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Paul Pierce led an unbelievable comeback for the Boston Celtics, who overcame a 27-point deficit to post an unthinkable 91-83 win over the Orlando Magic on Thursday night at the Amway Center. Boston improves to 8-9 on the season.
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You ever been in a bar fight? Kevin Garnett has, on Thursday night to be exact. Garnett and his Boston Celtics overcame a tremendous amount of adversity -- trailing by 27 points in the first half while missing three starters -- to defeat the crumbling Orlando Magic, 91-83, on Thursday night.
Garnett spoke with TNT's Craig Sager (the guy with the weird suits), where he displayed an encouraging amount of emotion following the well-deserved victory. (Warning, as Garnett uses language inappropriate for children).
Garnett was asked by Sager if he believed Celtics head coach Doc Rivers when he told the team that they can come back, to which he said absolutely. During his time in Boston, Garnett said he has never been told anything by Doc that wasn't true. An encouraging sight for Celtics fans, as their emotional leader is back.
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Celtics Overtime is a postgame feature providing extra news, notes and analysis from each game. Boston defeated the Orlando Magic, 91-83, on Thursday night at the Amway Center.
Twelve minutes into Thursday's game, I was already thinking up headlines. Something along the lines of "statement win." As it turns out, I was right - there was a statement win.
Only I had it pegged to the wrong team.
An 8-2 game-opening run aside, the Boston Celtics looked awful after one quarter against the Orlando Magic, a team they had blown out of the water by 31 points three days earlier. After one half, the Celtics found themselves down by 21 points, 58-37, after trailing by 27 points earlier in the second quarter. Basically, the game was over before it even began.
Quite the contrary. Boston outscored Orlando 27-17 in the third quarter and again torched their counterparts in the final quarter, outscoring them 27-8, to capture their second improbable victory of the week. And we aren't even done yet.
Boston basically willed itself to victory Thursday, feeding off the hot hands of Paul Pierce and E'Twaun Moore. All of this while the Celtics were missing three starters in Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen and Jermaine O'Neal. Impressive? You bet.
Where would the Celtics be without The Truth. For starters, they wouldn't have won a championship in 2008 and would likely still be searching for their first title since 1986. But that's the long term picture. In the short term ... they'd still be lost.
Pierce has taken on a joint role during the absence of Rondo and Allen, doing both the scoring and the distributing. Moore and Avery Bradley may be the true point guards on the roster, but Pierce has ably proven himself in this role.
Once again, Pierce put his multitasking prowess in display against Orlando. In addition to leading the game with 24 points, Pierce ran the point for Boston and finished with 10 assists. Just to pile on, he also had six boards and a block.
Pierce had 19 of his 24 points in the second half and has found his stride in the last three games. Pierce had a Celtic season-high 34 points on Sunday, had 19 points on Monday and of course had 24 points in the win Thursday. Also, Pierce has been averaging eight assists over the last five games, four of which Rajon Rondo has been sidelined for.
Even at the ripe old age of 34, Pierce continues to do whatever it is the team requires to obtain a victory. As long as the Celtics have Pierce on the roster, there will be a chance for them to hang around in any game. He's definitely that good.
Sorry for the corny lead-in, but E'Twaum Moore was just that good in this one. Moore scored a career-high 16 points off the bench and made 4-of-4 three-pointers and 5-of-6 field goals.
Moore played a bench-high 18 minutes, and as you can see, he was effective. Moore wasn't just good, he was clutch. Moore hit a corner three (his fourth and final of the game) to give Boston its first lead since early in the first quarter, 79-76, with just over 7:30 left to play. It was all downhill from there for the Magic.
Pretty good stuff from a late second-round draft pick, huh? Moore's outing on Thursday was by far the best of his short career, and if it's a sign of things to come, Danny Ainge and the Celtics may have found an absolute steal.
The comeback and win were amazing, without question. But as Celtics head coach Doc Rivers said after the game, the Celtics can't keep doing this. In short, they really need Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen and Jermaine O'Neal to be productive.
With all three in the lineup, it's obvious that the Celtics have a better chance of staying in games and ultimately winning. Until Allen went down with a jammed left ankle, he was the Celtics' leading scorer through the early part of the season. Rondo, meanwhile, was second in scoring and led the team in assists and steals. O'Neal leads the C's in blocks.
Sure, they have fared pretty well without the pair of Allen and Rondo recently. But we all know that can't last forever. In the meantime, it's encouraging to see Boston succeeding without its stars. Encouraging, but not ideal.
BOTTOM LINE: Thursday's game was about as impressive as Monday's. The victory wasn't as big from a point differential standpoint, but from a heart standpoint, it was better. Even with this aging core of superstars, the Celtics have proven that they can still get up for big games and overcome adversity when necessary.
NEXT UP: No rest for the weary, as the Celtics return home to face the Indiana Pacers on Friday night -- a team that they have already lost to twice this season. Boston traditionally doesn't do well in back-to-backs, so anything goes.
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Hold the phone, Danny Ainge. Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and the injury-ridden Boston Celtics have made a very strong statement this past week: they may be getting older, but the will to win (and a good amount of talent, too) is still there.
In this case, the headline above doesn't do this game justice. Trailing by 27 points in the first half, the Boston Celtics appeared to be done for. Boston fell behind 58-37 at halftime.
It was pretty much in the books. Except for the fact that the Celtics weren't done yet.
Paul Pierce (24 points) led a valiant second-half comeback as Boston erased their 27-point deficit to pull off a tremendous 91-83 victory over the Orlando Magic for their second straight victory on Thursday night at the Amway Center in Orlando.
Boston (8-9) has now won two straight against Orlando (12-6), as it also posted an 87-56 blowout victory on Monday night at TD Garden. The victory on Thursday night gave the Celtics the victory in the three-game season series with Orlando this year.
E'Twaun Moore played a pivotal role in the win, scoring a career-high 16 points of the bench to spark the Celtics. Kevin Garnett and Mickael Pietrus each had 12 points and Brandon Bass added 10 points. The Celtics were playing without three starters -- Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen and Jermaine O'Neal -- and lost Keyon Dooling early in the game.
Dwight Howard got into early foul trouble and finished with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Jason Richardson scored 13, Ryan Anderson had 12 points, Jameer Nelson finished with 11 points and Hedo Turkoglu totaled 10 points in the loss.
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It didn't take long for the Orlando Magic to get back into their groove. After falling behind 8-2 early, the Magic rattled off a 15-2 run and ultimately took a huge 58-37 lead over the Boston Celtics heading into halftime at the Amway Center.
The Celtics and Magic have appeared to trade roles from their game on Monday, when Boston cruised to a 31-point victory. Orlando shot percent from the field (22-of-44) while Boston was held to 38.2 percent shooting (13-for-34).
Mickael Pietrus, who missed Monday's game, led the Celtics with 11 points. Kevin Garnett had eight points, four boards and three assists and Paul Pierce totaled five points and three assists in the opening half for Boston.
Dwight Howard had four points and four boards in the half, in which he sat out a good chunk of the first quarter after the Magic took firm control of the game. Ryan Anderson leads all scorers with 12 points and Jason Richardson has 10 points. Glen Davis, the former Celtics sixth man, added seven points off the bench in the half for Orlando.
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The Boston Celtics (7-9) will not have Ray Allen, Jermaine O`Neal and Rajon Rondo tonight when the play the Orlando Magic (12-5) at 8 p.m. at the Amway Center (via WEEI.com).
Rajon Rondo (right wrist) will be out for the third-straight game. Ray Allen (ankle) will be missing his second game in a row. Jermaine O'Neal injured his left knee in Boston's 87-56 win over Orlando on Monday at the TD Garden.
The starting lineup for the Celtics will be: Avery Bradley, Mickael Pietrus, Brandon Bass, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett.
The C's should also have Keyon Dooling and Chris Wilcox back on the bench. Dooling has missed seven games with a knee injury. Wilcox has missed six games with a calf injury.
Tonight's game will be broadcast on TV via TNT and Comcast SportsNet New England and on the radio via the WEEI Sports Radio Network.
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Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics look to follow up their blowout win over the Orlando Magic on Monday with another in the finale of a home-and-home series Thursday evening.
Event: Boston Celtics (7-9) vs. Orlando Magic (12-5) - NBA Regular Season, Game 17.
Date/Time: Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 8:00 p.m. EDT.
Location: Amway Center (Capacity: 18,846), Orlando, FL.
Broadcast Info: Thursday's game will be televised nationally on TNT. In addition, the game will be aired regionally on Comcast SportsNet New England, with Mike Gorman, Tommy Heinsohn and Greg Dickerson bringing you the action. Also, the game can be heard on the WEEI Sports Radio Network, with Sean Grande and Cedric Maxwell on the call.
Odds: Orlando is an 8 1/2-point favorite, with the over-under set at 110 points.
Celtics Roster 2011-12: Ray Allen, Brandon Bass, Avery Bradley, Marquis Daniels,Keyon Dooling, Kevin Garnett, JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore, Jermaine O'Neal, Sasha Pavlovic, Mickael Pietrus, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Greg Stiemsma,Chris Wilcox. Head Coach: Doc Rivers.
Magic Roster 2011-2012: Ryan Anderson, Earl Clark, Glen Davis, Chris Duhon, Justin Harper, Dwight Howard, Larry Hughes, DeAndre Liggins, Jameer Nelson, Daniel Orton, J.J. Redick, Jason Richardson, Quentin Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu, Von Wafer. Head Coach: Stan Van Gundy.
Celtics And Magic In 2011: Boston and Orlando met three times in the regular season one year ago, with the Celtics winning twice. Boston lost the season series opener, 86-78, on Christmas Day before winning the last two games -- 109-106 on Jan. 17 and 91-80 on Feb. 6.
Last Time Out: Boston dismantled Orlando in its last game, winning 87-56. The 56 points scored was a franchise low for the Magic, who were held to 24.6 percent shooting (16-for-65). Paul Pierce and ex-Magic forward Brandon Bass led the C's with 19 points each and Kevin Garnett finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Boston. Dwight Howard finished with 18 points and 14 rebounds and Glen Davis had six points and 11 rebounds off the bench for Orlando.
After the game on Monday, the Magic took on the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday, where they cruised to a102-3 victory. Ryan Anderson had 24 points and eight rebounds to lead Orlando, which shot 45.8 percent -- much, much better than their outing on Monday. Howard had 14 points and nine boards, Hedo Turkoglu had 11 points and eight assists, J.J. Redick had 15 points of the bench and Davis finished with 13 points and five boards for the Magic.
Stats Central: Paul Pierce is the team's leading scorer, averaging 16.5 points. Rajon Rondo averages team highs in 9.4 assists and 1.7 steals while Kevin Garnett leads the team in rebounding (7.3 RPG) and Jermaine O'Neal averages a team-best 1.4 swats. Boston ranks 26th in points (89.4 PPG), 29th in rebounding (38.8 RPG), eighth in assists (21.5 APG) but is the league's third-best defense statistically (88.3 PPG allowed).
Dwight Howard leads the Magic in points (19.7 PPG), rebounding (15.6 RPG) and blocks (2.2 BPG). Jameer Nelson is averaging a team-leading 5.4 assists for Orlando, which ranks 16th in points (94.8 PPG), 11th in rebounding (43.1 RPG), 17th in assists (20.5 APG) and seventh in points allowed (90.8 PPG).
Storyline: It's been three days since the Celtics annihilated the Magic, and it's still really hard to believe that it happened. A 31 point win for a team that hadn't beaten a team with a winning record. Really? It's just baffling.
Alas, it happened, and it may have sent a strong message to the league: the Celtics are back. Of course, that message won't be proven by just one big win. If Boston can blow out Orlando twice in one week, that would go a long way towards proving the Celtics' new-found dominance. It's certainly possible, but in truth is really improbable.
Dwight Howard was humbled after the loss in the locker room, telling reporters that they will get better. The Magic certainly did that against the Pacers the next night, and you bet they will want to prove a point in the rematch.
Another key factor is the Celtics' injuries. As is discussed more in the next section, the Celtics could be down as many as six players and two starters. That certainly won't help with an aging team, or any team for that matter.
All signs point to an Orlando victory, but don't count the Celtics out yet. That's a foolish thing to do.
Players To Watch: Ever heard of that Dwight Howard guy? Yeah, keep an eye out for him. The walking double-double (and the NBA's leader in 20-point, 20-rebound games this season) is predestined to have a good game, but it will all come down to how well the C's can defend Superman. After a 14-point first quarter on Monday, the Celtics basically held Howard in check for the rest of the game. Even if they can hold him down, you should still expect to see a double-double. With attention on Howard, loos for guys like Ryan Anderson, Jameer Nelson and Glen Davis to make an impact.
For the Celtics, we will first have to see who all is playing. It's possible that the team could be without six, yes six, players in this game. Jermaine O'Neal did not practice on Wednesday and may not play. Also, Ray Allen is out. Rajon Rondo, Keyon Doling, Chris Wilcox and Mickael Pietrus are still up in the air. With that in mind, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett will once again take on the brunt of the scoring load on the offensive end. Avery Bradley's defense should help, too.
Prediction: It's highly doubtful that the Celtics will do what they did on Monday again. Then again, it's unfair to say the Celtics can't win, because, well, they already proved they can. Still, expect the Magic to extract revenge. Final Score: Magic 98, Celtics 85.
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Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo will once again sit out Thursday night as he continues to nurse a wrist injury, according to the Boston Globe's Gary Washburn, Rondo originally suffered the injury during a hard spill against the Toronto Raptors last Wednesday night, and has missed the Celtics' three games since.
On Thurdsay night, the Celtics will conclude the back half of their home-and-home with the Orlando Magic. Despite playing without Rondo, guard Ray Allen and other primary rotation players, the Celtics dismantled Orlando in Boston on Monday night, holding the Magic to just 56 points.
The Celtics have won two of three contests in Rondo's absence, subbing in second-year guard Avery Bradley and rookie E'Twaun Moore for the majority of his minutes.
Rondo is averaging 15.0 points and 9.4 assists per game this season.
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The first result was purely unexpected. Down five players and two starters, the Boston Celtics pulled off an improbable victory against the Orlando Magic. And they didn't just squeak by, either. Boston won by 31 points against Orlando.
Dwight Howard and the Magic will certainly be looking for revenge when they host the Celtics in the finale of this home-and-home series at 8:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday night at the Amway Center in Orlando, FL (TV/Radio: TNT/WEEI).
Boston and Orlando were scheduled to meet three times this season and will play once more after Thursday's game. Last season, the Celtics and Magic battled three times with the C's winning only once, 86-78, on Christmas Day of 2010.
In the game on Monday, Paul Pierce and Brandon Bass each scored 19 points as the Celtics picked apart the Magic, winning 87-56. Dwight Howard finished with 18 points and 14 rebounds, but was held in check after the first quarter. Boston held Orlando to 16 field goals and a franchise low in points. Kevin Garnett added 14 points and 10 rebounds.
While the Celtics have been off since their last encounter with the Magic, Orlando took on the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday. Ryan Anderson scored a team-high 24 to send the Magic back to the win column, 102-83. Howard finished with 14 points and nine rebounds and ex-Celtic reserve Glen Davis had 13 points and five rebounds off the bench.
Boston ranks 26th in the league in scoring (89.4 PPG), 29th in rebounding (38.8 RPG), eighth in assists (21.5 APG) but is third in points allowed (88.3 PPG). Orlando is 16th in points per game (94.8 PPG), 11th in rebounding (43.1 RPG), 1th in assists (20.5 APG) and seventh in points allowed (90.8 PPG).
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Tom Ziller published his latest NBA MVP Power Rankings on Wednesday morning, and -- no surprise here -- zero Boston Celtics were named among his top 10 MVP candidates.
Lebron James leads Ziller's list, followed by Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Kevin Love.
If the Celtics were to pick a team MVP, Rajon Rondo would be the leading candidate. The point guard is averaging 15.0 points, 9.4 assists, 5.1 rebounds and approximately three "how the heck did he just convert a layup when none of his teammates even crossed half court yet?" plays per game.
Paul Pierce has also begun to resemble the fiercely efficient scoring machine Boston has come to expect, averaging 26.5 points on just 14.5 shots in his past two games after struggling with the effects of an injured heel for the season's first month or so.
Boston bamboozled the Orlando Magic Monday while surging to an 87-56 win, and perhaps the Celtics will sneak someone into Ziller's MVP rankings if they resume winning basketball games on a consistent basis.
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Ray Allen, who is nursing a jammed ankle, will not fly to Orlando with his team when the Boston Celtics visit the Orlando Magic. (via ESPN)
Besides the injury, which was suffered against the Washington Wizards on Sunday, Allen's wife Shannon is in an advanced stage of pregnancy and the couple expects another child soon.
Every other Celtic made the trip to Orlando, a good sign for a team that has resemble an injury ward in the past few days. The Celtics are hopeful that Rajon Rondo (right wrist) and Keyon Dooling (right knee) will make their returns to the court in Orlando. Mickael Pietrus, who was a surprise scratch Monday with a shoulder ailment, also hopes to return Thursday and Chris Wilcox (left calf) is working his way closer to a return.
Without Allen on Monday, the Celtics submitted their best effort of the season, throttling the Magic 87-56.
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Celtics Overtime is a postgame feature providing extra news, notes and analysis from each game. Boston defeated the Orlando Magic, 87-56, on Monday night at TD Garden.
OK, you got me. It's a pretty good joke, actually. You see, all of the major sports sites -- ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, CBS, etc -- all decided to pull a fast one on all of us fans and switch around the box score from the Celtics and Magic game Monday.
They tried to pass off this final score: Celtics 87, Magic 56. Yeah, right, nice try guys.
Wait, what? The Celtics actually won, and by 31 points, no less? Yes, you read that correctly.
Hard to wrap your mind around? Don't worry, it is for everyone. Boston systematically dismantled Orlando in almost every way possible, all while holding the Magic to 25 percent shooting. They made 16 field goals in the entire game, and the 56 points the Magic scored was a franchise low and was tied for the least points scored against the Celtics all time.
Oh, and did I mention that the Celtics were missing one third of their team? Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Keyon Dooling, Chris Wilcox and Mickael Pietrus were all out of action.
Somehow, someway, they still won, and here's how they did it.
Defense, defense, defense. It wins championships, you know. And in this case, it will also win you regular season basketball games. Boston's defense was smothering, forcing Orlando to go 16-for-65 from the field (that's 24.6 percent shooting, if you're keeping score at home) while turning the ball over a season-worst 23 times. Orlando scored 20 points in the second half, 10 in each quarter, in the less-than-stellar performance.
"Well I think that one's easy to explain," Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy said when asked what happened. "I think they came out and just absolutely dominated us with their energy and their defensive intensity. Avery Bradley set a great tone. We had trouble even getting the ball into the scoring area. They were denying every pass."
Bradley, who started in place of the injured Rajon Rondo (sore right wrist), had a solid game even though it didn't show up on the stat sheet. Bradley finished with six points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals, and it was his defense -- as Van Gundy mentioned -- that was the game-changer.
"I just came out tonight and I wanted to get everybody else's energy up and I felt like I did playing defense like that," Bradley said. "Paul [Pierce] came up and told me when you play defense like that it makes us play defense even harder. That's all I try to do, I try to help in any way I can."
"His defense set the tone for the entire thing," Van Gundy added. "He tok us out; we had a hard time getting the ball down and getting into offense."
Bradley is no Rondo, but his defensive intensity will be critical for Boston this season.
Five players were out for the Celtics, including two starters, so bench production became all the more important. We already went over Bradley's contributions. Brandon Bass, playing against the Magic for the first time since Orlando traded him for Glen Davis (who had six points and 11 rebounds in his return to Boston), scored 19 points and had eight rebounds off the bench. Bass played starters minutes (he played 34:01) and was 8-for-14 from the field.
"I was just letting the game come to me, just staying with the same mindset: Go out and defend, rebounds and let the game come," Bass said after the win.
Sasha Pavlovic was also relatively effective in his 33 minutes. Pavlovic scored nine points, but missed a handful of open shots (he went 4-for-9 from the field and 1-for-5 from three-point range). Considering the circumstances, and the fact that not much is ever expected out of Pavlovic, it was an encouraging performance.
Marquis Daniels and E'Twaun Moore were also effective, finishing with eight and six points respectively. Daniels even had five assists and Moore had three dimes. JaJuan Johnson even looked good in his four and a half minutes, scoring four points.
Boston likely could not sustain success if it's forced to rely on its bench all season long, but again, it was encouraging to see the bench holding steady against a contending team in the Eastern Conference.
Dwight Howard recorded a double-double, finishing with 18 points and 11 rebounds, but was by all accounts held in check by a stingy Celtics defense. Howard went 4-for-15 from the field and was 10-for-18 at the charity stripe. After a 14-point first half, Howard was limited to only four second-half points. Not exactly an MVP-type performance.
"We just allowed them to get into our heads," Howard said. "They won the mental battle. They've been doing it for a couple years sometimes. They would just get in our head, and we just have to learn to play through that. We'll get better."
"The game plan was to kind of defend him one-on-on and get out to the shooters," Paul Pierce said. "We felt like with the guys we had, especially Jermaine [O'Neal] and Kevin [Garnett] that we can go at him one-on-one and if we can defend the three point line tonight we'll have success. So we were able to do both. We were able to guard Dwight, not let him get out a huge, huge night and we were able to get out three point shooters and that was the reason we had so much success tonight defensively."
If the Celtics can limit Howard, who is averaging 20.2 points and 16.1 rebounds and is just a freak of nature in general, there's plenty of hope going forward. As Pierce said, there are no more excuses now that the C's have a quality victory.
"We know what type of team [we have] and knowing the guys we were out, you know we had a lot of fire power that wasn't really out there tonight and so there shouldn't be any more excuses. We know what we're capacle of and this is the tupe of game I hope can carry over the rest of the season."
BOTTOM LINE: This was far and away the Celtics best win of the season. Period. They recovered from a rocky start offensively and stifled the Magic offense all night long. Plenty of positives for Boston out of this game. Can they keep up this level of play? It remains to be seen, but if they can, great things may be in store.
NEXT UP: Boston will have the opportunity to run their winning streak to three games against, wouldn't you know it, these same Magic, on Thursday night in Orlando. It will definitely be a good test for the Celtics once again.
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Paul Pierce is finally firing on all cylinders for the Boston Celtics. Pierce, who missed the team's first three games with a heel injury, has worked his way back into basketball shape and has finally hit his stride in the team's last two victories.
BOSTON - Someone could have made a lot of money if they bet on the Boston Celtics winning by thirty points tonight against the Orlando Magic. But then again, they would have also been sent to the insane asylum before the game.
As it turns out, that was the outcome. Boston picked apart the Orlando Magic, running away with their best victory of the season, 87-56, while tying a franchise record by holding the Magic to 56 points and only 20 points in the second half.
Paul Pierce and Brandon Bass were on their game, with each finishing with team-highs in points at 19. Pierce had seven assists and five rebounds while Bass grabbed eight boards in 34 minutes off the bench. Kevin Garnett was solid, finishing with a double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds).
Avery Bradley and Sasha Pavlovic played well, too. Bradley starting in place of the injured Rajon Rondo (sore right wrist) and had six points, four rebounds and three assists while Pavlovic, who started for an injured Ray Allen (jammed left ankle), scored nine in 33 minutes for the Celts.
Boston was dominant in just about every category you could think of. Rebounds? Celtics owned the glass, 46-44. Assists? The C's had a 21-12 advantage. Shooting? Boston shot 42.3 percent while holding Orlando to 25 percent. Yes, 25 percent. In every sense of the word, it was a dominant performance from the C's. And almost nobody expected it.
"Well I didn't - let me just put it like you said - I didn't not expect it," said Celtics coach Doc Rivers. "I knew we were going to compete. You could feel it. You really could. I thought we kind of - I don't know if you want to say 'stumbled' on it because we didn't, but in that Washington game - you could see it after the Phoenix game - in the Washington game you could see offensively and defensively extra passes again. It looked like us, you know? So we knew that was coming. I really believe that. But the defense - that was as good as you're going to get. So, yeah, I don't think anybody saw that [coming]."
Boston has a chance to embarrass Orlando again this week, as they travel to Florida to face the Magic again. Rivers didn't have to pump up his team after the game, for obvious reasons. Nevertheless, this was a good start for Rivers' team as they picked up their first quality victory of the somewhat young season.
"We ain't going to get much better than this defensively, and I think it's a good blueprint for them," Rivers said. "But is also tells them how hard it was. It's hard work, I mean, Avery [Bradley] was dying out thereBut two weeks ago we couldn't have done this anyway, honestly, because of conditioning. We would have never lasted. So now it's a good sign we're getting in better conditioning. The minutes were pretty good with guys tonight; Kevin [Garnett] with 28, that's spectacular."
It's highly unlikely that the Celtics do this again Thursday, but who knows? Anything is possible.
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BOSTON - Systematic destruction best sums up what the Boston Celtics did to the Orlando Magic on Monday night. In a valiant effort, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett picked up the slack for a team missing five players and two starters and led the Celtics to a big 87-56 win over the Magic at TD Garden.
The offense wasn't particularly pretty on either side, with the two teams combining to shoot 28.2 percent on 46-of-143 shooting. Orlando, however, couldn't get its act together all night, finishing 16-of-65 from the floor (25 percent).
Pierce and Brandon Bass led the charge, with the Celtics' captain finishing with 19 points, seven assists and five rebounds and Bass totaling 19 points and eight rebounds in 32 minutes. Kevin Garnett totaled 14 points and 10 boards and Avery Bradley chipped in with six points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals while playing lockdown defense all night.
Dwight Howard lef the Magic with 18 points and 14 rebounds, but went 10-for-18 from the free throw line. Glen Davis, who made his return to Boston for the first time since being traded to Orlando for Bass, put together a solid game and finished with six points and 11 rebounds off the bench.
Boston is off until Thursday night when it takes on the Magic down in Orlando, Florida.
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BOSTON - It wasn't pretty, but the Boston Celtics came alive at the end of the half and took a 46-36 lead over the Orlando Magic into halftime here at TD Garden. Both teams combined to make 26-of-79 baskets and shot 32.9 percent in the half.
Dwight Howard had a very Howard-like performance, finishing the half with 14 points and eight rebounds for Orlando, which made 11-of-38 baskets to shoot 29 percent. Glen Davis, who received a video tribute in the first quarter and was clearly emotional when acknowledging the fans, put together a nice half with six points and seven boards off the bench.
Paul Pierce was the high man for the Celtics in the half, totaling 13 points, eight of which came in the first quarter. Brandon Bass scored 13 points and Kevin Garnett had just four points but had a team-high seven rebounds at the break.
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BOSTON - This could be (and let's face it, probably will be) a train wreck. Coming off a nice win over the Washington Wizards on Sunday night, the Boston Celtics will be down a big portion of their roster on Monday night against the Orlando Magic.
Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Keyon Dooling, Chris Wilcox and Mickael Pietrus will all sit out of the game Monday. In their place, second-year guard Avery Bradley will start at point guard and Sasha Pavlovic will start in place of Allen. Read more about the Celtics' injuries here.
Glen Davis makes his return to Boston for the first time since being traded in the offseason in exchange for Brandon Bass, as will Von Wafer. Stan Van Gundy and Doc Rivers spoke with the media before the game. Interviews are below.
AUDIO: Brandon Bass Pregame Interview (1-23-12)
AUDIO: Von Wafer Pregame Interview (1-23-12)
AUDIO: Glen Davis Pregame Interview (1-23-12)
AUDIO: Stan Van Gundy Pregame Interview (1-23-12)
AUDIO: Doc Rivers Pregame Interview (1-23-12)
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BOSTON - The Boston Celtics will be down a significant portion of players on Friday night against the Orlando Magic, with Rajon Rondo (wrist), Ray Allen (ankle), Keyon Dooling (knee), Chris Wilcox (calf), and Mickael Pietrus (shoulder) missing.
Avery Bradley and Sasha Pavlovic will fill the void in the Celtics' starting lineup Monday.
Of that group, Pietrus' name is surprising. Pietrus suffered a shoulder injury during Sunday afternoon's game against the Wizards. Allen was also injured during the game, jamming his left ankle in the second quarter. Dooling and Wilcox have been out for a while now.
Celtics head coach Doc Rivers said that Rondo and Dooling are the closest players to returning, saying that he would be surprised if both were not suited up for Thursday night's game against the Magic in Orlando. Rondo has missed the team's last two games after suffering from a right wrist injury in the team's game against the Toronto Raptors last week.
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The Boston Celtics will be in action three times this week, with the first game coming tonight against the Orlando Magic at 7:30 p.m.
The C's enter the week coming off a 100-94 win over the Washington Wizards on Sunday, Jan. 22. Boston (6-9) has not played the Magic (11-4) yet this season but will face them twice this week with a home-and-home series. The teams will meet again on April 18 when Boston hosts Orlando at the TD Garden. The Magic bring a familiar face in Glen Davis to the Garden tonight. "Big Baby" Davis played for the Celtics from 2007-2011. He was sent to the Magic this offseason for his former LSU teammate Brandon Bass.
Here's the complete Celtics weekday schedule with TV/Radio information:
Monday, 1/23: Celtics vs. Magic (7:30 p.m., TV: CSN/WEEI)
Thursday, 1/26: Celtics at Magic (8 p.m., TV: TNT and CSN/WEEI)
Friday, 1/27: Celtics vs. Indiana Pacers (7:30 p.m., TV: CSN/WEEI)
To see the full Celtics 2011-2012 schedule, click here. For more Celtics coverage, visit CelticsBlog
Evan Dunlap, the founder and managing editor of Orlando Pinstriped Post, took some time to answer five questions regarding tonight's game between the Celtics and Magic.
Glen Davis makes his return to Boston on Monday night. At the same time, Brandon Bass will face his former team (the Magic). It may be too early to fully asses the Davis-for-Bass trade, but what are your impressions of Davis in Orlando? In your opinion, which team got the better player?
Evan: Davis has played about the way one might have expected to based on his body of work in Boston: hard, with lots of energy and tenaciousness. But his weaknesses are the same, too: he shoots a ton of long two-pointers at a low percentage, and when he does try to score inside--usually on an offensive rebound--he struggles to convert. He's vying with Chris Duhon for the dubious distinction of being the team's least effective everyday player, at least in terms of offense. Davis brings other things to the team, however; his great positional defense and willingness to lead are two attributes Orlando sorely lacked last season, and from that standpoint he's valuable. Having said that, he's not nearly as productive as Bass.
Dwight Howard is up to his usual trick, but with his contract coming to and end, everyone's talking about potential destinations for Howard. Is it pretty much a done deal that Howard is leaving town after this season or at the trade deadline, or is there a chance he could stay in Orlando for the long run?
Evan: My own feeling is there's a chance--however slim--that Howard decides to return to Orlando. The odds are heavily against it, but I don't believe he's dead-set on leaving, and neither do the Magic.
Mickael Pietrus spent over two seasons in Orlando, and of course is now with Boston. What were your impressions of Pietrus during his time with the Magic, and what is the maximum level of production the Celtics can get out of him?
Evan: Pietrus is the classic "no-no-no-no-yes!" player, and is a bit of a space cadet to boot. When healthy and engaged, he's a well-above-average perimeter defender thanks to his good quickness and his willingness to play physically. His problem of late has been staying healthy, and it'll be up to Doc Rivers and Boston's crew of vets to keep M.P. focused. As Stan Van Gundy told the media several times during Pietrus' time with the Magic, M.P. plays much better when he's involved offensively. What Stan didn't say--because he's a tactful guy, all things considered--is that it's tough to get Pietrus involved offensively because he's so limited.
Yes--and Celtics fans who watched the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals know this better than most--Pietrus is a streaky shooter, especially from beyond the arc, which makes him dangerous: he's capable of hitting three or four triples in very short order; he's also capable of bricking three or four triples, or stepping out-of-bounds on a dribble-drive attempt, or taking a contested fadeaway 18-footer with 17 seconds on the shot clock. Again: no-no-no-no-yes.
Apart from defense and outside shooting, MP provides little. He doesn't have a good enough handle to create for himself off the dribble, he's not what one might call a willing passer, he takes some truly awful shots, and he doesn't rebound well at all. That assessment sounds harsh, I know, but I actually like M.P. Defense and three-point shooting are valuable in this league. Boston fans shouldn't count on him to be as key as James Posey or Tony Allen were in prior seasons, but for a guy backing up two future Hall-of-Famers on the wings, Boston could do worse. It has, in fact: just look down the roster at Sasha Pavlovic and Marquis Daniels. Even the Toronto Raptors think that's a bad backup wing rotation.
Boston and Orlando are teams heading in different directions, at least to some degree. The Celtics are at the tail end of the Big Three era while the Magic are still considered a contender. However, that can change quickly for both teams next offseason. From your standpoint, which team has a brighter future in the next five years?
Evan: Ask me again when this Dwight Howard drama is over. If he stays, Orlando has the brighter future by a mile. If he doesn't? The Cetlics at least have Rajon Rondo to build around even if Danny Ainge breaks up the Ray Allen/Paul Pierce/Kevin Garnett core, and I have more faith in Ainge than I do in Otis Smith.
Prediction time. Which team will prevail on Monday night and which Magic players should fans expect big games from?
Evan: I'm torn here. The Celtics are 6-9 and haven't looked sharp at all; Orlando, at 11-4, has a much better record, but has played arguably the league's softest schedule, though if we're talking strength-of-schedule, I hasten to note that half of the Celtics' wins this season are against the Washington Wizards. It's a tough one to call, but I do think ultimately Howard will put the Magic over the top in a close, ugly, low-scoring game. Something in the neighborhood of 87-82.
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Big Baby is back. Coming off their win over the Wizards on Sunday, the Boston Celtics (6-9) welcome back Glen "Big Baby" Davis and the Orlando Magic (11-4) at 7:30 p.m. EDT on Monday night at TD Garden (TV/Radio: CSNNE/WEEI).
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- A Bloomington couple was hospitalized Wednesday after two pit bulls attacked them while they were delivering phone books to residents.
Police say 45-year-old Connie Ijams and 46-year-old Scott Ijams were attacked by the dogs at the apartment building at 1216 Orchard Street.
First responders say their injuries were "very serious". Both victims were taken to OSF St. Joseph Hospital for treatment.
Both dogs were taken into custody by Animal Control.
Bloomington authorities say charges may be determined.
"They are the ones responsible to make sure the animals don't get out of their home. Or even if they do walk out the front door you have to be able to control them. And in this case nobody was there to control their dog," said Bloomington Police Department Public Affairs Officer, David White.
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Wow... I had no idea.
The Vikings offered Bud Grant the chance to replace Mike Tice as coach less than a decade ago but wouldn't pay the Pro Football Hall of Famer what he wanted, Grant wrote in his new book, "I Did It My Way."
Then-Vikings owner Red McCombs called Grant "well into" an up-and-down season to see if he were interested in the job, Grant wrote in a book co-authored by Jim Bruton.
"Red, Tice is the lowest-paid coach in the National Football League," Grant wrote that he told McCombs. "I am not going to accept that."
McCombs and then-Vikings executive Gary Woods offered roughly $150,000 per game, Grant wrote, but Grant wanted $1 less than what the NFL's highest-paid coach at the time was making. Grant estimates that was probably $4 million to $5 million a year.
The Vikings' counteroffer "wasn't even close," Grant wrote, and the deal was off.
"I would have come back," wrote Grant, who already had two stints as Vikings coach (1967-83 and 1985). "I thought the Vikings had a pretty good team, and returning to coaching was kind of an exciting thought. The money would have been good, and I thought it might be fun to come back to coaching -- for a short time, anyway. It certainly would have been exciting to do at 78 years old."


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The Kansas City Chiefs OTAs continued on Monday where they welcomed back a few guys who missed last Friday's OTA, including Jonathan Baldwin, Branden Albert and Ryan Succop. The Chiefs were also missing Glenn Dorsey.
Here are a few links to check out from today's practice:
Here is Adam Teicher's report in the KC Star on Baldwin's return, which also has Baldwin saying that "his recent problems with migraines are a first for him." That very well could be the case but it should be noted that back in Week 15 last year Baldwin tweeted "worst migraine ever" and missed practice the next day.
Bob Gretz of BobGretz.com notes that Albert returned to practice after missing last Friday's session with a personal issue. Gretz also has the full list of players missing practice, which includes the usual group.
Josh Looney of KCChiefs.com reported on the signing of Abe Elam and indicated that he would participate in OTAs on Monday. Not only did he participate, but he even ran a little with the first team. With Eric Berry and Kendrick Lewis still sitting out, it's hard to get a gauge on where the safety position stands right now.
No word on Dorsey's absence. I haven't seen any indication of what's up on his Twitter feed either.
Those practice reports also state that De'Quan Menzie is back in the fold after missing all but the first day of minicamp with a hamstring issue.


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Run, run, run and just when you think about passing it? Check down or run it again. That's the game plan for Thursday, because right now, the only guy capable of catching a cruise missile from Kaep is Anquan Boldin and today's game showed how futile the passing attack is without Vernon Davis and Michael Crabtree.
As to why the 49ers abandoned an effective running game in the 2nd half against the Colts today is beyond my understanding. You'd have to ask O.C. Greg Roman that, because he's the evil genius, right? Anyways, this was only Kaep's 13th career pro start, and he is still learning how to go through his reads. He's still learning to build chemistry with rookies. And he's learning it the hard way with a bunch of sacks, turnovers, and 3 & outs.
So my suggestion? Get back to the basics. Dust off the 2011 playbook for Alex Smith and start DINKIN & DUNKIN. Then pound the rock with Frank Gore and sprinkle in some Kendall Hunter. Bring back the jumbo formations. Throw in the wham blocks.
Because right now, nobody's getting open downfield, and until Vernon Davis, Michael Crabtree, or Mario Manningham get back to full health, I don't see us consistently passing for huge chunks of yards.
So repeat it again with me now. What should we do this Thursday in St. Louis? RUN, DINK, AND DUNK! And hope we don't get penalized 10+ times or lose more players to injury or DUIs.


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The Wolves actually won last night by outshooting an opponent! That doesn't happen too often. Other things I didn't point out in the recap:
- Corey Brewer with 12 boards. Clearly a decision not to have him run out; I suspect the coaches were worried about giving up too many offensive rebounds to a physical Memphis team.
- Kevin Martin was hurting last night, and Rick Adelman chose not to put him back in the game in the 4th quarter. We'll see if he goes tonight, but the Wolves can't be without him for too long.
- Pek is rolling along. 18+ points in nine straight games. 4.5 offensive rebounds a game in that stretch too.
- The Suns continue to roll, much to my surprise. They beat Golden State last night to move to 14-9. Everyone is shooting career bests for that team, so either Hornacek is a genius or there's been some good luck in Phoenix.
- So does Portland, who won in overtime in Detroit. They score. I'm still trying to figure it out, but their 3 point shooting seems to be driving it. 21-4.
- The East lost another two games to the West last night. Teams over .500: East-2, West-9.
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Amarillo, TX - Some in our area have concerns about carbon monoxide dangers at businesses, after a fatal incident in a New York restaurant.
In 2012 Amarillo required carbon monoxide alarms in all single family homes when there is an attached garage or fuel gas appliances are installed.
We spoke with Scott McDononald with The Department of Building Safety at The city of Amarillo about what the regulations are for businesses here.
"We don't have any specific requirements for commercial businesses to have those. It is a very good idea for anyone that has human occupation to have some sort of carbon monoxide protection system."
Caption Jacob Oehlert with the The Fire Department says business located in a basement may be more susceptible to carbon monoxide poisoning.
"We do get called to businesses and other locations, outside of the home. That have carbon monoxide levels. You know from hotels, to restaurants. We have been to all of them on carbon monoxide calls before."
McDonald says even though Amarillo does not currently have regulations for business owners to have a detector, people should not be concerned about going into establishments.
"I think for many of our restaurants, we look at ventilation air on a regular basis and a lot of those systems are inspected as far as the vent hoods, so we have a decent idea of what is happening in that environment."
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I was playing super mario world because I am a big fan of that game.
But I am very disappointed with buttons.
I use gamecube controller to play it but they made jump button and dash button impossible to be pressed at the same time with same finger because B is the jump and Y or X is the dash.
They shoul've made B into spinning jump and A into regular high jump so that people can dash and jump. That's the beauty of super mario world because people can dash fast and fly like crazy when they press jump but now they can't because the buttons are too far away.
is there anyway to change the button configuration?
or is it just Nintendo's way of making money by forcing us to get classic controller instead of gamecube controller??


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The Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit, which assisted yet another hiker in distress May 5 near the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, was honored last month with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department's Volunteer of the Year award. Here's a link to the Rescue Unit website, which mentions the award that was presented by Sheriff Stan Sniff.
The Rescue Unit assisted the Sheriff's Department's Emergency Response Team on May 5.
The Rescue Unit website includes write-ups from its members on its missions. RMRU calls them missions.
We wrote about a hiker who fell to her death in Massacre Canyon, and here is RMRU's summary of its assistance on that call.
We followed that story on the hiker with another story urging caution and preparation on even a hike that seems easy.


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*Religion, romance and a frequent fall from grace is what has undergirded the immensely successful trail of novels by New York Times bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby, who launched the series with Casting The First Stone in 2000.
Mrs. Lawson Roby's latest book is "The Reverend's Wife," and once again the subject matter is the dysfunctional private life of the publicly devout and once fallen, Rev. Curtis Black.
Kimberla segues into the current story in a manner that new readers are not lost to the indiscretions of Rev. Black's past, which have cost him two marriages and a very troubled third state of matrimony.
This time it's Mrs. Charlotte Black who has had the affairs and abandoned the plastic role of the sterotypical preacher's wife. This of course is after previous infidelity from the Reverend. Charlotte seeks amends but the Reverend is ready to file for divorce and is being vigorously pursued by a woman who wants to be the next Mrs. Curtis Black.
Kimberla Lawson Roby tells EURweb why she has tackled and profited from writing about controversy in the church.
The saints, sins and sizzle continues as Grand Central Publishing announces the release of Kimberla Lawson Roby's ninth installment in her award-winning Reverend Curtis Black series: The Reverend's Wife. Meet Kimberla on book tour in Rockville, Nashville, Birmingham, Louisville and more. For details book clubs or to order your copy visit www.kimroby.com.


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Paris Hilton's early release from prison is a stark reminder of the perverted justice being levied on the west coast. But for those of us in east Texas it should be a warning.
And that warning is our justice system is only as good as those who administer it.
In the Hilton case, an elected sheriff made the decision for her release.
The key word here is, "elected."
If you decide not to vote, you are making a conscious decision to opt out on the administration of our laws.
In my opinion, the most dedicated voters are the extremists on both sides of the aisle. Left behind is everybody else who I believe not only represent the majority but who also represent the most rational views of this country.
If you're frustrated with the ineffectiveness of the groups assimilated in Washington, Austin or your own county courthouse, you have only yourself to blame, particularly if you don't vote.
But if we're going to keep our value system solid and make this a better east Texas, more of us will have to vote.
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The following information was provided by the Borough of Fanwood.
While we endured power outages that lasted 12 days in some cases, we are fortunate in Fanwood that all our homes are still standing, though a number sustained damage caused by falling trees. There is still evidence of the many downed trees and wires around the Borough. Our Department of Public Works continues to clear brush, branches and leaves. Story and photos
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- Apply for disaster assistance. Start the process here. FEMA has a disaster center at the Chisholm School Community Center on Springfield Avenue in Cranford where you may also apply in person.
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This is a Classic for Yamnuska and can get crowded fast during peak season. It's about 325m and 9 pitches, so start early. Backup the fixed pins when possible. Some of the moves are very committing for 5.8, so come prepared.
Just to the right of the summit of Yam, the route takes the weakness all the way to the top. Start atop the large scree cone that requires scrambling up. The line starts just left of a line of bolts and follows a crack for most of the first pitch. from there, head up the path of least resistance following the old pins. Numerous variations are available.
double cams to #2 BD and a single #3, nuts, lots of slings (i.e. usual Yam rack)


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Backdraft: Minimizing Conflict in Climate Change Responses
July 18, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Efforts to address climate change through mitigation and adaptation often fail to include analysis of the conflict or peacebuilding potential of such actions.
Preparing for the Impact of a Changing Climate on U.S. Humanitarian and Disaster Response
June 21, 2011 // 9:30am — 11:00am
This panel discussion addresses the impacts of slow-onset and rapid-onset climate-related disasters on the U.S. government's international humanitarian and disaster response systems, including both civilian and military capacity, as identified in the new Oxfam and CNA report, "An Ounce of Prevention: Preparing for the Impact of a Changing Climate on U.S. Humanitarian and Disaster Response."
Red, White, and Green? Environmental Security Threats and Sustainability Opportunities (OFFSITE)
June 10, 2011 // 7:30am — 9:30am
Environment and energy issues pose both threats and opportunities no matter where you sit. Leading experts discuss how two critical American actors are tackling these challenges: the business community and the U.S. military.
Enhancing Public Engagement in Climate Change: The 2011 Climate Change Communicators of the Year
June 08, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
"Excellence in climate communication has to do with public engagement – communication that expands the portion of the public that is engaged in this issue and enhances their degree of engagement," said Edward Maibach, director of the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, presenting the awards for excellence in climate change communication to Naomi Oreskes and the Alliance for Climate Education.
The State of the Oceans
May 18, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
A discussion on the state of the oceans with experts Jane Lubchenco and Enric Sala.
Yemen Beyond the Headlines: Population, Health, Natural Resources, and Institutions
May 18, 2011 // 8:30am — 3:30pm
"Ultimately, whether Yemen is able to achieve its goals for social and economic development, will, to a large extent, depend on its future population growth and size," said Gary Cook, senior health advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development, in his opening address at an all-day conference on the role of population, health, natural resources, and institutions in Yemen's political crisis.
Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?
May 16, 2011 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
"The world as a whole is getting more religious," said Professor of Politics at the University of London Eric Kaufmann, speaking at the Wilson Center for the launch of his latest book, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Due to their consistently higher birthrates, religious fundamentalists may reverse the tide of secularism within the next century, he said.
Book Launch: Human Population: Its Influences on Biodiversity
May 11, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Measurements of "human population density and growth can be used to identify changes in the viability of native species, and more directly, in changes in ecological systems or habitat quality," said Richard Cincotta, consultant at the Environmental Change and Security Program and demographer-in-residence at the Stimson Center, speaking at the book launch of Human Population: Its Influence on Biological Diversity.
Connections Between Climate and Stability: Lessons from Asia and Africa
May 10, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Janani Vivekananda of International Alert was joined by Jeffrey Stark of the Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability and Cynthia Brady of USAID's Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, to discuss the complex connections between climate change, conflict, stability, and governance.
Reporting on Global Health: A Conversation With the International Reporting Project Fellows
April 28, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Fresh off their assignments, four fellows from the International Reporting Project speak about their experiences researching underreported health issues in Haiti, Botswana, Mozambique, and Uganda.


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Today Samsung announced the C3300 Champ, the successor to the S5230 Star, a touchscreen feature phone that Samsung expects to sell in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, and Europe in June for an affordable price.
The Champ has a 2.4-inch touchscreen display and a user interface with a 3 x 3 widget menu that offers quick access to the phone's calendar, clock, shortcuts, and a "my buddies" feature. The phone also has a dual-speaker, a 1.3 megapixel camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, 3D sound effects, and a built-in radio and can support microSD cards up to 8GB in capacity. Its 1000mAh battery should be good for up to 12 hours of talk time.
The Champ's target audience is mobile phone users that are using a touchscreen phone for the first time, and the company expects high sales volumes.
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|Specifications for the Samsung C3300 Champ
|GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
|96.3mm x 53.8mm x 12.97mm (3.79in x 2.11in x .51in)
|80g (3.17oz)
|Battery Life
|Up to 12 hours of talk time
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|2.4-inch 320 x 240 pixel
|30MB support up to 8GB microSD
|Manufacturer expects June 2010
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how much?
i just bought this mobile here in the philippines and it cost arroung 5400 pesos, the phone responds well with the touch interface and sound quality is midiocre so is the camera but everything else is fine because of its price, i would have to say its worth it
what other colors are available? i hope the image can also be seen in the internet (other colors), because i tried to search other colors but all that i could found is only black.
pictures shows facebook logo, does it have wifi?
can we listen 2 mp3 by stereo bluetooth earphone? or is there in another model?
comment me connecter à internet ?
how much samsung champ???
pink, espresso brown, white and black .. thanks for the price info..:)
what is reliability with all these features?
nice looking phone, how much in indian rupees?
how much samsung c3300 champ in bangladeshi price??
is it a quadband ? can be use in canada?
i have it! but where can i download games/videos etc. for it???
what dis 2nd hand?
were can i buy this mobile phone c3300 chapm super ganda
what features
Hi Any one use bluetooth stereo head phon ewith this.
When I am trying to Jabra Halo headphone to this it connecting easly but when try to listening Music it quality is very BAD even not stereo it MONO.
i just bought it its running well. no problems yet
the book let led me to believe that it had wifi but its all good
its a nice phone bt it cost alot
Programs want to chat and Themes
i need touch screen o g
Todd Haselton
Todd is a senior editor at MobileBurn and works out of his home in New York City. He covers news for us and also writes reviews. You can follow him on Twitter at @RoboTodd


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Romantic Ideas Catalog
Arrange a special day off from work. Start with breakfast, go for a walk in the park, go shopping, have afternoon tea, and finish off with a romantic dinner.
Buy a book that you and your partner are both interested in reading. Read one chapter each night in bed with each of you taking turns to read out loud.
Buy a kite and on a windy day find a park and fly the kite with your partner.
Buy a tree with your partner and plant it in a special spot. Each year on your anniversary, sit by the tree with your partner and kiss tenderly.
Call your partner in the morning and wish them a good morning and to have a great day.
Compliment your partner in front of your friends at the next party. Squeeze their hand while you are talking about them.
Create a loving nickname for your partner. This could be the name they were called in childhood or something that is special just for the two of you.
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Looney…or Tooney…?
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No words…just…no words…
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The ED Show Premiers
This is from The ED Show's first show (last night).
What do you think?
Scarborough: "Obama Never Received A Check From A Profit Making Business"
What a stupid argument! Every company George Bush touched failed, and Joe is saying Obama should have flipped burgers!!! PLEASE! He is really grasping on this one. Joe wants us to believe that working for McDonald's would have helped Obama more than being a Community Organizer and a Law Professor… Oh the hypocrisy!!
Wiggle while you work..
Instead of forcing students to sit still in class, these 6th graders in Moscow, Idaho now sit on exercise balls.
In stead of sitting still, they can wiggle, wobble and work on their posture.
Hudelson admits he was skeptical at first, but the new seats seem to be working.
"So far, they're paying attention and participating a lot more in classroom conversations," says Hudelson.
The principal says a classroom of chairs is about $2,000. The same number of exercise balls costs only $200.
I bet the kids love it. And, anything that gets kids to participate and stay engaged longer is a real coup! Good for you, Moscow, ID!
Airplane Stolen in Canada Lands in Missouri
A small Cessna was stolen from a Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and flown across the border, finally landing in Ellsinore, Missouri presumably due to being low on fuel.
The pilot was believed to be a student.
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Authorities allege 31-year-old Adam Dylan Leon, a native of Turkey who became a Canadian citizen last year, flew the stolen plane. He was arrested just outside Ellsinore late Monday night.
The plane was intercepted by F-16 fighter planes when it entered US airspace and followed as it weaved through (what appears to be) Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and finally Missouri, where it landed.
The State Capitol in Madison, WI was evacuated just before the plane flew overhead.
Lt.-Cmdr. Gary Ross, a spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said the pilot did not respond to radio calls from the jets or the FAA during the entire pursuit.
He also said the pilot refused to acknowledge the nonverbal communications from the F-16 jets to follow them. It appears the plane only landed as it came close to running out of fuel.
"Apparently somebody jumped over the fence and just jumped into an aircraft," Confederation College Vice President Judi Maundrell said.
"It was sitting as usual parked on the ramp. The keys are in all the aircraft because students are using them."
The Cessna 172 was fully fuelled when it left Canada and capable of flying for about seven hours without refuelling [sic].
It is not known why the plane was stolen or the pilot's motives.
So, apparently Obama really IS the antichrist..?
Well, the logic is a bit 'backwards'… I think it will take a bit more than that to convince any sane person..
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People who think President Obama is the anti-Christ say they hear things like "serve Satan" when they play his speeches backwards. Rachel Maddow takes a look at what other things might be learned by playing other people's speeches backwards.
Rachel Maddow really is hilarious in how she deals with this.
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Vermont Legalizes Same Sex Marriage
Vermont has had a bit of a roller coaster ride of late, in regards to same sex marriage with the legislature overriding the Republican governor's veto of the bill.
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The Legislature voted Tuesday to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto of a bill allowing gays and lesbians to marry. The vote was 23-5 to override in the state Senate and 100-49 to override in the House. Under Vermont law, two-thirds of each chamber had to vote for override.
Congratulations! Vermont becomes the fourth state to legalize same sex marriage, following Massachusetts, Connecticut and last weeks ruling in Iowa.
Update: Vermont is the first state to legalize same sex marriage through legislation while the other states legalized it through the courts.
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Spain Investigates What America Should by Marjorie Cohn
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A Spanish court has initiated criminal proceedings against six former officials of the Bush administration. John Yoo, Jay Bybee, David Addington, Alberto Gonzales, William Haynes and Douglas Feith may face charges in Spain for authorizing torture at Guantánamo Bay.
If arrest warrants are issued, Spain and any of the other 24 countries that are parties to European extradition conventions could arrest these six men when they travel abroad.
Does Spain have the authority to prosecute Americans for crimes that didn't take place on Spanish soil?


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text: I'm sure people would like to see more green W's in the win-loss column before anything and rightfully so, but I just saw an Eastern Washington video that reminded me that they had red turf. I don't know if this was ever a topic of dicussion here before, but how cool would it be if we had colored turf?! Since EWU has their "Inferno", what if our turf was black?! Or just red, whichever. Either way, I think that would be a cool and unique thing to add to the Jones. I feel like there are a few schools in the college football landscape that can pull off doing cool things like this by not being so stiff on tradition just for the sake of it (Oregon, Boise, EWU, OK St.) and I think Texas Tech could join that club. Thoughts?


text: _Black Sabbath Vol. 4_ was the first album where classic sludge-rockers Black Sabbath (Ozzy Osbourne-vocals, Bill Ward-drums, Geezer Butler-bass and Toni Iommi-guitar) started experimenting – which possibly foreshadowed what would be more emphasized on the following album, _Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath_. I just want to make a clarification before I move on: Black Sabbath's music is not about satanism or devil worshipping – it's subject matter is mainly about the harsh realities of life (i.e., crime, war, drugs, mental illness and more), which is rather "dark". Moving onto the tracks:The album opens with "Wheels Of Confusion/The Straightener", which is a sludgy/heavy powerhouse. This is arguably the heaviest on the album. The lyrics are reflective and sad. "Tomorrow's Dream" is a r&b-rocker with groove. "Changes" is a beautiful piano-based ballad. The combination of Ozzy Osbourne's emotive vocals and the sad orchestral backdrops make this a somewhat painful track to listen to at times. "FX" is a short experiment featuring eerie guitar feedback from Toni Iommi. "Supernaut" (to me) proves that music is a transcendent force without limits or boundaries. The mix of boogie, classic psychedelic r&b and metal, shows that unlikely combinations can work – which almost makes it seem like it was never "unlikely" to begin with. "Snowblind" is a slow heavy rocker. Tony Iommi does some of his best soloing on this track. The end features some orchestral backdrops (possibly from synthesizers). "Cornucopia" is probably the most ominous sounding on here (check out the opening section). The dark lyrics contribute to this aspect as well. "Laguna Sunrise" is the beautiful and evocative acoustic guitar instrumental. If anyone were to listen to this calm, sedate and airy track (without knowledge of it being Sabbath), you wouldn't guess that this was the same band known for their dark and sludgy output – that's talent. "St. Vitus' Dance" is an upbeat, summery and "happy" sounding rock track – at least on a musical (excluding lyrics) level. "Under The Sun/Everyday Comes And Goes" sounds the most "Sabbath-esque" on here. The beginning is heavy and ominous. It then segues into a straightforward heavy rocker. The lyrics are deep, thought-provoking and rebellious. They address such issues as religion, personal beliefs and violence.In short, _Black Sabbath Vol. 4_ is a classic metal album, which deserves to be owned by diehards, as well as those interested in Black Sabbath, or the roots of heavy metal. This would serve as a good introduction, as it features a well-crafted balance between heaviness and mild experimentation.


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Justin Bieber's mother, Pattie Malette, details her difficult upbringing and teen years in her memoir "Nowhere but Up: The story of Justin Bieber's Mom."
Malette reveals that she went through years of sex abuse, drug abuse and that she attempted suicide six months before becoming pregnant with Bieber at age 18. Previously, Malette has only spoken a little about her troubled past.
The 37-year-old mom to the singing superstar co-wrote the memoir, which was released on September 18, in collaboration with A.J. Gregory. A portion of the proceeds from the book have been promised to shelters which help pregnant teen moms, much like the one in Canada that Mallette was housed in after her mother kicked her out of the family home after getting pregnant.
Mallette writes that she was just 2 years old when her alcoholic father abandoned the family and was around 3 years old when she was first abused sexually by someone she knew. She does not identify the several people who have molested her in the past by name, but in the book's acknowledgement section she writes, "To my abusers: I forgive you."
"I was sexually violated so many times that as the years went by it began to feel normal," Mallette writes. "It's a strange marriage - knowing something is wrong yet at the same time finding it familiar and commonplace."
Mallette says she began drinking and using drugs, like marijuana and LSD, when she was 14. She left home just two years later and got into pot dealing and petty crime to support herself. It was around that time she met Jeremy Bieber and the two began what would become a four-year on-again-off-again relationship.
Bieber's mother also talks about the time she attempted suicide at 17 by throwing herself in front of a truck. She later landed in a mental ward. Mallette recovered and found religion, but her renewed faith soon faltered and she found herself falling back into her old routines.
She later discovered she was pregnant with Jeremy Bieber's child and Mallette said she resisted pressure from people around her to get an abortion.
"I knew that I had to do what it took," Mallette writes. "I just couldn't abort him."
She was just 18 when she gave birth to Justin Bieber, who she had originally planned to name Jesse.
Early on Bieber displayed his musical talent and at 6 years old, the young singer began playing a guitar and a djembe drum for extra cash on the streets. Mallette said she never forced Bieber to do it but he ended up earning the family thousands of dollars after the first time.
Her son's success would continue after she uploaded videos of a then 12-year-old Justin Bieber on YouTube singing popular songs. Bieber's performances went viral and by 13, he was signed with manager Scooter Braun.
Justin Bieber, who is now 18, recently bought a house for himself in Calabasas, California and is dating singer and actress Selena Gomez.
"She's just a sweetheart. She's kind and generous and loving," Mallette said of Gomez to The Associated Press in a recent interview.
Mallette also said at 21 she chose to abstain from sex outside of marriage and promised her son when they first moved to the United States to start his career that she would not date until he was 18.
"It's time to start dating," she told the wire service.


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Fashion Week: Hilton Sisters and Gossip Girls Go Back to School with Alice + Olivia
Yesterday's Alice + Olivia presentation launched the Spring 2014 line of this native New York label, replete with sophisticated, whimsy-chocked apparel.
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Let's just preface this with: the clothes were magnificent. And that's less of a complement than something designer Stacey Bendet just seems to understand--magnificence is protocol, decadence is standard operating procedure. It's definitely the case in this collection that she described as "the crossroads of preppy-meets-pretty."More »


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Lourdes watched a 13-point second half lead vanish on Saturday afternoon, but the Gray Wolves never allowed Indiana Tech to take the lead, and pulled out a 64-56 victory over the Warriors at Tam-o-Shanter.
Eric Worthey (Cleveland, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley H.S.) led Lourdes with 16 points, making 6-of-7 free throws, while Zach Steinmetz (Toledo, Ohio/Saint John's H.S.) tallied his fifth straight double-double and eighth in his last nine appearances. Steinmetz finished with 14 points and a game-high 19 rebounds.
Lourdes shot 65% from the floor in the opening half while holding the Warriors to just a 30% clip as the Gray Wolves built a 33-22 lead at intermission. An 11-4 run over five minutes put Lourdes on top 19-11 at the nine minute mark of the stanza, but Indiana Tech fought back to close within four, 23-19 at the 4:07 mark. The Gray Wolves scored 10 of the final 13 points in the half, capped by a Jerome Talton (East Cleveland, Ohio/Shaw H.S.) three-point to hold the 11-point halftime lead. Talton was 5-for-5 in the opening half, scoring all 12 of his points on the day in the opening 20 minutes.
A Steinmetz put back to open the second half extended the lead to 13 before Indiana Tech made a run. A 15-3 spurt in just under seven minutes pulled the Warriors to within one, 38-37 as Lourdes missed 10 straight shots following the Steinmetz lay-in. The Gray Wolves extended the lead back to four several times before Indiana Tech tied the game at 47 with 5:50 to play. Steinmetz answered on Lourdes next possession and the Gray Wolves took the lead for good.
Indiana Tech was still within one, 54-53, with under three minutes to play before Lourdes made 10 free throws down the stretch to secure the victory.
Despite shooting just 38.1% in the second half, Lourdes finished the afternoon 51.2% from the floor. The Gray Wolves held a 37-24 advantage on the glass to overcome 15 turnovers. Indiana Tech committed just eight turnovers on the day but shot just 31.1% from the field.
Jeff Hoskins led Indiana Tech (14-9, 9-6 WHAC) with 20 points while John Cooksey and Nick Lewis each added 13 points for the Warriors. Cooksey also had a team-high eight rebounds.
Lourdes (14-10, 9-7) will take to the road on Wednesday evening, traveling to Adrian, Mich. to battle Siena Heights. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. at the Fieldhouse.


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Group sues to force insurers to take AIDS money
- Article by: JANET McCONNAUGHEY
- Associated Press
- February 20, 2014 - 8:20 PM
NEW ORLEANS — An advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force insurance companies in Louisiana to take payments from a federal program that helps HIV and AIDS patients.
Lambda Legal filed the suit in a Baton Rouge federal court Thursday saying at least one insurance company is violating the Affordable Care Act by refusing to take premium payments from the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS program.
Lambda Legal earlier filed complaints with federal agencies after Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana said it would stop taking payments March 1 from unrelated third parties such as the White program.
The Louisiana Health Cooperative said it also would stop taking such payments and a third company, Vantage Health Plan, says it's considering doing so.
Spokesman John Maginnis says Blue Cross/Blue Shield has not seen the lawsuit.
© 2014 Star Tribune


text: This is what the finished growler carrier I made for my Dad looked like. Oak body, wenge divider, bamboo pins. No metal used, well, I did use metal upholstery tacks for the feet on each corner. Pop used it today, brought back some Goose Island Bourbon County Stout, and man was that some serious good beer. The other beer was DC Brau Exaltation, a fresh Imperial IPA, I believe. Very hoppy, quite good, but paled next to the Goose Island.


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Criterion's June includes Hard Day's Night, plus Veronica Mars, Jack Ryan & more!
All right, I'm getting a little bit of a late start today after spending the morning at the dentist. Yeah. One of those days.
Anyway, the big news for today is that Criterion has officially revealed their June BD/DVD slate and, though it's getting cliché to keep saying it every month, it's another great list of titles. It starts with new HD updatings of Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows (Spine #95) and Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Eclisse (Spine #278) on 6/10, followed by an updating of Peter Davis' Hearts and Minds (Spine #156), the new Georges Franju's Judex (Spine #710), and an updating of Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock (Spine #29) on 6/17. As if that wasn't great enough, Richard Lester's The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (Spine #711) rounds things out on 6/24. SRP for each of them is $39.95. Be sure to visit Criterion.com for a complete list of all the great extras. Meanwhile, you'll find the cover artwork below. [Read on here...]


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I have heard a couple of references on a bandler tape and McKenna about spinning feelings - often when they are dealing with phobias. I think but do not know that this involves getting the client to trace the route of feelings as they think about the stimulus that makes them feel bad and then once it is established spinning them in the opposite direction while thinking of the stimulus. I think this is combined with EFT in some instances.
Is anyone on the forum familiar with spinning and how it can be used?


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As of Thursday, South Dakota has about 90 people signed up through the health care exchange. Rob Bates, Senior Vice President of Managed Care for Avera Health Plans, said more people are signing up. He said Avera has "been pleased so far by the sales on the exchange. Even though everyone understands it's far from an optimum shopping experience, at this time."
He said Avera Health has 61 people, from all over the state who have successfully signed up for health care. That's compared to Sanford health, which has signed up 28 people. DAKOTACARE hasn't gotten its federal numbers back yet, so they said they're at zero.
Bates said the exchange is new territory for all of them. March 31st is the deadline for health care sign up. Professor of Health at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Dr. Michael Morrisey, said people who are sick or older will benefit most from the exchange because they "are able to get coverage that is often much cheaper rather than what they would have been paying."
Morrisey said the ticket will be getting the young and fit people to sign up because they will balance it out.
Both Morrisey and Bates said they expected more people to sign up the closer we get to the deadline.
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