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/*
* Description:
*     partition resolver simple provider implementation
*
* Revision history:
*     Feb., 2016, @imzhenyu (Zhenyu Guo), first draft
*     xxxx-xx-xx, author, fix bug about xxx
*/

# include "partition_resolver_simple.h"
# include <dsn/cpp/utils.h>

namespace dsn
{
    namespace dist
    {
        //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        using namespace service;

        partition_resolver_simple::partition_resolver_simple(
            rpc_address meta_server,
            const char* app_path
            )
            : partition_resolver(meta_server, app_path),
            _app_id(-1), _app_partition_count(-1), _app_is_stateful(true)
        {
        }

        void partition_resolver_simple::resolve(
            uint64_t partition_hash,
            std::function<void(resolve_result&&)>&& callback,
            int timeout_ms
            )
        {
            int idx = -1;
            if (_app_partition_count != -1)
            {
                idx = get_partition_index(_app_partition_count, partition_hash);
                rpc_address target;
                if (ERR_OK == get_address(idx, target))
                {
                    callback(resolve_result{
                        ERR_OK,
                        target,
                        {_app_id, idx}
                    });
                    return;
                }
            }

            auto rc = new request_context();
            rc->partition_hash = partition_hash;
            rc->callback = move(callback);
            rc->partition_index = idx;
            rc->timeout_timer = nullptr;
            rc->timeout_ms = timeout_ms;
            rc->timeout_ts_us = now_us() + timeout_ms * 1000;
            rc->completed = false;

            call(std::move(rc), false);
        }

        void partition_resolver_simple::on_access_failure(int partition_index, error_code err)
        {
            if (-1 != partition_index)
            {
                ddebug("clear partition configuration cache %d.%d due to access failure %s",
                    _app_id, partition_index, err.to_string());

                {
                    zauto_write_lock l(_config_lock);
                    auto it = _config_cache.find(partition_index);
                    if (it != _config_cache.end())
                    {
                        // TODO: opt to remove unnecessary cache invalidation
                        _config_cache.erase(it);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        partition_resolver_simple::~partition_resolver_simple()
        {
            clear_all_pending_requests();
            dsn_group_destroy(_meta_server.group_handle());
        }

        void partition_resolver_simple::clear_all_pending_requests()
        {
            dinfo("%s.client: clear all pending tasks", _app_path.c_str());
            zauto_lock l(_requests_lock);
            //clear _pending_requests
            for (auto& pc : _pending_requests)
            {
                if (pc.second->query_config_task != nullptr)
                    pc.second->query_config_task->cancel(true);

                for (auto& rc : pc.second->requests)
                {
                    end_request(std::move(rc), ERR_TIMEOUT, rpc_address());
                }
                delete pc.second;
            }
            _pending_requests.clear();
        }

        DEFINE_TASK_CODE(LPC_REPLICATION_CLIENT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT, TASK_PRIORITY_COMMON, THREAD_POOL_DEFAULT)
        DEFINE_TASK_CODE(LPC_REPLICATION_DELAY_QUERY_CONFIG, TASK_PRIORITY_COMMON, THREAD_POOL_DEFAULT)

        void partition_resolver_simple::on_timeout(request_context_ptr&& rc) const
        {
            dsn_message_t nil(nullptr);
            end_request(std::move(rc), ERR_TIMEOUT, rpc_address());
        }

        void partition_resolver_simple::end_request(request_context_ptr&& request, error_code err, rpc_address addr) const
        {
            zauto_lock l(request->lock);
            if (request->completed)
            {
                err.end_tracking();
                return;
            }

            if (err != ERR_TIMEOUT && request->timeout_timer != nullptr)
                request->timeout_timer->cancel(false);

            request->callback(resolve_result{
                err,
                addr,
                {_app_id, request->partition_index}
            });
            request->completed = true;
        }

        void partition_resolver_simple::call(request_context_ptr&& request, bool from_meta_ack)
        {
            int pindex = request->partition_index;
            if (-1 != pindex)
            {
                // fill target address if possible
                rpc_address addr;
                auto err = get_address(pindex, addr);

                // target address known
                if (err == ERR_OK)
                {
                    end_request(std::move(request), ERR_OK, addr);
                    return;
                }
            }

            auto nts = dsn_now_us();

            // timeout will happen very soon, no way to get the rpc call done
            if (nts + 100 >= request->timeout_ts_us) // within 100 us
            {
                dsn_message_t nil(nullptr);
                end_request(std::move(request), ERR_TIMEOUT, rpc_address());
                return;
            }

            // calculate timeout
            int timeout_ms;
            if (nts + 1000 > request->timeout_ts_us)
                timeout_ms = 1;
            else
                timeout_ms = static_cast<int>(request->timeout_ts_us - nts) / 1000;

            // init timeout timer only when necessary
            {
                zauto_lock l(request->lock);
                if (request->timeout_timer == nullptr)
                {
                    request->timeout_timer = tasking::enqueue(
                        LPC_REPLICATION_CLIENT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
                        this,
                        [=, req2 = request]() mutable
                        {
                            on_timeout(std::move(req2));
                        },
                        0,
                        std::chrono::milliseconds(timeout_ms)
                        );
                }
            }

            {
                zauto_lock l(_requests_lock);
                if (-1 != pindex)
                {
                    // put into pending queue of querying target partition
                    auto it = _pending_requests.find(pindex);
                    if (it == _pending_requests.end())
                    {
                        auto pc = new partition_context;
                        pc->query_config_task = nullptr;
                        it = _pending_requests.emplace(pindex, pc).first;
                    }
                    it->second->requests.push_back(std::move(request));

                    // init configuration query task if necessary
                    if (nullptr == it->second->query_config_task)
                    {
                        // TODO: delay if from_meta_ack = true
                        it->second->query_config_task = query_config(pindex);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    _pending_requests_before_partition_count_unknown.push_back(std::move(request));
                    if (_pending_requests_before_partition_count_unknown.size() == 1)
                    {
                        _query_config_task = query_config(pindex);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        /*send rpc*/
        DEFINE_TASK_CODE_RPC(RPC_CM_QUERY_PARTITION_CONFIG_BY_INDEX, TASK_PRIORITY_COMMON, THREAD_POOL_DEFAULT)

        task_ptr partition_resolver_simple::query_config(int partition_index)
        {
            dinfo("query_partition_config, gpid:[%s,%d,%d]", _app_path.c_str(), _app_id, partition_index);
            auto msg = dsn_msg_create_request(RPC_CM_QUERY_PARTITION_CONFIG_BY_INDEX, 0, 0);

            configuration_query_by_index_request req;
            req.app_name = _app_path;
            if (partition_index != -1)
            {
                req.partition_indices.push_back(partition_index);
            }
            marshall(msg, req);

            return rpc::call(
                _meta_server,
                msg,
                this,
                [this, partition_index](error_code err, dsn_message_t req, dsn_message_t resp)
                {
                    query_config_reply(err, req, resp, partition_index);
                }
                );
        }

        void partition_resolver_simple::query_config_reply(error_code err, dsn_message_t request, dsn_message_t response, int partition_index)
        {
            auto client_err = ERR_OK;

            if (err == ERR_OK)
            {
                configuration_query_by_index_response resp;
                unmarshall(response, resp);
                if (resp.err == ERR_OK)
                {
                    zauto_write_lock l(_config_lock);

                    if (_app_id != -1 && _app_id != resp.app_id)
                    {
                        dassert(false, "app id is changed (mostly the app was removed and created with the same name), local Vs remote: %u vs %u ",
                            _app_id, resp.app_id);
                    }
                    if (_app_partition_count != -1 && _app_partition_count != resp.partition_count)
                    {
                        dassert(false, "partition count is changed (mostly the app was removed and created with the same name), local Vs remote: %u vs %u ",
                            _app_partition_count, resp.partition_count);
                    }
                    _app_id = resp.app_id;
                    _app_partition_count = resp.partition_count;
                    _app_is_stateful = resp.is_stateful;

                    for (auto it = resp.partitions.begin(); it != resp.partitions.end(); ++it)
                    {
                        auto& new_config = *it;

                        dinfo("query_partition_config reply, gpid:[%s,%d,%d], ballot = %" PRId64 ", primary = %s",
                            _app_path.c_str(), _app_id, partition_index,
                            new_config.ballot,
                            new_config.primary.to_string()
                            );

                        auto it2 = _config_cache.find(new_config.pid.get_partition_index());
                        if (it2 == _config_cache.end())
                        {
                            std::unique_ptr<partition_info> pi(new partition_info);
                            pi->timeout_count = 0;
                            pi->config = new_config;
                            _config_cache.emplace(new_config.pid.get_partition_index(), std::move(pi));
                        }
                        else if (it2->second->config.ballot < new_config.ballot)
                        {
                            it2->second->config = new_config;
                            it2->second->timeout_count = 0;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            // nothing to do
                        }
                    }
                }
                else if (resp.err == ERR_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND)
                {
                    derror("%s.client: query config reply err = %s, partition index = %d",
                        _app_path.c_str(),
                        resp.err.to_string(),
                        partition_index
                        );

                    client_err = ERR_APP_NOT_EXIST;
                }
                else
                {
                    derror("%s.client: query config reply err = %s, partition index = %d",
                        _app_path.c_str(),
                        resp.err.to_string(),
                        partition_index
                        );

                    client_err = resp.err;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                derror("%s.client: query config reply err = %s, partition index = %d",
                    _app_path.c_str(),
                    err.to_string(),
                    partition_index
                    );
            }

            // get specific or all partition update
            if (partition_index != -1)
            {
                partition_context* pc = nullptr;
                {
                    zauto_lock l(_requests_lock);
                    auto it = _pending_requests.find(partition_index);
                    if (it != _pending_requests.end())
                    {
                        pc = it->second;
                        _pending_requests.erase(partition_index);
                    }
                }

                if (pc)
                {
                    handle_pending_requests(pc->requests, client_err);
                    delete pc;
                }
            }

            // get all partition update
            else
            {
                pending_replica_requests reqs;
                std::list<request_context_ptr> reqs2;
                {
                    zauto_lock l(_requests_lock);
                    reqs = move(_pending_requests);
                    _pending_requests.clear();

                    reqs2 = move(_pending_requests_before_partition_count_unknown);
                    _pending_requests_before_partition_count_unknown.clear();
                }

                if (reqs2.size() > 0)
                {
                    for (auto& req : reqs2)
                    {
                        dassert(-1 == req->partition_index, "");
                        req->partition_index = get_partition_index(_app_partition_count, req->partition_hash);
                    }
                    handle_pending_requests(reqs2, client_err);
                }

                for (auto& r : reqs)
                {
                    if (r.second)
                    {
                        handle_pending_requests(r.second->requests, client_err);
                        delete r.second;
                    }
                }
                reqs.clear();
            }
        }

        void partition_resolver_simple::handle_pending_requests(std::list<request_context_ptr>& reqs, error_code err)
        {
            for (auto& req : reqs)
            {
                if (err == ERR_OK)
                {
                    rpc_address addr;
                    err = get_address(req->partition_index, addr);
                    if (err == ERR_OK)
                    {
                        end_request(std::move(req), err, addr);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        call(std::move(req), true);
                    }
                }
                else if (err == ERR_HANDLER_NOT_FOUND)
                {
                    end_request(std::move(req), err, rpc_address());
                }
                else
                {
                    call(std::move(req), true);
                }
            }
            reqs.clear();
        }

        /*search in cache*/
        rpc_address partition_resolver_simple::get_address(const partition_configuration& config) const
        {
            if (_app_is_stateful)
                return config.primary;
            else
            {
                if (config.last_drops.size() == 0)
                {
                    return rpc_address();
                }
                else
                {
                    return config.last_drops[dsn_random32(0, config.last_drops.size() - 1)];
                }
            }

            //if (is_write || semantic == read_semantic::ReadLastUpdate)
            //    return config.primary;

            //// readsnapshot or readoutdated, using random
            //else
            //{
            //    bool has_primary = false;
            //    int N = static_cast<int>(config.secondaries.size());
            //    if (!config.primary.is_invalid())
            //    {
            //        N++;
            //        has_primary = true;
            //    }

            //    if (0 == N) return config.primary;

            //    int r = random32(0, 1000) % N;
            //    if (has_primary && r == N - 1)
            //        return config.primary;
            //    else
            //        return config.secondaries[r];
            //}
        }

        //ERR_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND  not in cache.
        //ERR_IO_PENDING        in cache but invalid, remove from cache.
        //ERR_OK                in cache and valid
        error_code partition_resolver_simple::get_address(int partition_index, /*out*/ rpc_address& addr)
        {
            //partition_configuration config;
            {
                zauto_read_lock l(_config_lock);
                auto it = _config_cache.find(partition_index);
                if (it != _config_cache.end())
                {
                    //config = it->second->config;
                    addr = get_address(it->second->config);
                    if (addr.is_invalid())
                    {
                        return ERR_IO_PENDING;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        return ERR_OK;
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    return ERR_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND;
                }
            }
        }

        int partition_resolver_simple::get_partition_index(int partition_count, uint64_t partition_hash)
        {
            return partition_hash % static_cast<uint64_t>(partition_count);
        }
    }
}


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Q: Inherit from parent class and form, then I want a listview I have a model form
class Parent(forms.ModelForm):
    someTest = forms.CharField(max_length=20)

I have a child form:
class Child(Parent):
    someTestChild = forms.CharField(max_length=20)

I want a listview for the child form, this is my url.py
path('Testing/',
views.Child.as_view(),name="child"),

but I get an error saying that this class has no .as_view possibility.
Is it possible to create an list and detailview on the child form.

A: You are calling as_view() on the forms.ModelForm class which is not possible. You can only call that on a Class-Based View. Also, do you even have a model created that you can use for the form and view?
Consult the following docs for an example ListView (and also check the docs about models if you don't have any yet): https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/class-based-views/generic-display/
Note the difference between a view and a form in general:
from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView

from articles.models import Article

class ArticleDetailView(DetailView):
    model = Article

A: I believe what you want to do is show a model that you have inherited from in your forms.ModelForms. In that case you could just create the model you want to show in your models.py. Then in your forms.py add:
from .models import YourModel

class FormName(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = YourModel
        fields = '__all__'

after that you can use the form you have created in your html by connecting it via your views.py:
from .forms import FormName

def form_page(request):
    my_form = FormName()

if request.method == 'POST':
    my_form = FormName(request.POST)

    if my_form.is_valid():
        my_form.save(commit=True)
    else:
        print('Error Form could not be read')

return render(request, 'path_to/my.html', {'my_form': my_form})

now you can insert the form in your html file by using:
    <form method="POST">
        {{ my_form.as_p }}
        {% csrf_token %}
        <input type="submit" value="Submit!">
    </form>

The .as_p at the end will make your form look nicer on the webpage.
Be sure to include the csrf_token otherwise it will not work.
Also keep in mind if you want to upload and include images into your model there are a few extra lines of code necessary to make it work.
Now that you have the form in your html to show the models created with the form you will need to first connect the model to your view:
def index(request):
model_items = MyModel.objects.all()
context = {
    'model_items': model_items
}
return render(request, "home/index.html", context=context)

then include them in the html where you want to show them. You can easily use for loops to integrate them into your code. For example:

{% for item in model_items %}

        {{ item.property_nr_one }}

        {{ item.property_nr_two }}

{% endfor %}

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Q: Error occurs in one project, not in a partially replicated second project. Related to playing multimedia I have two projects. In them I am trying to play video with either AVPlayer or MPMoviePlayerController.
In the one large project that I've been developing in for a few months, I've added a new screen, a button, and code to display the video. Pressing the button displays the video. It did not work; the video displays a "loading..." for a second and then the application breaks, showing me the main method - highlighting this line:
return UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, nil, NSStringFromClass([AppAppDelegate class]));

In the second project which I've just created, I mimic the new screen, button, and code exactly that I just tried adding to the first project. This project displays the video perfectly.
The first project fails with either AVPlayer or MPMoviePlayerController, the second works fine with either.
I've made the new screen in the first project the initial view controller, with the same failing result.
I'm not sure what information to show you. The debug console? The frameworks I have included in one but not the other?
I'm at wits end trying to figure this out, the slightest suggestion would mean a lot.

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Beautiful moment from last night: gentrifier girl wanders into the small room at Rockwood Music Hall. Perky and perfectly coiffed in an expensive mallstore way, like someone who was on the Disney Channel's My Super Special Yuppie Puppie Prom Night around 2007. Meanwhile, onstage, the Whispering Tree's Eleanor Kleiner raises her voice in a plaintive wail: "They left me here by the side of the road!" Gentrifier girl promptly scoots out the door and doesn't come back. Any time a band can clear that element out of a New York club, that's a victory. Meanwhile, the crowd who'd gathered for the four-piece band's Friday night set was rapt: when they ended one song cold, mid-phrase, there was a stunned moment of silence before the whole band started grinning and then everybody belatedly burst into applause.
The Whispering Tree manage to be extremely accessible without compromising the intelligence of their music. To say that Kleiner sounds like an edgier version of Tift Merritt, or Shelby Lynne in a pensive, cosmopolitan moment, doesn't do justice to the originality of her songwriting or her unaffected, disarmingly direct vocals. The band were amazing: they simply don't waste notes, the guitarist hanging back tersely until it was time to deftly fade one early song up with hazy jangle and clang, or finally cutting loose with some slashing, smartly thought out blues on the evening's final number. Likewise, the bassist chilled out in the pocket until he took a juicy, slipsliding solo on a radical reworking of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, reimagined as swinging, minor-key gypsy jazz. That Kleiner could wring genuine emotion out of "bluebirds can fly, why can't I" was unexpected, and impressive to say the least.
But it was the originals that stood out the most. Kleiner played most of the set, including the eerie, apprehensive, minor-key Something Might Happen, on piano, with a brooding, gospel-infused style. The Trees, told from the point of view of one of them amidst the encroachment of city sprawl, took on a towering existential angst: like everyone else, trees long to be free, too. Likewise, they launched into Go Call the Captain, the title track from their most recent album (which received a rave review here last year), with a mighty thump – and yet, when it came to Kleiner going on the attack about how "false prophets, liars and thieves rule the world," she didn't go over the top. Instead, she let the lyrics speak for themselves (there's more about the song on the band's blog – mighty good stuff). They wound up the set with an unexpectedly fiery guitar-fueled rocker, No Love, a potently metaphorical, bitter anthem that wouldn't be out of place on one of Penelope Houston's albums from the 90s.
July 16, 2011 Posted by delarue | concert, Live Events, Music, music, concert, New York City, review, Reviews, rock music | americana rock, concert, concert review, eleanor kleiner, folk rock, indie folk, indie pop, jangle rock, janglerock, Music, nashville gothic, pop-rock, rock music, whispering tree, whispering tree review, whispering tree rockwood, whispering tree rockwood review | 3 Comments
The Whispering Tree Waits in the Shadows
Plaintive, moody and often downright haunting, the Whispering Tree's new cd Go Call the Captain is a strong contender for best debut album of the year. Pianist/frontwoman Eleanor Kleiner's wary, pensive, unadorned voice makes a potent vehicle for their gothic Americana songs. Many of them are in stately 6/8 time, spaciously and tersely arranged with keyboards, guitar and frequent orchestral flourishes. The title track starts out as a plaintive Applachian ballad but quickly grows to a towering art-rock anthem:
False prophets, liars and thieves rule the world…
Pull the veil down over our eyes
While we frantically follow behind
I'd rather be lost than led by the blind
And unlike a lot of the songs here, it ends on an upbeat note. "We can rule the world," Kleiner asserts, if we overthrow these monsters. Claustrophobia pervades much of what's here, both metaphorical and literal, on the fast, oldtimey swing shuffle So Many Things – which Kleiner would gladly toss out the window, to watch them smash on the street and destroy all the memories attached to them – and The Tallest, which laments being surrounded by "rooftops stretching as far as the eye can see." The bitter ballad Las Vegas has Yoed Nir's cello combining with Thad Debrock's pedal steel and Elie Brangbour's incisive guitar for a bracing, uneasy undercurrent, and maybe the most haunting honkytonk piano solo ever. "Those colored lights they hypnotize," Kleiner warns.
The late-summer ominousness of Something Might Happen is visceral, crescendoing with a biting guitar solo. The angst reaches breaking point on Soon, the darkest and most intense track here, Kleiner going as high and distressed as she can, the band taking it down and then back up again with a searing, psychedelic interlude. There's also a pensive, slow number spiced with Beth Meyers' plaintive violin, a surprisingly jaunty mandolin tune and the apocalyptic closing track, Washed Ashore. Fans of the Handsome Family, Nick Cave, Liz Tormes and Mark Sinnis owe it to themselves to get to know the Whispering Tree.
August 4, 2010 Posted by delarue | Music, music, concert, review, Reviews, rock music | acoustic music, album review, americana, americana music, art-rock, beth meyers, beth meyers violin, cd review, chamber pop, eleanor kleiner, elie brangbour, folk music, go call the captain, goth band, goth music, goth rock, gothic americana, gothic band, gothic folk, gothic music, gothic rock, handsome family, liz tormes, mark sinnis, Music, music review, nashville gothic, nick cave, orchestrated rock, thad debrock, whispering tree, whispering tree go call the captain, whispering tree review, yoed nir | 2 Comments


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Jake Owen Announces 2020 Headlining Acoustic Tour
Jake Owen today announced the details for his headlining acoustic "Down To The Tiki Tonk Tour." Kicking off on Valentine's Day weekend in Feb. 2020, the 8-city trek will make stops in Des Moines, IA (2/14), Green Bay, WI (2/27), Lancaster, PA (3/6), Augusta, GA (3/14), Mobile, AL (3/15) and brings Owen back to his original roots of how he got started, playing guitar live on a barstool with just him and the audience. Owen will perform intimate and acoustic interpretations of songs off his highly-acclaimed album Greetings From...Jake including his fast-rising single, "Homemade," the #1 smash "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)" and his ACM nominated hit, "Down To The Honkytonk." Up-and-coming Big Loud Records vocal powerhouse Larry Fleet will serve as direct tour support for the "Down To The Tiki Tonk Tour." General on-sale begins on Dec. 13th , with tickets and additional purchasing information available at www.jakeowen.net.
JAKE OWEN HOSTS CHARITY EVENT THE FLAMINGO WITH LOTS OF FRIENDS
Multi-Platinum entertainer Jake Owen celebrated his annual hometown charity event benefiting the Jake Owen Foundation this weekend in his hometown of Vero Beach, Florida. Celebrating its 9th year, The Jake Owen Homemade Weekend took place November 1st and 2nd, with a special one night only special acoustic concert event featuring Jake Owen, a collection of the most accomplished songwriters in Nashville, and special guest Jimmy Buffett, performing a short set.
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The best Cyber Week Dell XPS deals for 2020
By Lucas Coll December 2, 2020
Following an exciting Black Friday weekend, retailers across the web were slashing prices again yesterday on some of the most popular laptops from 2020 as Cyber Week sales officially arrived. That day is done but the busiest online shopping season of the year has only just begun, meaning there are plenty of still-available Cyber Week deals right now offering deep discounts on pricey PCs like the Dell XPS lineup — some of the absolute highest-quality Windows ultrabooks money can buy today.
Best Cyber Week Dell XPS deals
How to choose a Dell XPS
We've got everything you need to find those extended Cyber Week Dell XPS deals right here, but that's not all. We're still seeing a slow but steady trickle of Cyber Week laptop deals from other top brands like Lenovo, HP, and Apple. We've even organized everything into roundups of the best Cyber Week gaming laptop deals, best Cyber Week Chromebook deals, and the best Cyber Week MacBook deals, so no matter what type of laptop you're after, we have you covered before Cyber Week ends.
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Andrew Silver (Nova York, 1942) és un director de cinema, escriptor i productor estatunidenc.

Biografia
Va obtenir 2 graus al MIT, i el seu doctorat en psicologia organitzacional a la Harvard Business School.

Silver és coautor de A Film Director's Approach to Managing Creativity,, un capítol de Breakthrough Thinking, publicat per la Harvard Business School Press. És investigador afiliat al MIT, on dirigeix un seminari.

La seva carrera cinematogràfica va començar amb "Next Door" de Kurt Vonnegut que va guanyar un premi i fou interpretada al Masterpiece Theater. La seva sèrie de pel·lícules actual es diu May It Happen For You i té el premiat Second Wind/Radio Cape Cod i Surprise Engagement, i documentals sobre lideratge i educació infantil. La seva pel·lícula Return va guanyar el premi al millor actor al XVIII Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Sitges.

Filmografia
Selecció
 Exploring Leadership (2021)
 Second Wind/Radio Cape Cod (2020) - Productor, director
 Profiles in Aspiration (2018)
 Surprise Engagement (2015) - Productor, director
 Radio Cape Cod (2008) - Productor, director
 Return (1985) -  Productor, Director
 Prophetic Voices (1984) - Productor - Director
 Harry Callahan, A Need to See and Express (1982)
 The Murderer (1976) - Productor - Director - adaptació d'una història de Ray Bradbury
 Next Door (1975)    - Producer - Director - adaptació d'una història de Kurt Vonnegut

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Directors de cinema estatunidencs
Productors de cinema estatunidencs

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Q: Redis + Soulmate on heroku - Implementing autocomplete on multiple models This is my first experience with redis, I am implementing autocomplete on the search form with  soulmate and redis.
I have installed redis on my local machine and I have to do redis-server to make sure redis is working.
To make it work on heroku I have used redis_to_go and followed the instruction given on the link.
However it seems redis server is not getting started as I keep getting the error Error connecting to Redis on 127.0.0.1:6379 (ECONNREFUSED).
I have created a redis.rb file in initializer which has the following code :-
ENV["REDISTOGO_URL"] ||= "redis://redistogo:972612d8048aad8@tarpon.redistogo.com:9436/"

uri = URI.parse(ENV["REDISTOGO_URL"])
REDIS = Redis.new(:host => uri.host, :port => uri.port, :password => uri.password)

I am expecting this piece of code to start redis server for me.
What else do I need to do to make redis work on heroku ?

A: I solved this after going back and forth with Redis Cloud support.
I needed to make a file - config/initializers/soulmate.rb:
Soulmate.redis = ENV["REDISCLOUD_URL"]

Hope that helps someone else!

A: After banging my head for 2 days I think implementing autocomplete with rails is a poor option in production.
I was able to implement it on my development machine but redis + heroku was a nightmare for me and very poor support by the redis_to_go team.
I have implemented autocomplete search using typeahead.js instead.

A: Although you've moved on, to answer the original question: I found a discussion about this in the Soulmate issues list: https://github.com/seatgeek/soulmate/pull/20 (extra info: the fix was merged into the gem well before this question was posed).
So, to solve the problem: add 'ENV["REDIS_URL"] = ENV["REDISTOGO_URL"]' to redis.rb.
My own redis.rb now looks like this:
uri = URI.parse(ENV["REDISTOGO_URL"])
REDIS = Redis.new(:host => uri.host, :port => uri.port, :password => uri.password)
ENV["REDIS_URL"] = ENV["REDISTOGO_URL"]


New York, NY -- Acclaimed rapper Pharoahe Monch releases his highly anticipated sophomore album Desire (SRC/Universal Motown) today, June 26, 2007. Newest single "Body Baby" begins to heat up.
The alterna-hop "Body Baby," which The Fader magazine labels "a stomping, juke joint-styled rock-n-b number," takes hip-hop to another level, following in the footsteps of boundary-busting smashes such as OutKast's "Hey Ya' and Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy." The video is a raucous hip-hop send-up of the King...the King meaning Elvis, of course!
Fans can jam along to "Body Baby" on Friday June 29th at the Highline Ballroom in New York and more at the hip-hop festival Rock The Bells. Pharoahe Monch will perform alongside Rage Against The Machine, The Roots, Public Enemy, Wu Tang, Nas, and more on July 28th & July 29th in New York City, August 11th in San Bernardino, CA, and August 18th in San Francisco, CA (more dates in Boston, Miami, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, and Toronto).
Pharoahe Monch has earned a reputation as one of hip-hop's most gifted lyricists, tackling real issues with a "full, flawless voice" (Spin), from his pioneering work as one half of the critically acclaimed alternative hip-hop duo Organized Konfusion to his much-hyped solo debut in 1999. Since his debut, Pharoahe has collaborated with hip-hop's greatest and spit alongside a cast of artists as diverse as Mos Def, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, Linkin Park, Eminem, Wyclef Jean, and Macy Gray. He returns to the forefront of the music scene with his new album Desire in stores June 26, 2007.


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As part of its 30th anniversary celebration, the Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil makes available one of the largest, most diverse collections in Latin America.
Have you ever watched the video Caderneta de Campo (1983) by Zé Celso Martinez Correa, about resistance against the demolishing of theater group Teatro Oficina's headquarters (designed by the Italian architect Lina Bo Bardi) by the Brazilian media and retail conglomerate Grupo Silvio Santos? What about Garotos do Subúrbio, the first documentary film by the then-fledgling filmmaker Fernando Meirelles (City of God and Blindness)? These two seminal works for the consolidation of video language in Brazil are available at the Videobrasil Video Library alongside rare videos like the ones of the Lebanese Akram Zaatari, of the Moroccan Bouchra Kalili, and others such as Video Opera for Paik, by Steina Vasulka and Stephen Vitiello, which recreates the work structure of Nam June Paik; videos by artists of worldwide renown, like Bill Viola and Gary Hill; and the performances and artworks featured this year, in the 18th edition of the Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil, open until February 2, 2014 in São Paulo.
The Video Library is a space designed to publicize videos and enable research, comprising Videobrasil Collection pieces and works shown publically for limited periods of time.
To the curator Agustín Pérez Rubio, the collection of Videobrasil possesses a unique feature, namely that aside from presenting "a perfect overview of audiovisual in Brazil, it is contextualized historically and geographically within the collective imagination of the South," says Pérez Rubio, former exhibitions curator of the Venice Biennale and director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla y León – Musac. In fact, since 1992, Videobrasil has dedicated itself to mapping out contemporary production in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and Oceania.
Presently, the artwork is only viewable offline, but there are plans of making the Video Library and the entire Videobrasil Collection available at www.videobrasil.org.br and in a new place at São Paulo, with room for research. "Granting the public access to the Video Library works is a step forward in our mission to spread contemporary art and to document the history of national and international video production in the last 30 years, extending beyond the biennially held Festival and the major shows we hold in between festivals," says Solange Farkas, Videobrasil's creator and general curator.
"It is an atypical and, therefore, invaluable collection. It contains everything from works of art to television shows, interviews, performances and all sorts of works from the very well-defined geopolitical target area, and this makes it unique," says Agustín Pérez Rubio.


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Q: Failed to resolve: com.google.firebase:firebase-core I have a problem about google firebase, failed to resolve
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:16.0.1:15.0.0'

how can I solve this? I just follow instruction.

A: You set 2 different versions in same implementation. It should be
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:16.0.1'

or
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:15.0.0'

but not both.

A: This is add your manifests
       <service
            android:name=".notification.service.MyFirebaseInstanceIDService"
            android:exported="false"
            android:stopWithTask="false">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.google.firebase.MESSAGING_EVENT" />
            </intent-filter>
        </service>

This is add your gradle
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:17.3.4'
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:16.0.1'

A: remove the last part of the version number for the dependency i.e you should have this instead
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-database:16.0.1


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Who's Who in 2019: Where did the 2018 Healthcare Innovation investing wave break?
JLABS @ SSF
Melinda Richter
Global Head of JLABS, Johnson & Johnson Innovation
As Global Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS (JLABS), Melinda Richter fosters the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies external R&D engine and supports the innovation community by creating capital-efficient commercialization models that give early stage companies a big company advantage.
By providing infrastructure, services, educational programs and networks in global hotspots, JLABS is the best place to start a company working in healthcare, with a specific emphasis on Johnson & Johnson's sectors: consumer, medical device and pharmaceuticals.
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Dr. Arjun Desai
9:30am–10:00am
Registration Opens, Networking & Introductions
This is a one-day event happening from 9:30AM to 10:00AM on July 22, 2018.
Nilesh Kumar
Partner, Novo Ventures
Who's Who in 2019: Where the 2018 Healthcare Innovation investing wave broke?
An inside look at the data with Jon Norris - What happened at the end of 2018 and what to expect in 2019
Program Overview:
Jonny's back! In the first half of 2018 U.S. healthcare venture fundraising reached $4.5 billion. Will this strong pace pass the 2017 record of $9.1B? Series A Biopharma investments exploded by mid-year surpassing 2017 full-year totals, and the IPO markets in Biopharma continue to be wide open. Dx/Tools M&A jumped and Device M&A remained stable.
With 2018 in the rearview mirror, and the 2019 investment market taking shape, Jon will let us know what to expect for the healthcare markets. Jon will share his expertise and provide insight into:
How the 2018 healthcare landscape compares to previous years
Current and total healthcare and sector investments
Which Biopharma indications attracted the most funds
Which venture firms are most active
New and changes in trends
Exits: the trends in IPOs and M&A's
At the end of this talk you should be informed as to who is investing, and the type of deals and exits that are likely to be executed in 2019.
8:00am | Registration, Breakfast & Networking
8:30am | Presentation – Q&A
9:30am | Networking
10:00am | Close
Jonathan Norris | Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
Jonathan Norris
Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
Jon Norris is a managing director for SVB's Healthcare practice. Norris oversees business development efforts for banking and lending opportunities as well as spearheading strategic relationships with many healthcare venture capital firms. He also helps SVB Capital through sourcing and advising on direct equity co-investment and limited partnership allocations.
In addition, he has authored numerous thought leadership pieces examining the flow of capital into healthcare, including detailed analysis of venture-backed M&A and IPOs. Norris has more than thirteen years of banking experience working with life science companies and venture capital firms.
Norris earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of California, Riverside and a juris doctorate from Santa Clara University.
Norris spends most of his non-banking time with his family in Los Altos, attending and coaching many youth sports. An avid baseball fan, he still plays baseball in a men's baseball league in San Jose.
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John Bates | Chief Executive Officer, Executive Speaking Success & Business Coaching
John Bates has spoken, hosted and coached for over 30 different worldwide TED and TEDx events. His group trainings are world famous and executives from companies like Johnson & Johnson Innovation Labs, Accenture, NASA, IBM, Boston Scientific and more, recommend him to their colleagues as the best communications and leadership trainer working today. Long ago John fell in love with the Internet the moment it dawned on him what it would do for communication. Since then he has worked with early stage companies as a Founder or early employee, has been instrumental in raising hundreds of millions of dollars in Venture Capital and has always earned the title Chief Evangelist. He Co-Founded BIGWORDS.com, a dotcom darling which ended up going bust in the dotcom bomb of 2000, and he was the first employee and is a part owner of current Internet powerhouse Goldstar.com. John is a co-author of World Class Speaking in Action, an Amazon best-seller, a columnist for INC.com (link to: https://www.inc.com/author/john-bates) and loves making a difference for those who make a difference.
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DON QUICHOTTE was Jules Massenet's musical homage on the opera stage to a classic of world literature. In the eponymous hero's world everything is possible: windmill sails become the arms of giants, he battles a horde of bandits and his love for the fair Dulcinea is requited. Yet the "knight of the sorrowful countenance" is forced to accept that his dreams have no place in other people's reality. First performed in 1910 in Monte Carlo, the "comédie héroique" DON QUICHOTTE was Massenet's penultimate work of musical theatre and in some respects a reflection on death and the ageing process. The 68-year-old composer was himself marked by illness and wrote the score in his sickbed. It is not only Don Quixote, dying of a broken heart, who is asking in the twilight of his years how we might succeed in making our dreams of achieving happiness come true. Through the ambivalent character of Dulcinea he narrates how the façade of a supposedly pure lust for life conceals a fear of its transitory nature.
DON QUICHOTTE is staged by director, performer, magician and Amsterdam resident Jakop Ahlbom, who is known and celebrated across Europe for his unique approach to theatre. His productions are a peculiar combination of pantomime, dance, music and illusion bursting with magical, surrealistic, nightmarish images, as evinced in VIELFALT , INNENSCHAU , LEBENSRAUM  and, most recently, HORROR.
Kindly supported by Fleurop and by Förderkreis der Deutschen Oper Berlin e. V.


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Mike4 January 21, 2015, 5:47am #1
Have a 13 year old with good stuff. Working with outstanding pitching coach and spot on in bull pen & lessons. Throws mid 60's; 2 & 4 seam FB, great change up and developing curve. Problem at gametime; pitched well in scrimmage but fell apart first game. Not too much damage, 2 runs in two innings. No hits but 3 walks and lots of balls in the dirt. Seems to be a recurring theme. Requested coach not pitch him during spring & let him work on fundamentals with pitching coach. Thought it would be a good opportunity to concentrate on position play and lessen pressure. Asked him after game why he thought so many balls in the dirt & his response was couldn't find release point. Pitching coach says outstanding stuff and perfect mechanics. I think he has a problem with jitters. Should I just leave it alone and let him work his way through it?
Zita_Carno January 21, 2015, 5:47am #2
If a pitcher whose mechanics are otherwise sound is having a problem finding his release point, it's often a timing issue. If he keeps throwing the ball in the dirt, it's usually because he's releasing the ball too soon. (Conversely, if he holds onto the ball too long and releases it late the pitch will usually come there high.) He may be overthrowing or rushinbg his delivery, and so the thing to do is work on slowing it down somewhat. I remember when Allie Reynolds was having such a problem with rushing his delivery , and Ed Lopat taught him to slow it down and pace himself better.
The kid would also do well to work on a changeup. I'd suggest the palm ball; this was the first change I acquired, and a very good one it was too. Often this will resolve the timing problem. And make sure he follows through and finishes his pitches. 8) :baseballpitcher:
[quote="Zita Carno"]If a pitcher whose mechanics are otherwise sound is having a problem finding his release point, it's often a timing issue. If he keeps throwing the ball in the dirt, it's usually because he's releasing the ball too soon. (Conversely, if he holds onto the ball too long and releases it late the pitch will usually come there high.) He may be overthrowing or rushing his delivery, and so the thing to do is work on slowing it down somewhat. I remember when Allie Reynolds was having such a problem with rushing his relivery, and Ed Lopat taught him to slow it down and pace himself better.
The kid would also do well to work on a changeup. I'd suggest the palm ball; this was the first change I acquired, and a very good one it was too. Often this will resolve the timing problem. And make sure he follows through and finishes his pitches. 8) :baseballpitcher:[/quote]
Makes sense; pitching coach teaches him "slow, slow, finish fast". His wind is very methodical, sounds like timing at the end. I'm concerned that my contuning to talk about it may make things worse. Do I offer observations or let him work his way through it? He's got a really good change; PC taught him really loose grip with last three fingers (not a circle). Started out having him throw a stihorophone cup. PC gunned it and it's around 12 mph slower than 4S FB. It has a tremendous break at the end, arm motion looks like a FB coming at you. He's been working on this one for 9 months and has down pretty well.
I wouldn't belabor the point. You might want to do what my pitching coach of long ago used to do when teaching me a new and off-the-beaten-path delivery. When I was learning the slider, he showed me the off-center grip he used, and he demonstrated throwing the pitch—first in slow motion, then at normal speed as he would do when actually throwing the pitch. Then he handed me the ball and said quietly, "Go ahead—try it." While I was familiarizing myself with it, he watched me and made a few mental motes, and if an adjustment needed to be made he would do it—usually something about the grip (I was a natural, true sidearmer with a consistent release point). The rest, he let me work it out myself. I did, and I had myself a killer strikeout pitch. 8)
Zita Carno:
Sound advice, thanks!
Roger January 21, 2015, 5:47am #6
This issue sounds largely mental to me - like he's trying to be careful which is making his delivery slower and more methodical.
I'd try speeding him up a bit. Think about that "slow-slow-fast" teach. By the time he gets to the second "slow" and it's time to get it in gear, he's on one foot with no momentum to help him get going. I suggest using the Hershiser drill to practice the timing of getting his hips moving towards home plate sooner and faster. Shoot for getting from first movement into foot plant in .95-1.05 seconds. Give him time to get comfortable with this and then judge. If he's doing ok (or, hopefully, better), put him back on the mound in games to start developing the mental game. You can always precede this by having a batter stand in the box during bullpens to make them more game-like.
Thanks Roger, I like that idea. I will talk to his pitching coach and ask him to incorporate drill in his training. I think he may have taken the "slow slow" part a little too literally. I've had some concerns about pace, seems to slow it down during games.
You want your son to get to where he trusts his mechanics and feels comfortable letting it rip. Slowing doing usually injects extra time into the delivery and that's time to mess something up. One analogy that kids can relate to is that of riding a bike - it's easy to maintain balance when your going faster. But go too slow and you get all wobbly.
Keep in mind I'm saying this blindly. I haven't seen your son pitch so I could be off-base.
I'll get some video this weekend at lesson and try to upload. Haven't attempted before but will give it a try. Appreciate your imput.
buwhite January 21, 2015, 5:47am #10
Mike, that is great, it's the best way for us to give you some solid advice.
Turn_22 January 21, 2015, 5:47am #11
I went through the same thing with my son oddly enough when he was 13. He was asked to pitch for the premiere team in our area. The coach made it known that he was the #1 pitcher.
This pressure to pitch well made him struggle with his mental edge. He started trying to spot every pitch causing his mechanics to suffer which in turn caused a drop in velocity, then loss of location. Luckily the coach and I spotted the problem almost immediately and were able to sit down ad ensure him that it was ok to not be perfect every time.
We skipped his next start and had him throw against an average team that was no real competition. Before the start we made sure he was on track with his mechanics and told him to go throw ad have fun. That game he gave up one hit, no walks, and struck out 8. His confidence was back.The next start was a very competitive team and he was able to keep that mental edge and won that game as well, allowing 1 run in 6 innings.
The bottom line is that what he needed was a confidence boost, learn to relax and trust his mechanics, and finally assurance that you can't be pefect every time on the hill.
Mike4 January 21, 2015, 5:47am #12
I agree, appreciate the imput. Haven't forgot about posting video, had to skip lesson due to playing this weekend so hope to post next weekend. Pitched Saturday against average competition, excellent outing. 2 IP 1 UER, 1 hit, 1 BB, 4 K's. Pitched aginst majors on Sunday, crusised first two innings, gave up nothing. Third started with walk and then error with 2nd hitter, all downhill from there. Looked uptight, throwing fastball in the dirt. Ironically off speed pitches still had good control. I believe it is a confidence issue and also believe validity to Roger's point of picking up the pace.
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[quote="Roger"]You want your son to get to where he trusts his mechanics and feels comfortable letting it rip. Slowing doing usually injects extra time into the delivery and that's time to mess something up. One analogy that kids can relate to is that of riding a bike - it's easy to maintain balance when your going faster. But go too slow and you get all wobbly.
Keep in mind I'm saying this blindly. I haven't seen your son pitch so I could be off-base.[/quote]
Roger, Finally got some video of him up. Sorry it took so long.
buwhite:
Got some video up for you to look at, sorry it took so long.
Roger January 21, 2015, 5:47am #17
My preference would be to get his hips moving forward sooner and to get into more of a "front hip leading the way" position. The Hershiser drill is a good way to get a feel for the timing of that.
I'd also have him start with the knees and waist bent more. In your first video, compare the height of his head to the cross beam in the wall. His head starts well above the beam. In fact, his shoulders start just above the beam. Then, as he starts to stride, he drops down and hunches forward (toward 3B). If he starts with the knees and waist bent more, he'll turn that sideways and vertical motion into forward motion to help him release the ball closer to the batter and possibly throw harder.
EDIT: Meant to point out that his head and shoulders start above the cross-beam and then he drops to the point that the top of his head drops below the beam. That's too much vertical movement for me. In addition to misdirecting energy, it also makes him slower to the plate.
[quote="Roger"]My preference would be to get his hips moving forward sooner and to get into more of a "front hip leading the way" position. The Hershiser drill is a good way to get a feel for the timing of that.
I'd also have him start with the knees and waist bent more. In your first video, compare the height of his head to the cross beam in the wall. His head starts well above the beam. In fact, his shoulders start just above the beam. Then, as he starts to stride, he drops down and hunches forward (toward 3B). If he starts with the knees and waist bent more, he'll turn that sideways and vertical motion into forward motion to help him release the ball closer to the batter and possibly throw harder.[/quote]
Thanks for the imput Roger, that will give us something to work on. I agree he needs to be in a more athletic posture. Do you see anything that would cause issues with fastballs in the dirt, seems to happen a lot. More velocity would be great, he seems to compare favorably with most kids in his age group around here (although some faster). Turned 13 a month ago, 5'3" 110 lbs. Clocked fb at 63-66 in session from video. Has a great change up about 12 mph under fb with lots of movement. Has developing pitch PC say's is really a "slurve" (curve grip, out front release with a late break), a little faster than change up. He has good control of offspeed but really seems to have a problem with the fastball in the dirt. In earlier post you discussed possibility of increasing tempo, just wondering what you see in the video in relation to the tempo (up to the point of getting hips moving forward sooner). Thank you very much for the imput.
Coach_K January 21, 2015, 5:47am #19
Mike4:
He has good control of offspeed but really seems to have a problem with the fastball in the dirt.
Have you tried to over-exaggerate throwing high with the fastball? I've seen this work with in & out where you set the catcher up way inside or way outside to show the pitcher he can hit the spot. Maybe start by forcing him to throw FBs out of the zone high and work him back down from there.
Coach K,
Work on that some in sessions, does pretty well most of the time. May be worth doing more often. Sessions normally go well, mostly game time. Seems like he tenses up. May be partially learning new pitch with out front release. Has said before he has hard time finding release point after games.


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I visited the park in late October, and the trees were beginning to change colors. The fallen leaves created a blanket around the falls, which only enhanced the colors of the rock in the falls. It also helped that while the sun made it more difficult to photograph the other falls, the canopy above Tolliver Falls allowed for better photographs.
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In separate moves on deadline day, the Lakers shipped Derek Fisher to Houston and brought in Ramon Sessions from the Cavaliers to solidify the point guard position.
Ramon isn't starting yet, but he averaged 8.5 points and 5.5 assists in 22 minutes in his first two games in Purple and Gold. Lakers coach Mike Brown recently told reporters Steve Blake may keep the starting job for the remainder of the season, but I'm not buying it. You don't ship out Five-Ring Fisher and then not start his replacement. It may take another week or two, but when Sessions gets promoted, he'll flirt with double-doubles on a nightly basis.
As soon as the Warriors selected this sharp-shooting two-guard with the 11th pick in the 2011 draft, the writing was on the wall regarding Monta Ellis' future in Oakland. It was only a matter of time before Monta was dealt, which happened last Tuesday, opening the starting gig for Thompson.
In five games as a starter, Thompson is averaging 18.6 points, 3.2 assists and 2.2 3s in 36.2 minutes. The rookie is light on rebounds and steals, and he's shooting just 40 percent since the promotion, but the points and 3s are a nice boost this late in the season.
In the last five games, Robinson has been delivering the fantasy goodies, averaging 16.4 points, 6.2 assists, 2.4 steals, and 1.4 3s in 34.6 minutes. The fans love him at Oracle and there is no reason to anticipate a drop-off in numbers — unless Curry goes Willis Reed on the last couple weeks of the season.
In 11 games since the All-Star break, Dudley has been good for 17.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.7 3s , 52 percent FG shooting, and 79 percent from the line in 35.7 minutes per game.
Steve Nash and Marcin Gortat have been racking up the double-doubles all season, but their fine play wasn't good enough to contend in the West until Dudley joined the party with 25 points in a win against the Lakers on Feb. 19. Starting with that turning-point win, the Suns have won 11 of their last 14 games, due in large part to Dudley's inspirational play.
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Unfortunately, Matthews was owned in all four of my leagues, but fortunately for Wesley, he got his starting job back. And in two starts under Canales, who had been a Blazers assistant since 2009, Matthews is averaging 17 points, 2.0 steals, and 3.5 3s in 34 minutes.
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The Nuggets re-signed Chandler just in time because Danilo Gallinari is out perhaps as long as a month, or longer, with his newly broken thumb. Chandler figures to take over the starting small forward spot as soon as he's ready, and based on the fact he averaged 27 points and 12 rebounds in the Chinese Basketball Association, it shouldn't take long.
Chandler got off to a good start on Monday against the Mavericks, with 13 points, four rebounds, two assists, two steals, one block, and one 3 in 28 minutes. Chandler is a must-add RIGHT NOW regardless of format.
With J.J. Hickson waived and Chuck Hayes in and out of the lineup due to injuries, and with Thompson in a contract push, the 6-11, 250-pound PF/C is suddenly a double-double machine for the Kings.
In the last three games, Thompson has a double-double in each of them, including back-to-back 21-15 games against the Pistons and Celtics. Hayes had 12 and 8 in 27 minutes on Sunday against the Wolves, but Thompson still managed 13 and 10 in 27 minutes, which makes Thompson an attractive PF add for the moment.
It took a lot longer than anyone wanted, but Harris is finally starting to play like himself again. He's been mired in a timeshare all season with backup PG Earl Watson, but Watson has been out of the lineup recently with an ankle injury and Harris has taken full advantage.
Over his last five games, Harris is averaging 13.6 points, 5.6 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.6 3s in 28.6 minutes. John Stockton's assist and steal records are still safe, but those numbers represent a marked improvement over Harris' season averages of 10.1 points, 4.5 assists, 1.0 steal, and 0.9 3s in 25.9 minutes.
The hope is that Harris can hover around 30 minutes for the Jazz during their push for the playoffs. As long as Harris is playing 28+ minutes, he is a viable player, especially in larger leagues.
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In his first NBA start at center Sunday against the Hawks, Thompson posted an underwhelming 7 points and 6 rebounds in 35 minutes. But he quickly turned that frown upside down with 27 and 12 in 37 minutes in Monday's win over the Nets.
Anderson Varejao (fractured right wrist) still has not been cleared for contact and has not resumed practicing with the team, so Thompson should be the Cavs' starting 5 for at least the next two weeks.
First of all, I'm happy for Gilbert that he is getting a chance to reclaim his NBA career, and I applaud the Grizzlies for having the guts to sign him. Yes, Gilbert has made more than his fair share of mistakes, but after three surgeries on the same knee, I can't help but pull for him.
Mike Conley owners just gasped, but they don't have that much to worry about, as Grizzlies analyst Brevin Knight just told me Conley is THE player Lionel Hollins cannot afford to lose. I look for Arenas to play 12-13 minutes off the bench behind Conley and then get another 5-10 minutes at the 2, where Tony Allen and O.J. Mayo now find themselves in a very crowded position.
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10 thoughts on the wizards 96-94 loss to the kings
Monday night I headed to the Verizon Center to cheer on one of the local sports teams. As you might expect, that's not all that unusual.
But I wasn't there to take in a Washington Capitals. Instead, for the first time in a long, long time, I was there to see the Wizards in action.
Unless I'm mistaken, the last time I attended a Wizards game, they were a mediocre playoff team led by the trio of Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler. Need to say, none of the current players on the Wiz roster were on this squad back then.
And while they're more than likely destined to miss the postseason for a fifth-consecutive year, the Wizards are actually playing halfway decent basketball these days. With that in mind, here are 10 random thoughts that come to mind after watching the Wizards fall to the Sacramento Kings 96-94:
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2. That being said, center Emeka Okafor was the best player on the court for either team Monday night. The big man with the big contract scored a game-high 23 points, hauled in a game-high 15 rebounds and finished the night an impressive +19 in plus/minus. It should be noted, Okafor's 23 points also represented a season high for the eight-year pro.
While more than a few folks aren't thrilled that the 30-year-old center is taking up such a huge chunk of salary cap space with his $13.49 million salary this season, Okafor will quiet a lot of skeptics if he continues to play this consistently moving forward.
3. The player I was most excited to see on this night was rookie guard Bradley Beal. Earlier this month, Beal lit up Sacramento for 26 points while draining six of seven three pointers, so I admittedly went into this contest with high hopes.
Unfortunately, the 19-year-old got into foul trouble early and never got into any sort of rhythm — finishing with just six points and three assists.
4. Forward Martell Webster might be the least heralded starter in the Wizards lineup, but the guy knows what he brings to the table and is more than capable of contributing. Against the Kings, the seven-year pro scored an efficient 18 points on six of nine shooting and finished the evening with the team's second-best plus/minus (+7).
5. Fair or unfair, I'm just not a fan of forward Trevor Ariza. I don't see him bringing anything special to this team, which wouldn't be such a problem if he wasn't scoring just 7.2 points per game while making $7.2 million this season. Washington offense stalled every time he took the court, which explains how he finished the game an embarrassing -11.
6. Kings point guard Isaiah Thomas is generously listed as 5-foot-9, and yet, he came up big against the Wizards — with 22 points, seven assists, four rebounds and the game-winning shot. For such a little guy, he sure did seem to be able to get high percentage shots off as often as he wanted, which is probably not the defense Wizards coach Randy Wittman drew up to try and stop Thomas.
7. If the Wizards weren't able to land Beal in the draft last year, I was hopeful they'd select power forward Thomas Robinson. His numbers weren't anything special against Washington (nine points, three rebounds and two blocks in 28 minutes), but I'm a fan of his game.
8. Small forward Jan Vesely and I played the same number of minutes against Sacramento Monday night. One of us is a lottery pick. One is a beer drinking blogger.
9. I admittedly don't know who guard Garrett Temple is, but having him prominently involved in the final play of the game after riding the bench all night long was probably not the smartest decision Wittman has ever made.
10. Even though the Wizards lost the game and therefore snapped their five-game home winning streak, I'd go back to see them again. Their record still isn't very good, but at least they're playing hard and there are a few pieces in place for the day this franchise turns the corner towards respectability. Tickets are reasonably priced and aren't in high demand, so I'll probably be back again sooner rather than later.
And for those who are interested, here are my favorite photos I was able to capture from the Wizards-Kings game.


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