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|Team: Kings College Team: Monterrey Regia Force
W: 213 lbs
Bday: 06/28/1987
(29 Years Old)
Current: SG/SF
Possible: SG/SF
|Agent: Aaron Goodwin
High School: Rainier Beach
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Drafted: Pick 11 in 2009 by Nets
Best Case: Poor Man's Andre Iguodala
Worst Case: Dominic McGuire
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|NBA Draft Combine
|6' 5"
|6' 6.25"
|6' 9"
|8' 7.5"
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|Body Fat
|No Step Vert
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|NBA Draft Combine
|6' 5"
|6' 6.25"
|6' 9"
|8' 7.5"
Much like Jrue Holiday, Terrence Williams had a mediocre showing in last year's Summer League joint venture between the New Jersey Nets and Philadelphia 76ers, but proved to be one of the most productive players at this year's event. Williams scored 22 or more points in the Nets' first four games before seeing just 5 minutes in their last contest due to an illness. After showing well late in what was a season to forget in New Jersey, Williams is slated to be an important part of an improved Nets backcourt and performed as such in Orlando.
With Derrick Favors still getting up to speed in the Nets first few Summer League games, Terrence Williams took full advantage of being his team's unquestioned go-to guy, using a sizeable 21.4 possessions per-game and functioning as his team's primary ball-handler and offensive facilitator. Arguably the top athlete in attendance, Williams was extremely assertive, both with his dribble and his jump shot. He won't have nearly as many touches at his disposal next season, but after a slow start in the first game, the Louisville product was at his best attacking the rim, showcasing his ability to play above the rim and fight through contact.
When he wasn't getting to the rim, Williams was showcasing his midrange jumper. Last season, Williams ranked neared the bottom of the League amongst guards in jump shooting efficiency off the dribble, but knocked down pull-up shot and pull-up shot after some struggles early. Williams seems to have developed a rhythm that he's especially comfortable with when attacking off the dribble with his right hand, but made some shots going left as well. Still erratic with his shot selection, Williams still needs to develop his catch and shoot game to become a complete off-ball threat offensive, but he showed significant improvement in arguably his weakest area in Orlando.
When Williams wasn't looking for his own offense, he had some good and bad moments distributing the ball. His first step and strength allows him to get to where he wants on the floor, and he used the pick and roll pretty effectively, however, he's still turnover prone and doesn't always mix his playmaking and scoring effectively. The latter was clear as he struggled to get the ball to Derrick Favors when the pair were on the floor together, and the fact that the rookie had his best game of the summer league with Williams out of the lineup in New Jersey's final game doesn't bode well in his favor.
Similarly, Williams was hit or miss defensively this week, especially with his effort level when closing out, but he has all the tools to effectively defend three positions and made that abundantly clear whenever his man tried to take him one on one. As is the case with most players with NBA contracts participating in the Summer League, Williams' defensive doesn't paint a picture of the intensity he shows during the regular season.
On the whole, Williams' Summer League performance isn't a great representation of what we can expect from him next season. He won't dominate the ball near as frequently playing next to Devin Harris, and will see many of his pick and roll touches shift to spot-up opportunities where he'll continue to be tested as a catch and shoot threat. Regardless of his role next season, Williams' improved pull-up game and consistency finishing at the rim made him a top performer in Orlando, and both of those skills will play a key role in how he impacts the Nets rebuilding process next season.
DraftExpress: Charlotte
Terrence Williams: I love how you just come out and say that. I had a great workout in my second workout with Charlotte. I hurt my ankle so I didn't go to New Jersey...we'll see what happens tomorrow (laughs).
DX: New Jersey might take you anyway, would you be cool with that?
TW: I'll be cool wherever, I'm in the green room. You guys don't understand, this is what you work for, this is a dream come true. I'm in the green room so if I go anywhere from five to fourteen, it's blessing. If I go in the first round it's a blessing, but five to fourteen is excellent. If I go eleven, I'll approach that situation the same as I would if I went twelve or seven. It's coming in as a rookie, behaving and having hard work and dedication to your team.
DX: Theres been some talk in the media that some teams were scared off by stuff that came up in the background checks, some stuff about your intangibles, the fact that you have a couple of kids. How do you respond to that? Are teams digging too deep or is that valid information that they need to know?
TW: Thats a great question; I hope they dig deeper to see that I am human. What I mean by human is my past with children, but as far as a question about background, if you look at my background when I was younger, youll never see my fingerprint with the police, at Louisville Ive never been in trouble, so its like people make up things. Is it because I didnt score 20 points per game or win a national championship or shoot 48 percent from the three-point line? Am I that much different from anyone else? No, but people are always going to make up their own assumptions, thats why we have hearsay, thats what we have DraftExpress, thats why we have you guys because people need something to read to keep them going. So like I said, my background is clean because Ive never been in trouble and if you dig deeper you will see that Im human.
DX: Your coach obviously loves you, and every team that has talked to him says that. But a couple of the teams that are interested in selecting you have been saying things like hes very cocky and arrogant, hes been comparing himself to Lebron James. What does that tell you?
TW: If you ask me the question, which is better gas, Chevon or Texaco? If I say Texaco, thats my answer. If you ask me who do I compare my game to, I try to compare my game to Lebron. Im not saying Im Lebron or Michael Jordan, thats who I try to compare my game to. At Louisville as far as assists, defense and being a team leader, you can say to the Louisville fans, I was their Lebron. Im not saying I am Lebron, thats not me coming off arrogant, thats me giving a legitimate truthful answer. If they give me A or B, they cant get mad at me because I didnt choose A. This is how I come off in my interviews, if thats cocky to people, well Im just trying to answer questions that are presented to me.
DX: Is being too open with teams in the interview process, is that almost a fault?
TW: Honestly, it is. When youre going into interviews youre told to assume they already know the answer. So if they ask you, and this wasnt one of my questions, were you arrested when you were sixteen and you say no, they already know that. So its like you come off as a liar and you dont want to do that so you tell them the truth and then they start thinking, oh this guy has a bad history with the police or something like that. So you try not to be too open, but were told to assume they already know the answers. When I go into my interviews and they ask if I have children, I could easily say no, but they already know the answer and that youre lying. If I tell them yes then, they get mad that I do. They could have had their first kid at fifteen but I cant fault them because theyre trying to draft me.
Reporter: What would you like to improve on at the next level?
Williams: I would keep the same skills that I have I would just practice them more. I would practice more open shooting, more shooting off the dribble, stuff like that.
Reporter: Who would you compare yourself to in then NBA?
Williams: I try to look after and copy LeBron James. As far as passing the ball, defense and thinking team first concepts. And on defense Id like to be like Shane Battier because he challenges every shot and doesnt back down from anybody.
Reporter: What advice have you received from Coach Pitino?
Williams: Have fun and to know at the end of the day that its a business. Take your time and the main thing is to know that its a business and that when you make money to save your money.
Reporter: Where do you see yourself being drafted?
Williams: Before fourteen.
Reporter: What happens if you were the last guy standing in the Green Room?
Williams: I dont care (laughs), Im in the Green Room. A lot of people are in their white living rooms watching me on TV so Im in the Green Room and it doesnt matter to me.
Reporter: Is it more important to be drafted high or drafted to a team where you fit better.
Williams: Where I think Im going to go is a great situation. But if you ask some people, to them its more important to be drafted high because they want to be paid more. To me, I want to be in the right situation. Because if youre in the right situation, in the long run, you will be paid more.
Reporter: There is some talk that Chicago is trying to trade up to try and get you. Is it flattering to hear talk like that?
Williams: It depends, where are they trading up to?
Reporter: 11
Williams: Oooh. When you hear people say that teams want to trade up to try and get you it just shows you that hard work pays off. Playing in Chicago with Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Salmons That would be a great fit, but D Rose has number one, so I would have to switch my number. But yeah that would be a nice look in Chicago.
Reporter: How closely do you follow the trade rumors and mock drafts, etc.
Williams: Honestly, I wasnt trying to until yesterday when I saw that Minnesota gets the 5th and 6th pick. And then I see guys in the NBA get traded like Bruce Bowen. Yesterday was really the first day I really started looking at that because there were some teams in my mind that, Im like, man, I hope they dont trade their pick. And as of right now they havent traded their pick, but like I said, you never know what will happen.
Terrence Williams looks like a pretty safe bet to be drafted in the top-20, but that wont be because of his situational stats.
We knew that Williams wouldnt look greatas his main virtues lie in other areas besides his scoring output. Much of his value resides in his ability to lock down defensively, rebound at a phenomenal rate, and distribute the ball effectively. Still, it is a bit eye opening to see how poorly he ranks amongst his peers in most categories were measuring.
The first thing that jumps out when evaluating Williams scoring ability is how few possessions he uses each game. His 14.1 Pos/G ranks last amongst the top ten shooting guard prospects, and as the fourth lowest overall. Even more concerning is his lack of efficiency on those possessions, as his PPP of .87 is the fifth worst on our list. There were some aspects of his situational statistics that did surprise us.
For a player with great strength and athleticism, Terrence Williams was not a very good finisher at the rim. His 1.11 PPP was exactly average, as was his 57% shooting in limited transition touches. That really hurts his cause since he has major shortcomings as a shooter. He scored only 1.12 PPP on his open catch and shoot looks, which isnt awful, but his .58 PPP on pull up jumpers ranks last amongst shooting guards and second to last amongst all guards (Brandon Jennings is last). It doesnt help that he gets fouled on a meager 9% of his attempts from the field, which limits his efficiency even more.
In one-on-one situations, Williams wasnt very effective either, putting up just .61 PPP, ranking him well below the average of .78 PPP. Some of this has to do with his complete inability to score when he puts the ball on the floor going left (15.4% FG on isolations). There is some good news for Williams though, as he is capable of running the pick and roll with some efficiency (.81 PPP). That stems largely from his playmaking ability, which seems even more important to his stock now that we see just how hard a time Williams has scoring in most situations.
Whats clear is that whoever drafts Williams shouldnt be expecting much out of him offensively.
Terrence Williams put on an unbelievable shooting display against Siena, draining four of six 3-pointers. Some of them came from deep NBA range, and others were sweet looking pull-ups in rhythm. Over the last 11 games, Williams has quietly knocked down a barrage of 3-pointers24, on just 52 attempts. Thats a stellar 46%. Hes now shooting a very respectable 38% on the year. The emergence of his perimeter shot is really a major story, and is a big reason why many scouts weve spoken to have him currently ranked as a lottery pick, much higher than where weve had him all year. Another reason is his amazing versatilityWilliams also contributed 15 rebounds and 4 assists against Siena, and played his typical excellent defense. For us, his inability to create his own shot and get to the free throw line make us wonder whether he really is starting NBA shooting guard material, but the fact that he can defend three positions and also see minutes as a pseudo point guard/point forward will allow him to get plenty of minutes alongside the right teammates. Some scouts we talked to have mentioned some concerns about potential off the court issues, which is something to keep an eye on. Louisvilles matchup with Arizona on Friday will probably attract hordes of NBA scouts and decision makers, as its a rare opportunity to evaluate as many as four potential lottery picks on one court.[Read Full Article]
Fresh off seeing their 9-game winning streak snapped at home by #1 one ranked UConn last night, there is regardless still plenty of reasons to discuss the play of the Louisville Cardinals and their star player, Terrence Williams.
Williams has rebounded from a slow start (likely due to the torn meniscus injury he hurried back from) to post career best numbers in virtually every statistical category this season. On a per-minute pace-adjusted basis, Williams scoring rate is up, as is his 2-point percentage, 3-point percentage, free throw percentage, free throw attempts, rebounding, assists and steals. His turnover rate is down and hes relying less heavily on his 3-point shooting than ever before.
What makes Williams unique from an NBA draft standpoint is the incredible versatility he displays at the wing position. He rebounds the ball at an outrageous rate (10.6 boards per-40), distributes the ball better than many NCAA point guards (5.3 assists per-40), sports an assist to turnover ratio nearing 2/1, and gets in the passing lanes about as well as any wing player in college basketball (2.7 steals per-40). Simply put, there isnt another player in this draft who fills up the stat-sheet quite as well as Terrence Williams.
His physical attributes have been covered in his profile repeatedlyneedless to say, hes everything you look for in an NBA wing prospect and then some. Its traditionally been his inability to score that has raised the most question marks about his draft stock. Starting from where we last left off, Williams is relying less on his perimeter shot this year than he historically has, and is hitting the jumpers he does take at a slightly better rate. Hes become fairly decent with his feet set (although awful shooting off the dribble), not being quite as inconsistent as he once was with his release point, and displaying better shot selection.
While he is unlikely to ever develop into a great shooter in the NBA, he seems to be making strides towards respectability. Doing a better job of not shooting the ball on the way down, and concentrating on getting proper arc underneath his shot and not line-driving his jumpers will help him cut down on the terrible bricks that are still very much part of his game from time to time. Improving on his horrific free throw percentage (just 60%) would go a long ways as well.
As a slasher, Williams is still mostly a mixed bag. Hes getting to the free throw line at a slightly better rate this season, but still isnt nearly as prolific a shot-creator as you might expect considering his physical tools. Part of that has to do with his ball-handling skills, as Williams is very poor dribbling with his left hand, and even with his right he often looks out of control and is unable to get all the way to the rim in the half-court, making him fairly turnover prone. He often prefers to shoot a floater in the lane or drive and dish (sometimes in highlight reel fashion) rather than taking an extra step and trying to draw contact at the basket, and really isnt as good of a finisher in non-transition situations as you might think considering his strength/length and freakish explosiveness.
The irony here is that hes a slam-dunk contest participant-type leaper/dunker in the open floor, but he isnt really able to show that part of his game in Louisvilles set offense. Playing in a more wide-open setting (although faster this season, Louisville is still quite a slow-paced team) and developing a more aggressive mentality for taking the ball hard strong would likely benefit him, and there is a chance that he can work on this in the NBA.
Defensively, Williams shows outstanding potential, and he is obviously already a big part of what many people consider to be the best defensive team in the NCAA. His physical attributes are idealshowing great size, length, strength and lateral quickness, to go along with a tough-nosed mentality that is crucial for getting stops. He will likely be able to defend multiple positions at the NBA level, being capable of switching on screens onto point guards or forwards without too much of a problemdoing a great job staying in front of his man on the perimeter.
At times he seems to lose focus, but hes so fast that he can typically close out and recover on his matchup without too much of an issue. As mentioned, he gets in the passing lanes at a terrific rate, and is one of the best defensive rebounders youll find at the wing position in the last 10 years of college basketball, putting to shame what players like Grant Hill, Andre Iguodala and Josh Howard did before entering the NBA.
Williams has done a better job with some of the bigger issues he suffered earlier on in his careershot-selection, decision making and incredible inconsistency from game to game and often possession to possessionbut hes not quite out of the clear yet. His basketball IQ still has a ways to go before catching up with his terrific physical tools, but the fact that he is very young for his draft class leaves some room for optimism in this regard. Williams wont turn 22 until a few days after the draft, making him the same age as some college juniors.
There is no question that Williams is the type of athlete and defender who can easily play 10 years or more in the NBA considering the many different things he brings to the table. The question is whether he can become reliable enough offensive player to be more than just a solid rotation type, which is exactly what NBA teams will try to figure out this spring.
The Louisville Cardinals will be without one of their most valuable weapons for the next 4-6 weeks. Terrence Williams underwent surgery on a torn medial meniscus in his right knee, suffered during a pickup game last Tuesday. In the long run, the injury will likely only keep the senior wing out for a handful of non-conference games, but certainly could be worth keeping an eye on initially. Williams saw his scoring numbers drop slightly last season, despite having a career year shooting the basketball (albeit a rather paltry 41% from the field). What was encouraging was an increase in his rebounding and assist numbers, increases that will certainly catch the eyes of some NBA scouts.
Physically, Williams is an NBA player; plain and simple. At 66 215 pounds, he has great size for the two-guard spot and has the strength to handle banging in the paint and posting up smaller guards. He shows excellent speed in the open floor as well as a great first step that allows him to get into the lane on a regular basis against most defenders. What separates Williams from most college players, though, is his tremendous leaping ability. If he gets out into the open floor by himself, its a safe bet that Williams will put down some kind of highlight reel quality dunk.
After being a fairly one dimensional offensive player early in his career, Williams has developed into a very versatile player with the basketball, even though he still is very far from being considered a great scorer. He has pretty good form on his shot, but has yet to prove himself to be a good shooter, due to his poor shot-selection and inconsistent release point. He connected on a pedestrian number of his perimeter shots last year, just 34% from deep, but what was most concerning was the fact that 41% of his shot attempts were from beyond the arc. Overall, Williams performs much better from mid-range, able to pull up and shoot on a dime. His athleticism allows him to hang in the air and adjust his shot against defenders; his touch on these plays is very solid.
Williams is much more adept as a slasher than he is a perimeter shooter, even though he often abandons this part of his game for long stretches. He has good ball-handling skills, able to attack the basket with either hand; combined with a great first step, he is a handful to stay in front of as a defender. Once in the lane, Williams can elevate with any player in the country to get a good look at the rim. This ability to hang in the air though can sometimes be a hindrance to the senior, deterring him from creating contact with defenders and trying to shoot around them. For a player with his type of athleticism and with how often he goes to the rim, Williams needs to attempt more than just three free throws per forty minutes.
Defensively, Williams proves to be a headache for a lot of opposing teams. With his quickness and length, he is tough to take to the basket, but more importantly deflects a tremendous number of passes. Many times Williams proves to be a one man fast break, intercepting a pass and taking it the other way for an easy flush. He does a tremendous job rebounding the basketball, averaging eight rebounds per forty minutes, an outstanding number for a wing player. A major part of the high number of rebounds he hauled in last season was the fact that Louisville played a lot of zone defense, with Williams often taking one of the forward spots along the baseline.
There are certainly concerns about Williams game from an NBA standpoint. At the end of the day, he is a shooting guard who doesnt shoot well and isnt an overall effective scorer. Additionally, he struggles with turnovers, committing one on nearly 25% of the possessions he uses. With that said, he does rebound very well for his position and has proven to be an effective distributor with the ball in his hands. Ultimately, Williams will likely get drafted in large part to his freakish athleticism and upside. If he can become a more effective shooter from the perimeter, and better learns how to use his overall athleticism, he could be a valuable asset to an NBA franchise.
Entering the 07-08 season, Williams currently holds the spot for the top wing prospect in the Big East. Averaging 12.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game, he shocked many opposing teams last season who thought he was merely a one dimensional scorer. The Seattle native will have the opportunity to build upon those numbers this season, on a team that is talented enough to contend for a national championship.
To start things off, Williams is a physical freak. At around 66, he has a ripped 215 pound body with the potential to add more weight if he desires. The explosive quickness that he owns translates to both ends of the floor, in his first step on offense and his ability to move laterally on defense. To top things off, he has the ability to absolutely jump out of the gym, evidenced by his dunk contest title at the 2005 Adidas Derby Classic.
Offensively, there are many times out there where Williams can be a nightmare for opposing defenders. His explosive first step, ability to shoot the ball from deep, and athleticism are tough to handle when fully utilized. He even occasionally uses his strength to post smaller defenders, as well. Williams has the ability to put up points in a hurry, usually through nailing multiple three point shots when hes hot. He displays nice mechanics and a quick release on his shot, while getting off the ground ridiculously high on his release. It could actually be said that Williams jumps a bit too high on shot depending on whom you speak with, due to the fact that he often shoots the ball on the way down, creating an inconsistent release point.
Equally as impressive as Williams variety of ways to score is his ability to pass the ball for a player standing 66. The 3.8 assists per game that he averaged places him amongst the elite distributors from the wing positions, and given Louisvilles lack of a true floor general, he will have the ability to maintain those numbers in 07-08. His ability to pass the ball serves as a testament to how versatile he can be on the offensive end, when he fully utilizes his immense skill set.
That leads us into our next point, that being whether or not he will ever put it all together on a consistent basis. Throughout his career, Williams has displayed downright awful shot selection, and his field goal percentage reflects that. He shot 36% from the field, 26% from the three point arc, and 60% from the charity stripe. What is even more shocking is that for a player with such an explosive first step and ability to get to the cup, he shot twice as many three pointers and he did free throws.
Terrences tendency to jack up three pointer after three pointer frustrated many, and severely limited his scoring potential. We are looking at a player who owns the ability to get to the rim on any player in the country, and who can pass the ball just as well as any wing in the land, yet chooses to shoot a 3-pointer almost every other time he attempts a shot. If Williams learns the meaning of shot selection and grasps the fact that he can get to the basket at will, it will be downright scary to see what he does this year in the Big East.
On the defensive side of things, Terrence has shown the ability to be a true lockdown defender. His size, strength, and lateral quickness allow him to pester any player that he is guarding. One NBA scout who we spoke with compared him to Tony Allen on the defensive end, which seems reasonable considering the athletic ability that both players posses. The problem with Williams is that he gambles far too frequently, often leaving him out of position on D. If he would be able to stop reaching for so many steals and biting for shot fakes, there is no doubt that we would be talking about Williams as one of the finest perimeter defenders in college basketball.
With all of the physical gifts and the immense talent that Williams possesses, its only natural that his name will enter into the mix of NBA wing prospects as well, granted that he is able to put together the type of season that his upside suggests he might. He drastically needs to improve upon the efficiency ratings that placed him amongst some of the worst draft prospects in the NCAA, though. If Williams is able to show NBA personnel that he is an outstanding player, and not just an outstanding athlete, his draft position will look quite secure come April.
The biggest story to emerge from the counselor games of the last two days was the play of Louisville swingman Terrence Williams, who is going into his junior season. Williams seems to have made some serious progress in his game over the past summer, and has surely convinced us that hes more than deserving of a spot in he first round of our 2008 mock draft.
He played aggressive, but under control basketball, making good decisions in transition and half-court sets and taking full advantage of any opportunity he had to show off his explosive athleticism. Williams is built like an NBA player and is beginning to show the all-around game of one too, creating his own shot consistently from the perimeter and mixing in a steady offering of pull-up jumpers with strong takes to the basket.
One of the criticisms we had of Williams in the past was his tendency to settle too often for contested 3-pointers rather than using his excellent physical tools to make things happen via his slashing game. He only shot 37% from the field last year and 26% from behind the arc. Although we shouldnt draw too many long term conclusions because of the nature of this setting, Williams seems to be making nice strides in this area. His handle looks better (although still improvable) and hes clearly more committed to getting inside the paint and finishing. The shots he did take from the perimeter were mostly of the under control catch and shoot variety from behind the arc (which he hit at a good rate), while his mid-range game looks quite a bit more polished than we remember it being last season. Playing the pick and roll, Williams punished the defense on a number of occasions with a smooth jumper when they dared cheat and go underneath the screen in order to try to contain his dribble.
Defensively, Williams used his strength and lateral quickness nicely, even coming up with a couple of excellent blocks either on his man or rotating over from the weakside. Sasha Kaun was the victim of one of these rotations, as he was rejected viciously by the soaring Williams right at the rim.
The NBA scouts we talked to were just as impressed with Terrence Williams for what he showed over the course of the adidas nations basketball experience here in New Orleans. He seems to have helped his draft stock quite a bit amongst those in attendance. The comparison to Tony Allen was brought up, although it was noted that Williams has much better size and is already ahead of him at the same stage in terms of his perimeter shooting. Williams has the chance to really soar up the draft boards if he has the type of season we think he can under the careful guidance of Rick Pitino.
Terrence Williams, playing in the final game of his sophomore season, displayed the ups and downs of his game that perfectly magnify where he stands as a prospect at this point in time. On one hand, he forced shots and turned the ball over, but he also displayed flashes of talent and athleticism that make him an intriguing player to watch over the next season or two.
The biggest problem for Williams today was his love for the three point shot, despite the fact that he has only converted 26% of his attempts from this area on the season. Many of these shots came off the dribble and were closely contested, which caused Rick Pitino to pull his leading scorer from the game and talk to him on multiple occasions. With the clock winding down in the first half, Williams lost control of the ball out on the perimeter, and recklessly threw it out of bounds when he regained possession. Plays like these show off how underdeveloped his feel for the game is right now, and tell us that it will take some time and experience before he well be ready to think about the NBA.
Williams does have a great deal of talent to work with, and it all starts with his physical attributes. In addition to having a great body, he is an incredibly explosive athlete, as he proved with both an alley-oop dunk and a big block shot in the second half. He can get to the basket with ease thanks to his quick first step, and his ability to draw extra defenders and pass it off has allowed Williams to average nearly 4 assists per game on the season.
Williams quite obviously needs to return to school, and make a concerted effort to improve his shot selection and all-around polish. Physically, Williams he may be ready for the NBA, but there are some large holes in his game that will hold him back at this point. With another year or two of college, he just might evolve into the consistent scoring threat that he has the potential to be. Hes in a perfect situation under Rick Pitino to get there.
The first thing that stands out to fans is Terrence's amazing physique. He honestly looks like he could be a linebacker for Louisville's college football team. During the slam dunk competition, Williams wowed the crowd with a windmill in which he switched the ball from his right to his left rim, an arm in the rim dunk (a la Vince Carter), an amazing between the legs dunk, and then a between the legs dunk off of a lob. He is a truly marvelous athlete.
As far as the game was concerned, Williams was the best player on the floor. He showed an absolutely amazing first step, the ability to shoot from deep, and the ability to simply outleap any player on the floor. Terrence abused absolutely any player who was guarding him with his great quickness and strength. Defensively, I didn't focus on Terrence too much as I had many other players that I had to focus on. As far as his NBA potential, Terrence must work on his ball handling skills in order to play small forward at the next level. Greg Paulus mentioned to me that he thought Williams reminded him of Corey Maggette. It must be noted that Terrence seemed to be closer to 6'4 then 6'6. Whatever his actual height may be, it is a given that he will be one of the most exciting players in college basketball next year for the Cardinals.


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I was sitting at my desk and I heard this loud chattering coming from outside. At first I thought that it was a bird and that my cat had spotted it. I kept hearing it, so I got up and looked out the window and I saw this cute little squirrel just feet away sitting in the tree. So I grabbed my camera and starting taking pictures. This was the best of the lot.
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My first snowflake of the season! Quilled by hand from my dear "sister" Stephanie.
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 04:56 PM
Somewhere in this busy day I did find time to play with my photos, and boy did I play!
First I cropped the original photo & made some minor adjustments in Light Room. Then I moved over to PhotoShop, selected Matt & Jillian & blurred the background. Not wanting to stop there I used Brandys Sepia Sketch Action. I'm not real sure I liked the end result, but it was fun seeing what happened with the photo.
Here's the original photo & the altered photo:
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Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. Maria Robinson
Posted 03 January 2012 - 05:28 PM
This is a picture I've wanted to do something with for a long time, but ...... it was a poor quality picture and a not very good scan done years ago. I duplicated, sharpened with an unsharp mask (seems to work better than the sharpen on this pic), did a Gaussian blur , masked the blur out of the face, reduced the blue, boosted the yellow and clone stamped some of the blue on the scan (that wasn't the grape juice on her mouth!) and finally cropped. Still not very good - but will work for my purposes.
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 06:25 PM
Photo of a walk on New Year's Day.
In photoshop elements copied the original picture.
Adjusted the shadows, lightened them slightly.
2nd layer used glaussian blur and adjusted opacity to 60%
3rd layer using photoshop style added colourful centre.
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Posted 03 January 2012 - 08:22 PM
Opened photo, cropped and duplicated in CS5.
Adjustment Layer: Hue/Saturation with Preset Red Boost.
Adjustment Layer: Red Photo Filter @25%.
Adjustment Layer: Vibrance @ 9%.
Grouped photos, duplicated group, turned off original group and merged Group 2.
Drew Elliptical Marquee around the focal point, inverted selection and duplicated selection.
Changed duplicated layer to Color Burn@78% to create a subtle vignette.
Removed a Fire Extinguisher from the back wall with Content Aware Fill and then repainted the wall with the Clone Tool.
Result added a lot of shine to the original photo of my goddaughter Farrah with her goddaughter (my DGD Maeve.)
Posted 03 January 2012 - 08:44 PM
My mission in life in not merely to survive, it is to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style.
Posted 03 January 2012 - 09:50 PM
Love Jump Start January!
Posted 03 January 2012 - 09:55 PM
Posted 03 January 2012 - 10:40 PM
My precious puppy's face was impossible to see before in this photo, so I adjusted the brightness and color and sharpened the image. Now if I could crop it down more so the dry cleaning wasn't visable in the back I think it would be great.
Posted 03 January 2012 - 10:45 PM
TASK#2 Done
Let's see....
I changed the color and contrast then desaturated just a bit. The color was way too yellow
duplicated the layer and blurred the top layer then with a soft brush erased the people and chicken so the clear pic underneath would show.
the bottom layer I sharpened around the eyes, nose lips. (soft brush) just to make them pop a bit.
Burned the areas where the light hit to hard in the face and the lips just a tad to bring out the color (soft brush) 15-20% (just played till I liked it)
Then added the vignette.
These are friends that invited us over to their house for a Mexican Christmas Dinner. It was wonderful!
-Gringa in Mexico
Posted 03 January 2012 - 11:00 PM
Posted 04 January 2012 - 12:40 AM
I started by cropping this photo down a bit, then used smart fix to adjust the colors and lighting.
I added a mask from Jen Reed's Super 7 spread, then moved my photo above the mask in the layers palette. I used <ctrl g> to clip the photo to the mask, then adjusted the sizes of the photo and mask to get a fit I liked. I used a soft brush with the eraser tool on the mask to soften the edges to a shape that I liked. I then used <clrl e> to merge the layers.
Voila! Christmas magic! LOL!
Posted 04 January 2012 - 01:29 AM
I enhanced the photo using levels to reduce the shine on the faces. I then used Ro's Action Vintage Edges 2201_1 to convert the photo to black & white with a touch of colour.
Posted 04 January 2012 - 02:56 AM
I had this great golden photo from last night so I decided to give it a 70s feel by playing with adjustment layers and blending modes, added a blur, a photo filter and a solid color adjustment layer :-)
I picked 2 others too but I won't put them here...
Posted 04 January 2012 - 07:55 AM
- Duplicate photo
- Screen blend, opacity-70%
- Used clone too to remove Bianca's legs from the photo
- Cropped photo
Posted 04 January 2012 - 08:13 AM
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OOPS dont know why there are two of the same photo and cant figure out how to take it out..sorry
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Posted 04 January 2012 - 08:23 AM
Task #2 done. I shoot RAW so my editing was done in Lightroom. For this photo, mostly corrected the white balance, which was a weird mix of fluorescent and daylight. I tweaked the lighting/brightness/contrast some also. Then cropped for printing (this is part of his senior photo set of athletic photos.)
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March 1, 2013
COOLEY LAW SCHOOL IN TAMPA celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day with a day of service in the community. Students volunteered on an organizational project in Portamento of Hope's Soup Kitchen, which serves all people in need in the community.
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Description The small, tubular, maroon or brown disk flowers of this short-lived perennial offer a colorful contrast with the rich-yellow ray flowers (petals) which are notched at the ends. Lance-shaped leaves are numerous on lower parts of the 2-5 ft. plant, becoming much smaller and bract-like at the top.
Flower September - October.
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Habitat Moist to wet, open pinelands.
Range Coastal plain from North Carolina to Louisiana.
Exposure Preference Sun.
Native Distribution Coastal plain from North Carolina to Texas
Site Preference Moist to wet, open pinelands
Soil Preference Moist to wet, often acid, sandy soils.


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A St. John's man says his life was saved by a snowplow driver who found him unconscious early Boxing Day morning.
Steve LeGrow, 53, remembers nothing of what happened, but pieced it together from what he was told by emergency workers and hospital staff.
His last memory before waking up in the hospital Dec. 26 is of settling in at home for the evening on Christmas Eve.
Medical condition
"I remember going to bed, but that's pretty well all I actually remembers," said LeGrow, who added he has a medical condition — that he didn't want to disclose — that would account for his blacking out. "They found me in a snowbank on my lawn. I don't know how I got there."
He was found by snowplow driver John Duke, who was widening Greenspond Drive by pushing the snowbank when he spotted LeGrow, unconscious, underneath the snow.
"He was pushing snow back on the lawn, and he noticed I was actually buried in the snow," he said.
"He noticed my head come up out of the snow. … He radioed in, and his supervisor came. I actually stood up, but he said he couldn't understand anything that I was saying. By now, the RNC were there. This was all related to me, because I don't remember anything."
Duke called his supervisor, Rick Price, who came to help, while an ambulance was called. The first thing LeGrow remembers is waking up in the hospital at 2 o'clock that afternoon, surrounded by his family.
When LeGrow didn't show up at his girlfriend's house Christmas Day for dinner, his son came to the house, but didn't see him.
"More than likely I was in the snowbank at that time, buried in the snow," he said. "He came over just after supper, maybe around six o'clock, and I wasn't in the house. There's all indication I may have been in the snow, buried in the snow … the worker came over and showed me exactly where he found me. I was talking to my son, and he was only maybe seven or eight feet away from me, but he still never seen me."LeGrow spent five days in hospital recovering from frostbite — he was in danger of losing a couple of fingers. LeGrow said a doctor told him that — judging from the severity of his frostbite — he was likely outside for about 12 hours, in his pyjamas, a light coat, and rubber boots.
"The doctors were amazed, first, that I was alive, that I survived, and then they were amazed that my fingers were healed so fast," he said. "I suppose it was a stroke of good luck, or someone was looking out for me that night."
LeGrow said he had his driver's licence and hospital card in his coat, so he thinks he was having difficulty with his medical condition and decided to go to the hospital.
LeGrow sent a letter to the city to thank Duke, who he said was reluctant to let his name be published. "He's a modest man, and he don't want no recognition," he said.
But Duke and Price were praised at city council's regular meeting Monday night, and Mayor Dennis O'Keefe said the men will receive letters of commendation that will also be attached to their service records.
"Apparently (Duke) spotted the individual in the snowbank and he did the right thing," said Paul Mackey, the city's deputy manager of public works. "He immediately got out and had a look and found out it was a person and contacted the emergency responders and they got there quickly and his foreperson responded as well and got on site, and between them they managed to get him out of the snowbank."


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By JB Clark/NEMS Daily Journal
Tuesday night, Lee County sheriff's deputies set out to arrest 24 men who weren't making child support payments.
After checking each address, six men were arrested, owing what Sheriff Jim Johnson estimated to be $60,000 in back child support.
Lagging payments are common. In the last week of January, only 19 percent of people paying child support in Lee County had paid the full amount due for the month.
The child support system is monitored and enforced through the Mississippi Department of Human Services to make sure every child is financially supported by both parents.
Kelley Homan, 34, of Tupelo, is a single mother of two who struggled with the court system to receive child support payments for two years while going to school to get her master's degree in mental health counseling.
"I'm just a graduate student and I was really struggling," she said. "We live with my parents right now because it was so hard to make it on my own in graduate school."
She estimates without counting transportation expenses, rent and other monthly utilities, it costs $500 to keep her daughter clothed, fed and supported.
Beginning in August, Homan began receiving her monthly child support payments.
She said knowing there will be money to pay for her daughter's gymnastics, piano lessons, groceries and school supplies instead of relying on financial aid sets her at ease.
"It used to be very difficult to wonder when things were going to be paid."
Department of Human Services Child Support Attorney Kristin Belvin spends all of her working hours trying to make sure legal guardians have financial assistance in raising children.
Belvin is tasked with working with the Chancery Court to make sure each person with a child support obligation pays it and those who don't have incarceration orders.
The caseload is so heavy in Lee County that a parent could go without payment for a year before the case reaches court.
The child support payment is based on a parent's take-home pay. A parent paying child support is required to pay 14 percent of what he takes home (after taxes and any other legal obligations are subtracted) to the legal guardian of their child.
In Lee County, the average amount comes to $170 each month and the minimum payment for those drawing unemployment or making minimum wage is $132.
Case managers are able to intercept wages from parents who collect state benefits like Social Security or unemployment payments.
Incarceration orders for parents who have failed to pay child support usually require the parent to pay the full amount owed before leaving jail.
Johnson estimated his department serves two or three incarceration orders each week for delinquent child support payments on inmates brought in for other crimes or during routine stops.


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VIDEO: Shock stop Rush, win first playoff game, 69-47
The Spokane Shock (15-4, 4-2) hosted the Chicago Rush (10-9, 2-2) in first round playoff action of the 2013 Net10 Wireless Arena Football League, coming away with the 69-47 win in front of 6,916 fans at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.
First quarter action opened with each team putting together touchdown drives. After Spokane scored in two plays on a 23-yard pass from Erik Meyer to Kamar Jorden, Chicago would respond with their own touchdown drive and reach the end zone on a short pass from quarterback Luke Drone to Jared Jenkins but a missed point after attempt would leave the Rush trailing 7-6.
The Shock would be stopped on their next offensive possession thanks to a sack and forced fumble, setting up another touchdown pass between Drone and Jenkins to give Chicago the 13-7 lead at the end of the opening quarter of play.
Spokane would continue their possession into the second quarter as Erik Meyer would find Adron Tennell for the 13-yard touchdown to retake the lead at 14-13. The two offense would go on to trade possessions over the next two series as Terrance Sanders would intercept a fourth down pass by Rush quarterback Luke Drone before the Shock offense would fail to convert on their own fourth down play, setting up a 16-yard touchdown pass between Drone and Reggie Gray.
Trailing by a score, Shock quarterback Erik Meyer and Adron Tennell would connect for the second time on the night, tying the game up at 20-20 with 3:58 remaining in the half. The Spokane defense would come up with another key stop in the first half thanks for back to back quarterback hurries by Beau Bell and Jeremy Geathers.
After a failed fourth down conversion, Spokane would retake possession and score the final touchdown of the half on a 1-yard quarterback sneak by Erik Meyer to give the Shock the 27-20 lead.
The third quarter would show continued back and forth scoring by each team. Reggie Gray would find the end zone on Chicago's opening drive of the half thanks to a 21-yard touchdown pass from Luke Drone.
After the Shock were able to reach the end zone on another connection from Erik Meyer to Adron Tennell, the Rush would respond as Jared Jenkins would score his third touchdown of the night on a 3-yard end zone fade from Drone.
Chicago would go on to attempt an onside kick but failed to come up with the recovery, setting up Spokane with a short field resulting in a touchdown pass from Meyer to Kamar Jorden. Once more Chicago receiver Jared Jenkins would reach the end zone before quarter's end, tying the game at 41-41.
The first three quarters of the game would show a hungry Chicago team fighting to keep the game within one score, but the Shock's defense would create the turnovers needed to propel Spokane to a victory. After Erik Meyer and Adron Tennell would connect for the opening touchdown of the quarter, Chicago would respond with a 2-yard touchdown run by fullback JJ Payne.
Spokane's offense would go on to score once more on the night, coming on a 3-yard quarterback sneak by Erik Meyer to give the Shock a 55-47 lead with 7:06 remaining. Following the go ahead score, the Shock defense would take over.
On Chicago's next three possession, quarterback Luke Drone would be intercepted by Spokane. Beau Bell applied pressure to Drone, causing the Chicago quarterback to force a hitch route the would be intercepted and returned for a score by Shock defensive back Ruschard Dodd-Masters to put Spokane up two scores. Attempting to rally the Rush would be intercepted twice more on the night, once more by Dodd-Masters and another by the hands of linebacker Terence Moore to seal the Shock win at 69-47.
Shock quarterback Erik Meyer completed 23 of 31 attempts for 235 yards and 5 touchdowns while adding 4 carries on the ground for 7 yards and two scores. Adron Tennell would lead the Shock receiving effort, hauling in 11 receptions for 123 yards and 3 touchdowns on the night. Kamar Jorden would also add two receiving touchdowns. Defensive back Ruschard Dodd-Masters would come away with two interceptions for touchdowns late in the fourth quarter while linebacker Terence Moore would add his fourth interception of the season.
Rush quarterback Luke Drone completed 23 of 38 attempts for 250 yards and 6 touchdowns with 4 interceptions. Reggie Gray would lead Chicago receivers with 7 receptions for 116 yards and 2 touchdowns while Jared Jenkins would record 10 receptions on the night for 70 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Next week the Shock will play for the National Conference Championship with the host city dependent on Sunday night's match up between #1 Arizona and #3 San Jose. If the Sabercats can come up with the upset against the Rattlers, Spokane would host the #3 San Jose Sabercats at Spokane Arena on Saturday, August 10th at 7:00 PM PST. If Arizona can defeat San Jose, Spokane will travel to Phoenix, AZ with the tentative date scheduled for Saturday, August 10th.


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Section 1 Summary
The story's main character, an unnamed, thrice-divorced elderly man, learns that he has to have an operation to insert yet another stent into one of his arteries. He has had so many surgeries that he has begun to think of himself as "a storehouse for man-made contraptions designed to fend off collapse."
The night before the operation, he lies in his bed thinking about his previous operations and the different women who had been there with him when he awakened. He is particularly focusing on the memory of a private nurse named Maureen Mrazek, who helped him recover from quintuple bypass surgery.
That had been sixteen years ago. He had participated in an affair with Maureen that infuriated his third wife. He had recently tried to contact Maureen, hoping that she could once again be his private nurse after this operation, but was unable to find her.
Then the man begins thinking about an earlier hernia surgery he had at age nine. He remembers how he tried to hide the swelling in his groin for months, hoping it would just go away, until he finally had to reveal it to his parents.
In his hospital room, there had been another boy in the other bed who had had stomach surgery. In the middle of the night before his hernia surgery, he sees nurses and doctors attending to the boy. The next day, when he is awakened for his operation, he sees that he boy is gone and believes that he died in the night.
The next day this man undergoes the surgery to insert the stent. While under sedation, he has a heart attack and dies on the table.
A number of mourners are present at his funeral. These mourners include the former private nurse Maureen, his two sons, daughter, brother, sister-in-law, some residents from the retirement village in which he lived, several colleagues from the advertising firm for which he worked prior to his retirement, and Phoebe, one of his three ex-wives.
The sons are...
(The entire section is 528 words.)
Section 2 Summary
At the age of thirty-four, the unnamed main character goes on a month-long vacation by the sea with his girlfriend, a woman named Phoebe, who will later become his second wife. He enjoys their time together at the ocean as much if not more than any other period in his life.
He lives with Phoebe in a sparse beach shack. They spend their time swimming in the bay, lying in the dunes, and walking along the shore. This marks the first time in their relationship that they have actually lived together, and he regards it as an indication that they are well suited for each other.
Phoebe is the woman with whom he had the affair that broke up his unhappy first marriage. His life with his first wife, Cecilia, had become a "prison cell" on which he finally gave up, deciding that he would "tunnel his way out" of the dysfunctional marriage. In so doing, he irrevocably damages his relationship with his two young sons, who, under their mother's influence, see him as the villain in the scenario.
Although he loves the time he spends with Phoebe at the ocean, he finds that his thoughts inexplicably turn to death, or "oblivion" as thinks of it, when he walks with Phoebe beside the ocean at night:
The dark sea rolling in with its momentous thud and the sky lavish with stars made Phoebe rapturous but frightened him. The profusion of stars told him unambiguously that he was doomed to die, and the thunder of the sea only yards away—and the nightmare of the blackest blackness beneath the frenzy of the water—made him want to run from the menace of oblivion to their cozy, lighted, under-furnished house.
Then, several days after returning home, he falls mysteriously ill. For weeks he feels weak and unable to focus on work. His psychoanalyst believes he is suffering the physical manifestations of envy over a coworker's promotion to vice-president. His doctor can find nothing...
(The entire section is 726 words.)
Section 3 Summary
The main character is at home following his heart surgery. Olive Parrot is the main character's night nurse. When he cannot sleep, she relaxes him with stories about her life in Jamaica on her father's avocado farm.
Maureen is his day nurse. She is a redhead who cheers him with her arrival each morning. His wife is not happy that his nursing care has been arranged without her input.
It takes several weeks for him to begin to recover his strength. The easiest activities such as eating and shaving exhaust him. He finds that Maureen lifts his spirits but makes his wife jealous.
When his father dies, Maureen drives him to New Jersey and helps Howie make funeral arrangements. His father, it turns out, had become more pious in his final years and wanted his funeral conducted in Hebrew. This doesn't mean much to the main character, who has repudiated religion:
Religion was a lie that he had recognized early in life, and he found all religions offensive, considered their superstitious folderol meaningless, childish, couldn't stand the complete unadultness—the baby talk and the righteousness and the sheep, the avid believers.
He does not believe in God or heaven, and he sees himself as a "male body" that will one day cease to be.
He finds the funeral emotionally difficult and thinks about his father's life. His father had somehow managed to start a successful jewelry business in the midst of the depression in working-class Elizabeth. His father considered a diamond to be something important to the working people because it gave them beauty and status and was "imperishable."
The cemetery, which is also where the main character will be buried in the future, is crumbling and not well maintained. Two shovels stand in the dirt piled at his father's graveside. After the ceremony, the men shovel the dirt into the grave, covering the...
(The entire section is 516 words.)
Section 4 Summary
Now his hospitalizations become more frequent. In fact, it has reached the point that "eluding death seemed to have become the central business of life and bodily decay his entire story."
It is discovered that he actually had a "silent heart attack" previously, which now requires the insertion of a stent in his left anterior descending artery. The next year, another stent is placed in one of the grafts and a year later, three stents are needed.
During these procedures, to keep himself calm and occupied, he thinks about his father's jewelry business—specifically, the watches and clocks that were sold in the store.
The next year, to deal with the possibility of cardiac arrhythmia, a defibrillator is inserted just under the skin in his chest. This procedure upsets his daughter Nancy:
She was pale with helplessness and couldn't stop the tears from running down her face: she wanted her father to be the way he was when she was ten and eleven and twelve and thirteen, without impediment or incapacity—and so did he.
He thinks about what a good daughter Nancy has turned out to be, particularly in contrast to his two sons, who have never forgiven him for marring their childhood with the divorce from their mother. He remembers when Nancy was a teenager, a thirteen-year-old track star. One day while running, she collapsed when a piece of bone had pulled away from her hip. This had effectively ended her track career at her young age. Unfortunately this occurred during the same year that he divorced her mother and his second wife, Phoebe.
The recurring health troubles are taking their toll on him psychologically. He is now a
decidedly lonelier, less confident man than he'd been during the first year of retirement . . . and he was hounded by the sense that he was headed for the end.
To combat...
(The entire section is 610 words.)
Section 5 Summary
One of the reasons that he decided to move to the shore when he retired was because he would be only an hour away from Nancy. She calls him every morning before she goes to work. He rarely calls either of his two sons because when he does, "he always felt saddened afterward, saddened and beaten."
He chooses not tell his sons about his medical problems and believes that they will be happy when he dies. He believes that his sons and his second wife, Phoebe, regard him as an "imposter" because of his first two failed marriages. He thinks that in the eyes of his now adult sons, he will never be able to overcome the stigma of the broken family he forced upon them.
When he wonders if his life would be less...
(The entire section is 579 words.)
Section 6 Summary
Returning to the Paris hotel after spending time with Merete, he receives a message from Phoebe that reads, "Contact me immediately. Your mother gravely ill."
When he returns Phoebe's call, Phoebe makes it clear that she knows about the affair. He tries to bluff his way out of it, but Phoebe is convinced that she is right.
His mother dies shortly before he arrives at the hospital.
Phoebe reveals that she knew about his previous affair with the secretary. "Yes, you wounded me with the secretary, but I kept my mouth shut." For Phoebe, it is not the physical aspect of his affair that hurts her so much but the fact that he has destroyed the trust that existed between them with his lying:...
(The entire section is 753 words.)
Section 7 Summary
The day after visiting Phoebe in the hospital, he receives news about three colleagues who have fallen ill or died. One is his boss, Clarence Spraco, who passed away from a myocardial infarction. He calls Spraco's wife, Gwen, to express his condolences, and they reminisce together.
He tells Gwen that Clarence had a "wonderful ability to recognize the value of the people who worked with him," and how he had made him feel special and valuable as a member of the agency. Then he relates a story about how they worked hard and late for several weeks on the Mercedes-Benz pitch. When it was over, Clarence told him to take Phoebe to London for an extended weekend, a weekend that Clarence paid for, even though they did not...
(The entire section is 682 words.)
Section 8 Summary
He finds himself thinking about what his life has turned into. He has been holding out hope that his life will improve, but at nearly 75 years of age, he now has to face the reality that his previous life, filled with activity and female companionship and the close relationship with his brother, is undeniably over. Now he has to face the fact that "[t]he man who swam the bay with Nancy's mother had arrived at where he'd never dreamed of being. It was time to worry about oblivion."
Now, he finds himself bereft of the independence with which he had always conducted his life. At the same time, he also finds himself with fewer and fewer people to lean on and comfort him in his annual medical crises.
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at 1st i thought it was only me, but after about a week of very little posting here in the micro machines section from anyone, it's become painfully clear that any discussions revolving around mm's or any of the other former galoob lines is getting harder and harder.
hasbro seems to think that by giving the line a rest, renewed interest will spring forth like hope upon their return, unfortunately, we've been forced to wait more than a full set of seasons turn on the clock, and now the very core of mm's die hard aficionados are starting our slow spiral into not really caring any more.
while all other lines get sneak previews, and confirmed product sightings of new and exciting vehicles, we here at the bottom of the food change only have re-treaded action fleet vehicles to look forward to
i ain't giving up my love for the micro machines line, even if not a single toy is ever made again, i will always enjoy, and cherish my collection of wonderful galoob made toys.
i just don't understand hasbro's insistance on not making micro machines anymore. they are inexpensive fun toys, that kids and collectors can amass tons of without spending too much moolah.
i have to believe that hasbro is not ignorant of the fact that after market prices for most of the lines are astronomical, and that interest in the line remains high due to this demand along with the dwindling supply.
me? all i want to do is get excited about new toys, and once again enjoy the days of the hunt, in searching these jewels down, and experiencing once again the excitiment of opening up a brand new micro machines toy.
spending hours playing and examining them.
enjoying the moment of discovery of some fantastic small minute detail which shouldn't have been included on a toy this small, yet there it is. :happy:
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The boys of "supwitchugirl" are back and with a much bigger budget. The band formulated of 3 University of Oregon students burst onto the scene last year when they made their video "I Smell Roses" prior to the Civil War game against Oregon State. They made the video with the simple intention of putting it on the student broadcasting network for the television program ...


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Sarasota's Tim McCarver has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. He was honored as this year's inductee into the Ford Frick broadcast wing of the hall for his service to the game as a color commentator for the past 32 years.
McCarver played baseball for the Phillies before joining the Mets in the early 1980s and earning a 1986 World Series win. After his playing career, he went on to make a name for himself as a broadcaster for the Phillies, the Mets, the Yankees and the Giants.


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Above: Actors in the student production of "Hippolytos" perform multiple roles, just as cast members did in the original Greek production. Chris Arp (foreground) plays the title character Hippolytos, whose stepmother Phaidra is forced by gods to fall in love with him. Sherry Rujikarn (background) plays the goddess Artemis.
At left: Chorus member Chitanvis observes as the nurse (Scott Elmegreen) talks with the queen Phaidra, also played by Rujikarn.
Above: Kiran Chitanvis performs as the voice of the chorus.
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Princeton students will present a fresh take on a classic Greek tragedy, Euripides' "Hippolytos," at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 12-15, in the Matthews Acting Studio at 185 Nassau St.
Senior Zachary Woolfe is directing a cast of students who play multiple parts, as actors did in the original production of "Hippolytos." The play is Woolfe's senior thesis production for the Program in Theater and Dance.
The performance is based on a new translation by sophomore Lucas Barron, who worked with Woolfe and the actors over the summer to craft a more contemporary version of the original play. "Hippolytos" is the story of a young queen, forced by gods to fall madly in love with her stepson, setting up a series of deadly lies and revelations that threatens Athens' future.
"'Hippolytos' was revolutionary for its sympathetic portrayal of a female character, and it remains a riveting drama about love, family and divinity," Woolfe said.
The production features sophomore Chris Arp, juniors Kiran Chitanvis and Scott Elmegreen and senior Sherry Rujikarn. Senior Spencer Salazar composed an original score for the performance.
Tickets at $8 for students, $10 for the general public and free for Tiger Tickets holders. They are available through the Frist Campus Center ticket office, (609) 258-1742.


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Family: Parulidae, Wood Warblers view all from this family
Description ADULT FEMALE Similar to adult male, but crown is variably dark olive, mottled black at the front (i.e. not entirely black). IMMATURE Similar to adult female, but crown is entirely olive-brown (no black).
Dimensions Length: 4 1/2-5" (11-13 cm)
Habitat Common summer visitor (mainly May-Aug) to damp woodland with a dense understory of shrubs. Winters mainly in Central America.
Observation Tips Easy to see, although hard to follow, given its high activity levels.
Range Southeast, Eastern Canada, New England, Alaska, Rocky Mountains, Texas, Southwest, Plains, Great Lakes, Northwest, Western Canada, California, Florida, Mid-Atlantic
Voice Song is a sweet, whistling rattle wee che'che'che'che'che'che; call is a tongue-smacking tchep.
Discussion Small, plump-bodied wood-warbler with a dainty bill. Forages actively for insects and spiders, and sometimes flycatches. Sexes are separable. ADULT MALE Has mostly olive-yellow upperparts, darkest on wings. Black eye and middle crown are emphasized by mostly yellow face, including forehead. Underparts, including throat, are bright yellow. Legs are pinkish.


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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Grand Hotel Acapulco offers a rock-waterfall garden, orthodox synagogue, Mikveh Tevila (immersion pool), and a special Shabbat (Sabbath) elevator. An open-air, poolside restaurant serves kosher cuisine December through February for lunch, and dinner, with a Shabbat dinner on Friday nights and a Shabbat brunch on Saturdays. Breakfast is also available. Catholic Mass is offered on Sundays during busier seasons.
A fitness center is equipped with cardio machines and free weights. A beauty shop offers waxing and hair/nail care.
Other amenities include a business center with computer stations and high-speed Internet access. Complimentary WiFi is also available in public areas.
Clothing, beachwear, jewelry, gifts, cigars, snacks, and sundries are available in the hotel's shopping arcade. An area shuttle is also available (surcharge).
The hotel purifies its water. It does not allow pets.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 573
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 9
- Multilingual staff
- Number of floors - 23
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 3
- Beach umbrellas
- Beach cabanas (surcharge)
- Shopping on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Children's pool
- Television in common areas
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pools
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Children's club (free)
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Playground on site
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
Grand Hotel Acapulco offers 573 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and hair dryers. Rooms open to balconies. LED televisions come with premium cable channels.
Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations with deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries. This Acapulco resort provides complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
- Air conditioning
- Balcony
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room safe
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Premium TV channels
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Zapata, Villa, y Compañia - Casual restaurant/bar featuring photos of revolutionary generals Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa. Mexican cuisine includes traditional selections and seafood such as lobster and shrimp. Meals for two grilled over charcoal at table. Specialty of meter-long (39-inch) beef tenderloin for two. Televisions. Game room with pool tables. Live dance music some nights. Dinner only, plus pozole party Thursday afternoons with live dance music.
El Pescador - Bayfront open-air restaurant serving burgers, salads, soups, appetizers, pizza, pasta, grilled items, and main courses such as sole with pine nut-coriander butter, sea bass with fried garlic and guajillo chile. Lunch and dinner.
El Pescador Bar - Open-air bar adjacent to El Pescador restaurant. Wrought-iron seating, sunset view.
La Ceiba - Air-conditioned, lobby-level restaurant serving a Mexican/American buffet and à la carte . À la carte lunch menu of appetizers, soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches, steak, fish, enchiladas, Indonesian nasi goreng, Chinese rice noodles. Lunch.
Lobby Bar - Lounge with cushioned seating, soft lighting, occasional piano music.
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel maintains a nine-hole municipal course (lighted for night play), 2.25 km (1.5 mi) away (surcharges apply).
On the hotel beachfront (as on many beaches around Acapulco Bay), independent operators rent out snorkeling gear, personal watercraft, and motor boats. They also arrange snorkeling, scuba-diving, glass-bottom-boat, and fishing excursions; parasailing flights, water skiing, and banana-boat rides.
Other popular activities include hiking in the Sierra Madre Mountains surrounding Acapulco, horseback riding on ocean beaches noted for surfing, and jet-boat river trips. Acapulco also has four championship 18-hole golf courses, all located in the same area about 10 km (six miles) from the hotel.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Playground on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible bathroom
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Hotel Name
- Acapulco Grand Hotel
- Grand Acapulco
- Grand Hotel Acapulco
- Acapulco Grand Mayan
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The UN often comes under fire for not having achieved the twin goals of every Miss World contestant - world peace and the eradication of poverty. I say we just haven't achieved them yet. But let's never lose sight of the big goals and let's never lose sight of the UN System's unique role in setting global standards and visioning major global threats and opportunities coming over the horizon.
That's why we asked the UN to hold last September's UN Summit on NCDs. Global problems like diabetes and the other NCDs require global leadership and vision.
Last week, saw that leadership from the UN in three important new areas - yes, the green shoots of the 'NCD Spring' are emerging in response to the Summit.
In December the UN system took an impressive first step when UN agencies met for the first time to discuss collaborative action on NCDs. Last week saw a tangible result of that meeting - a joint letter from the Heads of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and WHO (Helen Clark and Margaret Chan) announcing a partnership of their two agencies on NCDs. This is big news indeed!
The letter from Clark and Chan sent to all UN country offices recommends prioritising NCDs in the UN Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAFs), which drive UN programmes at country level. This is a major victory for diabetes and NCDs. It signals loud and clear that diabetes/NCDs are the business of the entire UN system, and not just UN agencies working on health. It recognises NCDs as a development challenge touching all sectors and requiring the combined technical expertise and firepower of the entire UN system. And we agree!
When I came into this job 3 years ago diabetes/NCDs were not a priority for the UN system and this level of collaboration was inconceivable. The UN Summit enabled us to make our case - and IDF did that in the UN with the NCD Alliance and NCD champions such as Sir George Alleyne and Robert Beaglehole.
Secondly, last week I was consulted on WHO and UNAIDS plans for a potential joint working on NCDs. In IDF we often quote the man in Cambodia who told IDF Past President Martin Silink 'I wish I had AIDS and not diabetes'. We have always argued for diabetes to be integrated into existing health systems and programmes, particularly at primary health care. Thankfully, people with AIDS are now living (not dying) with that disease and (less good news), are living long enough to get NCDs like diabetes. AIDS is now a chronic disease like diabetes. Bringing together NCDs with AIDS will drive better health systems that will benefit people with all other conditions and diseases. We have reason to be very optimistic about this development and look forward to seeing its impact on the ground.
Two green shoots and there is more.
NCDs are absent from the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This has been an obstacle to mobilising the political priority and resources needed for diabetes/NCDs. IDF and the NCD Alliance have lobbied hard to ensure diabetes and NCDs are integrated into the development framework that will replace the MDGs in 2015.
This week we came a step closer when UNDP – the lead UN agency on the post-2015 development framework – announced that the consultations for the post 2015 framework will include NCDs. We are thrilled with this development. These consultations will help shape the next iteration of the MDGs which will in turn shape global action and resource flows. We will not be left out this time!
This breakthrough is also due to the momentum and visibility created by the UN Summit on NCDs and the behind the scenes work of IDF and our partners. I had the pleasure of being at a dinner with the Head of UNDP Helen Clark last November, enabling me to stress that diabetes/NCDs are a critical development issue UNDP cannot ignore. IDF and the NCD Alliance were later invited to submit a briefing paper to UNDP and the UN Task Team on our vision for diabetes/NCDs in the post-2015 development framework. We did that and today we have evidence that our message was heard.
So this week I want to applaud UNDP, WHO and UNAIDS for their vision and leadership. Change is coming for diabetes/NCDs and from my vantage point in the Northern hemisphere, Spring is in the air!


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December 28th, 2010
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As many of you may know, FamilySearch.org, has had a facelift and I'm liking it!
From the home page you have several options each of which will be determined by your reason for visiting the website. I admit that heretofore my principal reason for visiting was to use the "Library Catalog" (new look demonstrated herein), but now I'm sure I'll frequently use the site to use "Historical Records" – more about that in a subsequent post. For now let's look at some screen shots illustrating the Library Catalog.
The Library Catalog is more user friendly. By way of example, a search place-names for "New Hampshire, Merrimack" produces the results seen below.
One thing that is so great is that you can search for a different "place-name" etc. from this very screen without having to go back one or more pages to select another search.
You'll notice that the number of items in each category is listed in parenthesis following the category. Notice that there are three items under "New Hampshire, Merrimack – Court Records." Selecting Court Records yields the following (a fly-out menu of sorts)
Once again you'll notice you can change your search terms without having to hit back error of your browser three or four times. In order to learn more detail about a particular entry, click on the item of interest. For the sake of illustration, I selected the third choice "Court Records." The results is easy to read and understand. The screen shot I'm offering here is only the top part of the view.
It will be necessary to scroll down the page to see additional information including "Film Notes" that provide the title and FHL microfilm number. Although one cannot conduct a new search from this screen, the "back to search results" link under the title, "Court records" will take you to that option.
Try it! You'll like it!
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McNeese State's Ledrick Eackles puts up the shot over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Will Nelson. (Rick Hickman / American Press)
Last Modified: Friday, January 11, 2013 12:22 PM
By Alex Hickey / American Press
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ended up being just what the doctor ordered for McNeese State, though the prescription didn't go down all that easily as the Cowboys escaped with a 75-71 Southland Conference win over the struggling Islanders Thursday night at Burton Coliseum.
McNeese (7-7, 1-3 SLC) snapped a four-game losing streak while the Islanders (1-12, 0-3) dropped their 11th in a row.
"I'm just happy that we won," said McNeese head coach Dave Simmons. "We needed that very badly. Anybody can beat anybody in this league, especially in the lower tier."
Four Cowboys scored in double figures, led by 16 points from Desharick Guidry. Kevin Hardy broke out of a two-game cold spell with 14 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and three steals.
"Kevin rebounded extremely well," Simmons said. "Everything came off of that."
Hardy hit a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer, then added nine second-half points.
"You can see the difference in the score," Simmons said. "That was obviously a huge momentum play for us, and going into the first 5 minutes of the second half trying to continue to stretch the lead. We did that. We just have to close out a little better as far as late-game management."
Ledrick Eackles came off the bench for 15 points, and Craig McFerrin was just shy of a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds.
The Cowboys had to withstand a red-hot start from the Islanders, who drained their first five shots from 3-point range. Will Nelson led Corpus Christi with a game-high 24 points and Johnathan Jordan added 17.
The Islanders struggled from the field in the second half, shooting 32.1 percent (9 of 28). However, a 15-of-16 effort from the free-throw line kept Corpus Christi alive.
The Cowboys kept the Islanders at bay by making their own free throws down the stretch. McNeese was 12-for-14 from the line in the final 2 minutes.
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Former premier Danny Williams says he wasn't pulling any strings behind the scenes in the PC party leadership, no matter what John Crosbie might think.
In fact, Williams said he even encouraged Crosbie's son, Ches Crosbie, to run for the top job.
"First of all, I can't understand why John Crosbie is coming at me, to be quite honest with you," Williams said. "He's come to me on the sealers fund and other funds, and I've contributed — personally and otherwise — to these funds. So I don't understand the reason for what he's doing here."
On Saturday at a celebration of the life and work of Newfoundland political satirist Ray Guy, Crosbie read from a 1969 column and compared the politics of the Joey Smallwood era to the current state of play.
VIDEO: Crosbie's comments during Ray Day
Crosbie said he was dismayed by the fact that not a single member of the PC caucus or cabinet ran for the leadership, and that premier-designate Frank Coleman will take office without ever winning any sort of democratic process.
Crosbie said he believes that Danny Williams was pulling the strings behind the scenes to make it happen.
But Williams said he was taken aback when he read the comments in the newspaper, because he always felt that he had a pretty good relationship with Crosbie.
"When John was in Government House, John came to me looking for a half-million dollars for an elevator because he didn't want to walk up over the stairs to the second floor, and after time we put it in," Williams said. "Out of respect, I put that in place."
But when she heard the comment about the elevator, Crosbie's granddaughter, Megan Alexander, took to Twitter to stick up for him.
She posted a picture of herself in a cast and crutches standing next to Crosbie, and she wrote, "(Government House), a gov building, was rightly made handicap accessible after I couldn't safely get up the stairs."
She said the elevator wasn't for him — or for her, specifically — but the stairs are very narrow and her situation made it clear that the building wasn't accessible to people with disabilities.
More broadly, Crosbie's point about the PC Party was that without a competitive leadership race, it's nearly impossible for the party to renew itself.
But Williams batted back on that point too.
"When I ran for the leadership, nobody else ran against me. Not because I went out and strong-armed them not to, they just decided that it was going to be uncontested," he said. "I did the same thing and that worked out OK, I think."
Williams acknowledged that he publicly criticized Tory leadership challenger Bill Barry — who withdrew from the race in April, saying "the fix was in" — but apart from Barry, Williams said he encouraged all of the cabinet ministers, MHAs and outsiders who talked to him about running for the job.
That includes Ches Crosbie, who Williams said came up to his office and talked about a possible run.
The Telegram was not able to reach Ches Crosbie for comment.
Williams said once he gets past a bit of a rocky start, he thinks Coleman will do well.
"It's important that we have good people stepping up for politics, but when you've got to leave yourself open to this kind of abuse from a former politician who doesn't have the facts correct, it's really sad," he said. "I've got to tell you, Mr. Coleman is an outstanding individual. He's got great credentials in business. He's a wonderful family man, he's a good speaker, and he's just a very, very good person."
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Family: Parulidae, Wood Warblers view all from this family
Description MALE In spring, has olive-green back and tail and subtly darker wings with very faint pale wing bars. Head is grayish, with dark line through eye and whitish supercilium and throat; underparts are otherwise whitish, with gray wash on flanks. FEMALE In spring recalls male, but is duller with yellowish wash to head and neck. FALL ADULT Similar to respective sex in spring, but with less colorful upperparts. IMMATURE Yellowish green overall, with discrete pale wing bars and pale supercilium; undertail coverts are usually whitish, but even when washed faint yellow they are much paler than rest of underparts.
Dimensions Length: 5" (13 cm)
Habitat Fairly common summer visitor (mainly May-Jul) to boreal coniferous forests, particularly wet spruce woods. Winters in Central and South America.
Observation Tips Easy to see.
Range Southeast, Western Canada, Eastern Canada, Rocky Mountains, Alaska, Southwest, Mid-Atlantic, New England, Northwest, Florida, Plains, Texas, Great Lakes, California
Voice Song is a three-part series of short notes, the last part the fastest: sip-sip-sip-sip, si-si-si-si, si'si'si'si'si; call is a tongue-smacking tchht.
Discussion Active wood-warbler with plain, clean-looking plumage and dark legs. Probes flowers for nectar and insects and searches among foliage for other invertebrates, notably Spruce Budworm. Sexes are dissimilar.