Washington Wizards Preview: Eight Storylines

WASHINGTON (WUSA/The Wiz Kid) -- Our insider Kevin "Wiz Kid" Jones previews eight burning questions about the Wizards 2011-2012 season.

Is this the season John Wall makes a Russell Westbrook/Derrick Rose like jump into becoming an elite scorer?

My view is that Wall will continually give us a glimpse of jaw-dropping ability?that he could one day become an MVP candidate like Rose, but I don't think this is the year he averages 20 points per game. Look around at the roster. There are too many guys who like firing up shots as soon as they get the ball (Blatche, Young, McGee, Lewis and Crawford). Wall won't reach his true potential surrounded by a bunch of me-first type of guys.

If you're looking to see improvements from John Wall, then?it hopefully will come in the midrange shooting variety. Opposing defenses can have success against the 6-foot-4 guard when sagging off on him and forcing jump shots. As soon as his midrange game becomes potent, Wall will have all the tools of a franchise cornerstone.

Who is more valuable to this team: JaVale McGee or Nick Young?

Both are free agents following the season. Both will want around $10 million a season. Also, if both were kept on long term contracts it might be time for Wizards fans to burn all of their merchandise.

I'm torn on this one because I'm not sold on either, but give me McGee. He's just 23-years-old and at times can be a defensive stalwart. One of JaVale McGee's problems is that he has the touch of an axe murderer from five-eight feet from the basket. It would be enormous to see his rebound numbers get into the double digits this year.

Nick Young could be replaceable through the draft, although we saw how bad the Washington offense was without him against the 76ers in the preseason opener. He's solely a scorer, which means people completely overrate him when looking at the numbers. ??

Will we notice anything different about Andray Blatche?

I think so. Blatche has taken on the more serious role as a team spokesman in the locker room to the press. In doing so, I think he will hold his basketball game more accountable. According to HoopData.com, last season Blatche averaged 4.1 shot attempts per game from 16-23 feet away. I think you'll see that number lower and some increased defensive intensity from Andray Blatche.

Is there a possibility Flip Saunders resigns?

There is absolutely a chance. If you haven't heard the Saunders presser from last Friday, please go ahead and listen to his cynical tone after just one preseason game. Flip just seems drained from the lack of team work and defensive effort put out from the Wiz. It reflects poorly on him as a coach. The team is a depressing 49-115 during this regime.

As much as I like Saunders as a coach, maybe a change would spark the Wizards. Washington assistant coach and longtime NBA point guard Sam Cassel would be my first choice to replace Saunders if some kind of change is deemed to be made. Cassel is a three-time NBA champion (most recently in 2008 with the Celtics) and is known for his feistiness.

Which rookie will make the biggest impact?

Chris Singleton. After just one preseason game I'm almost ready to anoint the Florida State alum as the Wizards' best wing defender. Singleton's great because he also forces turnovers on either blocks or deflected passes because of his 7-foot-1 wingspan. Also watch out for his baseline shooting. I think by February Singleton will be ready to replace Rashard Lewis in the starting lineup.

Will the additions of Roger Mason Jr. and Ronny Turiaf matter?

Yes and no. Mason is willing to give free advice to guys like Wall, Young and Shelvin Mack. The question is will they listen? I'm a huge Ronny Turiaf guy, but I'm also huge on letting younger pieces get experience during a rebuilding mode. Turiaf's addition will limit Kevin Seraphin and especially Trevor Booker from becoming potential impact players.

What/who will be the biggest surprise in 2011-2012

I have this little feeling that Nick Young could play with a vengeance this season after getting spurned by the Wiz and the NBA without a big contract reward. Even if he is a ball-hog (and lord knows the NBA is full of ball-hogs), the 26-year-old excelled in his first real chance of playing time. I say Nick Young averages 20 points per game, flashing his pure scoring ability night-in and night-out. Will that be enough for the Wizards to re-sign him? Hopefully not.

What percent chance do the Wizards have of making the playoffs?

15 percent. The only bottom barrel teams in the eastern conference that are worse than Washington are Charlotte, Cleveland, Toronto and maybe Detroit. I'd argue Indiana and Philadelphia are locks for the playoffs, meaning the Wizards are competing with Milwaukee and New Jersey for the final eighth seed. If Wall makes a tremendous leap, don't rule out anything. ?

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GetGlue Rolls out a Major Update for the iPhone app and GetGlue.com

Hey everyone!

2011 has been fantastic year for GetGlue. We are now a community of over 2,000,000 entertainment fans, that checked-in more than 100,000,000 times in 2011. Yesterday we learned that GetGlue won the Mashable 2011 Breakout Startup of the Year Award and we were thrilled and humbled. Thank you so much for voting for us and thank you for checking-in on GetGlue!

Today we?ve got a great update for you just in time for the holidays and the return of your favorite shows in January. This update has been in the works for several months and includes a major overhaul of our iPhone app and GetGlue.com.

New GetGlue for iPhone

The major new features of the GetGlue for iPhone are:

• A new visual stream of check-ins.
• Ability to participate in multiple conversations.
• Personalized Guides for TV, Movies, Music and more.

New Stream: A more visual look and feel for the Stream that turns your friend?s entertainment into user generated art. The comments overlaid on top of the images inspire the discovery of new shows, movies and music through friends. You can vote and reply on any check-in right from the stream or tap the entry to get more details. You can quickly preview the show, movie, or an artist and save what you like.

Real-time Conversation: Each check-in is a gateway to an interesting conversation. The new Conversation screen displays friends and interesting comments from other fans who are checked-in to the same show right now. You can use the swipe gesture to easily switch between several recent conversations. This interface is particularly handy for staying on top of conversations that happen in the evening around all the shows and sports you watch.

Guides: The new Guides help you quickly find things to watch, read, or listen to. Each guide is dynamic and created based on personal tastes, friends activity, trends across the GetGlue community, and popular genres. The guides are constantly updated with fresh recommendations for shows, movies, and music and make it easy for users to discover their next favorite.

Download this update right now from the app store.

New GetGlue.com

Our web site has also received a major redesign to match the features, look and feel of the app. Every major screen and flow has been updated with a slick and streamlined look.

New way to Check-in The Check-in button is now integrated into the top navigation so you can check-in from any page. The Check-in overlay also features your recent and trending, making the whole check-in flow streamlined. Once you are done checking-in you can close the overlay and go right back to the page you were on.

Conversation Tabs The home screen now keeps track of the few last conversations for you. After you check-in the Conversation tab is automatically added to your home screen while the older conversation tab slides off. These tabs make it really easy to discuss what you are watching with friends and other fans in real-time. You can switch to a Conversation at any time to get the most recent chatter and add your comments.

Guides The navigation menu now features Guides for TV, Movies, Music and more. The guides feature fresh recommendations based on your ratings, and also help you discover new favorites through friends and entire GetGlue community. The guides feature an easy way to preview and save interesting shows, movies and music.

Click the play button to see a preview and then Save what you like. Everything that you save is stored in a list on the bottom of the guide. So when you are looking for something to watch, head over to the guide to pick from your list. Once you like or check-in into a saved item it will be automatically removed from the list.

The Guides also make it easy to build up your tastes using the Quick Rate feature. Take up the challenge and rate your favorites. Once you rate things, your friends will be able to discover your tastes and you will be able to discover new favorites through GetGlue suggestions.

And a whole lot more

GetGlue profiles have also been redesigned in this update. We made them bigger, bolder, and louder to help you share your favorite entertainment with friends. Your recent Activity is now the first tab that friends see. We?ve also updated the Likes tab to show your tastes. The thing you are?Obsessed with is featured on top, followed by your Favorites and the rest of your Likes.

The Stickers also got a long overdue facelift - the new screen looks like a Sticker book. You can mouse over each sticker to get a brief description and click through for more details. You can also discover new stickers using the Sticker Guide located under the?more menu in the top navigation.

GetGlue show, movie, and artist pages are now updated to feature conversations, reviews and suggestions. We also made it really easy for you to preview things by clicking the?Play button right on the cover.

We hope you enjoy these updates as much as we?ve enjoyed working on them.

From the entire GetGlue crew - Happy Holidays and we look forward to checking-in together in 2012!

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Body Protection Through Sports Nutrition

Lebensmittel gibt uns Energie und Kraftstoffe krperliche Aktivitt. Nicht genug essen, kann zu einem Rckgang der Energie und Ausdauer Ebenen und in der Welt des Sports, kann zu schmerzhaften Verlusten fhren. Aus diesem Grund Sportler lernen schnell, dass zustzliche Energie bar nur fr den Fall zu packen.

Aber Essen ist nicht nur gut als Energietrger fr unsere Muskeln.Sie halten auch Substanzen, die unsere Gesundheit frdern, strken unsere Immunitt gegen Krankheiten, frdern die Reparatur von Gewebe, schtzen die Zellen vor Schden, zum Schutz vor altersbedingten kognitiven Fhigkeiten und strken die Widerstandskraft Krebs und andere Krankheiten, die alle wichtig sind, um das Beibehalten der guten Performance und Langlebigkeit im Sport. Diese schtzenden Substanzen werden blicherweise als sekundre Pflanzenstoffe bekannt.

Phytochemicals, wenn auch nicht der Bereitstellung von Energie, essentiellen Vitaminen oder Mineralien, noch sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil eines jeden Sportlers Sporternhrung.Phytochemicals bedeutet ?Chemikalien aus Pflanzen.? Gemse und Obst sind daher ausgezeichnete Quellen.

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Bunte Gemse und Frchte haben ein hohes Ma an sekundren Pflanzenstoffen. In den meisten Fllen wurden bunte Felle von Obst und Gemse am meisten konzentrierte Quelle von schtzenden Nhrstoffen.

RED

Rote Frchte unterhlt die Gesundheit des Herzens, Memory-Funktion, senkt Risiko fr einige Krebsarten, und sorgt fr die Gesundheit der Harnwege. Lycopin und Anthocyane sind in roten Frchten und Gemse zur Verfgung. Lycopede reduziert das Risiko fr verschiedene Arten von Krebs, Herz-und Lungenkrankheiten. Anthocyane schtzt vor Herzkrankheiten durch die Verhinderung von Blutgerinnseln. Beide knnen langsam die Zellalterung.

Orange / Gelb

Beta-Carotin ist reichlich in orange und gelb Substanzen. Es ist ein Antioxidans, das das Risiko von Krebs und Herzkrankheiten, pflegen Sehkraft, helfen das Immunsystem zu strken und zu frdern Reparatur beschdigter DNA hilft. Mit Vitamin C, Bioflavonoide, die auch in orange und gelbe Frchte und Gemse enthalten sind, reduzieren das Krebsrisiko, strken Knochen und Zhne, Wunden heilen, die Haut gesund und senken das Risiko von Herzinfarkten.

BLUE / P Urple

Anthocyane und Phenole bilden blau und lila Frchte und Gemse. Forschung sagt, dass sie kann dazu beitragen, das Risiko von Krebs, Herzkrankheiten, Alzheimer und kann Anti-Aging-Effekte haben.

GREEN

Grne Frchte und Gemse gehren zu den besten Quellen fr Lutein. Lutein verringert das Risiko von Grauem Star und mascular Degeneration, die einen Verlust der Sehkraft fhren kann. Grnes Gemse sind reich an Sulforaphan Real Madrid Home 2011 2012 Fussball Trikots, Isocyanat und Indole, die die Wirkung von Karzinogenen zu behindern.

WHITE

Allicin, die in Knoblauch, Lauch und Zwiebeln zu finden sind Lyon Home 2011 2012 Fussball Trikots, hilft bei der Kontrolle des Blutdrucks und des Cholesterins. Es sieht aus wie es erhht auch die Fhigkeit des Krpers, Infektionen zu bekmpfen. Blumenkohl enthlt Sulforaphan und Pilze enthalten Selen. Beide sind auch gegen Krebs.

Weil sie Ihren Krper schtzen vor Verletzungen, Krankheiten und vorzeitige Alterung, muss buntem Gemse und Frchte werden in Geist zuerst beim Kauf von Lebensmitteln fr eine gute Sporternhrung aufrecht zu erhalten.

Essentials fr eine schnelle Wiederherstellung

Ordnungsgeme Verwertung ist auch ein Hauptanliegen in der Sporternhrung. Ausreichend Ruhe und Schlaf ermglicht die Systeme des Krpers, um vom Training Stress erholen und macht dich strker und schneller. Ausbildung gewinnt maximiert werden kann Juventus Away 2011 2012 Fussball Trikots, beschleunigt Recovery-Prozess und die Leistung durch die richtige Nahrung und Flssigkeit Konsum nach dem Training verbessert.

Flssigkeitsersatz

Timing ist alles. Nach dem Abkhlen am Ende jeder Trainingseinheit sollten Rehydratation oberste Prioritt. Trinken Sie genug, um die Flssigkeit zu ausgeschwitzt ersetzen. Es ist richtig, nach dem Training die Muskeln am meisten empfnglich fr Auffllung Glykogenspeicher sind.

Diese Zeiten wird der Blutfluss auf dem Vormarsch und Muskel-Membranen sind durchlssig fr Glukose und die Wirkung von Insulin, die Glykogensynthese frdert. Whrend dieser ?Glykogen-Fenster? (Dauer bis zu einer Stunde) Muskeln aufzufllen Glykogen bis zu dreimal schneller als zu anderen Zeiten.

Zweite carbo-loading

High-Carb-Lebensmittel und Getrnke sind am besten fr eine schnelle Genesung. Inklusive Protein mit diesen Lebensmitteln (4:1 Verhltnis von Kohlenhydraten zu Protein) verbessert Muskel-Reparatur und Glykogen Ersatz.

Die Menge der Nahrung Sie brauchen, hngt vom Ausma der Erschpfung der Glykogenspeicher. Wie viel Futter bentigen Sie auf das Ausma, dass Ihre Ttigkeit Ihre Glykogenspeicher aufgebraucht abhngt.

Fr ein Minimum von 2 Stunden Training, empfehlen Sporternhrung Experten etwa 1-1,5 Gramm Kohlenhydrate pro Kilogramm Krpergewicht innerhalb von 15 Minuten nach Beendigung der ?bung und alle zwei Stunden bis zu Ihrem nchsten komplette Mahlzeit. Das sind rund 50-120 Gramm oder 200-480 Kalorien aus Kohlenhydraten fr die meisten Athleten.

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Breast Cancer Patients Face More Imaging Tests Today (HealthDay)

FRIDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Women with breast cancer undergo many more imaging tests between diagnosis and surgery than they did in the early 1990s, a new study finds.

The tests -- breast ultrasounds, MRIs and mammograms -- help doctors determine the best course of treatment, but add to the hassles and expense of care, the study says.

"The burden to the patient is increasing substantially," said study leader Dr. Richard Bleicher, an associate professor of surgical oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. For older patients, especially, coordination of care is needed, he said.

Bleicher, a breast surgeon, evaluated data on more than 67,000 women in the United States diagnosed with breast cancer from 1992 to 2005. His intent was to clock the time and inconvenience involved in multiple imaging appointments.

In 1992, he found that 1 in 20, or under 5 percent of patients, had imaging twice or more during the preoperative period of about 37 days. By 2005, 1 in 5 patients, or nearly 20 percent, had two or more imaging sessions.

"Patients are having a lot more imaging done overall," he said. "I can't tell you whether the imaging was appropriate or not appropriate."

The percentage of patients who had more than one type of imaging on a given day increased more than six-fold, from about 4 percent in 1992 to just over 27 percent in 2005, the study found.

A subgroup of 20 patients had five or more mammogram visits during the pre-op period, he found.

For the study, the researchers used Medicare claims linked to the U.S. National Cancer Institute's Surveillance Epidemiology End Results data for women with breast cancer. They zeroed in on about 67,750 women over age 65 who had invasive cancer that hadn't spread and who were scheduled for surgery.

Bleicher presented the findings earlier this month at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. He urged his colleagues to consider ways of streamlining the testing, with an eye to improving treatment without raising costs.

The increase in imaging tests does not surprise Dr. Carol Lee, head of the communications committee for the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Commission.

"Practices have changed," she said. "Standards of care have changed." Since 1992, imaging technology has advanced greatly, she said, noting there are more, and better, options.

One limitation of the study, she said, is that the outcomes are not addressed. "This is not telling the whole story," she said. "What gets lost in the numbers is, what are the possible benefits of this additional imaging?"

"Yes, we are doing more tests," she said. "But we are not doing tests for the sake of doing tests."

Some states have laws that address self-referral, said Shawn Farley, spokesperson for the American College of Radiology. The specifics of the laws vary.

Lee agreed with Bleicher that doctors should strive for better coordination of imaging tests.

If your doctor orders imaging, Bleicher recommends asking why it's needed. You might also ask if the doctor expects more imaging will be needed and if so, whether it's possible to schedule tests together, he said.

The study was supported by the U.S. Public Health Service, the American Cancer Society, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and private donors.

Research presented at meetings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.

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For more on breast cancer imaging, see the American College of Radiology patient information page.

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Angelina Jolie's "Blood" an earnest effort (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? When actors decide to direct, it's often a dicey proposition. Some are naturals (Clint Eastwood) but others turn out films that are unwatchable, self-indulgent hokum (anyone else sit through Nicholas Cage's "Sonny" in 2002?).

So how does Angelina Jolie do with "In the Land of Blood and Honey," which marks her feature directing-screenwriting debut and landed her on the cover of Newsweek? It's a respectable first effort, longer on earnestness than art, though much of that is due to her choice of topic material.

"Blood and Honey" is a drama set in Bosnia during and amidst the Bosnian War (1992-95). Jolie is well known for her involvement in global humanitarian causes, and here she takes on the notorious human-rights violations that occurred during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, including ethnic cleansing, genocide and mass rapes.

She does so through the prism of a complicated love story, one that begins in pre-war Sarajevo. That's where Danijel (Goran Kostic), a Serbian policeman, and Ajla (Zana Marjonovic), a Bosnian artist, strike sparks while on a first date at a nightclub. As they dance cheek to cheek, their budding romance is interrupted by a bombing, a harbinger of the carnage to come. (The film is in Bosnian, with English subtitles, though Jolie also shot an English-language version.)

Soon, war has broken out and Ajla is among a group of Bosnian women taken prisoner and moved to a military barracks where Danijel is a commander. The women have been brought there to serve as both servants and forced sexual partners for the men.

Danijel takes Ajla under his protection, making clear to his men that she's off limits to them. The resulting relationship between the two is a fraught mixture of passion and distrust, with neither ever quite sure where the other stands emotionally. It would be impossible, given the brutality and senseless violence going on all around them and their own conflicted loyalties, for it to be otherwise.

More power to Jolie, both for taking on such a demanding subject and for not trying to pretty it up or poeticize it. But the central conceit, a wartime Romeo and Juliet story, around which she has built the movie often seems an awkwardly manufactured device, one that is at odds with the film's almost documentary-like aspirations.

As a director, Jolie avoids showy angles or camera movements and instead concentrates on telling a story. She displays a solid sense of how to build narrative momentum, though she occasionally lets a scene stretch on too long to allow an actor an extended moment (a fault shared by many other actors turned first-time directors).

Overall, Jolie has nothing to be embarrassed about and much of which to be proud with this movie. Even in moments where the film doesn't quite work, she shows ample evidence of ambition and a discerning director's eye.

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