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March 2, 2012
Collateral Damage
Socket to Him
A.J. Burnett, PIT (Eye)
Ryan Howard, PHI (Achilles surgery)
Grady Sizemore, CLE (Back surgery)
Franklin Gutierrez, SEA (Pectoral strain)
Austin Romine, NYA (Low back inflammation)
Evan Longoria, TBA (Right hand contusion)
Sergio Escalona, HOU (Left elbow soreness)
Flesh Wounds
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Re: Howard, I know timetables are very uncertain, but whats a realistic time from, running and turning extensively to being able to run after getting a hit in a game? that was basically the next step right? could it be faster than 4 weeks from that point?
Mar 02, 2012 05:44 AM
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For Achilles surgeries, the progression is much slower from one point to another. There is a big difference between running in a strain line as part of rehab and the sudden quick explosion out of the batters box.
Mar 04, 2012 10:44 AM
A catcher with possibly chronic lower back issues won't stay a catcher for long, right? I'd assume squatting doesn't help the back at all.
Mar 03, 2012 06:42 AM
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Personally I am not too happy with our 1st round pick Kevin Williams. We should have taken Suggs. 24 sacks how do You pass that up??? Tice better prove us wrong with taking Williams. As far as our 2nd round pick EJ Henderson he was a steal because he can learn from Beikert so he can take over MLB when Beikert retires. 3rd round pick Nate Burleson was in my opinion was a waste. We have Bates,Campbell,Alexander,Walsh. We did not need another WR at this pick. We should have taken a CB with the 3rd round pick like Weathersby or whoever was a decent CB avaliable. The 4th round pick was a good one with Onterrio Smith. We at least got a good kick returner out of the deal but I think he is better than that cause he can come in for Bennett when he needs a breather and keep up the same momentum as if Bennett was in there. Now I dont know what we will with the two 6th round picks hopefully there are a couple decent guys avaliable. We still need a good DE,CB,or Safety unless Tice and his big surprise after the draft is Sammy Knight or Kwame Lassiter or even Tony Brackens if he is released.

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Honor Flight, the national program whose mission is to transport - free of charge - military veterans of World War II to Washington, D.C., to view their World War II Memorial and other appropriate commemorative sites announces the start of a local chapter (commonly referred to as a "hub") in the Tri States region named Great River Honor Flight.
Of all the wars in recent memory, it was WWII that truly threatened our very existence as a nation and a free society. Now, with more than 1,000 WWII veterans dying each day, it's more than time to express our thanks to these brave men and women as they near the end of their journey. Honor Flight does this in the most safe, effective, efficient and timely manner while at the same time showing them the highest degree of honor, respect and gratitude they so richly deserve.
Great River Honor Flight is a non-profit organization created solely for this purpose. Our goal will be to transport our heroes to Washington, D.C., so they may visit and reflect on their memorials. Top priority is given to senior veterans - WWII survivors, along with veterans who may be terminally ill. It is funded entirely by contributions. All donations to our federal, nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization are tax deductible.
Veterans are selected by filling in an application that is available at www.honorflight.org or in the local chapter's website, www.wgem.com/honorflight. It costs around $300 per veteran for an Honor Flight -that includes flight, bus transportation to the airport in St. Louis and in Washington, food, etc. That cost is for somewhere around 35 veterans and about 20 Guardians that would accompany them. The Guardians are volunteers and pay their own way.
The trip is a one day - long day - excursion, but the comments are that the veterans are so pumped up, they have more than enough energy to see it thru. The itinerary will include approximately a 6 hour stay in Washington during which time the veterans will visit the World War II Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier), Iwo Jima Memorial, Lincoln, Korean and Vietnam Memorials (as time permits). The trip is done in one day in order to minimize any logistical problems and provide this unique experience for our veterans.
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Most of us are aware that there is a heightened risk for cancer if diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune diseases, because many of them "act" similarly at the cellular level. Additionally, certain medications may put RA patients at higher risk — but these same medications can ironically be used to treat cancer. "RA … Continue reading
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Many would agree that in order to succeed in the game of football, a team must dominate the line of scrimmage. Even though some say the league has evolved, this remains constant. It's essential to protect the QB and provide clean running lanes for your RB's.
Most would also agree that the biggest need for the Chiefs this offseason is on the offensive line. I firmly believe KC can set the trenches for years to come by making wise decisions with their first two draft choices in 2012.
Drafting the Beef
Scott Pioli has repeatedly indicated he wants to build this team through the draft. We haven't seen any blockbuster free agent deals in Pioli's time with the Chiefs, so a reasonable person would assume that will not change now.
The first draft pick for the Chiefs has got to be obvious. Maybe even the second. More info after the jump.
Round 1 Selection
By many accounts, he's best Offensive Guard prospect to come along in quite some time. He's slotted to go in the middle of the first round. It's a can't miss, 100% certain pick that Pioli should be salivating over. You guessed it.. His name is David DeCastro, OG, Stanford (6'5", 315 lbs).
I can see this coming in the comments... "Spend the 11th (12th?) overall pick on an OG?? You must be crazy. You can get a quality OG in the 2nd and 3rd rounds." Let me give you a nudge to get you on board with this pick. Per NFLMocks.com:
Player Comparison: Will Shields
Okay, now I have your attention! That guy seemed to work out pretty good for us.
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Simply put DeCastro has no flaws in his game or in his personality. He should be protecting the president. He has dominated every game I have scouted. He has handled big DT's with no problem such as Alemeda Ta'Amu and he has dominated quicker DT's as well. He gets to the second level quickly and demolishes second level defenders which allows for many big plays. Every team could use him but I don't see him lasting past early 20's and he could be a top 10-15 pick due to his talent. Teams such as Titans, Chiefs, Chargers, Cowboys, Buccs, Lions, and Texans will look to pick this kid up.
NFL Mocks: David DeCastro Scouting Report
DeCastro moves in and starts right away. Along with Hudson and Asamoah, the heart of the offensive trenches is set for years and years to come. There are no red flags and no foreseen flaws. He's got to be the pick.
Round 2 Selection
Now that you're on board with that selection, what will the Chiefs be thinking with the second round selection? Let me first say that I believe Barry Richardson should be retained by KC. I know that won't be a popular statement among AP'ers. But... He provides nice depth as a swing tackle and is surprisingly one of the better RT FA's (or FART, if you must go there). However, it's plain to see this position needs upgraded. A guy that looks to be available when KC is on the clock in Round 2 is Zebrie Sanders, OT, FSU (6' 6", 307 lbs).
Sanders, like Richardson, could be used as a swing tackle. He did time at both tackle positions with FSU, sliding in at LT (and excelling) when the starter went down. Sanders could potentially challenge Richardson right away for the starting RT job.
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His best attribute his is ability to move well in the passing game "range" and to get to the second level in the run game…He has Good size…big wingspan and huge hands (this is the 40 yard dash for OL)…agile…athletic…moves his feet well…can really get to the second level well…bends well and plays with good leverage…has played both right tackle and left tackle at Florida State and is athletic enough to play LT (has actually looked better at LT this year)…a lot of upside…
Though he has the body type to fill out he needs to continue to add more strength because he can overwhelmed at the snap by powerful defensive linemen…raw from a technical standopint…doesn't have elite awarness…not extremely disciplined too many false starts and holding penalties have been called on him…
You better believe that Pioli will have Hudson in his office soon to get the inside scoop on Sanders.
NFL Mocks: Zebrie Sanders Scouting Report
Walter Football has Sanders ranked as the 5th best OT prospect in the draft.
Walter Football - 2012 NFL Draft: Offensive Tackle Rankings
Closing Comments
To an extent, the big guys up front can determine the level of play of the guys behind them. A solid O-Line can turn a mediocre QB above average. They can make a stud RB All-World. The best option for this team is to solidify the Offensive Line right away. Whether it's Kyle Orton, Matt Cassel, or Matt Moore (you can also insert the other 15 names here), it's likely KC will have a mediocre QB under center this year.
Here's the kicker. Pioli has said he hopes to draft a QB every year. You better believe he will eventually hit with one of those picks, if given enough time. Hear me when I say: The offensive trenches must be set when that QBOTF is realized. Here's to hoping Pioli will draft the beef this year, solidifying the Offensive Line for the next 10 years.
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Drivers that qualified in odd-numbered spots run the first race to set the lineup for the odd-numbered (inside line) starting positions and those in the even-numbered spots run the second race to set the lineup for the even-numbered (outside line) starting spots.
The top fifteen drivers from each duel other than the driver that has already clinched a front row starting spot will then qualify for the Daytona 500 in rows two through sixteen.
Budweiser Duel #1
Danica Patrick qualified on the pole so she also lead the field of odd-numbered starters to the green flag for this race. Since she is guaranteed to start on the front row she didn't race hard today. Instead she treated this as drafting practice and made sure that she brought the car home in one piece.
2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne started on the outside of the front row. Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin made up row number two.
Denny Hamlin gave Trevor Bayne a big push on the outside and Bayne lead lap one. The inside and outside lanes stayed pretty much intact in the early going but the outside lane edged ahead. This was similar to what we saw during the Sprint Unlimited last weekend. The outside lane is the place to be and passing is difficult.
Trevor Bayne continued to lead the first half of the race until 2013 Sprint Unlimited winner Kevin Harvick pulled a line of fast cars on the bottom and took over the lead.
The leaders all dove onto pit road with twenty laps to go. Kevin Harvick won the race off pit road and lead up to the inevitable caution.
The drivers had crashed everytime that they have had the Gen 6 car in the draft. This race was no different. Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin got together With eight laps to go collecting Trevor Bayne and Regan Smith. This was Carl Edwards' fourth wreck of Speedweeks.
There were four laps to go when the green flag flew once again. Harvick picked the outside lane with Greg Biffle beside him on the bottom. Jimmie Johnson pushed Harvick on the top while Biffle lost his help on the bottom and slipped back.
It was no contest at the end. Just like he did on Saturday night Greg Biffle pushed Kevin Harvick to the win.
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- Greg Biffle
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- Jimmie Johnson
- Kurt Busch
Budweiser Duel #2
The even numbered drivers lined up behind Jeff Gordon who was guaranteed to start on the outside of row number one on Sunday as long as he didn't wreck it or break it today. Gordon was joined on the front row for Duel #2 by fourth place qualifier Ryan Newman. Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch made up row number two when the green flag flew.
Newman hung tough on the bottom with a car that he wrecked yesterday and lead lap one but he got shuffled out of line and Jeff Gordon took over the top spot on the outside lane for lap two and all the way to the pit stop with roughly twenty to go.
Gordon was penalized for speeding on pit road which cost him his chance at the win. This left Kyle Busch and Clint Bowyer at the head of the pack as the laps were winding down.
On the bright side this was one of the first drafting exercises of the week without a crash. On the downside this race featured single-file racing with very little passing at the front. This does not bode well for Sunday's Daytona 500.
In spite of Darrell Waltrip's best hyperbole and false excitement this was not good racing.
Kasey Kahne tried to make a move but the leader was un-passable once again and Kyle Busch picked up the win.
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- Kasey Kahne
- Austin Dillon
- Clint Bowyer
- Matt Kenseth
Now the field is set. Next stop for the Sprint Cup drivers is the 2013 Daytona 500.


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Visit the Eephus League Magazine!
The Eephus League of Baseball Minutiae is my senior project. The name is referencing the infamous "Eephus" pitch, an incredible slow pitch designed to throw off the timing of a hitter. The backbone of the project is the Eephus League website, a community driven blog where baseball fans can upload photos, share stories and view information about all of the miscellanea and minutiae that make baseball such a rich entity. The site automatically formats the different categories of posts in a uniform way, allowing the site to be visually consistent despite having multiple authors. The Eephus League also has a print component, with 5 booklets containing various pieces of baseball history, statistics and trivia.
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Here's Rachel Walsh, twenty-seven and the miserable owner of size 8 feet. She has regular congress with Luke Costello, a man who wears his leather trousers tight. And she's fond — some might say too fond — of recreational drugs.
Until everything goes pearshaped and she finds herself being frogmarched to the Cloisters - Dublin's answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She's outraged. Surely she's not thin enough to be an addict? But on the bright side, she's heard that rehab places are wall-to-wall jucuzzis, gymnasiums and rock stars going tepid turkey. Besides, it's about time she had a little holiday.
Rachel isn't expecting plump, middle-aged men in brown jumpers, and more group therapy than you can shake a stick at. That — alarmingly — she seems to be expected to join in with. Who cares for introspection when all there is to look at is damaged and broken?
Heartsick and Luke-sick, she seeks redemption in the shape of Chris, a Man with a Past. A man who might be more trouble than he's worth.
Rachel is airlifted from addiction to the unfamiliar terrain of adulthood, via a love story or two, in a novel by turns poignant, powerful and seriously funny.


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Jeffrey A. Moyer, 46, of Macungie, died Jan. 16 in his home.
He worked for Leibensperger Transportation Sales, Macungie, for the past 20 years.
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St. Paul police were called to the 500 Block of Charles Ave at about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday after receiving reports of a black bear in the area, and they shot it after tracking it to Lafond Avenue, where it had climbed a tree.
Officers saw the black bear and tracked it to the 500 Block of Lafond Ave where the bear climbed a tree. Police established a perimeter, and the DNR advised officers to shoot and kill the bear.
Police say the bear was shot out of concern for community safety because they worried that if the bear woke up after being tranquilized, it would pose a risk to the neighborhood and officers.
Police waited about an hour for the bear to come down from the tree before they shot and killed it with a rifle around 1:30 a.m.
DNR workers recovered the bear carcass from the scene. No one was injured during the incident.
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For this exercise, you will need both Google SketchUp (Free or Pro version) and Google Earth (any version).
If a SketchUp model with scenes is placed in Google Earth, you can see those scenes in Google Earth. To see what this means, download my "Google Earth Scenes DC" model from the 3D Warehouse. You can find it at this link.
The model is a sort of pavilion, located between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. When you download this model, be sure not to import it directly into another model, because this model contains scenes. Four Scene tabs appear above the drawing window, as shown below.
Scroll through the scenes to see the camera view for each. Scene 1 faces due north, while Scene 2 faces southeast. Scene 3 faces east, looking directly at the Washington Monument (whose model was found in the 3D Warehouse and inserted into this model). This scene was created using the Position Camera tool, with the viewer standing inside the pavilion. Scene 4 was created in a similar way; it faces west looking toward the Lincoln Memorial whose model was also inserted.
Tip: Adding a few "landmark" models for reference is a good idea, but don't add too many, or your file will get bogged down!
Tip: Adding a few "landmark" models for reference is a good idea, but don't add too many, or your file will get bogged down!
Before sending the pavilion to Google Earth, first erase or hide the other two models, so that they won't be duplicated in Google Earth. (If you skip this step, you'll have two memorials and two monuments in Google Earth, directly atop one another. Not really a big deal!)
Still in SketchUp, click Place Model.
This opens Google Earth (if it's not already open), and flies you to the pavilion model. To see the other buildings, make sure the 3D Buildings layer is turned on.
Here's how to view the scenes: Look in the Places window, and find the "SUPreview" item under "Temporary Places." This is the pavilion model, assigned a temporary name.
Open "SUPreview," which contains two items: "Tour" and "Model." Double-clicking on these will take you to specific views of the pavilion. And when you open "Tour," you will see the four scenes contained in the SketchUp model.
Double-click Scene 1, and this is how it looks in Google Earth.
Note that the view won't be exactly the same as it was in SketchUp; the Google Earth camera is set a bit farther back.
Here is Scene 3 in Google Earth, which almost matches Scene 3 from SketchUp.
Because the camera is slightly different in the two applications, it takes some tweaking in SketchUp to get the exact scene you want in Google Earth. If a particular Google Earth scene isn't quite right, return to SketchUp and display the same scene. Make the necessary adjustments, and update the scene by right-clicking on the Scene tab and choosing Update. Then click Place Model again, return to Google Earth, and update the KMZ file when prompted. Test out the updated scene to see if the changes are sufficient.
If you want to try this yourself, here's a good way to get started. In Google Earth, fly to the location you want, and zoom in or out so that a large patch of area fills the view. It's helpful to spin the view so that north points up.
Switch to SketchUp and click Get Current View.
This imports into SketchUp the exact view you see in Google Earth. With the Google Earth view oriented so that north is up, SketchUp's Top view will match the Google Earth view. This makes it easier to orient your SketchUp scenes. And as you already saw, adding some ready-made landmarks as models in SketchUp can also help.
Wondering how to find an exact SketchUp model that appears in Google Earth? Within SketchUp, open the Components window and enter the name of the model you want, followed by "is:best-of-geo." For this example, a search for "Washington monument is:best-of-geo" turns up the exact model that is found in Google Earth.
For some other advanced search syntax terms, see:
A video of this exercise can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BdAphgWTIg.
Bonnie Roskes is the author of Google SketchUp 7 Hands-On: Basic and Advanced Exercises, which is her sixth release on SketchUp. She has also authored the Google SketchUp Cookbook, published by O'Reilly media. In addition to pro-level books, Bonnie also has a Student Coursebook on SketchUp, as well as design project books and geometry project books for kids in K-12. For info on all of Bonnie's books, as well as free resources for teachers and parents, go to www.3dvinci.net.
Bonnie has also authored books on Piranesi and OneCNC, as well as reference manuals, user guides, and tutorials for other CAD applications. She has a BS and MS in structural engineering, and worked for several years in bridge design and analysis before moving to tech writing.
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A Tucson woman is recovering after she was attacked by a swarm of bees.
Tucson Fire Department Capt. Trish Tracy said the woman was walking her dogs in a wash on Monday when she came across the bee swarm.
The woman and her dogs ran to a nearby home, where the residents found her covered in bees.
Firefighters responded minutes later and found five people had been stung. Crews sprayed foam on the bees while paramedics transported the woman to an area hospital. The woman is expected to survive, but was treated for serious injuries.
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- I left work this lunch-time and was promptly mugged by a migraine. I felt like someone had smashed me across the bridge of the nose with an iron bar. I staggered home and filled up on ibuprofen. Even once the pain-killers had kicked in, I felt disorientated and cotton-wool-for-brains. Not conducive to getting on with my essays at all. This made me exceedingly cross (oy vey, the crossness begins). Also, mildly panicky as to whether the eye weirdness I ALWAYS get with migraines counts as the sort of visual disturbance one should stop using Clomid for. Yes? No? Anyone? Also, I do not think I have had as many migraines in the rest of my life as I've had in this past year.
- Still a little crampy, even though the Red Tide turned itself off on the afternoon of day three with the suddenness of an upturned bottle reaching empty. Spot. Spot. Spot. Ow.
- In the past few weeks, I have bumped into the following opinions about period pain – a) It's not that bad and girls who make a fuss are wimps (by some tosser on a forum discussing how to deal with your daughter's periods). b) Painful periods are a psychological reaction to the disappointment of not being pregnant (by some other tosser on another forum on painful periods – you can see my reading matter was getting a little preoccupied). c) My periods wouldn't be so painful if I just RELAAAAAAAXED. No, wait, to be fair, the actual phrase was, 'you need to relax more, I'm sure the stress is making it worse,' which doesn't necessarily sound bad, but it was said by sister Trouble, and naturally I was incandescent with rage the second she said it despite my cool and bland exterior – cool and bland because I am an excellent liar and dissembler and I'm sure she meant well, but I AM NOT GOING TO FREAKING RELAX, ALREADY. Sheesh. d) 'Your periods will get a lot better once you've had a kid', said, luckily, not to me, but by a woman with kids to another woman without, both of who I work with and whom I overheard in the ladies loo while I was dealing with the Dressing Station At The Battle Of The Somme in the next cubicle, last Friday.
- The enormo-bruise on my right thigh I got well over two weeks ago, when a security gate slammed shut just as I was walking through it (stars, I saw them). It's still luridly green and it's still tender. And you can see the exact outline of the edge of the gate in purple against the green. Mmmmm, yummy.
- And then, of course, there's my heart, which pretty much matches my thigh. We're very keen on matched accessories chez May. My socks match every day.
Category Archives: Clomid take 2 – same again with fingers crossed. Worked, briefly.
Pain, or, beyond 'it hurts, deal with it'.
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[Insert standard whinge here about heavy and excruciatingly painful periods, clotting in an -oh-my-God-is-that-my-liver? way, and being pretty-much stoned on a combination of sleep-deprivation and opiates].
Today I start Clomid again. Yipp-fucking-ee. It's all about the sucky bad attitude chez May this week.
You see, the plan for this cycle is to do exactly what I did last cycle, same dose (50mg), same scans, same 7-days-post-ovulation blood test. Because I phoned them up 12 days post ovulation to announce the decided loss of my uterine lining, they are even more determined to monitor this cycle. The Wand-Monkey Nurse explained that my luteal phase was short because I ovulated late and pathetically, and that I may well respond better this cycle, lots of women do, but they need to check. I tried valiantly – in the middle of the work-place, with people peering round the door of the deserted office I was having a private conversation in, and it was obviously private or I wouldn't be lurking in here, so go away – to explain that I always had short luteal phases. I am not entirely sure the nurse was listening nearly as hard as the occasional colleague. And I really don't see the point; of same again, that is. I only get six cycles, why waste one on same-again? Why not up the dose of Clomid? Why not hand out the progesterone supplements?
So, this cycle is a barrel of shite from the get-go. Hurrah!
Forgive the foul temper. I spent yesterday holding it together at work despite the cramps and drugs (codeine works, but sheesh, it's hard to concentrate through it), and then I went to the theatre with a friend in the evening, which was great fun, so I ought to be very cheery, but very hard work when all I wanted to do was curl up into a ball on the floor. Naturally, I slept very little last night and am so tired today I don't know what to do with myself. Also, ow ow ow.


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3:00pm Wednesday 9th July 2014 in Hampshire Business By Richard Garfield, Business Editor
MORE than 100 retired people and their families in Basingstoke enjoyed an opportunity to meet and greet celebrity gardener, Chris Beardshaw, at a special opening ceremony at McCarthy & Stone's two Basingstoke developments.
On Monday Chris visited McCarthy & Stone's Emma Court and Lady Susan Court in New Road and Southern Road, officially opening the developments and signed copies of his book 100 Plants that Almost Changed the World.
Jacqui Meenan, regional sales and marketing director for McCarthy & Stone, said: "We couldn't have been more thrilled to have welcomed Chris to our Basingstoke developments.
"All the homeowners and guests really enjoyed spending the afternoon with him and asking questions about his brilliant gardening career.
"Despite no longer keeping their own gardens, many of our homeowners are still keen enthusiasts and like to keep their hands-in by creating their own potted creations, or enjoying the beautiful landscapes here at the development, so it was great for them to be able to get some quality tips for keeping their fingers-green in later life from an award-winner like Chris."
Chris previously helped create an award winning garden for McCarthy & Stone at last year's RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
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In my year of blogging for "Faith, Hope & Love," the official blog of CatholicMatch, I have read countless success stories of couples who took a risk, completed their profile and found love on this site. I read each and every story intently and marvel at how a simple emotigram or message can change the course of one's life.
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God might as well have taken out a billboard on the freeway that said, "Jessica, it's time."
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Heat (1995 film)
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|Directed by
|Michael Mann
|Produced by
|Michael Mann
Art Linson
|Written by
|Michael Mann
|Music by
|Elliot Goldenthal
|Dante Spinotti
|Edited by
|Pasquale Buba
William Goldenberg
Dov Hoenig
Tom Rolf
|Regency Enterprises
|Distributed by
|Warner Bros.
|Release date(s)
|Running time
|170 minutes
|United States
|$60 million
|Box office
Heat is a 1995 American action film written, produced and directed by Michael Mann, and starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer. The film was released in the United States on December 15, 1995. De Niro plays Neil McCauley, a professional thief, while Pacino plays Lt. Vincent Hanna, a veteran L.A.P.D. robbery-homicide detective tracking down McCauley's crew. The central conflict is based on the experiences of former Chicago police officer Chuck Adamson and his pursuit in the 1960s of a criminal named McCauley, after whom De Niro's character is named.[2] Heat was a critical and commercial success, grossing $67 million in the United States and $187 million worldwide.[1]
Career criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) and his crew, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), Michael Cheritto (Tom Sizemore) and Trejo (Danny Trejo), hire new recruit Waingro (Kevin Gage) and commit an armored car heist, stealing $1.6 million in bearer bonds belonging to money launderer Roger Van Zant (William Fichtner). Waingro impulsively kills one of the guards however, forcing them to kill the remaining two so as to leave no witnesses. An infuriated McCauley tries to kill Waingro afterwards, but he escapes. Afterwards McCauley's fence, Nate (Jon Voight), suggests they try to sell the bonds back to Van Zant, who agrees but secretly instructs his men to kill McCauley at the meeting. With backup from his crew, McCauley thwarts the ambush and vows revenge.
Lieutenant Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) of the LAPD leads the investigation of the heist and learns that McCauley's crew plans to rob a precious metals depository. Hanna and his unit—Sergeant Drucker (Mykelti Williamson) and Detectives Sammy Casals (Wes Studi), Mike Bosko (Ted Levine), and Danny Schwartz (Jerry Trimble), stake out the depository, but when an officer inadvertently makes a noise, McCauley is alerted and calls off the robbery. Despite the police surveillance, McCauley and his crew take on a final heist, a brazen bank holdup worth $12 million, to secure their financial futures. Hanna's unit investigates the murder of a prostitute by Waingro, putting them on his trail. Waingro later approaches Van Zant in search of work and revenge against McCauley.
Hanna learns that his wife Justine (Diane Venora) is having an affair and moves into a hotel, while McCauley finds a relationship with Eady (Amy Brenneman), a woman he meets in a cafe. Hanna deliberately intercepts McCauley and invites him to coffee. Meeting face to face, each concedes to the other the problems of his personal life. Hanna describes his concern for his depressed stepdaughter Lauren (Natalie Portman) and the failure of his third marriage due to his obsession with work, and McCauley confesses that life as a criminal forbids attachment and requires mobility, making his relationship with his girlfriend tenuous. Both men admit their commitment to their work and that they will not hesitate to kill the other if the circumstances demand it.
Hanna discovers that McCauley and his crew have evaded their surveillance, but Trejo is compromised. In need of a new getaway driver, McCauley recruits Donald Breedan (Dennis Haysbert), an ex-convict working a dead-end job at a diner. Hanna's unit is alerted to the robbery by a confidential informant and surprises McCauley's crew as they exit the bank. Cheritto, Breedan, and several police officers, including Detective Bosko, are killed in the ensuing shootout. McCauley narrowly escapes with an injured Shiherlis, and leaves him with a doctor to treat his wounds. He tracks down Trejo, whom he finds beaten to a bloody pulp with his wife murdered. Trejo reveals that Waingro was the informant, with Van Zant assisting him. McCauley finishes off Trejo at his own request, then kills Van Zant at his home. He makes plans to flee to New Zealand with Eady, with whom he has reconciled after she became aware of his criminal activities. The police surveil Waingro in a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport, and Hanna attempts to bait McCauley into coming out of hiding by releasing Waingro's whereabouts through his contacts.
Shiherlis' estranged wife Charlene (Ashley Judd) is lured by her lover Alan Marciano (Hank Azaria) to a police safe house, where Drucker threatens to charge Charlene as an accomplice and send her son into foster care if she doesn't betray her husband to the police. Charlene initially agrees, but, when Shiherlis shows up in disguise, she surreptitiously warns him, and he slips through the dragnet. Hanna finds Lauren unconscious in his hotel room from a suicide attempt and rushes her to the hospital. As he and Justine wait in the lobby, they commiserate but admit their marriage will never work. McCauley and Eady are en route to the airport when Nate calls with Waingro's location. McCauley has a change of heart, risking his assured freedom to exact his revenge. He infiltrates the hotel, creates a distraction by pulling a fire alarm, and kills Waingro. Moments away from escape, he is forced to abandon Eady when Hanna approaches through the crowd. Hanna chases McCauley into a field outside the LAX freight terminal and mortally wounds him, before holding McCauley's hand as he dies.
- Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna
- Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley
- Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis
- Diane Venora as Justine Hanna
- Jon Voight as Nate
- Tom Sizemore as Michael Cheritto
- Mykelti Williamson as Drucker
- Ashley Judd as Charlene Shiherlis
- Amy Brenneman as Eady
- Wes Studi as Detective Sammy Casals
- Ted Levine as Detective Mike Bosko
- Dennis Haysbert as Donald Breedan
- William Fichtner as Roger Van Zant
- Hank Azaria as Alan Marciano
- Natalie Portman as Lauren Gustafson
- Tom Noonan as Kelso
- Jerry Trimble as Danny Schwartz
- Danny Trejo as Trejo
- Henry Rollins as Hugh Benny
- Kevin Gage as Waingro
- Ricky Harris as Albert Torena
- Tone Lōc as Richard Torena
- Jeremy Piven as Dr. Bob
- Xander Berkeley as Ralph
The film is based on Detective Chuck Adamson's pursuit of serial criminal Neil McCauley in the 1960s.[3][4] According to the featurettes Pacino, DeNiro and the Conversation and The Making of Heat: True Crime, included in the special-edition DVD, which includes a taped interview with Adamson, the scene of McCauley and Hanna in the restaurant was also based on a real event. Adamson met the real McCauley in a coffee shop and openly discussed the possible course of future events. The scene in which McCauley abandons the precious-metal heist after hearing a noise was also based on a real event: McCauley abandoned the robbery after one of Adamson's officers, positioned on the top floor of a building McCauley and his crew were breaking into, broke protocol to go to the toilet. McCauley heard, and withdrew.[5]
Heat is essentially an elaborate remake of the 1989 TV film L.A. Takedown, also directed by Mann.[6] Notwithstanding an added subplot involving the Van Zant character, the parallel with the earlier movie is striking, in the details of its plot, in its dialogue, and even in the notes of its musical score.
Release and reception
Box office
Heat was released on December 15, 1995 and opened #3 in the box office with $8,445,656 opening weekend in 1,325 theaters (behind Jumanji and Toy Story respectively).[7] It grossed $67,436,818 in United States box offices, and $120,000,000 in foreign box offices.[8] Heat was ranked the #25 highest-grossing film of 1995.[8]
Heat was well received by critics. The film-critic aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports 86% positive reviews based on 59 reviews,[9] while Metacritic gives a score of 76 based on 22 reviews.[10] Roger Ebert gave the film 3½ stars out of 4, writing: "It's not just an action picture. Above all, the dialogue is complex enough to allow the characters to say what they're thinking: They are eloquent, insightful, fanciful, poetic when necessary. They're not trapped with cliches. Of the many imprisonments possible in our world, one of the worst must be to be inarticulate — to be unable to tell another person what you really feel."[11] Simon Cote of The Austin Chronicle called the film "One of the most intelligent crime-thrillers to come along in years", and said Pacino and De Niro's scenes together were "poignant and gripping".[12]
Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called the film a "sleek, accomplished piece of work, meticulously controlled and completely involving. The dark end of the street doesn't get much more inviting than this."[13] Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote, "Stunningly made and incisively acted by a large and terrific cast, Michael Mann's ambitious study of the relativity of good and evil stands apart from other films of its type by virtue of its extraordinarily rich characterizations and its thoughtful, deeply melancholy take on modern life."[14]
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills – Nominated[15]
The explicit nature of several of the film's scenes was cited as the model of a spate of robberies since its release. This included armored car robberies in South Africa, Colombia, Denmark, and Norway,[16][17][18] and most famously the 1997 North Hollywood Shootout, in which Larry Phillips, Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu robbed the North Hollywood branch of the Bank of America and, similarly to the film, were confronted by the LAPD as they left the bank. This shootout is considered one of the longest and bloodiest events of its type in American police history.[19][20] Both robbers were killed, and eleven police officers and seven civilians were injured during the shootout.
For his film The Dark Knight, director Christopher Nolan drew inspiration in his portrayal of Gotham City from Heat in order "to tell a very large, city story or the story of a city".[21]
Home media
Heat was released on VHS in June 1996.[22] Due to its running time, the film had to be released on two cassettes.[23]
Heat was released on DVD in 1999.[citation needed] A two-disc special-edition DVD was released in 2005, featuring an audio commentary by Michael Mann, deleted scenes, and numerous documentaries detailing the film's production.[citation needed]
The Blu-ray Disc was released on November 10, 2009, featuring a high-definition film transfer, supervised by Mann.[24] As well as approving the look of the transfer, Mann also recut two scenes slightly differently, referring to them as "new content changes".[25] The special-edition DVD is the original theatrical cut.[26]
- ^ a b "Heat (1985)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ George M. Thomas (27 February 2005). "He's a Goofy Goober; 'Heat'". Akron Beacon Journal.
- ^ "Heat". Tcm.com. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ "Reviews: Heat: Two-Disc Special Edition". The DVD Journal. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ^ Commentary by Michael Mann on Heat Two-Disc Special Edition DVD.
- ^ "Remakes That Worked". Empire. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
- ^ "Heat (1995)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Heat (1995)". Box Office Mojo. IMDB. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ "Heat (1995)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "Heat (1995): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "Heat :: Reviews". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "Heat". The Austin Chronicle. September 22, 1997. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- ^ "Critic Reviews for Heat". Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (December 5, 1995). "Review: Heat". Variety. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills Nominees
- ^ "Just Blame The Heat". Free.financialmail.co.za. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ McDermott, Jeremy (2003-08-05). "Life imitates art in Colombia robbery". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "The big coup". Translate.google.com. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ Cynthia Fuchs (2003-06-01). "44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout". PopMatters. Retrieved 2007-09-29. "The legal and cultural fallout of the crime had to do with just how much firepower the cops should be carrying, if outlaws find it so easy to purchase AK-47s at gun shows."
- ^ "Botched L.A. bank heist turns into bloody shootout". CNN. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
- ^ Stax (December 6, 2007). "IGN interviews Christopher Nolan". IGN Movies (Ziff Davis). Retrieved June 3, 2008.
- ^ Tuckman, Jeff (June 21, 1996). "Pacino and De Niro shoot up the screen in explosive 'Heat' On video". Daily Herald. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ Nichols, Peter M. (April 19, 1996). "Home Video". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "Heat Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "'Heat' Home Theater Forum Blu-ray review".
- ^ "'Heat' Rewind DVD comparison".
External links
- Heat at the Internet Movie Database
- Heat at AllMovie
- Heat at Box Office Mojo
- Heat at Rotten Tomatoes
- Heat at Metacritic
- Heat. Work and genre Jump Cut magazine, by J. A. Lindstrom, no. 43, July 2000, pp. 21–37
- De Niro and Pacino Star in a Film. Together, from The New York Times
- 1995 films
- English-language films
- 1990s action thriller films
- American action thriller films
- American crime thriller films
- American films
- Suspense films
- Fictional portrayals of the Los Angeles Police Department
- Films directed by Michael Mann
- Films set in Los Angeles, California
- Films shot in California
- Heist films
- Police detective films
- Warner Bros. films


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Williams is a Nebraska native who helped create Twitter and has launched several other high-tech businesses.
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As we're heading towards the World Series and the 2010 season, we're going to hear the saying that it's been 102 years since the Cubs won the World Series. Yes it gets old and if you're like me and get Extra Innings, you know every time it's not a Cubs broadcast, we'll hear those words.
However, I'm a 4th generation Cubs fan and no one in my family has ever seen the Cubs win the World Series. My family came to American in 1915 and became Cubs fans shortly thereafter (or so the story goes).
So my question to you guys is, do you have family that were Cubs fans in 1908 and have they told you what they remember of the World Series. Did they go to the games or maybe hear it on the radio.
As sad as it seems, we might be getting to the point in the next few years where nobody can recount a story of their grandparents or great grandparents seeing the Cubs win the World Series.
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Background: A promising new direction in cancer therapy is the use of cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells as broadly active tumoricidal agents. CIK cells derive from blood samples stimulated ex vivo, and these activated immune cells are capable of recognizing and destroying a plethora of tumor targets in vivo. In fact, CIK cells have demonstrated efficacy in clinical trials to treat patients with hepatoma, renal cell cancer, and hematological malignancies, and pre-clinical studies suggest they will also be efficacious in treating breast cancer. Despite the remarkable clinical promise of this therapy, little is known about the mechanisms that govern CIK cell migration from the bloodstream to tumor tissue in vivo. Understanding the trafficking patterns of these potent immune cells is of critical importance to advancing their use in humans Objective/Hypothesis: This proposal seeks to investigate the molecular interactions that underlie CIK cell homing from the bloodstream to tumor tissue. Specific Aims: 1. Screen ex vivo expanded CIK cells for markers of vascular adhesion; 2. Profile tumor-infiltrating CIK cells for novel markers of tumor recognition; 3. Visualize CIK trafficking to breast tumors using bioluminescence imaging (BLI) Study design: A variety of experimental approaches will be employed to investigate CIK cell trafficking from the bloodstream to tumor targets. First, CIK cells and breast tumor endothelia will be screened for the presence of proteins and glycans known to mediate leukocyte-blood vessel adhesion during the inflammatory response. Second, global profiling experiments will be performed on CIK cells to identify potentially novel CIK cell markers involved in the migration process. Last, the effects of the putative tumor-targeting molecules on CIK cell migration will be examined in murine tumor models using bioluminescence imaging (BLI). Potential Outcomes and Benefits: Collectively, these experiments will define the repertoire of molecules employed in CIK cell recognition of the breast tumor vasculature. Such information will guide the development of improved CIK cell-mediated cancer therapies, along with new mechanisms for targeted delivery of anticancer agents to tumor tissue. While we will focus our efforts on models of breast cancer, the potential exists to apply our findings to multiple types of malignancy and minimal residual disease.
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I've been using an App called iTunesMenu, since Leopard. All it does is display the currently playing iTunes track in the MenuBar, and give you a few playback options through a drop-down menu. Since updating to iTunes 11 on OSX 10.8, it's been painfully sluggish. Does anyone have an alternative? I've had a hard time finding a satisfactory one. I only care about it displaying the current track. I don't need any playback controls (I mean they're right on my keyboard!). The app hasn't been updated since 2009, so I don't expect an update to address my current issues. Could this possible be achieved with a script? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.


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PARTIALLY FIXED - Unable to "insert media" "from the web" in CMS
5 November 2013 at 11:50am Last edited: 15 November 2013 8:52am
When I attempt to insert a YouTube video from a URL found on YouTube I receive an "Internal Server Error" message. The same error occurs when attempting to insert a picture from a URL. I'm able to insert pictures from My Computer and from the CMS without any issues.
I tried using "dev" mode, but when I bring up the "insert media" window I receive an error from Silverstripe that says "Warning on line 418 of GD.php". The rest of the window fails to load and everyything remains white. When I review this file I see the line...
case 1: imagegif($this->gd, $filename); break;
This file is in its default state and no changes have been made to it. I read somewhere else to remove the _resampled directory from Uploads and then recreate with 777 permissions. I have tried this, but the GD.php error persists and I'm still unable to embed anything from the web.
I want to be able to embed from a URL.
By no means am I good with SilverStripe or Linux so take it easy on me! I have been able to correct permissions problems in other directories to get images to display properly, but am not sure what I'm doing wrong and am also not sure why there is an error with a default gd.php file.
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Re: PARTIALLY FIXED - Unable to "insert media" "from the web" in CMS
8 November 2013 at 4:11am
I don't know what's going on, but the complete errormessage might give you a better clue. Unfortunately, on Ajax calls, you always end up with just get that little box and a fraction of the error...
If you have access to access/error logs you might find the errormessage there. I usually use Firefox with the Firebug extension. Using its netpanel you can select the url that is retreived in the Ajax call, check out the response and most times you'll see the entire message.
Lots of alternatives probably - but this at least almost always works for me
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Re: PARTIALLY FIXED - Unable to "insert media" "from the web" in CMS
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Re: PARTIALLY FIXED - Unable to "insert media" "from the web" in CMS
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THE PARTIAL FIX: php5-curl not installed. Found this from the logs.
I can now insert both pictures and video from the web. The issue was that php5-curl was not installed.
NEW PROBLEM: Video inserted from Web edited to be "on left, with text wrap" shows up on left with text wrap in CMS. When the page is displayed outside of CMS the text wrap is gone. The next paragraph is shown below the video. The border that is shown around the video in CMS is also gone.
The text wrap and border problem isn't present when inserting a picture from the web. This all works as it should.
I have tried different videos. I have also tried editing the HTML for the page so that the placement references to the video (that doesn't wrap properly) and the picture (that does wrap properly) are the same. This yields the same result. No text wrap or border for the video.
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Life's a bitch, then you die . . . if you're lucky.
James Stark, a.k.a. Sandman Slim, crawled out of Hell, took revenge for his girlfriend's murder, and saved the world along the way. After that, what do you do for an encore? You take a lousy job tracking down monsters for money. It's a depressing gig, but it pays for your beer and cigarettes. But in L.A., things can always get worse.
Like when Lucifer comes to town to supervise his movie biography and drafts Stark as his bodyguard among the human and inhuman sharks of L.A.'s underground elite. That's before the murders start. And before he runs into the Czech porn star who isn't quite what she seems. Even before all those murdered people start coming back from the dead and join a zombie army that will change the world forever.
All things considered, Hell's not looking so bad.
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Richard Kadrey has published five novels, including Sandman Slim, Kill the Dead, Aloha from Hell, Butcher Bird, and Metrophage, plus the forthcoming Devil Said Bang, and more than fifty short stories. A freelance writer and photographer, he lives in San Francisco, California.
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"Powerful, entertaining and exotically profane."
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RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - A Vermont man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Court documents say Rutland police were called to an apartment for a domestic disturbance in March 2012. They found a loaded .22-caliber pistol in the apartment and later arrested 32-year-old Steven McAuley. He was charged in state court with assault and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic assault.
The Rutland Herald reports McAuley was indicted on the gun charge in September.
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A local man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole after he was convicted of sex abuse of a child. Daniel Coleman Reynolds was convicted Friday for the abuse of a six-year-old girl between six months to a year.
The offenses happened in both Bosqueville and Lacy Lakeview. The victim made an outcry to her mother, prompting the investigation and charges against Reynolds.
The 54th District Court jury took a about half an hour to sentence him to life in prison.
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More than halfway through the abbreviated NBA season, the league's biggest game of the year has arrived, and it somehow involves a team that might not be .500 at the All-Star break. Jeremy Lin takes his traveling show to South Beach on Thursday night (7 p.m. ET, TNT), as the New York Knicks take on the Miami Heat.
It goes without saying that this is the toughest test that the Knicks have faced this season. Presumably, a road game against the best team in the league is the hardest test that any team can face in a season in any sport. Additionally, the Heat have the benefit of an off day, while the Knicks had to play on Wednesday night in Atlanta.
New York won that game against the Atlanta Hawks comfortably, taking a 60-35 lead into halftime. Tyson Chandler led the Knicks with 34 minutes while both Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire played less than 30 minutes in the 99-82 rout. Thanks to that big first half performance, this might not be a typical back-to-back for the Knicks as far as fatigue goes.
Still, rested or not, the Knicks are facing the team with the best record in the league. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are both shooting better than 50 percent from the floor and both have assist-to-turnover ratios of 1.9. When they can't get their own shots, they have shooters to pass to; Mike Miller, James Jones and Mario Chalmers all shoot better than 40 percent from behind the arc. James and Wade defend almost as well as they create offense. A completely rested Knicks team should have trouble with the Heat, even on its best day.
Lin and the Knicks have had big games against very good teams. They made a decent Hawks team look awful on Wednesday night and they've previously risen to the occasion against the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. The games against those two teams featured what were arguably Lin's two best performances. Maybe those were aberrations, or maybe he's actually the kind of person that brings his best against the best.
Miami is a superior team to New York and Linsanity should be reined in a bit by the Heat, but it's not like the success of Lin and the Knicks over the last three weeks made any sense in the first place.
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Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake are turning looking bored while running insanely fast into an art form. The pair easily qualified for the semifinals in the men's 200 meter. Also qualifying were all three Americans taking place in Round 1 of heats, including Wallace Spearmon.
The 200m is the second of three events for Blake and Bolt, and another race in which they are expected to finish with gold and silver medals, with most of the drama coming in wondering which Jamaican sprinter will bring home the top spot. While their races are intensely exciting, their heats are about 150 meters of sprinting and 50 of taking it easy, which is a pretty entertaining show of skill in its own right. Each runner finished first in his heat despite races more than a second worse than their personal bests.
Spearmon represents America's best shot at medaling: he ran the third-fastest time in Beijing and expected to claim a bronze medal but was disqualified for accidentally stepping into the lane of a fellow competitor on the turn. He finished second in his heat with a time of 20.47, but can do better. Maurice Mitchell won his heat with a time of 20.54, while Isiah Young was the third and last to qualify from his heat with a time of 20.55.
The semifinals are Wednesday at 3:10 p.m. Eastern, with the finals taking place on Thursday at 3:55 p.m.
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When the Buffalo Sabres drafted Tyler Myers with the 12th pick in the first round of the 2008 NHL Draft. Broadcaster and analysis were high on the former WHL Kelowna Rockets star. Saying he would bring a bigger force into the Sabres Defense pairings. He started on a huge roll in 2009 posting 11 goals, 37 assists and 48 points, giving him the Calder Cup Trophy as the league's top rookie overall. The future was bright and well paved for Myers to be a pretty good young stud, and the Sabres felt secure picking him in the draft. For a team that needed a reboost on D, Myers seemed at the time like a bright star in a good young Buffalo squad.
Then after a pretty solid 2010-2011 campaign where he tallied 10 goals, 27 assists, and 37 points. Darcy Regier wasted no time signing Myers to an enormous $38 million 7 year deal that shocked a lot of hockey people, including me, who felt that it was way too early for a young player to sign that much money for that long.
Since signing that master contract Tyler Myers has fallen off the microscope.After two solid years his numbers have dipped considerably. Posting 8 goals, 15 assists and 23 points, while posting a bad -7.17 Corsi On and more Penstaken/60 than given . His confidence looked shot and did not look comfortable on the ice like he used to be back in 2010 and 2009. His constance mistakes were a big reason the Sabres missed the playoffs for the first time since 2003-04 season where they finished 9th place.
Then the lockout shortened 2012-2013 season began and Myers continued his terrible time as he struggled to find his way after spending months not on an NHL rink. Countless turnovers and miscues led Myers to get some heated criticizers from both media, bloggers and fans. He posted a career low 3 goals, 5 assists and 8 points, while having a -8.90 Corsi On, and a Penstaken/60 of 1.0 to his Pensdrawn/60 of 0.4, before he got injured due to a broken bone in his leg that saw him miss the remainder of the season. With the Sabres having a disappointing season being in 11th place in the East ,after many had them bouncing back and being one of the elite teams in the NHL, having Myers struggling and not playing up to his seven year deal things were tough and not working well.
The Sabres are not completely out of it, yet many do not see this team making the playoffs or even going far if they do after what has happened. With a possible rebuild on the rise the Sabres are looking in a different direction, even trading talented forward Jason Pomminville to the Wild and getting two prospects back. I hope either two things happen, 1) Myers starts playing better, or 2) seeing Myers put on waivers or even possibly traded during the off-season.
I am starting to loose faith in Myers, but having that uber contract makes it hard to move him anywhere else. The team is not going to be a playoff contending team for a while, and are the youngest team in the league, and looking like they are going to move pieces like Thomas Vanek, and hopefully Drew Stafford, while developing young talents like Marcus Foligno and Kevin Porter. Who knows where Myers fits in with the " new team". Especially with them getting top prospect Johan Larsson and goalie Matt Hackett from the Wild. Myers's new contract might be a long and hefty 7 year 38 million, but the Sabres might not have enough time to deal with Tyler Myers's mishaps and lack of production. Maybe trade him to a contending team, or a team that can give back some prospects to the next draft.
With some hopes the Sabres get a new GM I hope that Myers is not with the team come next year. Yet, knowing this team, and his contract, that will be close to impossible to do. So maybe, send him to the Rochester Americans down in the AHL for some improvements on his game. Right now, he does not look like a first round pick that is getting paid 38 million over 7 years. This guy has to figure it out, and quick, Sabres fans are not patient people.


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