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While fans waited with baited breath in the past as to whether CW's horror series "Supernatural" would go on for another year, it seems that season 9 has been one of the best of its entire run, earning it an early pickup from the network for season 10.
"Supernatural" airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on Riverside CW channel 5.
The network announced the early pickup of "Supernatural" on Thurs., Feb. 13, along with the renewals of several of their other hit shows, including "The Vampire Diaries," "Arrow," "Reign," and "The Originals."
The CW has seen their best Tuesday night numbers in the network's history, with ratings doubling year to year in adults 18-34 and a 150% increase in viewers 18-49. "Supernatural" alone has seen ratings soar in season nine with double-digit viewer increases in all key demos.
In fact, Mark Pedowitz, President of the CW, directly attributes this growth to the back-to-back airing of new show "The Originals" at 8 p.m., followed by their longest-running scripted series, "Supernatural." "The Originals" was recently named the most social new series of the fall by ListenFirst Media,
"This season, we've had great success with our new hit series 'The Originals,' paired with 'Supernatural,'" said Pedowitz. "I'm very pleased to announce early pickups for all five series and let our fans know they'll have more great drama to look forward to next season."
"Supernatural" follows brothers Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) and Sam Winchester (Jared Padalecki) as they travel around the country hunting supernatural creatures. They've also had an ongoing back story involving the fight between heaven and hell, and the brothers often find themselves caught in the middle and have come close to death on more than one occasion. Season 9 has also brought an intense shift in the relationship between the Winchesters, along with some of the most-watched episodes in the past four years.
Catch an all-new "Supernatural" on Tues., Feb. 25 at 9 p.m. In the episode titled "Captives," Sam and Dean are shocked when they learn the Men of Letters' bunker is haunted. Their search for answers leads them to a storage facility where demons have been hiding a prize possession. Meanwhile, Castiel (Misha Collins) is taken by Bartholomew (Adam Harrington, guest star). Catch a video preview of the episode in the left sidebar.
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But if Alsop worries that she's overcommitted, it hasn't stopped her from continually finding new ways to create stronger connections between the BSO and its audience. In one ambitious 2009 move, she brought fans into the sacred fold of the symphony itself, offering up her orchestra as host to an intensive, weeklong music camp for grownups called the BSO Academy. For $1,850 each, participants get to sit with the orchestra during rehearsals, eat lunch with the musicians, attend master classes given by the players and perform with the BSO at a special concert. "There was some concern that the musicians didn't want to be bothered with people coming in," says Gerri Hall, a BSO subscriber and retired CEO who pulled her clarinet out of the closet, where it had been forgotten for 20 years, to join the camp. But the musicians ended up enjoying the presence of hundreds of awestruck groupies-in-residence, and many "campers" return year after year. "Marin's on the cutting edge," says Hall. "The fact that she's letting some of us come along for the ride is special."
Where the ride will take Alsop isn't a question she agonizes over. She would rather analyze ways to build an audience for challenging contemporary composers or discuss Wagner's loathsome personality versus his musical genius with her audience once the Valkyries have ridden off. Ask what's next, and she raises her eyebrows, as if mulling the question. Ask what her dream life would look like, and the joy appears, that same smile the orchestra sees when the music is no longer coming from her but through her.
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When: Saturday Feb 22
Where: Grizzly Rose
Time: 1:00pm
Pro 170lbs – Muay Thai – Garrett Culpepper vs Jay Orallo
Pro 125lbs – Nick Honstein vs Nate Williams
Pro 185lbs – Brian Scraper vs Willie Smalls
125lbs George Martinez vs Ken Sabino
265lbs - Steven Paprocki vs Anjiel Osiris
155lbs – Adam Vigil vs Nicholi Navarro
135lbs - Mario Suaza vs Phil Gonzalez
145lbs - Jordan Titoni vs Mike Vandemark
Womens 110lbs – Brittney Boone vs Hanna Schaeffer
170lbs – Aaron Scott vs Anthony Adams
265lbs – Dustin Gordon vs Jake Chathum
205lbs - Donald Pierce vs Nate Roberts
From SCL Promoter, Jeff Cisneros:
"Ok SCL supporters, as you know every show we benefit a great cause. Meet Tom Wright...not only one of our fighters and friends but a dam good guy! Well, while training to fight in January, Tom suffered a broken collarbone that required surgery and he did not have insurance to cover the cost of the surgery. The surgery bill came to $11,000.00, not to mention the loss of wages...so let's have an auction and raise some cash for him during Saturday's fights. You can also support him by buying tickets directly from Tom. Anybody that knows Tom knows he would give anyone the shirt off his back, so let's remember these fighters put it all on the line for the fans and promotions….so lets pay back a little in gratitude!"
That message is directly from Jeff himself and it shows the commitment to donate by the ever growing SCL. Tomorrow's card is yet another example of the match-ups that are helping Denver's MMA fighters expose themselves to the bigger stages and organizations of the sport. SCL has become an excellent feeder system to the likes of Bellator, RFA, MFC in Canada, Legacy Fighting Championships and a host of other larger promotions.
Saturday February 22nd….Returning to The Grizzly Rose (5450 N Valley Hwy, Denver, CO 80216) cage tomorrow is the high level ground game of FactoryX's mat-master, Nick "Quick" Honstein. Honstein is coming off a very impressive performance in his last outing that showed his all-world grappling skills. Honstein really made a statement in that last fight by showing a demonic aggression that we haven't consistently seen in him. He faces a very tough and aggressive Nate Williams in what could be a very entertaining scrap between the little guys.
We also will be treated to Krieger Muay Thai's own, Garrett "The Pink Panther" Culpepper in a professional 170 lb Muay Thai fight that will see him take on Las Vegas' very tough headhunter, Jay Orallo. Culpepper is coming off a loss in his last outing that seemed to be a real pivotal point for the long and lean Muay Thai fighter. He admittedly said that too many things went wrong leading up to that fight, as well as his "defensive" performance in the cage. Culpepper will be looking to rebound from that loss with a very offensive, technical and methodical gameplan to signify that Denver has not seen the last of "The Pink Panther".
Returning to the SCL cage is Fort Collins fighter based out of Trials MMA, Brian Scraper. Scraper is known for putting on some incredibly exciting fights and a guy that always gets the crowd screaming. He will be facing one of our sport's "good-guys" in Willie Smalls. Smalls will straight up fight anyone at anytime and fight them anywhere….luckily for us fans, he will fight Scraper right in the center of the SCL cage on Saturday afternoon. Based on the history of these two sluggers, this fight is Examiner's Pick for "Fight of the Night". Don't miss these two slug it out!
As always, SCL has been exploding and the crowds have been INCREDIBLE at the Grizzly Rose (. Last month's show was so full that latecomers to the show were turned away….so get there early….and get there ready to go because tomorrow's fights are all about Tom Wright!
Here's the rest of the fight card scheduled for tomorrow at The Grizzly Rose. Weigh-ins are open to the public tonight at The Ugly Dog Café located at: 1345 Cortez St, Denver, CO 80221.
Tomorrow, Saturday….Grizzly Rose doors open at 1:00pm….fights start at 2:00.
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The grand opening celebration of the new Bark Avenue Market & Bakery in Colleyville will be held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, March, 23. The store, which sells fresh-baked pooch treats and accessories such as collars and beds, is now located at 5625 Colleyville Rd., Suite 230, just four doors down from its former site.
The event will include complimentary treats for dogs and their humans, a balloon artist from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and special promotions on top dog food brands. In addition, Pam Montgomery DVM will speak at 12:30 p.m. on the importance of good nutrition for your pet, and Dawn Orr, canine behaviorist, will discuss the way dogs communicate at 1:30 p.m. Anyone who purchases $100 or more of products will be entered into a special drawing for a gift basket valued at $150.
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Friday, February 01, 2013
So.... I haven't done anything spectacular over the past year... (Since the last time that I restarted my diet and exercise routine).... In fact most of my weight returned.... (which usually happens when you stop doing anything healthy all-together).... So I'm here again, pushing myself and forcing myself to follow through.
It all started three weeks ago when I decided on a whim to step on the scale... (big mistake!) I had gained everything back!!! I was so depressed and angry with myself that I forced myself to jump start my routine that day!.... I cut out everything processed (which is soooo much when you actually read all the labels!), nothing artificially flavored, or artificially dyed, and no refined sugars.... (eek!).... I basically stripped my diet of everything that I usually ate.... And it has been a living hell let me tell you...
The first couple of weeks were not fun.... I fell like a crack addict on withdrawal! And even now it's hard because I refuse to eat anything not healthy.... which means fruits, veggies, grains, oats, and poultry and fish.... and lets say you can only prepare them so many ways before getting really bored.... so I've enlisted the help of my dear friends.... Spices... HAHA!
I've lost some weight over the last few weeks (WOOHOO!).... but it's still becoming harder.... I'm the only one in my family and household that is watching every little thing that goes into my mouth... and I exercise daily (alternating between cardio and weight training).... and it really sucks... I've been getting compliments about good I look and what not.... but it becomes frustrating because I seriously feel all alone..... literally... Even the people I work with just aren't getting it... some people think I'm doing this because I'm vain... and others think I'm crazy (But you don't "look" over weight! You're just overreacting).... the thing is, I am over weight... and I don't feel good about myself... and frankly it sucks....
I wish I could be more active on here, to meet new people.... People who know what I'm going through.... people who care... and people that can help motivate me through the really tough times... I've found that many people are registered here on sparkpeople, but it doesn't seem that anyone is actually on here... (just my perception)... unlike facebook, where everyone is always commenting and posting and yada-yada-yada....
*sigh*.... regardless.... I'm sticking this through.... I have to... I need to start feeling better about myself and the way I look... and I need to be healthier so I don't have health issues later down the road.... the results are slow (I'm realizing I'm not as young as I was)... and I know that someday I'll look sexy in my underwear, and meet my goal weight...
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No. 3 Men's Tennis Downs No. 4 USC, 4-3
Bruins clinch the 2013 Pac-12 regular-season title for the second year in a row.
UCLA Tennis Signee Wins Prestigious ASICS Easter Bowl Title
Irvine's Gage Brymer will join the Bruins this fall.
No. 2 Men's Tennis Escapes With 4-3 Win at No. 7 Pepperdine
Junior Clay Thompson posts clinching singles victory at court No. 5.
No. 3 UCLA Edges No. 2 USC, 4-3
Bruin men's tennis team avenges loss to Trojans at Team Indoors.
Both Tennis Teams Ranked Top 5 Nationally
Bruin women at No. 2, followed by men at No. 3.
The Bruin Report for 3-31-12
The Bruin Report for 3-31-12 featured guests Billy Martin and Stella Sampras-Webster
Head coach Billy Martin, who is in his 20th year as head coach of the UCLA Bruins, takes an overall record of 427-90 (.826) into the 2013 season. This year marks Martin's 30th year on staff, as he served as an assistant coach for 10 years prior to taking over for Glenn Bassett in 1994. He is only the fourth head coach in UCLA tennis history, following legends Bill Ackerman (1921-50), J.D. Morgan (1951-66) and Bassett (1967-93). Only two active coaches at UCLA have served longer at their current positions, as Martin follows, Cyndi Gallagher (women's swimming - 24 years) and Valorie Kondos Field (women's gymnastics - 23 years ).
Perhaps the most amazing accomplishment in Martin's career is his ability to get the best out of his players each and every year, as in 18 seasons as head coach, only once has he had a team finish out of the top 5 at the season-ending NCAA Championships.
Martin's finest season at UCLA came in 2005 when he led the squad to its first NCAA title since 1984. UCLA's 4-3 come-from-behind victory over top-seeded and undefeated Baylor that year marked the Bruins' 16th NCAA Championship in men's tennis and the school's 97th NCAA title overall. The win snapped Baylor's 57-match winning streak, the second longest in NCAA history. It also avenged the team's 4-0 loss to the Bears in the 2004 NCAA Final.
In addition to the team's dramatic run to the title in 2005, Martin has had several near misses at the NCAA Championships. In just his third season as head coach in 1996, Martin led an undefeated Bruin squad to the NCAA Final, suffering a heartbreaking loss to Pac-10 rival Stanford in the title match. It marked the team's only loss of the year, as the Bruins finished 27-1 overall. For his efforts, Martin was named the 1996 ITA National Coach of the Year.
UCLA reached the NCAA Final again three years later, this time falling to Georgia, 4-3 at the 1999 Championships in Athens, Ga. Martin's other appearance in the title match came in 2004, as he led the fourth-seeded Bruins to the NCAA Final following a 4-2 upset over top-seeded Illinois in the semifinals. That win snapped the Fighting Illini's 64-match winning streak, a streak that still stands as the longest in NCAA history. Although the Bruins would go on to lose to Baylor in the final that year, the loss paved the way for UCLA's title run the following season.
Another significant highlight in Martin's career is his outstanding success in the highly-competitive Pac-12 Conference, where he owns a 118-24 record heading into the 2013 season. Under Martin's direction, UCLA has captured nine conference titles, including four in a row from 2004-07. He was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 1996 after leading the team to a perfect 10-0 record in conference play. UCLA has never finished out of the top 3 in the Pac-10 standings during Martin's tenure.
In addition to his numerous team accomplishments, Martin takes great pride in helping his players achieve their individual goals as well. In 2006, he helped Benjamin Kohlloeffel become the 10th player in school history to capture the NCAA Singles Championship. Kohlloeffel notched a straight-set win over Virginia's Somdev Devvarman in the title match that year, becoming the first Bruin player since Martin in 1975 to win the title. Kohlloeffel's victory put his coach in an elite category, as Martin joined Georgia's Manny Diaz as the only other active head coach to earn the career "triple crown" by leading their schools to three different titles at the NCAA Championships (team, singles and doubles). Martin's doubles title came when he coached Justin Gimelstob and Srdjan Muskatirovic to the championship in 1995. In all, a total of 19 players have achieved All-America status under Martin's direction.
Inducted into the ITA Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996, Martin's playing career is full of highlights. To this very day he is still regarded as one of the best junior players in the history of the sport. He captured the 1973 and '74 singles titles at Junior Wimbledon, the Junior U.S. Open and Junior Orange Bowl tournaments. Inside Tennis Magazine recently ran an article that named him "Junior Player of the Century." Due to his tremendous success as a junior player while growing up in Illinois, Martin was inducted into the USTA Midwest Section Hall of Fame in December of 2010. He was also inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame in August of 2011.
Although Martin played just one season at UCLA before turning pro, the 1975 season was a special one, as he guided the team to a perfect 19-0 dual-match record en route to an NCAA team championship during his freshman year.
After capturing the 1975 NCAA singles championship, Martin turned professional and enjoyed a fine career. He reached the Wimbledon singles quarterfinals in 1977 and was selected Rookie of the Year in his first professional season.
Martin defeated top pros such as Ken Rosewall (twice), Stan Smith, John Newcombe, Roscoe Tanner and Harold Soloman. In 1975 he won the Arkansas International singles title. He also won doubles championships in 1977, '79 and '81 in Laguna Niguel, CA, Brussels, Belgium and Bristol, England, respectively.
Martin attended UCLA for three years, working on his undergraduate studies before completing his bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Redlands in 1989. He earned his MBA from USC in 1991.
During the summer, Martin runs the Bassett-Martin Tennis Camp, one of the country's most successful camps for youngsters. Martin also directs the UCLA Summer Tennis Camps held on the UCLA campus.
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Irish visa 'overstayers' speak out
Ireland's ongoing economic crisis appears to be the primary reason for a large increase in the number of Irish nationals overstaying their Australian visas.
The number of Irish people currently living unlawfully in Australia is at 1,075, a 24 per cent increase on last year's figures.
Those who don't manage to get sponsored by an employer, and don't qualify for other visas, are taking the risk and remaining past their visa's expiry date.
Michael's reasons for overstaying his visa were pretty innocent, he was just waiting to get his new passport before he left the country, and with six weeks left on his second year working holiday visa he didn't have a lot of time.
"I applied for my new passport through the Irish Embassy when I lost mine. I knew it would probably be pushing it with just six weeks left on my visa so I rang up the Department of Immigration.
"I laid it out straight with them, I told them my situation and just asked if I could get an extension on my visa until my new passport came though," he says.
With plans to go travelling to Asia before going to New Zealand for work, Michael wanted to wait for his real passport to come through instead of using an emergency passport.
"I spoke to a guy in Immigration who sent me out the forms to apply for a visa extension. I filled out all these forms and sent them off. But then I was told that I had filled out the wrong forms and I was running out of time. My visa ran out in March and so now I'm just waiting for Immigration to knock at the door and kick me out of the country."
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Michael is working as a labourer in Sydney and is hoping that he might be able to escape without being blackmarked if he leaves on his new passport.
"I'm just hoping that because it's a new passport my visa expiry won't show up," he says.
Michael says that his prospects for getting work in Ireland are slim to none and in his opinion, he's better off working illegally in Australia.
"If I went home I would just end up on the dole, there's just no work for me there," he says.
Barry, who is also a labourer in Sydney, has overstayed his working holiday visa.
"When you've got no other options at home you might as well stay here illegally," he says.
"I had planned on going home but realised I wouldn't have enough money to live on, especially if there wasn't a job to go home to.
"I needed to stay to make money and then it just got too late to leave. My visa has been up since March."
However, Barry isn't worried about his future prospects if he does get caught because he claims a friend of his was able to emigrate to another country, even after he was found to have overstayed his visa.
"One of my mates stayed illegally for nearly a year and then he booked flights to Canada and went and confessed all to the Department of Immigration.
"He got away without a record because he showed them his flight details and said he was leaving immediately. He's looking for work in Canada now," he says.
Barry does worry that employers will become suspicious of Irish people.
There is also concern that an increase in Irish overstayers will lead to Ireland being tagged as a 'high risk' country for future visas.
But both men say that because of their illegal status they are conscious of keeping out of trouble, and often avoid going out at the weekend.
"When I see the police I just walk in the other direction. The last thing I want to do is get in trouble and then get deported," he says.
Names have been changed to protect overstayers' identities.
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With one moratorium, and stroke of a pen, Gov. Inslee just made the Death Penalty a HOT BUTTON issue in Washington state.
With one moratorium, and stroke of a pen, Gov. Inslee just made the Death Penalty a HOT BUTTON issue in Washington state.
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Tornadoes and thunderstorms rampaged through the Midwest today, killing several people in Illinois and leaving a path of destruction.
The National Toy Hall of Fame is awfully fond of these toys.
You'll have a chance to see this years Christmas tree that will be placed in front of the US capitol as it makes it's way through the state!
I read a disturbing news story regarding the government website for the affordable health care act. John McAfee the creator of McAfee virus protection said the government website is wide open for hackers to steal you identity. Check out his interview on the Fox News channel...
Some parents are not please by a decision made by the Dallas Board of Ed to hire a first year teacher who once posed naked on Playboy's website...
One-hundred-dollar bills are about to get quite the colorful face-lift.
As of 12:01 a.m. EST on Tuesday, the federal government closed down. Congressional leaders in the House of Representatives and the Senate were unable to reach an agreement on a budget or a temporary fix, known as a continuing resolution, before the start of the new fiscal year on October 1.
UPDATED 4:30 p.m. ET: Thirteen people are now confirmed dead, including shooter Aaron Alexis. An alleged second shooter is reportedly still on the loose.
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Now we jump to the past. Clark is to meet Jimmy for dinner in Carlini's but realizes too late that Lois Lane and boyfriend Jonathan Carroll had played him. Instead Clark was roped into a double date with Jonathan and the Lane sisters. Lucy is far from impressed that Clark is 45 minutes late even for this dinner.
Clark is pleasantly surprised to like both Jonathan and Lucy despite preconceptions on both. He is even roped into a bungee jump from Bogdanove Bridge despite his reluctance. Carlini's seems a hotbed of activity for PGN employees as we have a reporter, a news anchor, a foreign correspondent and now the company head, Morgan Edge arrives complete with two bimbos.
Lois wastes no time tearing strips off her impetuous boss, within reason, making her points crystal clear. Morgan nods that he was foolish to follow the Superman dual identity story on the say so of a blogger, but luckily PGN pulled in sky high ratings and Lois kept her reputation intact, in fact the blogger took the fall for everything.
Cutting into the verbal tennis, cellphone alerts ping all over the restaurant. All PGN staff are alerted to the research facility attack in Russia and all of them race out. Clark promises to meet Lucy for the bungee jump the next morning, leaving an unamused Lucy with a huge dinner bill. Racing to the roof, Clark strips off down to his white Superman T-shirt and activates his body armor, soaring towards Russia.
Back in the present, Russian soldiers arrive and attack Superman assuming that he is the killer. Superman fills them in and melts their weaponry with heat vision. Russian security head, Ivan, informs Superman that Russia had always wanted their own Superman to defend and fight for them just as Superman does for America. Superman is taken aback, he's never threatened Russia. Ivan responds coldly with 'yet' and continues to relay the backstory.
Ivan explains that after Superman emerged, Russia set about hunting deep space which led to failure, so their scientists looked into multidimensional portals. However once established they realized someone had been watching them also via their own portals and sent through a chamber that landed over the Bering Strait which is when Superman intervened at the sub crash. Bringing us to today and the mass killing. Ivan tells Superman they've tracked it to a nuclear facility near a small town to the west. Superman takes to the sky but before he does he probes Ivan about his role as 'Russian Security' yet being completely fluent in English. To his shock Ivan reveals he was a double agent for the presidential detail.
Superman arrives at the village to discover dead military troops, civilians, children and even pets. His horror scanning the village means he doesn't notice the capsule hurled at him that promptly explodes. Superman stumbles, his armor, cracked and cape, torn. The foe is too fast, even faster than the Flash. Ninja stars fly through the air seemingly from nowhere and pierce Superman's armor. Bemused Superman shrugs off the tiny weapons but his overconfidence is a weakness, more so when the throwing stars explode, cracking yet more of the suit.
Superman blazes the surroundings with heat vision, again overconfident that a foe couldn't possibly have dodged it. Wrong. Another capsule bounces towards him and engulfs him in flame and a dreadlocked monster complete with a metal mask, wrist blades and several types of combat weapons attacks the Man of Steel. Superman is outmatched and takes a severe beating. Yet another capsule is launched and this time stabs into Superman's armor emitting some kind of signal, almost like it is scanning him and relaying the information to the hunter.
The capsule electrocutes Superman leaving him unconscious and his armor reverted to the white tights. The hunter meanwhile moves in for the kill.
To Be Continued...
Story - 1: At first I was kind of stoked. The issue seemed like it was gearing up to something. What a let down that it when wrong from the flashback onwards. First off, Carlini's... The most expensive restaurant in Metropolis and Jimmy and Clark are dining there? Yeah right. Second if I buy that, suddenly half the PGN staff just happen to be dining there? I half expected Izzy, Perry, Miko, Heather and Billy to pop by.
I thought the Cold War was over but obviously not in the New 52, complete with Ivan the sinister double agent and their race to find a super weapon to rival America's. Ok, I'll go with it but after that the big pay off - the villain of the story is a Predator? No seriously no effort was even taken to hide the fact that this was a rip off of the movie hunter they even have the dreadlocks. Even if they rolled out Doomsday for the gazillionth time I would have been ok with it. Or Russian Zod in the armor or even Cauldron. Instead we get Superman versus Predator.
When did Superman become an idiot in battle? He saw the damage on video, in person at two sites and was even warned by Ivan the Russian, so Superman decides to fly into confrontation unprepared? The Predator was able to move so fast he was invisible, but his ninja stars weren't. Superman saw the capsules damage him and his armor once, yet he lets it happen four more times in a row?
Maybe I'm being too harsh that Superman is an unthinking egotistical brute, he sure is here as opposed to his past fights in the past 10 issues. But I think it's my sadness that DC chose a Predator rip off as the villain in Superman's second big arc. Not annoyed at the lack of originality, just that they didn't bother even hiding it.
Also the front cover made me a promise. It lied. I don't like that.
Art - 2: The art was decent but with four artists going over it all, how could they mess up?
The whole arc has been a blend of styles so I'm used to the inconsistencies by now (i.e. the cape ripped in an explosion early on and in the final scene it's magically repaired). I'm saddened none of the artists could have gone to a little more effort to cover up the blatant theft of character design but heyho that's for DC's legal department to thrash out.
Cover Art - 4: The cover is cool, the glowing armor, the smiling Superman, a pretty classic take. The point is knocked off for the cover's text. What secrets will be revealed inside? (Wow, we're going to get something juicy here!) What could the suit's secrets be? The answer? None. Thanks a bunch.
January 2012
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Cornell 42, Penn 41
- Today's game was the 1,343rd game in school history, an NCAA record. The Quakers are the only school in NCAA history to reach 1,300 games played.
- Despite the loss, Penn still leads the fifth-most played rivalry in college football, 47-36-2, including 20-13 at Franklin Field. The Quakers fell to 15-7 against the Big Red under head coach Al Bagnoli.
- Penn's Senior Class of 2014 finished their careers with a record of 24-16 (.600), including an impressive mark of 20-8 (.714) against the Ivy League. The seniors were 14-6 (.700) overall at home and 11-3 (.786) against Ivy League opponents. Most importantly, the Class of 2014 won two Ivy League championship rings.
- The two teams combined for 83 total points, the second-most in the 120-year history of the series. That trails only Cornell's last visit to Franklin Field when the Big Red won 48-38.
- It is just the third Ivy home loss for the Quakers since 2008, who are now 12-3 in their last 15 home Ivy League games. Two of those losses have come to Cornell.
- Finishing the year 4-6, this is only the second losing season in 22 years under Coach Bagnoli.
- Penn's four-game losing streak in the Ivy League is the longest since losing four to close out the season in 2005.
- This is just the second time in the last nine games that the Quakers scored first.
- Penn has now forced a turnover in 12 straight Ivy League games and 27 total in that time (18 interceptions, nine fumbles).
- Senior Jake Schwertner started for the 20th straight game at left tackle while center Chris Bush started his 29th career game.
- The Quakers have now gone 123 consecutive home games without being shut out. They have never been shut out at home in the Al Bagnoli era. The last time this occurred was a 24-0 loss to Dartmouth on November 18, 1989.
- Senior Ryan Becker recorded his second straight game with multiple touchdown passes. It is also the third of his career, with the first coming in his start against Yale on Oct. 26.
- Senior Mason Smith recovered his first career fumble on a muffed punt early in the first quarter.
- Senior Sam Chwarzynski's blocked field goal in the second quarter was the first of his career.
- Chwarzynski's pick-six to bring the Quakers within one was his second on the season.
- Junior Feerooz Yacoobi had his first multi-sack game with two coming early in the first quarter.
- Penn has scored 20 or more points in 24 of its last 27 Ivy League games.
- Ryan Becker's touchdown pass to sophomore Mike Elespuru was the first receiving touchdown of Elespuru's career and the third of the game for Becker, the first time a Quaker quarterback threw that many since Billy Ragone against Columbia on Oct. 12, 2012.
- Junior Trevor Niemann's interception in the fourth quarter was the second of his career – his first on the season.
- Freshman Alex Torgersen's fourth-quarter touchdown pass to sophomore Cameron Countryman was the first touchdown for both on their careers. Torgerson logged his second later in the fourth, becoming the first true freshman quarterback to throw multiple touchdowns in a game for the Quakers in more than 13 years.
- Today was the first game this season with five total passing touchdowns for the Quakers.
- Senior Ryan Mitchell became the eighth player in program history to log 100 career receptions early in the first quarter. He finished the game – and his career – in a three-way tie for sixth most all-time at 102. He also finished eighth in program history with 1,373 receiving yards.
- Senior Conner Scott moved into ninth place among Penn's all-time reception leaders, recording his 100th career catch in the fourth quarter. He also moved into 10th in the school record book with 1,255 career receiving yards.
- Fifth-year quarterback Billy Ragone was extremely limited in action, but was placed in the game for the first two plays of the game. He capped his career with a six-yard pass which served as Mitchell's milestone catch. Ragone finished one of the greatest careers in school history. In addition to a school record 56 total touchdowns (36 pass, 20 rush), Ragone finished his career as the second-most productive offensive player in school history with 6,724 total yards (Gavin Hoffman holds the Penn record with 7,188). Ragone also finished third all-time at Penn in career passing yards (5,104), career completions (437) and career passing touchdowns (36).


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Indianapolis, Ind. - University of Illinois at Chicago sophomore sprinter Jessica Fouche captured a second-place finish in the 100-meter dash (12.33) to lead the Flames at the Butler Twilight Meet on Saturday afternoon.
Fouche also anchored the Flames' third-place 4x100 relay team, crossing the finish line with a school-record time of 47.8. Joining Fouche on the relay was Elaine Hayes, Tamika Johnson and Rowsha LaBranche.
UIC also received a top-five finish from senior Jenni Goebel in the 3,000-meter run, with a fifth-place mark of 10:19.04.
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Cole 32mins, Rusnak 41mins, Pozo 51mins, Suarez (pen) 76mins
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Jose Angel Pozo scored his seventh goal in six City starts to fire the Blues to the top of National Group 2 in the Barclays u21 Premier League.
The 16-year old forward also laid on goals for Rusnak and Cole in an impressive 4-1 victory for City Elite Development Squad on a night in Hyde some 15 degrees chillier than Pozo's native Malaga.
Attilio Lombardo opted to make two changes from the side which won Monday's Lancashire Senior Cup tie against Blackpool on penalties, welcoming Denis Suarez back from international duty with Spain u20s and bringing Ellis Plummer into the heart of the back four.
Wales u21 midfielder Emyr Huws captained the side in the absence of George Evans who had to settle for a place on the bench and with Karim Rekik away on loan at Blackburn Rovers until the end of the season.
The visitors were yet to register a point in 2013, so it was unsurprising to see that the pattern was set early in this game, with the Potters content to keep two resolute banks of four in front of their penalty area, challenging City to break them down.
City dominated possession in the early stages but found chances hard to come by as Stoke's trio of terriers Heneghan, Ward and Sanders marshalled the menacing quintet of Suarez, Pozo, Lopes, Rusnak and Cole with distinction.
Anyone present familiar with the rugged playing style of Stoke's first-team would have instantly recognised that it's a philosophy that extends down the age-groups.
This physical approach clearly irked members of the City team at times and on one occasion Suarez received a lengthy talking to from referee Phil Dermot after he kicked the ball away in frustration.
However, City cooled flaring tempers after 32 minutes when Spanish duo Suarez and Pozo combined beautifully on the left side of the penalty area, with the latter providing Cole with the chance to back-heel the opening goal from six-yards out.
City doubled their advantage ten minutes later when Rusnak profited from more devilish dribbling from Pozo to fire in a deflected strike from the edge of the area.
It would have been easy for Stoke to throw in the towel but they hit back on the stroke of half-time when Dedryck Boyata was unfortunate to turn Adam Thomas's cross into his own net to halve their arrears.
That Potters goal gave City something to think about at half-time – ending any notion that the game might be over as a contest.
City twice gave away leads in their last league game, the 3-3 draw against Bolton at the start of the month, but they weren't in such a forgiving mood this time around.
Pozo had already set two of City's goals up but it was his turn to write his name on the scoresheet five minutes into the second period, slotting home a slick finish after sublime work by Huws on the left flank.
Lombardo's men continued to control the game and had chances to get a fourth goal of the night through Rusnak, Suarez and Lopes but eventually they broke through again with 15 minutes remaining courtesy of an expertly-taken Suarez penalty after Shay Facey was taken down just inside the area.
All in all, a truly impressive night's work from the boy Blues and the perfect preparation for Tuesday night's FA Youth Cup fifth round tie at Pride Park against Derby.


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The Number at Noon: 26
26 is the percentage loss seen sequentially in Brocade's Ethernet business, analysts estimated based on the company's quarterly report Monday.
One of those analysts, Wedbush Securities' Kaushik Roy, told the Journal that the turndown in ethernet sales came even as rivals such as Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, "had fantastic sequential growth. It's an execution issue."
Downgrades came fast and furious after the company's results came in. And the stock has responded Tuesday, falling more than 20% by midday, on surging volume.
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In a graph on reflection, can i give the x axis a scale of 4 cms = 10 degrees , and the y-axis a scale of 2 cms = 10 degrees? Will it affect the readings?
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I'm guessing from your question that you're fairly new at this game (I've been doing it for nearly 40 years! :-).
Actually it's usually the case that the x and y scales are different because we're usually graphing different things. In your case you're graphing angles against angles, but graphs might be distance against time or force againt distance or lots of things that have different x and y axes.
So choose whatever scales make the graph look clearest. Just be a bit careful when you're measuring the gradient: make sure you allow for the difference in scale. From looking at your quesion in the Math Exchange I think you already know this.
Response to comment: remember what the point of a graph is. It's a visual aid that allows you to quickly judge by eye what the relationship between two sets of data looks like. Few of would actually measure things off a graph these days, we'd just feed the data into some computer program and let it chew on it. But before you press Enter it's a good idea to have a feel for what the data looks like, and that's where the graph comes in.
Generally speaking when you draw a graph you're looking for straight lines. You don't say what your experiment is, but if you're reflecting light from a mirror the graph of incident angle against reflected angle will be a straight line. The angle of the straight line will change if you change the scales, but that's all right because all you're really interested in is whether the line is straight or not.
Actually, from your question I wonder if you meant refraction not reflection. With reflection the incident and reflected angles are always equal so the graph looks a bit boring and you wouldn't need different scales. If you did mean refraction then your graph isn't going to be a straight line (especially at large angles). In that case it's possible to get a straight line but you have to graph something slightly different.


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Well, what Sith is doing is equal to committing suicide. They betray themselves, what's the difference to suicide?
But why kill himself? Devon is powerful enough that the only thing which can claim his life is his disease, and he'd be very foolish to say "To heck with it. I'll kill myself now!" when it's possible he can have an heir.
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Well, 40 ABY and 2000 ABY...A Jedi padawan can live that long? Then she is not a Jedi Padawan. She's a Grand Master (Or worse, a Force Ghost). Then you have no match for her.
This is taking place during seperate times. Devon is not alive in 40 ABY, and Tysys is not alive in 2000 ABY. They have been communicating through time.
The Force was strong with her, indeed. Communicating into the future with so little effort! But then again, her body was not a decaying mass of flesh unable to sustain the power that resided in it. Sending actual words though time would have been risky, far too risky indeed. So Devon sent images instead.
The Dark Lord gently worked his way into her mind. Not forcefully while battering down the barriers around it, but obviously and without hostility. He did not speak, but sent a captivating vision.
He appeared as nothing but black fog with the outline of a human form. Grey mists swirled around him, and he extended his hand. Nothing was said, but he conveyed images. He sent her visions of a far-off empire, that had unified the entire galaxy. There was no war, and he ruled without question. Everything was stable and orderly. It was a utopia, which knew nothing other than peace. There were great monuments and palaces. Those touched by the Force discussed its nature. Ideas were exchanged, and knowledge was planetiful. This empire was wealthy not only physically, but also through the mind. Perfect order, perferct law. There were no enemies and wars to be fought. Great fleets of ships maintained the peace with a vigilance the Jedi had never possessed.
But then it changed. The paradise went up in flames, and order transformed into chaos. Fire brought down the great monuments, and power-hungry warlords carved out petty fiefs and kingdoms from the bloated carcass of a once-great empire. The death toll went into the quadrillions, until it grew so high there were no numbers to count it. Anarchy. Disaster. Barbarism. A great dark age. This would all happen if the empire's leader died and no one replaced him. He had no heir.
You can prevent this
, his image whispered.
Join me. Become my apprentice. Prolong my empire's golden age. All you have to is touch that side of he Force Jedi name forbidden.
For the sake of countless innocents, do it. Let me teach you the true nature of the Force. When you have decided you wish to save a galaxy's worth of lives, I will come for you.
The Skywalkers are but novices compared to my might. I can make you powerful beyond your wildest imaginings...
So that's who she is,
thought Devon. It had taken several hours of searching, but he had found her eventually. Something had been trying to hinder the vision he had sent to Tysy. Her mind was not nearly as advanced as his was, and he had smothered the feeble warnings of light she had sent in an cloud of darkness nothing could penetrate. Her vision into this matter was blocked by the shadows of the dark side now.
But all the same, someone else had known about this.
Which was why he had searched for her. It took an annoyingly long amount of time, but he eventually traced her back to her time and place.
He saw her now. Embraced by her husband, and even daring to think she understood the depth of this situation.
The Force is with you indeed, little Jedi
, he sneered.
He he struck suddenly, and broke into her mind. She tried to raise some feeble barriers against him, but his will was far stronger than hers. He burst through like a hammer smashing china. Once inside, he made no effort to be gentle or subtle like had with Tysy. She might be able to find out who he was, but he didn't care.
Her mind was like a head of messy hair, and he was the comb. Her resistance was futile, but annoying nontheless. He combed through all her thoughts, dreams, memories and desires, and felt outrage being directed against him. This was not his to see. He ignored her protests, and continued searching through her mind. What a pathetic life of a pathetic Jedi, he thought.
Your victory over that fool Miraxton has inflated your perception of your feeble skills.
Several minutes passed, and he continued to comb through. When someone's mind is being searched, it can be extremely painful for the recipient. Devon made no effort to shield her. It took a little while, but he stumbled upon her name. The information was trivial compared to what else could have found, he had initally thought. But not so much more now.
Jae Onasi?
It was risky, but he spoke with her now. It would be less dangerous than the first time. The holocrons would sustain him.
You should not even exist! Revan killed your master on Rakata Prime!
He paused.
But it matters not. Your pathetic mind cannot hope to grasp the complexity of this situation. It is a waste of time to even speak to you.
But lastly, I have a parting gift.
Devon reached into her free nerve endings and altered them with the Force. They would now react as if suffering from extreme nociception.
Enjoy. I hope your husband does as well.
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Tsuyoshi Wada (elbow) threw a successful 25-pitch bullpen session Wednesday in Orioles camp.
Jose Fernandez played hero Friday by smacking a go-ahead, pinch-hit two-run double in the 12th inning as part of a 7-5 win over the Braves.
Rays manager Kevin Cash announced Friday that Steven Souza (hip) will be activated from the disabled list on Saturday.
Ian Desmond clobbered a game-winning home run in the 10th inning on Friday, propelling the Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Twins in Minnesota.
Jaime Garcia spun eight innings of one-run ball in Friday's win over the Brewers.
Victor Martinez belted a pair of three-run homers on Friday, powering the Tigers in a 10-2 rout over the Rays in Tampa Bay.
Michael Fulmer returned to the Tigers starting rotation with authority on Friday, racking up 10 strikeouts over seven shutout innings in a victory over the Rays.
Odubel Herrera had all of his tools on full display in Friday's 4-3 victory over the Royals, going 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and a stolen base.
Denard Span was scratched from the Giants starting lineup on Friday due to a stiff neck.
Padres manager Andy Green said Friday that Brandon Maurer will get the "first crack" at the ninth inning after dealing Fernando Rodney away on Thursday.
Carlos Santana blasted a solo home run in the top half of the 19th inning on Friday, powering the Indians to a 2-1 victory over the Blue Jays, their franchise-record 14th consecutive victory.
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The United States will join partners from nearly 70 countries, international organizations, and the private sector at the United Nations in New York on July 25 for a plenary meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, a growing diplomatic effort taking action against criminal activity that threatens commerce and humanitarian aid deliveries along one of the world's busiest shipping corridors.
The plenary, hosted by Spain, will be the twelfth gathering of this outstanding international partnership. Since its initial meeting in January 2009, the Contact Group has nearly tripled in size − a testament to the global consensus that piracy poses a shared security challenge to maritime safety and to the need for further concerted and coordinated international action. Among its accomplishments to date, the Contact Group has:
· Facilitated coordination of international naval patrols through the operational coordination of an unprecedented international naval effort from more than 30 countries working together to protect transiting vessels. The United States coordinates in these efforts with other multilateral coalitions such as NATO's Operation Ocean Shield and the European Union's Operation ATALANTA. The United States also looks to further develop counter-piracy cooperation with several other nations deploying forces to the international counter-piracy effort, including China, India, Japan, and Russia.
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"Regionally, we saw the largest increase in diagnosed diabetes prevalence in the South, followed by the West, Midwest, and Northeast," said Linda Geiss, a statistician with CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation and lead author of the report. "These data also reinforce findings from previous studies, which indicate that the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes is highest in the southern and Appalachian states."
The study, which uses data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System – an annual telephone survey of health behaviors and conditions of US adults aged 18 and older – found that the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in 2010 was 10 percent or more in six states and Puerto Rico.
"In 1995 only three states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico had a diagnosed diabetes prevalence of 6 percent or more. By 2010, all 50 states had a prevalence of more than 6 percent," said Ann Albright, Ph.D., R.D., director of CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation. "These rates will continue to increase until effective interventions and policies are implemented to prevent both diabetes and obesity."
Type 2 diabetes, which may be prevented through lifestyle changes, accounts for 90 percent to 95 percent of all diabetes cases in the United States. CDC and its partners are working on a variety of initiatives to prevent type 2 diabetes and to reduce complications in those already diagnosed.
CDC leads the National Diabetes Prevention Program, a public-private partnership that brings evidence-based programs for preventing type 2 diabetes to communities. The program is helping to establish a network of lifestyle-change classes for overweight or obese people at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. As well, the National Diabetes Education Program (www.YourDiabetesInfo.org) – a partnership of CDC and NIH – provides resources to improve the treatment and outcomes of people with diabetes, promote early diagnosis, and prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.
Also today, CDC introduced a new online tool, Diabetes Interactive Atlases (http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/atlas), which provides data for diagnosed diabetes, obesity and leisure-time physical inactivity at the national, state and county levels. The new tool also includes interactive motion charts showing trends in the growth of diabetes and obesity throughout the United States and within states.
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Posted on 07/12/2011 10:28:44 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
Posted: 11:46 am EDT July 12, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Investigators who worked on the Casey Anthony case will speak out at a press conference on Tuesday. The detectives from the Orange County Sheriff's Office, who worked many long, hard hours searching for Caylee Anthony for six months after Casey now admits she was dead, are going to share their thoughts and feelings with reporters Monday afternoon at the sheriff's headquarters.
Seven investigators who searched for Caylee and processed the evidence against Casey, including the crime scene investigators, cadaver dog handler and the computer crimes expert, will answer WFTV's questions at the headquarters at 1:30 p.m.
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And the point of this is?
mea culpas?.....................I think not..............
I certainly hope it's not to tell us all how the jury is brave and they worked so hard and how we shouldn't wish Casey Anthony gets hit by a freight train etc.....
Sniffing around for book or TV deals?
all this yakking is not going to bring the child back nor change the verdict..I wish the talk would just stop.
Then they'll need the cadaver dog..............
At first glance, "WFTV's questions .. "looked like WTF questions.
Which to and in my mind
made more sense.
Report: Casey Anthony jury foreman felt 'disgust' at not-guilty verdict
July 11, 2011
The jury foreman in the Casey Anthony trial said in an anonymous interview with FOX's Greta Van Susteren many of jurors thought the young woman killed her daughter Caylee Marie, myfoxatlanta.com is reporting.
But they found Anthony not guilty of the most serious charges, including first-degree murder, because the State Attorney's Office never showed how it happened.
He described a feeling of "disgust" at the predicament.
We know what he means when he uses the word "disgusted".
I have no idea what the point of the conference is, but it looks like they are all late so far. It was to begin at 1:30pm.
WOW! Amazing and incriminating.
Also amazing is the price of those little boxes made of ticky-tacky.
Greta interview with foreman ON NOW—FOX.
Thanks! I could not even find it locally on tv until I went to Wesh tv out of Volusia County!
The lie about Zanny was not made up to cover up the child's death. She had been telling people about the ficticious nanny and the fake job at universal for 2 years.
Just imagine what was happening to that baby for 2 years while the lies continued!
"George Anthony was never a suspect."
Per Sgt. Allen, the Orange Co. Police were told by defense lawyer Baez not to follow up on the allegations of sexual molestation of Casey by her father, George. They were told not to visit Casey to check into the allegation. All the police dept. has on that subject is Casey's word.
Akin to my reaction:
FIDO - Forget It, Drive On.
Colonel, USAFR
Maybe they can indict George and bring Casey in as a witness. . . . . . . HMMMMMMMMMMM
"...Casey's word."
When did Casey ever tell the police or the court that?
Her Defense Atty. mentioned it in his opening. It might or not be true, but it was his statement; not Casey's.
Anyone notice that the little girl's name, Caylee, was sort of a combination of Casey and her brother's name Lee?
Why was he seemingly so emotional on the stand about not being informed of Casey being pregnant until she was showing? Why did his parents and Casey not allow him to be at the hospital when Caylee was born? ....Was he the father of Caylee?
If you own a small business and wish to destroy it overnight, merely fly a large banner that says "Welcome Home Casey Anthony".
Make sure and have a large voicemail package to record at least some of the death threats. Look for snipers before entering the building in the morning.
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Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra knew prior to the game what would determine a victory in a matchup between the defending champs and the hungry Chicago Bulls, who haven't tried to hide their hate for an opponent that has ended their playoff run two out of the last three seasons.
"It's got to be more than the X's and O's," Spoelstra said. "That's really what it was the last two games (vs. Chicago) and a lot of this game today will be the intangibles in the trenches."
Widely known around the league for their hard-playing, find-ways-to-win attitude, the Bull brought all the intangibles needed to send the Heat to their third straight loss with a 95-88 victory.
The Bulls (35-28) outscored Miami 9-2 in overtime. They also outscored them 27-6 in second chance points in a game that featured 11 ties and 13 lead changes.
"This is what you play basketball for," Joakim Noah said. "I love it. I'm having a great time. Beating Miami—I don't care if it's the regular season—it's always special.
"We played with a lot of hate today."
There were only three technical called during the game (2 on Chicago, 1 for Miami), but the game had its chippy moments that will go along in the lengthy file of physical exchanges between the two teams.
Jimmy Butler and LeBron James got tangled up during the second quarter and had to be separated by an official. Kirk Hinrich delivered a pair of hard fouls on Dwyane Wade on drives to the basket and Noah made sure the Heat got an earful of him throughout the contest.
"He was trash-talking them the whole night," said Taj Gibson, who decided early Sunday morning he would play after two days of battling with the flu. "He was in their ear the whole night, letting it be known that he was going to be after every rebound and he was really telling them everything that he was going to do. I could just see it on their faces, he was frustrating them and he really takes pride in the game. I think he's playing MVP-style basketball and he's our leader and it shows. He led us to this victory."
D.J. Augustin scored a team-high 22 points, going 4-0f-6 from 3-pt range. Noah recorded his 31st double-double with 20 points and a team-high 12 rebounds. He also added a team-high seven assists along with a team-high five blocked shots. All of which came as his father, Yannick Noah, cheered with the exuberance of his son.
Jimmy Butler added 16 points and 11 rebounds, but the highlight for him was his defense on LeBron James.
Even with James being an offense to himself and requiring the attention of every defender on the floor, Butler played the four-time MVP close and physical, only allowing 17 points on 8-for-23 shooting. James didn't attempt a single free throw.
Butler's strip of James' drive to the rim, as regulation was coming to a close and the score tied at 86, punctuated Spoelstra's pre-game statement of "intangibles in the trenches."
"Jimmy played a terrific game," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "He plays with such toughness and he makes (offensive players) work. You can't stop players like LeBron and Wade individually, but he battles and steps up to make the play. He is a catalyst. He makes a lot of things happen for our team."
James ditched his protective face mask that he had been scheduled to wear for two weeks after having surgery to repair a broken nose on Feb. 21 and didn't seem as aggressive as he normally does, but the Heat got 25 points from Dwyane Wade. Miami also shot 21-for-22 at the free throw line, but couldn't get nothing going in overtime only converting on one of their eight shot attempts.
The Bulls started the game good with Kirk Hinrich and Carlos Boozer being aggressive in the first quarter. The Bulls went up 34-28 in the second with 6:50 remaining after an Augustin three, which forced a Heat timeout. During the timeout, the Jumbo-Tron displayed its "Moments In Time" montage that looked back at the Bulls 101-97 win last March that snapped Miami's 27-game win streak.
It's doubtful that Miami was paying attention, but they responded with a 15-3 run to end the period and take a 43-37 lead into halftime. The Heat continued to attack the basket to start the second half and James woke up to score seven in the third to put the Bulls down 67-59 going into the fourth.
"We didn't let down," Noah said. "A lot of teams in this league, when they get hit in the mouth, they let down. We didn't let down. I'm proud of my teammates. I'm proud of this team, just to keep fighting and show that resiliency in a big game like this, especially against the defending champs."
The Bulls went on a 13-0 run in the fourth to regain the lead, but no one could gain control with there being six lead changes and five ties in the final five minutes. The last tie coming when Hinrich made a lefty scoop layup to knot the game at 86 with 20 seconds remaining, which set the stage for Butler's strip of James and the team's overtime defensive effort.
No matter what the Bulls have gone through the past three seasons in terms of injuries or lack of healthy bodies, there's just something about playing Miami that always seems to bring the best out of them. It's just an indicator that shows that Miami or Indiana won't have such an easy romp to an Eastern Conference Finals date like most would expect in the horrid East.
"We don't like them," Gibson said. "You see how we play, teams throwing elbows. We don't like them and they don't like us. They got what we want and the only way to get there is to go through them. When we play them, we're going to give it our all.
"You look at all the ups and downs we go through….. we got so many different injuries, new groups of guys that seem to buy into what we like to do; buy into the whole team aspect and we keep flourishing ever year," he continued. "(We're) just always right there toward hitting that next turn, next corner, but it's always injury or something else happens. Right now, we're just digging. That's our rival. They got what we want; a championship."


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2006 Highlights: Took 33rd at the Horizon League Cross Country Championships with a season-low time of 19:27...UIC's top performer in the 1,500-meter while also competing in the 5,000-meter during the outdoor campaign...posted a pair of top 10 finishes at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships, placing seventh in career-best times in both the 1,500-meter (4:50.07) and 5,000-meter (18:23.11) events...competed in the mile run, as well as the 3,000- and 5,000-meter races during the indoor season...owned the team's second-best indoor mile time of 5:23.68, set at the UWM Tune-Up on Feb. 17...placed ninth at the Horizon League Indoor Championships in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:39.56...took second in the 5,000-meter race at the Carthage Invite on Feb. 4 with a time of 19:40.49.
2005 Highlights: Picked up UIC's second-fastest indoor time in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:38.31 at the Horizon League Indoor Championships...tied with teammate Jenni Goebel for the third-fastest time in the 1-mile run with a time of 5:27.39, set at the UW-Milwaukee Tune-Up...owns UIC's second-fastest, outdoor time in the 5,000-meter run (18:44.27), set at the Jerry England Invitational.
2004 Highlights: Began collegiate career in style with a win at the UIC Home Opener on Aug. 30th, running the two-mile course in 11:41...ran her first 5K as a Flame at the Bradley Open on Sept. 12th with a mark of 18:57 that was third-best on the team and her best time of the fall...turned in the team's second-best time at the Central Collegiate Championships on Sept. 26th by running an 18:52 that qualified for 20th overall...finished with a 19:16 at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational...completed the 5,000-meter UW-Parkside Invitational in 19:26...ran a 20:28.84 at the Horizon League Championships...closed out her rookie cross country campaign with a 24:11 at the 6,000-meter NCAA District V Championships...owns UIC's second-fastest, indoor times in both the 1,000-meter run (3:20.87), set at the UW-Milwaukee Quadrangular and the 3,000-meter run (10:56.56), set at the EIU Mega Meet...raced to a personal-best mark of 5:36.76 in the 1-mile run at the Chicago Pentangular...picked up UIC's third-fastest, indoor time in the 800-meter run (2:42.60) at the Doug Raymond Invitational...earned UIC's third-fastest, outdoor time in the 1,500-meter run (5:06.37) at the Horizon League Championships.
Prep/Personal: Four-year letter winner in cross country at Maria...2002 Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Athlete of the Year for cross country...four-time All-Conference Honorable Mention...four-time Most Valuable Player for cross country team...two-time state qualifier...also lettered two years in soccer as a forward/midfielder and holds the school record for goals scored (83)...daughter of Julio and Irene Martinez...born on August 23, 1985...major is elementary education.
Career Best Outdoor Times 1,500-Meter Run: 4:50.07 (5/12/06) 5,000-Meter Run: 18:23.11 (5/11/06)