunge earlier this month reflects Wall Street's reluctance to take the long view when it comes to tech stocks, observed Midia Research analyst Zach Fuller.
Growth metrics often define valuations over revenue, he noted.
The fact that they slowed in the face of Snapchat's fierce competition with Facebook's Instagram likely spooked investors, Fuller told the E-Commerce Times.
When Snapchat first came on the scene, it was not much different than a dot-com like Twitter, as compared to a viable entity like Facebook, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.
"They were popularity first, figure out revenue and profit later," he recalled.
"That was the problem with the old dot-coms — no real business plan, just the idea for a free product, which exposes the firm to emulation by someone that can better monetize the effort, like Facebook," Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. "Snapchat and Twitter are the poster children for this at the moment."
David Jones is a freelance writer based in Essex County, New Jersey. He has written for Reuters, Bloomberg, Crain's New York Business and The New York Times.
More by David Jones
Dell's 'Alice' Will Guide Women Through VC Wonderland
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AI-Based Customer Data Platform Supports ABM Operations
Researchers Create Hack to Unlock Millions of Hotel Room Doors
Amazon's Latest Delivery Scheme Involves Handing Over Your Car Keys
Google Puts a Lid on Mysterious 'Self-Spamming'
Honesty Proves Best Policy for Closing B2B Deals: Study
Hybrid Messaging Key to Upselling Success: Report
Facebook Rolls Out European-Style Privacy Protections
McAfee's Upgraded Cloud Security Protects Containers

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Druckman, A. and T. Jackson, 2011. What do we do with our carbon? An exploration into the carbon footprint of UK households. ISIE 2011 Conference, June 7-10, 2011 University of California, Berkeley.
Penn, A., F. Schiller, A. Woodward, A. Druckman and L. Basson, 2011. Assessing Resilience and Adaptive Capacity of Developing Industrial Ecosystems: A Case Study in the South Humber Bank, United Kingdom. ISIE 2011 Conference, June 7-10, 2011 University of California, Berkeley.
Schiller, F., A. Penn, A. Druckman, L. Basson and A. Woodward, 2011. Policy Relevant Network Approaches for Industrial Ecology. ISIE 2011 Conference, June 7-10, 2011 University of California, Berkeley.
Druckman, A. (2010). Mapping the material and carbon flows of UK lifestyles. Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining: Innovation Towards Sustainable Materials. The Royal Society, London 10th November 2010.
Druckman, A., M. Chitnis, S. Sorrell and T. Jackson, 2010. Missing carbon reductions? Exploring rebound and backfire effects in UK households. The 14th European Roundtable on Sustainable Production and Consumption (ERSCP), Delft, The Netherlands, October 25-29, 2010.
Druckman, A., M. Chitnis, S. Sorrell and T. Jackson (2010). Shifting sands? Exploring rebound and backfire in a changing economy. International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) 11th Biennial Conference: 'Advancing sustainability in a time of crisis'. Oldenburg and Bremen, Germany. 22–25 August 2010.
Druckman, A. and T. Jackson (2009). The carbon footprint of the UK: Exploring its trends and drivers using a quasi-multi-regional input-output model. ESRC Stakeholder Seminar on Accounting for and Modelling the Pollution Content of Trade Flows, Carbon Footprints and other Indicators of Sustainable Development. Glamorgan Building, Cardiff, Wales.
Druckman, A. and T. Jackson (2009). The bare necessities: how much household carbon do we really need? 5th International Conference on Industrial Ecology. Transitions Toward Sustainability., Lisbon, Portugal, 21-24 June 2009.
Chitnis, M., A. Druckman, L. Hunt, S. Milne and T. Jackson (2009). Analysing the Role of Lifestyles in Determining UK Household Energy Demand and GHG Emissions: Predictions and Scenarios to 2050. Conference on Energy Economics and Technology. Long-term Energy Trends – Where will we be in 2050?, Dresden, Germany, April 3, 2009.
Druckman, A. (2008). Gadgets up the gum-tree? The unintended consequences of electronic gadgetry. Desirable Future? Dana Centre, The Science Museum, London. 18.11.08.
Druckman, A. and T. Jackson (2008). The carbon footprint of UK households 1990-2004: a socio-economically disaggregated, quasi-multi-regional input-output model. The 2008 International Input-Output Meeting on Managing the Environment Seville, Spain. 9-11 July 2008.
Druckman, A., P. Bradley and T. Jackson (2008a). Waste and Resource Mapping. Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Urban Waste Management Symposium, London, UK, 21 April 2008.
Druckman, A., P. Bradley, T. Jackson, C. J. Banks, A. Maycox, T. Khan, C. Thomas and M. Yoxon (2008b). Waste and Resource Mapping. Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), Paignton, UK, 10-13 June 2008.
Druckman, A. and T. Jackson (2007). Towards a low carbon society: a highly disaggregated model of household energy consumption. 11th European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Basel, Switzerland. 20-22 June 2007.
Druckman, A., P. Bradley, E. Papathanasopoulou and T. Jackson (2007). Measuring Progress towards Carbon Reduction in the UK International Ecological Footprint Conference. 8-10 May 2007 Cardiff, UK.
Bradley, P., T. Jackson, A. Druckman and E. Papathanasopoulou (2007). Attributing Upstream (Process) Wastes to Household Consumption Activities - a case study for selected waste streams of the UK; 1995 and 2004. 11th European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production., Basel, Switzerland. 20-22 June 2007.
Druckman, A., P. Sinclair and T. Jackson (2006). Household resource inequalities: a highly socio-economically disaggregated model International Sociological Association for the XVI World Congress, Durban, South Africa. 23-29 July 2006., 23-29 July.
Bradley, P., A. Druckman, E. Papathanasopoulou, P. Sinclair and T. Jackson (2006). Attributing Waste to Household Functional Use - a pilot framework and case application for the UK. 9th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) December 15 - 19 2006, Delhi, India.
Jackson, T., E. Papathanasopoulou, P. Bradley and A. Druckman (2006). Attributing Carbon Emissions to Functional Household Needs: a pilot framework for the UK. International Conference on Regional and Urban Modelling, Brussels, Belgium. 1-2 June 2006.
Druckman, A., P. Sinclair and T. Jackson (2005). A geographically and socio-economically disaggregated local household consumption model for the UK. 10th European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production, Antwerp, Belgium, 5-7 October 2005.
Druckman, A., M. Chitnis, S. Sorrell and T. Jackson, (2011). Missing the target?
To what extent does the rebound effect cause a shortfall in expected carbon reductions? 5th International Conference on Carbon Accounting, Edinburgh Conference Centre, 25th November 2011.
Druckman A. and T. Jackson (2009). "The delights of data: deficiencies in the quagmire?" 1st International Carbon Accounting Conference, Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 11 March 2009.


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On Saturday, many Christians celebrated the Festival of St. Titus. Titus was a young pastor who St. Paul took under his wing and who later became an associate pastor sent by Paul to Corinth and the Island of Crete. Titus received a letter of encouragement from Paul, bearing Titus' name.
Paul encouraged the young pastor to be "holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict" (Titus 1:9). This is perhaps the least favorite duty of a pastor: to correct the most serious errors that exist in a congregation.
Paul sent Titus to consecrate pastors to do just that. They were to be stewards of God — that is, responsible for the proper reading and proclamation of the Word and the right administration of the Sacraments. Such is the responsibilities of the pastor today, for neither God's Word nor His Sacraments have changed. Paul writes to the young pastor St. Timothy, "Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge — by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith" (1 Tim. 6:20-21a).
Paul knew that a pastor's hearers will not listen to him, even as many refused to listen to Christ Himself. Paul is speaking in the stead and by the command of Christ, writing under inspiration of God the Holy Spirit. So when Paul speaks here, he is essentially attaching the words "Thus says the Lord" to his writing. Thus says the Lord, "Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you" (Titus 2:15).
Paul exhorts Titus and all pastors. The fact of the matter, though, is that pastors are despised. Why? We sinners resent men who are sent from God and are faithful to their calls. We want them to be "friendly," as if a pastor cannot be friendly and faithful. We choose to not understand what is being taught because we don't like to think we've been in error.
It may well not be our fault, for we might have been led into error. But we don't want to shun it, and we tend to view our shepherds with contempt, thinking he is self-willed and quick-tempered and not hospitable, a lover of what is good, just, holy, or self-controlled. God has given His undershepherds and their hearers each divinely-mandated duties. He has given pastors the charge to preach and teach the Word and to administer the Sacraments in accordance with the Gospel. He has given the laity the charge to hear the Word of God and keep it and to receive the gifts Christ freely gives in His Means of Grace.
Paul exhorts us to not despair, for the Lord of the Church has sent men to preach not only the Law but also the Gospel. Again, Paul says to Titus, "When the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life" [Titus 3:4-7].
This is why the Lord sent Paul to preach, why the Lord called Titus, and why pastors today are sent. The Lord has sent men to preach the Word to save His people both from their errors and from their sins and to administer His Sacraments to bring to you the gifts of forgiveness, life and salvation. He has sent undershepherds to give the gifts, He Himself, won on the cross for us, paying the debt we could not pay.
Paul shed blood for the sake of the Gospel, as tradition states that he was beheaded. Christ shed blood for Paul's sake and ours, as Scripture tells us that He was crucified. This is the message I have been given to proclaim to you: Jesus Christ gave His body, shed His blood, and died on the cross for you for the forgiveness of your sins. This is the preaching of the cross.
We preach not only Christ crucified but also Christ resurrected. "It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us" (Rom. 8:34). As Christ is risen from the dead, He gives us the assurance that our prayers are heard, for only Christ has died and risen, and has done so for you, so that you would have eternal life in heaven with Him.


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A poor Brahmin was approached by Lord Himself in disguise and He advised him of the puja. Keep all the things for puja ready, near the altar.
On hearing that the merchant reached the dockyard, his wife and daughter, who were performing the puja at that time, forget to take the Prasad. King discards and disregards the offerings, thereby invoking vidhnam wrath of Sri Satyanarayana.
The total duration of the puja – start to finish — will be around 3 hours. It is not sri satyanarayana swamy pooja vidhanam puja confined to any festivities, but Purnima full moon day is considered specifically auspicious for this puja. The puja concludes with an Aarti which consists of lighting camphor in the vicinity of an image of the Sri satyanarayana swamy pooja vidhanam.
The idol or coin of Lord Satyanarayana is bathed and cleaned with panchamritam. The following procedure is as prescribed by and performed in Andhra Pradesh. Decorate the front door with mango leaves. After placing the deity in the correct position, names of Sri Satyanarayana are chanted. Another requirement of the puja is that the story be heard among all those observing and vidhznam in the puja.
Glossary of Hinduism terms Hinduism portal. Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda. Tradition mandates to abstain sayanarayana worldly pleasures.
Please help improve this section by adding citations sri satyanarayana swamy pooja vidhanam reliable sources. It can also be performed because of success in business or career growth; during social functions like marriages, house-warming ceremonies, naming of the children and so on. It is decorated with floral designs, usually using rice flour and other coloured powders. Some people avoid cooking and merely mix the ingredients together.
An essential part of this puja is listening to the Sri Satyanarayana Swami Katha narrative.
Performing this puja in the evening is considered more appropriate. After this a red thread kalava or moli sri satyanarayana swamy pooja vidhanam tied 3 round in neck of pot.
Make a symbol of swastik in pot ,it is a good and positive symbol. This should be done by both husband and wife. Invite dwamy relatives and friends.
These occasions could include marriage, graduation, start of a sri satyanarayana swamy pooja vidhanam job, purchase of a new vidbanam, to name a few. The previous night, think of Lord Sri Satyanarayana and mentally decide to perform puja the next day. That small pot should add one betel nut, one vixhanam coin ,some jwar or wheat and then filled it with holy water like gangajal ,if not available you can use clean water.
Upon successful completion of the puja, the Brahmin could overcome his difficulties and enjoy eternal bliss.
The betel nut, akshit and dry dates are the offerings. After the puja is over, participants and observers of the puja are required to partake the prasad that was offered and blessed by the Lord.
Chapter 2 narrates the benefits of the puja. A group of backwoodsmen was performing the puja.


The Miami Heat are in a state of change. Some of that change was unavoidable and a good portion of it was of their own doing. No matter how you slice it, the final Hall of Fame pieces of Miami's 'Big Three' era are no more. A slightly salty Dwyane Wade is now a member of the Chicago Bulls and while that reality still makes Miami fans see red, it is the loss of Chris Bosh that is truly crippling.
Bosh's unfortunate medical condition has turned a once sweet situation very sour as there appears to be hard feelings between he and the franchise and more directly…Pat Riley. The team announced that Bosh is not in their current plans and his career with Miami is "probably" over. While the veteran big man is not in agreement, his options are becoming slim and trying to find a team that will take chance on him outside of Miami will prove problematic at best.
Internally, the Heat have to focus on a roster that now appears to be led by Hassan Whiteside, Goran Dragic and Dion Waiters on the court with a healthy dose of Coach Spolestra from the sidelines. The roster is unnaturally even which will create some very prickly position battles in training camp and potentially throughout the season. Tyler Johnson, Wayne Ellington, Josh Richardson and the aforementioned Dragic and Waiters will all look to claim supremacy in the backcourt. Each has something their counterparts don't which could be fun or disastrous when deciding a rotation.
Pace and not necessarily space will be a staple of the Miami offense this season. But it remains to be seen just how open-minded Coach Spo decides to be in creating small ball lineups that will allow him to play a good portion of the similarly skilled guards/wings. If that is indeed the way he decides to play.
The frontcourt sans Bosh is not an easy rotation to decipher either. Justise Winslow is going to get minutes as arguably the team's best wing defender and the bulk of his minutes should come at small forward. But he could see time at the four or backup five if Spo is feeling frisky like he did in last year's playoffs. The team's other forwards James Johnson, Luke Babbitt, Josh McRoberts and Derrick Williams will all be jumping frantically like a grade school student who know's the answer hoping Spo picks them to play plus minutes in Miami's crowded rotation.
Whiteside and Dragic seem to be assured starting spots with Winslow as the next most entrenched. Meanwhile, Waiters and his one-year prove it deal lurks like a shark in the water hungry for the opportunity to lead a franchise. It's concerning that so many of the players feel like it might be their time time to shine.
Spoelstra will have to toe the line between Yoda-like motivator and juggler of egos to keep all the want to be master chefs out of the kitchen. The identity of this team is vastly unknown and Spoelstra will be forced to figure it out on the fly.


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By Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles MP
'The only security of all is in a free press…,' wrote Thomas Jefferson, 'it is necessary to keep the waters pure'. But in recent years, the waters in local communities have become increasingly muddied. More and more councils have begun printing their own newspapers, squeezing the free and independent press out of the market. This has been a giant step in the wrong direction for local democracy.
Journalists like Jim Naughtie and John Humphrys, Roy Greenslade and Richard Littlejohn, cut their teeth on their local papers. As we all recognise, local journalism has been under increasing pressure from the relentless news cycle and the internet. But if local newspapers disappear, where will residents get an independent, thoughtful critique of how their councillors are behaving and how their council is performing? Certainly not from the town hall Pravda where glossy print meets spin.
Councils should let their achievements speak for themselves: not use glossy freesheets to tell people what to think. Many councils are already embracing a new era of transparency: putting the facts about their spending online without an editorial gloss and letting people make up their own minds. Others have started to work with, rather than against, their local newspaper: so that straightforward information about local services and community resources reaches local residents without compromising the papers independence.
As well as the democratic principles at stake, I also have deep concerns about the amount of money some councils are spending blowing their own trumpets. As the BBC reported, Newham council spent upwards of half a million pounds on their newspapers; while Greenwich's magazine looks like a local edition of Vogue – though the quality of reporting doesn't seem to live up to the production values, an issue which has caused a great deal of concern.
I'm determined to strike a blow for freedom of the local press who can't compete with a bottomless pit of taxpayer funds. That's why I've proposed tightening up the rules governing councils promotion and publicity. I don't think, for example, that there will be any great loss to British journalism if councils can't print their freesheets more than once a quarter. The consultation closed this week, and there has been significant interest in the issue, with more than two hundred responses. But it's important to recognise that some councils don't need to wait to be told: Hammersmith and Fulham council has decided to stop publishing its newspaper.
At a time when councils are facing up to really difficult choices, these excessive publicity machines seem completely out of kilter with public sentiment. Councils have got to ask themselves whether residents would prefer to see their council tax spent on frontline services or on self-promotion? Propaganda dressed up as journalism not only wastes money but undermines a free press and a healthy democracy. As the Prime Minister promotes those very values abroad in China this week, it's more important than ever we actively promote them at home.


If you live in the North East it's time for a few things, but mainly WINTER. Winter throws a lot of people out of whack: the days are shorter, it is extremely cold + end of the year obligations both social + financial can become extremely stressful.
I wanted to share a few tips on how I remain centered, especially during the morning! I was not always the best at dealing with mornings (sleeping in too late, skipping breakfast, checking emails as soon as I woke up), but I have tried really hard to find that balance between work, sleep + life in general. I go into more detail below, but check out my Animoto video for a quick look!
1. Candles // These are an instant mood shifter. Filling a room with a relaxing scent, or just one that is relaxing for you, is the best way to transform your environment. I may have work splayed around me + emails piling up, but a candle is a must.
2. Cuppa Tea // It is not necessarily about the tea itself, but the habit of preparing tea. There is a ritual involved in crafting a cup of tea. A squirt of lemon, a dash of milk or a swirl of honey, whatever your choice is you can create a warming + soothing drink tailored just for you. It is a nice gesture, one that you get to enjoy.
3. Breakfast // Similarly to tea, breakfast is incredibly important to me. I typically will make the same things for weeks at a time + then switch it up. It has been oatmeal, scrambled eggs, cereal, french toast, but it has to be there.
4. No work AM // Alarm goes off + you look at your emails, am I right? Nothing kills the morning vibe like a crazy email from your co-worker or a message from your in-laws saying they are staying with you for Thanksgiving weekend. To find your center you need to tune out everything else. The best way to do this is to ignore messages + any work early in the AM.
5. Stretch/Yoga // 30 minutes of exercise or nothing, right? Nope. 10 minutes of stretching, yoga or meditation is better than nothing. Remember you will never regret doing so.
6. Mother nature // Surround yourself with plants, flowers + other greenery. It is surprising how much it can lift your mood, plus something that grows with you is poetically what we all need.
7. Something cozy // I don't care if I look "fly" because if I am not comfortable it's game over. Finding what looks good on you + is cozy is what it's all about.


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Q: Jsp is not detected in project while running the project I have simple login screen using spring security.And if login is successful,then it is redirect to home.jsp. But, it is saying that,it is unable to locate the Jsp page. While making the new project in maven there was no folder called webapp,so i created myself and I added that webapp in  webapp/WEB-INF/view/home.jsp as:

The structure of my project is:

So, login screen appears succesfully and when I login such message is shown:

It says that home.jsp is not found.
My config is::
package com.ashwin.security.config;

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver;

@Configuration
@EnableWebMvc
@ComponentScan(basePackages = "com.ashwin.security")
public class DemoAppConfig {

    @Bean
    public ViewResolver viewResolver() {
        InternalResourceViewResolver viewResolver=new InternalResourceViewResolver();
        viewResolver.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/view/");
        viewResolver.setSuffix(".jsp");
        return viewResolver;
    }

}

My pom.xml is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.ashwin</groupId>
    <artifactId>springsecurity2</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>war</packaging>

    <name>spring-security-demo</name>

    <properties>
        <springframework.version>5.0.2.RELEASE</springframework.version>

       <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
        <springsecurity.version>5.0.0.RELEASE</springsecurity.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>

        <!-- Spring MVC support -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
            <version>${springframework.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Servlet, JSP and JSTL support -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.servlet.jsp-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.3.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
            <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
            <version>1.2</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>3.8.1</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- spring security config -->
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.security/spring-security-web -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
            <version>${springsecurity.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.security/spring-security-config -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
            <version>${springsecurity.version}</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <!-- TO DO: Add support for Maven WAR Plugin -->
    <build>
      <!--  <finalName>/springsecurity</finalName>-->
        <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>

        <resources>

        <resource>

        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>

    </resource>

    </resources>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>3.2.0</version>
                </plugin>

                <plugin>

                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>

                <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>

                <version>2.2</version>

                <configuration>

                <path>/spring</path>

            </configuration>

            </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
    </build>

</project>

DispatcherServlet class is
package com.ashwin.security.config;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer;

public class SpringMvcDispatcherServletInitializer  extends AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer {

     @Override
        protected Class <?> [] getRootConfigClasses() {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected Class <?> [] getServletConfigClasses() {
            return new Class[] { DemoAppConfig.class  };
        }

        @Override
        protected String[] getServletMappings() {
            return new String[] { "/" };
        }

}

A: Your tomcat7-maven-plugin configuration contains <path>/spring</path>. Please replace it and try with <path>/${project.build.finalName}</path>.


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TODD LA TORRE 'Really Appreciates' The Greatness Of First Five QUEENSRŸCHE Albums
In a new interview with Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show, Todd La Torre, who has fronted QUEENSRŸCHE for nearly a decade, was asked how his appreciation of the band's music has changed now that his is also one of its curators. He responded (hear audio below): "I don't know that it has changed. I think that I have a unique perspective in that as a fan of the band before I joined the band, I think I have a good gauge for what the audience appreciates and really wants to hear from QUEENSRŸCHE. There were many years where the band's sound changed, and so being in the band, I really appreciate the greatness of especially those first five records that the band did and getting to know the people and the personalities that were behind those creations. But I don't know that I appreciate it much more, because just good music is good music. I just think I have a different perspective, moving forward, as to what QUEENSRŸCHE fans love and wanna hear as we create new music."
The original lineup of QUEENSRŸCHE — singer Geoff Tate, guitarists Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield — achieved multi-platinum success with its 1990 album "Empire", which included the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit "Silent Lucidity". QUEENSRŸCHE underwent several lineup changes in the last 25 years, the most notable one being when then-CRIMSON GLORY vocalist Todd La Torre replaced Tate in 2012.
To date, QUEENSRŸCHE has released three studio albums with La Torre: "Queensrÿche" (2013), "Condition Hüman" (2015) and "The Verdict" (2019). Currently the band is writing new material for a fourth release for Century Media Records.
Todd's debut solo album, "Rejoice In The Suffering", was released on February 5 via Rat Pak Records. Todd created the LP with his songwriting partner Craig Blackwell and producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris.
La Torre joined his first band BLACKWELL as the drummer, performing in high school talent shows and entering into the club rock music scene in Tampa Bay, Florida. In 2009, Todd was suggested to CRIMSON GLORY guitarist Jon Drenning by a mutual friend to help with some vocal rehearsals in preparation for a CRIMSON GLORY memorial concert. This would pave the way for more collaborations with the band, with Toddeventually joining CRIMSON GLORY as the group's new vocalist. La Torre was the lead singer for CRIMSON GLORY from late 2010 until resigned from the band in early 2013.
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The Cavaliers Bet Big On Donovan Mitchell. Here's Why It's Working.
By Jared Dubin
Dec. 9, 2022, at 12:35 PM
Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs' swing for the fences is looking good so far.
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Last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers were arguably the NBA's most improved team. After going just 22-50 during the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 campaign, Cleveland improved its record all the way to 44-38, making the second-largest season-to-season jump in winning percentage behind the Minnesota Timberwolves. And on a per-possession basis, the Cavs lapped the field in improvement with a 10.8-point spike in their net rating — 2.7 points per 100 possessions better than that of any other squad.
A rash of injuries throughout that season (Collin Sexton, Ricky Rubio and Jarrett Allen chief among them) led to Cleveland faltering down the stretch and eventually failing to make it out of the play-in round. But after that small taste of success, the Cavaliers swung the biggest move of the NBA offseason, trading Sexton, rookie Ochai Agbaji, Lauri Markkanen and a bushel of first-round picks to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Donovan Mitchell. Adding Mitchell to a core that already included All-Stars in Allen and Darius Garland, plus the Rookie of the Year runner-up in Evan Mobley, gave Cleveland one of the league's deepest wells of star talent.1
Although that hasn't fully manifested itself in FiveThirtyEight's RAPTOR-based prediction model (we still call for Cleveland to fall just shy of 50 wins), the Cavs currently have the NBA's fourth-best record (16-9), with the point differential of an 18-7 team, and they're one of just four teams ranked inside the top 10 on both offense and defense.2 Let's dig into what's driving that success, as well as some things that could tip the scales toward the Cavs leveling up even further.
The small backcourt hasn't hurt on defense
The Cavaliers' defense is, in fact, the best in basketball right now — a bit of a surprise, considering it was the defensive side of the floor where observers had the biggest question marks about how the trade for Mitchell would work out. Garland had been a negative defender through his first three NBA seasons, and Mitchell had taken dramatic steps backward on that end. Both of those players are listed at a mere 6-foot-1, typically putting Cleveland at a tremendous size disadvantage in the backcourt.
There have been only 11 teams since the 1999-2000 season to give at least 41 starts to a pair of players listed 6-foot-1 or shorter. Interestingly, that list includes both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 Cavaliers with Garland, as well as the 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2022-22 Jazz with Mitchell.
Garland and Mitchell are no strangers to pint-sized backcourts
NBA teams since 1999-2000 who gave at least 41 starts each to two players listed at 6-foot-1 or shorter in the same season
Defense Rk.
2022 Jazz Mike Conley Donovan Mitchell 11
2021 Hornets Devonte' Graham Terry Rozier 17
2021 Cavaliers Darius Garland Collin Sexton 25
2021 Raptors Kyle Lowry Fred VanVleet 15
2021 Jazz Mike Conley Donovan Mitchell 4
2020 Raptors Kyle Lowry Fred VanVleet 2
2008 Nuggets Anthony Carter Allen Iverson 10
2006 Bobcats Raymond Felton Brevin Knight 18
Source: Basketball-Reference.com
As I wrote when the Mitchell deal went down, teams with these pint-sized backcourts generally ranked around the defensive league average, but that average was skewed by a couple of very high-level performances across the league. (The 2020-21 Jazz had Rudy Gobert, an all-time interior defender, while the 2019-20 Raptors were running an extremely innovative defensive system and were stocked with elite, multi-positional defenders.) Without those two outliers, the typical defense with a tiny backcourt was below average. But what gave the Cavs outlier potential of their own was the massive nature of their frontcourt (and the defensive acumen of their two starting big men), which could offset the size disadvantage of their guards.
And that's pretty much exactly how things have worked for this version of the Cavs. Mitchell vowed before the season that he would "lock in" more on defense, and he's kept that promise to date; Garland showed some growth as a defender last season, and it has continued this year, but the defense is still anchored by the bigs.
Allen remains one of the NBA's premier protectors of the basket: Among 29 players who have played in at least 10 games and challenged at least 5 shots per night, Allen ranks second in opponent field-goal percentage when within 5 feet of both the rim and the shooter, according to NBA.com. Mobley remains one of the league's best switch-defenders in space: Among 137 players who have switched 35 or more ball screens, according to Second Spectrum, he ranks 11th in points per possession allowed (0.696) when the play is finished by the ball handler or a teammate one pass away.
Garland has pulled his weight on offense
It's at least interesting that the Cavaliers' offense is a bit behind their defense, especially considering that following the Mitchell trade it was widely speculated the team's offense would be fine and the defense might take some time to come around. But scoring at the eighth-best rate in basketball is pretty damn good, to be clear. There are signs that the current state of Cleveland's offense is propped up by unsustainable shooting, but reassuringly, there's also some low-hanging fruit the Cavs can pluck to counteract any shooting regression.
For example, it's highly encouraging that Cleveland's offense in Garland-only minutes has been nearly as good as in Mitchell-only minutes. The duo shares the ball handling responsibility pretty equally when in the game together, but they each take on a much clearer lead-dog role when the other isn't on the floor with them. That the Cavs have maintained their scoring efficiency with one or the other on the bench is a good sign.
The Cavs' guards are playing the right roles — together or apart
In-possession stats for Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell when on the court together or by themselves, 2022-23 season
Player/Situation
Poss.
Seconds/
Dribbles/
Time of Poss. %
Pts/
Garland w/ Mitchell 2148 5.877 5.481 27.3% 1.13
Garland w/o Mitchell 466 5.658 5.261 45.4 1.20
Mitchell w/ Garland 2148 5.261 4.730 26.1 1.17
Mitchell w/o Garland 794 5.791 5.365 43.2 1.16
Source: Second Spectrum
Garland's usage rate has actually gone up just a bit this season despite Mitchell's presence, and he hasn't experienced much of a drop-off in his true shooting percentage. Garland remains a long-range sniper, connecting on more than 38 percent of his threes for the third consecutive season. He's also become an improved passer, as evidenced by both his career-low turnover rate and the fact that he's on pace for about 47 fewer bad-pass giveaways per 82 games than he had a season ago. If he can get back to hitting his floaters around 50 percent of the time (like he did last season), Garland can be even better.
Mitchell is shooting the lights out
Speaking of shooting … We have to talk about Mitchell, who is posting career-best numbers in basically every shooting category. He's connected on 55.4 percent of his two-point shots, 42.4 percent of his threes and 49.6 percent of his shots overall. These figures are far and away the best of his career. That's also the case for his 77 percent conversion rate on shots within 3 feet of the basket and his 53.1 percent mark on shots 3 to 10 feet out.
Is it possible that playing alongside a talent of Garland's caliber could account for some of this improvement? Of course, it is. However, it's highly unlikely that Garland's presence accounts for Mitchell's otherworldly off-the-dribble shooting.
Through his first five seasons, Mitchell's career-best effective field goal percentage on jump shots taken after two or more dribbles was 52.99 percent, according to Second Spectrum. This year, that figure has shot all the way up to 62.07 percent, despite the fact that those off-dribble jumpers have: a) been more closely contested than ever and b) yielded the second-worst expected conversion rate of his career.3 Mitchell just happens to be outperforming expectations on those shots by the third-largest margin of any of the 692 players who have taken 150 or more them in a season during the player-tracking era, which now spans 10 seasons.
Mitchell's pull-up shooting has been 🔥 this season
Best quantified shooter impact (qSI) in a season for NBA players on jumpers after 2 or more dribbles, 2014-23
Shot Att.
qSQ*
qSI†
Kevin Durant 2023 BRK 216 58.1% 38.4% +19.7
Stephen Curry 2023 GSW 152 64.8 45.9 +19.0
Donovan Mitchell 2023 CLE 174 62.1 43.6 +18.5
Kevin Durant 2021 BRK 201 57.2 40.0 +17.3
Rudy Gay 2019 SAS 179 55.3 38.1 +17.2
DeMar DeRozan 2022 CHI 788 50.8 36.1 +14.7
Kyrie Irving 2021 BRK 422 56.6 42.2 +14.4
Damian Lillard 2020 POR 558 58.1 44.8 +13.2
Chris Paul 2021 PHO 608 55.4 42.3 +13.1
*A player's quantified shot quality (qSQ) represents his expected effective FG percentage (eFG%) on a set of shots, based on tracking data.
†Quantified shooter impact (qSI) is the difference between a player's actual and expected eFG%.
And there's still room for improvement
Even if Mitchell's outrageous off-dribble shooting reverts to form, there's reason to believe that the Cavs can remain a top offense. The foundation of their attack is, like for most teams, the high pick and roll, and the Mitchell-Allen and Garland-Allen duos rank first (Mitchell 1.421) and 29th (Garland, 1.184) in points per possession among the 99 teammate pairings with 100 or more ball screens, per Second Spectrum.4
More than anything else, though, the Cavs can boost their offense by speeding things up a bit. Despite being at a talent advantage almost every night, Cleveland plays at the slowest pace in the league. Overall, no NBA team is slower to get into its offense: According to Second Spectrum, it takes 7.27 seconds for the Cavs to initiate the first action (a cut, screen, drive, etc.) on their average trip up the floor. Cranking up the speed and getting into things a second or so faster could mean the difference between having to put up a contested shot near the end of the clock and being able to pump-fake and get a little bit more open. Cleveland's expected effective field goal percentage ranks just 16th in the NBA; playing with more pace could nudge that number toward or even into the top 10.
It would also help because the Cavs almost never get out on the break, with just 13.7 percent of their non-garbage-time possessions coming in transition, according to Cleaning the Glass. That's the league's fourth-lowest rate. Transition possessions are, predictably, far more efficient than those run against a set defense in the halfcourt, so increasing the rate at which they run can also help get the offense where it needs to be for the Cavs to firmly keep themselves among the league's elite.
They'll also want to shore up the team's wing depth at some point, especially if they can acquire a player to actually help on both sides of the ball. Caris LeVert is shooting just 37 percent from the field. Isaac Okoro undermines the team's offensive structure whenever he's on the floor because he is both reluctant to take and unable to reliably make shots, and his defense hasn't been good enough to make up for it. Cedi Osman, Dean Wade and Lamar Stevens at least have the size to handle big-wing defensive assignments — but of the three, only Wade can consistently shoot, and only Osman can really put the ball on the deck. In a league dominated in large part by big-wing creators, the Cavs have a glaring hole in that department.
Still, the Cavs bet that acquiring Mitchell would vault them into the realm of contention, and so far it appears that bet is working out quite nicely. Even if the Cavs are not necessarily on the level of the Celtics or Bucks, they are much closer than they were a year ago — and they have laid a foundation for sustainable contention over the next few years, with a core group of players that should only get better. The price they paid was high, but so is the potential pay-off.
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Only the defending champion Warriors have as many of last season's All-Stars on their roster for this year, while Mobley is widely considered a future All-Star and likely All-Defense mainstay himself.
Making them the only team in the Eastern Conference that can claim that distinction.
As determined by Second Spectrum's quantified shot quality (qSQ), which accounts for shot distance, closest defender distance and more.
Mitchell-Mobley also ranks 35th.
Jared Dubin is a New York writer and lawyer. He covers the NFL for CBS and the NBA elsewhere. @JADubin5
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As you know Palestine Children's Welfare Fund has been assisting the Palestinian families in the Hutto detention center through the payment of some of their legal fees, meals in the center and phone cards. We just received a phone call from one of the families advising us that the immigration authorities just informed them that they will be deported to Jordan on Monday.
The family . . . will leave the United States on Monday via Dallas and their young twin girls ages 4 will accompany them. Both girls are United States citizens and were staying with their aunt in Irving pending the end of this nightmare that started November 3rd, 2006. PCWF contributed to the legal fees incurred by their competent and compassionate lawyer, Mr. John Wheat Gibson and will be paying for the airline tickets of the two children who will have to leave with their parents next week.
PCWF would like to encourage you to contribute to the purchase of the airlines tickets of these two children to avoid separating them from their famiy. You can send your contribution to the address listed on the bottom of this email or you can donate online and specify that you want the money to go towards the Palestinian families in Hutto.
Additionally, PCWF will continue to provide support for the remaining two families till their legal cases are resolved. We are aware that the Ibrahim family can not leave the United States yet since the Isreali and the Jordanian governments refused to accept them or allow them to go back. You will receive more information as it becomes available and will try to update you about their status promptly.
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Las casas OVNI de Sanzhi (三芝飛碟屋), también conocidas como las casas platillo de Sanzhi o la ciudad platillo de Sanzhi, era un conjunto de edificios con forma de platillo volador situados en Sanzhi, en Taiwán).

Construcción y abandono
Las casas OVNI empezaron a construirse en 1978. La intención era crear un complejo vacacional al norte de la costa adyacente a Danshui, fueron comercializadas enfocándolas hacia funcionarios militares estadounidenses procedentes de las misiones de Asia Oriental. Sin embargo, el proyecto fue abandonado en 1980 debido a pérdidas económicas y a una serie de fortuitos accidentes de tráfico, los lugareños achacan estos accidentes a que el dragón chino de la entrada del complejo fue partido en dos para ensanchar el acceso. Otras historias comentan que el sitio fue anteriormente un cementerio para soldados holandeses.

Los edificios platillo fueron una atracción turística menor, debido en parte a su original arquitectura. Los edificios han sido retratados en el cine, usados por la MTV en diversas grabaciones, fotografiados por gente, objeto de muchas discusiones en foros de Internet, descritos como ciudad fantasma o "ruinas del futuro".

Demolición
La demolición del complejo estaba programada para 2008, a pesar de la existencia de páginas en Internet que pedían que al menos se mantuviera un edificio como museo. La demolición se llevó a cabo definitivamente el 29 de diciembre de 2008, con planes de rehabilitar la zona como una atracción turística con hoteles e instalaciones costeras.

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25 years after Thriller
I was in school when Michael Jackson's Thriller came out. I can remember doing the moonwalk and other break dance moves to songs like "Billie Jean", "Beat it" and of course the "Thriller" track. It's quite embarrassing to admit it but we did dance like zombies to the last song. Who can forget Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo on "Beat It".
Can't believe it but it's already been 25 years since this amazing album was released. It remains the best-selling album ever and made Jackson famous globally.
Michael has recently rereleased an updated version of the album featuring artists will.i.am, Fergie, Akon and Kanye West.
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How disappointing. I had a viewing party of the Grammy Awards at my place with friends and when Will.I.Am was rapping and heard the some Michael Jackson music in the background, we thought that MIchael might jump out of no where and start singing. But it didn't happen. would've been nice if it did
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Washington State is a place of divergent cultures, a meeting ground for tech and timber, old and new. It is a region in flux, redefining itself on a generational scale so broad that it can't help but run against itself. For example, the northwestern corner of the state houses Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft, and also the largest protected stand of old growth in the United States, the Olympic National Forest and adjoining Wilderness Areas.
One way of taking in this culture clash, and perhaps coming to understand the essential nature of a place, is via its road signs, which I did, on a recent trip to the Olympic Peninsula.


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